JO & Lavetti Get Into The Mud

Summary

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Laugh with Me – JO & Lavetti Get Into The Mud

Podcast: Laugh with Me (iHeartPodcasts)
Host: Jeremy Ota (JO)
Guest: Lavetti Vegas
Date: February 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode, comedian and host Jeremy Ota welcomes back fan-favorite Lavetti Vegas—standup comic, actor, and 2024’s Laugh With Me Guest of the Year. The two go deep into recent personal stories, poke fun at each other, and dig into the drama swirling around the Omaha comedy scene and its awards. JO tries to settle an emerging online feud, while Lavetti brings both humor and perspective. The episode features classic back-and-forth banter, comedic storytelling, and honest takes on beef, recognition, and community.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Money, Memes & Social Backlash (03:21–12:00)

• JO and Lavetti open with jokes about Lavetti “flashing cash” on social media and the inevitable criticism that follows, no matter the post's intent.

• Social Media Negativity: Lavetti notes how trolls find a way into everything:

  "I can say my grandpa died... It gets backlash. That's why I like a normal comedy post still. But I think people think I’m doing it for me." (05:29, Lavetti Vegas)

• Valentine’s Day Spending: Lavetti explains his cash really went to Valentine’s Day expenses and traveling for gigs.

• Festival Stories: Lavetti shares about performing in California—highlighting both successes and the challenges of traveling as a working comic.

2. Casino Luck, Concerts, & Bobby Brown Banter (07:07–13:40)

• Kansas City Wins: Lavetti admits his social flex came from gambling wins in Kansas City, not California.
• Concert Recap: Lavetti got to see New Edition and Bobby Brown performs alongside Toni Braxton, critiquing who deserved top billing and revealing JO’s limited knowledge of R&B icons:

  "You didn't know Bobby Brown was part of New Edition?" (09:05, Lavetti to JO)

• Classic Tracks Debate: Fun debate on which Bobby Brown song is truly classic—“My Prerogative” or “Don’t Be Cruel.”

3. The Basketball Challenge Saga (12:00–18:44)

• Comic vs Comic: Story of Lavetti losing a basketball shootout to Gary Curtis and airing grievances about the rules and his own missed opportunity.
• Comedic Humility: JO busts Lavetti about pivoting to bowl or pool after losing in basketball:

  “You had to be fairly athletic for basketball, and then you lose immediately and quickly turn to bowling and pool.” (18:24, JO)

• Upcoming Rematches: Plans are floated for the next friendly wagers—pool and bowling—with the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that lower-impact sports might play to Lavetti’s strengths.

4. Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards (OEAAs) Drama (21:49–35:46)

• Award Season Snubs: JO discusses Laugh with Me being nominated but not winning Outstanding Comedy Ensemble, using it as a launching pad to roast local awards culture and critics.

• Facebook Shade: Local performer Ben Webb’s repeated “auditing” of the show’s eligibility for ensemble recognition spurs a candid (and comedic) takedown:

  “He’s really bringing a different message. I called him out on that. I was like, you’re bringing something on purpose… It’s certainly not joy.” (25:34, JO)

• What Counts as an Ensemble?—A philosophical tangent into what “comedy ensemble” means in modern entertainment (sketch, podcast, group).

• Gatekeeping: Jeremy gets sharp:

  “That is the definition of a gatekeeper. If there’s anything he’s doing on purpose, it’s gatekeeping.” (34:29, JO)

• Lavetti Mediates: Lavetti tries to play peacemaker, but the riffing continues, highlighting the fine line between friendly argument, real beef, and online posturing in the comedy world.

5. Lavetti’s Arcade & Content Plans (37:43–41:03)

• Side Projects: Lavetti teases new ideas for “Vetti’s Arcade”—a social segment with retro gaming, nostalgic vibes, and community engagement.

  “It’s not really there for me to beat it… it’s really… you’ll see the gameplay of it and it being in the arcade cabinet. I think it’s pretty cool.” (40:31, Lavetti Vegas)

6. Closing: Friendship, Feuds, and the Real Prize (41:08–47:28)

• Upcoming Gigs: Lavetti plugs shows—Barnado Feb 19th, a Sioux City competition, Salina KS.
• Who’s Got Beef? — JO and Lavetti joke about who’s supporting whom during feuds, acknowledging the inherently tight-knit (and drama-prone) comedy community.
• Final Reflection: They agree both being nominated for awards is the real win—and end by poking fun at JO’s R&B knowledge:

  “You gotta be trolling me, man. Please just tell me you’re trolling me so I can have a clear head for the rest of the week.” (47:39, Lavetti Vegas)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Social Media Criticism:
  "I can say my grandpa died... It gets backlash." (05:29, Lavetti Vegas)
• On Bobby Brown’s Legacy:
  "You didn't know Bobby Brown was part of New Edition?" (09:05, Lavetti Vegas)
• On Loss and Diversifying Sports:
  “You had to be fairly athletic for basketball, and then you lose immediately and quickly turn to bowling and pool.” (18:24, JO)
• On Comedy Awards & Gatekeeping:
  "He’s really bringing a different message... It’s certainly not joy." (25:34, JO)
  "That is the definition of a gatekeeper." (34:29, JO)
• Lavetti’s Neutral Diplomacy:
  “It’s between you, him, and Jesus. I’m gonna tell you that right now.” (46:13, Lavetti Vegas)
• The Friendship Recap:
  "I hate it because you my guy too. Man, it’s tough." (45:51, Lavetti Vegas)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:21 – Episode opens, Lavetti’s return, jokes about disclaimers and cash
• 05:29 – Social media backlash and comedy posting realities
• 08:45 – New Edition & Bobby Brown debate
• 12:00 – Lavetti’s basketball bet loss saga begins
• 18:44 – Upcoming bowling and pool challenges
• 21:49 – Shift into OEAAs, nomination drama, Ben Webb feud explained
• 34:29 – Accusations of gatekeeping
• 37:43 – Lavetti’s Arcade and content plans
• 41:08 – Upcoming gigs, meta-feuds, and friendship wrap

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Tone & Style

The episode is a blend of sharp, playful banter and raw honesty, capturing the peculiar balance of camaraderie, competitiveness, and creative hustle that defines standup culture. JO and Lavetti bounce between light-hearted roast, genuine professional insight, reflective moments, and unfiltered comedy, making it a must-listen for fans of real talk and real laughs from the trenches.

