Behind Biden/Fauci Impressions + Star Search & Oasis Frenzy

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Episode Title: Behind Biden/Fauci Impressions + Star Search & Oasis Frenzy
Release Date: September 15, 2025
Hosts: Dana Carvey & David Spade
Main Theme:
This episode is a classic “Monday riff” installment where Dana Carvey and David Spade dive into the art of their most viral impressions (Joe Biden, Dr. Fauci), reminisce on classic comedy career moments like auditioning for Star Search and dealing with showbiz managers, and banter about pop culture—ranging from celebrity hair to stadium concert chaos and even giant snakes in Florida toilets. Their explorations always circle back to the comedy process, staying funny and honest, and never shying from a playful skewering of trending personalities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Genesis & Impact of Biden and Fauci Impressions

• Biden Impression Breakdown

  • Dana's Approach: Dana shares his thought process on capturing Biden as “a 50s guy with the ice cream and a slightly threatening, aggressive style”, especially when Biden suddenly took a hardline on the border after being less direct before.

    “I liked Biden as the 50s guy with the ice cream and also threatening people... This was me coming on to Biden making this point of how funny it is that suddenly he's the border guy.” — Dana [25:26]

  • Writing the Bit: Dana notes finding the comedic value in politicians who are "underserved" in satire—reminding listeners that everyone, not just Trump, can be funny.
  • Viral Reach: The impression gained millions of views online and eventually landed on SNL.

    “My rule is, if I do satirize somebody, it's funny, first of all... I’ve had people who were really strong Biden supporters who said, I really laughed at that.” — Dana [27:11]

• Fauci Impression Dissection

  • Motivation: Dana explains why he felt no one was making fun of Dr. Fauci, despite him being everywhere.

    “I was like, I was—look, anyone I do, I don't hate them... Fauci was the face of COVID, and he had to sell it in a way. And it was changing and mutating rapidly.” — Dana [29:38]

  • Comedy Process: The impression lampoons the confusion around vaccines and boosters, culminating in the joke:

    “A guy with 25 vaccines would get and give COVID to another guy with 25 vaccines... That's why I'm introducing the daily COVID shot.” — Dana (as Fauci) [30:33]

  • Satire vs. Meanness: Both hosts affirm that good satire is funny and ideally points out elephants in the room without malice.

2. Showbiz Memories: Star Search, Joan Rivers & Sinbad

• Star Search Auditions: Dana recalls bombing his mall audition and jokes about 80s mall culture.

  • “They set up a little thing in the atrium near the food court... The holding area was hickory farms.” — Dana [04:23]

• Comedy Club Circuit & Management: The hosts riff on their early days, from charity gigs to dealing with colorful managers.

  • “Don't open your shirt, your heart will fall out.” — Manager joke, Dana [10:34]

  • Dana recounts being offered Star Search and Joan Rivers Show appearances, and accidentally stumbling into a meeting where Fox execs wanted to “make him the next Michael J. Fox”—highlighting the unpredictable paths in showbiz. [21:54]

• Sinbad Stories: Both hosts praise Sinbad’s legendary ability to crush any gig, including corporates.

  • “I did a corporate with him, and he blew me away. He killed. Everyone looked at me and goes, bring that other guy back.” — Dana [08:28]

  • Spade recalls being unable to follow Sinbad’s energy, noting how thoroughly he connected with every audience.

• Joan Rivers' Feud with Johnny Carson: The duo delve into the late-night TV history and the importance of loyalty (or perceived betrayal) in showbiz circles.

  • “Without telling Johnny, [Joan] went to Fox. Signs the contract... Johnny was—he would draw a line.” — David [17:13]

3. Comedy Career Advice

• On Breaking In:

  • “There’s no answer other than just try to do it, commit yourself, and if you’re any good, someone will find you.” — Dana [23:33]

  • Both encourage open mics, relentless self-editing, and resilience.

  • “Only thing you can control in show business is trying to get better at what you do.” — David [24:02]

• Measuring Progress:

  • Dana highlights the emotional highs and lows and the crucial need to ignore how others are doing:

    “Try not to be disappointed when people are killing before you, after you also... just pay attention to yourself. Nobody else.” — [24:41]

4. Viral Clips Analysis – “Behind the Clips”

• Biden & Fauci Clips:

  • The hosts watch and explain what made their Biden and Fauci bits resonate (“nothing’s being touched” in mainstream satire).

• Senator John Kennedy’s Radioactive Shrimp Bit:

  • Dana and David riff on bizarre political theater, props in Congress, and the performative nature of some politicians.

    “I would need a picture of the alien creature that burst out of the belly... in the movie Alien.” — David [36:42]

• Roy Jones Jr. Olympic Rematch:

  • The duo reflect on a heartwarming clip of a Korean Olympic boxer returning a wrongly awarded gold medal to Roy Jones Jr. after 36 years.

  • “For 36 years, he’s been told he won. He wants to give back to you that it belongs to you. Wow.” — David [39:53]

• Florida’s 40-foot Toilet Python:

  • Jokes about the plausibility of such a snake, childhood fears, and Tremors references ensue.

    “If they're left alone in a sewer or something, they just keep growing... It’s very possible now, AI.” — Dana [45:04]

• Nostalgia Clips & Concert Chaos:

  • Discussing stadium shows:

    “If you have an attachment to, let's say, Oasis... you just want to be able to say you saw them live, because the experience is horrible.” — David [55:16]

5. Oasis Reunion & Pop Culture Banter

• Oasis at the Rose Bowl:

  • Spade ran into Noel Gallagher, leading to reflections on the band’s history and their infamous sibling rift.

  • “For a period of time [Oasis] was the biggest band in the world... I’m medium on Oasis, but the people that are in it are bazooties about it.” — Dana [51:31]

  • Band reunification for fans over personal differences, and the economics and nostalgia of large reunion tours are discussed in a characteristic mix of genuine insight and humor.

• Aging in Showbiz:

  • Running jokes about plastic surgery, dyeing hair, and surviving under the harsh scrutiny of showbiz.

