RE-RELEASE - Kyle Dunnigan

Summary

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

RE-RELEASE – Kyle Dunnigan (March 11, 2026)

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Episode Overview

This episode is a re-release featuring comedian, impressionist, and writer Kyle Dunnigan. Dana and David reminisce about classic showbiz moments with Kyle, deep dive into his unique path in comedy, and share war stories from corporate gigs, failed auditions, brutal cruise ship sets, and more. As always, the episode is packed with candid conversation, mimicked voices, and hilarious riffing on the absurdity of making a living in comedy.

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Main Topics and Key Insights

1. Kyle Dunnigan’s Background and Career Journey

• Kyle’s comedic roots: Childhood memories of accidental humor, developing impressions in high school, and realizing his comedic perspective thanks to the label of “class clown.”
• Early stand-up experiences: Getting started performing as a teen, facing tough crowds, and learning the highs and lows of live comedy ([29:31]).
• Writing for TV: Transitioning to writing for the Sarah Silverman Show and Inside Amy Schumer, winning an Emmy for “Girl, You Don’t Need Makeup” ([25:10]).
• The struggle of making sketches for social media: Doing everything himself—writing, acting, editing, and producing for his viral YouTube and Instagram sketches ([21:08]).

2. Impression Masterclass

• The art and process of impressions: How Kyle finds his unique “hooks” for characters like Biden, Stallone, Bill Maher, and Caitlyn Jenner.
• Notable character bits throughout the episode include:
  • Bill Maher: “Okay, people. Do you think you’re one of those people?” ([53:46])
  • Biden dueling impressions: Whisper-yell and mumbling, compared between Dana, David, and Kyle ([19:16]).
  • Alec Baldwin: “We're thinking of finishing Rust, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.” ([70:36])
  • Trump: “It’s really not, but it’s silly. It’s exaggerated... Trans Trump, trying to get elected in 2024.” ([71:38])
  • Ray Liotta: “Chantix. Why would you want to quit smoking? Why would you do that?” ([72:34])
  • Stallone: The “punchy Stallone” with “confidence, stupidity, and sweetness.” ([42:43])

3. Showbiz Horror Stories & Behind the Scenes

• Tony Robbins Corporate Gig Disaster ([06:36]–[17:33]):
  • Kyle landed a huge payday to perform at Tony Robbins’ birthday, only to be put in the awkward position of being introduced as “the President of the United States,” performing as Biden to a confused and disappointed audience.
  • The crowd’s shock, followed by silence and awkwardness, with Kyle desperately trying to salvage the set:

    “Imagine. So then I pop up on the screen and you hear this Audible … and I’m like, ‘Hey, it’s Tony Baloney’s birthday. Pretty good guy. Come on, man.’” ([13:23])

  • Tony’s brutal post-show line:

    “This is a night I’d like to forget.”
    ([17:28])

• Bombing on Cruise Ships ([34:05]):
  • Performing three shows a night to elderly, indifferent crowds (mostly in wheelchairs), then obligated to face the entire audience post-bomb.
  • A woman informs Kyle he looks just like her recently deceased son, and the encounter escalates into awkward forced bonding.
• SNL Audition Turbulence ([49:20]–[54:00]):
  • Sent in a tape of impressions with little expectation, only to be flown out for a massive, nerve-wracking audition—30 comics, first up.
  • The confusion of the process (“Say hi to Lorne!”), nerves sabotaging impressions, and the “ice-cold” vibe from the panel.
  • Dana and David empathize, describing the harrowing, sometimes unsupportive SNL audition process for many comics.

4. Comedy Writing and Digital Creation

• The grind of independent online sketch creation:
  • “I’m a one-man band… I do it all myself—find wigs, film, edit, do graphics. If I miss something in the footage, it's another hour… It’s just so much work.” ([21:12])
• Juggernaut pace vs. burnout: If he pauses videos for a few weeks, viewership drops.
• Kyle as a “numbers game” of comedy—echoes SNL’s huge writing staff vs. solo creators ([22:02]).

5. Reflections on Fame, Aging, and the Comedy Life

• Battling “old man” moments: Dana and David’s barbs about “compression socks,” arthritis talk, and dating in their later years ([44:12]).
• The generational comedy gap: How references and age play into audience connection and social interactions.
• Candid honesty about bombing, envy within comedy, and the myth of “overnight” success.

6. Memorable Moments and Quotes

Impressions on Parade

• Kyle, as Alec Baldwin:
  “We’re thinking of finishing Rust, but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet.” ([70:36])
• Kyle, as Trump:
  “It’s the best Trump, fantastical Trump… it’s silly, exaggerated.” ([71:38])
• Dana (on mimics):
  “No one can do my voice. I have a blank voice. Hi, I'm Dana.” ([61:46])
• Kyle, as Bill Maher:
  “Okay, people. Do you think you're one of those people? … Do you really think? … You're wrong, church lady. Do you think there's a magic man in the sky? There's not.” ([53:46]–[54:11])

On the Corporate Gig Nightmare

• Kyle:
  “In my head, I’m going, ‘This is the funniest thing,’ and I’ve got another 25 minutes… You're like, this is just going to get worse.” ([13:29]–[13:47])
• Tony Robbins (via Kyle):
  “Did you guys have a day you’ll never forget?... This is a night I’d like to forget.” ([17:25]–[17:33])

On the SNL Audition

• Kyle:
  “They’re micing me up… The camera’s in front of me, and Lorne and everybody are to the left, and I'm just staring at the camera... The guy’s not counting me in. Then Lorne says… ‘Are you okay?’” ([51:58]–[52:28])
• Dana (on audition nerves):
  “Part of standup and show business is hiding nerves.” ([58:41])

On Creative Independence

• Kyle:
  “With making money on the internet, you’ve got to keep cranking stuff out, you know, sketch is really hard to crank out…So if I stop for a bit, my views tank 40% on the next video. I’m trying to figure out the business side.” ([21:02], [22:27])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:38 | Introduction to Kyle and why he’s a favorite guest | | 06:36–17:33 | Kyle’s Tony Robbins corporate gig disaster story | | 19:16 | Comparing Biden impressions among hosts and Kyle | | 21:08 | The grind and process of creating online sketches | | 25:10 | Kyle’s Emmy-winning work on "Inside Amy Schumer" | | 34:05 | Bombing on cruise ships and the dead son story | | 42:43 | Finding the “sweetness” in his Stallone impression | | 49:20–54:00 | The SNL audition—mechanics, nerves, and aftermath | | 53:46 | Bill Maher impression example | | 61:46 | The art (and impossibility) of impressions of Dana and David | | 70:36 | Alec Baldwin, Trump, and Liotta impressions roundup |

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For Listeners New to Kyle Dunnigan

• Follow him on YouTube and Instagram: Search for Kyle Dunnigan, where he showcases his face swap sketches, political parodies, and character-driven comedy.
• Not just impressions: The episode highlights the deeply creative, DIY side of modern comedy and the tenacity it takes to make it in both traditional and digital spaces.

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Episode Tone and Atmosphere

Lighthearted, self-deprecating, and freewheeling. Dana and David’s long rapport with Kyle allows for honest discussion about the misfortunes and small victories of showbiz life, all threaded together with mutual respect and razor-sharp wit. Kyle’s humility about his career “failures” only makes his current success and comedic craft shine brighter.

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Closing Impressions

The episode closes with a rapid-fire cavalcade of impressions, more jokes, and a reminder to check out all of Kyle’s work online for anyone who loves edgy, innovative comedy. The trio underscores what it’s like to still “chase the laugh” after decades in the business and never lose the hunger (or humility) that keeps real comics grounded.

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Quotable Closer – Kyle, as Stallone, summarizing the podcast:

“I like the beginning whenever we said Kyle was funny. Then the beginning got a little weird when Kyle was talking. Then the end was nice when people said Kyle was funny.” ([72:56])

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Transcript

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[B]

Oh yeah, I follow him on TikTok and Instagram. And he's doing. He puts so much work into this stuff. He's got a como one I was going to send you. Is it Andrew Cuomo who is the governor?

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Yeah, well, Cuomo. There's two of them. I think it was Andrew. And then there's Chris Cuomo, who's on New Newsmax now, but. And he does Bill Maher.

[B]

He does all. And we were doing all of his impressions and just crack up. And he talks that great story about going to do a corporate gig for Tony Robbins.

[A]

Oh, yeah. That's hysterical.

[B]

Remember that?

[A]

Yeah. I would listen to this one if I were you.

[B]

Yeah. I think if you don't know him, you're not familiar. Just listen in and hear because it's just. You'll have a.

[A]

He's just one of the funniest.

[B]

You'll be a new fan. Yeah. Here he is. Kyle Dunnigan. Dana, we're almost done.

[A]

Damn. I brought a gigantic sombrero, but I left it.

[B]

Do you need a hat?

[A]

No, I don't.

[C]

I just.

[A]

For when we do our things. Oh, right. Chuck Barris. You're too young. The Gong Shop.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, no, I know Chuck Barris. Yeah.

[A]

He would randomly come out with hats and not refer to them.

[B]

I did like that.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

So I was doing that.

[C]

I saw you in a hat, like a round circle. I was like, I need that because the sun's really bad.

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And then I got one pineapple picker hat.

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I can either spend hours with greasy sunscreen all over or I can put a giant hat on. I prefer the giant hat. Some people go, no, the hat. I'm going to grease it up for hours.

[C]

I do both.

[B]

Kyle Donagan, our guest today, dermatologist.

[A]

That's because of the way you look.

[C]

I went, you know, I went to dermatologist. And they looked at a thing and it was. Yeah, because I thought, this looks not great.

[A]

Are we recording?