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Note:
If you want to catch Lavetti on stage, check out the Barnado show (Feb 19th, 8pm, West Omaha) or follow his upcoming arcade antics on social. To settle the award drama once and for all, tune in—and remember, in comedy, the real win is always the squad of co-conspirators and the laughs along the way.

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[Jeremy Ota]

Welcome back. It's a brand new episode. This is Laugh with me, a podcast with Jeremy Ota. Jo and we have return first time in studio, first time in 2026. And it's a good one, ladies and gentlemen. We have stand up comedian, actor, writer, producer, father, not so much a basketball player. We have Lavetti Vegas. The 2024 Laugh With Me Guest of the year returns. But before we get to that, I gotta give a little bit of a disclaimer in this episode. Lavetti asked me to. He just said, hey, me, you might want to put a little disclaimer at the top and just let him know that all of your opinions and statements in this episode are just yours and not ours. And, and to that I just want to say that's just frankly not true. We are in this together. It's Lovetti Vegas returning on a very fun laugh with Me.

[Lavetti Vegas]

He's always laughing like that. I'm telling you, he's phony as that's why I'm cool with him. I'll shake his hand, we'll have a little conversation. But we're not as close as we used to be.

[Jeremy Ota]

You got, you got to start. You got that stacks of cash you're flashing around.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You're cool with everybody, man. That dude.

[Jeremy Ota]

You're cool with everybody.

[Lavetti Vegas]

That cash is. That cash is.

[Jeremy Ota]

It just dwindled Valentine's Day. I mean, when you think how much of that money went to Valentine's Day?

[Lavetti Vegas]

About 300.

[Jeremy Ota]

Damn.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah. 200.

[Jeremy Ota]

Two.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Between 2 and 300. About 2, 300.

[Jeremy Ota]

How come we never. It doesn't matter what you post. It gets backlash because people don't like me.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I can say my grandpa died. These be like, you know, be like, damn, don't like me. It's gonna get backlash. It's. That's why I like a normal comedy post still. But I think people think I'm doing it for me. I know what an EPK is.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It's a, it's a conversation piece. People don't understand. This is a con. It's a conference. I'm not. That's why you don't really See, like, like I don't. I let live. That's why you don't see me. You see me respond until the next day, right? I do it every time. I let everybody talk this. I don't say nothing to the next day.

[Jeremy Ota]

I can always tell when it's a real. It's a real post. Because if I post something, if I get an immediate comment back from you, yeah, I know it's real. And if it's the next day, you're just like.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Sometimes I still. Even when you ask me, you know, it's crazy. And I was going to leave it to the next day, you asked. It's just recently you asked me about those all specs. I didn't even know about those pics. I was like, where these pics come from?

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, and I was just doing a joke like can they, can they remain lost?

[Lavetti Vegas]

She was so. She had sent it and that's why I was like, oh yeah, know they got lost. Cuz somebody sent these to me and I didn't even know. It's funny. California, which wasn't really all that we recording.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh, okay, okay, hold on. I don't want to sit here, talk. The festival was great. That festival was off the chain. But no, I didn't, I didn't take video or picture pictures of the festival. I did get asked to come back, but California was. That was a lot, man. A lot of money. A lot of. A lot of. A lot of had to happen for California to happen.

[Jeremy Ota]

And that's where the stacks of cash came from.

[Lavetti Vegas]

No, stacks of cash came from Kansas City.

[Jeremy Ota]

Kansas City. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't think, I don't think you've ever not walked away from Kansas City ahead, have you? It seems like recently you've been, you've been hitting. Are you in the tables? Are you playing the.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Well, it just depends on. So Kansas City this past time. Yeah, hit time before that. Yeah, but it wasn't really much in the time before that, wasn't it? I left ahead, but no, it was with my dad. I didn't leave ahead.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, okay.

[Lavetti Vegas]

We end up getting hit. This one, I got hit a little bit, went to the concert, went home and I was like, man, you know what? I'm gonna go back to the tables.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, that's right. You saw Boys to Men.

[Lavetti Vegas]

No, I saw a new edition, Boys to Bed. It's only Braxton.

[Jeremy Ota]

You know, it's funny, I would have, I would have 100 gone to see Boys to Men. I think they're badass. And then New Edition's good. I mean, I just. I wouldn't have gone to see New.

[Lavetti Vegas]

That's what you got up. First off, I'm a big note this year fan. Oh. So I want to go see no Edition. Boys could have stayed home.

[Jeremy Ota]

Okay.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I'll tell you that right now. Especially how they were singing the Was. I could have something better than them.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, no, they know.

[Lavetti Vegas]

They tried, but no addition still sounded like New Edition.

[Jeremy Ota]

Okay.

[Lavetti Vegas]

They sounded good. Bobby. Bobby gonna be Bobby Tony Bryson. Actually, she. Actually, she was. She was pretty good. Like, the. I was like, man, she got this song. Oh, I forgot this song. Oh, I forgot. I was like, damn.

[Jeremy Ota]

Wait, hold on. When you say Bobby, who are you talking about?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Bobby Brown. Bobby Brown.

[Jeremy Ota]

Bobby Brown was there.

[Lavetti Vegas]

He's part of New Edition.

[Jeremy Ota]

He is.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Please tell me you joking.

[Jeremy Ota]

My prerogative. Did he.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Joking right now. You gotta be joking. We record. You gotta be joking right now.

