
We were lucky enough to be able to be friends with such an amazing person, he will never be forgotten.......RIP Ken Flores.
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Oh, you can. Perfect. Perfect. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Dope As Usual podcast. My name is Thomas Dope as you all this my co host, Marty O'Neill.
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What's up, guys?
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What's up, guys? Welcome back to the show. Let's get straight into the show today, guys. We'll have fun today. All right, we're gonna start off with not fun at all. We're starting with horrible stuff, horrible news. And if you don't watch the news now, you know, today's what, the 30th? Yeah, yeah, I think the night. It was last night. Not last night, the night before for everyone. I mean, I mean, obviously if you don't watch the news, you don't know, but our friend Ken Flores has passed away. He's gone. And I don't know what else to say. That's it.
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We found out basically, like everybody else. I mean, it was yesterday morning, seen it pop up on Twitter, and.
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And I didn't see anything. I was like, Marty called me and he's like, y do this. I'm like, I'll go back to sleep. I'm going to sleep for 20 more minutes. And then you called me. I was like, what the hell are you talking about? I just talked to Ken. That's not true. And, yeah, so we were just as.
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Shocked as everybody else. And it really felt horrible having to break that news to everybody and knowing how hurt everybody in the community was going to be.
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Was really lame. Dude, it's the. It's the worst, actually. I'm trying to think about it all day. I don't know. I don't know what else to say. I don't know.
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I don't think there's been, like, an official at this point, like, release a cause of death or anything, but I.
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Read she says cardiac arrest.
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I read cardiac arrest. And yesterday I was going back, watching his episodes, and there was just so much foreshadowing in him talking about all his health issues and everything that was going on. And, you know, we were just. We were just extremely fortunate to. You know, he came up watching the Dopa Zola videos, watching story time, watching the podcast and stuff. And for him to be able to come on here and just spread so much laughter throughout the world and just be somebody directly from our community that was such a go getter that was out here chasing his dreams, and not just chasing them, but doing it, really getting after it. For him to come on and just share a story like he did, it was just very special.
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Yeah, I think the first time he came on here, he left and we're like, that's the funniest person we've ever had on the show.
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Yeah, it was a whirlwind. That was some, you know, it was like energy like we had never felt before. I saw on the clips like we were saying, this is the funniest episode we've ever done.
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Yeah.
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And it was, you know, he brought that same energy that. On that famous clip of Joey Diaz on Alex Jones where he just starts going crazy.
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That was ours.
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That was Ken Flores. But just all the time. Yeah, like he would catch and you know, it was really interesting. Then I watched back the second episode yesterday too, and he had like matured in his storytelling.
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You could tell he. There wasn't so much stuttering right there.
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Murdering. He knew he had us both just crippled and he just kept pressing the go button. And he knew, like watching your reactions to him tell these goddamn stories as funny as him telling the stories. Cuz there was just so outlandish.
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All truth.
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And he was just so brutally honest and just didn't care about anything.
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I hit a blood myself ever heard. I didn't want nobody to know. So I just held it.
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He's like, picture, picture. One of the workers in the bathroom lifted up my polos out of the toilet. He's like, I clogged the toilet. There's too much.
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It's too much. Sorry. That shit's funny as hell.
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It's too much.
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Yeah, no, dude, Ken was very cool. He was really cool. He was a great person. He came to our live show with no hesitation. Came out and just had fun with us.
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Came out all the way to Palm Springs. I watched that back too. There is basically an unreleased Ken set.
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That lives on unrestricted and that shit's funny, dude.
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It really is. It really. It's ridiculous. We should put it out somewhere.
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We should just. We should just put that part out.
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There's about a half hour of Ken when he came out. He's one of the guests on, on our first ever live podcast. We only brought three people. We bought. Brought OG Goblin, Bam. Bam. And Ken, who had only been on the show once.
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Who'd you just say? Bam. Bam.
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No, like bam. We brought OG Goblin. Bam. Bam. You know, they're coming top two.
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I was searching, trying not to be rude. I was trying not to be like, oh, yeah, sorry, my bad.
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And then Ken and you know, Ken was somewhat newer to the, to the show or whatever, but we just, we knew he was a fan favorite and you know, he came out and showed us that support, and that was huge because Ken's the biggest rising comics in the world, you know, and reflecting now looking at like, just how strong, you know, you guys got to understand. I'm cut from the cloth of the LA comedy scene from 10 years ago. I came up working behind the scenes with Rogan and Theo and all their friends. That were the golden era of the early 2000s of standup comedy in LA. And it's like, you look at it now and you see Ken and Ralph and Renee and Concrete and Thomas and Duno and this group of the comedians that are coming out of this community, coming out of la, and it's like, I see that and it's like, damn, that's that golden era coming back. It's that next wave of that years at the Comedy Store. And you know, you look at Rogan, you look at all his friends and see what an impact that had. They all have their own podcast. They're all superstar headliner comedians now for the most part. So, you know, Ken was a major part of that. Ken was damn near the tip of that spear. And you know, what he was able to accomplish coming out of Aurora and Chicago over these past couple years, coming out to LA just by himself. This man was damn near homeless. A couple years ago, this man was on one and he got his together and was. Had hella health problems and obstacles that he could have let keep him back. And, you know, he fought through that. He just recorded his special. You know, he. His special is his first special. Kevin Hart's label or whatever is like still just being edited at, like.
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It's done, it's done, it's done. I'll talk to you about it right now. Yeah, it's done.
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But from the world of comedy, from the world of podcasting, from the world of just us, from the show, this. This community and people that have come on and told their stories, and we're just cut from our cloth. Like it's not a really one you see on the set now. Zoom. Get there. I forgot. Very strange, very weird. Very weird.
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Okay, so I always soak things in. I told you, like, yo, at concerts, I'll take a quick video and I'll be done. I'm gonna just watch everything. I've been to so many of Ken sets, it's ridiculous. And I told you, every time, that fool is too funny to contain it. No matter what this guy says at any show, I've seen about 7 of Ken sets. And even though he's working on the Same set. It was always morphing into what was happening right then and there. And then it come back to it. So me, before I ever stepped foot on stage, I went to like four Ken shows. Just watching from the side because I'm a comedy fan, I go to a lot of shows. So seeing the first time we saw him live, I did not expect that. That is what he did. Like, excuse me. He just. He can rip you apart in the mid bit. Come back to his set. And it was so good, dude. And it was always so goofy and over the top.
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And he was shocking us doing that. During the podcast last episode, I noticed that, like, bro, you remembered what we were talking about.
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You bring it back. So he'd be talking to some girl and then go back to what I was saying. And then. So. So I've been to a lot of his sets, dude. And then like four months ago, I went to right after our live show, I went to. He hit me up. He's like, yo, I'm gonna go to chill with Renee if you want to come out. I'm like, all right, cool. So Renee Vak had a couple sets. I went with Ken. I met up with him outside. We were about to smoke a joint and then a bunch of people in the car parked next to me freaked out because they love Ken. And he, you know, he did his thing. He's like, give me a buzz ball. I'll drink a little bit with you. And then, you know, they're all hyped. We went inside, watched the show, and Ken's like, you know what? I'm going get on stage. And he just did like a 20 minute set. And I'm sitting there watching, like, you know when people are like, oh, I don't want to try, like too hard, make it look like I'm trying. It's like, it's a different when you're talking to somebody, like, hey, what are we gonna do later? Are you gonna go on? And it turn off? Like, friend is gone. Performers on now. Like, you could see the switch of this. Will get up there. Like, wow. And that was like 10 months ago. And that's before I ever got on stage. Like, wow, one day I'm gonna do that. But that is scary. I told him, like, dude, I want to do it so bad, but I'm nervous. Like, well, you just gotta get up. Like, just go. He said, just do it. Retell stories. Just get up there and do that. Like, nah, I'll do it, I'll do. He's like, you better fucking do it. I'm like, I'll do it. And then I brought OG to the show, and then we went to the HAHA Comedy Club. And that's when he did the meet and greet, when me and him were chilling at the front. And he was drunk as it gets, but he took like 12 shots during the end of his set, like, talking to everybody. And he kept going. And at the end, I could hear he's like, so drunk. I'm like, I know, I'll hold you up a little bit. Take his picture. And then he did his meet and greet. Like, damn, dude, this is really cool, man. This is epic. Sorry. That was the first night. Go back to Renee. He does his set, and I'm like, hey, this is what you do. He's like, every night, like, this is the coolest thing I've ever seen. We walked out of the HAHA Comedy Club, he did his set. I'm like, what are you doing right now? He goes, oh, I'm gonna go do my set at the Comedy Store. I was like, wait, you just did a set? He goes, no, no, this is like, I'm trying. I'm working things out. I wasn't on the list. I'm gonna try out my stuff. I have to do my real set at the Comedy Store. And I said, ken, you just did a set, had such a fun time, and now you're going to do another one at the Comedy Stories. I get my Uber's here. And I told him. I was like, yo, I really like your life. And that's what I told him. Like, I love this. This is incredible. He goes, bro, gotta work. He's all do nine shows a night. I'm just trying to get better. Like, that's incredible to hear. And I remember I smoked a joint my car outside the comedy club. I don't know, I was just sitting there by myself one of the few times I didn't bring Rosie, and it's like, damn, dude, I'm gonna do this with him. I'm gonna try to do this. And didn't do nothing. Four months later, still nervous, still, I don't want to get on stage. And then what happened? Ken was sitting right here.
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Biggest G move of all time.
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Yeah, he was sitting right here. He's like, no one's opening for me. You should open for me. It's the last, last city of my tour.
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The biggest venue in Orange county, the.
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Biggest one, the biggest improv in the world. That's the biggest improv on the improv. And you guys saw it. On the show, he asked me like, you should open for me. Hurry up, do it. And then after, he's like, come on, just do it. It's like, you're not gonna get up. I'm gonna have to force you to get up and do it. I was like, all right, thank you. And how I was nervous as it gets, dude. And then we're in the back. They finally comes. I get there. And the thing is, Ken's, like, a fan of our stuff. Like, he watches my story time since he was. I talked chins his manager. He's like, dude, you know what's crazy is we used to watch you every day, and now we get to see Ken on your show as the craziest. He's like, because we watched you before you had the show. He's like, watch your story. Times like, oh, my God, this is incredible, dude. So I'm sitting back there. So I'm sitting there. You know, Ken's text me, oh, I appreciate you doing the show. And I'm like, I appreciate you letting me do that. What the. You are you. I know you don't understand, but you're a major comic. That's going to be massive. And you're letting me do this. Thank you. So we're in the back. I got there, like, two hours early, so we're in the back there. So I have, like, a bunch of pictures. Ken's just getting his hair cut, and everybody's eating chicken wings or some. I was like, this is what comics do. All right, cool. It's my first time doing anything, so I'm like, what comics do? Okay, we're just chilling back here. And then someone goes in the bath. He goes, don't take a in there. He just yells at it. I'm like, why? He goes, don't take shits in the green room. I go, noted. Thank you. Then he started getting me, like, a little game on certain, you know, comics, like, you know, you watch out for this. You need to be careful of this. When fools start saying this because we're just talking. It came up and he's like, not like, he's giving me the playbook. I brought something. Goes, oh, yeah, yeah, that people will do that. He was just talking about comics trying to mess you up and throw you off right before you go up. Like, people do that. He goes, people are weird. But he's like, they just want to look a little better, and if you have an advantage, you're going to look better. I'm like, really? Anyway, he's explaining all These things to me. Yeah. Then I remember we went. I was waiting to go up, and I'm looking at this fool. I'm like. He's like, are you ready? He's like, this is it. He's like, this is your new sh. I like, all right, thank you. And I walked out, did my set, came out power, smoked a joint because I was so nervous still. And then I went out right when he started. It's like, nah, I gotta watch the set. I. I'm at a comedy show, and I get to watch it from the side. Yeah. I'm not missing it. So I stood on the side the whole. Remember, right. With tables. I stood by the side, just watched the set the whole time. And like I said earlier about, like, absorbing moments and, like, taking in. I remember I'm looking at Ken. I'm looking at the very back of the room. I'm looking. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Upgrade your business with Shopify, home of the number one checkout on the planet. Shop pay boosts conversions up to 50%, meaning fewer carts going abandoned and more sales going Cha ching. So if you're into growing your business, get a commerce platform that's ready to sell wherever your customers are. Visit shopify.com to upgrade your selling today. I'm like, when I'm 80, I'm gonna remember this right here. This is cool. Watching somebody control every single person's emotions in the room, making them die laughing. I'm looking at my dad. I'm like, oh, I know what part I've no. I know Ken set. I know the whole. I know every word of it. I see this, like, seven times. I'm like, all this part's about to be funny as hell. And then he switched it up, and it was even better than the first. I'm like, oh, you got me. I was waiting for you to say the lot, and you made it better. And I'm just sitting there watching like, man, is cool. This is, like. This is fun. This is what I want to do. And I remember, like, the reason I bring it all up is because he didn't have to do any of that. You know what I mean? Like, you'd have to do that at all. I think it was two days later, Ken called me, and I was like, oh, what's up, dude? And he just sounded so happy. He's like, guess what? I'm like, what? He's like, fluffy's manager just asked me about you, wants your number. Keep your phone on. And I told you I was like, what? He's like, I don't know what it means, but it's not. Not good. Keep your phone on. It's like, all right. He's like, yeah, yeah. He was asking me about you. I told him all about your stuff. Like, once again, Ken, you're the man. Thank you so much for doing any of this stuff. So, yeah, last week we had Ralph Barbosa on. Wow. That was last week. Last week had Ralph. Ralph on and did the episode, and he was sitting right there with his dad. He's like, hey, man, do some time. I was like, I won't do that. He goes, for real? Like, I will take that time right now. He goes, all right. Be there tomorrow at 8:00. Go. Oh, all right. Yeah. He's like, come on. Tomorrow. Another thing. When I did the improv thing with Josh Wolf and all them, Ken showed up when I went to the green room, he was like, what's up? What's up? He's like, I just want to come support your. I'm like, I love this.
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Dude wasn't even performing.
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He wasn't even performing. He just came to say hi and be like, yo, it's your first. So I want to see it. This before I ever did the improv with the La Brea with him.
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Remember he came through with the grill. I was like, this motherfucker.
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No, he wanted that when you did it. And then like two weeks ago, he FaceTime. Oh, my God. Damn. I forgot about all this. Damn. Dude, dude, Weird time is so weird. This is like, not even a week before this. He facetime me from somebody used to know from Chicago. Someone I know from Chicago. And he faced him. What's up, Ken? He was, oh, sorry, I'm face. That's good. I was like, he's like, look. And he bought a iced out ap. He's like, I'm just gonna be like, you. I'm like, that has diamonds. Mine doesn't have diamonds. Like, I know. I was like, that's hard.
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Absolutely flooded.
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He was so excited about it. He's like, like, you know what, man? I like you, dude. If I didn't know you were a comedian, I'd be like, what rapper or producer is this guy?
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He brought rapper vibes. But he said that. He's like, yeah.