[C]

Yeah, light it up. So let me. Dermatologist story.

[A]

So what happened?

[C]

If you could actually focus the podcast on dermatology. It's good when it's about.

[B]

It's a good niche.

[A]

So what happened? We can always cut this. Which means. Means we won't cut it.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, go ahead. Well, I just looked at, like, a little mole spot, and I was like, that doesn't look good. I went. And the guy looked at it. He's like, you're fine. And then this girl came to visit me for like a weekend. I think I told you, David, about this. And it did not Work out. Like, she walked into my house.

[B]

Well, I knew that was coming, but,

[C]

yeah, she walked in my house.

[B]

No, he always. That's how they always end.

[C]

I had. Yeah, it always ends like that. I had this house. And she walks up, she goes, do planes always fly over your house? She immediately just had all these awful things going on.

[B]

Really.

[C]

I never noticed the planes, like, but I'm in the path now. It's constant. There's just planes around. Anyway, she goes, I don't like the look of that mole. And I was like, I checked it out. I think it's okay.

[B]

Chew it off, bitch.

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She's like, I don't think it's dangerous. I just don't like the look of it.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was just a vanity thing.

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Yeah.

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So I went. But I went back and a different dermatologist was like, that's a problem. And cut it out. And it had like. Damn. It got caught. It was. If it wasn't for a girl was the problem.

[B]

Oh, I thought he said, cut the girl out of your life.

[A]

Well, I was naked on a slab. And this guy's going around with the eyeglass. He's like 90 or something.

[C]

Yeah.

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And he's going around and everything he sees, because I'm cutting, covered in stuff. He goes, age, age related. And a woman's writing it down. Age related. Age related. Yeah. I swear to God for a half hour. Should you do anything. Nope. Age related.

[B]

Sick.

[A]

That's like Billy Bob Thorne. Age related. He goes.

[B]

He goes, this doesn't look like much, but you might have to remove it. I go, my wiener. And then he took that monograph. He goes, oh, I'm sorry, my wieners.

[A]

The greatest childlike reference to a dick, actually.

[B]

Dana, tell them when you went to the masseuse, what you said, oh, I

[A]

had this masseuse once, and she'd really start digging, and she'd go. She'd say, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it.

[B]

Didn't she go by your wiener and go, you hungry?

[C]

No, that was me.

[A]

That was you?

[C]

Yeah. No, I went.

[A]

Irish comedians for 100 is done again, Irish or British?

[C]

It's Irish.

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Irish. Yeah. So we have the same.

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I went to it. This is like a longer story, but a Tony Robbins wanted me to perform at his birthday party.

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I had. Oh, go ahead and tell the story, because why not? This is a great.

[A]

Do you do Tony Robbins?

[C]

No, I don't. But I tried to get one for the thing, but I was excited because, like, I like Tony Robbins. I read, like, three Books in my

[A]

life awakened Tony Robbins. Yeah, me, too.

[C]

So I was excited. I was nervous because they're paying me more money than I've ever been paid for anything in my life.

[B]

$750.

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No, I turned them down.

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I know you got.

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You got to say what it is, but it was more than.

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I know, Tony.

[C]

It was $24,000.

[A]

More than a thousand, but what do you net?

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It was $25,000.

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That's great.

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Yeah, it's. That's.

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That's wonderful.

[C]

Well, yeah, so it's very.

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That's an adorable number.

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I know. To you guys.

[A]

We don't get it. He's his money bags here. Think about where you are and think of who owns this place.

[C]

No, I know. Fooling this house is $25,000.

[A]

All right, Tony Robbins tried to beat you up. Got you.

[B]

We'll let you get through the story. Hopefully, we probably won't.

[C]

I was nervous, and I thought, hey, Tony would say, take care of your. You know, Take care of yourself, little buddy. People don't know Tony. He's, like, nine feet tall.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

He has actually a tumor on his pituitary gland, and it's pumping out growth hormones. That's why he's so big.

[A]

He's grown a foot and a half in the last 18 months.

[C]

Yeah. He's been. I mean, when he was a kid, they asked if he wanted to take it out, and he was like, no, I want to be enormous. Like, he could have taken it out. He didn't.

[A]

Is that true?

[C]

That's a true story.

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God, he is a huge man.

[C]

He worked it. Did. Yeah. He really stands out.

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Yeah.

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He, like, put. I don't see the documentary, but he puts his hand on someone's head, it's like a giant catcher M. Just envelops the whole guy's head. All right, I'm getting to the.

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You bunch of losers.

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I like. Piece of.

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Yeah. He's a therapist that swears.

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Yeah. He yells.

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He's scared.

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Yeah.

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Go ahead.

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I'm getting comfortable.

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So I was like, I'm going to go take care of myself and. And get a massage. I never do that. So I went to this place, and I don't want a hand job. I know about one of those.

[A]

Happy ending. Yeah. David's never heard of those. No. Yeah.

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But the. The whole point of going there is to feel better about myself, you know, I don't want to walk. I want to have, like, have hand jobs. So I'm like, how do I look? Like I don't want a hand job. So I take off my baseball hat because guys in baseball hats look like they want. Very suspicious, you know.

[A]

You take off the cap.

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Yeah. I'm not saying the other one's hand job.

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No, check.

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I like it. So I take that off, and I kind of go in jolly, you know?

[A]

Yeah. Rather than, like, silk. Serious looking around, Slinking in, embarrassed already. Shame.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And she gives me a good back massage. She flips me over. She starts doing a little tickly on the stomach. I'm like, oh, this is like going down a hand job lane, you know? And so out of nowhere, she taps my penis. And she goes, you hungry? And I was like, oh, no, I'm. I'm. I just.

[A]

The better question is, is she hungry?

[C]

She seemed hungry.

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Okay, got it.

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I didn't ask her, but, you know,

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this is important for our listeners.

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She looked, like, famished.

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Yeah. So I said, someone's the meal, and someone's the consumer of the meal.

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Yes, yes. She was drooling. Then she tapped my penis again, harder, like, four more times. She was like, no, you hungry? Am I breaking your mic? And I go, oh, no, thank you. Thank you. And she goes, oh, girlfriend. And I go, no. And she goes, wife. And I go, no, I know where

[B]

this one's heading to.

[C]

Yeah. And she goes, oh, that's it.

[A]

She thinks she's on the other team.

[C]

Yeah. So I walked out there feeling great. I go to the Tony Robbins thing, and they. Beforehand, they did a zoom call with me, you know, where they go, this is what Tony wants. And he wants me to do Biden on a big screen. No one sees me. They just see Biden. But he's going to introduce me as the. The President of the United States is here. And I was a little worried because he. That could happen. He could zoom in. The president. He's met all the presidents. So I said to them, I'm a little worried they're going to be disappointed when they see me. And they were just like, this is what 20 wants. This is a cult. You don't tell what. This is what we do.

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Yeah, I did. I did the same kind of gig

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I want to hear about, because I'm sure yours is better than.

[A]

No, everything is ringing true to me.

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Okay.

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But I love Tony.

[B]

Robbie tell. When they play, they play like a videotape before.

[C]

Yes. So was actually two things.

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A montage. Right. Yeah.

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I'm making the story way too long.

[A]

But no, it was like, not on fly. Right, Right.

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We go over here. I Googled Tony Robbins birthday on YouTube. I don't think I told you this.

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Research.

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And he. His last birthday was this big extravaganza with all these stars. Just like, tony, you're the best. He's bawling, crying. His wife's like, I love you, honey. It was like his 60th or something that, you know. So I felt even more pressure, like, this is the next.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

So I get there and he's like, thanks for doing this, you little hunk of crap. And he whacks me on the back. And everybody's super jazzed up, but they've been up since like five in the morning, you know, swimming with sharks, going,

[B]

this is a lot of corporate gigs where they beat him to death. And they go, here's your entertainment. They're like, yes.

[A]

It's like, raw. Go, we can win.

[C]

They have dancers come out. You probably saw this after every speaker.

[A]

Mine was on zoom. Mine was on zoom.

[C]

Oh, see, that was smart. Well, I was there. I flew down to West Palm Beach.

[B]

He wanted me to undisclosed location.

[A]

So anyway, so how does this.

[C]

So, yeah. Get to the end of the story?

[A]

No. You know, I could do Tony Robbins for the first half hour and then we'll do McCartney for the second half hour.

[C]

He's at a trampoline. And I jumped on that beforehand, trying to get pumped up. And so the guy before me was the Secretary of Defense, former Secretary Defense, Larry Sumners. And he just talked like this. He went over an hour and a half.

[A]

Economist.

[C]

It's like midnight now.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And Tony goes, are you ready for the surprise of your life?

[A]

And they're like, yeah, yeah.

[C]

And they're like, have I ever disappointed you? They're like, no, you never disappoint us. And then he goes. And then. And then someone goes like, blah, blah. There's a pause. He'd forgot to play the package. They made this minute package video of him with presidents.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[C]

So now that plays. We're like, okay. No, he go, yeah. The president states. They go nuts. Then they play the package. Then he reintroduces me because he introduced me before he did it wrong. But now it really feels like for sure. The President, because he's in the video.

[B]

They said he's shaking hands with Obama.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So they really think Biden's coming up.

[C]

Oh, they 100%.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

And there's no way he would fuck us over and have some playing by.

[C]

Exactly. So I'm sitting backstage like, oh, no. It's the nightmare. Imagine. So then I pop up on the screen and you hear this Audible. And I'm like, hey, it's Tony Baloney's birthday. Pretty good guy. Come on, man.

[B]

Dying, Corn pop.

[A]

Just death, really. God, that's so unusual.

[C]

They're nothing from them.

