Checking In With Frankie Quiñones

Summary

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Podcast Summary: New Rory & Mal - "Checking In With Frankie Quiñones"

Date: October 9, 2025
Guest: Frankie Quiñones
Main Theme: A candid, comedic, and insightful conversation with comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones, delving into his brand-new standup special, comedy career, cultural experiences, and creative process—with plenty of laughs and thoughtful hot takes along the way.

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Episode Overview

This episode features Frankie Quiñones, the multi-talented comedian and actor, discussing his journey in comedy, the anticipation (and pressure) of his first Hulu standup special "Damn, That’s Crazy," and the broader landscape of standup and entertainment. The hosts dig into Frankie's inspirations, his connection to Latino culture, experiences with industry heavyweights, and answer a wild listener voicemail about “vacation love.” Throughout, the tone is funny, warm, and lively, keeping true to the New Rory & Mal brand.

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Key Discussion Points & Timeline

1. Frankie’s Hulu Standup Special & Performance Pressure

[02:19 – 04:55]

• Frankie talks excitement and nerves ahead of his special's release.
• The difference between regular club gigs and recording a special:
  • Regular sets: “you’re just working out, doing the thing” [05:00]
  • Special: “most probably high pressure...it’s you, the mic, and the crowd, and they’re just looking at you like, what’s up? What do you got?” – Frankie, [03:55]
• On bombing: it happens less now, but you learn to deal. In the early days: “In the beginning I’d be, oh, it’s not going good...just get through the jokes, yeah, you just get scared, bro, but you have to go through that shit…” [04:24]

2. Comedy Special 'Secrets': Who Sits in the Front?

[05:47 – 07:34]

• Hosts joke about rumors of only attractive people being put up front for tapings.
• Frankie laughs: “They do have cast...make it feel diverse...I’m sure if somebody was ugly as hell...where it’s just gonna make the camera man uncomfortable...” [06:03]
• But as a comic, weird audiences give material: “I’m more like performing like a storyteller...but if there’s something that’s just calling me out right up front, you’re gonna lean in.” [06:49]

3. Influence of ‘In Living Color’ & Navigating Modern Comedy

[07:34 – 10:37]

• Frankie’s love for In Living Color:
  • “We were watching Living Color religiously...they were just like, no holds bar...” [08:06]
• Comparing SNL and Living Color, plus how the rules have changed for comedians:
  • Frankie: “There was a period where the whole, like, people getting canceled...walking on eggshells—and that’s not a good feeling as a comic...” [09:28]
  • “I feel like we’ve gotten to a place where it’s balancing out. Comedy is supposed to be offensive to a degree.” [10:17]

4. Taking Comedy Overseas & Political Backlash

[10:37 – 13:43]

• Discussion about comedians (like Kevin Hart, Bill Burr) performing in Saudi Arabia for major pay:
  • Frankie: “I know the lowest amount a comic got for going out there was like 300k…for one show.” [11:15]
  • On critics: “Look at our country, homie. Our country’s up in all kind of ways and we perform here all the time. Like, we want to make a big deal out of that…” [11:58]
  • It’s a balancing act between artist integrity and financial opportunity.

5. Family, Upbringing & Latino Representation

[13:47 – 17:31]

• Frankie’s parents were huge standup fans; supportive, but worried during the hard years:
  • “I didn’t start till I was 25...when I was 36 is when it popped for me finally.” [15:01]
• On George Lopez: key inspiration, good friend now, gets backlash for political opinions.
  • “He’s a legend no matter what he does after he did that, what he did.” [17:25]
• Reflection on Latino comedians, politics, and cultural division.

6. Bad Bunny, ICE, and Super Bowl Hot Takes

[17:31 – 21:43]

• Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show; his fears of ICE targeting fans.
• Frankie (joking): “Once ICE starts coming to my shows, is that like, yes, I'm lit now?” [18:21]
• Hosts riff on the idea of ‘ICE at the Super Bowl’ and Latino representation in mainstream U.S. culture.

7. Cholo Fit, Characters, and Inspiration

[22:47 – 24:08]

• On the ‘Creeper’ character and Cholo Fit sketches:
  • “My dad always had, you know, lowrider...repping the Steelo though...so my dad is real positive, but he’s not a fitness instructor, but, yeah, Creep—just an extension of that.” [23:23]

8. L.A. Upbringing: Music, Comedy, and Culture

[24:08 – 25:28]

• Growing up in a house full of old-school funk: “My mom and dad are like die-hard old school funk fans...they went to Rick James’s funeral...my mom says ‘my Ricky Rick’…” [24:12]
• Experience of L.A. during the birth of gangster rap and the comedy scene crossover.

9. Behind-the-Scenes in TV & Netflix/Hulu Standup Business

[32:56 – 38:17]

• Working on Hulu shows, collaborating with Michael Imperioli (Sopranos) and Ali Wong:
  • “Ali Wong directed it, and then we tightened it up in post...we’re pumped on it.” [34:49]
• Insight into pitching specials to networks: audio samples, tickets to see live sets, budget realities.
  • “Some comics just produce it on their own...the cheapest you can get it done for is probably like a hundred racks to get like a decent special...” [35:13]
• Michael Imperioli’s Sopranos stories: “They just be up all night, all of them, going back to the set. Those sleep in the makeup department...” [37:41]

10. Sketches vs. Standup; Comedic Process

[38:47 – 40:32]

• Standup is Frankie’s “first love”—he appreciates the risk and real-time feedback.
  • “You don’t know what’s going to happen. The stars gonna line tonight or not...Let’s just give it our best shot and do it.” [39:31]
• But acting, writing, and sketches offer new creative fulfillment.

