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Yeah. Is it done? Because, you know, did I miss the deduction for the wig? You know, the wig David tax.
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There's someone who's coming in.
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Oh, boy.
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I'll talk to you later.
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Oh, bye.
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To fill the audience in. It's very big news. Yeah, this is.
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We're up for best comedy podcast with some other good quality candidates.
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Conan.
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Is it Conan?
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He's in there. I voted for you.
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If we. If we don't win, I'm gonna call voter fraud.
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Keanu Reeves gets a little aggressive sometimes. Michelle and I talked about it. You gotta go up, get up in his grill and kick his ass.
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No, but he knows. Yeah, he knows John Wick stuff.
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We don't give a. We're landing on the moon. We're getting moon dust and coming back.
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I love it. One of them goes, guys, guess what I packed. They weren't looking. The dune buggy,
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my headphones, the metal part of the headphone. It was plugged in, but wasn't. All the Way in. And that's what she said. That's funny, right? Yeah, that's what she said, baby.
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Welcome to the show. We were just laughing about some hilarious.
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Do your best fake laugh. Best actor. Three, two.
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Oh, wait,
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is that what you. You're doing that in bus voice?
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No, I go like this. I go, that's funny. That's a good one. Wait, you did that on everything I say?
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Oh, I just mean I'm faking it. My acting could be just as good. I'd like to, because I'm in the mood for it. This is. We have a guest on right up front today, and he may come back later.
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Quick guess.
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Okay, this is a guess. And his name is Mr. Pierce Morgan, and he's here to talk about the movie Busboys.
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It's a pretty good get.
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Hello, David. Okay, now, I understand you have a movie out called Busboys.
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That is true. In two weeks. Yeah.
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And it's all rated.
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Pretty much. Yeah. I'm pretty sure it will be.
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Do you think it's appropriate that you should do it all rated movie at this time of your career?
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You know, that's a good question. I just think sometimes the younger audience likes that and you got to mix it up a little bit.
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Right. I just don't think you need to sort of have crass humor to try to connect with an audience. Am I wrong?
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Well, you're not wrong. I mean, it is a bit juvenile and stupid and non PC. But you know what? That's what you got to pay the price if you want three funny jokes in your movie.
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Better. Sam, there's a scene where Tim Dillon is talking about your private parts. Is this what you find funny? Is this something funny that you think is actually funny?
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Well, no, I think we just. We reflect the real world out there, and everyone's playing it very real. And it's just a movie that I think might change the world. That's all.
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Well, quite frankly, because I. I just want to say I find it quite offensive that you would come out with a movie about busboys. It's all rated at this time, with all the trouble in the world, and I. I really don't know why you're doing that.
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I know. I think we were. I thought this was about the fact that we're up for a Webby award on the sit on the podcast. I didn't know.
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Wait, there's someone who's coming in.
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Oh, boy.
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I' talk to you later.
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Oh, bye. Oh, is that.
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I reckon I didn't know what?
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Jeff Bridges.
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Yeah, I Didn't reckon what he was talking about, so I was going to come in and just sort of say hello. I think Best Boy is a great idea. I think it's a fun movie. And I bought my. I already bought my tickets like Theo Von told me to do.
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Yeah. Jeff Bridges. You'll like it better because you. You'll sort of grade it on a curve. You're not that uptight about it.
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Yeah. The only thing that Pierce Morgan's missing is a sense of humor, so I'm all for it.
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That's a good point.
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All right, thanks.
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Sound a little like Sling Blade there, Jeff.
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Well, it is. I used to do I. Jeff Bridges. He'd be like a surfer dude. And then he did True Grit, and they talking like a cowboy and True Grit. And then he did the press tour, and. And he still was in character. You know, I figured they do that because it bleeds.
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Guy that played Elvis. Yeah, he did that. Austin Butler. Dana, we're up for a Webby, though. I don't know if you know this.
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I heard that. I heard that. Yeah. This is to fill the audience in. It's very flattering.
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Big news. Yeah, this is. We're up for best comedy podcast with some other good quality candidates.
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Conan.
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Is it Conan?
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He's in there.
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It's Bowen, Yang, and La culturistas, and Heather probably knows the rest. But the point is, it doesn't matter because we are the one to vote for. So you have to go online. I just tried to do it to vote for ourselves, embarrassingly, but you have to, like, log in. So it will do it.
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Well, if we win, and I don't know if it'll be online or we'll go there if we. If we win and we go up there to the podium, what do you think you would say? How would you. What would you say to. To the universe about Would rather winning Webby?
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I don't want any time limits. I want to talk. It will be long enough. Our speech to call it another podcast.
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I would count as a podcast. We'll check with the. With the higher ups. I would just say. I would say, look, I'm so glad to be with all these wonderful podcasts, and any one of you could win. I share this award. I share this award with you. It's Bernie. Don't proceed. Don't proceed. The rich don't pay the fair share. They don't pay the money. They don't take the fair share. Don't proceed. Don't proceed.
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I don't know. They don't pay their fair share.
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I'm the only voter in the academy voting for the Webby. It's just me for comedy podcasts, and I voted for you.