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He's like, I'm the only comedian with grill. Like, that's the point. Just a little like, you know what? You're right. So I remember he FaceTimed me and he's, oh, dude, Kevin, FaceTime me, like, 30 times over this past year. Drunk as hell. I'm with your. I'm with one of your fans. Cuz every one of his shows, someone goes, I saw you on the podcast. I love his. I'm FaceTime him right now. So Ken would FaceTime me all the. Every time I knew was past, the sun was down, Ken faded and he's calling me because he's with a fan or something. And he would always be, I'm sorry for bugging you. I'm like, what do you not understand that you're never going to bug me ever. You're my friend. Now I know you. Now you're my friend. You're not bugging. And then Ralph, so sorry. Fast forward. Ralph asked us to go to go to perform, right? So I get there, I'm prepping, you know, I'm doing my stuff, I do my set. And it went so good, right? Like, I finally got it to where I wanted it and I. I timed it. Finally got my timing down to where I'm like, oh, let it breathe. Let people laugh, give it a pause. And I finally got there and I get off, get off stage. Oh, we haven't talked about. I get off stage and right when I'm. Right when I'm walking to the green room, some dude tasked me. He's like, hey, I love that I'm an agent from, so I won't get into it. But he's like, I know you through Josh Wolf. Josh talks about you and he's like, he's just an agent. He's like, you do stand up. That was. I was awesome. That was funny. This is your first time. Like, what is going on? Oh, man, this is great. I walk upstairs and the first human being I see upstairs is Ken. I'm like, bro. He's like, I saw you were performing, you know, Renee's here. I'm like, oh. I was like, dude, you show up at everything I've done. And I really. I was like, I really appreciate it. Like, come on, man, I'm just supporting. I love you. I was like, I love you, fool. Thank you for that. And they were sitting there talking about nothing for a long time. And it's me, that dude Sells, Saul Trilio and David Lucas and me and Ken. And we're just sitting there chilling. And there's a bar upstairs. Like, 10 minutes later, I look over and Ken's sitting, standing there playing Connect 4. I'm like, what's up, dude? He's like, oh, I'm just getting ready for work. He's I Just clocked in. I'm like, what do you. He's like, I'm not really at work, but, like, I'm waking up. It's 10, you know? I mean, this is the time I start waking up and start doing my job. I was like, damn, fool, you do this all the time. I always tell him, like, this is what you do. Like, this is awesome, because I love it. And then I remember when he said it, I'm like, oh, man, that's not good. Don't. But the first thing I thought about when I heard that Ken was gone was this. The blonde chick, the bartender. Ken's like, take a drink with me. I'm like, you know what? That was so funny. He's like, yeah, celebrate. You got a good set. Take a drink. Like, all right, I'm getting the drink. I'm going to pay. And she's like, oh, you don't pay up here. Like, this is the comics bar. You don't pay for anything. Like what? Ken's like, don't pay up here. All right? And then as she's getting the drink, I'm like, yo, this is where you hang out. And then he looked at me and he goes, dog, that's why I'm almost dying all the time. It's like, it's too fun. This is the. This is the most fun. I could party all night anyway. Hey, calm down with that. That's not good. But also, I understand why you're always here. But he's. I remember he's had that. He was grabbing the drink. He's just like, yeah, that's why I'm always, always dying all the time I can. And I told him, like, I get it.
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Meaning being hospitalized and having issues.
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Like, before I get faded, there's a kitchen here. I'm on stage doing everything I want to do ever. I walk out, and everybody's like, love you, love you, love you. Want to drink. I love you.
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The ultimate dopamine hit concept.
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He can walk out, and he can't. He can't walk out. Like, he can walk out, but he's just going to get bombarded by people going, love you.
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It's that Chris Farley show.
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It's that Chris Farley, 100%. So I'm talking to him, and Renee comes up's, like, hey, fool, let's go on stage with Ralph. I'm like, bro, let please do it. Like, yes, I want to see all three. I'm a comedy fan.
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You're talking about, like, four nights ago, basically, right?
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This is Last Tuesday. Today's Thursday. Eight days ago, Nine days ago. And so we go downstairs, and we're in the hallway, and it's just me and Ken talking for, like, you know, like 20 minutes. And I'm just talking to him like, so, what's up with your set? What's up with the special? And he's like, yo, it's done editing. I'm like, oh, my God. I was like, so when does it come out? Like, send me everything. I'm gonna post a out of it. Whatever you need. Come do the show again. And I'm like, so what network? He's like, we're shopping it. And he went like that. He looks at me. He's like, we're shopping it right now. Like, oh, my God. Netflix, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, whoever wants to do hbo. And I told him, I was like, damn, for you're about to blow up. He goes, I know. Like, this is so sick, dude. And then we're just sitting there talking, and we're just talking about, like, that. The improv. He's like, so what you want to do? You talk to Rita. I'm gonna introduce you to Rita. And you're gonna sum. Here, Come here. Just try to get some time. You got 10 minutes. Hey, you got a spot. Come do the lab. Come do that. He's like, you need to just be here all the time, working it and working it and working. I told him. I was like, bro, I'm so down. And I was all hyped up off of my set. So I'm like, yes. Ken's what's eight, six years, seven years younger than me. And I'm looking at him like, you're the seasoned guy. You tell me what to. And I was always, guys, what do you think I should do? And I didn't want to bug him that night because I was like, you know what? That's just said I'll hit him up in a couple days and ask. But I wanted to ask him, like, yo, any time you have time, you. I will open. I'll do whatever you. I'll. Any five minutes. I don't care. You let me know. I was like, you know what? Nah. Everybody celebrate. Let's just hang out. Let's just chill. And then he's talking, and we're right across the kitchen. So we're looking in the kitchen. I'm talking. I'm like, so. And some of these be like, oh, that's so and so. He's like, he's gonna make you anything you want. He's like, that's so and so. He's like, ah, that's why I'm so fat. And he's like, it's too fun. He kept saying, it's too fun here. I'm like, I get it, dude. I can't tell him I understand. And then we walked to the back of the crowd, and he introduced me to the light, the lighting person, the assistant. He's like, yo, this is where you check in. It's where you get your check. He's like, yo, this is Thomas. Meet him. You're gonna see him a lot more. I'm gonna be bringing him. And I was like, oh, nice to meet you, man.
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Nobody gets their handheld through comedy.
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No, no. And then we're sitting there talking, and Ralph like, yo, I'm gonna bring my friends on stage. And then they go on stage. And for almost two solid hours, they were up there just to take 12 shots. I have the whole thing on tape. I have the whole thing from. I've got the improv thing. So the whole time, I'm just standing on the stairs watching. Like, I'm a fan, dude. Like, I really like comedy. So I'm watching these guys like, this.
B
Is looks so fun from the pictures.
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From all three of them. Like, these are the next big comedians right here. And the whole time, I never want to put no one down. I never want to put no one down. But the whole time I'm sitting there like, Ken is the funniest fool in this room. So all I kept thinking, because he was sitting on the next to the piano while these where Ralph and Renee were talking. And you can see he's just, like, waiting to talk. And I'm sitting there like, that feels so funny. It's kind of uncontainable.
B
Yeah, he's just.
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Everything about what he does is hilarious. And then someone dropped a lime, and I saw his drunk ass pick it up and go and eat it, because he was gonna throw up. I told him after maybe pick that lime up off the ground. Looked at me like, oh, yeah, I saw it full. I'm from this. I can see you. Because he turned his back and ate it. I was like, oh, bro, it was dirty. Everyone step like, you suck the juices out of that. Okay, so there's a picture Rocco got. And then Ralph took his jacket off. He's like, y'all do the Chris Farley thing. And he gave him the jacket. In my head, I'm like, oh, I don't even like joking about like that. And he put the jacket on all stuck. I'm like. And he just started doing the Chris Farley. And I'm like, I love Chris Farley and he's my favorite guy, but you can't joke about Chris Farley. Things like that. It's just so, like, such a jinx. So odd to me. So when he said it went, I don't like that. I talk about it. I talked to Ken about it. Episode one, I'm like, bro, fat and coke don't mix. That's why I don't do drugs anymore. Please chill. And I was. I even told him after, I'm not your boss, but, like, a lot of people love you. You know what that does? And what you're doing is too big for you to be going out like that. We talked about it last episode.
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Seemed like he really was super mindful.
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And like, he lost like 80 pounds this past six, seven months, dude. Like, when I say, what's up to Ken, I realized, like, last time I saw him, I was like, damn. Well, you're getting tiny.
B
Yeah. Completely different. The second.
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Oh, the second ep, the first episode. You like Snorlax? He always called. He always called himself Snorlax. The second one, he looked like a Samoan on a diet. Damn it. See, that's some. I wish I could text him like, you like.
B
But he talked about in that time, in between the two episodes, he almost died. His heart was having issues. He was getting these infections. He was. The doctors were telling him, like, chill out.
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Yeah, he had heart failure a couple times.
B
He went through so much.
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He's been in the hospital a lot.
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Just if you really like. It's so funny how he tells those stories, but if you listen to what he's saying.
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So serious.
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Horrendous what he had gone through.
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Oh, yeah.
B
The story about the. His legs, leg, I mean, that was like a 45 minute long ordeal. That was probably the funniest story ever told. Aside from his meth and hooker story.
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My Crocs acted as brakes. That was so. I can see everything. And I know he's not joking with me at all when he says, the chair just broke. I can see it happening and it's crumbling. Oh, God. So funny.
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Can I. I want to play a clip that I saw today that I hadn't seen before.
A
I saved it. I never seen it and it really made me sad, but at the same time, what I needed to watch. Last thing you say to though right now, if I were to die tomorrow, I would say, like, I hope that you see me come this Far and see every. We ain't have nobody back home. We a had nobody where we grew up. Do the that I'm doing. And I just want you to know that no matter how far I took it, if you believe in yourself and you put in the work, you'll take it way farther than I ever did. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone paying big wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop. With Mint you can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying. No judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment anyway. Give it a try@mintmobile.com Switch upfront payment of $45 for 3 month plan equivalent to $15 per month. Required intro rate first 3 months only, then full price plan options available, taxes and fees extra. See full terms@mintmobile.com just do it. Stop. Stop. I know you gotta work. Go do your eight hour shift and then when you get off of work, do what you love. Even if it's an hour a day, two hours a day. Sacrifice. You gotta make sacrifices. You're gonna be tired. It ain't gonna be easy. It's gonna be nights where you go home and can't sleep because you think you should have done it better, you should have done it differently. But there's always tomorrow. Not for me because I'm gonna die tomorrow. But you, there's always tomorrow. Like put in the work. Put in the work though. Put in the work. Cuz you can't fake h. Oh man, he's not even trying to be funny, but that was funny. Yeah, I know. I saved that video. I never seen it.
B
That sums it up though.
A
Basically what he told me. Stop. Go on stage. Stop being a about him. Yeah, man, I get it. So.
B
Shout out to everybody in Aurora. Shout out to his family and shout out to everybody in Chicago. I think there's. I saw they're gonna have a parade or something.
A
I mean I'll fly if. I'll fly out there tomorrow if they're going to do it. I hate one last thing that I thought about for like two straight days after the show. I'm not gonna say who, but somebody there was super faded and everybody knew him. It's fine. Who cares? Just saying goofy stuff. People are comics. People get drunk and say stupid. But this guy was messing with me and I was like, yo, is it? Can I roast? And I started roasting the. This dude, he's a comic. I haven't been someone trying to mess with Me in a while. And I just started going in on him, and it was awesome. I was like, damn, I have free range to just talk. Let's do it. So we're outside, we're smoking, hanging out. Hanging out with Ken. And so we have the picture in front of the Improv. We took that picture real quick, and the same. Same guy that was talking to me comes out. I'm like, oh. And Ken's like, oh, he's faded. I don't want to deal with him. Like, oh, my God. You guys know this guy? Okay? He's fine. And he's like, talking. You like, oh, God. Jesus. And everybody's like, shut up, drunk, drunk guy. You know, they're all friends, so it's like. It's funny. But he keeps like, you can shut up, Ken. I was like, oh, Ken's about to roast you. Then he says it to me. I was like, shut up. And I said, I won't say who it is. I'm just gonna miss. Like, just tell you who it is. But I remember he's all drunk, and he looks at Ken. He looks at me. He's like, you're gonna die. He fat. Just like this fat. I was like, that's. I don't like it. I was like, I don't like it too much. Weird. And I remember, like, two seconds later, I'm like, it's not even funny. Ken's always going through some health. That's not funny at all. The first thing I thought of was when Matrice O'Neill did the roast, and they all made fun of him with about diabetes. Like, God, I'm actually sick. And then he died right after. I remember thinking that. I was like, well, don't say like that. Don't put that in the universe like that. Also, I'm fat too, man. That just scared the out of me. Don't say like that. Anyway, the night was going on, and I remember the last thing I said to Ken. We're taking the picture with me, him, Renee. And Ken's basically a rap, a rapper. He will let you know he's got jewelry on. He loves it.
B
Which is the Mexican LTR comedy.
A
Yeah, I love that about him, dude. I love that. He's always just like. Because he just loves that. He worked for it. I remember. I'll pop up the pictures. Me, him, and Renee. And I'm like, he's all, let's take a picture. Let's take a picture together. I'm like, all right, let's take a picture. And he does this and he goes, I know you don't like to flex your watch and stuff. He's like, I know you don't do stuff like that. But, like, maybe one day, I was all, maybe not tonight. Because I was like, I feel so awkward. I'm just thumbs up in here. And I went like this. What about this, Ken? He goes, ah, that's. That's. That's enough. That's. That's good. And him and Renee are just doing this, and I'm like, that. I just feel awkward. I told him, like, maybe one day. Maybe one day. I. I can't. It's just not in me. It's not in me. But also, he's like, maybe one day. And then I wore. The second I heard Ken passed away, I put this on a war in my house. I was like, you know what? I'm gonna wear my cool watch for today and do this all day to nobody just for you. And I remember. I was like, all right, man, go take p the picture. I'm like, all right, well, I'll see you soon. And I'm like, what are you doing? What was your next show? And he goes, atlanta. And he looked at me, and I remember the light caught his teeth. And I was like, gotta like your grill, dude. He goes, I. I like it too. I was like, all right, Ken. And I said bye to him, and I waited for him to get in his Uber just to make sure, because everybody was faded. And then Renee got in the Uber. I was like, renee, you got. You got him? He's like, I got him. I got him. I was like. Because Renee had my full joint, and he was just talking. I'm like, you got him, Renee. I'm like, just. Just keep it joint. Just keep the joint. Because he was still talking. He's like, oh, all right. And then he hopped in the Uber with Renee. With. With Ken. I said, later. And then that was it, dude. But I remember the last thing. Atlanta. And then this delight hit his teeth, just like, God, for. You look so sick with those. You don't smile a lot, so your eyes are barely. You look. You look like a cartoon. Look at a cartoon character. I told him to kind of like a grill man. And then I text him, like, two days later, ask him about the. The taping. And he just told me how to do it, whatnot. I said, thanks. Hit me up when you're back. Was. It was Thursday or Friday.
B
Last time I talked to him was in the green room, the brand improv.
A
I think our set.
B
Yeah, I thanked him Further.
A
No, after he came to the show. After that. No, he did it. Sorry. He asked me on the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sorry, my bad. You're right.
B
Thanked him and I told him he was a G. That was, that was a good moment.
A
I don't know what to say. I really can't wait for that special. Yeah, I know every word of it, so I can't wait to see what he changed. How he placed it. Like, Ken's my friend, but damn, dude, I'm looking at this for like, that's a good comic. I really need to just watch how he absorbed. And I was talking to me, he's like, fool you so be terrible. I used to. He told us I used to throw up for every single set because I was so nervous. I went back in his page, I watched some of his first ones and I was like, oh, that's where it is. I could see because he's so seasoned now that I'm watching the first. I was like, you used to have two or three mess ups. All, every, every bit. You would change it up or mess up, like, oh, but now it's so tight. It's so compound.
B
That's going out three times a night for a couple years.
A
Going out three times a night, four times a week.
B
His confidence was so through the roof, bro. Like at the Bri Improv. And like, I remember watching his clips, getting ready for that episode. Like, man, he is just like unstoppable. His energy too funny, bro. It's like a. I don't know, it was just like a force. So you only see that with certain comedians every once in a couple of generations where it's like.
A
And it's not like we're saying this because he passed away. We've been saying this the whole time. The whole time. And so is everyone else. And everyone knows, everyone knows that that fool is, is the funniest person on the. In the room, you know? It is everyone. I was performing before him going, God, I can't wait to watch his set. Because I knew and I've seen it five times prior.
B
Not even just jokes, just telling you about his life. Yeah, I mean jokes too. But like, it just him sitting here was like, we didn't stop laughing. We were both like, yo, pause. Our face is hurt.