11. Standup Craft: Jokes, Bombs, and Comedy Heroes

[40:32 – 42:27]

• On jokes that bomb: “If I believe in it, I’ll give it another shot...sometimes, man, I’ll write some, and I’ll be like, this shit’s funny...and then I’ll go and it’s just crickets...” [39:59]
• Comics he’d still love to meet: “Eddie Murphy. I’ve been in the same building with him, but never had to shake his hand.” [40:47]
• Surprise ‘good guys’ in comedy: “Bill Burr is one of them. Joey Diaz.” [42:39]

12. Listener Voicemail: “Vacation Boo” Relationship Dilemma

[44:05 – 51:32]

• Listener asks if a whirlwind Vegas romance should stay on vacation.
  • “She’s in denial, bro. Homie probably got a lady back in, wherever they’re from.” – Frankie, [46:31]
  • “Vacation is escaping from reality. You can just go be something else for a few days just to get away.” – Co-host, [48:37]
• Group gives hilarious, real advice: “Yeah, seven, it’s over. Just let that man be with his family. Y’ all had a great time in Vegas.” [51:23]

13. Plugs & Farewells

[52:00 – 52:41]

• Frankie’s special "Damn, That’s Crazy" out Oct 10 on Hulu, directed by Ali Wong.
• YouTube: Creeper’s Crib: Live from My Grandpa’s Garage.
• For tour dates: frankiequinones.com

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Notable Quotes

• On Standup Comedy Pressure:
  “It’s the most probably high pressure thing because it’s you, the mic, and the crowd, and they’re just looking at you like, what’s up? What do you got?”
  — Frankie Quinones, [03:55]

• On Family Inspiration:
  “We watch everybody…Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, George Carlin…Paul Rodriguez, first dude look like me…when I was 36 is when it popped for me finally.”
  — Frankie Quinones, [15:01]

• On Bombing and Growth:
  “You have to go through that shit, you know, through the journey to get where you’re at.”
  — Frankie Quinones, [04:24]

• On George Lopez as an Influence:
  “He’s a legend no matter what he does after he did what he did…”
  — Frankie Quinones, [17:25]

• On the Cholo Fit Inspiration:
  “My dad always had, you know, lowrider…so my dad is real positive, but he’s not a fitness instructor, but, yeah, Creep—just an extension of that.”
  — Frankie Quinones, [23:23]

• On Navigating Comedy in 2025:
  “There was a time…walking on eggshells…and that’s not a good feeling as a comic...But now…I feel like we’ve gotten to a place where it’s kind of balancing out…”
  — Frankie Quinones, [09:51]

• Advice to Listener “Seven” about Vacation Romance:
  “She knows the answer. She knows that’s it. She knows it’s not.”
  — Frankie Quinones, [46:53]

• On Meeting Eddie Murphy:
  “Eddie Murphy. I’ve been in the same building with him, but never had to shake his hand…”
  — Frankie Quinones, [40:47]

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Memorable & Hilarious Moments

• The recurring bit about “ugly” people in front row of comedy specials:
  “I have to kill this person right here. Like, this is way too ugly to be in the front row.” [07:10]
• The extended riff on ICE showing up to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show:
  “Is that the barometer? Like, yo, if ICE is at my show, I’m lit?” [18:21]
• Listener “Seven’s” vacation boo:
  “Vegas is escaping from reality…full-blown relationships for 48 hours.” [48:37]
• Exhibit’s cameo in Creeper’s sketch, showing up “solo in his Ferrari” in the hood [43:52]
• The back-and-forth about comedians abroad, hypocrisy in the entertainment world, and Bill Burr’s pivot on China:
  “The more you talk, the more you put yourself in a smaller box…” [13:09]

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Final Thoughts

Frankie is candid and funny as ever, offering a revealing look behind the curtain of standup, acting, and Latino cultural identity—trading equally in self-aware jokes and sage advice. Whether he's nerding out over old-school comedy, sharing family stories, or breaking down the grind behind creative success, Frankie is relatable, grounded, and inspiring.

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Where to Find Frankie Quiñones

• New Hulu special: "Damn, That’s Crazy" – Out October 10
• YouTube: Creeper’s Crib: Live from My Grandpa’s Garage
• Tour dates: frankiequinones.com

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This episode is a must-listen for comedy fans, aspiring artists, and anyone who’s had a weekend romance (or a wild idea about ICE at the Super Bowl).

Transcript

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[Frankie Quinones]

It's Ana Ortiz and I'm Markin Delicato. You might know us as Hilda and Justin from Ugly Betty. Welcome to our new podcast, Viva Betty.

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[Frankie Quinones]

We're rewatching the series from start to.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

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[Frankie Quinones]

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[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I didn't know that.

[Frankie Quinones]

The bar back is like, is that you and I turn around and it's a commercial for Betty. And I was like, I gotta go.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

I quit.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

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[Frankie Quinones]

App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Hey, guys, it's Stephanie, Beatriz and Melissa Fumaro. And this is More Better. We are jumping right in and ready to hear from you, your thoughts, your questions, your feelings about socks with sandals. And we're ready to share some possibly questionable advice. And hot takes. God, that sucks so hard though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies? Yeah, all the things. Because aren't we all trying to get a little more better? Listen to More better on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

The volume. All right, Rory, we are back. Today we are joined by a funny guy Funny guest, big fan of his. His first. His first special is out now. When they're hearing this, right? Or tomorrow.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Tomorrow.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Tomorrow on Hulu. Damn, that's crazy. Very funny guy from Los Angeles, California. This might be our first LA guest since DJ Head has it.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, you think so? So it was kind of like a little.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

We broke our rules for this, man.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

He wasn't messing LA people.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

We're in a very deep beef with the city of Los Angeles right now.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So, yeah, this is totally joking, man. Funny guy, Frankie Quinones. How you feeling, man?

[Frankie Quinones]

Appreciate it.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Thank y'. All. Thanks for coming through. I know you busy looking, man. We don't know if we're gonna ever see this guy again. You know, once these comedians get their first special, they start acting.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Well, the Hulu type specials.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yes.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

And the Hulu special. So Frankie has a dope special coming out. How you feeling about it?

[Frankie Quinones]

I feel good, man.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Said you was nervous. What are you nervous about? Why do you have.

[Frankie Quinones]

I'm not. I mean, more excited than nervous, you know, I'm hoping that, you know, it performs well, but we're happy with the way came out, man.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So y' all stand up comedians, y' all have. I mean, we, me and Rory talk about it a lot. It's such a, like a, A, A job that requires a certain level of just like, guts and just like no emotions because you just don't know what to expect every time you step out on stage.

[Frankie Quinones]

Right, right.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So with a, with a special coming out on Hulu, that level of, I guess, nerves and kind of like not knowing how it's going to be perceived has to be on a totally different level.

[Frankie Quinones]

Right, right, right. Yeah. I mean, you know, just laying it down was the most important thing. Just getting it, just being proud of it. So that's cool. But yeah, you're right, homie. It's the, it's the most probably high pressure thing because it's you, the mic and the crowd, and they're just looking at you like, what's up? What do you got?

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

All right, let's go.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You know, so now if you bomb on stage, like, what, how. What do you pivot to? Like, once you feel the crowd is like, they not with me tonight, like, how does, how does Frankie pivot in his set?