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If we, if we don't win, I'm going to call voter fraud also.
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Okay.
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You know, there's a voter ID debate going on. I don't really know what the whole thing.
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Why would anyone have to show ID to vote? Get out of town.
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Exactly. There's another. There's another story married to that where there's. Listen, I have to show my ID to do almost literally anything in life. Drive a car, go to the airport, do anything. You know, you buy beer. So I don't think having an idea is a crazy idea to vote, but there's something in. I just read that this is funny. Connecticut on such a minor thing.
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Connecticut, yeah.
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They don't want the voter id, right? So I'll fucking mangle this story. But they're getting with the recycling, 5 cents. They get 5 cents, but they're upping it to 10 cents for their recycling. They'll pay you.
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Oh, yeah, you'll get 10 cents instead of 5 cents. Turn in a can or some kind of milk carton.
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So what they're finding out is people are coming from other states to take advantage of that. So they say you have to have an ID to do it and you have to be from here. You can't cross the border into our. Into our state and do it.
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I say, and this may be a hot take and I don't want to get people upset. That is hysterical.
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No one's listening.
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Let's get rid of all IDs.
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Like, I would be fine with that.
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DMV. No ID. Get on an airplane. Amen. My name's Doug. I'm in seat four. Right? So just get rid of. You know, if the irs. I don't have id, dude. I don't. I think it's an over. We're over identified. So if we're gonna get for voting, let's do it for everything. Five year olds can buy a pint of whiskey.
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I'm fine with it because it's less stress on me. I don't want to have to go get a real id. I don't want to do all this stuff. So please make it easy on me. Also, I will tell you, I know you're a fan of my mother. My lovely mother Judy.
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She's the best.
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And oh my God, mother. You know what parents do. And she. The other day she hit me up and she's first of all, she's so sweet, right?
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Absolutely. Kind of innocent in a sweet way, right?
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Very innocent. Dana, not kind of.
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No, I'm just trying to be. You know, she's.
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She's out at Costco where she spends 90%.
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Anyone? Any senior? You know you're a senior when you live at Costco. My mother in law is 94, Irish, wonderful person. Just Costco is her second church.
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Yeah, it's a great hangout, so. Great hangout. What did you say?
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Hot dog Thursdays.
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Okay. So she goes to Costco. And in the classic. She texts me, this is what I wake up to. There's a little family. And she said, I was shopping and there was. The woman was crying. She was standing in line, but she kept crying and no one would talk to her. So my mom went over, of course, predictably, and she said, what's wrong? And she said, they have nowhere to live. It's a mother and father and they have four kids and they just came here from some part of Africa. And anyway, she. The dad is like a doctor, but they don't consider that a doctor here. And you know, when we were younger, we had a Vietnamese family live with us and the dad was. Was a doctor.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I never heard that story.
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Cui, Shin, Tron and Lan.
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We adopted a kid and called him Quing Wa.
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Quinoa. Is that his name?
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Quinoa? Yeah. And he love kind of rice products.
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He's kind of making fun of this story. I think it's very.
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We'll get to the heavy punchline.
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It's not. It's that Harper stays in this back room in her house. She invites this woman for just a couple days to stay in the back room.
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This is recent.
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Yeah. And she said she could pay $40 a month. And at six months, if it doesn't work out, she'll have to find her own place. And she said, I feel bad, but are you okay with this? And I said, I'm a little nervous about it because of, you know, Nancy. Just anything people. I said, don't give just random people our address or your address and have them come over. I said, maybe you could help out with some cash. Anyway, it's all a fucking April Fool's joke. And I couldn't believe it. Heather, isn't it great? She got me and I was just going to. Mom, I. I don't know what to say. Isn't it good? Heather, I didn't tell you. I didn't tell you. And it's so exactly up. Judy's Alley to do all these things.
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And it was. She's like, I got you. I couldn't let you.
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Let you die in the vine any longer. I was like, oh, my God. Then she told Rosie. Then she told Rosie, told her parents. Anyway, everyone I know was. We were trying to. I should have done it to you, Dan. It would be so great because no one probably got you on April Fools. And. And then I realized my brother Andy is in on it, too. It's so. He was like, I'm going to call David and go, did you hear what happened with Mom? What is going on?
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I don't know what to say.
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I got to stop this. But they're here.
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And I'm like, they're here.
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I would have.
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Well, it's a great. In a way, it's a great turn because I was thinking early onset dementia. And then it flips to where she's very, very smart and clever. You know, it's just a total switch. I mean, because $40 a month got my attention. Where can you get that? Maybe. Maybe the Congo or something. Yeah.
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This place is a three bedroom, three bath.
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I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I tell you what. Out in the world, no one really carries cash. I know you have a big wad all the time, but I don't always. No.
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So I stuff it down the front, though it's for a different reason.
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That'll do it.
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Yeah. I got a big look at this money.
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So what you do is. It's different if someone says, hey, could you buy. Could you buy me some lunch? You know, rather than giving them cash. And they might go get a bottle of whiskey or whatever.