A
It did hurt though.
B
Yeah.
A
All this actually hurt from laughing. I don't get that often, but it, it genuinely. I felt like I needed to hold my face, dude. Only one other time I think I've laughed like that on the show.
B
I barely even said Anything I like. It was like, yeah, you just let them go. You ask him a question and just kick back and just.
A
It's like pulling the string onto those cars and they keep.
B
Exactly. While I'm thinking about it. Side note, last episode, Ralph Barbosa. I said something stupid, which was we were joking about Mexicans and Canadians. And I said I didn't see Canada dropping. Helping with any water. I saw the Mexican people coming, though.
A
Oh, Canada was first.
B
But then I said after that. Basically, what I was trying to say is just because that hasn't popped up on my Twitter yet. Like, I just. I. I haven't seen it. I was trying to be funny, but I didn't.
A
I. Trying to be funny. I like the way you said that. Oh, man. It's the first time we really laughed in, like, two days. That was great.
B
But Canada did apparently come and help.
A
They were there.
B
Shout out to everybody that came and helped. Shout out to Canada. I've been saying you guys are better than us this whole time.
A
You guys are better than this. Just not in South Park.
B
But I, you know, so just wanted to clear the air on that. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
A
And that's it, guys. I don't know what else to say.
B
So, yeah, this is gonna be. This is gonna come on a couple days, so we'll know more about services and stuff like that.
A
Yeah, please check the end of the episode if there's services or anything like that. It'll be in there for sure.
B
And how to support his family. We don't really know anything about. We don't know anything like that about Ken. He's not. I mean, he doesn't.
A
They're all in Chicago. Yep. So the only thing that's the worst part is just like, bro, your special did so good. That's the thing that makes me really sad. Like, I told you, like, I'm super sad that Ken's gone. Since he's our friend, he's great. But I'm more sad that he has to miss all his own. It's something to be so proud of. And it's like, you're not gonna see it.
B
He was only 28. Figure.
A
I know his special's good.
B
Yeah, it's gonna be actually so good, dude. It's like, there's a lot of comedians. This is going to be actually funny. Like, there's a lot of specials on Netflix or wherever. I already know this is going to be one that's going to be one like, you remember, like, Pimp Chronicles or Chappelle One Early One like damn, dude.
A
It's always so weird trying to think about people passing away because it's like in 40 years we're gonna go. Still gonna think about the only picture in my head is you at that age. I don't have anything else. I can't see you older. I can't. None of that works. So that's why I explained to my brother Mark when he was doing all that gang bang. I'm like, bro, if you get murked in 30 years ago, damn. My brother Mark was cool.
B
Yeah.
A
It's like, damn. In 30 years like yo, Ken Flores. Yes. Can't that can was the man.
B
And it always sucks the same like time.
A
Yeah. It's not gonna get cooler.
B
Really do much to grief kind of. But not really, unfortunately.
A
You just think about it less.
B
Yeah. It's like volume. That's how I think about it. It can be up super high. Then you can go about your life a little bit and dial it down. But it's. But then at times it, it, it goes back up super loud. It's all you can hear.
A
Really good. Good way to put it.
B
Yeah.
A
So go. Go watch Ken's clips. Go watch his stuff. Go watch anything about Ken Flores. Go w. Everything in the news is true. The nicest guy. Every. Every headline has been so nice and positive. Usually when celebrity passes away they say some not one thing.
B
There was so much. I mean I didn't. I was so exhausted yesterday. I checked out at like 6:00. But like there was so many news outlets posting about it. I was almost shocked. I forgot he's a famous comedian for, you know.
A
I mean like you always forget when it's just your friend and you see him. They don't act like that.
B
And you were trying to. You did a push trees drop landed on yesterday too. Unfortunately.
A
Yeah, yeah, we dropped. I mean, I don't really care about it.
B
How long was that in the works? Like four months. Bunch of sick ass new bunch of sick.
A
It just happened to land on a terrible day. I just didn't really care. Some man. Every time I think about I'm just so much more pissed. But this last week when I went to the show was the first time Rosie did not go with me somewhere. I was like, you know what? I'll just do it this time. And that's why I hung out for like four hours. I was like, damn, do I hung out with a bunch of dudes in forever.
B
Yeah.
A
And it happened to be Ken. Ken's hilarious.
B
Yeah.
A
And we're all just Talking shit to each other and laughing. So I hit up Felipe Esparza because I couldn't get a hold of nobody. That's how I found out Ken was really gone because Duno's phone was off. Hit up Ralph. I don't know Renee like that. And I don't want to bug him, but I talked to Duno, and I guess they were about to film, and they all said something happened to Ken. They all rushed over there, and he was already gone. But they said, like, he was still there at his house.
B
Like. Like overnight.
A
No, this was, like, at 8 at night, 10 at night. They're about to film a show or podcast Duno and Concrete, and they got a call and they're like, let's get to Ken's house right now. And by the time they got there, I guess he was already passed away. See, I hit up Felipe. I forget Felipe's older, so he, like, gave my some wisdom. And I'm sure he's had so many friends pass away because he was just talking about, I saw you guys stuff at the Improv. I just saw all of it. He's like, you had fun. Try to remember that over everything. I was like, damn it, Felipe, you're right. Because right now, I can't think of anything positive or fun, but that was a fun night.
B
Yeah, it was so fun, actually, it looked. The pictures are just iconic, and it was like, it just happened exactly one.
A
Week to the hour later. Last Tuesday at 9. I think it was Tuesday at 9 last this week. He passed away. Really? Somewhere in that little gap. So weird, dude. Literally, a week later. Oh. So. Yep. If you see anything with Ken Flores, go support it. You will not be forgotten on this show. I know that much at all. Maybe we'll have Ken pop up like the full from Mortal Kombat every time someone says something disgusting. It's just Ken popping his face like the caterpillar from Bugs. Like, there's so many good things I'm thinking of now, and I can't tell anybody. I mean, I can't tell him the caterpillars from Bug's Life with the freaking cheeks or Samoan on a diet. I like Simone on a diet a lot, actually. All right, wow. Let's move on to another topic.
B
Dude, it's gonna get sad. Just went and did Ryan Sickler's podcast, right?
A
I did it on Tuesday, actually. The same day Ken passed away.
B
Right now is what? Friday?
A
Today's Thursday.
B
Today's Thursday.
A
I know. I don't even know, dude. All mixed up. Together. First question Ryan asked me, you have any, like, deaths in your friends or family? I was like, luckily, no. And I told him that. Thank God. No. Just when I was younger and my uncle, he goes, oh, that's good. It was four or five hours later this happened. I thought about that too. When I heard camp has. I'm like, damn. Ryan just asked me. I was like, thankfully, no. Same day, I was actually. I was talking to Ryan about Ken Flores, actually, because I was like, yeah, I did it with Ralph and all that. Ken Flores showed up. I'm like, that feels disgusting. I told, like, I did the. I did the brave with him. I was just telling him all about, like, what we've been doing. He's like, you didn't do a stand up? Like, yeah, dude. Ken actually asked me. I was like, I would have done if you wouldn't push me in. I was literally just talking about his ass to Ryan.
B
Did Ryan know about him and stuff?
A
Yeah, yeah. Come on. Any. Any comic in la, you kind of have to know. Renee Ralph. Yeah, it's like the young. It's the younger crowd, dude. There's a younger dudes that are doing great, selling out every show. Yeah, I went on Ryan Sicklers, Ryan's show, the Honeydew. It's gonna come out. I'm not sure when. And I did his other show called the Way Back. It's like we sit. Remember he was explaining it to us where you sit like, in the back of an arm of a station wagon.
B
Yeah, we heard about this way before.
A
Way before it happened. So it's done. He's doing it now. Yeah, the set's cool. Bunch of old school toys.
B
Oh, sick.
A
Like, legitimate old sick. Before Gameboy, which is football, is just a line. You had to, like, pump the button for the ball to move those ones.
B
Is it in the same spot?
A
No, Ryan moved his spot. But I love his setup. Dude, you go through. It's like a set and you go through, and then here's the set. But it's like a house almost. It's weird. But cool.
B
Nice.
A
Like, way cool. We did that.
B
And shout out to Ryan Sickler, one of the real GS in comedy, too. Such a real one.
A
Ryan is such a funny. He goes, hey, man, we can't smoke inside, but let's. I smoke right here. It's the AA people's parking lot. I thought he was kidding. I was like, for real? He goes, yep. This is what the AA meetings are. We're smoking weed at their AA meeting. That sucks for them. And this tweaker guy came up. Is this where the AA meeting goes? I'm like, oh, you were serious? Yeah, this is the AA meeting. Sparking. And then I was like, yo, I'm not. I feel so bad. He goes, this is where they throw their cigarettes. There's a huge pile, like, in a tube of cigarettes. And I was like, all right, I'm gonna put my end of my joint in there, have them all relapse. They're gonna see a tip of a joint and just freak out, dude. So, yeah, yeah, Ryan's great. He's doing good. Yeah. Check it out, Ryan. Stick with the honeydew or the way back. Turn that back on. So, yeah, sorry. Let me take a drink of this. I. I need to. Guys, I haven't drank energy drinks, and my dad hauled truck driving for Rockstar. I have not drinking any drink since I was drinking anything 11th grade. And we are not sponsored by. By TJ Dillashaw in any way, shape or form, But I keep these stocked in my house.
B
This is sponsored by Friendship.
A
Sponsored by Friendship.
B
For real.
A
Because I buy these online and pay the shipping.
B
I don't ask about them.
A
I love them.
B
Dude, I had the BlackBerry one. I don't even think it was amazing.
A
This one's. The citrus. Tastes like an actual soda. If there was rainbow sherbet was a soda.
B
Damn. Huh? Sold.
A
So real quick. Sorry, I'm. I. It's like one of those weird modes. I'm just trying to get out of it. Like, I. I just feel like this.
B
Yeah, no, it's. It's. It's weird when somebody passes that's close to you. It's very confusing. And time gets all weird.
A
It is when people pass, but it's weirder when it's like, you're young as.
B
Yeah, that's the worst.
A
Damn it. That's the thing. It's like, bro, you're not even 30. And that's what pisses me off about all this.
B
I thought of him as a kid still. Like, in my mind, he's, like, Damn near, like, 19. Like, you get that vibe off him, like he's a kid.
A
Yeah. Sorry. I'm trying not to be all sad and just.
B
Yeah, we haven't really talked about this. I mean, one could we. There's. We talked about it in the morning. We figured out that it was real. Then we connected at night and decided we're going to come in here. So.
A
Yeah, I didn't do anything. I wouldn't watch the really bad movie just to keep my mind off of it.
B
Yesterday is one of the first days I really didn't do any work. I mean, I did in the morning. We found out at like 8:39am yeah.
A
But I just learned almost nothing at all the whole day.
B
Lay down. Just did, like, chores and.
A
Yeah, that's all I did. I could. I don't know why. I just didn't. And I didn't care that I was behind. I was like, you know, I just don't really give a today.
B
Yeah.
A
And it's like I'm trying not to let it spill over because it's like, I don't really care today.
B
Yeah, I know. That's why I knew, like, we were like. You were really like, no, we should just get it done. Just come in there and do it.
A
Yeah, we need to come in here and talk.
B
It's almost like. Like when my mom passed and we came in the next day. If I didn't do it that next day, you've been sitting there, it wouldn't have happened. Yeah, it's like when it's so fresh, you can talk about it when it sits, it's harder to talk about.
A
And it's not like, oh, we want to get content. Yo, this is our homie. Like, this is our life.
B
This is our friends. That's what the show is. We introduced him to a lot of people.
A
But. Yeah. What does it say? Oh, yeah. I'm not trying to get stuck. Stuck in his funk, but. Ah.
B
Did you.
A
How do you get out of it? I'm trying to, like, break that. I'm trying to shake it.
B
Dude, are you freshly removed from a duct tape challenge also?
A
I just got so much smoke in my eye.
B
Oh, my God.
A
That hurts so bad. It hurt. It hurt like the sun hit me after coming out of the dark. Oh, God. Smoke that. And then we'll split this big one. Boom. Switch gears. Different gears. More fun, not sad. Ready? Go. Duct tape challenge. I did this thing with this guy I used to work with that was a little. And I told Rocco, but he was really good at the camera. Little bastard. I ever seen the. Ever seen the show Heroes? You ever seen it?
B
No.
A
It's about, like. I mean, heroes. It's about regular people that start getting, like. Realize they have powers, right? Anyway, there's a guy named Skyler or Syler, and his power is. Is if he mercs your ass, he can absorb your power and whatever you get. So he's going around being a nice guy and murdering people with. With powers when they don't expect it. And Absorbing their powers. I wish. Where did I go with this? I wish. I wish I could. I can go back.
B
Oh, I got you.
A
And absorb the power of my old videographer. Because he was incredible with the camera. And he had his zooms in. He used to do. He started with vice. Remember I told you so? They were all document. So he's just like. He. I'm not gonna say everything, but he wanted a war. I'm not gonna say what year for. For your camera work. An actual, like, prestigious award for camera little bastard. He's good at it, but everything else in his life, he's trash at it. Especially about being a cool guy. And me and him were sitting down one day, and he's like. And we're 40 hands. I'm like, oh, man, I never did that. That was dumb. He's like, yo, that was crazy, though. I might do it with some weed. He goes, what about, like, vape pens? I go, duct tape. Vape into my hands. Let's do it. And I'm not gonna say, you know what? I could have said I thought of this me, but I didn't. And I'm going to give him credit because he basically. Remember that episode of Cartman? Cartman? Remember? Gay fish? Oh, no, sorry. Fish sticks. Oh, all right. There's a. There's an episode of. There's an episode of South Park. Marty, I love that you get to explain this. Where. All right, ready? Here's a joke. Hey, you're a vegetarian. Pretend you like fish. Hey, man, do you like fish? Do you like fish sticks?
B
Yeah, of course.
A
What are you a gay fish? Like, what? Like, oh, fish sticks. I was like, do you like to put fish sticks in your mouth? Yes. Oh, what are you, a gay fish? And it's just like, oh, you got me. But Kanye west doesn't get it. That's the episode. He doesn't understand the fish thing. I am not a fish. I'm a genius. So I'm not gay. I have a wife and children. I am a genius. So there's this. He just doesn't get it, right? He doesn't. He kills Carlos Mancia in the episode because he steals. The joke goes, hey, I made this up with my homies. And you know how he's a joke? So they're like, on him, Kanye west, because he doesn't get it. And where the hell was I going.
B
With this shitty videographer?
A
Why on earth.
B
South park shitty videographer giving him credit.
A
Oh, thank you. Like Cartman with the fish sticks jokes. He comes in and butters or. And Jimmy is writing the joke. But every time Cartman tells everybody how they came up with it, it gets more progressively. Like, so I was coming in, I was like, hey, Jimmy, here's a joke you should write down. We should do it together, but we should split credit. And after the Annie kills a dragon, he's like, oh, by the way, fish sticks. Write it down. So I could have did that? Yeah, Drew robots. I could have did that, dude. But I'm not. My videographer helped me come up with this idea. All right. Because of mid conversation.
B
Yeah. So you hate this guy. So you really.
A
He sucks.
B
Giving him credits, though.
A
Giving him credit.
B
Big deal.
A
Really? He's a small wiener, but he's a big.
B
There you go. All right.