[B]

Cuz they're angry.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I think they don't even know if it's a joke. And they're just staring. And I'm. In my head, I'm going, this is my. This is the funniest thing. And I've got another 25 minutes with your best bit.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You're like, this is just going to get worse.

[A]

And are you in a suit and tie? Just at a regular.

[C]

That's a whole nother thing. I went shopping. And you're nervous.

[A]

You shop before or after the masseuse?

[C]

I had to go after. You know what I mean? So I bought these new shoes. They were both left feet, so I couldn't even use. I had dirty shoes.

[A]

Who does that?

[C]

I'm making this story. I'm telling you 10%.

[A]

This is gonna be a bonus podcast probably.

[C]

If you want. Yeah.

[A]

Go to the podcast. Yeah.

[C]

And then I got a shirt. So I looked. It was a black button and I look like a magician.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I made a joke about that.

[A]

You have clown shoes on and a misfit.

[C]

I didn't. I wore my dirty shoes. And because I. I couldn't fit into those two left feet, they go.

[B]

I like when the magician made all the laughter dis. Yeah.

[C]

It's weird because the screen goes up and now I have to introduce myself. And.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Here's a surprise for Tony.

[B]

Kyle's. Not again.

[A]

This is very normal.

[B]

Like, this guy's still going.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, I walk out and they jump up and they're like, yay. Because they're all taught.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

The energy. And then back to like, we hate you. Sit back down.

[A]

This is very normal for.

[C]

Yeah. And I go, I. I said something about like, I know I looks like I'm about to magic. I promise I'm not. And they're like, they don't have to see magic.

[A]

Where's the entertainment? Yeah. They don't get any. Any sarcasm or irony.

[B]

No.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's almost like the opposite because it's all about positivity. And then I, you know, stand up, still cutting. And I'm halfway through jokes going, don't tell the rest of this joke. I. I told a joke. I go, I dated this girl. She was too young for me. She was 19 years younger. She don't judge. I was in college. That's when you experiment and they go, oh, wait, that means she was like three. Oh my God. Yeah.

[A]

That's a tough one.

[C]

No, I didn't.

[A]

Such a good one. If that bond go into Bill Mar or something. Right. What's your. What's your. Your fail safe like defcom 5. What bit is just never that situation

[C]

where you jump to maybe this.

[A]

Yes. Now to your sure fires.

[C]

Yeah. But nothing's working in your head.

[A]

You have nothing.

[B]

Yeah, but you're skipping chunks. And then you're like, I have enough.

[A]

Then you're.

[C]

You're speed through.

[A]

Yeah. Done it.

[C]

Half this and then the clock's like going backwards and I'm like on the piano at one point. And then people. I have like pictures. I'll. If you want to. I don't know if you have a website I could put up.

[B]

Anyway, we have nothing.

[C]

It doesn't matter.

[A]

We don't really good at social media.

[B]

We barely have audio.

[A]

And then I just got wi fi.

[C]

I get off and I was supposed to sing Happy Birthday to Tony as. As Caitlyn Jenner. Right. So there's a wig. I'm back on the. Where the laptop is, where I'm projected like a face swap. I see the wig there and go in my. No, say, I can't. I need to walk out of here with something. I can't walk out of here with a woman's wig on. So I leave it there.

[A]

Not crush. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. And I just go sincere. I'm like, hey, guys, it's Tony's birthday. How about a happy birthday? I was supposed to be like, happy

[B]

birthday to Tony, baby. Yeah.

[C]

And do some man. He's got a big old cock. But I bailed on that and I just did a sincere happy birthday. And they just turned to their leader and they're like, happy birthday. And I use that to sneak out and I'm grabbing my stuff. And so he thought I was off stage, but I was under the desk. And he goes, did you guys have a day you'll never forget? And they were like, yeah. And then he goes, this is a night I'd like to forget. No, he was talking about me way I've never. Have you ever heard Tony Robbins say negative things in your life about anyone?

[A]

No.

[C]

And he said about me.

[A]

That's. That's weird.

[C]

It was roug. That's weird.

[A]

That is weird.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

We'll be right back with this show from our sponsors. Yeah. I was just on a zoom real quickly and he was just super enthusiastic and there were just all these flash scene pictures of People all over the world. And he would go, I would do a bit like. He didn't like Fauci. So I was like, you don't need a vaccine. It'll solve everything, all that stuff. And he goes, give it up for Dana Carvey. So I'm just in my little room. My wife's cooking dinner downstairs, and he's going like this. And it went on for two minutes. So I started dancing in my room. And just for one landed joke.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It was during the pandemic, obviously.

[C]

How much time did you have to do?

[A]

I think it was supposed to be 45. I think it ended up being 35. And they were fine with it. David, do you have a Tony Robbins gig story?

[B]

You know, I did get a call about a Tony Robbins gig.

[C]

Oh, you what?

[B]

I got a call about one recently.

[C]

Are you being serious?

[B]

I swear to God. Yeah.

[A]

Because I turned them down.

[B]

I think what happens is they do these.

[A]

Yeah, I was too busy. Go ahead, Dave.

[B]

If I throw that. Well. Well, Dana, you already did it, though.

[C]

You were number two.

[A]

But then they wanted me back. They wanted me back in person. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I was really, really busy with something, and they only told me five days before, so I said, you know,

[C]

there was nothing that was going to stop me to get $25,000.

[A]

This was.

[C]

Could have been for.

[A]

I would like that money now that my 401k is 70% down. Yeah.

[C]

Because of. I. I think I know.

[A]

Because of Docusign or no Docusign. Yes.

[C]

The stock market's been down.

[A]

It went down over 100. I actually owe money.

[B]

It's negative 28.

[A]

No, it's. It'll be fine.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I'm fine, David.

[C]

You guys are fine.

[B]

I like when you both do Biden. It was funny talking to each other.

[A]

Well, I just end with Pirates of Caribbean. I love yours. Your stuff.

[C]

We have, like, different Bidens, which is.

[A]

Yeah. The ladies. Would you do the whisper yell? Because that's what happened after Afghanistan.

[C]

Yeah. Like, come on, man. This guy gets this guy poontang. Not poon Tang. Yeah, the guy, dude. And then it's like. Yeah, it's like a lower. Like a mumble. He does.

[A]

Like, my dad used to do this where he'd. He'd patronize whisper.

[C]

Like, I know better than you. Oh, yeah.

[A]

Because I know a lot better, and I know how to do it. You know, Your Biden's amazing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Come on. Yeah.

[A]

He does that, and you do everything. I mean, you just went at him early because now the new York Times is attacking Biden, saying he makes up stories and bumbling. Back in those days, it was a hot oven. But your thing was always just edgy

[B]

and funny and Kyle on YouTube is all. And Instagram is always something that's.

[A]

Yeah, you would just go anywhere you felt like going.

[B]

Even when you do Caitlyn Jenner, you get, you get. You always wonder, do these Kardashians even. Are they even aware?

[C]

I had.

[B]

I never know.

[C]

They. I found a video that they made because I did a video where they were like, we're mad at you. The whole thing was just like, we're mad at you. Yeah. And then Chloe did a video going, we're mad at you.

[A]

Oh, really?

[C]

So they saw that one. I don't know if they saw the other ones, though. I think maybe just that one.

[A]

Should we talk about one that you thought might tweak them? Because you're always going for the laugh. You don't seem like you're waving any political party or any point of view other than what's funny.

[C]

Yeah, that's all I. I'm trying to do.

[B]

You do buy the Fresh Prince of dc, right?

[C]

I'm trying to finish one up now. They take forever and I go dark. So, you know, with making money on the Internet, you've got to keep cranking stuff out, you know, Sketchy. Really hard to crank out.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, SNL's, they got 30 writers or something. And then.

[A]

Oh, no, One man Band. What you're doing, I don't know when

[B]

you're doing it in the house and you got green screens and face swap and all these computer things and you

[C]

have graphics and I edit. And then it's like, like I'll be like, oh, I need tape to tape down this wig. So then I go to the store, I gotta get the tape for the wig, and that's a half hour. Then I'm like, oh, wait, I need a tie. Then I go to, like, the Goodwill and I get a tie. And then I'll shoot for an hour and like, oh, my ear was sticking out. I gotta reshoot that for now.

[B]

Some days, so much work.

[A]

I. I know some people could help you.

[C]

Well, I need to find. I need to find a way to get money that I could pay people because that's. That would be great.

[A]

Well, you're okay, Kyle Dunnigan. You got a YouTube channel. Go check it out.

[B]

More talent. It's tougher to make. There's just some ways it's hard to make money, no matter how good you are. Just Hard to get on YouTube and

[C]

that it's hard to crank out sketch. Like they do SNL's got. There's probably two sketches a week that are.

[A]

Well, they write about 50, 55 in 24 hours.

[C]

And two are good. And they take two weeks off every two weeks. Yeah, it's just like, it's like baseball, you know, mostly strike.

[A]

Sometimes three. Kyle.

[C]

Oh, is it three?

[A]

Lauren visited the podcast.

[B]

We would do two and then a week off and then three and then a week off. Then around Christmas, two weeks off. Then.

[A]

But you're right, a huge staff churning stuff out and numbers game, you know.

[C]

Yeah. So I'll like do a few in a row and I'll watch it grow and then I'll stop. I'll need to like take a break for like a month or a couple weeks and it'll just. I'll drop 40% on my next video. So it's like that's. I'm trying to figure out how to do the business side. So now this next fresh pressing is more like a short film. I'm going to release it like, and maybe have people pay.

[A]

Like the Will Smith show.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, a bunch of those.

[A]

I know. I've seen them just for the audience kind of rapping as Biden.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And running around. And then insanity ensues.