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So I say, you know, I say, here's a temporary subscription to Apple TV so you can watch the new movie Outcome with Keanu Reeves, because I have
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a small part in it instead of food or just.
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Well, just to give them, you know, something to do. And. And I think they appreciate that over food or something.
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Well, initially it was like a turkey sandwich or hamburger. Now they're in front of or sos. Could I get a sirloin tip? And a side of.
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That's smart. Because they go, you go, here's $10 for dinner. And they go, I happen to have the orso menu here and the Craig's menu.
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And the swordfish is fresh. Yeah.
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They even charge for bread. So we gotta be. By the way, I went to Craig's last night. I saw Lovett's. Hello.
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You didn't go to Craig's. That's where careers go to die.
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No, it's not. It's where there are a lot of hot stars there. Vincent Price, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Burns. It was fun. Lovett's wanted to go. He loves Craig.
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He's Craig.
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He said he's coming on soon. We're gonna have him on.
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Why? I invited him on. I said, come on. On and goof around a little bit, Will.
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He's a solid goofer. K Pop Demon Hunters, Saja Boy's Breakfast Meal and Hunt Tricks meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans.
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What do you say to that, Rumi? It's not a battle. So glad the Saja boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day. It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor. No, really, stop.
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You can. Can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side and participate in McDonald's while supplies last.
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Okay, well, I have more stories for you. Oh, I have more theater gigs. I have. My last theater gigs are coming up, so I have Nashville two weeks.
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Where are tickets right now? If I went on a Ticketmaster, does it say going fast? Only singles get Warning. Low ticket warning. That's it.
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That should be the name of a special. It's so funny.
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I know. Because it is. You kind of like. I got. I better get the ticket. I. I don't even want to see this show.
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And they even. They even warned me.
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Low ticket warning. Low ticket. Singles only. Single seats only.
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The Ryman in Nashville. And in that day, we're gonna run around. I keep forgetting to talk about this Keanu Reeves movie, but that's the week before, on the 10th is outcome. That comes out. Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, David Spade, Jonah Hill, Drew Barrymore, isn't it? And that comes out.
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I want to see that. I want to see in a big budget, big movie Star Keanu and you. Yeah. So, okay, our tickets.
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You know what's nice about Keanu. Most of everything was making. Well was trying to put out the fires because Keanu made maybe every single person on the crew cry because of
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his sort of benevolent, kind of spiritual guy.
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Yeah. Screaming.
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Oh, you're saying he was.
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Yeah, worse.
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Huh. That'd be interesting.
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No, I guess that would be April Fools. No, no. But no one would even believe that Keanu Reeves.
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Don't. Don't be afraid to kick his ass. Keanu Reeves gets a little aggressive sometimes. Michelle and I talked about it. You gotta go up, get up in his grill and kick his ass.
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No, but he knows. Yeah, he knows John Wick stuff.
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No, I know he's his. We've talked about this. But yeah, he's just chill. I did a thing with him once and he was. And you know, Tom Manx was there. We're all having lunch at a table and it's Julia Roberts. And we look over and He's. He's like 50ft away at a table by himself and no one else is around. They're like, kids, table, come over. He's shy.
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You know, we at the Oscars. Jesus.
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You don't need to know.
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You don't need to know everything.
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Whoops. Others can get out in the neighborhood.
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I signed an NDA.
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But, yeah, he's. That was the. The flight that he took. Little commuter flight. It had emergency lands.
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All right.
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Bakersfield. And he just bought everyone a hamburger or something? No, I went on the bus with them and made sure they were all dropped off before him. So anytime a someone with power in life, because that's what you have if you're a celebrity at that level, puts other people first without any publicist around. I kind of tend to respect that person.
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He was sort of as advertised and loose and just very unassuming that he was even on a movie set. And just. I play his neighbor in Malibu and I'm kind of a douchebag.
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And wait a minute. How are you going to get into character? You're such a nice, sweet person. So how are you going to play a douchebag?
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What.
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What kind of method.
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Cool. Like LA guys when they talk to you and they brag about stuff. Stuff. And start dropping names and so it's pretty.
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It's fun.
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It's a fun part. Yeah. And he was cool. So I go to New York for that premiere, which will be tonight.
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And tonight you're flying to New York?
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Well, no, tonight, when this airs Monday. I will be there.
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Oh. Oh, yeah. I understand.
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And anyway, so. Oh, I tell. I'm doing the Ryman in Nashville on the 17th and Pittsburgh and then Charlotte. Back to Charlotte. That's last one. And Charlotte's a big one, big place. So we got a big town to fill it up. I love it.
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Yeah. Is it an arena or anything like that?
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It's a big theater. Holds for 2800. What I got to fill it up. That's the hard part, dude.
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Low ticket warning. Low ticket warning.
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Sort of low ticket warning.
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I just had some thoughts about.
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Yeah, give me some thoughts.