A
There you go. So do the idea with him. And that's the first video I ever had. A second video I ever had that did a million. Like, I posted it, and people like, who is this guy? This is content I want on YouTube. And I caught some type of algorithm because, like, there's, like, 4, 000 likes on every single comment. And it caught, like, that YouTube viralness. Anyway. That was disgusting doing that. It's not fun. Vape pens are fine. In abundance. In abundance, dude. It's like, yo, I'm a whiskey sipper. How about this? Put a straw on the whiskey and then drink it as fast as you can. Breathe through your nose and mouth so you taste it. I want you to taste it. And when you throw up, you gotta drink the liquid that comes out of it or whatever it is. That's what it's like doing the duct tape challenge, dude. Edward Stizzy hands. But I'll do stizzy anymore because they still haven't responded to me. It's been like 10 months anyway. Not the fact that they're ghosted me. I have their money. I was like, can I give you your money back? They're like, hey, man, LA times, dog. We're gonna wash our hands of you, even though you're the one that's. I'm not the one that did anything anyway. This hasn't responded to me. I keep trying to give their money back next year. I did it with another during the pandemic. I did it in my own house because I'm like, I can't go outside. Let's do a duct tape challenge in here. I greened out, almost threw up. I had to take a break. It was disgusting. That was 4 grams. That was 2 grams of each pen. Like, it was not good. Not fun, not fun. Then I did it again, like two years later with the dopest pens. Totally fine. But then again, it's the pension. It's distillate. It gives me a feeling in my head. Oh, ready? Here's your clips. Here I'm start talking in clips. Hey, man, do you agree with me or not? I can smoke 20 joints. Be fine, take dabs. But if I smoke power smoke a gram of vape pen, I will feel sick. I'll get high, but I will feel sick. I don't know why clips.
B
I don't think they're intended. God didn't intend no be ripped down no once.
A
No. No. So it's like. It's like drinking juice concentrate. It's like, oh, you're just drinking the concentrate, not mixing it with water. Oh, my God. That's. That's what I'm doing, you know, that's what I'm. That's what I'm doing. So it's cool for sips. Yeah, it's cool for sips. But guys, I'm sitting here smoking them until they're bare. That was that mean. They're getting so hot.
B
Yeah.
A
Hitting it over and over. That oil is getting hotter and hotter, you know, what does it do? It's getting hotter. It's cooking a little bit. And maybe it's turn burning. Maybe it's burning the terps off a little bit.
B
Get down to the bottom. They get gross.
A
Oh, they taste. You know about that. This fool hits them till they're just robocops. They hits them right to their bare metal. Working for the government, he doesn't even. He leaves no moisture behind. Moisture, Marty. Nothing left. I know they're bone dry. So I did it with the dopest. I haven't done in about a year or two. This year is all about me and my health and what I like to do. Anaika said earlier, I'm gonna stop smoking so much. And then I went and did the duct tape challenge.
B
Both hands.
A
So what I did is I did the duct tape challenge again at Echo Park. It was real fun. I had quick update, had to stop the video and call the cops. I even talked to you because I went to sleep right after I got home and I woke up to this, to what happened to Ken. So we haven't talked at all. I may or may not had. I did. I called the cops. There's. There's. There's a few things I don't like in life. Racism. That is real. Because I love some racist jokes, but racism, that's Real shitty moms. Can't stand them. Can't stand a shitty mom.
B
I'm with you.
A
Okay, so this is what happened. We're at Echo park, where the statue is, right where it meets the water. I am looking at geese. They don't want to hit my. So I'm like, all right, get out of here. It's my land, right? So I come. They're Mexican. I'm America. I'm America, I'm white. And I'm gonna make this America by New Mexico. Used to be called Mexico. And how about this? New Mexico. And that's what they did in the middle of mixers. Get out. Which is kind of crazy to think about. Not Tejas. Texas. We're gonna call it Texas. Anyway, I tell the geese to get off my land. And I'm walking. I'm walking. And I see this little boy. He's little boy, dude with a little red, like, cap, like Ralphie from Christmas Story, but red and checkered, right? Like a little lumberjack hat. He's got his little sweater on, little jeans and boots. I'm like, look at this little boy. Hell, he's having fun. He couldn't be more like two and a half. And I'm like, also, where is your supervision?
B
Is this a white kid, a Mexican kid?
A
No, he's like.
B
It.
A
He's like, half black, half white or half Mexican? Half black or just Puerto Rican? He's either half black and Mexican or just regular Puerto Rican. Nobody can tell the difference. Nobody knows Bat Joe's Puerto Rican, right?
B
Yeah.
A
Looks like brother Ali. He looks like a white albino, man. So not all Puerto Rican. Oh, that goes against my point. Anyway, most Puerto Ricans look like the guy that killed Patrick Swayze in Ghost that gets thrown and gets killed at the end and gets dragged to hell by the. That's a Puerto Rican. Okay, all right.
B
I only asked because we used to live in an apartment complex. There were some. We noticed, like, some of our foreign neighbors would let their kids just be on free roam.
A
Just like, oh, yeah, no, that's fine. That's fine. But I always had to keep an eye. That was me as a kid, but I have to keep an eye. Why? Because we're by Echo Park Lake. He's only like two and a half.
B
Is it all, like, tweaker and gang banger over there?
A
There's some, but not as much. And in the video, guys, I. I gave a little family history. My Uncle Bobby has some brain damage. My Uncle Bobby, I think, was a kind of shitty guy without the brain damage, maybe. He annoyed me as a kid, my Uncle Bobby, I found out he had the brain damage from falling in Echo park and drowning as a child. And then they found him and resuscitated him, but he already had brain damage because he was in the water. How exactly? Like that little boy. Nobody was watching him. My grandma, you know, they're all from here. They used to go around Echo park all the time and just chill, hang out and play when they were little kids. Apparently, my Uncle Bobby, they were walking back to the car like, where's Bobby? And they look back, and people are dragging him out of the water because this little boy was just floating. He was in there for, like four or five. Four to five minutes dead. They resuscitate him, and he was like, common sense gone. Lost the mass. Everything just left his brain, dude. And was like, yo. Drinking, drugs, gambling, degenerate. That part clicked on. So that's my Uncle Bobby. So I didn't want this little boy to end up like my Uncle Bobby. So I'm looking at. Anytime I see a kid with no parent, I'm like, where the. Why are you by yourself? If I was a creep, I'd be gone with you already. That's how far out you are by yourself. So I'm looking around with the pens in my hand. Like, I see the kid, like, 30 yards away. I'm like, oh, look at that little boy's hat. And I go, where's your mom and dad? Who's got you? It's like. Because in the video, I'm talking about, there's a bunch of leaves and grass, but it looks like. Like a lawn. It's the water. It starts off kind of swampy. I would step down into that and go, oh, damn, it's water. It looks like grass and leaves. You cannot tell the difference unless you, like. You're looking at, like, oh, that's the water. I would have stepped in there. So I'm like, this kid's not gonna go. Let me. Let me just get the situation under control. That is. That's liquid. I'm not. No, he's gonna drown. So I look about 30 yards ahead of me where the statue is, and I see this, like, gross John Leguizamo from Spawn. Mexican woman. She wasn't uglier, and she wasn't that gross. But her. The way she. You'll get why you could be the prettiest in the world. You do some. You're nasty now. I hate you. You're just like, a. A thing. Yeah, there's no, you're not a girl to me anymore. Just like some bad parent, you know what I mean? Like, she could have looked like anything, but I'm just describing her. John Leguizamo and Spawn shout out to.
B
John, like, wasamo for liking our stuff.
A
Let's go. The pest. We'll share this one because you. That is good. So I see her and I'm like, that's gotta be her kid, right? She has a stroller, but she's talking to what seems like to be a homeless man. But you know the homeless guys that chill at the park so they don't look super homeless. But you know, like that much on your bike for you are all adventures. That means you don't live. You live outside probably, or somewhere sketchy. Anyway, he was like a 75 year old black dude, right? Like, like Mr. Edwards. Damn near my old neighbor. Oh, hey, man. And you could tell he was like old school by the way he was dressed. He had like a prisoner's gray sweater, gray sweats, white shoes, cut off gloves. The long sleeve gray sweater was cut up to here so you can see his white tee underneath, like with a gray beanie. He looked like Jack Stellar from Sons of Anarchy, but an old black man. And I see him about 30 yards to the left. And I'm walking toward them and I'm looking at this kid, like, who's got this kid? I probably had the footage. We were. Of course I did. We were filming and I see her looking at the guy and she has her phone out. She damn near goes, oh. Almost falls and catches herself on him. And I go, she's faded. Like, being fade is fine. Being fall over drunk with your child by the water. I should smack the shit out of you. I will smack. Clip it. I'll smack the dog shit out of a woman if she's not watching her kids. And who's gonna die? Yeah, see, wait for the second part. All right, wait for the second part. I'll smack the shit out of a woman if she's not paying attention to her kid. He might die.
B
You made it really easy to just stop that.
A
I know. Say, keep it. You can have it. And I know I paused and everything and I walked past her and I can hear her talking to him. She just met him. I can hear the conversation. She just met him. The man is sober guy. Sober me. Rocco. Walk to the bench about 15 yards away from him, and I get some shots of me smoking. So Rocco's looking at my back just so I can like, listen. I Tell Rocco. Just keep showing. I'm just listening to this kid because there's a kid over here. And Rocco's like, oh, okay, good. So we're, like, filming, and I'm just listening like, yo, if my biggest fear is this lady's how drunk she goes home with this dude. Now this little boy is just there. She might pass out. What did that. Something happen to that kid? Or he just never comes home and she's all faded. My child's gone, like, because of you. So I'm like, nah, there's no way I'm gonna watch this on the news. Like, that's the little boy we saw. But we wanted to film our wee video, so we didn't stop, and we did, like, you know what I mean? We're sitting there for, like, 20 minutes, dude. I'm waiting for, like, 20 minutes, just pretending that me and Rocco are talking by the bench so I can. I'm watching Rocco's right here. So I'm looking over Rocco's shoulder so I can see what's going on. And she's, like, talking to him on her phone. Has not looked at this kid yet. I'm assuming that's her kid, based on that. No one else is looking at this kid. And he's kind of by them, right? He's such a little kid that when he fell, he had to turn to his hip, put his hands down, put his feet and stand with his butt up and get up like a kid. You know, like little kids stand like that. That's where I'm like, oh, he's little, bro. You just got up.
B
This fool's got a diaper on.
A
Yes, he's got a diaper on. He can't swim. He's gonna drown, dude. So I'm standing there, I'm looking, I'm waiting. And then he's, like, smiling to her, and he's, like, touching her, like, on the hip a little. She's gra. She's touching on him like, oh, she's just a hoe. A drunk hoe, you know? Okay. You know, it's not my business. Make sure you watch your kid. I'm going to wait till you walk away so I make sure your kid doesn't drown. At least I'm. At least somebody's watching. I'm doing a wee video, bro. It's not that big of a deal. I'll continue. Cut. And we're back. Nothing changed. The sun. So I see her, and she just smacks the dog shit out of this old man. I mean, smacks him, dude. And he just did. And she goes hugging, like, flirting on him and, like, hugging around his neck. And he's just like this. I could see it on his face. He looks at me and then looks at her. How far away are you here to the warehouse? Like, 15ft. Okay, enough to where I can hear everything to make sure she's not like, well, you know my kid. You can take it. Like, I'm. I'm on Dads Against Predators brain. I'm like, this might be a drug. She might. You don't know what the hell she's gonna do. She's falling down standing up. It's the middle of the day, by the way. So I'm like, you got faded and came here. You didn't get faded here. There's no beer cans around.
B
Dudes against parents.
A
Yeah, for real, dude. I was pissed. And then two, two, three seconds, I told rock, rock, can you see that? He goes, I didn't see him. Like, she just smacked the out of him. And I'm like, broccol, look at her. And then every time Rocco looked away, she smacked him again. Then she hit him, smacked the old man. He grabbed her by the wrist and he went like this and stopped. This is all under their breath, flirting. And she's smacking him. Every time she smacks him, she's like, touching on him too. She's a weird ass, right? So she smacks him, smacks him. Then he goes. He grabs her, like, kind of like side hugging her. He's got his little scooter bike. She has her stroller. The kid's still right there. And then she says it, says his name. Oh, I'm like, I can hear how faded you are. I just want to beat the out of you. It's my son's name. It's father's. And she's just talking about. I grew up with a dumb too. So it's like, sorry, mom, when you're young. So we start walking away just so I can call the cops so they don't hear me. So we walk to the left down the trail going towards sunset about 40 yards. And I stopped, and Rocco's doing, like, the filming. So I'm like, oh, yeah, get this. Hit me, Hit me. And I'm. I call the cops on this hand. And I tell him like, yo, this is what's going on. That little boy's in danger. If that woman isn't like, there's a lake right here. There's no fence. What if she starts walking down the street? He's gonna get hit by a car. She's not watching him. She could care less. She didn't look at this kid one time the whole 25 minutes I was there until he came by her when she yelled his name. And then he just ran around a tree for a long. Then he stared at the tree for like three minutes. I'm like, yo, this kid is facing. He's just staring at the tree longer than I did when I was on mushrooms. Like, it's not that interesting, dude, there's nothing. He could look up there like, oh, wow, these leaves are growing. There's nothing. That kid was spaced out. So I'm on the phone with the lady and she's like, okay, I'm gonna get officers down there. I explained the whole thing. She goes, this is highway patrol. You could have stopped me. So I'm a transfer. Like, dude, I just wasted two and a half minutes. This is high patrol. I can't do it. Like, oh, you should just be. Yeah, quick. So they transferred me. She's like, oh, okay. So this is what, like, can you please stay there for officers? And I was like, oh, my phone's gonna die. Oh, here's my number.
B
Meanwhile, you got your hands taped.
A
Yeah, and I'm on the phone. I'm like, yeah, so no, I'm just at the park. I have to go to work. I was just walking by my. Oh, my phone's gonna die. Oh. And I told him like, I can't wait, I'm sorry. And she's like. And I told him, like, I'm gonna wait until cops get here and then I'm gonna walk away. I'm not. I can't. I don't have time to wait for you guys and talk to you though. I give a statement like, bro, arrest this stupid. Give the kid to the grandma or something, cuz this is crazy. So I'm talking to him, I hang up. Forty seconds later, she decides to take off. And where does she go? Toward the street with an old man. I'm like, nah, something's off. I don't know why, but something's weird. I don't like it. I feel creepy. The old man looks nice, but something is wrong. That he's like, hey, come back to my spot. Bring your kid. You're faded. Yeah, you want to bang girls? I would never do that. And if somebody's like, yeah, you put your kid in the room. Like, oh, that guy's a weirdo. No, no, not gonna happen. So we kind of like watch them while we're filming. And they get to the stream. Like, should we follow him? Rock's like, yeah, we should follow him. Like, all right, we're gonna. This whole video is done. We have to walk. We're leaving. Damn it, dude. I'm halfway through these pens. I was like, so they get to the street. I'm like, no, old man. Go somewhere else. Go somewhere else. And then he starts going with them. And then he gets the. In the street. He just left. I think he was like, this bitch is crazy. And he took off as soon as she got a little distance, dude. And then she grabbed the little boy's hand and then he walked across the street. And I was like, okay, she's holding his hand. But you do have him toward traffic, stupid. Get him on the other side of the sidewalk. I was like, at least you're grabbing his hand. As soon as they get in the crosswalk, she just lets him go and just starts walking. She's on her phone and I walk, wait for them to cross the street, get in off the street, and they start going, like, toward an apartment, like, all right, back to filming. And that is the hash pen video. That's what happened.
B
Thanks, Rosin, man.
A
Thanks, Rosin guy. Bad moms. So, yes, the duct tape challenge is on the way. And hopefully a new parrot for this young boy. Because I can't. Can't stand. Can't stand it. Anyway, duct tape challenge is coming. Also, random thought. You know John's stupid ass chain?
B
Yeah.