  • “Let it go. You've got some silver in there... I call it blonde.” — Dana [11:52]

6. Saudi Comedy Festival & Comedy Morality

• Should Comedians Take Gigs in Saudi Arabia?
  • The hosts weigh the moral ambiguity of performing where human rights issues are a concern, noting the web of global business ties that belie easy “purity tests.”

  • “You have to— for a purity test, you have to go pretty deep... So many companies involved, American companies involved with Saudi Arabia... It’s not a cut, dried, simple thing.” — David [57:44]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |---|---|---| | 06:07 | Dana (joking as “medical moment”) | “This has been a medical moment with Dana Carvey.” | | 08:28 | Dana | “I did a corporate with [Sinbad], and he blew me away. He killed. Everyone looked at me and goes, bring that other guy back.” | | 10:34 | Dana/Manager | “Don't open your shirt, your heart will fall out.” | | 13:39 | David | “Women are attracted to kindness, funniness, and access to resources. So Mick Jagger... he’s smart, and he has access to resources.” | | 23:33 | Dana | “There’s no answer other than just try to do it, commit yourself, and if you’re any good, someone will find you.” | | 27:11 | Dana | “My rule is, if I do satirize somebody, it's funny, first of all... I’ve had people who were really strong Biden supporters who said, I really laughed at that.” | | 30:33 | Dana (Fauci bit) | “A guy with 25 vaccines would get and give COVID to another guy with 25 vaccines... That’s why I’m introducing the daily COVID shot.” | | 39:53 | David (on Roy Jones) | “He wants to give back to you that it belongs to you. Wow.” | | 51:31 | Dana | “[Oasis] people are in it are bazooties about it.” | | 55:16 | David | “You want to be able to say you saw them live, because the experience is horrible.” | | 57:44 | David | “For a purity test, you have to go pretty deep because... so many American companies involved with Saudi Arabia...” |

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [04:00] - Star Search auditions and 80s mall comedy scene
• [08:00] - Sinbad’s dominance on stage and follow-up stories
• [17:00] - Joan Rivers and Carson feud, late night TV history
• [23:30] - Showbiz advice for aspiring comedians
• [25:00] - Behind the Clips: Biden impression process
• [29:30] - Behind the Clips: Fauci impression process
• [36:00] - Senator Kennedy’s “radioactive shrimp” prop bit
• [39:00] - Roy Jones Jr. Olympic gold “returned” story
• [45:00] - Florida python in the toilet discussion
• [51:00] - Noel Gallagher, Oasis reunion and stadium concert tales
• [57:00] - Saudi comedy festival moral debate

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Tone & Style

• The episode threads fast-paced, irreverent banter with genuine affection for good comedy and showbiz lore.
• Both hosts balance behind-the-scenes storytelling with lived-in wisdom, using their trademark voices: Spade’s dry, sardonic delivery and Carvey’s animated, character-forward riffing.
• Classic Carvey/Spade—witty, self-deprecating, and always pushing the bit just a hair further.

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For Listeners Who Missed It…

This episode is a tour through the DNA of sharp, observational comedy: how the best bits are born, why “going where no one else is” matters, and the reality of showbiz hustle—punctuated by laughter, oddball news headlines, and a nostalgia-soaked look at both personal and pop culture past. Whether you love impressions, comedy process talk, or just want to eavesdrop on the best showbiz stories, this is the heart of Fly on the Wall.

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What was. What was the Ed McMahon show? Star Search.

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I auditioned at a mall in Arizona. Paradise.

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Were you at the buster brown shoe store? Where were you in the mall? Was. They set up a little thing in the atrium near the food court.

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It was pretty good once you weighed in. Chess king. We'll be with you in a moment.

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What's funny? When a comedian.

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The holding area was hickory farms, but.

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Hits the punchline and then freezes. Okay, so there you. There you were next to dockers.

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You know, you gotta lean in. Pre sketchers.

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Pre sketchers. I kind of find shopping malls if they're empty and they're kind of nice, I find them sort of calming. It's like going inside a spaceship. It could take off. You could just live in there. The little music when they're empty. Very calming.

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I go there sometimes to get my steps down.

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Ladies Are you into the steps? And the ladies are not standing up.

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They're like, what a guy that counts his steps. What?

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Can I tell you something about Stephen Myth?

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Yeah. Don't ruin it for me, but go ahead.

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Well, like I always say, people say, I take a statin, I get side effects. What's your dosage? Maximum. Hey, dosage matters. Why don't you lower it? I'll tell my doctor. Do you have any other side. Any side effects anymore?

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No.

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I. You. You're funny. You're really funny. I like to educate as well and then be funny.

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You are brains and funny. I am. Just now, when I auditioned for Star Search at the mall, it was back in the day. And you did two minutes and two minutes. You know, it's funny is Dennis Miller had a joke. Our boy Dennis Miller. He said they used to have musical acts on Star Search. He goes, it was always funny to watch Ed McMahon go.

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He has a funny bit, too, where he says, he went on Star Search. Yes. With his fucking unreal act.

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Yeah. He goes, great.

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He does one joke where he goes, ronald Reagan will be 77 at the end of his next term. And he has access to the button. You know, folks, my grandpa, 77. We don't let him use a remote control on the TV set. And then he goes. He gets two stars. That Sinbad comes out and goes, you ever have underpants so old? It's just. You're wearing a rubber band, right? Away. Then goes, oh, my God, four stars.

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I know he was a force in nature, but I remember booty so big be dragging in the sand. And I remember that with people, all you'd see with feet and tongues in the audience.

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Can't hit hard, hands hard enough together.

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But he was. Sinbad's a force.

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That's funny.

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He had his stage presence and everything. He always killed.

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I did a corporate with him, and he blew me away. He killed. Everyone looked at me and goes, bring that other guy back. They Sinbad's gonna open. You're gonna. I go open for me. And then I could not follow it.

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No, he's a powerhouse. I mean, you know, I had once, I was playing some theater and the stagehand. I think we talked about this years ago, but he says, right before I go out, you know, sinbad got like 4 standing ovations. His first 10 minutes was all about the city and the town and the park and the football team. So I had to kind of erase all my local references.

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Wait, one more thing about. About Star Search. Here's trivia. So I'm desperately thirsty to get Star Search. Just get anything happening. Oh, yeah, it's television show out in la now. They've seen me at the Improv. Now I'm auditioning for everything. Joan Rivers had a show. I think I told you this.