[Jeremy Ota]

Bobby Brown? No.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You didn't know Bobby Brown was about a New Edition? No. They kicked him out, did his solo thing, and then he came back to the group.

[Jeremy Ota]

Did all right. So did he do My Prerogative?

[Lavetti Vegas]

He did all the hits.

[Jeremy Ota]

All right. Okay.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Every little step I take all right I'm with.

[Jeremy Ota]

Don't be cruel I'm with you now I'm with you now Side by side I should.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I should have gone white and 42.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, that's legit. Damn.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You almost sounded better than White Girl. Who said who's New Addition? I hung up on her.

[Jeremy Ota]

No wonder, though, that they were the headliner over Boys to Men.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Then they should have been a headliner. Oh, still over Boys. Yeah. Even if it was Bobby there.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, no.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Bobby's.

[Jeremy Ota]

Bobby's.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Bobby's. Bobby.

[Jeremy Ota]

Bobby's a star.

[Lavetti Vegas]

See? But he ain't. He is a star. Yeah, but you didn't know Bobby Brown was part of doing this.

[Jeremy Ota]

Is Bobby sober now?

[Lavetti Vegas]

He's over now.

[Jeremy Ota]

Is he?

[Lavetti Vegas]

But that's. That. That clip that's going viral right now. Yeah. That was in Kansas City. The one that when he says he's dancing, he's like, y' all want to see me dance? And everybody like, yeah. And he said, google me. And he just walks off the stage. Yeah, that.

[Jeremy Ota]

I've seen that.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Okay, that was in Kansas City.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'll be honest.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It was his birthday. It was his birthday that day. So he probably was irritated. I don't know.

[Jeremy Ota]

Interesting.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You did not control it. You gotta be trolling me right now. There's no way you are serious right now. I'm about to walk away. I'm about to leave you. You gotta be trolling me.

[Jeremy Ota]

It's taken, it's taking me a long time to get you. You've been on the show many, many times. To get you in person.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Ota]

Has been a struggle.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It's been a struggle, but we'll rewind. You better be trolling me, man, because I'm about to post this. You better be trolling me. I cannot believe this is real. You just said. You killing me, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

Killing me right now.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You killing me.

[Jeremy Ota]

When I saw you flashing the cash, I was thinking, have you seen that meme the with Floyd Mayweather? And he's at the conference table, man.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I wish.

[Jeremy Ota]

And I'm like, man, Levettian, Floyd, I.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I, I was, I was just definitely trolling. It was only like 1400. Close to 14, 13, 50 or something like that. But I was definitely trouble. I told her, I was like, give me all five.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, yeah.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Just give me, give me, give me 300 and give me all five.

[Jeremy Ota]

The first pick. When you're like, guess how much this is? And I'm looking, I'm like, there's some different colors in there. I know.

[Lavetti Vegas]

That's a. Different colors. Yeah, I definitely did it to troll. Well, I won't. Hey, man, our bitch was in the inbox when they seen that. Hey, how you doing? Stay where the you at? You ain't even getting McDonald's out of me, man. That's awesome. I definitely showed. That's why I was like, man, post. Just post what you really want to get and, you know, leave it alone. But it was definitely. I like the people that. That was sort of trying to play me, though. Hold on. I was like, oh, that's 400. I was like, come on, man, stop.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, get out of here.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You know, this Damn. Damn ain't 400. You know what I mean? But you, you keep going. You know, people, people. Everybody's a comedian anymore.

[Jeremy Ota]

They are. So speak. Speaking of the money, I mean, you lost 50 bucks in this basketball challenge.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Come on, man. We ain't trying to talk about.

[Jeremy Ota]

We're talking about this basketball challenge because two things. One, I challenged you.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You challenged me after Gary challenged.

[Jeremy Ota]

And I know for a fact I didn't get the, the challenge because I'm white, and you didn't want to lose to a white.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Hey, man, you know, you know, the last comic, black comic that lost to a white guy in the basketball tournament was Rashad versus Lucas Snyder, and he lost during Black History Month last year. And I was like, man, the out of here.

[Jeremy Ota]

Hey, speaking of that, my apologies I didn't wish you a happy national black history. We've been sitting here talking for a good hour now and I haven't even said it once.

[Lavetti Vegas]

We damn near mid. We damn near mid. Through. Through February.

[Jeremy Ota]

You'll Shame on me.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Black History Month. That's a little shaky, man. I. I love it but people always use the common people. Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, you know, get a little deeper than that.

[Jeremy Ota]

Bobby Brown. Bobby Brown. The real history. Bobby Brown.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Every little step I take, you will be there.

[Jeremy Ota]

You know, my, My prerogative hits my playlist. At least a playlist once a year.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It hits my playlist and that's the. That's my least favorite Bobby Brown song.

[Jeremy Ota]

Really.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Every little step I take don't be.

[Jeremy Ota]

Cruel and Rony kills My prerogative jams My prerogative.

[Lavetti Vegas]

My prerogative was just cuz he was on a solo tip and yeah, somebody do what he want to do and. But give me every little step I'll take way before. Give me, give me. Don't be cruel. Don't Be Cruel as a classic.

[Jeremy Ota]

But you're. You're talking like musically like that's. You like that over My prerogative. I like the attitude of my prerogative. Like this is.

[Lavetti Vegas]

And everybody did. That's why, that's why, that's why I blew up. So everybody did. I think that's why I blew up. But you want to talk about writing and actually the beat and, and just the cadence and everything. I like don't be cruel and every little step I take, like I said, is a classic.

[Jeremy Ota]

Well, just to catch you know, folks up. If you didn't know about this basketball challenge. So Gary Curtis, another.

[Lavetti Vegas]

We still talking about this really, really.

[Jeremy Ota]

Funny guy in Omaha. He. He challenged you. You took the challenge. You guys played on like a Sunday.