[Frankie Quinones]

Well, thankfully, that'll happen too often. No more. But on the come up. Yeah, you know it's gonna happen.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

So, yeah, bro, you just try to commit to your jo. Try to just go into crowd work or just. You try to just get, get yourself out, you know, but, but you know, when you get to a stage where you get just more comfortable, no matter what happens, you know, you're like, all right, the crowd ain't vibing. It's all good, you know, chilling. Yeah, but in the beginning I'd be, oh, it's not going good. You know, get through the jokes. Yeah, you just get scared, bro, but you have to go through that shit, you know, through the journey to get where you're at.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

What's the, what's the difference between, you know, just going to the Comedy Store or a comedy club versus shooting a special?

[Frankie Quinones]

Well, man, you know, come. When you're doing your sets in town, it's just, you know, you're kind of just working out, doing the thing. But. But yeah, it's. Those places are great. You know, I'm a paid regular at the Comedy Store. That was like a dream come true, you know, especially my mom and dad were die hard stand up fans, so they would go to the comic store when they were dating or to the Hollywood improv. So now they get to see me at those places. But it's always an honor to walk through those doors. And yeah, you're just, you're always part of. There's always showcases, you know, there's always like six, seven comics on, on the bill. And when you're working out in those rooms, it's all hitters, you know, so you're just like the best of the best. And so you're. You kind of elevate your game to, to be able to be on the same stage as those dudes, you know, but. But it's cool, man. But yeah, recording the special is, you know, you got to have your polished up dialed in and there's room to play, you know, do a little crowd work. But you know, you're serving them up the shit you've been working on for the last whoever how many years. Yeah, yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Is it. Is the rumor true that when comedians shoot a special, they purposely try to put attractive people in the first three rows and if you're like ugly enough, they'll actually make you move? Yeah, because I've heard a couple comed from.

[Frankie Quinones]

So ugly. Yeah, they do have like casty, like audience people, you know, that they hire to just kind of. I think it's more to make it feel diverse as possible, whatever. But I'm sure if somebody was ugly as hell, like where it's going to just make the camera man uncomfortable even like, oh, you know, like.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But that makes great content for the comedian, though, like, you want somebody that's.

[Frankie Quinones]

Like, look at this ugly mother. Exactly.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

You need tight hour that you want to do, and then you just stop for 15 minutes.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I understand having to track attractive people, like, in the front for the special because it's like, you know, it's going to be. It's going to film, then we're going to put this on Hulu and things like that. But, like, as a comedian, you kind of would want, you know, strange, weird people in the front because it kind of gives you some type of material.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

To kind of play off of a little bit.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean. Oh, it's all good. There's different types of comics, obviously. Like, there's the ones that go out and they're just looking to the clown on whoever in the audience. I'm more like performing like a storyteller, you know, voices and stuff like that. Like, obviously, if there's some. Something that's just calling me out right up front, you're gonna lean in.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You gotta lean into it.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I gotta say, well, how ugly do they have to be to really catch your attention?

[Frankie Quinones]

What's the parameter?

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Like, what's the ugly meter like? Like, oh, no, I have to kill this person right here. Like, this is way too ugly to be in the front show.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, I have to kill this person.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I have to get this person right.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Here in the front.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Because their life isn't already hard. Right. They just came to laugh and enjoy themselves. Now they have to be reminded.

[Frankie Quinones]

I'll probably be extra nice to that person already going through it. You know, if they're that ugly. Bro, you're talking about some ugliness now.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Do you have. Do you have. Because I read that you. You have some of the funniest skits. I follow you on social media. Your skits are incredible.

[Frankie Quinones]

Appreciate that, man.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But I read that you were a big In Living Color fan.

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, man.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

And I talk about. I talk about the importance of In Living Color a lot. To me, it's probably the funniest sketch comedy series of all time. I know a lot of people like snl. Like, I was never a big SNL guy. I was more Living Color. How did that growing up help you identify? Like, that's what I want to do.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, bro. I mean, you know, back in the day about me and mom as a family, we were watching Living Color, like, religiously, you know. I mean, that's why I always bring it up, because it's like you said, like, I like the golden era of snl, you know, when it was, when they had the hitters on there. Yeah, I really enjoyed that. But there was nothing like a living color, man. Just, you know, just seeing. They were just like, no holds bar. Just doing whatever, bro. You know, they had Jim Carrey, you know, obviously Wayne's brothers, and they weren't afraid to go anywhere with it, man. But, you know, Jamie Foxx. Yeah, dude. Like, LA on there and all that.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Oh, man, I love the.

[Frankie Quinones]

The.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

A lot of the.

[Frankie Quinones]

The.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

The clips are going viral from. In liver color now. I found the. Jim Carrey did the. Johnny Abdul. He was the. I think he was Indian or Pakistani singer. I was like, this would never fly. But I love the fact that those clips go viral and people see it like, this was a form of comedy back then, and it was on national television. It was on, like, Fox, I believe, right? Wasn't it on Fox?

[Frankie Quinones]

So it's like, Sunday, homie.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

This was on television, but the world was just a different place as far as, like, sensitivity and then things that you could talk about and make fun of as a comedian. How do you kind of navigate through, like, just the current status and the current state of society on the jokes that you write and the things that you perform on stage? Is it something that you keep in mind or you, like, fuck it. I'm leaning to the uncomfortable shit.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. N. I'll go. I mean, I've never gone, like, too crazy anyway, but there was definitely a period where the whole, like, people getting canceled and when people start going after comedians, I'm like, come on, y'. All. Right, first of all, these are all jokes. We're not in here running for political.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Office unless it's in Saudi Arabia.

[Frankie Quinones]

But yeah, yeah, it's just like, we're just. We're just joking, homie. But there was a period where, like, man, like, that fool got called out for that, and you're kind of walking on eggshells, and that's not a good feeling as a comic. It's like, we. We got the mic, like, let's do our thing. So, yeah, there was a. There was a time when I was like, kind of. I wouldn't say I was holding back. I was just like, would I be riding? All right, let me not touch that for right now. But now it's like, I feel like we're gotten to a place where it's kind of balancing out. You know, people are like, you know this, man. Like, we gotta.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Comedy. Comedy is. Is supposed to be offensive to. To a degree. Yeah, bro.

[Frankie Quinones]

And there's different genres of comedy I love, even shock comedy, dark comedy, you know, as funny. As funny to me.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

So they should be able to touch whatever, even if I don't agree with them. What, the saying, if he's being funny, I'. Well, that was funny, though. I'm not going to be like, oh, my gosh. You know, it's just like, come on, bro.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So we just saw a whole list of a list comedians go to Saudi Arabia and put their hands in the sand and.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yep.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

And do that whole thing. Is that something? Yeah, no, no. You know, I don't know what that is. I don't know what that thing is that they're doing.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

They didn't know what it was either.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But for that check, when that check cleared, I guess you got to go over there and do what you got to do. What would it take for Frankie to go over there and put his hands in the sand? Like, what's the number? Like, you know what?