[C]

Yeah, there's like sitcom up the stairs. Hey, Sal.

[B]

Hank.

[A]

What's going on?

[C]

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[C]

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[A]

easy to buy your car, Hank.

[C]

Yeah, you're right. Case closed.

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[B]

Well, also, people that are listening should know. Kyle is a comedian, been doing it forever. He up for five Emmys, wrote for the ins. Was it inside Amy Schumer and won

[A]

an Emmy for Girl, you don't need makeup. I listened to Today.

[B]

What was that?

[A]

Girl, you don't need makeup.

[B]

Was it on Amy when you wake up?

[C]

Yeah, it was on the Schumer show. My mom has that. I brought her the Emmys. She's very excited.

[B]

Okay, we'll come back to Amy Schumer show. Sarah Silverman, did you write for that show?

[C]

I did, actually. That was a show I was writing and then I had. I was like, I have to get out of here. It was a great job, but I just felt like I was writing too much for other people and I wanted to, you know, perform. I started making. I actually during that writing thing, I figured out how to do the face swaps. So it was a FaceTime call so they could talk to each other. And that was like a big, big moment. I just was doing imitations of the writers in the room and they liked it. Then I started doing it online. That's kind of what year how long have been? 2016 or 16? 17.

[A]

And so.

[B]

Okay, well, early on, tell us when you. You probably were into snl, because all we all were.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And. But you did. Did you finally get an audition or was it one or was it you were trying to get an audition like everyone.

[C]

Yeah, I didn't know what to do. Yeah. Big fan of snl. Dana's been huge influence. We talked about that, but I don't want to.

[A]

Yeah, well, maybe we can talk about just a little.

[C]

We can talk a little bit.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

Three sentences.

[C]

I'll comment. David, though, because I was an extra on when I was there.

[B]

This is the worst.

[C]

No, you had left like the year before and being. Let me just go back. But I. But, but David.

[B]

Oh, we're gonna dog ear that one. Yeah, yeah.

[C]

David, you. You could see in the monitors what was going on in rehearsal, and you could hear it. And I was like, oh, David's the funniest one.

[A]

Because he was. He was riffing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't remember what you're doing.

[A]

And then when an air show came, he would freeze up a little bit.

[C]

He was funny.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

David was the. Always the funniest.

[C]

So funny, but very, very low.

[B]

Rehearsals show you. Yeah. I mean, rehearsal. I didn't know back then they were probably taping him. But you're just bullshitting with your friends saying, by the way, anything. Forgetting you're on camera. But when Kyle was there, we were doing. Happened to be one of my favorite ones ever, which was the Gap Girls.

[C]

Lay off, I'm starving.

[B]

Lay off and I'm starving. And Kyle, not only was he there, he was a extra. Ooh. And they put him in the Gap Girl sketch, and they put him in a primo spot behind us.

[C]

I was really scared.

[A]

So you were just on camera with no lines throughout the spot?

[C]

Yeah, and I'm just right next to Chris Farley. I'm like, this is probably my big break. I'm not sure.

[A]

That's not sure.

[C]

So we're about to go out and David comes over. He's like, yeah, this is my friend, whoever.

[B]

My buddy was visiting from Arizona, and

[C]

I'd never done flip flopping.

[B]

And I fucking go, he flipped. Can he be in this?

[A]

They go, yeah.

[B]

And I go, rick, why don't you sit here? And they pulled Kyle out.

[C]

Yeah, well, they flipped me. So I'll get you the back of your head, Kyle, and my friend will get the. And then he became famous off that. He. He got a deal off that extra work.

[A]

Can I ask a question about this? Like, when. Just for a second, because I don't know that. That part of you. Like, when did you start being a comedian?

[C]

You know, trying to be professional?

[A]

It was your first stand up at 18. Or were you doing little shows for your parents when you're 10? Or. We have all different.

[C]

When I was younger, I didn't. I remember being laughed at, but not like me trying to be funny, but like humiliating things in school. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

My very first memory was my whole family laughing. I mean, my. My grandmother was like, I was like, what's this, Nana? And it was a placemat. We got like, a choo choo place. And she goes, oh, you eat on that. And my little brain was like, eat on it. Didn't make sense, but eat it made sense. Like, I think I'd skip that little word. So I started eating it, and I came in. I was trying to eat that. And just my first memories. Everyone like, ha. And then I got to. What an idiot. Yeah. And people would laugh at me. But I wasn't trying to be funny. I was little. I think we were like three little guys, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Three of us were like, little guys.

[A]

What was your height and weight when you entered high school?

[C]

All I know is the tiniest, except for my friend Michael was like a half inch. And I love. Because when they'd line you up, it was like, michael year on the end. I would. But I was always number two. But I remember they had superlatives where they go, you know, best looking, most likely succeed. And the popular girls come up to me, and they never talk to me. And they were like, we decided you're the funniest.

[B]

Whoa.

[C]

It was like eighth grade. It was like 12 years old.

[B]

So before school, you know, I say to that, I go, you hungry? And they go, you go, it's early. I'm going to ask you again.

[C]

But I didn't really know or think I was funny. And then the lobby of the. Before you go into school, there's like a lobby, and everyone hangs out.

[A]

It's big. Terrifying.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Junior high, right?

[C]

Right. And this big. The big bully, Scott Chapman, comes up to me, pushes me, and he goes, you're not funny.

[A]

Whoa.

[C]

Word got out that I was gonna be the funniest, and he wanted to be the funny guy. And I was like, yeah, okay. I don't. I don't think you're right.

[A]

Beat the funny out of you.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

And he goes, I'm funnier than you now. Everyone starts gathering around us, like, there's gonna be funny fights, funny feel. Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Eight miles.

[A]

So what does he say?

[C]

I backed it. I was like, you are like, this is hilarious what you're doing. So then I got voted class clown. I got upset about it because clown, it kind of isn't the same. It's not good. Especially when you're 12 and you want to be liked by girls. And it was like, the popular guys, I was like, oh. They look at me like I'm this, like, clown. So I have a. My friend was really sweet, and he was intending to do Something nice. But he went to the principal or whatever and was like, kyle's upset. The clown called Clown. So they changed it to best. They changed it to best personality.

[A]

Really Don't. He's shrinking down in his chair.

[C]

They changed it.

[A]

Did you. Did you. Did your gift for mimicry emerge at that time? Could you do the PE Coach or were you doing.

[C]

Yeah, that actually got me attention from girls. I did. I did Michael Jackson. This girl I really liked would be like, do Michael Jackson. So I would just dance like a monkey. And one time she'd cross it off her shoe. Michael Jackson. I got hurt personally. Like, we broke up.

[A]

But did you do the voice or just do a voice?

[B]

You would dance?

[C]

I do though. The voice and the dance. I remember this is a hacky impression now, but I saw one of my first impressions. I saw Christopher Walken at our local tiny grocery store. Weston, Connecticut, Tiny little thing. I'd never seen a famous person before, you know, so I was following him around like a creep. You know the thing when you go to a grocery store and you're like, oh, I just want to get like some batteries. But then you start going, oh, I need that, I need that. So he had this whole pile of stuff, and right before he got to the front, he just like, Jenga'd it all over the floor. And he goes, oh, no, my cottage cheese. And the lady was like, it's fine. And he's like, no, no. You'd get quiet and be like, I'm sorry. He got really loud. And that, like, bug got in my head. I was like, I think one of the first impressions I did, but I did impressions. But then I started doing stand up when I got out to try to make money, because there just was no money in high school out of. Out of the world of school, out of college and stuff.

[A]

Okay. So early 20s, you start doing stand up.

[C]

Yeah. And my, you know, managers were like, don't do impressions. And guitar. So everything that I do well, they. I didn't do for 20 years until I found Facebook.

[A]

They told me not to do that either.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Don't do impressions. Don't. Don't do the churchly.

[C]

What? Bad advice that we got.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Later you go, what the fuck do you know?

[A]

So then what was your, like those years? You got on shows pretty quickly, like Cedric the Entertainer. You were a sketch player. That was.

[C]

Yeah, that was. I thought that was like a big break. Cause I was kind of a hit sketch show. And I joined mid season because, like, we need a white guy to Pick on. And before we would do the show, it was like a funny little thing. They would do a prayer circle. And Cedric, you know, is very religious, and he's holding hands with two Jewish, you know, producers. And we're just sitting around. I would just stare at the Jewish producers because they'd have to be there, like, pray, please Jesus, help these setups. Land our punchlines and be all praying for Jesus. And there was really only, like, a couple of people who believed in Jesus. But that was before. I'm not religious. No.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah. No.

[A]

Do you have any affiliation with a political party, Mr. Dunnigan?

[B]

Wait. I want to get to some impressions, too. But also. Oh, wait, when did you do cruise ships? Because my buddy does cruise ships and he said, they're tough.

[C]

My friend was like, don't do it. It'll be really bad. And I. I was like, how could that be bad? You know, how could that be bad? So I go there and cruise ships, three shows a night. And it's a free show. So everyone goes to the show because it's free. They already paid for it. And I'm bombing so hard. It's mostly wheelchairs. It was a very old cruise.

[B]

You hear people leaving these.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then the walkers after that.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You buy WD40.

[C]

And I got.

[A]

We love when David does.

[C]

I know. He does great. He does great sound effects.

[B]

WD40 gets underplayed in the world. It's out there, though.

[C]

Yeah. But I was famous for being terrible on the ship. So I just hidden my.

[B]

And then you go, and you're looking over the lido deck, and it's like, that guy sucked. Are you the guy that's horrible.

[A]

So. Yeah. So you bomb the first night?

[C]

No, I bombed every night. No, nothing.

[B]

Three times.