[Lavetti Vegas]

This what happened, man. It's been, you know, I was at a hotel, man, and I felt good. I made like couple three point shots. I was like, hey this. I think I still got it. So then I had a ball challenged challenge. The comedy where I didn't think anybody was going to say anything. He bit but I should have made the rules.

[Jeremy Ota]

I bet. I bet too.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I won't understand you bit too. But I. So I sort of. He wanted to do like actual three point contest like going around.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, five shots each spot.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, yeah, whatever. I should have said no, no, no, no, just shoot wherever you want. But then I'm like, man, that gives him the advantage too. If you just shoot. Whatever. What's really happened is I was practicing on one go before we even got there. So then I took a break and people start shooting on that goal. So the goal we went to go shoot on, I didn't even get no practice shots on that at all. And I should have went to go get practice shots and. Yeah, I mean, you should have set the rules.

[Jeremy Ota]

I mean, it is your game.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I know, but it is what it is, man. He got the 50. My money and took my pride and.

[Jeremy Ota]

And you found out, you found out that he also has, like a history of basket. Like, he's a baller.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You know what? I. I don't, I don't. You know, according to my sources, man used to play ball in college, man. Some people saw somebody told me that, man, I. I ain't got it. I ain't got to submit it. But yeah, and then I went to his post on Instagram. It was like, oh, man, he. Guess he didn't know about how you used to. I was like, this played me, man. All these people knew he played ball, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

Hey, you know I played in college too, right?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Like 2K.

[Jeremy Ota]

It's funny that you. You had a joke. Mine was in the driveway, but. Yeah, that's good.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Ota]

That's good stuff. Well, you're. You're on a show with. With Gary or with gary on Thursday, February 19, 8 o'. Clock. Barnado. Have you been. Have you played that before?

[Lavetti Vegas]

I've been there. Not for Gary, but March, when he was up here. Okay. I used. I did, I did. And I was like, oh, yeah, I gotta dress up. I was supposed to dress up.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, it's in the speakeasy over in West Oma.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, I had the, like, jacket on last time I went up there, so. Nah. Yeah, I'm up there. Eight o', clock, Thursday, February 19th.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah. You got any, like, like, is it Porsche? What's the car dealership?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Is it Porsche?

[Jeremy Ota]

It's something.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It's something like, something nice. I gotta, I don't.

[Jeremy Ota]

They let you test it, right?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Like, I don't know if they do or not. I ain't trying to test right now, and I ain't buying.

[Jeremy Ota]

I don't know. I've seen that cash.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You can't afford to buy.

[Jeremy Ota]

I've seen that cash.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I think there's a chance that cash is gone.

[Jeremy Ota]

So what's next? What's the next challenge? Because that was fun. I. I think you had fun with it.

[Lavetti Vegas]

What's next, man? You know, I gotta scare some people, man. And show them that I can actually do some. Next. It's either gonna be bowling, it's gonna be pool bowling or pulling or pool.

[Jeremy Ota]

And you play pool?

[Lavetti Vegas]

I play pool, yeah.

[Jeremy Ota]

I play pool because you see, I have a pool table just 200ft away from where we're at.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Only, only play for money, man. So. Okay, bring that money out man, that bolts up. You can go right ahead. But yeah, it's either easy the pool or it's bowling. And we'll see when we do it.

[Jeremy Ota]

This, this framed ten dollar bill right here on the table is a break in emergency situation. We will break this and I will put it down.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You better add another zero today. You won't play me.

[Jeremy Ota]

It's awesome. So this Thursday, February 19th, Barnado West Omaha, 8pm show in Speakeasy. You weren't kidding. I mean it's, it's a nice place. So come have some nice drinks, have some fun. Laughs yeah, it's gonna be a good show. Who else, who else is on the show do was on the show?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Serenity. DY and Will. Dy.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, it's going to be awesome.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yep.

[Jeremy Ota]

All right. Gary Curtis is hosting.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Hosting, Yep.

[Jeremy Ota]

Very nice. And then we've got bowling and pool coming up next. I can't wait.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It's coming up. I don't know when but it's, it's coming. Maybe when I get my money up. I'm still trying, I just trying, still trying to recoup that $50 I lost so well.

[Jeremy Ota]

I just think it's great that the first challenge is basketball. You know, you had to be fairly athletic to play basketball and then you lose immediately and then quickly turn to bowling and pool.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Amen.

[Jeremy Ota]

So you have really changed the game.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Hey man, you gotta diversify, man. Diversify, bro.

[Jeremy Ota]

That's awesome.

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[Jeremy Ota]

Well, the. This one's near and dear to me. Okay. We're talking about this.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Okay.

[Jeremy Ota]

The Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards just happened. Oeaa. As a lot of people know, we just had it laugh with me.

[Skyrizi Advertiser]

We were.

[Jeremy Ota]

We were nominated for Outstanding Comedy Ensemble. We did not take home the prize. That's okay. Honestly. And you've been. You've been nominated many times, right? It's okay. It's. It's an honor to be nominated. I mean. And honestly, it's a little bit of motivation to go and get it done, you know, the next year, hey, maybe we get nominated again and see what's up. I think that's fun. And I think it's fun, too, to put, you know, celebrate the winners. Weisenheimer's won our category, and congrats to them.

[Lavetti Vegas]

They'd be doing it down there.

[Jeremy Ota]

So I put out this post on our Laugh With Me Facebook page. Okay. And it's, you know, congrats to the winners. And I. I make this stupid meme with my face on. Kendrick Lamar, maybe, or Bad Bunny. Somebody with a whole bunch of Grammys.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Ota]

And it's like, hey, one of these days, right? Like, that's gonna be me. And it's all fun and games and really, congrats to the winners.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Like, congrats, yeah, most definitely.

[Jeremy Ota]

But this son of a. This.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh, I didn't know. Son of a. I didn't know we was going there, man. Hold up. Take a drink.