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Just. Just kind of interesting after all this time that this the Strait of Hormuz. I didn't really get the memo that the Strait of Hormuz because I think when I look at Carg Islands, I think of a Kirk Douglas movie in 1965. We've got to open the Strait of Hormuz. And it's like feels so medieval and yet the world economy revolves around it. 100 trillion this 26. So it's kind of like, I guess we ought to have an alternative plan in case that Strait of Hormuz is ever closed again.
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We're really relying on this Strait of Hormuz. I call it the S of H. I can't say it enough.
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I know. And I did notice Trump in the last couple of weeks has med has said make a deal more than even he does. I think they're going to make a deal. I think they want to make a deal. They're looking at a deal. We're going to offer them a deal. They may take a deal, else we're going to bomb them into the stone Age. You know, it's like take a deal or Barney Rubble. You know, it's. It's the Flintstone. You're going to be like the Flintstones. I don't know.
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People that live there that want, that don't. It's just such a. It's always the same thing. You're fighting with the higher ups. The people live there, like probably nice people.
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No, it's just probably.
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You never know suburbs.
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And you know, Iran is as big as Texas or twice the biggest. It was just gigantic. I don't know. I have no solutions. Peace and love.
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I have no opinions. Ringo's on the other other podcast, fly them all this. And that was a great time. We won't overdo it. But what a great time.
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He wanted to come on this one. Who said, no, no, you got your own.
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Yeah, we, we don't want. We can't. We have to talk too much on this one.
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I know.
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Oh, I got another thing. Oh, the. Well, it might be in one of the stories. There was a big moon launch, so people are. Moon launch. Is that what happened?
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Well, they're not going to land.
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Artemis.
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Yeah, Artemis Gordon from Wild Wild West. Yeah, yeah, the Artemis. It's a pretty big rocket. It's NASA. It's nasty NASA. It's not Starlink or, you know, old school NASA. Yeah. And that's Cape Canaveral. Yeah, there it is. It took a lap around the Earth and then. Well, it took off yesterday. I think it lapped around the Earth and then there's slingshotting. It'll be to the moon like on in three days or it's at the moon right now or whatever. It takes a while to get out there and it's going to go further away from the moon, further in outer space than any, any humans have ever been.
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You know what? The guy stepped in shit. Because of course people love this quote. One of the dudes talking goes, you know, it's great because this is the first time we've been to the moon and blah, blah, blah. And then he said, I think he was saying in conjunction with also doing this, but once he said, it's the first time we've been to the moon. Everyone, I told you.
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What. Well, here's the weird part.
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Go ahead.
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In 1969, early 1969, in July, we put men on the moon. We, we had a mission to do exactly this. Just prove that we can go get around the moon. So the astronauts on that thing the rest of their life. Cocktail party. The astronaut man getting tossed right and left. Did you, did you land on the moon or did you sit on.
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You can't be a bigger star. There's no way you could be a bigger star than one of the guys
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in the moon walked on the moon. But you're like, go to a non star. I got really close. Got a good look at it, huh? They just turn away at the cocktail party.
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Might as well be an extra. Yeah. You're either the movie star, you're the moon Vista. Are you the extra?
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So here's my question. Do they have the equipment available to call an audible, these astronauts? They're really close. They go it. Houston.
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Oh my God.
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Because I think they're testing a module. We're going down. We don't give a. We're landing on the moon. We're getting moon dust and come back.
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I love it. One of them goes, guys, guess what I packed. They weren't looking. The dune buggy.
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Yeah. And the weird, the weird part, they have one extra astronaut. And I was surprised who it was. It shocked me. But he wanted to go.
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Kimmel. Oh, mandami.
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Oh, hey, hey. Everything's good.
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Go ahead. He's very jovial.
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Ah. What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine.
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Even the moon.
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Yeah,
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he's up there.
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This is not my fake laugh, but an actual half cough. Half laugh. Yeah.
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You know, it's funny. Dana's never really sick. I don't.
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I don't believe in it.
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Good job.
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No. Guess what? I'm going on the road a little bit too. And when you start getting in airports and up and down for everybody, you know, it's a recipe for a little bit of. A little bit of viral activity.
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I'm gonna ask you a question.
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Okay.
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And you give me your professional opinion. We're gonna let the audience in a little inside baseball.
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Yeah. Okay. This is. I was anticipating this. Go ahead.
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Corporate gig coming up. I was just telling Heather this yesterday. Yeah. And it's outside of Nashville, which I love Nashville. And it's a cool place. Cool. But, you know, they have various duties you do. So the money's fine. I. I say great. It's more like, how much do you do when you're there? Most corporate gigs, you go, you might meet the CEO backstage. That's all part of it. They have, you know, take a picture with their kids, say hi for a few minutes, go out. You do 45 minutes and maybe take a few pictures after. Whatever. But they like it. Boom, boom, boom. They have shit to do. They have some.
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Yeah, yeah. You're not. There's usually a. You're. You're kind of the entertainment. And there's awards for the company and all.