[C]

Three times a night where it was just this awful. And then one time, they make you, after the show, say goodbye to everybody. So you bomb and you got a big thank you for coming.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So I see this woman. Good game, good covering, you know, around me. And I'm like, oh, here's a fan. That's. We'll have to deal with this.

[A]

This is nice.

[C]

And she goes, I have to tell you, you look exactly like my dead son. My son just died a month ago. They were going to cancel this trip, and they really already bought the tickets. And the dad won't look at me. Apparently I look amazingly and sound like her son who just died. So I'm like, oh, my God, I'm so sorry. And then I keep running into her. Cause the ship's not that big.

[A]

Like at the buffet, by the pool, everywhere.

[C]

And then I went to one bar and I'm like, oh, God, there she is again. And she's got the rest of her family. And it was like, there he is. And everyone.

[A]

There he is.

[B]

They're like, oh, she confused you dying on stage.

[C]

You both died once.

[B]

You died on stage. I was like, no, that's him.

[C]

And then she asked me to go rock climbing and trying to be the sun again. Yeah. I can't say no to her. So now I'm rock climbing and she's staring at you.

[A]

She starts calling you Dave, Michael or something.

[C]

She was sort of having this thing with me and I had to do it. And I could tell I wasn't.

[B]

It's a good sitcom.

[C]

As good as her son. She was like, just climb up. You're not act.

[B]

You're good at this.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So she's ordering you around like a mom to a son. Yeah, just climb up.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And just so you do what you do. Terrified. And her son, I'm sure, was like, bing, Bing.

[B]

You're the worst fake son.

[C]

Yeah, that was my. That was the week that Obama was not Obama. That bin Laden was killed. Is that Obama?

[A]

That was my bin Laden. My Obama's not like this. That's what you do.

[C]

My mom points like Obama, you know, not Obama.

[A]

So then when did. How did you become a genius?

[B]

Are they two different people?

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

Points like. Like Obama.

[C]

I meant to say bin Laden. There might be something racist in there, but, like, I kept saying Obama and bin Laden, but yeah, she just points like, terrorist is saying their blood will run in the streets. My mother's finger gets right in, you know, your face like that.

[B]

Your mom's in your bit sometimes.

[C]

Yeah, she's really good, actually.

[B]

You tell her what to do or not?

[C]

Yeah, I actually surprised her because once she knows she's acting, it's over. We have to.

[A]

She'll come on stage.

[B]

No.

[C]

When he films videos and I'll just. When she's doing dishes. Hey, mom, let's. I'll just start doing something that is.

[B]

She has to improv it.

[A]

That's Craig. Yeah, Craig.

[C]

Yeah, I do.

[A]

Craig's hysterical.

[B]

Craig's hysterical.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

Yeah. All right, we'll talk about, you know, it's. Go ahead.

[C]

Sorry.

[B]

Oh, you didn't get to your SNL audition.

[A]

Oh, yes, well, we want to get to that. We're just creeping up to, like, how many years of stand up and then when do you try out for SNL oh, yes.

[C]

And the first time I did stand up actually was in high school, 20 minutes before my friends, like, you should do stand up. And I was like, okay. Because I just did what people told me. And I wrote a set in 20 minutes, and the set was 20 minutes, so I don't know what that must have been.

[A]

Very first time music crushes.

[C]

What's that?

[A]

First time usually crushes pretty good because

[C]

I was doing teachers and stuff like that, but I got suspended halfway through. It could go wrong. Oh, well.

[A]

So it's so funny, though.

[C]

Yeah. But the halfway through, the host, this girl was like, you have to. You have to stop saying something about, oh, you can't say penis or Ms. Ola's gonna suspend you was the thing. And then they were all quiet, like, what happened? And I was like, I'm not allowed to say penis anymore. Then I started going like, my kill boss. And then I started doing other names. It was then they took me off stage anyway.

[A]

They took you away?

[C]

Yeah, they took me away in a jacket. But I started.

[B]

Yeah, but I like when you bump with the microphone with your chin while you're talking, and you hug it like this.

[A]

Hugging it. He's bumping it. So when did you start crushing and get the notion I want to. And I'm highly qualified to be on Saturday Night Live.

[C]

I always wanted, like. Like watching you and stuff. I. Not that I felt like I'd be as good as you, but I thought, like, I can do that kind of thing. That's, like, in my wheelhouse, you know? So I really want to do it. And I love the show. You actually almost stopped me from getting. From losing my virginity. It didn't happen. But you almost. I was coming home from a party, and this woman who was this girl, she's like 21, was in my Spanish class, and she's on a balcony. She goes, kyle Dunnigan, get up here. Just hammered. And, like, we immediately had. She decided we're having sex. I don't remember what happened in between. But then I was like. But I almost didn't go up because I was like, I want to go back and see Dana Carvey. Because SNL was starting, and I almost. But I. I wish I had, because I. I didn't think I got AIDS from this woman. I knew I got AIDS from this woman. It was back when if you just had unprotected sex, you got aids, right?

[B]

Right when it started, everyone thought, yeah, yeah, it's. Everyone's gonna get it.

[C]

So I wished me on the show. I Did. And I wish I hadn't.

[B]

I got AIDS from watching Dana once.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So you.

[A]

Either way, I have that. You got me, took care of me. We give you a shot. You give you the boosters so you do it accurately. I just punt sometimes he does. I just decide how I want him to sound and hope people he does quieter Fauci.

[C]

I'm a Dana Cartier derivative. You're. You had us crying, laughing, talking about Mickey Rooney.

[A]

Yep. Mickey Rooney.

[C]

I heard you do it before, but I know it's a true story.

[A]

Word for words. Yeah.

[C]

You worked with him on a play.

[A]

No, a TV show. One of the boys in 1981. I was cast out of nowhere. I was just a young stand up Fred Silverman, the head NBC. That's Mickey Rooney's grandson. Then I'm on a 747 with Nathan Lane. He was going, that's right, he was your father. So we became friends. And then we met Mickey, who had a.38 revolver. And literally at least once an hour, I was the number one star in the world. You hear me? Bang the world.

[B]

Anyway, and then he's not kissing, he was pulling something. Yeah.

[C]

He would say things like he needed money and he would just dying laughing.

[A]

Judy Garland never owned a car. It was non sequitur. Why Mickey? Because they pumped her so full of drugs they killed her. And then he would just look off into space.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I asked him for money.

[A]

And Joe Lewis, Joe Lewis, he'd be there studding you, studding you. He's getting right up in my face. He's about 4 foot 10. He's going like this, right to my face. Joe Lewis, he's slam bam, Joe Lewis, this fire plug will take you out. He referred to himself as a fire plug. Anyway, that's another podcast entirely. But when I first met you, it's kind of interesting I had dinner with you because David's very social and I'm a homebody and I didn't really know what you did. I just thought you were funny and a really nice guy. And then I went home and looked you up and went, my God, this is my brother from another mother.

[C]

I mean, it's an honor that you think that.

[A]

Well, the evidence is on YouTube watching. It's like extraordinary acidy stuff. The Stallone doing the way you do Stallone now, it's like a character as well. There's a sweetness to him kind of.

[C]

Yeah. It's different than he. He's actually seen it, which is funny. We've had Frank Stallone on the Show.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

And it's really cool to. Because some people like impressions, some people don't.

[A]

Like, why did you find that Stallone? That particular Stallone? You just started doing it and then.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Just, you know, it's a really. Like the punchy Stallone, you know, he's just really stupid. He's like, confident.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, but super sincere.

[B]

Confidence, stupidity.

[C]

Confidence, stupidity. You know, I just did like a. I'm doing. He, like, makes little movies. And the last one, which got demonetized. Everything gets demonetized that I put out. But he's like, doing a documentary on 9 11. But it was like, the day we got 9 11. Yeah, that's the first building got 9 11.

[B]

What about this? Kyle and I joke about, like, if he goes on dates or, you know, we're obviously both older than our twilight years.

[A]

Mature back in our.

[C]

Mature.

[B]

And when we're out, I remember I was with Said Rick, our friend. All my friends are my age. So we were in Las Vegas and we sat at this booth and this girl came. She was our hostess. So they like to blab. And then the, like, manager sends her, go talk to those guys. So she just sits with us, but no one invites her. She just sits there. She's 21. She's like, hey, guys. So beer in Vegas. Like, yeah, that's a safe bet. And then she doesn't have much to say. And so she goes, where are you staying? We're like, oh, at the Mirage. And she goes, oh, fun. That's the one that's got a big fountain. You know, she doesn't know anything. And then my buddy goes, you know, I was there when they built the Mirage. I was there opening night. She's like, huh? I go, rick, quit advertising. How fucking old we are. Like, built the Marshes. Even know that was ever built.

[C]

She goes, what?

[B]

And he goes, yeah. And I go, oh, yeah. And we were at. We were. He goes, remember the dunes before they blew it up? I go, rick, it's getting worse.

[A]

I go, the monkeys were better than the Beatles.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

He goes, ah.

[B]

I go, we were at Joey Bishop's

[C]

40th at the Dunes.

[B]

Were you there? No, I'm 21 years old and that was 200 years ago. And we just gotta be careful because

[A]

you've said it before.

[B]

You slip and say something like, I've got buddies who are like, you know, do you use compression socks? And she's like, huh?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm like, why are you talking about the oldest things in the world? I even feel old.

[C]

I Go, you don't wear that.

[B]

And he goes, yeah. And my other friend's like, when I. If I have, like, soreness. And she goes, I know, my arm hurt yesterday. And he's like, oh, do you think it's arthritis? I go, what? It's not arthritis. She's 21. Quit saying the oldest, sickeningest words that even. I'm at your table going, beat it, old man.