[Jeremy Ota]

Please. Take a drink. Yo, get ready for this.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I thought she was joking, man. Oh, this son of a. Oh, serious?

[Jeremy Ota]

No, this guy. So he's. He's. He's a. He's a local entertainer. He's a comedian. He's an actor. He's. He's. He's in musicals. He's. He is Mr. Joy on purpose.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Usually I'm the. Usually I got the drama and the. The beef, man. Not today, okay? I'm gonna let you.

[Jeremy Ota]

Not today.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I'll let you do your thing, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'm a little worked up about it. I'm excited. That laugh with me got a little recognition, and I just wanted to keep the excitement going. This guy, I don't think he's happy that we were nominated. He's. He. In December. Here's a little backstory. In the beginning of December, I made this little video with the announcement we were nominated, and it was awesome. And he posts on it, and he posts on a lot of. I'm just gonna throw that out there right now. He posts on a lot. He posted. He says, what? Because it's for outstanding comedy ensemble, meaning multiple people. And he goes, oh, so you and your guests. Yeah, yeah, me and the guests. A lot of the regular guests. A lot of frequent guests on our global platform. Yes, yes, Ben. Me and the guests.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You got me scared, man. You got me scared. You about to take it there, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

You didn't even know what you were getting yourself into. I said, I want to talk about it.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Take me through there. Take me through there.

[Jeremy Ota]

And I. I Let that one go.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Okay.

[Jeremy Ota]

And I was like, yep, I made a nice response. Just saying. Absolutely. And in my humble opinion, in this group of. And. And Leetti was one of them, you know, as part of our ensemble. I mean, he's on the show many times in a year, and. And, you know, helps bring the laughs and. Yeah, Yeah. I do think that we are one of the best and outstanding comedy ensembles. Well, then I put this post out congratulating the Weisenheimers. You know, maybe next year we'll get some. We'll. It's ours time. Right. And Ben feels the need to post again. And this time it's. Well, you know, maybe in the next year they'll wreck. They'll recognize podcasts. Yeah, maybe they will. And if they do, I surely hope we get the opportunity to be recognized in that.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Right.

[Jeremy Ota]

Number one, they don't. So, no, until then, this is what it is. Number two, why can't we still be recognized as a comedy ensemble? I. I think there's a. He has an issue there, and he just keeps turning for somebody who on purpose, is supposed to be bringing joy. He is really. He's really bringing a different message. I called him out on that. I was like, you're bringing something on purpose. It's certainly not joy. And that's the thing. He's not spreading joy. Okay. He's trying to audit it. Ben, you're not the auditor of Joy of Fun, and frankly, you're the opposite of that. You're quite negative person. I mean, go through. Please go through to his Facebook page. Ben Webb, B E N W E B B. He will post and comment on any little thing that you put on there. And he's right. He's right. He's right. He's right. Just saying, man, you posting, buddy, you. The only thing you have done on purpose was get into the mud with me, and it is dirty, and I am not planning on showering.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Hey, man, you know, this your boy. Hey, man, I. I just want to say. That's all. J. O, man, it's between y' all two, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'm just.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I've been. You know, I didn't know we was coming like that, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

All I know is I said, hey, I wanted to talk about this. And you said, I've got things to say about him, too. You said that. I want to make sure you get your platform.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You know, that's not.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yep, that's. That's what happened. Yep. I said, I. I have. I have some things. I have some things I would like.

[Lavetti Vegas]

To say, well, let's. Let's put it on.

[Jeremy Ota]

Me, too. You. Actually, that is not what you said. You're right. You responded back, hashtag, me too. And I said, I don't know what I don't know. That sounds like that's not the right usage of that.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Listen, listen. So, okay, so we got. We got. We gotta look at. We gotta look at both sides here. I'm gonna play devil's advocate a little bit.

[Jeremy Ota]

I appreciate that.

[Lavetti Vegas]

So it says comedy ensemble. Yeah. And Ben believes comedy ensemble is a comedy group that works together and does things together. Probably shows everything else. You got comedy ensemble as, you know, your guests, which is me included, man, which I appreciate. And your guests. And you're showing in the podcast. So he believes one thing as a comedy ensemble, and you believe another thing is comedy assemble.

[Jeremy Ota]

Would you say sketch comedy is a form of comedy ensemble?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Sketch comedy is just like, okay, improv. Just like, you know, any.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'm gonna peel just a little bit behind the curtain here online.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I'm gonna show you what. I'm not saying. This ain't. This ain't what I think. And I'm assuming this is what he thinks. Yeah, yeah. You know, and I, I don't want five paragraphs on, you know, from them and have him say anything about what I'm saying or anything like that.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'll tell you what he's going to be doing on purpose after this a lot.

[Lavetti Vegas]

This is. This is bad. Is. This is. This is why Nelly said it's getting hot in here.

[Jeremy Ota]

So here's the. I know. And it's usually not that warm down here. I don't know why that. That's the. So what. What I wanted to get at here.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Okay.

[Jeremy Ota]

Okay. Is to my. To my point on what you were saying, because I. I get what you're saying, and I have thought about his side of it and what you're about, the ensemble thing and what he views as an ensemble. I. I view no different than when Saturday Night Live is, you know, nominated for various things as. And sketch comedy. A little peeling back of the curtain, a little bit on Laugh With Me. Not to get too into the weeds, but some of the stuff we do with some of the guests is sketch comedy for podcasts. It's not all, you know, you. What you and I do a lot. This is real. I mean, a lot. You know, you and I, we talk about, like, real. Real life and in the world of. Of where we're living and.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Right.

[Jeremy Ota]

But I will promise you some. Some of our guests we are doing sketch comedy on a podcast.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Right.