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Oh, somebody's lost.

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Don't open your shirt. Your heart will fall out.

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Where were you Last night, I go, I did a charity at that company store. Oh, don't open your shirt. Your heart will fall out. He said that one of me, maybe.

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Oh, that's about doing a. Being a goat.

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Yeah. Being a good guy.

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Do gooder. Your heart. Your heart will fall out if you.

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Yeah, don't open your shirt.

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But why would the heart fall out? Like it's bursting out.

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It's so big. I don't know.

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It's like a very. It's. It's like a manager's joke. It's like there's a joke in there somewhere. But it wouldn't be that.

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It just sounds like a joke if you dissect.

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Oh, you did a charity event. Oh, okay. Let's see. How. How many hours a day do you spend virtual signaling something you. Come on. You're the writer.

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Oh, the other one. I said. I said, oh, I. You know me, I have great guy syndrome. And now he says it back to me. I'm working on Memorial Day. Yep, I got great guy syndrome. I go, don't take my own joke back to me.

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I don't know what happened to my hair. I tried to copy you, and it's a disaster.

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Your hair's getting some dust on it. You know, I don't color my hair, and people are accusing me going, hey, let it go, dude. I go, you think I pick this?

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He has a garden hose.

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So I go into Gerwitz's office and I say, our manager, I auditioned last night for Joan Rivers show at the Improv. And he said because he. She was so big on Johnny Carson, for those of you don't know, such a fabulous.

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So we're talking the 90s.

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Yeah, yeah. She, I was young comic. I was probably 23. She spun off and did her own talk show which was against Johnny and he did not like it. Never talked to her again. Right.

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Well, I heard her side of the story, you know, publicly and I said, you know, she, it's a human story. So she starts substituting for Johnny and maybe and Johnny had a lot of time off, but she would either do Mondays, sometimes a week. And so she was a shiny new object. She was at the peak of her can we talk? You know, so she was great killing. And then John would come to that. So then she, without telling Johnny, I went to Fox, goes to Fox, signs the contract, is going to Fox, is going to appear as a talk show up against Johnny. Now what good manners would have been, you know, Johnny, I'm thinking of making this move. You know, you just, people don't want to be surprised. I don't know if he would have said yes or no, but he kind of earthed her blindside, maybe ran away. But.

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Yeah, this is a big deal that they're going in into late night television. I think she was 11 to 12. Overlap with Johnny. Johnny Carson. But Johnny, Johnny. I got blacklisted. So Johnny was. He would draw a line, you know.

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It'S so much big initially. Yeah.

[A]

So she has. She has to have guest host. So she has Arsenio. Okay. Who eventually did so well and he spun off. Yeah. So when I get Jonas Gervitz goes, you got Joan River's show? I go, oh, I did. So I'm pumped. And I go, oh, my God. After six minutes on Jonas, I'm so scared. And he said, by the way, also Star. Star Search called. They want you, but we don't want that. We want. And I was like, wait, this is the same minute. I hear. And I'm like, I've been chasing Star Search for about three years. I go, we don't want that. No, no, handsome, you got. I'm sorry, did I stutter? We got Joan Rivers, which is a bigger deal. That's network tv, not Star Search, some syndicated dog shit. I'm like, okay. Goes, just be happy about Joan Rivers. Don't want too much. So I said, okay. So I say no to casually Star Search, which I really wanted. I go to Joan Rivers. Our senior is the host. I do my set. It does pretty well. Two days later, they call, hey, they want you to guest host for Joan. I go, well, me, I barely do stand up.

[B]

I don't ask you a question in this storyline. When, where it's. It's truthy. Where is your Carson appearance in this?

[A]

Before.

[B]

After. During what? Because you went on Carson.

[A]

I think it's after because.

[B]

Okay, because then you be a Joan Rivers person. If you hosted, maybe get Persona non grata. It wasn't that.

[A]

I wasn't even that smart. I was like, oh, I couldn't imagine hosting. I said, oh, no. And he's like, you don't want to host? I go, no. I barely. I'd never been on a stage before. So I went out and do stand up. And as I said with Carson, all you're doing is going, oh, my God, the floor is so shiny. Oh, there's that little star I'm supposed to step on. I look and see the crowd. I've never seen it this way. I've only seen it this way. And I'm like, there's Arsenio fuck. Oh, wait, I do my act now. What is my actual. It's just too much going through your head. And I'm like, oh, I'm supposed to sit over there, do a monologue. I already did my good jokes. Do this. Didn't know I'd have writers interview people. I don't. I'm 23. They just were like, shiny, shiny. New guy did a good set. Let's throw him in there. So I say no, and then I go to play cartoons. I think we talked about this. And then in Utah, cartoons.

[B]

The comedy club.

[A]

Yeah, I'm getting 600. We were just laughing about this with someone. I don't know who. It was one of our guests. And. And they said, hey, Barry Diller and Garth Ancir want to meet you from vox. They were the new heads of Fox. And I was like, why? And they go, just go meet him. I don't know. So they said, we. I go in there. I go, what's up, guys? Blow it up. What do we got going here? What's this meeting about? I don't have lots of time. And they said, why would you turn it down? And I said, oh, I wasn't ready.

[B]

A meeting about you turning down a guest. Yeah, Hosting gig.

[A]

We can't believe you would turn that down.

[B]

They were 23, grooming you.

[A]

They said, we like that you turned it down. What do you want to do here at Fox? We want you to be Michael J. Fox over here.

[B]

And I'm like, did you do Michael J. Fox in your act at that point?

[A]

Hey, Sarge. No, they just were saying, literally, the, you know, ABC or whoever had Family ties, and they're like, let's find something for you over here. So that was just a great meeting off of just me not being dumb enough to hope you got police academy meetings.

[B]

When I was 23, I was still waitering. I. I put down my apron the following year, but I'd have an apron on at the Holiday Inn. I'd say, the buffet comes with the meal. The. We had a cook who was horrible. And there'd be carrots or. Or, you know, corn on the plate, and there'd be gravy all over it. I had to bring these disgusting plates to people and pretend it was a big thing. My normal tip was a buck. And you.