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Yeah. There's a day and there's a year. And it's their people for the yearly thing. So they said VIP photos for 15 minutes with the heads. Fine. Sit with them at dinner for the dinner. I could do that if that came to that. That's not a big deal. I still haven't done my 45 yet, which takes some energy. Then this is where they get you. Hour 15 meet and greet with photos. And I said, how many people about? And I said, around 300, 350. I'm like, I don't think I can stand for an hour 15. I mean, I can't. And the flashes, people don't know. I don't like too much light flashes for an hour 15. And then to get in the bright lights on stage because I'm a colossal. Maybe America's Most.
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That's pretty stout. I. You know, I've heard a lot.
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I've never heard of that much.
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I did a college once in the 90s, and I think I did close to a thousand because all the whole student body. But that was just like early days.
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1000.
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It just went on for a long time, but. But that was rare. That was an anomaly. Usually you don't meet and greet longer than your performance. So you kind of think, never.
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It's usually. Usually the top employees and they go, we have 30 people. Is that possible? They have a step and repeat. You have a backdrop of their company photographer. They organize them. Everyone's pretty, you know, some people a little juiced. That's fine. They walk in, say, hi. Okay, what's your best side? I put them where they want. Picture. Picture. They move on. Thanks for coming to the show. And then they move. You know, it's an orderly fashion. And it's fun.
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Yeah, it's fine.
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And I said, I can't do it well. And they were like, they're not bending at all. I go, can I do 30 minutes? They're like, they're not bending. I'm like, why wouldn't they bend? I don't know why. So anyway, these are fake problems. But I just.
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No, I know.
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I want to do it. That's the problem. I want to do it.
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I would just say this, and I understand that it would sound like not work, but it's small talk, and you want to make a moment with each.
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Yeah.
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A couple people coming through and sometimes another one. It's okay. And they're always a really big, meaty guy who maybe thinks it's funny to shake my hands. And I literally, after a while, I. I mean, I've been crushed so many times. I just start doing this.
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Crush it. They slap their giant.
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Hey, come here, little buddy.
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I get thrown around. They put me in their shoulders. But it's not really. I don't want to meet people if you didn't say anything. And I was in a room and people were milling around, and I started bullshitting. I could be there for an hour. But the fact that you have to be. And honestly, here's my neck trouble. I'm like to stand for an hour 15 and entertain and be like. All the energy of that, which. It sounds like nothing to anyone, I'm telling you. And I may be being crazy and I'll probably do it. Watch. But the show is also kind of. It's not super hard. It's just. That takes a lot of thinking and
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try to make sure it's a tough audience. Yeah. You never bomb. I would say, could I do 150 before and 150 after? I'm trying to think of people to break it up. Or could you send me stuff ahead of time to sign like Joe the
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next morning and come in and do the other 3,000 people?
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Yeah.
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By the way, who are they turning away? I mean, it's so. It's really the. Almost the whole audience, I guess.
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I know. I guess it's one of those things that I do. The only side note, I would say, if they can get. Because sometimes you go to a place, they go, well, there's no meet and greet. They kind of cancel it. But the fact that those people really, you know, that's a lot of people. It's like. It's like, Christ sakes. You know, what are you, Taylor Swift here?
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Yeah, everybody gets a bus, boys. Spade, popcorn bucket with my face on it. Which they are making, unfortunately. Okay, another thing, quickly. Oh, we gotta get this.
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That was a great story, though. I loved it.
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It's kind of. It's kind of inside, but it makes me look like such an asshole, so.
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No, we understand that. We take that every second. We're just saying, these are. These are just things that happen to us.
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It's just odd because no one knows what the money is. If it's $50, would I do it for?
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Well, what people say to me constantly, what I'm doing, those kind of situations that go, you must hate this.
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Oh, they always say, and I don't hate it. Yeah. When I'm doing it, I don't hate it now.
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Yeah.
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Anyway, I have one more story. Well, Lyme disease is taking over the country, but that. We'll talk about that next week.
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Paul McCartney has been banned on Reddit after posting photos, videos from his show at Fonda Theater to his subreddit.
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Yeah, I don't even know what this means.
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I don't even know what it means, because.
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Foreign language.
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Yeah, I have no idea what it means.
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But subreddit is a place. I don't know. Reddit is just place where people go to talk about a lot of things. But I think he posted something. You're just not allowed to. And it's just funny that Paul McCartney gets kicked off.
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Well. And the assistants have to come up and go, Paul, Paul. Mr. McCartney, I'm sorry, but you've just been banned on Reddit. Imagine him, the world's most famous man. Well, you know, I think it's okay.
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You know, I mean, they're on me,
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you know, I'm playing, you know, I'm playing the straight of Hormuz to try to get a peace movement there. I'll be on one. I'll be on one of the islands. I'm gonna try to. Try to get everyone together. So I don't know if me being on Reddit, but I have to ask you a question. What's Reddit?
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Yeah.
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Well, you posted photos.
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No, I'm sure he's got someone to just yet. Oh, hang on. Heather. Heather, I'm gonna send this to you.
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We have audio
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so you can get to Phil. I don't know, it's so unimportant. But the Reddit was more exciting because Paul's got some intern or somebody going, I've got Yan, Tubi, Reddit, squeeb, squab, all the big ones. And he's like, I don't know what you're talking about. And then the guy breaks the rules and Paul's going to jail now just
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after being jailed in Japan for having cannabis on him. That was the last time he was jailed.