[C]

Yeah, he's not good for you.

[A]

What's young stick, though. What would you say to him? You're younger. No, I love. I love you.

[B]

No, there's no conversation. It's just. She was doing her job to say hi. But this happens a lot when fans or some or just anyone comes up and says hi. And then we just catch ourselves having. It's just too old.

[A]

You're right. Just references the old.

[C]

My last date that I had. I don't go on many dates because of what happens on them. And she says to me, well, you're a little long in the tooth. And I don't think we were talking about age or anything. And I thought we had a. Yeah. And never heard from.

[B]

Yes, that's how it started. We were talking tooth.

[C]

Long in the tooth.

[A]

Long in the tooth.

[B]

That's.

[A]

That makes her seem old. That's an old fashioned, that is. Maybe she was 62 with a nice lift.

[C]

Yeah, I went, yeah, my dating's not bad. I went on a date where the girl was. She showed up different than what her picture was just so that. Very different.

[B]

Just say different. Yeah, different.

[C]

And she gets in the car and. And she gets nauseous, and every five minutes we're pulling over for her to drool out of the car, and then she takes off her shoe and starts rubbing her bare foot, like, crossed over. Anyway, it's been going well. So anyway, about snl.

[A]

I know a guy went on a Tinder date with this woman and she never. She was. I guess she didn't have a lot of money, but they took her to a sushi restaurant and she just kept saying, I want to stab it, I want to stab it. So she had a fork. She was just stabbing the sushi.

[B]

What do you mean, just a little piece of sushi?

[A]

Yeah, I want to stab it.

[B]

I'll tell you one last story of when my waiter, who's German, I got. I was. There was a picture of me kissing a girl in a pool that was secretly taken or whatever, but it was kind of all over the place because it just was a weird match of people, me and her actually it was just weird because she was cute and I'm gross. That's really the headline. And so my waiter goes, but definitely very weird, you know, Like, I obviously am aware of it and it's weird. And then about a week later, the guy goes, hey, he knows me. Yeah, how was your vacation, huh? I go, okay. A little pool party, huh? Yeah. He goes, a little fun in the sun. I go, yeah, keep going. And he goes, yeah, I saw pictures of you kissing a girl. Yeah, I know. I know what you're talking about. He goes, oh, why? Why do they make you so fat in that? I go, what do you mean? He goes, you get out of the pool. It's like, I didn't know you were kind of fat. But why do you want that picture? I go, I don't want that. What are you talking about? I go, that's what a paparazzi is. They take a hundred pictures of you and find the grossest one. And then they go, they got a jeweler's loop. And they go, he looks fat and gross here.

[A]

We got a winner.

[C]

Run with it.

[B]

And then someone runs into the press room, but he goes, no, I wouldn't pick. He doesn't get it. Yeah, now, I wouldn't pick that one because, you know, you look kind of fat and you want to look good. I go, why aren't you listening? You don't understand what I'm saying? He goes, no, we need to get these.

[C]

We need to get a lot of people out of your life.

[B]

No, that guy, he's.

[A]

All right, let's put on Speedos. Everyone just makes go to the beach.

[B]

I'm an easy.

[A]

Promenade around and then run to run to the web and sea of daily Mail.

[B]

All right, SNL audition. That's all.

[C]

SNL audition.

[A]

At this point, let's just say you're a seasoned stand up and you probably do pretty much any accent and at least 50.

[B]

Have you done Amy Schumer's show yet at this point? You've done any of that stuff?

[C]

Writing? No. I had done Cedric, which was a sketch show, but I never worked on any. There was no reason to really work on any impressions or characters because I wasn't doing it on YouTube and there was no money in doing it.

[A]

Right.

[C]

I was doing stand up and doing.

[A]

Yeah, you do. Just straight.

[C]

Yeah, just doing straight stand up.

[A]

Extremely funny as well.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Thank you. I always feel like square peg into doing stand up. Like I'm trying to do scenes and stand up.

[A]

That was the same with me.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I was always. I Didn't realize that till later. No wonder it was difficult in a honky tonk bar. Show us your dick.

[B]

You know? Yeah, right.

[A]

I am a French widow, and now I'm trying to.

[C]

You know. So, yeah, so what I did was I just made a random tape of impressions and sent it in, not even thinking, because I knew nothing was going on. I was broke, and somehow they were, like, flew me out and decided that I would audition. And it felt, like, way too big. Suddenly it's like the next day I was flying out and I'm trying to write the thing, and I'm really, really nervous. And I'm in a hotel for two days just running it, and you gotta be like, here's my six minutes, or whatever, trying to get it correctly on time, which is the wrong. You know, I know I'm in the wrong mind frame. And I get there, and it was 30 of us. It was Nick.

[B]

30?

[C]

Yes, 30 people. Nick Kroll was there, and he was talking about that, and he was with John Mulaney, who looked really young. I was like, hey, how old do I know you? He's like, no, I'm five. I'm this many. So I was like, this guy's not gonna make it.

[A]

I've never heard of John Maloney. Let me. Let me absorb that. I'm five. He. He made jokes about how young he does.

[C]

He looked really, really young.

[A]

Crazy for the long high school.

[B]

So he's auditioning too.

[A]

So you got. He's auditioning the same night as our day as Nick Kroll.

[C]

Nick Kroll.

[A]

Okay. 30 people. 30. That's a death march.

[C]

And I'm just like, white knuckling. And I'm just like, please not first. I just want to go first. Yeah. You know, let someone else so you can hear.

[A]

No. Was this in 8H?

[C]

I think people could actually. I know we were in the Cone Institute because they were doing the Olympics.

[A]

Yeah. Six, four, Rockefeller Center.

[C]

But they're like, first up is Kyle Dunnigan.

[A]

I was like, out of 30.

[C]

Yeah, I know. That's. What are the odds of that? 3% odds. 3.3% odds. So I went into the. You can do this. Hey, you got this. You got this, buddy.

[A]

Right?

[C]

But he didn't have this spoiler. So they're micing me up, which is nerve wracking in themselves when someone's micing you. And the camera guy is like, I'm gonna count you in. Three, two, one. You white stuff.

[A]

I'm getting nervous. This is so well told.

[B]

Crew guys have too much Power, the

[A]

mic thing and all the. Okay, kid, is that good for you? Do you like it?

[C]

Right?

[B]

And they're nervous at all.

[A]

Where do you want your radio pack? You want it right in your pocket?

[C]

It's all these questions you want to think about.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So he goes, I'm count you right in your stuff. 3, 2, 1. You go right into your stuff. So he said to me, my stuff. So I had that locked in my head. So I walk out, and the camera's in front of me, and Lauren and everybody are to the left, and I'm just staring at the camera.

[A]

Oh, no. Any applause at all? No, just silence.

[C]

Nothing's happening.

[A]

You just walk out.

[B]

Nothing's happening.

[C]

Nothing's happening. And then Lauren goes, hello. Like, hello. Say hello to us. We're over here. And I go, oh, hello. Hi. Hi. And I turn back to the camera, and more dead silence. And the guy's not counting me in, you know? And then Lorne says something. I'm already on thin ice, and that just crushed me through the ice into the water. He goes, are you okay?

[B]

Whoa.

[C]

And then I start trying to tell him. The guy. I go, well, he said 3, 2. He knows he's about to get tattled on, so he counts me in. Then the red light goes on, and I'm just destroyed. I can't get to any facility or impression. My brain's like, look, all hands on deck to make this guy pass out. Drop the bill, Maher. We're not doing any of that. We're just gonna breathe, you know, Caitlin or whatever. She wasn't alive.

[B]

It wasn't alive.

[C]

She wasn't. Anyway, that made no sense. So I can't even. They brought a piano out for me. I can't play the piano. Like, I'm just plonking on it.

[B]

What's wrong with you?

[C]

And every impression sounds the like, this is Chris Hansen. I'm Chris Hansen. This is blah, blah. I'm sort of outside myself, and then I walk out like, I just got beat up. And then the producers go to everybody else. Guys, when you go out there, say hi to Lauren. Okay? Oh, and so everyone after me.

[A]

So how not to do it. Yeah.

[C]

Anyway.

[B]

And be fine.

[C]

It's fine.

[A]

How many were out there? There's. Lauren was like, 10 people.

[C]

There's probably 10 people.

[A]

And they were sort of to your left. And the camera was center.

[C]

Yeah, I didn't know where it was.

[A]

You didn't know where it played?

[C]

Yeah, I didn't know where. I don't know if it was Good to them or the camera. But the camera guy. It seemed like that was the thing to do.

[B]

Yeah, but what was your Bill Maher there?

[C]

Okay, people. Do you think you're one of those people?

[A]

Let's hear Bill.

[B]

Yeah. Keep going.

[A]

And no one. Does anyone else do him.

[C]

I don't think you're.

[A]

To me, your hook was the. Okay.

[C]

Okay, people.

[A]

Yeah. Whiny. Whiny, Whiny. You think?

[C]

Do you really think. You don't. You're wrong, church lady. Do you think there's a magic man in the sky? There's not.

[B]

Okay, okay.

[A]

It's sustaining the okay.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Eve was a pig. She was made out of ribs. Okay.

[A]

Yeah. Cause he admonishes his audience so directly. You think this and you think that.

[C]

Everything sounds sarcastic. You think you're good. I bet. Even if he was trying to be sincere.

[A]

There we go.

[C]

Yeah, I'm sort of like that. Where people think I'm not sincere.

[A]

I'm like him ordering frozen yogurt.

[C]

I'll have the rum raisin. Cause it's delicious. Okay.

[B]

I'll have the gogurt.

[A]

What impressions did you do on SNL audition? Yeah, the attempted.