[A]

My normal tip was a buck.

[B]

And you were having meetings and movies right out of high school. I'm only saying it out of envy. Congratulations.

[A]

I like the people. Like, you know, I actually worked at Fox. You were asking where the Glory hole was because you were supposed to take care of some things. I'm like, well, it's sort of casting cow. No, it was a nice meeting and then nothing really came of it.

[B]

But you have a message right now for anyone, any young person listening who aspires to a career like you have, or a career in show business. What's. What's the takeaway? What can you tell the young?

[A]

I think what I say is what you probably say what anyone says when people go casually on Instagram or my friend's kid says, I want to be an actor or a comedian. How do I do it? Go. Ideally, in under 30 minutes. But I think the real answer is there's no answer other than just try to do it, commit yourself, and if you're any good, someone will find you.

[B]

I always tell people the same thing. I say it's. It's. It's a topsy turvy. It's an emotionally violent thing to do. Only thing you can control in show business is trying to get better at what you do. So I'd say go to open mics wherever you can find them, record your act, sit with the notes and correct anything that doesn't seem clear. Anything that's not funny. I've seen open micrs who have an act that doesn't really work. Happened to see them two years later. Not one word changed.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So you just have to get better and then see how good you can get and then see what happens.

[A]

But try not to be disappointed when people are killing before you. After you also.

[B]

No, just pay attention to yourself. Nobody else.

[A]

Yeah. You have to just worry about this.

[B]

I remember when I told you that. Remember when I played the improv and Phoenix and you were there and you, Mr. Carvey, I was wondering. I gave you a Southern accent and a stutter.

[A]

Yeah. Good, good, good.

[B]

All right. So should we do my thing? I guess I'm gonna show a couple clips because this is sort of. People are sometimes ask me how I come up with stuff. Am I thinking about how I do stuff? Okay, let's not play it. Should I talk about.

[A]

Discuss it first?

[B]

I'll discuss it a little bit first. So set it up. So here we've queued up the Biden that I did. So at the time that I did Biden, I wasn't. I. I felt like he was a little underserved with the. With the talk shows and so forth. So I just felt that because Trump was Mr. Border for, like, years, we got to close it. We've got to close it like nobody's business. And then all of a sudden, about six months before the election, the Democrats saw that this was a. They were very vulnerable on this issue. So Biden comes out there as the border guy, you know, almost aggressively out of nowhere. And I was also breaking down some hooks. I liked Biden as the 50s guy with the ice cream and also threatening people and his, his attitude. So this was me coming on to Biden making this point of how funny it is that suddenly he's the border guy. I started with Biden because the border's all the rage now. Everything's crazy for the border. So I did Biden three years ago. He's at a press conference, you know, Mr. President, do you have any idea how you're going to handle the crisis at the border? And buy. It's like, first of all, let's get our facts straight. There's no crisis.

[A]

Great. When you go up like that and.

[B]

He goes, how do you know, sir? He goes, because it says so on the piece of paper. Come on. He says, there's a paper right there. And then recently, everyone wants to close the border. Everyone's screaming vines up there. I'll close the border harder than anyone's ever closed the border. I know how to close borders. Come on, Jack. The press is like, but last time, get your facts straight. I'll beat you the hell out of you. Will your dog pays Phony's shoulder. Come on, let's do some push ups. I'll close the border. Like nobody's ever closed it. The border. The border patrol. The border. Can't believe it's not butter. There's Heather back then.

[A]

That's a good ending.

[B]

Say it again. Yeah, so I forgot about the one because Biden always would have a binder and he'd have, you know, things he was reading from. I said, so here on the piece of paper was probably the most edgiest thing. But I just want to say is that my mantra is, my rule is if I do satirize somebody is that it's funny. First of all, I'm just trying to see if there's anything in there, an elephant in the room, nothing's being touched. And mostly when I look at that, it's funny. And I've had people who were really strong Biden supporters who said, I re. I really laughed at that. So at the time it was like, what's he doing?

[A]

You know? Yeah, underserved. And, and I think. And that got millions of views when you count Facebook and got really millions sent around A million views.

[B]

It did. It's just because it was. Hadn't been really put well also. And then I ended up doing it on SNL after.

[A]

Right. And SNL wasn't really doing Biden. They didn't have a Biden really. And they. I know a lot of places focused on Trump, from talk shows to whatever. And Trump's way easier. Says funny things already. You almost don't have to do anything, but it always gets an applause. It gets. But in comedy, you should go the other way sometimes and say, okay, well, what is being underserved here? Okay. Biden is the actual president. There's gotta be something funny. Every president gets made fun of. And I do think it was you doing that sort of woke people to go, oh, there is a funny thing about Biden that isn't super offensive, doesn't take sides.

[B]

Playful.

[A]

You have a funny Trump and you have a funny Biden.

[B]

So we had the Biden when I was not here, where he just would sit off to the side and itch his nose in slow motion.

[A]

It's so funny.

[B]

That got a lot of. Because it's only from observing him. Because he was the president. Yeah. You know, and then I. When he. When he started sort of being louder, you know, that was sort of helped me because he would whisper, I know how to close the border, because I know how to close the borders of any time. So that rhythm gave me energy for him, but it was just something that I did just because I wanted to. So there's one more that was probably behind the clips. Tension. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, this is Fauci, right?

[B]

Yeah. Because I. This was something also I felt was a little underserved.

[A]

No one made fun of Fauci.

[B]

And I was like, I was, look anyone. I do. I don't hate them. I don't have any, you know, and mostly I just thought it was funny. Fauci was the. The face of. Of COVID and he had to sell it in a way. And it was changing and mutating rapidly. So you had to get different. Different boosters with different MRNA medicine in them.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so he had to be the face of that want to discourage people from getting the. The vaccine. So I actually was driving from Tahoe and I was talking to my sister on the phone, and this whole thing came out. And even the ending, too came out. So let's take a look. I miss Covid.

[A]

I know, dude. You know what? I knew there was trouble when anyone that came to our country didn't have to get a vaccine. And I Go. Mm. If you're telling me I can't go to work, but everyone coming in doesn't have to get one, I go, well.