[Frankie Quinones]

Put me on the spotlight.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I'm just saying the exact number.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Say it out loud. Because these. These are the A. These are the The A listers that are over there. This is. This is Kevin Hart. This is, you know, Bill Burr. Like, these are the guys. So, like, what would it take for Frankie to be like, yeah, you know what? I'm going over there. I'm putting my hands in the sand.

[Frankie Quinones]

I mean, bro, you know, they. Those. They got paid, you know, I know the. I know the. I think the lowest amount a comment got for going out there was like 300k or something like that, full expenses paid, everything for one show. And it's like, you know, but there was like, Gabriel Glass is a friend of mine, Fluffy. He went out there. I was shooting a film with Tom Segura right before he left out.

[Podcast Announcer]

Okay.

[Frankie Quinones]

And it was just like, you know, they were like, man, I'm paying crazy doing this thing. It wasn't like, a heavy issue as far as, like, what their, you know, requirements were on what to. They were all right, you know, so.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

They didn't give no respect.

[Frankie Quinones]

You got to do a clean set here and there or whatever for. For TV or whatever it is. But I don't know. I think people made a bigger deal out of it than it should have been.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Okay.

[Frankie Quinones]

Look at our country, homie. Our country's up in all kind of ways, and we perform here all the time. Like, we want to make a big deal out of that. And then it's just. It's just one show. I don't know. I Think people are just leaning. Leaning in too hard and all of the political shit.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, we have to have an opinion about these comedians going to Saudi Arabia now. What do you think? What's your side on it? I don't know. Are going to get. They're on tour, they're doing the show.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

It's like.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But it's always been because I guess the cultural differences.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Right.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Right from between America and in that part of the world like so to see our comedians going over there, the content, the jokes that they're going to be telling, like it's a. Just a different space for our comedians to kind of go into. That's.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah. And I get it. I know there's some up out there.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

Whatever. The way they, you know, the way they treated the journalists that they murked. I gu. That's like some heavy. You know.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

But the guys we paid over there for 911. Exactly.

[Podcast Announcer]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

It's crazy. But at least I think maybe comedy going out there may be a step forward for them. Like hey, we need to definitely.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I mean even if I have like some disagreements in working with the Saudis, I feel like if I, if I express that I'm putting myself in a smaller box because the China damn near owns the NBA now. Like I'm supposed to be mad at somebody that, that wants to get drafted to the NBA because now you're, you're, you have requirements to not say about China.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Right.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

LeBron was the most outspoken athlete ever. China got brought up. He started right back to his book. I'm cool on talking. So like once you have like a full blown. And that's why I think why Bill Burr got killed so much because he has been so outspoken towards like billionaires and I agree with him there. But the more you talk, the more you put yourself in a smaller box and not realize like yes, I'm anti Israel, but I still have. Verizon was one of the biggest fucking contributors to Israel ever. So sometimes I just shut the fuck up when it comes to that stuff. Cause I'd be a hypocrite at that point.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

What was your. Cause you said your parents were big standup fans.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Like you don't hear that often. So you wanting to be a standup comedian, like how did that conversation go with your parents? Did they let you know you weren't funny since they were stand up fans? Or did they say okay, yeah you got something today encourage you and help you move into the stand up space. Cause you don't hear a lot of parents Being stand up comedian fans and then their children wanting to be stand up comedians, and they support that. So what was that like in your household?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, I mean, you know, it was cool. I didn't. I didn't start till I was 25. You know, I'm in my 40s now, but, you know, them having it on the house, they. They knew that they inspired me to want to get into it. And I was always class clown, all that, but I got a sprinkler head out of my dad's work truck. I'll do little performances for them, even as a youngster. But like I said, you know, we watch everybody. Eddie Murphy, Richard Prior, George Carlin, all these new Paul Rodriguez first dude look like me and specials were like a more bigger deal back then. You know, it was like 3H special. Yeah. I might be like, cover your ears on the back. I'm like, hey, just watching this, I was like, inspired. I was like, damn, this is incredible. You know, this dude with the mic, just bringing all these to life. But. But yeah, then it was like, I was like, hey, I'm gonna do stand up. And they were proud and excited. But then, you know, I started, you know, then I became a starving artist. I was 10 years in, sleeping on my boy's couch. They were just worried like, yo, yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

35, what the hell are you doing?

[Frankie Quinones]

What's up? You know, I'm a comedian. Yeah, you know, just like, so they were always supportive, but there was definitely a period where they were like, yo, I'm kind of nervous, you know, And I was, yeah, just worried about their son. And so I was like. But in my heart, I was like, nah, man, that's what I'm here for. And thank God, you know, when I was 36 is when it popped for me finally. So, yeah, now they're just super proud, bro.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Would they go to your sets before that or for, like, years? They did. And then once you hit 35, it was like, all right, we're not supporting.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, they. They still were, but they're like, you know, yeah, yeah. Because it was. I was 10 years in and it was. And you know, but it's just that grind, bro. You know, it's like, it's a different path for everybody. But people, like, even when my videos start going viral, they're like, oh, he got lucky. It's overnight success. I had already been doing stand up for 10 years, you know. Yeah. So the potential. So when it finally happened, they were, like, proud, you know, they're like, all right, shit, we did It. Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You know, like one of the Mexican comedians that I love that everybody kind of seems to always give. Give a lot of shit to. Is George Lopez, right? Is he.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Does he get a lot of.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, like, for some reason, George gets shitted on a lot. Like. And I don't. I don't understand.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Oh, I loved his show as a kid.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I don'. Understand why people on George, like, what does he mean to you personally? Like, what did he. His success and seeing him on television mean for Frankie?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, I mean, he was one of the straight up. He's one of the reasons that I started doing standup, you know, he came out with a special called why you crying? Yeah, bro. When I watched that, I was like, literally jumping up and down in my living room, like, every bit was exactly how I grew up. He nailed every bit. And then when I saw it resonate with other people and other backgrounds, and I was like, damn, this did it, you know, so it was cool, you know, And I. He's the homie now. I've been to his crib and stuff like that. But, yeah, he's, you know, he. He got caught up in some. Where he's bad mouthing some people and then. And then, you know, Young Gun coming up, Ralph Barbosa, who's hilarious, bro. Dude is so funny. He was on a podcast kind of talking like, who is it? Like, he's acting like he's a no name. Acting like Rob Barbosa is a no name. But it helped. Barbosa is like, following, like, shoot up, you know, so. And George called him and was like, yo, man, I didn't mean nothing by whoopy W. Yeah, but yeah, he's kind of gets a bad rap because he got real political too, you know.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Oh, see, I missed that.