[C]

I did. Chris Hansen was big at the time.

[A]

Can you do him now? You're not nervous?

[C]

Yeah. He was the guy from To Catch a Predator.

[A]

Oh, yeah. He was trying to have sex with little girls.

[C]

His screen name was. Yep, you guessed it. Boner95. He was trying to have sex. Sax. He does like nine notes in the one word sax. He goes.

[A]

Yeah. He's so lascivious. He's got a new show on.

[C]

I was watching.

[A]

It's just everything is so cryptic and it's come out.

[C]

He's kind of a criminal, sort of. Which is interesting.

[B]

Quietly.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What was your one that never failed that you couldn't get to that day with Lauren watching?

[C]

Like, none of them sounded like any of them.

[A]

Oh, you really couldn't get in the voice from nerves.

[C]

Yeah. I was so shell shocked. It's almost like if you're afraid of bees and there's bees around you. I couldn't even begin to get to what I. My voice.

[A]

It's really so inefficient, this thing. Cause I. Steve Carot, when he auditioned for the show I did in 96.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

That was great.

[A]

He came in and he was really nervous and he wasn't really doing well. But I was such a horrible auditioner that later I looked at his tape and of course, Louis and Smaggle loved him too. But it was like, oh, no, he was just nervous. Didn't mean a thing to me.

[B]

It would be almost better if you put it on tape and sent it in, because then you just do it on your own time, your own speed. You get it the best it is.

[C]

I know. I think so. And I hear that they do try to rattle you. I know Nick was saying that they. So maybe they do, but they. Lauren, if you're listening, you don't have to. Everyone's really nervous. You're already really nervous. And I get it's a live show. You better be able to handle it. And there's an argument for that. Like, I wasn't ready to do that.

[B]

You know, it's funny when I don't remember this, but Louis CK when he auditioned, I think he auditioned where we did a. Maybe catch Rising Star, one of those places, Stand Up Comedy Club, where me and Robbie Schneider did. And when I was on the other side of it, it was like, oh, there's auditions tonight if anybody wants to go. Like, Marcy would say, you guys. And so Downey. So a bunch of us went down because I was still a writer also, and performer, had no pull. But I don't know if it was Lorne, but it was. Maybe that first one is everybody else. Maybe it's Lorne, but, you know, it's still scary. Smiggle, Downey, Frank, all of us. And then a bunch of scattered writers and producers. And then Louis said he was going on, and we were walking in when they introduced him, and he said, I shushed everyone to be quiet so he could start. I don't remember that, but it sounds about right that you would go, I just did this two years ago, and I know how sick he is backstage going, oh, no, I gotta go on. And then they're like, you're up. They're like, well, they're not here yet. And then they go, ladies and gentlemen, they go, oh, they're coming in. Wait. That's exactly, like, a horrible situation.

[C]

What do you do?

[B]

Do you not start? Your best jokes are at the top? No one's listening.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Everyone's like, I'll get a vodka soda. Do you guys have potato skins? You know, you're like, no, no, just listen right now. It's the only part you need to hear. And then we can do whatever.

[A]

At one point, Lauren did stop me. I. I got to be seen in a comedy club. But I also did the thing you did with, like, eight people there. Is that all you've got? Or is there is this? Or you're gonna. Is that pretty much what he said? Yeah. But I thought later it was to see if I would blink, you know, But I. I had a rough childhood. I know. Yours was a peaches and cream.

[C]

It really was.

[A]

So I had. I had a lot of anger in me that I would translate into competitiveness. Like, sometimes, like, I had a little

[C]

bit of, like, okay, I saw that audition that you're talking about. It's online somewhere. And you were really funny. I remember that. And I remember thinking, wow, he's. That's really tough. You were. You were like. I remember there was like a microphone, like, oh, penis. You started doing Robin Williams.

[A]

Yeah. It was an easy one to do. I felt like I kind of bombed. I felt very nervous. But, you know, part of stand up and show business is hiding nerves.

[C]

Right? Yeah, Just.

[A]

That's it.

[B]

Well, I think his argument is, well, when it's live to the world, we don't need you freezing up.

[C]

I. I think that's a legit thing from today.

[A]

So I just think that if you. If the government mandated that you would do Saturday Night Live, you would have flourished because you get desensitized. It just takes time.

[C]

Yeah. There's also once you have a job, some people. And I think I'm like, once I have a job, I relax. It's more like trying to get the job or get started.

[A]

Yeah. Because there's Lauren. This is thing. And I came on, there was just the original cast, and then there's the Billy Crystal, Eddie Murphy years. So the legacy was only 10 years old. So people coming in now. It's like 45 years of comedians and pictures. Here's what you gotta compete with.

[C]

You saved the show. Because I love you. No, I mean, I really. If you think about that show was dead. I mean. No, you elevated it.

[A]

You saved it again.

[C]

You're the funniest guy I.

[B]

You kind of r on the air.

[A]

It's at the baton, I was like, here, Adam, here, Chris.

[B]

No, I can't even argue. That was so good on there.

[C]

I want to also that time, I don't remember anyone talking about it. I mean, Robert Downey Jr. Was in the cast.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Did you overlap with him?

[A]

No, I was right after that purge year where Madonna did the cold opening, my first show saying that last year was just a dream. It never happened.

[C]

Oh, is that what she did? Yeah, because it was like going to Iron man for your laughs. He's great. But.

[A]

But I was nervous as hell and I had shitty shows and, you know, it was just. You do get used to it. But it. There is an aggression to it. It's a rock and roll show. It's like aggressive.

[C]

It was scary being. Being an extra. And they're like counting down and all the extras get nervous. I thought I'd really made it or something. And they sent all the extras into the Donahue room and they're like, you stay in here, you don't look the cast in the eye. We're gonna come in here every 20 minutes and beat you with a stick. And you could feel like, oh, we're.

[B]

I remember when Kyle came right up to me and he said, hey, you accidentally switched me in the booth during Gap Girls. And can you just go ahead and fix that? Because it's harder for me to be on camera. Actually, you were one of my favorite Gap Girls ever sketches I ever did.

[C]

I know, it's funny. I have a memory of being there.

[B]

Unreal.

[C]

And that was pretty.

[A]

You were there as David's friend. You were friends at that point.

[B]

I didn't know or didn't know.

[C]

I was in the booth with him.

[B]

Yeah, no, you were in the booth, not with us. But you were in the booth right

[C]

on camera with your friend.

[B]

Oh, with my buddy.

[C]

That's what you said. Yeah, we just flip flopped sides to the back of my head.

[B]

I'm sure he iced you once he was on camera. He said once Farley sat down, though, his acting career was 100 over because it was funny. Funny. Then, yeah, Farley shifted or something and he just. It was like an eclipse.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So Arnold said that about Danny DeVito. You never get Danny, never have him sit down because he loses the energy. You got to keep Danny on his.

[C]

You got to pump him up. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, you. You must do Arnold, of course, who you do. Who do you want to do?

[B]

Who are your favorites?

[C]

I can't do you guys.

[B]

Did you do anything on Amy Schumer?

[A]

No one can do my voice. I have a blank voice. Hi, I'm Dana. He has voice.

[B]

He has like.

[A]

He has kind of a cool.

[C]

It's like a throwaway thing that I. I start to do and I don't think about it doing him throw away a thing.

[A]

Can you get to his timber, though? Because he has kind of a. This is David Spade, everybody. He has kind of a timber. That's a lower register.

[B]

It's more of a laziness. It's more of a laziness because my jaw always hurts my neck, so I don't move my mouth.

[A]

Hey, ladies. What's up, girl?

[B]

Just sexy there's only one. One word to describe it when you're on Amy Schumer. You were a writer and did you. We'll get you out of here soon.

[A]

Yeah. What's Amy Schumer?

[B]

Was it a. Was it fun to be a writer on that? Was it good? You wrote some good sketches. It was pretty much a heyday for her show, right?

[A]

It was a big, big show.

[B]

Big show.

[C]

Yeah. It was a really good schedule, too, because we come in and have, like, really basic pitches. Like, this is a guy owns a hamburger shop, but he's afraid of hamburgers or whatever. That'll be your whole pitch. And then they go, okay, right. Scared hamburger guy. And this other sketch. And we'd go home for three days and we'd send it in on Thursday.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

And then on Friday we'd get notes and then we'd fix it so it's like we lived lives.

[B]

Oh, you didn't just smart.

[C]

Because then we had so good sweat

[B]

and fear like we did.

[A]

So you got trained to be a sketchwriter on that show. They hired you from your stand up

[C]

or how did you just network? She just hired me from stand up.

[A]

So there was no crazy audition with

[B]

Amy there going, did you worm your way out?

[C]

Audition me? I don't know if you've heard what happens.

[A]

Yes. What. What. What are you talking about? We want to trend. We want to. We never trend. Yeah, no, but she's funny. We would love you to be on the show, Amy.

[B]

Yeah. Did you get on the show? Did you do anything on the show?

[C]

Yeah, originally. It was. It was. Yeah, I was. Yeah, I was on a few things.

[B]

Okay. Could you have a softer answer? And then he goes, I was. Hi. I was on.

[A]

What was the highlight so far then? Because you. Why did you just destroy at a club or. Or a gig that you went. Okay, because I've seen some. I think you're a Toronto Comedy Festival or Montreal, and you're destroying. Just stand up.

[C]

You saw me there.

[A]

No, I saw it on YouTube.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

Oh.

[A]

I mean, it was kind of destruction. I. I remember it being.

[C]

Thanks. Yeah, Stand up.

[B]

Have you ever destroyed. Are you not remembering this?

[C]

Dana said I just destroyed.