[B]

Once we found out, when Fauci said, okay, I'm sorry, but if you've had two boosters, two vaccines, you can get and give Covid to another guy who's had five vaccines and fluor boosts. What's the difference between a vaccine, a booster? I don't know. Just more vaccine, but booster sounds better. Anyway, a guy with 25 vaccines would get and give Covid to another guy with 25 vaccines. That's why I'm introducing the daily Covet show. Every day you get a shot. By the time you get to your car, you got no immunity. But It's a beautiful 39 seconds. A nice little push in there.

[A]

I miss Covet is funny. People are going, oh, really? The comms are. You missed Covid. We're like, we're joking face. Of course.

[B]

And I didn't know I was gonna do the glasses coming.

[A]

Hilarious. Hilarious.

[B]

Uh, but anyway, that was the same thing. It just felt like it sort of had to be said, but also, like, again, it's just funny as well. Two guys with four boosters and three vaccines can.

[A]

When you see someone on TV every day for two years, because he's on TV giving reports, and he has. No one's saying. No one's saying a spin on it. No one's doing a joke. Here's a common denominator. We all know who this guy is. Now it's time to make fun of him. SNL finally did, but it was Brad Pitt doing Fauci, but he was sort of an homage. It was like thanking America.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it was not. Now someone kind of go at him and do an actual, like, funny take where it's making fun of him, I think was appropriate. And it was overdue.

[B]

Well, we're supposed to kind of have a little fun with our. Our. Our authorities. He was the authority during this time, and we're. We're just asking questions in a funny way. But I think before that, there was so much political tension and around people vax, anti vax, that whole thing, that it's hard to land something like that and make it really funny. And so. But you helped me out a lot in that. Listening and laughing. And Heather.

[A]

Yes, it was all me and Heather. Mm. So that's good. That's behind the clips.

[B]

Behind the clips. Number one thing, make sure it's funny when you satirize someone. Number two, have some sort of truth that's not really been talked about. That it's a little bit elephant in the room kind of stuff. And that was the job that Fouchi had to do. And I don't, I, I don't, I. It wasn't an easy job. As far as the Wuhan lab, that's a whole other thing. Every time they asked him, do you think the virus came from the Wuhan lab? You know, I, that's highly unlikely. I don't think so. And then we found out that the nih, which he's been ahead of, was ahead of, was funding, gain of function research. Doesn't mean it came from the Wuhan lab. But it was a little, a little bit of a side step to go. I don't think so, you know.

[A]

Yeah, Grouchy, Fouchy, he'd get mad, a little prickly sometimes.

[B]

But Covid is back, but I guess it's weakened a little prickly.

[A]

Listen, you can't miss it if it doesn't go away. So Lauren used to tell me, david, they can't miss you if you don't go away.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

I said, like Kobe.

[B]

David, you should have hosted Rivers. It was a way to break out early.

[A]

David, Covid needs to host.

[B]

Are you boosted? Because you all should be boosted. I actually did. No joke. I'm not getting around here. Talk to us. Pretty big doctor in la. Here's Nose throat guy. And you just said that he, he was not anti vaxxer, Probax. He just said people who keep getting the boosters seem to be getting Covid more. Now that's just one doctor's opinion, but, you know. Yeah, I don't know. I had it. I had the flu. It was worse. Yeah, I, you know, Christ sake.

[A]

I had.

[B]

Got an immune system like Fort Knox, you know, Nothing gets in or out.

[A]

Okay. I was hosting for Kimmel and I flew to Lake Tahoe, your precious place from your other story. And I was doing a show there, but I had to take a COVID test to host Kimmel on the Monday. So I take it on Thursday, fly to get one last vacation. And things are starting to open up a little bit. And I land, I go to the hotel and I get a call, you've got Covid. Turn around and get back on a flight. Get the fuck out. I'm like. So I couldn't do my show. Second time I canceled. The third time I went up there, there was a fire near the casino in the mountains. Canceled again. So I didn't get to do it till probably the fourth or fifth time.

[B]

God, how many times.

[A]

Six people left?

[B]

How many times have you had Covid?

[A]

I don't know, like 50. How many? What's normal?

[B]

40 is average.

[A]

I'll let you know when I don't have it. I don't know if you have it. Asymptomatic is one of the funniest things to have with anything. You can say. I have asymptomatic blindness.

[B]

I knew young people who got Covid. People in their 20s said they felt great. They just tested for it.

[A]

I mean, some people got it harsher. I think in hindsight, maybe it was younger people and older people, but who knows? Let's get to the news story.

[B]

Literally, if you're immunocompromised, you're a senior, you're a bit overweight. Go ahead, get the. Get the vaccine.

[A]

This is our boy John Kennedy, who's always a crack up. He was talking about radio.

[B]

One of the greatest pictures that has been put on this, by the way.

[A]

That's really him putting up this picture.

[B]

He's feeding candy to the alien that came out of the guy's stomach.

[A]

What is the story? The story is something about they detected radioactive shrimp. And now he's takes it all the way to. Now I'm sitting down for a shrimp bowl and I get a bowl full of aliens. You know, you don't know. I can't even tell you what he's saying here.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But it just sounds funny that he goes all the way to bring this picture to the.

[B]

Got a good staff. I would need a picture of the alien creature that burst out of the belly of the man on the spaceship in the movie Alien.

[A]

Not the big one.

[B]

Of expressing a visual of the radioactive shrimp.

[A]

Yeah. Preferably covered in blood. And. And the baby. Not the big giant one. I'm not scared of that as much now.

[B]

I would like to make it look like I'm just kind of tickling the alien so that if I reach over, it looks like we're pals. My words, not yours.

[A]

Maybe a frozen bag of shrimps next to me so I could compare the two and differentiate. My point. What a great. What a great performer.

[B]

We're so lucky. I don't even know what he's talking about. Funny. In the. In the Senate, his. His interviews with the people. You said on October N. You tweaked.

[A]

You too weak. Tweet your Twitter, not mine. It's now X. Is it X? Okay. I know it is. Twitter.

[B]

That man never landed on the moon. Do you still believe that you stand by those words. Your words, not mine.