[Frankie Quinones]

He got really anti Trump and stuff that. So, you know, a lot. There's a lot of Latinos that are Republicans, you know what I mean? So, like, they got that machismo, like. No, that's our guy. Yeah, so he. L. You know, he gets for that. He kind of just got caught up in stuff, but he was, you know, whatever, homie. He just always speaking his mind and doing his thing. He did for me. He did it, bro. Already.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Frankie Quinones]

He's a legend no matter what he does after he did that, what he did, you know, so it's like, you know, yeah, he's a legend now.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

We, we. We just got, you know, they just released the news that Bad Bunny is doing the super bowl in the Bay Area. He did an incredible Series of shows in Puerto Rico this summer. Yeah, he did. It's like his Vegas residency had people come see him, but one of his things was he didn't wanna do shows in the US in fear of ICE being at his shows and then detaining some of his fans that were there or arresting some of his fans that were there. Is that something that you think about at your shows? Do you think about ICE outside? And is that like a barometer? Like, I met it. Once ICE starts coming to my shows, is that like, yes, I'm lit now?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Because, well, you have to reserve. You have to reserve 20 tickets for ice.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

They're like, are you spreading ice ages out around the show?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

They're the first to roll. Unless they're ugly.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, we need ugly ICE agents spread around Frankie show. Like, is that the barometer? Like, yo, if Ice is at my show, I'm lit. Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

You know how they accuse celebrities of calling a paparazzi sometimes? Imagine a Mexican comedian calling ICE and they going, Nah.

[Frankie Quinones]

Now 10 VIP all access passes just for ICE.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Just for ICE. Yeah. Be cuz I understood what Bad Buny was saying. I get it. But, like, is that something that, you know? Because that level of success, like, when you're worried about that, it's like, oh, yeah, I'm in a whole another. So is that something you aspire to? Like, I need ICE agents outside of Frankie shows.

[Frankie Quinones]

But that. That is fun. That is some up.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But they.

[Frankie Quinones]

Did you hear how they said they're like, we're gonna be at the Super Bowl? You know, But I mean, come on.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

We know who's gonna be. We know the audience that's predominantly white Americans that are at the super bowl.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Like, it'll be volunteer, I think.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

It's not like, I don't think Bad Bunny has anything to worry about about that show in the Bay and people being arrested like that. The. The super bowl audience, no matter how big the super bowl gets, we understand the halftime show is more diverse now, and we love that. But the actual game in the stands. Not much has changed with the audience at the Super Bowl.

[Frankie Quinones]

Right, Right. Rap.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

It's a more Still a predominantly white, white event.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah. I thought it was dope when he was on SNL and he was like, did you. If you didn't understand what I just said, you got four months learning.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You got four months to learn Spanish.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, yeah. I was just like, he's dope, man. Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

No, Bad Bunny, you know, he's incredible. I mean, I. I just. I don't know how I Feel. I still think there's a lot of, you know, with the super bowl and Bad Bunny particular being the next artist performing, I just feel like. Like they're still leaning into the political things that are going on, for sure. Like, it's like. Cause we had Taylor Swift, you know, we were throwing around some names of who we thought would do it. Especially after Taylor and Travis got engaged, we all thought, taylor Swift is definitely doing the Super Bowl. Like, this is a whole story. We can see the NFL rolling this whole thing out, kind of ushering Kansas City back to the super bowl, helping them out a little bit. But then when Bad Bunny got it, it was like. Like, he's incredible, amazing artist, huge international audience, but it still feels like there's some political things in the background. Attached to it for me, could be a ice setup.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

To be honest, you're looking at it from the wrong lens. They could have done that purposely.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Ice Super Bowl. Okay. I didn't think about that.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

It's like, you know, the DUI stop zones. Like, here's what we're going to do here.

[Frankie Quinones]

We got a plan here.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

We put Bad Bunny in the Super Bowl.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

You. I mean, you got to look back the Bay Pigs, like, all the conspir. Like, all this. That. What's that fake shit that started the Vietnam War. Like, you have to understand, they've been plotting the CIA for a long time.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

They've been waiting for this for years. They've been waiting for Bad Bunny.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And I feel like it should be a safe haven for the day of the Super Bowl. If you're an illegal immigrant, have the money and a credit card to get a Super bowl ticket, knowing Bad Bunny's going to be there with ice, I feel like you should get a pass. Yeah, like, that's. That's a. Like, that risk is crazy.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, yeah. Like, just let us. Let us enjoy the game. Let us have fun. This is just a. A Bad Bunny show for us. But I. That he is doing the show, I think it's incredible for his audience. And to have that whole culture tuning in specifically for his performance, I think is incredible.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

As a Mexican American, man, you feel. Seen that a Puerto Rican is doing the halftime show, right?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, for sure, man. Just a Latino.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

As a Mexican, man, you still seen that a Puerto Rican.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

So I thought it was funny. You were asking him, like, all Latinos are the same. No, no, no, no, no.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's not what I was saying. I was saying, as far as having ice or in fear of ice showing up to my show, we Had.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

We had. I'm sorry, Felipe. What's his last name?

[Frankie Quinones]

Esparza.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah, we had him on the show and.

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's my dude. We just did a show together on Saturday.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Maul had asked him what it was like, coming up, doing standup in Mexico.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's not what I said.

[Frankie Quinones]

He like, from America?

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I said, no, that's not what he said. Felipe said, I don't know. He said, how was it? How is it? Comedy scene in Africa or something like that? Like.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Like, I don't know. I'm from la.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But that doesn't mean that because I. I didn't know if, you know, they have a comedy scene in Mexico. I didn't. I didn't. I've never been to Mexico enough to know if. Yeah, they have a comedy scene like we do in New York, where it's a bunch.