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You should have gone to that show, Paul in LA at the Henry Fonda theater.
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Well, what I did was I tried to get tickets and I, It's. I shouldn't have done it, but I, I called up the theater to get tickets and I just. I just made myself sound like Henry Fonda the whole time. They didn't take me serious. Yeah, I'd like to score a couple of tickets. I know the Henry Fonda theater is hard to get tickets to. I reckon I get a.
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You were ahead of Henry Fonda.
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Yeah. Or just. I. I just sounded like Henry Fonda.
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Yeah. That's a good idea. I know. The guy said, oh, really? Who'd you have on the podcast this week? Paul? And you go, no, ring.
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Oh, no. These little. I forgot my toys today on my sound.
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No, that was my phone. I turned it off.
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Thanks.
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No, they go, you like Ringo better.
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Ring a dinga dingo. I like them all.
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I know, we like them all. Ringo was fun to have on, though. We had Ringo and Paul. We just need the.
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I know.
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Other two. Okay, next story. Okay, this is. Okay, stop. This is Abby Hornacek. Hornacek. She, I think is the daughter of a famous basketball player, but she's also a sports reporter. So she does one of these things where they go in and wrestle or assume a wrestling.
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Some kind of little fun jiu jitsu. Watch her try to wrestle. Okay.
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Oh, hey. Oh, well, there you Go. Oh, my God.
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Wow.
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I mean, with sound, it's like.
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Well, the only question right up. Well, can you break someone's neck that way or is it. Yes.
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But I saw a follow up with this. The person that threw her said, well, I knew at the end, you turn a little bit and it doesn't snap their neck. I'm like, it's a little itchy and not scientific.
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Yeah.
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Oh, is this the noise?
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Well, okay, we go.
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Oh, I mean, that's a slam. I wouldn't for a million dollars let them do that to me. Okay.
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No, I mean, the time that I did it for you, it was just. It was just fun. And the grass was pretty soft. You know, when I just threw.
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You threw it around, but you just hugged me. And then we rolled on the floor and I go, I don't know. What. What are we doing? You. I didn't want to hurt your neck.
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Why would you guys roll around on a neck? Is that what you idea of fun? Such idea of fun.
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David Spade. I actually like Piers Morgan.
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I do too. I think he's interesting. I was watching.
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I like you're doing it. I like you doing it.
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It's. I'm coming on to it. I was, I was watching him and Tucker Carlson. They do a lot of, you know, freaking frack together. Yeah, they do a lot of that.
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And another guy in there and the guy was giving him so much. Did you see that was a rapper or something? I don't know who it was, but
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they were like, oh, no. Yeah, he gets people. Remember? You see that Crazy Adam.
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All right, next one. We're killing it. Dana.
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I can't believe it.
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What's this? Oh, I like when you hear, like, ancient ruins and then they're like, oh, they were actually set up for wi fi. You're like, when? 50 million years ago.
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Really?
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Okay, this isn't that, but what is this?
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Yeah. Video from India has gone viral on the Internet where people charge any device from a stone. And the most interesting thing is.
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This is more interesting.
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Kilometers from the mysterious Kailasa temple, they
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always find these places.
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This temple is known for its ancient mechanisms with perfectly crafted small detail.
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When they build these things, you go, who really built this with rocks?
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I. I know they sat in the mud and had thatched huts, and yet they could build, like a shopping mall with Roc inside.
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This is from a single rock, that whole thing.
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Yeah.
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I mean, something's going on.
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It was built temple. It would take about nine such tunneling machines and more than 60 days just to process the stone. But the most interesting thing is that recently a video appeared on the Internet in which the author claimed that this technology was passed down to him from his ancestors. And in ancient times, people used laser technology to process such.
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All too much to process.
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Yeah, I can't process this video when
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they show, like, Machu Picchu, wherever they did Emperor's New Groove and all these places. Yeah, there's just so many places in different countries that are so well built and so 45 degree angles. Stones that are so heavy. You go, yeah, they had a donkey and they had a guy. I'm like, they're like, we couldn't do this. This good today with all our stuff. So something is going on.
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They had a million guys just with ropes pulling a stone in the pyramids and then another million lifting them up. Yeah, we.
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We working for a million days.
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Yeah. All they have was, like, a stick, and they didn't even have rope, and they built the pyramids. So I don't know. I want it to be alien intervention, to be honest. I think that's kind of cool that aliens came down and did a little assist, and maybe they'll do it with us and. And solve the Strait of Hormuz.
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God, the Strait of Hormuz. That's where that's getting a lot of press these days.
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If it ends the world, the aliens will Come down and go, what do you think? Straight off, Hermos.
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They should go. Widen it a little bit and help us out a little bit.
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Well, we should, like, never. The whole world should get together and go, how can we get fertilizer and helium and oil all around the world without the straight reviews? Can we do it with some kind?
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Relying on too many. Yeah, things like that. It's too much. It's too hard.
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Yeah.