[A]

You ever seen something otherworldly? What about he's like the. The new carrot top or Gallagher of those meetings because he brings props. Got suitcase?

[B]

Well, the slow motion. We've seen it in movies, you know, John Grissom novels. The super smart southern guy who sounds like kind of dumb hick, you know, and he moves in slow motion. He's always shuffling papers, and I. I don't quite know where this is, you know, but he's laying a trap for the people he's interviewing. Then he finds him, and they're like.

[A]

Shrimp boil. Okay, next one, next one, next one, next one, next one.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Oh. Oh. This is kind of a feel good story. Okay, so 36 years ago, one of boxing's biggest robberies, Roy Jones fought, I guess, Park Se Hoon in the Olympics. And when you see a clip, it looks like Roy Jones lost, but the other guy won it. So play the clip.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

He hasn't seen him. What's up, brother? Oh, he wants to meet Roy after all this time. Okay.

[B]

Guy fought in the Olympics.

[A]

That got his goal.

[B]

36 years. Wow. So good to see you.

[A]

Look at how nice Roy is. The guy beat him in the Olympics.

[B]

Wow. So the guy who got the gold is giving it.

[A]

He got something for you. First he takes a picture with it. Then he explains he's giving it back to me. And it really hits him because for 36 years he's been told he won.

[B]

He thought he won, and so he. He won the gold at the time he had the gold, but he wants to give back to you that it belongs to you. Wow.

[A]

Oh, my God. How heavy. Wow.

[B]

36 years. He thought he'd.

[A]

My God. For that piano to tell me how to think.

[B]

Yeah. And. And it was playing live there.

[A]

Yeah, the guy was. See, here it is. Jones is the black guy in this. So when Jones is winning, they keep stopping it. That. I think that's what he's saying.

[B]

Oh, they. Yeah, they would just walk in.

[A]

But Jones does look like he's winning. I know boxing very well.

[B]

Dana Jones, in his heyday, I do know, is one of the best boxers of all time.

[A]

Look how. 4 pound.

[B]

Left, right, moving in. Boom, boom, boom. Yeah, it's not close.

[A]

Yeah. They don't give McRean the standing eight. It's almost over.

[B]

No, I like it. Jones was great. Hands down, super fast.

[A]

He says Jones has a tremendous lead. I think he said that.

[B]

Yeah, it's.

[A]

I think I remember this. I was very young, Dana. I'm still very young, so I don't. I was probably one.

[B]

I'm the ref in white.

[A]

Oh, boy. And he knew it was kind of fixed. He said, stolen right there. Let's turn into a 30 on 30.

[B]

Wow. I mean, you know, I. I'm only interested in the 36 years of it all that the guy knew he'd lost. So you're five. No, I think I'm still. You're ten. I'm gonna hang on to it 25 years later. Yeah, I looked at a couple clips. I'm good. 30. I don't know, honey.

[A]

I guess it was a tie.

[B]

35. I'm gonna call someone today. Why? Who would you call? I'm not gonna do an Asian accent.

[A]

I do feel like Roy Jones did not know why he was going there. I think he said, the guy wants to see you again after 36 years and just say hello. And I don't think he could have reacted that way if he knew. I think it really caught him off guard.

[B]

Well, I think. What is. The Korean fighter finally saw it again, you know, brought it out, looked at it again, like 36 years later. And at the time he looked at it, he was like. And then there was a small earthquake in South Korea at the time. So he's like, Roy Jones.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Oh, got to call Roy Jones. Give him back a middle.

[A]

That's in the middle. There's an earthquake, Wally.

[B]

Well, that. It's a reenactment of what I saw on 60 Minutes. Okay.

[A]

So that was nice. Gave it to him.

[B]

That. That was a good feel good clip. That's one of our best.

[A]

Yeah. Now we'll go to a feel bad one, probably, but let's see what this is.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I don't know. Oh, Japan has created a human washing machine which. Which cleans and dries you in 15 minutes. It's also known as a shower.

[B]

Yeah, I don't know why. Who wants to be. It's. The guy's in a space capsule for the claustrophobic.

[A]

It's like a car wash. Do they have a video? No. Okay. Well, I would say inside a pod. No one mentioned the shower to this guy. I think it might bump with your bid on Shark Tank next week. Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Hello, sharks. Have you ever been dirty at the end of the day and have no idea what to do?

[B]

Yeah, I want to get into the pod that Sigourney Weaver piled into on the first alien. Okay. And get a little wash and dry before I need to meet the next 7 ton creature on planet C. Sorry. I'm stumbled.

[A]

Kril Gore. Thank you, Dennis, for being.

[B]

Thank you, Dennis, for co starring today.

[A]

Okay, one more. Let's see. We'll keep going. What do we got? We're really up on the news. We're really.

[B]

It's fantastic.

[A]

I thought that was a tree. Dana.

[B]

That'S not a tree. That's a drill.

[A]

Florida plumber found a snake.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

It was clogged in a toilet and they had to get a crane to stretch it out to see how long.

[B]

What kind of snake? Okay, for people listening, the snake is 40ft long and 20 inches. I mean, and. And thick. What kind of snake can get that big?

[A]

I guess a python.

[B]

Oh, it's a python. Rose to 40ft if left in a sewer.

[A]

They had to dig around the house to find it. But I've seen so many snakes and things that are so big. Mostly anacondas, but I have a lot.

[B]

Yeah, they.

[A]

If they're. If they're left alone in a sewer or something, they just keep growing and growing. So it's very possible now, AI. I don't know if AI would waste its time with this stupid picture, but.

[B]

Well, what's the Kevin Bacon movie with the worms underground?

[A]

Oh, I like that. Tremors.

[B]

Tremors. Kind of a tremors motif.

[A]

We had Kevin on this show. We should have Mom.

[B]

Oh, I did a gig with a charity gig with the Bacon brother.

[A]

The Bacon Bros.

[B]

They're great. Super nice. Very talented.

[A]

Try bacos as a kid.

[B]

Yeah, it wasn't my fave.

[A]

You know what it is? That fake bacon you shake on your. Oh, I know.

[B]

You ever do.

[A]

Yeah, you know, I love it.