[A]

I think he must have destroyed because I look at the talent and then I think of the number of times on stage. I mean, what are the odds? He's got him.

[B]

You killed a couple years ago somewhere.

[A]

I'm not gonna follow you. If we go out on a fun night, David likes to hit the clubs. That was Kyle Dunnigan. And now Daniel Florfo. The living museum piece. That's what I feel. He's still alive. Let's bring him out. No, you do. The longer you stay around, you become a museum piece. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Brewing company. No matter how you do game day on the couch, in the crowd, or manning the snack table, Athletic Brewing fits right in with a full lineup of non alcoholic beer styles. You can enjoy bold flavors all game long. No hangovers, no buzz, no subbing out for water. In the second half half, stock the fridge for tip off with a variety of non alcoholic craft styles available at your local grocery store or online at athleticbrewing.com near Beer Fit for all times.

[D]

This is your fix. I am your host, Stassi Schroeder. Welcome to Tell Me Lies, the official podcast. What's the most unhinged thing of season three?

[A]

Steven.

[C]

Because he's so evil, I do think he is misunderstood. You see everyone face consequences. It's intoxicating.

[D]

The writers just know how to trick. Yeah, there's always a twist in this show. Tell me Lies, the official podcast, January 6th. And stream the new season of Tell Me Lies January 13th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney.

[B]

I followed Seinfeld the other day.

[A]

I get a picture too.

[B]

Seinfeld goes, I'm gonna go do some new stuff. I go, all right. And I'm like, oh, this is great news. Maybe he'll bond.

[A]

You know, you're gonna follow Jerry's iPhone.

[B]

It was just at the improv. He just came up and he goes, I'm gonna do a set. You want to go on or do you want me to go on? I go, why don't you go? And then you can get out of here. And we shot the shit for a little bit. He was gonna try some stuff, and then when I followed him, I go, I think that stuff's working. I don't know. I think it's done. He fixed it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It's not really amateur hour.

[A]

No one works harder than that.

[B]

Yeah, he's too cool.

[A]

Or Louis as well. But just as far as just writing.

[B]

Just. Yeah.

[C]

I did the comedy seller and it was Jerry Seinfeld went up, then Robin Williams and then Chris Rock, and then I was next.

[B]

This is.

[A]

Well, that would be a tough after Robin died.

[B]

Before. When was this?

[C]

It was just after he died.

[A]

That's a tough spot.

[C]

It was a tough spot.

[A]

Oh, the leprechaun man.

[B]

All right, my last story.

[A]

We represent the lollipop. No, Robin was. Oh, the fly.

[B]

I was doing the improv and The. They said, you know, I hosted it a lot when I was in the beginning, before SNL and all that, just to get on stage. I mean, of course they go, bud would say, huh? David, why don't you. Bud for the halls. Don't stand in the halls. And he goes, do you want to host one night? It's not about the money. It's the honor. And I was like, all right, do I get a pineapple chicken dinner at least? Because I'd have to eat there because I have no money. So I was now. And then they'd have a showcase night, so they had me do seven minutes for Star Search or, you know, whoever. And I'm standing there waiting. And it's a good crowd, it's packed, and I'm next. And the guy's finishing up. He got the light. And then behind me, I hear her touch shoulder. David Spade. And I go, oh, hey, Robin. I don't know Robin really well at all. I met him through Bobcat and I. Oh, hey. And then it hit me, you're not gonna go on, you know? And he goes, I'm just gonna jump on real quick. I go, of course. And then he went on, did 45. And he annihilated, raped and pillaged. And then. And while I was like a salmon, because he walked off and the whole crowd left with him. And I was trying to get into

[A]

the street, like the Pied Piper.

[B]

I was like, excuse me. Pardon me, like, but is funny. And I finally get the stage. There's about 18 people left out of the whole club. And all the people I went to see me laugh, they're like, ah, it's not going to get any better than that.

[C]

I had one run in with Bud where I was the Comic Strip in New York, and I was eating Chinese food. And he goes, hey, can I have a little bit of that? And I go now. And he goes, I don't know who you are, but you'll never work in la.

[A]

And who.

[C]

I thought he was joking. I was joking back. And he may have been joking. I still don't know this day.

[A]

But you. Who was talking to you?

[C]

Bud Friedman. He wrote Comic Strip. Yeah. I thought we were kind of jokes.

[A]

Take it outside. I did him on snl. Didn't do very well. Take it outside. Take it outside. And the monocle, it kind of bombed. But just for the fans listening. Robin Williams, I got to know him really well the last five, ten years of his life because he moved up to Marin where I was raising my kids, played a little Local theater. Yeah. The shyest, sweetest. The dichotomy between the powerhouse on stage and to me, it's like Elvis charisma. Because he was so introverted, so shy and so deferential. Called everyone boss. Okay, boss. All right, boss. And then he would go on stage, and he had such likability. And to me, he was like a Shakespearean actor coming on stage as if he had nothing. So he created this whole. Because he was always saying, oh, did I take anything from you? He was always making amends. I said, no. I tried to be you. I stole your whole act.

[B]

He walks on like he's got nothing. And then he's. Even the improv, it's a Rolodex of, like. If I think of this, I do have a joke about that.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, right.

[A]

If you say this in his commitment, you know, he'd pick up a little plastic thing. Oh, flying salsa. You know, there was this one time, I think it was Albert Brooks. It says, set Robin. It's okay. Because when Robin would get on, he couldn't stop himself.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Anyway.

[B]

All right, well, enough. Enough about Kyle. Let's.

[A]

Yeah. Thank you for coming up. I'm warmed up.

[B]

Kyle did a great job. And Kyle's a guy you got to check out on YouTube.

[A]

Kyle's done again. Okay. Compliment alert.

[C]

Good.

[A]

If you like comedy, you've got to go Kon Kyle Dunnigan YouTube channel.

[C]

Kylee.com or dot com. Yeah, that's dot com.

[A]

Kyle dot com.

[C]

I wear your merch hoodie, and I've sold a couple.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

There's a plethora.

[B]

I love it.

[A]

And what is your latest favorite voice? Is it Biden because he's so current now or.

[C]

Yeah, like. But also Alec Baldwin.

[A]

Yeah, that's a really interesting take. And we have a little bit. A little bit of a to.

[B]

To.

[A]

To finish off today, our little, little impression cavalcade. Hey. Hey, Alec Baldwin. How you doing?

[C]

Doing well. We're thinking of finishing Rust, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. My wife, she was born in Espana in a little town known as Boston Master Judith.

[A]

Well, what does Elon Musk think of this?

[B]

Wait, what's his name?

[C]

It's pretty cool.

[B]

You know,

[C]

Ross is probably gonna be a pretty. Pretty cool movie.

[A]

Precious jukebox.

[B]

Doesn't Alec Baldwin's wife have another little baby named Hilaria?

[C]

They're all called Hilaria. They all are. I have 19 children.

[B]

But it's not an H, it's an I. It's Ilaria.

[C]

It's Hilaria and there's lilaria and there's Hilaria.

[A]

Hilaria.

[C]

Okay. He did a Instagram where he went off on I love my children and sure, I'd like to be playing poker with a guy sometimes or going to a film or seeing an opera or playing golf or. And he listed for 20 minutes.

[B]

He goes, 100 things he'd rather do.

[A]

What's your trump? What do you do? So terrific.

[C]

My trump. It's the best trump. It's gotta be the most fantastical trump. It's really not, but it's, like, silly. It's, like, exaggerated. I did him before present stuff. But it never got better. There's people who do it. That guy on snow does it really, really well.

[A]

Yeah, his is.

[C]

Yeah, I do trans trump. Trans trump.

[A]

What is that? What is that like?

[C]

It's the same. Yeah, don't ask.

[A]

Oh, okay. Trans. Okay.

[C]

It's just trying to get elected for the next 2024. Look, we'll just end there. Listen, thank you.

[A]

I was going to do trump. Applying chapstick stick. We're gonna put it on. We're gonna put a lot of on. Let me tell you, the lips are gonna get soft. You're gonna love them like you wouldn't believe. Cherry, cherry on top.

[C]

All different flavors.

[B]

I like the ham.

[A]

Ray Liotta, the late, great, brilliant. How do you do Ray Liotta?

[C]

Chantix. You know, it was that Chantix commercial. I did a thing where Chantix. Why would you want to quit smoking? Why would you do that? Why would you want to quit smoking?

[B]

See, it works.

[A]

How would Sylvester Stallone sum up? I hate when people do this to me.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Yeah. Sum up. The podcast alone.

[C]

You first. I like the beginning whenever we said Kyle was funny. Then the beginning got a little weird when Kyle was talking. Then the end was nice when people said Kyle was funny.

[B]

That's a good summary. All right, everyone grab a protein bar on the way.

[A]

Enjoy.

[C]

Thank you, Kyle. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. Thank you.

[B]

Bye, guys. Hey, guys. If you're loving this podcast, which you are, be sure to click follow on your favorite podcast app, Give us review 5 star rating and maybe even share an episode that you've loved with a friend.

[A]

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[B]

Fly on the Wall is presented by Odyssey and executive produced by Danny Carvey and David Spade, Heather Santoro and Greg Holtzman, Maddie Sprung Kaiser and Leah Reese Dennis of Odyssey.

[A]

Our senior producer is Greg Holtzman. And the show is produced and edited

[B]

by Phil Sweet Tech booking by Cultivated Entertainment.

[A]

Special thanks to Patrick Fogarty, Evan Cox, Maura Kirk Aaron, Melissa Wester, Hillary Schuff, Eric Donnelly, Colin Gaynor, Sean Cherry, Kirk Courtney and Lauren Vieira.

[B]

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