A
So they've been designing me one, right? Eliante people in New York. And every time I get off the phone with him for a design update, I go, who the fuck do I think I am buying a chain? Like, who the fuck am I, dude? Every time. And then another half of my brain goes, you own a streetwear company. Yeah. Get a little thing for your thing. Write some of it off, you know, that's kind of tight. That's cool, man. The other half me goes, what the fuck do you think you are? The other half of me, that's like, wear the same clothes every day. Don't look at me like, it's going. You hate attention, but you want to wear a house on your neck. And then every time I put. John, every time. I don't. Don't. Every time I get off the phone, I don't want it. And they've spent so much time designing and I don't want it. That's how I feel like, oh, God. Or how much is it? And he goes, oh, it'll be about this way. I don't buy it, dude. I don't want it. And then I'm like, I'll sell my watches and get it then so I don't have to buy it. And I go, that's stupid. Anyway, I think I'm gonna buy it now, because I know Ken would have been like, yeah, buy that, man. Because I told him, like, I got something coming. So you got it. Because I talked to Rene. He has this chain of him putting his leg up and humping. He has a diamond pendant of himself humping the air. And I went, is that your Legos? Yeah, dog. It's my logo. That's awesome. Let's enjoy it. I go, it's pretty funny. Get your leg in the air. Humping. He's like, that. He's like, mid humping, but it's all diamond out.
B
Can't be easy to do on a chain.
A
At first I thought it was a chicken wing leg. And I. Was that a Legos? Yeah, that's me. And I went, don't tell me you thought it was chicken. Sorry, sorry. I thought it was a chicken wing leg. And after Ken's like, I was like, maybe. Maybe one day I'll do more than just my. And then I was like, you know what? I am gonna get that jade. It's gonna be sick. And then every time, like, yeah, sorry. I just brought it up because I was thinking about that when he said that, I was like, ah, I'm gonna get that chain. I should. And the other half of me goes, you're a.
B
Is it gonna be a push trees one? Yeah, sir.
A
If it happens, I might not do it, dude. And if I. I know I'm either gonna say yes or no. When they're like, hey, about to put the diamonds in this thing. Go cancel it. I know myself, dude. I'm. I will spend all my money on other people. I went to the mall yesterday after I went to the movies. I was like, I just want to get out of the house. Just walk around. I don't want to be home. I get to the mall, and I bought, like, 12 things. One thing was mine. I bought a bunch of. For everyone else again, bro. Every time, dude. I can't just buy my own. Cuz every time I go spend 300. $300 on myself, and I'm like, oh, this is 300 from. She'll like it. I was like, he'll like that. I don't know why I feel like Santa Claus. I'm like, I'd rather just be like, look at your face. Then go, like, oh, I love this.
B
That's what having kids is like.
A
Well, I'm already there, dude. I don't. I buy toys. But I stopped. I. I've completely slowed down. No more. I just bought some. Good day. But anyway, I brought that up only because I was. I was telling this fool, but I was like, I got something. They're making me some. I was trying to explain without being a dick. You're like, oh, I like your chain. Like, this guy that's making mine is a. A jewel. God, I don't want to. You know, I don't want to say that.
B
Yeah.
A
But also, yeah, this guy is the best chain maker. I think on the. On I would stay, like, at least, like, top four to five in the world.
B
Damn.
A
Anyway, probably not gonna get it. And that was. That was the whole. That was the whole subject. I thought it was really funny. Who the. Do I think you're wearing sturdy 60 shoes, the house on your neck. You're stupid, but. Or like Mr. T. He wore a lot of jewelry and wore old shoes. Hey, I could be like, I'll pity the fool. There we go. I bet you the fool that doesn't laugh at Raises jokes.
B
Do you know when you're gonna get on stage again next?
A
I mean, I was. I'm just gonna go down to the improv myself. Yeah. I would like to be doing this at least two to three times a week. Just not. Not doing anybody shows. Don't put my name on anything. Just let me kind of just do time and just get up there and practice. I asked the audience a question last time to try to break the wall of, like, oh, yeah, there's a crowd. Because I'm. I was not nervous. I'm just. I. Guys, my entire life, I'm always expecting everybody to be rude to me. Now I'm putting myself in the most vulnerable position. There's a name for being rude. It's called a heckling.
B
It's a whole thing.
A
A whole thing in this. I don't like to fight. I love hockey. Just don't like the punching, you know? So now it's like, I gotta look at you and go, I have to be all right with just being myself being up here. Because if this was like this, I could talk for four and a half hours on stage.
B
Yeah.
A
Because the thing is, for me, it's like, I wonder if you guys have this, like, say you like a certain niche thing, but, you know, it's badass. You love it. It's sick. You know, the history, your friends, you Love it. But here we go. Perfect example. You were in Buffalo around your. All your homies playing rap, and you bust into some Pink Floyd because your dad likes them. Like, yo, what is this? Maybe you'll save the Pink Floyd for yourself at home.
B
Only this is what happened. Yes.
A
Okay.
B
Yeah.
A
Right, Right.
B
Yeah.
A
Okay. So I think that's. With me, like, with doing stuff. It's like, you don't think it's cool or you don't know me enough to know what I mean and know that it's just like, I'm just talking. So it might come off as like, that was trash. I guarantee you. Andy Kaufman came out and everybody went, this is stupid. Because some of the shit was. Or Norm, when you go up there and do bombs. Yeah, just go up there and bomb on purpose. Because that's what was funny about it. Yeah, that's hard, man. You have to. Ready? You have to not give a. About the opinion. For you coming to me. Your opinion for you coming to me.
B
I could care less, genuinely.
A
And I have to get over it, dude. Because I'm always like. That's why I said, I don't want to be rude. I want to offend nobody. Like, I told you, I don't want to fend nobody. But when Ken and all those fools are on stage talking, they were ripping apart this Mexican in the front because he had a yarmulka on, like, a Jewish Mexican. No one's ever heard of a Jewish Mexican. I was like, right him. I was like, ah. I was like, what? He's. He. He's cheap. Ed makes things for cheap. Or his cost of materials is cheaper than most. Or he's so. I'm so Mexican and so Jewish that I outsourced our work to China. Like, that's how Jewish I am. But the Mexican part doesn't correlate. It's hard to do a Jewish Mexican joke. I'm still trying. But when they were talking and then when I started roasting that damn drunk guy. I don't want to say everything I said, but there was some knee slappers in there to where I said it. And I went. It's like. If you guys could relate. The end of season four of Eastbound and Down with Ricky Bobby. Ricky Bobby. What the. When Kenny Power starts roasting the dude on the show, that's how I felt. I kept just every. Like. Like Ms. Trunchbull. Everything just, ah, she just. Till she ran. Yeah, it was great. That's how I found a way so you can just talk to people. I Don't like hurting people's feelings. You know that.
B
Yeah.
A
That's why I comment back to everybody, because I want to leave you out, make you hurt your feelings virtually. You know what I mean?
B
Anonymously.
A
Anonymously and virtually hurt your feelings because you didn't get a comment back. That's why I do it. But at this point, I watch back the Haunted Homies. Guys, there's a part where a lady's I died twice. And you can see me on stage. What the. And then you can see me go. And I hit behind Josh. I hit my head. I was like, oh, my God. Did I just hurt that woman's feelings? But that was my first time on stage and the first time going, what the. Because she said I died twice. No, you didn't. Shut up. My husband. I saw him in the afterlife. That's how she was. She was basically. She opens beer bottles with her teeth and chugs it with hands free. Chugs it.
B
Buffalo.
A
That's. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. But I watched it back and I saw myself go. And I was like, damn, dude. I can see myself get. Feel terrible. Instantly felt bad. I went. And then I was like, dude, after watching these fools get on stage for two hours and just roast anything and themselves. Yeah, yeah, it's okay. It's okay. You came here. You were exposed yourself for a comedy show. If I start, dude, I'll wreck. I'm super nice, but I'm so ruthless with some. Every time I see Mark Norman say horrible, I'm like, that's the exact thing I thought of. And then he said it. I'm a bad person. Like, I'm not nice, dude. I might seem nice, but the. In my head, sometimes I'm like, don't say. That's so rude.
B
I think Mark Norman might be on the brink of wanting to come on the show, guys.
A
So hopefully he's hilarious.
B
Wanna maybe push him a little bit in the comments?
A
I'm on the show. Hey. All right.
B
That's it.
A
That's pretty much him right there. That is basically R rated Jerry Seinfeld. He sets up so, so well. Dude, don't remember what we're talking about at all.
B
One other sad thing happened.
A
Oh, my God.
B
Over the weekend.
A
What?
B
The AFC championship.
A
Oh, that's okay. It's sad. But I want to say this. I told you, I don't like to hop on bandwagons, but Papa Holmes is kind of a jerk. I saw him. I saw a compilation of him complaining to refs, and then they threw the flag After. Are you joking? I'm gonna say this. If I'm Pat Mahomes and they're just letting me win, I'm gonna shut up too. But my integrity will be broken. But also, I get it. There's a couple calls that were questionable in the Chiefs and Bills game, and not just because Marty's my friend. That I want the Bills to win. Josh Allen's from the Valley. I really want to see someone from the Valley win a Super Bowl.
B
Doesn't want to see the Chiefs goddamn lose.
A
I love. I love them. Until this year. I went to the game earlier this year just to watch him play. I like Pat Mahomes. My guy's a great quarterback. He's incredibly sidearms better than Rich Gannon sidearmed. And that was his whole thing. And that's just a thing in his arsenal. But what's going on with these calls? Some of the calls during the Bills.
B
Game, I wasn't going to whine about it, but I see the whole world complaining about it.
A
Whole world, bro.
B
I had a billion dollar idea on how they could fix this problem.
A
Oh, yeah? Don't say it.
B
I'm not going to. But I have a feeling they're going to do it anyway because I hear people talking about it.
A
Incredible idea.
B
I had a Shark Tank style idea, guys, that I need. Somebody knows how to build apps and do tech stuff.
A
Hollow. Incredible. Actually, college football will take that all day.
B
All the way down, all the way up. We need. We.
A
I mean, they probably have it and that's how they cheat. Have you ever heard that there's magnets in the balls? No. Okay. I see a lot of conspiracies. I'm like, hey, could happen. I'm not touching the ball. How would I know? But also, it's like the you going to do about it. It's like a bully. Shut up. What are you going to do about it, huh? Watch the game, stupid. That's us. They can come out and go, hey, we've been ringing. Shut up. I'll see you next Sunday. And everyone's going to go, okay, I guess I will.
B
Yeah.
A
Go, go team. Can you buy a new jersey? Do you have any new jerseys? That's all that will happen. Nobody's going to. Aliens got announced last year and nobody gave a. And then they said, actually, they're coming from underneath you. And everybody went, but Tick tock's gonna get shut down. Oh, man. Incredible.
B
I thought it was. I started just feeling sick towards the end of it because I knew.
A
I really thought they had it.
B
The probability, like, odds wise of us not winning at this point against. In that situation, I'm pretty sure we've won that we've gotten to the. To the championship. Like, sorry, we've. We've beat our division for like five or six years in a row. We're setting all kinds of records. We're like, come on, bro. You robbed of us of. Oh, look at. Come on, man.
A
Knew I had. I knew something in my pocket. Yeah.
B
They robbed Josh the MVP also, which I thought was dumb. No, they gave it to Lamar Jackson. You know what I mean? But here's the funny thing about yo, all praise due to Lamar Jackson is amazing. But guess what.
A
You mean, it starts off with. With guess what?
B
Some shit's go take away Lamar Jackson, you still got Henry, you know? So how valuable is Henry? Super valuable. Am I right?
A
Oh, you're talking about how good they are.
B
Yeah. Like, the Ravens are still a contender with Henry. Like, he's a superstar. You got two guys. We got one guy. You take away him, you got nothing. He's way more valuable to the Bills.
A
Like the water boy. Everyone here is a member of this team. He goes, you're the only one that's ever good. That's the only one that's good, Bobby. This is all on you. That's what they're telling Josh Allen.
B
We have a bunch of great role players that are young and like, we're. We're like the Golden State warriors when they were coming up with Stephen them. Like, we're young, we're coming together. We have greatness, but we got one guy. And Josh also wasn't being a hero. Like, Josh was playing conservatively compared to, like, last season, which is good in some ways because he wasn't throwing so many wild interceptions and stuff. He wasn't being superhero Josh, where he's running the ball because we got cook. We got people that he can go to now he's playing like more of a team player.
A
But, yeah, usually he just says, give me the ball and I'll score. Yeah, he'll just run. He's like spike in little giants. Like, give me the ball.
B
It was the first time that we were. I think, to me, it felt like we had been stopped when it was like, fourth and one. Normally, no matter what, we're gonna make it. Like, Josh is just gonna run it past.
A
Yeah.
B
Then they stopped it, and like, we didn't convert. We always convert that. And it was like, damn it.
A
Nope. So basically, what I'm saying is an unbiased opinion. I feel like the referees are now favoring the Chiefs because Taylor Swift will show up. That's gonna. That's gonna boost you at least 30.
B
The Taylor Swift all the Allstate. Like, there's so much money surrounding this.
A
Yeah, the Chiefs, I will say this. When they came back from commercial, they showed six clips in a row of Chiefs, two of Bills. At the end, it was second quarter favoritism at its finest. During the halftime, they played a commercial, and it was all the Chiefs players in the commercial.
B
So many guys, get out of here, dude.
A
Do that, man.
B
The coach, the. I mean, for real, you can't play.
A
Favoritism on a game. So important.
B
Can we all agree that Travis Kelce as, like, becoming human or is that.
A
Just me becoming human? Yeah, like, oh, he's saying he's not superstar. Like, I think he's doing okay.
B
Yeah, he had, like, a regular game.
A
The Jessica Simpson, Tony Romo effect. He's starting to suck. Maybe he'll. Maybe he'll drop a snap like Tony Romo did. Remember when Tony Romo dropped the snap to go to super bowl kick? Got it. And then ran it in and just missed it. By this, the course of history would be so much different if he just was this much taller. What's Jessica Simpson doing right now ruining somebody else's career? Damn it, Jessica Simpson. You ruined Tony Romo. Okay, here we go.
B
I don't know about that.
A
She dated Tony Row, but he. She was all over the jumbotron. Just what they're doing with. With what's her. Yeah, Taylor Swift.
B
Yeah.
A
What they're doing with Taylor Swift right now is exactly what they did with. With Jessica Simpson. They show every five seconds. Tony Romo, you know, dating Jessica. It's pop star. Pop star.
B
It's like, seems so gross at this point.
A
Yeah, I, I'm. You know what, man?
B
That's just me. I hate on everything that's not the Bills. And I hate on the girls, too.
A
Oh, we got some little toad going on. All right, all right.
B
We'll be back. I mean, we got our new stadium next season. What are you gonna do?
A
Like, we got our new freezing open.
B
Stadium next season directly next door. You still gotta drive if you. Listen, if you want to go to a Bills game, just realize you. We're gonna be about 20 to 25 minutes away from the actual downtown to go to the game. So if you're going to be getting drunk and stuff like that and you want to go to clubs, gonna be getting drunk, you gotta plan an Uber because it is a far drive and they got checkpoints.
A
I tell you, I went through a checkpoint. I'm not gonna say I was driving. I mean, I want to say I was smoking. I went through a checkpoint and my car happened to be boxed. I was driving. I didn't say I was smoking. I pull up to a checkpoint and I'm like, oh, I can't get out of this. I could see it from two blocks. Went, oh, there they are. There's a more so called. And I was in my car.
B
It's the worst feeling.
A
I'm like, all right. And I'm rolling my windows down on the side. So, you know, on the side opposite of them, it's box. And I can see the smoke coming out, so.
B
Oh, God.
A
And I'm just like, taking my time behind each car. Like, I'll pull up in a second. I'll pull up in a second. I roll the window down. Hello, officer. And she goes, hello, sir. Oh, you can keep going. I went, oh, thank you. And I rolled my window up all time.
B
Greatest feeling.
A
The said, sir, thank you, sir. She didn't even look at my face. She saw the car went, not messing with you, go. She assumed I was probably the driver. You know, you can't see the back seats.
B
Oh, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Yeah.