[B]

Have you ever had on white bread? Because nothing's in the house. A mayonnaise sandwich and you kind of put a little bit of pepper on it. Mayonnaise on white bread. A little bit of pepper.

[A]

When.

[B]

When Mom.

[A]

I don't think I've done that. My mom didn't have a lot around the house, but I did have peanut butter and mayonnaise. I felt like Elvis, but I did like it. And it was sickening when I think about it.

[B]

Welcome to another edition of who had it worse?

[A]

A vomitorium.

[B]

Well, there were five of us and if. If Sugar Smacks came in the house, my brother. My brother Mark, we call him the human garbage disposal. He would take the whole thing and put it in mixing bowl that you would do for.

[A]

You eat them all before you got.

[B]

A quarter of milk. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah. I had a pepper sandwich with mayonnaise on it.

[B]

Well, that's the one I just told you about.

[A]

No, you had a mayonnaise sandwich with pepper on it.

[B]

You had a pepper. Okay, got it.

[A]

I flipped the script on you, Dan.

[B]

I like that I'm a little slow on the uptake today.

[C]

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[A]

Only terms apply as soon as the weather cools down. You know this. I'm all about layering.

[B]

I know, I know.

[A]

Yeah. I'm like layered Hamilton. And I realized that I reach for the same staples over and over again. Lately, so many of those pieces have come from Quince because, you know, they're 100% Mongolian cashmere sweaters. Those are a favorite of mine. They're unbelievably soft. They're cozy without being too bulky. I don't want to bulk up and look too swole. And the fact they start at just 60 bucks still surprises me. I've also added their denim into my rotation.

[B]

Everyone loves the denim.

[A]

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Okay, so next one. Let's see what else we got. We're really reminiscing. It's really.

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You're sure? It's amazing. Okay. We were just built different 1995.

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This is one of whatever routine after.

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Recess a spray of water in the face to cool them off before heading into.

[A]

Every kid goes ow, my eyes.

[B]

I think most kids would like that on a hot day getting sprayed. Yeah, big spray of cool water.

[A]

I like. They have no air conditioning and the teacher just goes by and go. Someone would complain. Don't you think some kid or parent would complain about that?

[B]

Oh yeah. Kids blind now. What did you have in there?

[A]

You know now it was Windex in that bottle.

[B]

Any way to sue.

[A]

Any way to sue a new show.

[B]

Any way to sui Woo. Good lord, life is strange. Do you think I explained those clips properly? Did I over explain them?

[A]

No, it's behind the clips. You we see a clip that went kind of viral and you explained about it.

[B]

Yeah, that's a good thing. We should get a little theme song behind the clips. You know, harmonize behind the clip behind because you got some bangers out there. Some seven figures. Seven figure clips, you know.

[A]

I mean you know, I know you like to play the guitar. Dana, who did I run into two nights ago either I didn't tell you. Noel Gallagher. They're in town doing Oasis is doing Rose bowl which from all reports is a very good show.

[B]

From all reports it's as. It's the best they've ever sounded. I've been following this casually but it is interesting when their relationship the band in the 90s for period of time was the biggest band in the world. Nothing for how long? 20 years? 15 years.

[A]

Just you hear of fighting and they.

[B]

Really hated each other. I mean really would come to blows. Okay, let's start the song. You. You know, I mean, it was like.

[A]

I don't think it's an act. Yeah, I think they really.

[B]

No, I think they really did.

[A]

They're just temperamental.

[B]

They couldn't have how big the tour until you do the tour and all the tickets are bought and then they're adding dates and selling out.

[A]

Oh, reunion. Yeah. Like I'm telling you, the people that are. I'm medium in Oasis and I love seeing this dude out in the real world, but the people that are in it are bazooties about it. Yeah. They go crazy and everyone says it's their favorite concert.

[B]

So what is it? Or wonderful. What's the big one?

[A]

It was underalls that older halls maybe.

[B]

Maybe Greg knows.

[A]

No, it's Wonderwall and I think Null seems sings so Sally can Wait. Don't Look Back.

[B]

It's catchy. It's beetle influence with. With pop. And I guess Noel kind of writes a lot of the songs and Liam sings. But also, I don't know who does what. But the fact that they are friends now, people love that, that they're kind of friendly. They make, you know, making jokes. They're.

[A]

And they're grousy, but they. I always say. I mean, I've done it on movie sets and shows where you just don't get along with someone. You know, it's show business like high school. You're not going to get along with everyone and it's. It's okay. But you get along to get along and everyone's got a common purpose to get a good movie or a good TV show. These bands, if you're an observer, all you say is, hey, Van Halen, get your together and get on that goddamn stage. And I think they figured out walk in separately, walk out and get in a car. We don't care if you hate each other. Play it's our memories. We want it. So bands like that, you're just like, please do it for us and figure it out. And they did. And I love that.

[B]

And you. You know, it's not cynical to say now they're making a lot, a lot of money. They probably have a lot of money, but probably. Maybe you don't know what they really keep from their first wave of success. Yeah, this time. But you know, bands get mad. It was even in the Beatles documentary, you know, Paul's doing, I think, get Back. And then George has a solo or something like that, you know, and Paul being the de facto producer of his song. Well, maybe you could go a little Doo, doo, go do. And then George said, I. I'll play whatever you want, or I won't play at all. You know? And then he quit the band the next day. But then he came back and they were buddies again.

[A]

But, yeah, it's all tension. All showbiz is highly creative, highly stressful, and so that happens. Glad they're back. I will see it now. I thought the Rose bowl was a little much. I saw the Rolling Stones there, and it was where I was in the aisles, you know, and I'm in the stands, and then people, because I was on the edge, they start coming up and kind of blocking you on the stairs. And then they kind of get in your row like this.

[B]

Oh, the creek.

[A]

And then people go, tickets, and they go, don't say anything. And I'll. I'm like, I can't say anything. You're fucking standing on my.

[B]

Should I just stand here in my chair?

[A]

We're all standing because no one will sit. So now I'm standing, and there's people standing in front of me here, and I'm not supposed to rat them out. And then I'm like, this isn't fun. And also, people, it gets scary because it's like a mob mentality. If there's any trouble, if there's any fights, you're toast.