A
All right, next one New York bill
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to cut off outdoor lights by 11pm advances passes committee, 20 heads to full vote.
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So is this good or bad? I don't know.
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Oh, it's great. If you're a criminal. It's fantastic. I mean, they've done. They've done movies about this. That's the greatest way to increase crime is to go a full blackout with any kind of street, any kind of light.
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Yeah, but it says a proposed law, Dark Skies Protection. I was telling Heather this. They always name it something that sounds
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Dark Skies Protection Act. Why did the dark sky. What is that? What are they talking about?
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Light pollution reduces light pollution. That's physical light in your eyes.
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Oh. It prevents wildlife. Okay.
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How? How?
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Well, you know, I've never been a squirrel in Central park, so I'm not going to judge or put words in his squirrel mouth.
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And I tucked in Alan Al said, oh, how.
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Oh, man, we have owls up here at the farm. I love it. What? Let's ask Sarah Sherman.
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Oh, Sarah Sherman.
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I'm sorry, I. Oh, yeah, her little squirrel thing on update.
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Oh, yeah. When Sarah Sherman was a little squirrel.
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Well.
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Well, we could do update this week and talk about that. I can't wait till it's dark at night.
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Half of it is that it is really funny and that Sarah is enjoying the costume so much.
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She loves a weed.
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She's having so much fun that it's very infectious. It's the silliest thing.
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Best thing you can do is can you play a girl that is like just a pustule zit? She's like, oh, my God, yes, please. Of course you have an arm growing out.
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Could someone be pooing it out?
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All right, we'll do one more. Then I'll tell you the one. We didn't do that I thought, okay,
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but we do have the alien video.
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Oh, this is it.
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Let's see it. Yeah. Okay, alien video. Here we go. 3.
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We'll do about 30 seconds.
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Okay. Claims military, breeding aliens and humans.
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Oh, there's no sound. But I'll tell you what, the guy.
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Oh, we don't need sound.
A
So the guy is in Congress and he says, what would you. What do you think is going on? He goes, well, I was briefed last week. And again, he says it would just scare people too much. And he goes, how? Because someone else came out this week and said there are hybrid humans. Someone else was sort of well known. And we're like, oh, that scared me. And he goes, I see why they don't tell people, but they should. But everyone would flip their lid. It's too much.
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Oh, I know the truth, so I can't tell you.
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But he said it was. So when he was talking, I was like, I don't like this. Because he's like an old dude. He's like, listen, man.
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Well, what don't you like about it? You think it's.
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He said you won't sleep at night. Yeah, he said it's just the. They have on. And you go, even hybrid people. I would be. I don't like it.
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So you won't offer proof of the hybrid humans and yet you want us to believe you without any. Anything that we could actually look at or see?
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Yeah, ideally, just believe me. And there's no proof at all.
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Well, he's trending. He has married women wanting to marry him. He's like, got a, a, a deal with Exxon. Look, look, look, here's your wrong day.
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And what are you going to do? Are you going to be scared or not?
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I'm just going back to science fiction. I mean, look, AI was already done in 2001. How, when, you know, can you. The. The day the Earth stood still, 1959, spacecraft lands in the White House lawn. This giant silver robot comes out, has ends there.
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Right?
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Yeah. So that's what we need. We can't get mysterious. It. We don't know. We need a fucking alien robot, 50ft tall, coming in a spaceship.
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And no one's interested even in pictures of aliens anymore or UFOs because it's all. AI is the first comment. AI. So we are kind of possibly could be hoodwinked unless you see it physically, which is going to be the future. In the future, if you say someone says we have video of you robbing a car and stealing it, you go, AI. And there's going to be a shadow of doubt.
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Absolutely. You really literally can't believe. I, I do find myself saying that a lot now to myself. AI. Yeah, AI. That's an AI. And so I would love for aliens to come down. I think of it if you took, you know, the Taliban or whatever, the Chinese people, and Trump and throw in anyone you want. Hitler throw in anybody. Get them in a spaceship, put them out toward Pluto and they got a big viewing thing. They can see the sun and the earth. They start crying and hug each other. Hitler would be, I kind of down
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to what really matters and how scared.
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We are so alone the world. We are so alone in the universe.
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Everyone be hugging each other.
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Yeah, I think so.
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All.
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Everything would fade away. That or if.
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Well, you know. Yeah. Stupid problems. Yeah. If Jesus came back.
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Jesus came back.
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That be a good one. I get it, by the way. Okay, that's it. That's enough to talk about. I think you did a really good job today, Danny.
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I was kind of puppet heavy today.
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You weren't that puppet heavy. I like Pierce.
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Well, listen, you did another podcast that was slow at times, humorous and others. Well, I hope you'll try to do better next week. Spade. Good luck with bus boys. I saw the trailer, looks pretty good. And also, what's the name of the one with Keanu Reeves?
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Outcome.
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Well, Outcomes. Not a very good title. You don't want to. You don't want to give the outcome to something before you see it. I don't even know if I need a ticket. Spade. Spade.