A
Never in life have I had white privilege. And I got it. They are so assumed I was driving a senator back there. That's it. We're talking about checkpoint. That's the only time I've ever been like, get out of here. I expected them to fully just swat me after like, oh, you think you were going, bro, we can see the smoke. You could see the smoke. Hello.
B
Yeah.
A
Oh, my. I rolled the window down. The smoke goes out. There's. There's no way on earth that they didn't just go, oh, Jesus Christ. Thing is, I'm talking to the officer. She looked like, when? Oh, when? Like, officer, chicks that are kind of chunky look like little boys. You ever see, like. You ever see those. Those officer chick, they have kind of like short hair. They look like me. Especially from the side and or back. She's one of those officers. Like, you can't hop a fence, deform the out of you and drive off. Like, oh, you're an officer, right? You only do stopped cars. Yeah, I can see why. Bitch, you're not gonna catch anybody. Who's gonna be afraid of me? It's like, hey, man, you better not run. I'll shoot you. Because I'm not running. So As I roll my window up, there's like, an older officer behind her looking at me like this didn't. Like he could see. He's like, damn, this shit's no nothing. I'm not gonna say a word. And I just drove off like, oh, I'm not going down the street anymore. And every time I'm adjacent to that street, checkpoint on the weekends, dude. Anyway, the only time in life where I went, oh, my God, I feel so privileged. Is this what it's like to get your way Holy only checkpoint story?
B
I've gone through hella checkpoints.
A
Oh, they're always bad. I'm saying it's the only one I've had that. I'm like, that's the only time I've ever said it perfect. Yeah. Oh, not even perfect. It's like she went, I swear, dude, it was so cool.
B
She's like, let me hit that.
A
No lie. I don't. I've been pulled over, and until that cop is behind me and we're getting off, I'm not putting my joint out. I'm in the passenger seat. I don't give a. Until that cop is directly behind me, this is not going out. Relighting a joint when you break the cherry off, it's like stubbing your toe after someone said, watch out for that thing. Don't stub your toe. And you went, what thing? And you crack the out of it. That's the equivalent of putting a joint out. Say it was flowing. Yeah, it's like taking your. Your cooking steak, you take it off, come back 30 minutes later, put it back on the heat. Like it's. Put it in the freezer. Yes. For 20 minutes and then put it back. Like there's condensation. So the reason I say that is is because I've gone through checkpoints, and, like, not until I get close enough am I. Am I putting this out?
B
Oh, you're a monster.
A
I know it's not good. But also, you have to see smoke in my car for it to be legally saying there's smoking in the car. Do you know that you have to visibly see smoke and smell is not probable cause in California anymore. Thanks, Prop 64. Speaking of Prop 64, I made a shirt to make fun of Prop 64. I don't know if you noticed, on the new Push creatures collection, it's all Prop 64 laws. I saw that it says, must buy licensed cannabis. Like, I'm just like, yo, push trees, trap it out. Yeah, we're gonna put the legal, but I made the legal look fun, just so I don't know why I thought of it. And I was like, you know what? That'd be tight onto the topic. Push trees just to the drop. For the first time in like a couple months, this is the first time we've ever done jumbo prints. Oversized and like a boxy, faded. That black one. Zoomies hit me up and goes, hey, man, you're selling incredible. We need some different kind of stuff from you. This is what we notice are selling like crazy big prints. I went, all right, well, give me the criteria. I was like, big prints, lots of color, right? Thank you. Got you. So I went and got this stuff made. Not for Zoomies though, because it's really loud and they're like, we not sure if we can. I was like, don't worry. How about I put on the site, show you it first? Watch. Watch it sell. And then you make your decision from there. And they go, okay. So that's what we're doing right now. We're just showing them like, this shit's gonna sell, bro. It's dope. They're like, it's really loud. I'm like, I know it's loud. And that's what's going on right now. So go check out pushtrees.com.
B
Some of the coolest ever.
A
It's really cool. First time we've ever done sleeve prints front and back.
B
Was that a nightmare or. No, it's fine.
A
Our new printers are so. The communication is so good with these guys.
B
Nice.
A
If you're watching my other printers, don't get butthurt at me. You can still do the zoomy stuff. Okay, But I can't. I can't be happy to drop the ball like this anymore. You can do the zoomy stuff that you know you won't mess up because you'll lose a hundred thousand dollars. You know what I mean? The Zoomies orders are huge. They can't mess that up. But my little stuff, they can.
B
So it's a sick ass shirt you got on now.
A
Oh. So you can't see the back.
B
But this full put, like, is that all embroidery?
A
It's all embroidery.
B
Damn.
A
There's 200 plus hits of embroidery on the shirt. What? I met this guy in Merced at the GB meet and greet or the GB charity thing we did. And they had a booth. I'm like, yo, this is incredible. Wouldn't buy that right now. So I've had this for a while.
B
That's why I told you there was like a dungeon in one of the basements, the apartments I lived in.
A
And it had all this on it.
B
That's what the wall look like.
A
Ew. And then the story of that kid getting tied up. So it's like, dude, is somebody really under here? That happened to Merced. A kid was running down the street with torn ass clothes. And it turns out some guy was keeping him hostage in the side room. Barred up windows and everything for months. This guy had this kid. I understand inmates and I get why they do the things they do in jail. If you're it. If you're in jail, let's keyword. Let's not keyword this. If you're in a place that you can't leave from the government, three in there and you're like, yo, I'm gonna be here for the existence of my life. What'd that guy do? Yeah, everybody likes guys that take out the creeps. Let me go get some points in here. That's all my stepdad told me. Like, it's just a point. It's just a little notch. It's like, oh, I killed one. So I got two. I got three. Yeah, it's like this. It's like this. It's like, oh, I got. This is my stepdad shirt. Actually, he's with. He's with ADAPT now. And they're not. They're not a show anymore. It's called Vigilante Demons against Predators. Anyway, push trees. This is the first drop we've done in a minute. One of the funnest drops we've had in a long time. So go ahead and check it out, dude. Hopefully it's sold out by the time this comes out. It won't be. We got a lot. So go ahead and check it out. And we have some really cool shit.
B
Excited and we very quietly behind the scenes completely rebuilding our. The whole podcast apparel line. And I've been working with some super sick artists that I'm super excited about. And we're gonna. We gotta. We got a collaboration coming where we're gonna be able to. You're gonna be able to buy it right off the YouTube if you want. Not to mention off the website and the app and all that stuff.
A
Becoming real kids now.
B
Yes. Like, you're gonna be able to literally click right under the video and just. And the, like, he's talking about these sick ass prince. We got some sick ass prince. We got some. We're gonna be really rolling it out like it should be this whole time for the podcast line.
A
Right. A little swastika.
B
Oh, it's the logo.
A
On a rock. Go take a picture and then flip it. Like. Like, no, no flip. But, like, do this, and then the next picture, it'll be, that's terrible. Is that why or was always doing that?
B
Oh, yeah, it's a. A subtle nod.
A
A subtle nod.
B
A little.
A
A little Elon. A little. What was it? You know what? Let's just stop. Yeah. Check out push trees. Super stoked about that. More stuff coming to Zoomies. A lot of accessories coming too. Oh, what am I saying? If you haven't watched the episode, go watch Squashing the Beef story time. You guys know I used to love lrg and then they George Lopez or they. They Eric Estrada to George Lopez to me. And then I started hating them. I had a grudge in my heart. If you have hate in your heart, let it out. I was haters ball on LRG for years. And then we. Then we had a meeting and found out that all those guys sold the company. None of them worked anymore. So I was like, oh, you guys are my favorite clothing company. You're not. Not me no more. Oh, cool. You want to do. They're like, yo, you want to do a collab? Like, all right. LRG Collab comes out in February in zoomies. February 15th.
B
Damn.
A
Let's go. Eight designs. Four are going in zoomies. Four are going on our site one week after Zoomies drop. Wait till you see this artwork. These. These shirts are so damn cool. The artwork, all of it came from right here. I made every single design, and this is how I did it. I said, hey, this is the style of artwork I want. And I went online and found that style of artwork. Like, look at. See the way those lines curve? See the way that the color hits? And he says, oh, it's. That's called this because the artist, like, that's something. Something. I go, so that. Let's knock that. Mark that down. Mark that down. Mark that down. And I went through all of LRG's old designs. Went. You see that artwork? That's the style of artwork that needs to be plastered on this mixed with what I gave you. Here's the idea. One revision on one design. Every other two. Every other design was perfect. One shot, done exactly what I wanted.
B
And for you, this can take years.
A
It takes so long. I have one that has a little bit of thought and history behind it. I have one that is the Santa Cruz mountains, but there's not fields of tomatoes and flowers anymore. It's all weed. Why? Because when we were getting married, our flowers from A certain part of Santa Cruz increased by like three times. And the guy explained it to us. He says, because my farm up there now grows cannabis because it's so much more lucrative than doing the. The. The flowers they've been doing for 60 years. So now they do a small batch only. They used to have 10 greenhouses. Now one is for the flowers, nine is for weed. And he's like, so I have to buy them for more expensive. That's why I have to charge you more. And I went so and so and so. And he explained, I go. I know where that. Because I just go to Santa Cruz constantly on and go past Watsonville. Anyway, I have a straight Mexican field worker. It's my favorite art. I think we've. I've. We've ever had for Push Trees. And it's incredible. I'm so excited. It looks so good. The artwork's so dead on. Perfect. It's. I don't want. I'll explain it to you. It's a field worker wiping his face from the sweat mid walking past the camera, which is you vision of your shirt. And it leads into a couple older Mexican men. And they're all. Instead of tomatoes and plant. They're all trimming up nugs off the plants in these fields that go forever into the Santa Cruz mountains. And then you can see the distance of all the rows of plants and other workers. And one of them's got like turned around mid trimming. He's got a Push Tree shirt. And another guy over here is holding a bucket. It's got LRG logo on it. And then in the sky in clouds, it says Push trees. And like, it is so sick. The thing is, the guy wiping his face is coming at you, so his face is eating up part of the big part of the shirt. Almost like foreground. The foreground. There you go, the foreground. Oh, it's so good. It's exactly what I asked for. Exactly the same art. I did it Havana oil painting style. That's what I asked. I found like this old. Like that's exact. I want you to feel like you're in Cuba or something. Like when you see those old car. Are you ever playing the game Mafia? I think it was. Or was it Mafia that had like a Cuban part? Anyway, that's. And then I mixed push trees with LRG's most famous shirt.
B
And I gave him an AR prompt. Basically.
A
Yes, I just. But I said it like, this is what you want to do. Mix it with this, this artwork, this style, these colors go exactly anyway. Dude, LRG times push trees. Drops in February. Does this come out in February? Yes. Comes out this month. All right. It's coming out this month. Got a little. Got a whole campaign going. They wrote a treatment. This is what professional companies do. They gave me a treatment of how we're going to do the roll out of the promo.
B
Nice.
A
It's like a little mini movie. It's all video. It's like a whole video with actors and all this stuff and sets and all this. The whole thing is me. Oh, it's like almost like a music video with following me around, slanging. It's gonna be. I'll tell you all of it after. But it's gonna be really cool. I'm being trapped. Yeah, dude, they're on it, dude. They're a real company, man. Like, like, okay, where's the treatment? Oh, we don't have a treatment. I'm doing a photo shoot. Like, oh, my God. I just get on the phone and go, where are we going? It's hot. All right, let's pull over. Let's take a picture. That's how I do. Because I don't know what I'm doing. And they have a treatment. They want me to redo the Gucci man ad. They did with Gucci meals, eating Hella Burgers. It's an LRG ad. They want to redo it with me with hell packs, sir. So I'm gonna redo the Gucci man ad for that and LRG collaboration. And I'm. And they want me in the commercial. Life is very, very wild. Sometimes super wild. Super sick. LRG push trees. I'm excited. Yeah, it's gonna be incredible, guys. I'm really, really, like, a super stoked. Also, an update. Oh, I said the name. My papers are coming out, but it's got. It got pushed back at least another month and a half. I was trying to do it for champs to see. I was gonna roll it out and be like, guys, next week, which not gonna happen. I wanted too many variations of stuff, and I'm not gonna force it at all. So it's gonna take a couple more months. 420. Let's just say 420 drop. Let's just. Let's just be tenantly say 420 drop. Shit is looking dope. She's looking awesome. I'm so excited, dude. I'm really, really, really, really stoked for this.
B
I can't wait.
A
Oh, I can't wait. It's so tight. Okay, before we get to this, let me take this damn drink. I told you guys that John was getting less dumb. I could remember last year, and I was like, because he's drinking Megamind. John calls it Megamind. It's called Magic Mind. It's not called Megamind. He's dumb. He called Mega Mind. He was dumb. So John's like, I take this magic mind stuff over and over and it helps me. Helps me stay strong, sharp and focused. Like, that's not true. And then John started quoting shows and I went, what is happening? I remember it was right before he moved. Like, did you just quote something goes Magic Mind? I went, that's not. Shut up. But you did quote something. And I will say, if you're saying it's that, I'll get it. So what happened is I went and got them and I really like them. And then what happened? They reached out to Marty and said, hey, is there any way we could sponsor the show? And we went, let's see. So they haven't started yet, but I've been drinking these anyway. They're at my house.
B
We've been endorsing this.
A
We've been endorsing this. Anyway, so I'm just letting you guys know, the drinks on today's show, we. There's. It's because we bought them and they're awesome. So Magic Mind, it's sharper mind, lower stress, calm energy. Honestly, I just look at as a health shot and it. Whether I don't know if it's a placebo, I feel a little more on top of. Not like, are you selling me nootropics? No, that's not what I'm trying to do. First off, this is not an ad. So.
B
So I actually, I. I like it. I met the owner of Magic Mind.
A
There you go.
B
Probably about six to seven years ago because he was starting his own podcast. So this isn't like some new company or new product. Like tons of research, tons of just people are like using this already. This is already out there.
A
Reclaim your brain is what it says. Oh, that's why it's got. How did I not read what's in it? Yeah, I just took John's word for it. It's got B12 in it. That's why I need to stop drinking these at night. Stupid. I'm over here B12, juicing it. That's dumb. That's crazy evidence.
B
You've been talking about them a lot. I'm gonna give him a try too.
A
Yeah, so they. I've been buying it and you know what's really cool is they sent us a Box of them, dude. It's like getting a box of joints. Like, oh, my God, I'm gonna use.
B
Right? It's kind of like the TJ Dillashaw thing. If he sent a crate over here.
A
But I don't mind supporting your company. So just, you know, I like it because I was buying them and they didn't have cardboard in the cardboard. So they were floppy a little. You guys fix that. I just got my new drop. They're all secure. Shrink wrap, like, there you go. That's how you do it. So, yeah, drinks and the guys go get my fitness Pal. We are not sponsored by my fitness pal, but just go get my Fitness Pal. It is a great app, dude. It's incredible. I. As long as you're staying on it, you're going to be more productive because you have to know, say you want to eat something and you punch it in. He goes, you know, this is 1600 calories for what? I've been eating this every day. And you go, oh, that's why I can't lose weight. I thought I was. My veggies love Mendocino Farms. You guys make good shit. Your vegan sandwich is a thousand calories. It's just beets, avocado, lettuce and carrots. It's on regular bread, like, like sliced bread. And it has a sauce. The sauce is like 700 calories. I don't even want the sauce. I was eating it three times a week. I mean, veggie sandwiches, man, I gotta, I gotta, gotta shed this weight. I'm over here just ruining myself. I thought I was doing great. I'm eating a half of my intake on a veggie sandwich. I'll eat something way more baller and fun and do that stupid. So my fitness pal. Thank you for letting me know. Still love Minnesota Farms, but I just get the salads now. It's.
B
I've never actually been there, so are.
A
You gonna eat meat? It's so long. I feel like such a cigarette smoker. You know what I mean? Oh, man, I haven't smoked a cig in so long.
B
Speaking of which, do you want to run this video?