[Jeremy Ota]

So it is a. I mean there's work put into it and writing and jokes and. And whatnot. So for that to be thrown away on a random Facebook post by a fella who is just upset that we were nominated next to him. I mean, I got something to say is all I'm saying. And we both lost. He lost too, by the way. I'm just throw that out there.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You got. You got any gunshot? You throwing shots, man? Like I said, man. Hey man, this is. This is all you, man. I don't even think this episode about me, man. I think this is our episode now. This. This is turned into our episode. But I say just holler at Ben, man. I mean he's a. He's. You can. You know, it's pretty positive dude, man. And I mean usually I don't cuss been out a couple times and we'd have been cool. You know what I mean? I don't. I didn't told him to off in it we'd be cool. And.

[Jeremy Ota]

And I think if, and.

[Lavetti Vegas]

And you know, some things are just a misunderstanding, man. And you know the number one thing in life is communication. And I mean, is this getting dragged out a bit maybe. Could he just like to post and keep moving? Yeah, but that's. That's not bad.

[Jeremy Ota]

That's not Ben.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Ben's gonna tell you how he feels. It could be right or wrong, but he's gonna. At least he's gonna tell you. And you know, you might have to get a bookmark, you know, to stop and stop reading. So you know what they say, I mean, paragraph.

[Jeremy Ota]

Because he's one of many people that will. Will say what they want like off the mind. And that's great. I think you should be able to.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Right.

[Jeremy Ota]

But to that point there is repercussions to that. And.

[Lavetti Vegas]

And that's right. And again, whether it's positive or negative.

[Jeremy Ota]

Correct.

[Lavetti Vegas]

There's going to be. Especially when you put your life and your feelings on social media. Correct your opinions on social media. You got to take the good with the bad. You gotta take the. And you gotta, you know, favorites. Because whether you're trying to be nice or trying to be mean. I've been on both sides. People definitely know I've been dramatic, I've been about drama. I've had my beef. I don't think I got beef with anybody anymore. I'm pretty sure I don't squashed every type of beef. Even if we're not friends no more.

[Jeremy Ota]

Well, now we Have a beef now with bed wet. So we have not squashed.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I didn't know. I didn't know you was French. Because this. We're cool with both of y', all, man. I got a couple white friends, man. Come on, man. I'm cool with both of y', all, baby. Y' all gotta sit down and. And. And talk it out, man, or something, man. Something gotta happen, man. I don't know. I seen the comments, but he didn't respond. Did he respond to the last one?

[Jeremy Ota]

He did not. He did not.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Now, if that could be. That could be the white flag. That could be him just saying, hey, man, you know what? I up. I ain't trying to say nothing.

[Jeremy Ota]

Can I tell you how I took it?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh, yeah, definitely. This is your show. Yeah, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

Thank you. It is so the way I took it when. When there was no response. Because to your point, there could have been a private message. There could have been some, right? And he. Hey, I didn't mean it that way. You know, we could have talked it out. When there was no response, I said. I sent. I messaged you and I said, we're going to war. And you said, I am in. You said hashtag MeToo.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Only hashtags I use is snowfobals. The first quarter. That's it. I don't. It really. February, almost done. We got. So second quarter. It's gonna be second quarter, but come on, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

Second quarter.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I think it was a communication thing. But is he dragging us out? He prob. Is he? If I'm be honest, man, Ben, Dr. Got something else, and I ain't gonna put her on. I ain't gonna put her on. Blast.

[Jeremy Ota]

This is the time.

[Lavetti Vegas]

This is the time, cuz We. We. It ain't got dropped. It's been told. I think it's a miscommunication, but it has been. It was a repeated thing. It is also about the OEA Awards. That's what I mean. Him. I got into it, but again, I'm not gonna get into all that. I just think he feels very strongly about the awards. He feels very strongly about who's nominated. He feels very strongly about, you know, the clarification or definition of getting nominated.

[Jeremy Ota]

That is the definition of a gatekeeper. If there's anything he's doing on purpose, it's gatekeeping. Well, now.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Well, I bet. Hey, man, if you listen to. You might listen. I might hit him up.

[Jeremy Ota]

Be like, look, man, you might want to listen to this. That's.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I'll probably tell him I love him.

[Jeremy Ota]

Jeremy Got wild.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I ain't got to do with this, but you might want to listen to this right here. I ain't got. I feel. I feel like this is Vlad and I'm AR Spears. This is what I'm feeling right now.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'm excited, cuz I knew you were going to have my back and you have had my back so far and I'm excited. That's why I was like, this is perfect timing. This is perfect timing.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Perfect timing. Wrong language. That's what's going on right now, man. You know, man, no espanol. Well, I guess when I speak in Spanish, so that was stupid. But you, you, you.

[Jeremy Ota]

I just do want to clarify. I did say. I, I did plan on showering. I. I do shower. I. I just want to throw that out there. That was just, you know, using the word play for the mud and whatnot. And so I just. People think I'm dirty. I'm not dirty.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I mean, you ain't dirty, but you.

[Jeremy Ota]

Just shout right before you got here.

[Lavetti Vegas]

But you're bold with this one, man. Real bold. This. This is a little tough right here, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

I don't know. This is what we do in Laugh With Me. This is what happens when you're in studio.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Don't say we.

[Jeremy Ota]

This is what happens when you're in studio.

[Lavetti Vegas]

In studio, we even take no pictures of nothing, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

Can you. Yeah, we're. We're working on some of. Oh, yeah. I mean, we're. I'm thinking about eliminating this here right here and then putting up like a little desk, like a. Made of cardboard. And we. We could do like a little Internet show, like a talk show. What do you think? You wanna. You wanna come on my talk show with the cardboard? Yeah.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I thought she was working on something with. Well, maybe you wasn't you. Yeah, you asked me about.

[Jeremy Ota]

I asked you about it. You shot it down faster than.

[Lavetti Vegas]

No, no, no.

[Jeremy Ota]

Ben Webb shot down my nomination.