[Frankie Quinones]

It's not like out here, but it's like coming up, though. Yeah, out there. Yeah, the scene. But I don't know, you know, I didn't grow up there, but yeah, I know. So you do. Do you wear Stone Break when you do your stand up?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Obviously you are. Are the character Creeper. And for those that don't know, you do a hilarious sketch series called Cholo Fit, where Creeper is the main character licensed trainer. Is there anyone in your family that gets a little bit offended? Because that's. It's definitely a character. Like, you're nothing like that guy, but you have to draw inspiration from somewhere in your inner circle. Is anyone ever like, all right, man, yeah, my pop. This is about me?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, Yeah. I got cousins and then my. But my pops is a May one. My dad always had, you know, lowrider. His best friend was president of our Lowrider car club for over 30 years. He baptized me as my. My Nino. You my godfather. And. Yeah, man, when they get together, it's funny. They're like old school Creepers. Talking about. My dad was always Chuck Taylors, Dicky's crease, white tea P. You know, we got the palm comb with the three. Three flowers. Stick the hair back.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

Used to have a 65 Impala with the little chain steering wheel and. Yeah, but one of the most positive people I know, man. Just repping the Steelo though, right? Driving me, literally practicing like, hey, mijo, you know, work hard, treat people respect right now. So, you know, but. So my dad is real positive, but he's not a fitness instructor. But, yeah, Creep. Just an extension of that. You know what I'm saying? And just. Yeah, Doing this thing, homie.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

What type of music were you listening to in LA growing up mostly?

[Frankie Quinones]

Well, my mom and dad are like die hard old school funk fans, you know. They listen to everything though. Music was always big in the house. But yeah, yeah, man. They. My sister's name is Tina Marie. They went to Rick James's funeral. I talk about it in my special.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's crazy.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, they're like, about it, bro. And my. My mom says, oh, my Ricky Rick. My Ricky Rick. And then I'm like, who you talking about? Rick James? They would go, it was the Stone City Band, you know, Rick James and the Stone City Band. And they were all about, bro. So it's mostly all that, you know, just like Rick James, James Brown, old school funk, you know, a lot of mariachi, salsa, all that stuff too, but. But mostly funk. Yeah, yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And then, I mean, when you. You being younger was. I mean, LA rap scene was kind of crazy at that point.

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, yeah, that was when the whole gangster rap thing started, you know, I was in the 90s, bro. It was a wild time, but crazy time for music too. Yeah, yeah. That's when everything started popping, you know, NWA was in the news all the time. It was just. These are crazy, bro. Just like, this is sick, you know?

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, like you wanted to scream the police too, but you kind of had to do it on the logo.

[Frankie Quinones]

But we were, we were just like bumping that shit though.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah, there was. I forgot what comedian was telling a story on. On a podcast of when I guess Suge Knight and Dr. Dre used to go to the Comedy Store all the time.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And there was. I forgot the fucking comedian was just clowning on. The room was dark, so he was just clowning on a group of black people in the corner. And then he popped and became a huge comedian. And Dr. Dre had told him to him, like, yo, you know that was us you were talking about. And I had to stop people from killing you that night. Oh, like, it's like they was waiting out. They was waiting outside the Comedy Store, like for the second show, just waiting on you outside.

[Frankie Quinones]

Damn, bro.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah, I forgot who it was, but yeah, man, that was. That was a wild time. Ma. I know you are thinking about upgrading to the all new iPhone 17 Pro. You constantly are talking about it because it's designed to be the most powerful iPhone ever, which is again, something you always tell us. But are you also thinking about the traffic on your way to the store or transferring all the money bag data that you have in that phone? Well, Good news for you, Maul. When you order a new phone online with Boost Mobile, they'll send an expert to your home or work to deliver your brand new iPhone 17 Pro and get you set up on Boost Mobile within minutes.

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[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

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[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

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[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

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[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

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[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

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[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

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[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

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[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

Hey guys, it's Stephanie, Beatriz and Melissa Fumaro. And this is More Better. We are jumping right in and reg to hear from you, your thoughts, your questions, your feelings about socks with sandals. And we're ready to share some possibly questionable advice and hot takes. God, that sucks so hard though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies? Yeah, we had so much fun last season. Laughing, crying, talking to some new and old friends.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Remember when we were in that scene where you guys were just supposed to hug and I was standing?

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh yeah. And I was like, can I also hug? I'm like, this has no friends.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

This time around we are. Say it, Melissa. Should I say it? Getting a little more better.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Oh, finally.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

It's all the dressing room talk you loved in season one. All the things. Because aren't we all trying to get a little more better? Listen to More better on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I'm Dan. He's Ty.

[Frankie Quinones]

Hello.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And we're the Solid Verbal college football podcast.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

College football season is here and you know what that means. Your team is going to break your heart three times probably before Halloween.

[Frankie Quinones]

Uh huh.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

But fear not, the Solid Verbal will be right there with you through every soul crushing loss and impossible comeback.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Join us all season long, all year long, as we ride the roller coaster.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

Of this ridiculous sport. Whether you're a date die hard fan or a casual observer, we'll help you make sense of all the chaos and of course, celebrate the madness. Tune in for previews, recaps, bits you won't hear anywhere else, and all the emotional support you need as a college football fan. We don't just love college football, Ty, we live it. Listen to the Solid verbal college football podcasts on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Hey, this is Matt Jones. And I'm Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining. And twice a week that is exactly what you're gonna get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different. Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game. What was that? Looks like something that should not be sold.

[Degree Cool Rush Sponsor]

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[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway. They sold that?

[Podcast Announcer]

Yes.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Might want to go back at the Colt Stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that. Yeah. I thought the shape we have with pretzels was working pretty well for generations. We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go. I hope I'm as youthful as Pete.

[Frankie Quinones]

Carroll is at his age.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

He's a young 73. He is a young 73. He is spry. I wouldn't fight him. I would listen NFL Cover 0 with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the iHeartra radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever.

[Frankie Quinones]

You get your podcast. Hello, puzzlers. Let's start with a quick puzzle. The answer is Ken Jennings appearance on the puzzler with A.J. jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast land?

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

Jeopardy.

[Frankie Quinones]

Truth. Truth. Ers who say that you were given all the answers believe in. I guess they would be conspiracy theorists. That's right. Are there Jeopardy. Truthers? Are there people who say that it. It was rigged? Yeah. Ever since I was first on, people are like, they gave you the answers. Right. And then there's the other ones which are like, they give you the answers and you still blew it. Don't miss Jeopardy. Legend Ken Jennings on our special game show Week of the Puzzler podcast. The Puzzler is the best place to get your daily word puzzle fix. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I mean, as far as other ventures, I know you have the show with Hulu as well. Is that now like just the hub for everything? Creat for you? What's, what's it like been with Hulu? Because they've made a change. They're trying, they're trying to compete with Netflix. It feels like when it comes to the stand up stuff.