[B]

Well, this is where I think I said the other day. I don't think it's very profound, but at some point, if you have an attachment to, let's say, Oasis and some of their songs, and, you know, you're in the nosebleeds, you can barely see their screens. You just want to be able to say that you saw them live because the experience is horrible. We used to have Day on the green. It'd be out on the football field in the grass and stuff.

[A]

Right?

[B]

I mean, if you said you were.

[A]

Central park for Simon and Garfunkel for their big show, or Diana Ross in the Rain, like, you were there. That's all that matters. I was at that piece of history.

[B]

One place that would get big acts if they play more than one Saturday was Universal amphitheater. It was 6,000 and it was Amphitheater. So I saw Neil Young there and stuff, and so that was intimate enough to really get into the thing. But Roseville, is that like, 80,000? Go ahead.

[A]

Rose Bowl's fat. Roseville's for football games, yeah. And they've jam them in like sardines. I was playing when we did this last gig, when it says amphitheater, I thought that means Outside, but the universal amphitheater is not outside. What does amphitheater mean?

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Amphitheater, I think, is just sloped down. It can be outside. Traditionally, if you think about Greeks and Romans, it was an outdoor amphitheater and there aren't. Or outdoor amphitheaters. But I think that was an amphitheater only in that it was like a bowl. It was slanted like that. Yeah, I think kind of like a round. Yeah, yeah. It was coming from Roman days and stuff, where the acoustics. You wanted to be as much people as possible. Where you can still hear the performers.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[A]

I have. I. No, I don't. I have one last question about. About Heather might look this up. The comedy festival before we go in. Rehad. Is that a place? Saudi radio.

[B]

In Saudi Arabia, there's a comedy festival.

[A]

Hilarious. Funny already. So the comics that are going are getting a little blowback because people are saying this now. There's arguments you shouldn't go there for this. Obviously they're overpaying everyone. I've heard numbers.

[B]

It's.

[A]

It's fat and juicy.

[B]

Cartoon.

[A]

Do you go because you say, I'm not going to contribute or do you hear that all these companies do business with them anyway, so everyone's hypocritical. Anyway. I don't know what. What are your thoughts?

[B]

Well, yeah, you have to. For a purity test, you have to be pretty. You have to go pretty deep because. Yeah, there's so many companies involved, American companies involved with Saudi Arabia and their commercials come on our television. You know, it's. It's not a cut, dried, simple thing.

[A]

Exactly. They are a little blurry and murky, if you will.

[B]

What the. You know, one of Trump's early days of how he would. Was different, you know, because they talked about the Saudi king or prince who kind of had some reporter put into a suitcase. You couldn't really fit in the suitcase except with, you know, one way. And then.

[A]

Was that the one where they. He went in the.

[B]

Yeah, that's the.

[A]

And he came out in his head.

[B]

Yeah. Saudi Arabia was not the smarter. You know, Putin's much better. You put poison on elbow. You walk that guy. You go like that. Nobody knows, you know, because Trump, like, you think we're so good. You think we're angels. You think we never take four people out. You don't think. You know.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it was very much like, why you can't say that.

[A]

So we never know what our own people are doing.

[B]

I don't know. I mean, sure, I turned down 2 million for 10 minutes. But am I a higher angel? Can I look down on the ones they gave me?

[A]

The offer was 3 million not to go. And I said they go and you're.

[B]

Going to ruin it.

[A]

No, the offer they did. I did get an offer about this. For me it was a couple things, but I would say also the southwest flight there is too much. You have to stop.

[B]

Yeah, I don't like to fly enough to go halfway around the world. I would just be curious. Do they pay the taxes for you? Oh, I mean is it, you know, net in.

[A]

I think in Dubai there are no taxes. But I think if you work over.

[B]

There, does the IRS in America.

[A]

I don't know you. Maybe you have to live there to get no taxes. But I know Canada, a lot of people bristle because it's you double dip. You have to pay all these Canadian. Because I want to go to Toronto and Vancouver and I do, I will. But you're going to get hit. So you will definitely not make. It's more like, let's just do it. It's fun and there's good crowds.

[B]

I, I love playing Canada, but the last time I played it was a long time ago because I got threatening letters to my home like I didn't pay tax and I have, I had accounts pay the tax.

[A]

We have the same guy. I had to pay tax and I have to hire an accountant in Canada and I have to pay province and I have to pay the whole country.

[B]

And then it's a write off and.

[A]

Then I pay ours. Yeah, our U. S. So really that's it. But anyway, love Canada too. And I will do it. I've done it.

[B]

I will. I, I shall return.

[A]

So no for you on, on Chop chop square. That's where they're holding this, which is even more Chop chop square. Chop chop square.

[B]

Which I think is just sort of.

[A]

Like weird that they would call bastardly things going on there.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But it is hooky. It's a hooky name, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The. If there's one silver lining, where did you get killed? Chop chop Square. Like, ah, that's a good name. Should have thought of that.

[B]

Yeah. I mean they had comedians back in the middle ages. Hey, you're gonna do the Attila the Hun thing. You get like 4,000 horses and 200 dancing women. I don't know.

[A]

I, I am, I'm not even political. I'm just gonna go.

[B]

I mean Attila. I guess when you meet him, he's kind of a nice guy, but you.

[A]

Know until the Hun Comedy Fest.

[B]

Why?

[A]

All right.

[B]

Well, Dana, thanks for coming on.

[A]

I appreciate you having me. I want to come on again. Just if you ever have a fallout, let me know. Come on.

[B]

No, I'm serious. I enjoyed this podcast. I'm not getting around here.

[A]

Come on, folks.

[B]

I'm being serious. I'll be serious.

[A]

The eyes going down is so funny. What about. What about. It's a great 38 seconds.

[B]

That's why I'm introducing the day. I call it now Tony's daily shot. Every time you get. Every. Every day you go to your health care provider and you get a shot, by the time you get to your car, you got no immunity. But It's a beautiful 39 seconds.

[A]

There you go.

[B]

Better with sunglasses.

[A]

Let's end on that. It is funny. All right. Hey, guys, if you're loving this podcast, which you are, be sure to click follow on your favorite podcast app, give us review, five star rating, and maybe even share an episode that you've loved with a friend.

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