[Lavetti Vegas]

No, I'm talking about kpao.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, I've got ideas. I just never. I just.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, the timing and days. They. Yeah. Is. Then they only. That is tough. Shout out to kpa. Oh, they cool.

[Jeremy Ota]

But what they're doing is great work.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Tough schedules. It's just a tough schedule.

[Jeremy Ota]

Oh, but the same idea, basically. But just. I would do it here and instead of trying to get a live studio audience, it would just be this. So. Yeah, it'd be a little different. You're out. Okay. All right. That's okay. All right, well, I think I got that off my chest.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I feel good. You feel good, man? That's, that's between you and you, man. I, I, man, I was, man, I didn't know. I didn't know two nice guys have a problem, but.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, that's all right. Okay, here we are.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I don't even know if I. Is there anything else to talk.

[Jeremy Ota]

It's funny. I should have left that for last. I, I wanted to see.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I think this is your episode. Don't even say you interview me, man. Cuz after that, I feel like you on that one of the mixtapes, man.

[Jeremy Ota]

I wanted to, I wanted to segue into Levetti's Arcade because I think it's super cool to talk about after.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, it's a little tough. Nobody's gonna give a about that shit's dead after what you just said. No, man, I just try to get some ideas, man. It's cool. It's a.

[Jeremy Ota]

Did you see my idea about putting the TV monitor above the, the gaming unit?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, I didn't know what you were talking about, though.

[Jeremy Ota]

Okay, so see this TV up here? It'd be like that above the cabinet, and then it would mirror what's on the cabinet. So you, you know, if you like whoever's playing the cabinet, the TV monitor, it'll show the game.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh, that'd be, that'd be kind of cool. I ain't got money like that, so they're gonna see me playing right there. I mean, it was a couple, like, it was a couple ideas with, Was a couple ideas with it or whatever like that. But right now, I just got the, Just posted up a clip. Hey, I remember this game. Talk about it for a little bit, then let people watch the gameplay. I know this sounds a little off, but then I had another idea. Maybe I might talk because the, the voiceover sounded a little, little wonky. So I might even redo that one.

[Jeremy Ota]

You got a twitch?

[Lavetti Vegas]

I don't got a twitch. I'm not a twitch guy. I don't really play video games.

[Jeremy Ota]

Well, you got a whole thing. It's called the Vetti's Arcade.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, but it's built into, it's like 5, 600 games built into that thing.

[Jeremy Ota]

You could, you could get a twitch code on that and then you could clip that and then use it on your other socials.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Maybe, but I'm not really playing like that.

[Jeremy Ota]

Yeah, but that's what makes it funny. I know, but, Dennis, like, you're playing Mario Brothers.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I know, but then I got another idea. Like, which game would you rather play? Post two video games up. Would you Play this. Which. Which one? Not which one would you play? You know, and then see if I could do. If I get enough engagement. Yeah, every week. All right. Last week, y' all voted for this one. This week, this game's going against this game.

[Jeremy Ota]

What if you played it until you beat it?

[Lavetti Vegas]

I ain't got time like that, man. 50. I got. I work 50, 55 hours at work. I got a son.

[Jeremy Ota]

He ain't gonna let me play. No, he let you play.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Then I gotta play when he ain't around. You know what I mean?

[Jeremy Ota]

What if he plays it until he beats it?

[Lavetti Vegas]

He 5. So y' all gonna have to be waiting a couple years. We own video 342 even playing this since he's five, he's only on level three, you know what I mean? So here's some ideas. I just want to at least get something out there, and I'm glad I got something out there. And then probably just continue. Like I said, just. Probably just bring bad memories. Not really. Nothing. Like, all right, guys, I'm about to beat this game. It ain't really. It's not really there to beat. It's not really there for me to beat it. It's really. I'll play a little bit of it, but you'll see the gameplay of it and it being in the arcade cabinet. I think it's pretty.

[Jeremy Ota]

It's cool. I mean, it's a unique way, actually, what you just said about the, like, the memories of it. There's a Instagram account I follow. That's what they do. They just show clips of old games, and it's awesome. Like, I like everything.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It's funny. It's one I follow, too. And he literally. And you don't even put music in the background. He don't talk or nothing. He puts the title up. And then you watch him play. Yeah, for, like, a minute.

[Jeremy Ota]

It's fun.

[Lavetti Vegas]

He cuts it off. You don't even have, like, a intro or nothing. You know, none of that. And I'm like, how does this thing get 10, 000 views and all?

[Jeremy Ota]

He doesn't play Nostalgia Man.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, that's pretty cool. That's pretty dope.

[Jeremy Ota]

What. What shows and projects you got coming up?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh, damn. We already at the end. Oh, we got Gary Curtis in France at Barnado. February 19th, 8:00pm Be there. Oh, I'm in a competition in Sioux City, February 20, Friday. I'm not gonna tell anybody. Be there. I meant everybody's here next week. If I win, I'm back there on the 27th in Sioux City. And then the 28th, I'm in Salina, Kansas. There you go. Yeah.

[Jeremy Ota]

So I feel like. But I mean, the. The power that you and I have together now, you know, I feel like you're not only going to win these competitions, but we're going to just win the fight. The great fight.

[Lavetti Vegas]

So what's the list of people we got beef with right now?

[Jeremy Ota]

It's just been Webb.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh. So you see, because I remember, man, you know, and I'm cool with all these people, but where were you at when Bill Queen was saying something about me?

[Jeremy Ota]

I wasn't around.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Where were you at when Rome Daly said something?

[Jeremy Ota]

I'll tell you what, I'm around now.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Where were you? You know, we ain't gonna drop no more names. So that's it. That's all I'm saying. I ain't gonna go through. I got a list.

[Jeremy Ota]

I will go.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Where were you. Where were you at with all them people? Was, like, talking about me, man. Now. Now you want to go to the goat Toe, man, You know, like. I don't know, man. Yellow to you, looking to get thrown.