[Frankie Quinones]

Slater stand up special. So, you know, I did that. We did a show with them called this for. We did two seasons of it. It was me and one of my best friends, Chris Estrada and then Michael Perioli, who you know from the Sopranos. It was us three. And that was a cool experience, man, because I was still getting my. I was still. My acting chops were still growing. And Michael Prioli was just about it, bro. He was about running lines with me. Me go out to eat together, just like giving me notes. He really helped me elevate my game as an actor, you know, so that was, that was cool to do that. We did. We worked on that show for three years. You know, it was a good time. Took like 4 years to get it going, though. But then but yeah, and then all of a sudden me and Ali Wong, who's a good friend of mine, we had started loosely talking about her directing or producing my first one hour special. And she had produced and directed. Her first one was the homie Shanghai Wang who did a one called Sweet and Juicy on Netflix. And then I started doing some opening sets for her cuz she runs a two man show. You do half an hour, you bring her up. And then we started workshopping. She started looking at my. And then yeah, we started working on it, bro. And then it was kind of perfect timing cuz Hulu was like, yo, we're going to do this slate of standup specials. And so, you know, we brought it to Netflix and then brought to Hulu. Hulu came hard at it, so we went with them. And it kind of makes sense to kind of maybe have a built in audience there because I already have a show there. But. But yeah, so yeah, then we taped two shows in one night up in Portland at this place called Revolution Hall.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Great city. Portland's a great city.

[Frankie Quinones]

Great, yeah, great city. Everybody's like, why'd you do it in Portland? I'm like, bro, they, they're hungry for comedy out there. I've always done well there. Ticket sales have always been good there. And then so I was like, I held off for a year and then taped the special there. Ali Wong directed it and then we ti tightened it up in post and we got into a good spot. So yeah, we're pumped on it, homie.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

20 tickets for Antifa in Portland. It's a little, little different. Little different crowd is on that side. What's the process like with, with pitching specials to different networks? I hear a lot of comedians always talk about like hey, I went to Amazon, went to Hulu, went to Netflix. But I've never really heard the process of what that's like. Are you just walking in with a copy and everyone just like awkwardly sits there and watches it and they decide how does that work?

[Frankie Quinones]

Not usually. You go like ahead of time. You, at the bare minimum, I think you want like an audio of at least 40 minutes of it. And then you could send that out to different. I mean everybody has, you know, different process. But if they're already hip to you and into. And then, you know, it's a little easier that way. And then some comics just produce it on their own. You know, I think that probably the cheapest you can get it done for is probably like a hundred racks to get like a decent special. But it's going to usually cost a little more than that to get it, like, real tight. If you want like a five camera set up, the crane shot, which is cool. Cool shot. That's going to cost some money, you know, but. And then you can produce it yourself and then you go try to sell it after that. It's another angle. But yeah, Hulu was already, you know, they already been working with them for a while, so.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So.

[Frankie Quinones]

And then, you know, once Ali Wong was attached, like, you know, she. She doesn't around, man. She's about her business. So she. She. It was kind of like, you know, a little easier to sell. We. They had 45 minutes of audio, though. They. They're listening to. And then they came and saw a live set of mine and they were like, all right, cool, let's do it.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

That would be awkward if they went to the live one. And then we're like, let's reconsider. Oh, my goodness. Or they're the ugly person that got kicked back, right? No, it works for Lulu.

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Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

He's the president of Hulu.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Because in. In the music business, we have this thing called Playbacks, which are the most awkward thing in the world, where whether it be like Apple, Spotify, Amazon, a bunch of people that you've never met before, you all get on Zoom.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And then you play your music for just a wall of strangers that have different Internet connection and speakers, and everyone's head is beating at a different beat. And then you just stop and they go. Some people have their mics on, some don't. Like, that's cool. And then you're like, all right, well, this is the next one. Yeah. And then you hit play.

[Frankie Quinones]

Okay, here we go. The next one. Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

It's the most awkward thing. So I wasn't sure if it was like, in general.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Comedians, like, would have to walk into an office and they're like, well, hey, give us five minutes.

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, bro. Because yeah. Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

The whole creative to business pitching thing to me is one of the hardest.

[Frankie Quinones]

A whole nother skill you got to get.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

Is going into a pitch meeting and being like, all right, you know, you got to have your little whatever show, little tight set polished up to try to sell your.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah. Did. Did Michael purely give you any, like, soprano stories or anything? Oh, yeah. When he was on the set, what was some of the funniest stuff he talked about?

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, man. I mean, he probably won't mind me saying too much, but, you know, I can't say everything, but it was.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

He's a podcaster. Now it's fine. Just.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, all right. Yeah. But yeah, I would think, I would say it was just like, man, all those award shows, everything. I don't remember none of it. They were just like. They were living that life, bro. Just parting it up, being. It was cool for me to hear those stories, though. They just be up all night, all of them going back to the set. Those sleep in the makeup department. Be like, all right, they've been out again. We got to work our magic. And you know, D. But. But yeah, it was. I don't know, man. He was like, yeah, just. It happened so fast. And it was crazy because it was over 10 years. They were working on it. You know, he's like. But he's like, I just. I learned so much. And then hearing how he even got the role after the audition, he was like, I didn't think I got it. I didn't think it went well at all.

[Podcast Announcer]

Right.

[Frankie Quinones]

It's like, all right, I'll move to the next thing. What, Whatever. And then all of a sudden, a couple days later, he gets a call. They're like, you got it. And he's like, legendary.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Came one of the most iconic characters in TV history.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah. And then you just start. He's like, yeah. Then I just got dialed in. He's like, but, yeah, he learned a lot from the. The OGs on there. And then it was just like. He's like, man, it was. He's. I can't believe it was over a decade working on a show and it went bad like that. He was like, yeah. It was kind of blurry though too, because those were getting after it.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah. Biggest show. Yeah. They were winning every award anyway, so they didn't need to remember.

[Frankie Quinones]

Keep it going. Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Which part of. Which part of. Of entertainment do you enjoy more? Do you enjoy doing your skill sketch like series on or do you enjoy like the stand up part of it?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, well, you know, stand up's my first love. You know, there's something. It's like you. We were talking about, you know, the high pressure thing because I got homies that are DJs and band like that. They have a little something. Not like. I don't want to say hide behind, but they have something else they could. Yeah. Direct their to with you. And even the mic is the thing. You get that immediate feedback too. Media. It's kind of dope to be able to especially get higher in your career and you get to be a regular at these of kinds clubs. You could be working on something that day. Like Damn, is this funny? It's exciting to go. Let's see if it works in front of this paid audience, you know, and then just. I like that roller coaster of it. And just like, you know, you. You don't know what's going to happen. The star's gonna line tonight or not.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I don't know, man.