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Spavit. You know how Outcome, John is about. Keanu is a huge star like Robert Downey. He. He sort of collapses because he goes into drug addiction and disappears alcohol. And he's making a huge comeback and he's got his best friends with him. Not me, Cameron and Matt Bomer. Well, no, John, hang on. And then he says. And then a week before his big movie come back and he's been 90 days sober, he gets a call, his lawyer gets a call. We have a tape on him and it's going to ruin his life and it's going to come out right before the movie, give us $10 million. So he's got to figure out what's on the tape, who's got the tape and do I pay the tape? And he has to go re look at all his relationships and says, who actually doesn't like me out there? And he finds out a lot of people don't.
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Well, that's a great story, David Spade, but now I don't have to see the movie because you told me the whole story. You can't give it all away, but it was a great movie while you had it.
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Yeah, it's. It's not the Cowboys, which was a great movie I saw to drive in.
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Never give away the whole plot of the movie. You gave away the whole plot. I really know.
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He's. He's being. What's it called when they
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Loves to dance?
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Oh, boy, they're dancing. Is this the new Brokeback Mountain remake?
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Ah, I do. Anyway. No, that. That takeaway. What's it called? Howdy duty. What's the matter?
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Come.
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All right. Sorry. Outcome. I'm going to see that movie in the theater, and then I'm going to see Bus Boys a week later.
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Two weeks. No, you're gonna see Outcome on Apple TV in your own mansion, and then you can go out and see Bus Boys.
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I didn't know it was a live streamer. Yeah, but they make great movies. Okay, I'm gonna put it on. I'm gonna. Yeah, I've got Apple tv.
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Keanu's being blackmailed. That was a word I couldn't. Okay, okay, we got it. All right, thanks, everybody, and we'll see you next time. 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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Our senior producer is Greg Holtzman, and the show is produced and edited by Phil Sweetek.
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Episode: Webby-Nominated?! The April Fools Strike Again
Date: April 6, 2026
Hosts: Dana Carvey and David Spade
Duration: ~50 minutes
This episode celebrates big news: "Fly on the Wall" is nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast Webby Award! Dana Carvey and David Spade riff on the surreal aspect of being nominated alongside major names, trade Hollywood and family stories, discuss memorable April Fools’ pranks, and riff on current events—with their signature banter, impressions, and absurd humor. The episode weaves comic takes on showbiz, audience Q&As, discussions on celebrity encounters, and trending news, all peppered with improvisational characters and playful fake arguments.
Timestamp: 01:56, 06:18, 06:35
Notable Quote:
"If we don't win, I'm gonna call voter fraud." – David Spade (02:07)
Timestamp: 03:25, 05:17, 13:10
Memorable Moment:
Carvey’s ‘Piers Morgan’ grilling Spade on “crass humor” in movies:
"I just don't think you need to sort of have crass humor to try to connect with an audience. Am I wrong?" – ‘Piers’ (04:03)
Timestamp: 10:09, 13:13
Notable Quote:
"It's all a fucking April Fool's joke. And I couldn't believe it." – David Spade (12:16)
Timestamp: 08:00 – 09:55
Notable Quote:
"Let’s get rid of all IDs. DMV. No ID. Get on an airplane—Amen. My name's Doug. I'm in seat four." – David Spade (09:34)
Timestamp: 17:06, 17:54, 20:41
Memorable Quote:
"'Low ticket warning.' That should be the name of a special. It’s so funny." – Dana Carvey (17:17)
Timestamp: 17:54, 18:07, 19:16
Notable Quote:
"Anytime someone with power in life puts other people first without any publicist around—I tend to respect that person." – David Spade (19:53)
Timestamp: 21:14, 21:53
Memorable Quote:
"I call it the S of H. I can’t say it enough." – Dana Carvey (21:53)
Timestamp: 23:05, 24:20
Timestamp: 26:38 – 29:53
Notable Quote:
"Usually you don't meet and greet longer than your performance." – Dana Carvey (28:39)
Timestamp: 32:05, 34:23, 43:07, 43:52
Memorable Quote:
“You can’t believe anything anymore—AI is the first comment. AI.” – Dana Carvey (45:12)
Timestamp: 41:14
Notable Quote:
"Oh, it's great. If you're a criminal. It's fantastic." – David Spade (41:23)
Timestamp: 42:19
Notable Quote:
"Best thing you can do is play a girl that is just a pustule zit. She's like: 'Oh my god, yes please!'" – Dana Carvey (42:47)
Timestamp: 43:07 – 46:38
Notable Quote:
"We need… a fucking alien robot, 50 feet tall, coming in a spaceship." – David Spade (45:12)
This episode showcases why Carvey and Spade earn their comedic stripes: fast-paced pop culture riffs, intimate showbiz tales, and hilarious fake guests interplay with newsy banter. Their chemistry, improvisation, and willingness to spin everything—from April Fools’ pranks to dark global politics—into laughs make this a quintessential “Fly on the Wall” episode.
For more: Vote for Fly on the Wall at the Webby Awards, catch Dana and David’s theater gigs, and send listener questions to flyonthewall@audacy.com.
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