[Jeremy Ota]

So far, I'm just happy.

[Lavetti Vegas]

And it's air balling right now.

[Jeremy Ota]

You. I'm just happy. You know, I bring this up and you completely agree with me and you have my back. I. I think that's so cool.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I agree that you. You got a situation, but I think it's a one on one. I don't. I don't think, you know, don't tag me in. It's not taxing, man. Yeah. I mean, no, don't, don't, don't expect me to interfere. You know what I mean?

[Jeremy Ota]

Like, so let's say. Let's say he had a tag team partner. Who do you think he would be tagging with in this?

[Lavetti Vegas]

Ben likes everybody, though. He don't. It's not.

[Jeremy Ota]

Except for me. Except for me.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I don't think he. He does this to everybody. Yeah, but that's what he does is to every. I mean, you. He does this to. He's gonna say stuff like this. He does it to everybody.

[Jeremy Ota]

So isn't that the red flag? Is it the red flag if you call yourself Joy? I mean, that's like what an HR manager calls themselves. Like, so that you, like, maybe like them.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Hey, man, listen, I'm cool. Both of y', all, man. Tag team partner. Probably. It's probably gonna be him and God, because that's. I mean, okay, so that's what he.

[Jeremy Ota]

That's fair. That's Another point. That's, that's another point. Oh, I gotta, I gotta bring this up. I have to bring this up.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I thought he was at the end. Yeah, where we at, man?

[Jeremy Ota]

I gotta bring this up.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Okay.

[Jeremy Ota]

He did, he did have a spiritual post. And I'll be honest, I don't a hundred percent know what it was about because I just don't live in that world, but I know it referenced the God of Jesus, so. And I had seen that in the poly market. Like one of the things that's like really thriving right now is that Jesus will return. Like a lot of people are behind. The poly market generally hits their predictions. So I took a screenshot of it and I posted it to his thread and I'm like, you can ask him himself because he's coming back. Know it was a joke and the first response is gambling, ain't it? Why, why do you have to take a shot at gambling? What do we got with. What's the beef with gambling? It was a joke because Jesus certainly isn't coming back, but the body market certainly thinks he is.

[Lavetti Vegas]

I, I don't know, I don't, I, I'm sort of, yeah, maybe got beef because of that. And you know, not to talk about more gamble, but maybe he's parlaying that into what's going on.

[Jeremy Ota]

You think he lost the big bet somewhere along the line?

[Lavetti Vegas]

I. Would you try to get me to say some.

[Jeremy Ota]

I really need your back.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Hey, man. Hey, I, I, I can ref, I can mediate, you know what I mean? But that's, this is tough, man. You know, you know, Ben's the first dude that was friends with me in comedy and actually believed in me. A lot of people didn't with me, you know, and this, this is a show that had Kes Barry, homie shout out to Kes Barry. Jason Regan. Shout out to Jason Regan. But he was like the first guy only gotta want to take pictures with me, talk to me. Nobody else was even with me. You know what I mean? He's always been the homie. And like I said, you know, you know, we even had a click at one point in time or a show, whatever, and we did a damn thing. Comedy Mafia. Shout out to the Comedy Mafia brothers. Man, we ain't together no more.

[Jeremy Ota]

But you know, Rip gone too soon.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Yeah, just a bit. We move too fast. But so I, I don't, I don't got nothing bad to really say about being on air, but, but that's my guy, man. And I hate it because you my guy too. Man, it's tough.

[Jeremy Ota]

You gotta take my side on this. It is. It's tough. I can't, man.

[Lavetti Vegas]

It's between you, him, and Jesus. I'm gonna tell you that right now.

[Jeremy Ota]

Well, damn.

[Lavetti Vegas]

And if you don't believe in that.

[Jeremy Ota]

I'm gonna lose this fight.

[Lavetti Vegas]

All right. I'm gonna say there's always three sides to the story. There's always three people fighting, believe it or not. Yeah. I hope you.

[Jeremy Ota]

I mean, at the end of the day, we both lost. Because we did. The Weisenheimers won. I mean, neither of us won the trophy. I mean, that's the thing. I mean, we're both simply just nominees.

[Lavetti Vegas]

That's true. So. So.

[Jeremy Ota]

And I think we're both excited about that.

[Lavetti Vegas]

So. So why can't we just drop it there?

[Jeremy Ota]

I think we just need to all celebrate that. That's the case.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Oh, you said you called you up. Okay. Yeah.

[Jeremy Ota]

What the hell's up with that? Why can't we just celebrate our. Our win, which was being recognized?

[Lavetti Vegas]

So been up.

[Jeremy Ota]

Pretty much been up. That's my point.

[Lavetti Vegas]

Up. Okay. A couple.

[Jeremy Ota]

A couple times. Well, so then when. When he. When he did the second time, that's when I have to call out the. The. The joy police. Okay, that's. Sorry.

[Lavetti Vegas]

In the words of Bobby Brown. In the words of Bobby Brown. That's your prerogative.

[Jeremy Ota]

That is my prerogative. Thank you.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You're gonna do what you want to do.

[Jeremy Ota]

That's right.

[Lavetti Vegas]

That's what.

[Jeremy Ota]

That's. I can't believe he's a new addition. I cannot believe that. I'm like, you gotta.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You gotta be. You gotta be trolling me, man. Please just tell me you're trolling me so I can have a clear hair for the rest of the week.

[Jeremy Ota]

Like I seriously thought boys to met. That was. That. That is legit that you got to see a voice to men and then you come in here with Bobby Brown. That's awesome.

[Lavetti Vegas]

You too white for me, man. You way too white for me. Oh, it's great.

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[Jeremy Ota]

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[Lavetti Vegas]

Business Success Stories, produced by Ruby Studio in partnership with Intuit QuickBooks.

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[Lavetti Vegas]

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[Jeremy Ota]

So listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple.

[Lavetti Vegas]

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