A
I rarely laugh out loud at stupid video. Take that all back. I rarely save stupid ass videos. Okay, this guy, you can see it. Should I bring the fart spray vape back? This guy is doing what I used to do. Hey, man, you guys want to hit this? You want to try this and, you know, have him try it? This guy spray in the vape. The thing is, I got, I got you I need you to know. I need you to pay attention. The first guy that hits it. Look how disgusted his face. He looks like a puppy when you smack it on the nose and go. And 30 minutes later, it's like that. Still. Are we cool? He gets. Watch the guy. Pay attention to everything but the guy that hits it first. Watch him the whole time when you can, like, keep. Keep glancing. And look how traumatized he is after it. Doesn't say anything. I can't. My own flavor. I made it myself. Yeah, him, Him. What's going on? Keep. Keep watching. Nah, he just goes test it out.
B
Y'all got a recorder, though?
A
No, I'm. Made it myself. That's why, you know, I'm trying to get. Watch him in the back. Watch him in the back. He's still. He's still, like. He's still wiping his. What the is that? You can't get mad, cuz. You don't want to be like, yo, your company sucks. You know what I'm saying? So you almost take it as like you're not pranking me. I feel bad for giving you bad feedback, but the look on his face when he just kept. He's staring at the guy hitting it. Didn't warn him, didn't say anything. He just let him hit it.
B
He's watching head behind him.
A
He went and hid behind the same guy. He's a twin of that guy. I don't know why, dude, but that was so good to me. I don't. The wheat, it's ass. You know, one time at the first cannabis cup I ever went to in my life, I was with the dude that owns Kid Robot. I feel bad. I remember your name, dude. It's been so long. A dude that started a couple the big weed pages. So when I went, I'm like, oh, me owners, these weed pages. I only like 20k. So I was like, oh, man. Hell, yeah. What do they do? Oh, cool. I was just, like, learning it. I'm like, oh, this guy owns this company. That's cool. You run that. Oh, I. I follow you. That's when Instagram started, right? Just first started. I don't think the guy was pranking us. We're all just smoking in a circle. I have a picture of it, and the guy is in the picture. We're all just smoking in a circle, meeting each other for the first time. It's like early summer camp. Like, oh, oh, you go to school there? Oh, my brother goes to school. But we're like, what's your name? Dr. Darby. Darby I fall, you know, I mean, like, we're like, wait, you're high society? You're. You're what? And they know me because I have my face on there. I'm like, what's your name? Like, so and so. Like, bro, I follow you. Like, I know you follow me, dude. I'm like, ah, you know, I mean, I'm like finding out who these anonymous faces were.
B
Yeah.
A
Just to back it up, we don't know each other. We all know who we are, but we don't know each other. We only know everything about it. It's like meeting your online friends. You're just kind of like, hey, what's up, dude? Are you cool? Are you nice? I don't go out often. You guys all drug dealers too? Okay, so basically we're standing in a circle, we're smoking, and this super nice looking dude comes up and he's got a lot longer, I think a little longer hair. He comes up, he starts telling us, hey, guys, happy cannabis cup. He's like, so I want you guys to try out this edible. First off, big red flag for me. I don't want to eat something. You made the. What if I die? I don't know who you are. You just poisoned all my friends at once. No, thank you. This is a long time ago. It was my first cup. I was trying to be nice. Everybody, there's like seven of us in a circle. He goes, hey, so my mom, you know, has cancer. He started explaining why, like, his mom has cancer, he has this, this. He's like, I make these edibles for her because she can't sleep. These have worked wonders. I just want to know if other people like him. If so, I want to get him out to more people being very cool, like, damn, dude, that's awesome of you. Pulls out a. Remember in fight club where he's like, I make fat out of human, so. But a human fat. He has that bag of fat. That's what he pulls out this gelatinous bag of homemade gummy worms. Not sour, delicious gummy worms. Gummy worms with nothing on them. Like to see through yellow, red, green, yellow, red. You know, generic gummy worms. I'm like, oh, I love some gum worms. So he's like, yo, I medicate these. Blah, blah, blah. He. They're like this big. He goes, here you go, grab. Everybody grab one. And all of us are like, we all look at each other. We don't know each other, but we all do this look. We don't know each other. We're giving Sign like, I think we're okay. You eat it. I'll eat it if you eat it. So we all get one. I take a bite. As I take a bite, and he goes, yeah. So I infuse it, you know, with hash. Hash oil. And I'm like, oh, that's cool. And he goes, yep, Throw it right in the batter, man. It's super strong. Let me know how you guys like them. I'm gonna leave a little bag for you. He left us a little bag of them on top of a trash can. Real good start. And as he's talking, he's like, yeah, I put it right in there. And I go. As he says it, like, oh, my God. What the. I just did. And I'm looking at the. I'm looking at the gummy worm. I look at it like there's no way. And I look at the guy that has high society. I look at him, and he go. He looks at me like, I see it too. This guy just threw chunks of hash inside the batter. Didn't do anything with it. So when I look in this gummy worm, there's chunks of bubble hash, not rosin. Bubble hash, the nastiest on earth tasting besides rso. It tastes like earth. And, like.
B
I'm just supposed to, like, melt it into a soil or some.
A
The. The. The. Like, earth and cost plus the world market. That store, the way it smells like foreign spices and baskets, it tastes like. So I was like, I'm chewing up, just doing this. My mom's got cancer, you know, So I try to help her out. What the is this? He leaves it back. Thank you, guys. He walks away, and at the same time, all of us look at each other. We all throw it out, and we all go, did he just prank us? Did he prank us to eat trash edibles? Nope. He was genuine. He was dead serious about it. We all. We start going through the bag, and we all start looking. Oh, my God. And you can see how much bubble is just. It looks like. Like an X ray of a snake. It has a bunch of in it. Yeah, it was like a little snake string with little balls in it. Like. Oh. And then the girl Nish we were with does this because I did this. I went. And, you know, goes squeaky. When you. When your teeth get sticky and you go. They, like, almost rub like. Like a window. She goes, oh, my God. I did this. And it was like, I could feel the grime back between my teeth of bubble. Just gross. Then she starts doing this and starts scraping her teeth and we're all talking. Not even like, 30 seconds later, she just goes, ah. And there's a dab. You could take a glob on her nail of the oil. No, no, I don't think it was bubble hash. What am I saying? It was dark, like bho, but when darker, BHO is piled up. When not super clear, VHO is not piled up. It looks dark, but once you stretch, it looks yellow. So when she had it like this, we couldn't. And it was all like. That's right. Remember, it was yellow. She had a dab worth of goo.
B
Reclaim.
A
It might have been reclaimed. You know what? It might have been reclaimed. I never thought of that because he said, I make it with oil. I went, oh, butane ash or bho. Oh, not hash, you bastard. Butane, hash, oil. Is this reclaim. Is this a from your rig? Like, that's how I felt at the end. Like, did he just get us going? Like, that's that dope jolly guy. That's the guy that owns this. That's the guy. Watch this and, like, watch me go make him eat this trash. Please try to be polite. Anyway, that's what I remember. And why did we talk about that?
B
Because the dude with the vape.
A
This is getting so oily, it's almost not hitting. Do you see how. Look at the oil.
B
Yeah, it's wet.
A
You're not wrong.
B
Okay, if you want to see more outlandish videos like that, come on over to Unrestricted for horrible. We can't show you here.
A
We could talk about some stupid on here. Unrestricted, we can say whatever we want and we show a lot of videos because you could show that we could do whatever you want on ours. Is our website dope as usual, podcast.com unrestricted or just go on there and click unrestricted to sign up. New episode every Monday. I gotta be honest, it is a lot of fun. I feel like sometimes I'm like, damn, I wish we could just do this here. I really. I really do wish we could. We can't show clips. It's not gonna happen. Maybe one day YouTube does. This goes, hey, man, we're gonna unlock you. Feel free to get all your followers to get notifications. And we start getting a million views an episode. Maybe I turn unrestricted off and go, hey, we can do that. I'm saying, if they were like, yo, you can smell. You can show clips. Don't worry about it.
B
Everything's different.
A
That's what I mean. Like, if there was a world where we wouldn't get in trouble, not even the views. If we got a world where they didn't mess us, mess with us because of that, I mean, AR would just be here 100,000% because why not? We can just do two episodes a week. You know, every. Every Tuesday we have an episode, but every Friday, you know, is a solo with me and Marty.
B
Rips and clips and music. Oh, dude, we can think of stuff.
A
Yes. See, there is that world. One day it'll be there. But right now we have to build our own site because it just does not exist. Unrestricted. Come check it out.
B
Episode on there.
A
Unexpected. It wasn't supposed to even be here.
B
I don't realize how funny they are. Then I watch them back a little bit.
A
Oh, I know. I only watch them back during the chat, so I'm not paying attention to the video. I'm only doing the chat. But sometimes I'll. I'll stop. What did we just say? I forget about a lot of stuff. No idea.
B
Especially the unrestricted because we're hitting so many different things we're reacted to.
A
It's like, oh, there's a lot of gems that have been on the show that I think are funny. And I forget when people show me a click. Oh, my God, I forgot about that. There's a lot. We're just spraying over here going, oh, yeah, I forgot we. It's fun, dude. There's a lot of little clips on there that are just ridiculous.
B
About to get into it right now.
A
We're about to do over. How long we been here?
B
2:15.
A
2. Phone is dead.
B
Yeah.
A
All right.
B
Everybody needed this one, I think.
A
I didn't know we've been here that long.
B
With Death Part three.
A
I don't know.
B
Yeah, still really weird. Still very strange. And just.
A
I like talk about other stuff, though. That was fun.
B
Yeah, that was good.
A
And then I came right back and was like, oh, yeah. Start of this was not fun. Wrong.
B
We've really had tragedy within the show itself.
A
Right after we met Jeezy Clay, his manager is so cool. He passed away right after we met him. Dude, that was crazy, man. I just texted him too. The guy was great.
B
It's part of this. You get to know. Get to meet so many cool people. Some of them you just. You like kind of cool with some of them you never really. You probably. You bump into them in public, they might not even remember you.
A
Oh, yeah.
B
Really great friends with. It's like, it's different. It's special because you come on here and do this and then it's like you're building together. You're kind of. You're like, working towards him, feeding off each other's momentum.
A
I just never. I just never really had anybody, like, be super nice to me like that and was like, hey, man, you should do this. And I can see you doing it. You want to do it?
B
Comedians are like UFC fighters.
A
It's a. Yeah, it's a. A contest.
B
Solo thing.
A
Yeah, it's a contest.
B
They click up and try to feed off each other's, you know, fame or whatever. But that was the opposite of what he was doing. He's like, hey, I know you're brand new. You could do this. Let me make this easier for you and make less scary and literally make.
A
Just make it less scary for you. I kept telling my bro, I'm scared as hell. I'm nervous, dude. I don't know if I want to do it, but I know I want to do. Do it. Yeah. I know we said it earlier, but, yeah, he didn't have to do that at all.
B
We appreciate everybody that left nice comments, and we know that that was a shock and felt horrible posting that.
A
Yeah.
B
It didn't even feel real. I was, like, looking for the pictures. Like, am I looking for his pictures right now? To make this post, I went on.
A
Twitter and I said, rip on the top of the training. And I went, oh, my God. Yeah, because I told you, like, having a friend pass away is terrible. Having a friend pass away and you can't stop seeing it on every outlet. You open your phone, like, oh, God, I have to be like, oh, yeah, this is real. That's right. Oh, yeah.
B
Well, if you. If you haven't watched those two episodes, you got two gems.
A
Yes. Go back. That first one is so fun, but that second, the second one, I think, is even better, dude. Just because his fool was super seasoned already.
B
Yeah. And we were homies at that point. So he was comfortable.
A
That, too. I mean, even the first time he came in, he was cool as hell, dude.
B
Totally. But it was just different. We didn't know we were getting into that first one. I don't think.
A
No. Did not see this clips. Bloody.
B
Oh, he's from where Goblin's from.
A
Sick.
B
That's how m. That's how it went, basically.
A
Well, guys, we got real lucky to see Cr. Patrice O'Neill of this generation. Not because he passed away early, but because he's ruthless. And, you know, if that fool's on stage, you. You should probably. You should probably watch.
B
Don't make eye contact.
A
Don't look at him. Though. Yeah. Don't get picked on if he picks on you or if he talks to you. Like, just get ready, bro. What kind of pants you wear? Because he's gonna talk if you eat.
B
Something off your plate. Just deal with it.
A
That clip is crazy, bro. Nah, I told. I. I hit him up about that, my bro. You ate that off his plate. Because he told me about. I didn't see it. And then when I. When I saw it. That's not giving. That's that you don't care at all. Fool's trying to talk in the front row, he goes up. I'm gonna eat your food, too. You know, Can I get you. Well, get you more for this guy. I'm sorry. On his bill. And he walks up, oh, dude, you gotta not give a. At all, dude. The level of confidence in. In that is unprecedented. I will get there one day to go, you know what? I'm on state. Shut up. Put your shorts. Shut up. Because I'm mean when people are mean to me. So that's just something I don't want to happen because I'm a piece of shit if you're mean to me.
B
Yeah. As long as you're being funny, it's an art form.
A
Oh, yeah, I saw one today with a Gareth Reynolds. Reynolds, yes. Yes. The camera straight here, and a lady stands up to talk to him. And the look he gives her right off the bat. I cannot relate to more. The bitch stands up to tell me, you're being too loud. As he's telling his jokes on stage in a mic. And the first thing he sees, and he goes, you're standing up, huh? Like, and then he starts joking. He's like, oh. So you're standing like, oh, the look of that face. Like, oh, my God, that. I'm very nervous. I. I have an idea. I told Marty I'm just gonna bring a slingshot in my back. Back pocket when I go on stage.
B
That is my style, Bart Simpson style.
A
I am going to bring it out and just do this. Shut up. I have lots of blueberries. Put it back in my pocket. So back to drugs.
B
What if you put, like, you know, a bingo ball? All right. But you wrap it in, like, a couple dollars. Now you shoot that at a. Technically, you just shot some money at them. That's cool. That's nice. But it's a bingo ball.
A
What the hell just happened? You wrap it so it's nice so they won't call the cops.
B
You gave him money, Tech officer.
A
All I did was throw money to him. Oh. Oh, that was not bad, dude.
B
It came in the form of a bingo ball that bounced off their forehead, though.
A
I get it. No, I get it. Next episode, we 100 have to put Ken's picture over there. Because I keep getting sad looking at your face, and all I see is this fool's face behind you. Because this is where I look. I'm like, I cannot keep. I can't do it. It has to be out of my view, but in my peripheral because I'm literally looking at you just staying this fool's face behind you, and I can't do it, dude. Don't want to do that. Maybe in a while. Bingo ball to the face. Back to. Yes, hilarious. Or just shoot them. Remember Black Gallagher? Ah, I got wars. And he shoots the watermelon, kills the guy. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do. He does this. Ah, what the hell? Did y'all know that Gallagher. His act was actually done and bought by a black man. What a way to set up a skit. That's not real. Oh, man. Black Gallagher. Watch. I know people that don't. I told John the Chappelle show, and he goes, what is that? If you have not seen the Chappelle Show. I know who. You know who Dave Chappelle is. Go watch Dave Chappelle. Chappelle Show. Dave Chappelle killing him softly. Dave Chappelle. Yes, that pre political Dave Chappelle. That. That is Michael Jordan.
B
Yeah.
A
That fool's funny in his timing is. It's the slow reactions to his own things that is. It doesn't happen often, but when this full laughs at his own. Sometimes it makes you want to go, oh, my God, he broke himself. This guy's hilarious. Because he's like, you don't get that often. Or like when. When Eddie Murphy's doing his stand up and you hear that girl, Eddie, I love you. Shut up. And Eddie Murray stops the show, laughs, walks, just starts doing laughs and laughing. I've watched a little interview about that. The reason he's laughing his ass off. It was Charlie Murphy, Shut up from the pit. Turned around and yelled it at an audience member because they're filming the movie. So he's like, I just heard my brother's voice and I could not laugh. Yo, your brother is Eddie Murphy. Who? Hysterical. But you also have the luxury of your other brothers. Charlie Murphy, that funny. He's not even like the comedian. And he might be funnier.
B
Yeah.
A
Just brute. His funny personality. The person. Yes. But Eddie Mur. A lot of people don't know Eddie Murphy does stand up. Did you guys know this? A lot of people don't mean he was so famous from 19, what, 85, 88 and up. Superstar.
B
Yeah.
A
You don't really like Adam Sandler was a stand up.
B
Yeah.
A
Most people. I love that.
B
Yeah.
A
But Eddie Murphy was as big as Kai Senat is to the youth. Also Matt Rife in terms of, like, all the girls like him because he was the up and coming superstar on SNL. He's only 19 years old. When he got in SNL, do you know that he was doing stand up and he was so they're like, get this kid on the show. And then by the time he was on Beverly hills copies like 24. Superstar.
B
Yeah.
A
So basically, you got to think of Eddie Murphy was. That's how popular he was. Like, that fool was a superstar. And people don't even remember. Like, most people don't even know he. His standups. Eddie Murphy Raw and Eddie Murphy Deluge. Delirious is some of the best standards of all time. If you have any time, go watch them. Don't mind the outfits. It was a different time. It was a Prince, Rick James era, okay? When all. When all the guys that look like were getting all the. If you could fit into your girl's pants, you were crushing, you know, saying, dude, if you had David Bowie hips, you were wrecking in the 80s. And you know what I mean by David Bowie hips just coked out and pale. Oh, you know what? I know what we're starting off with unrestricted. Let's get out of here. There's a clip of David Bowie on his intro on his debut on Soul Train. Have you ever seen it?
B
No.
A
The flyest that's ever been recorded. Shit's hard. Cooler than Aaliyah's outfits.
B
Damn.
A
Damn. The Hilfiger dressed hard as hell. If she had a longer shirt. She dressed like every guy that's ever wanted to look like a hard ass fool in New York that's ever dressed was basing off Aaliyah. Think about it. They had longer shirts. They're wearing the same as Aaliyah was rocking. Dude, she's hard. Did you call Selena the Mexican? Aah. It was you, right? You mean Mexican Selena or Mexican Aaliyah? I go, oh, you're not far off, though. She was a superstar for the Mexicans, but I've never heard anyone say Selena the Mexican Aaliyah. Oh, my God. The two genres couldn't be farther apart.
B
That one just came to me first.
A
Oh, I remember when I was a kid because My mom looks at Jennifer Lopez when she was younger. Like, Jennifer Lopez is a fly girl on a living color. Yeah, looks just like my mom. The same hair, the same outfits, everything. I'm gonna try to dress like Madonna when she was younger, which is what everybody wanted to do. And I was at the Merced Mall. I was like, maybe four. I know it wasn't in school, and somebody came and asked my mom for an autograph. I remember that dude. I'll never forget. My mom had big ass, crunchy 90s hair, and they thought she was Selena. I think they thought, oh, you look like her. You must be. Look at the way you're dressed.
B
Did your ma think she looked like JLo?
A
My mom looked a lot like Jennifer Lopez. When Jennifer Lopez was young, did she.
B
Think she was getting recognized as JLo?
A
My mom's signing went, oh, my gosh.
B
She signed to JLo.
A
I'm like, mom, what is that? She's like, they just thought I was somebody. Somebody else. My mom just, like, was like, oh, yeah, I just did it because my mom don't talk to nobody. She was me back then, too, dude. So I just thought it was funny. So I remember one time, like, my mom just signed something. Why? And she's like, they think I'm somebody else. And when I got older, like, oh, JLo, fly girls, JLo. My mom looks like her, but obviously she doesn't. Selena would be dead right now if Jayla was popular. She played her after her death. So did they think she was Selena? JLO doesn't make sense to me, but I remember going, who do they think you are? That was. Was really funny. Fly Girls. Jail Looks just like my mom when I was. When I was a kid. Really stupid. It's funny. It's funny. I mean, I think it's funny. My Uncle John, his best friend Billy looked so much like Basketball Diaries Leo. And he worked in a hometown. And not a month, not often, but every month at least a group of Asian girls would take pictures with him, thinking he's fucking Leonardo DiCaprio working at a hometown buffet. It was always Asian, foreign people every time. My Uncle John and him worked at Hometown, so we would go there all the time. That's where Chorne was invented. My uncle had an invention of the. The cups at hometown have 1, row 2, row 3, row 4 of little diamond designs. So it's like little layers on the cup. Like old Coca Cola cups. They have little or cherry Coke, two lines of orange soda. Oh, George and I would make it all the time. And it was stupid, but that's how often we went. And I used to scrape part of the top of the macaroni and then scoop it on. Oh, I was a little bastard as a kid. I was the first one to get the macaroni. You guys lost, bro. I was. I was scraping 20 more than I was scooping just the crust a little fat. And I don't know how many times John had taken pic little. No like shitty phone. Cell phone pictures of people gathered around Billy taking pictures with them. They really thought he was Leonardo DiCaprio. He's working as a bus boy. Do you really in Merced? We're not even in la, dude. Remember the Merced Mall? And I remember thinking like, I thought he looked just like him. So I get it. If I was a foreign Asian girl freaking. It was Titanic just came out. Why would he be working there anyway? My uncle's friend looked just like Leo. That was it.
B
Damn. I never knew anybody that got mistook him to that point.
A
Who else? Who else? I don't think I have any other friends that look like anybody.
B
I don't have any other story to get profiled as Leo at Hometown Buffet in the Titanic era that originally Chuck.
A
E. Cheese but somebody was selling drugs out of the Chuck E. Cheese and they went, hey, shut this business down. Put a different restaurant like this because solve it. What the. I remember the time I remember I went by. We drove by when. Where's Chuck E. Cheese? And it was gone.
B
Fat Chucky was trapping out of the back.
A
Somebody was doing something. Then I find out my uncle Greg, the one you met at TED Talk. Yeah, he was Chucky all through I do high school. He's like, yeah, I used to have the suit on. And what like, no, you didn't like, yeah, it was Chucky. I found a picture of him holding the head and he's in the outfit at Chuck E. Cheese. Like I could. Incredible. That's it. Let's get out of here.
B
We appreciate you guys.
A
David here for two and a half hours. Wow. Flew by, dude. All right. So sorry to ruin your mood. But yeah else to say, yeah, that's it, dude. Or else we're. We'll say, yeah, let's put out Ken set from the. From the live show.
B
It's ridiculous.
A
I almost threw up.
B
Yeah, I know.
A
I got. I got spit like coming out the back of my. Right where it meets my tongue. And I was like, oh my God, I'm going to throw up. Wow. I got it to where like the. The tears bill like I Could feel the acids. I went, no. From a story on stage. My first time on stage.
B
You want to see Ken and yolo do the Hot Box? Come on.
A
Oh, God. Oh, that's right. I looked at Ken. We're in the box. I'm looking at his face like, yo, this is. We're too fat for it. I was like, we're way too fat for this, because, dog, I can't even breathe already. And then I watched your face. The first one when you just disappeared. Yeah.
B
Yeah.
A
What a champ for hanging in there on that one. That was to sc. You know what's so weird? That was only four or five months ago.
B
Yeah, I was in August.
A
Four months ago. Does this seem like years ago?
B
Yeah, that show feels at least two years ago.
A
Yeah. Okay. I was going through my last thing. I was going through my texts, and I was like, what's the last thing we were talking about? And then suppose like, hey, I just watched your wedding video with my girl. That was tight. And I was like, oh, thanks, man. The next one, a couple days later, my girl left me, so, you know, you want to hang out. I was like, no. What the. Dude, did you guys watch that Go. I'm never gonna marry you like that, so we might as well break the up. I don't know why, but I was like, oh, the next text, because he hit me at the warehouse. I'm like, no. He's like, oh, I was trying to smoke. I got some time. I was like, oh, damn. At home today. All right, well, my girl left me, if you want to hang out. Oh, dude.
B
I wonder what the last straw was. She went through so much.
A
So much. Oh, you're Uzi. I got you. Don't worry. You yourself hitting the blunt again. Again. Yo, this man. Dude. Oh, my God. Oh, man. Those videos. I'm so happy we have those two episodes because those are so funny. Those are a set in and of itself. That is so damn funny. Ah. All right, let's get out of here. Marty. Thank you.
B
Appreciate you guys.
A
Appreciate you guys. Next week, we. It will be officially our fourth year. End of. End of the year, end of year four, start of year five, essentially. And like, we always say, like, I always try to take one little thing from each person. Try to remember, like, oh, yeah, that I remember he said this, and that's why I try to apply it to that, like, Brad or take. I went and got the. The IV shot. Ah. Because he's like, don't be a. It'd be good for you. I'm like, all right. She's like, what did you say? You have to be. You have to go through bad to make shitty or do the tough stuff that makes life easier. You're right. So I guess from K we can just say you can be yourself fully, completely. That's what you have to take away from him.
B
And people can will just love you for it.
A
Nothing was held back, not even the you should literally, you could just be everything you've ever thought and who care. Like, no lie I thought about. I'm like, you know what? I can't say whatever I want and on anything and say whatever I want is this did and it was fine. So that's one thing you can show like, oh, you can just rip into people and then be funny. All right, let's do it. So you could be yourself and say whatever you want as long as it's not hateful and just be yourself. Look at this man. Everybody.
B
Look what he accomplished. I mean, this fool had Fluffy bring him back to his hometown to open up for him in an arena, you know, a couple years into a comedy career like Kevin Hart's come and put out his first special. And it's been like, I don't know. I worked a comedy for a long time. It doesn't happen like that. Like, dudes eat for 10 years before anybody even thinks of knowing who they are. School was in this, like a couple years and he had this whole thing going. So it just makes it extra tragic. Glad he came through here. I'm glad.
A
And shout out to whoever showed us him. I can't remember who it was. I want to say it was Dudo. Somebody told us, like, check out Kevin Flores. Well, who's that? And they showed me a picture. Oh, this big ass fool. Hell yeah. I've seen his clips. Somebody told me, I can't remember. There was like, yo, let's book his ass. And I DM'd him. I can't remember who said it or I know it was a guest. So shout out to you, whoever it was. Really appreciate that. Ah. All right, guys, let's wrap this up. Thank you for being here. We appreciate you. I hope you guys take away stuff from these episodes. And these episodes are not just episodes. Like, they're a deeper look into people. It's really what this is. A deeper look into people's stories and lives that you would never know before. Sometimes you might not need to know that, you know, you had to move crusty to sit down with your bare ass in an RV with hookers. You know, maybe Maybe the world didn't need to know that, but I'm glad we did.
B
No, we all have that visual in our minds.
A
And every time I pass a Costco looking for RVs, every single time, pretty sure I found which one I was in. Man eyes passing a costume, went, row of RVs.
B
That's where cats talk.
A
I'm not lying. I'm not even exaggerating. I passed one, and was it Van Nuys or, like, Sylmar or some. I don't know this area that well, but I remember going and look at my map. Go, this has got to be it. He said there was apartments. There's apartments right there. This is it, dude. I'm like myself. Let me go get a piece of pizza. All right, Now I really feel like, what did he say? It's like, I can't jack off in your bathroom. That's disrespectful. Even though I just snorted a bunch of drugs in there. It stinks in the house. I've been up all night. Why does it stink? I don't know, dude. You know, because I'm awake. Like, what? The smoldering and stinks. It's all the sulfur burning off. All right, yo, I can just talk about other. Oh, okay. Never mind. Let's get out of here, guys. Get out of here. On a fun note, go watch those first two episodes because they are classic. They're so damn funny. They're so good, man. And he said. He said, may, April or May. His special is coming up. I don't know. That's what he told me. So be on the lookout for that. All right, thank you guys so much for being here. I appreciate it. From Marty and I. This is the Dope as Usual podcast. We're here to talk about life. There it is. So thank you guys for being here. I appreciate it. We're gonna roll right into unrestricted dope as usual.com those usualpodcast.com where unrestricted lives. Let's go have fun and smoke, because that fun say sucks. So thank you guys for being here. We appreciate you. Yeah, that's it. Until next time. Have a dope ass day.
B
Good job.
A
Perfect.
DOPE AS USUAL Podcast: Episode Summary
Title: Always in Our Hearts: A Tribute to Ken Flores
Host/Author: Dope as Yola
Release Date: February 4, 2025
The episode opens with hosts Thomas Dope (A) and Marty O'Neill (B) delivering somber news about the passing of their friend and esteemed guest, Ken Flores. The mood sets a reflective tone as they prepare to honor Ken's legacy.
Quote:
A [00:17]: "Our friend Ken Flores has passed away. He's gone. And I don't know what else to say. That's it."
Thomas and Marty reveal the unfortunate news of Ken Flores' death, expressing their shock and sadness. They mention the initial discovery of the news on social media and the lack of official details at the time of the announcement.
Quote:
B [02:04]: "I don't think there's been, like, an official at this point, like, release a cause of death or anything."
A [02:10]: "She says cardiac arrest."
The hosts reminisce about Ken's appearances on their podcast, highlighting his vibrant energy, comedic talent, and the unique flair he brought to each episode. They recall the first time Ken appeared on the show, marking him as the funniest guest they've ever had.
Quote:
A [02:54]: "I think the first time he came on here, he left and we're like, that's the funniest person we've ever had on the show."
Thomas and Marty discuss Ken's evolution as a comedian, noting his dedication and growth over time. They emphasize his role in reviving the LA comedy scene, comparing his impact to that of legends like Joe Rogan and Theo Von. Ken's perseverance through personal struggles, including health issues and homelessness, is highlighted as a testament to his determination.
Quote:
B [05:06]: "Ken was a major part of that. Ken was damn near the tip of that spear."
A [07:04]: "He's been in the hospital a lot."
The hosts share detailed anecdotes of their personal interactions with Ken, showcasing his generosity, mentorship, and infectious humor. They recount moments where Ken encouraged them to pursue stand-up comedy, supported their endeavors, and maintained a positive influence despite his own challenges.
Quote:
B [11:52]: "Biggest G move of all time."
A [12:02]: "He's like, you're the only one that's ever good. That's the only one that's good, Bobby."
Thomas and Marty reflect on Ken's accomplishments, including his comedy specials and growing popularity. They express pride in his achievements and mourn the loss of his upcoming projects. The hosts draw parallels between Ken and other influential comedians, underscoring the significant void his passing creates in the comedy community.
Quote:
A [41:30]: "The worst part is just like, bro, your special did so good. That's the thing that makes me really sad."
B [42:02]: "He was only 28."
Throughout the episode, the hosts navigate their grief, sharing how Ken's death has affected them personally and professionally. They discuss the challenges of processing sudden loss and the importance of honoring Ken's memory through their work and support for his family.
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B [43:12]: "If you really like. It's so funny how he tells those stories, but if you listen to what he's saying."
A [44:59]: "And Renee got in the Uber. I was like, ren, you got him? He's like, I got him."
As the episode concludes, Thomas and Marty urge listeners to support Ken Flores' work and remember his contributions to the comedy world. They express their enduring respect and affection for Ken, committing to keep his spirit alive through future episodes and tributes.
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A [43:34]: "Go. Go watch Ken's clips. Go watch his stuff. Go watch anything about Ken Flores."
B [43:12]: "Shout out to everybody in Aurora. Shout out to his family and shout out to everybody in Chicago."
"Always in Our Hearts: A Tribute to Ken Flores" serves as a heartfelt homage to a beloved comedian and friend. Through personal stories, reflections on Ken's career, and expressions of sorrow, Thomas Dope and Marty O'Neill create a poignant narrative celebrating Ken Flores' life and legacy. This episode not only honors Ken's memory but also underscores the profound impact he had on those around him and the broader comedy community.
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