[Frankie Quinones]

Let's just give it our best shot and do it. But. But yeah, then through that, through acting, though, I fell in love with acting too, man. I just. I love that, you know, it's. It's long days and early mornings, but it's. It's dope, man. I just. I just love figuring out the facial expressions, the timing, you know what I'm saying? And just there's so many moving parts. It looks easier than it. Than it is. You know, if you have a.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

If you have a joke that bombs, do you completely get rid of it or do you try it in different rooms? Like, is that something that you do?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, well, if I. If I believe in it, I'll give it another shot. But like, you know, it's also funny just to be on stage, be like, ah, that was a new one. That didn't work. And people. No, it didn't. You know, just. But like, like, you know, it's like. Because sometimes, man, you'll write. I'll write some, bro, and I'll be like, dad, this shit's funny. I'm laughing out loud to myself. Yeah. And then I'll go. And it's just crickets like that. Oh, it's not how I pictured it, you know, but. Yeah, but usually that's few and far between as the years go on, you know, you get better at knowing, like, okay, this is.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, Frankie, like, I don't bomb. I don't know too much about the bomb.

[Frankie Quinones]

We all got stories, you know, but, yeah, I've seen. I've seen the best of the best bomb before. So. Yeah, who's your.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Who is your. Your one comedian idol or comic idol that you haven't met yet?

[Frankie Quinones]

That I haven't met? Eddie Murphy. Yeah, I. I've been in the same building with him, but I never had to shake his hand or say, what's up? But, yeah, I've been fortunate enough. I met. Met a lot of them, most of them. But yeah, I know Eddie's really not on the circuit anymore, so, yeah, we don't see him out there like that, but God damn, bro. Raw and delirious. Just like, he was just on fire. Just on fire. It's just another level you'll never see anything like it, you know.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

And the one thing about that people, you know, really don't realize about when Eddie did that was how young he was.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

19, I think on the first one. Yeah, something like that.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's insane when you think about it.

[Frankie Quinones]

It's crazy, bro.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Just like, like that young to have still that iconic of a standup that every comedian after always points to. Like, that was like.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

And he was like, you said 19. That doesn't make any sense. Like, how did you. You do that?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Because he was out there for a little while. He got back on the circuit for a little bit and he was gonna. Maybe people were saying he's working on another special and then he just stopped. And I'm like, I understand why. You know, it's like, he's probably like, man, I already did that.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Like, yeah, once he. Once you get that, get into that.

[Frankie Quinones]

Hollywood money, it's like, oh man, it's crazy money. But like, yeah, Chappelle I met a handful of times. He's always been really down toe and cool to me, man. And he just a master of his craft. You know, he just keeps. He's never gonna stop, you know, he's gonna do it till the wheels fall off.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You know, if you stand outside long enough, you'll see Chris Rock today. Like, he's.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

He just, he just walks around, just literally just walks around with his AirPods in and just.

[Frankie Quinones]

He's actually really good friends with the Ali Wong. So man, yeah, he another cool dude, man. It's motivating to meet dudes like that and they're just like cool, you know, just regular people. They're not all like, I don't know you, you know, what's up, man?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Not, not in a negative way, but what, what was the first comedian that you met that maybe you had a preconceived notion about that was drastically different or wrong.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Like you thought he was.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

You thought he was going to be somebody that. And he ends up being like a really good, good person.

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, man. I would say Bill Burr is one of them. Joey Diaz. I don't know if you know Joey.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Of course, yeah, you. Joey Diaz. That's just Jersey. Jersey. New York.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You need.

[Frankie Quinones]

Want something.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Jersey.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

It's not an. That's a, that's a kind man from New Jersey. That's what that is.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Absolutely.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah. And Bill Bur's just, just an angry guy from Austin who are nice people as well. That's just their, their Overall personality. Who wrote the scene where you gave exhib Corn Dog Maker?

[Frankie Quinones]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Being a couple friends of my homie, Rob Boardman. Kevin Kamiya, my Filipino homie, taught me how to write script way back when. But yeah, yeah, I mostly. Mostly wrote it. Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

What drew that inspiration. But you know what? I'm gonna give exhibit A Corn dog.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You know what, Joe the Pimp My Ride. That. That had to come from Pimp My Ride. Like, that idea of just giving people.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Useless things to put in their. Their house or car.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Never gonna lose it. Never gonna. Gonna.

[Frankie Quinones]

It was funny, too. We shot that sketch, we were in the hood, actually, and I was like, he'll probably be cool coming here. I'm thinking he's gonna come with, you know, his entourager come low pro. This fool showed up solo in his Ferrari.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

And I was like, oh, solo in his Ferrari. Two people. He wasn't trying to be seen at all. But he shows up in a Ferrari.

[Frankie Quinones]

Like, show up in a Ferrari, dog. We're like, hey, man, can we put this in the video? Like, yeah, it's all good, you know?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

So we have this segment on our podcast where we do voicemails where our listeners will just call in whether they have a story they want to do, advice, want to say some nonsense. It's it. It goes off the rails a lot because our listeners are more psychotic than us, which is weird. But, Josh, do we. Do we have one today? I think it'd be fun to add it in with Frank here.

[Podcast Announcer]

Okay. My name is Seven. I live in Philly. I'm writing in about a situation that happened over this past weekend. I took a group trip to Vegas with my closest friend. Friend. My closest guy friend, my closest girlfriend. And then my guy friend brought one of his friends who I'd never met before.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

She definitely fucked up.

[Podcast Announcer]

Me. And this friend ended up, like, hitting it off, being literally booed up the whole weekend. Like, in the club, cuffed, like at brunch, cuff cuffed. At the day party, cuffed, like, you know, spending the night together. And we got. We had an Airbnb, but, like, staying in each other's rooms.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

It was two days, and this was.

[Podcast Announcer]

My first time having, like, a vacation boo. But I like him for real. I don't know. I felt like he liked me, but is this something that just needed to stay on vacation or. Or I guess, like, I don't know. Now that we're back from vacation, I'm writing this message on Friday. We left each other this past Monday, and we really haven't talked except on social media. Like, should I just assume that it should have been left on vacation? I don't know.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

7.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Why she left out the most important. Did y'?

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All?

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah. Well, you know they did.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah. So within the first. Probably few hours if a weekend trip, you're already at the club day party brunch. She gave the whole itinerary. You got to stand in the same room, like you have to within the first few hours to get to the rest of that itinerary where you're holding somebody's hand.

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Right.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And it was just a Vegas weekend trip. Right.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah. So she's trying to figure out if it's to just leave it that. Where it was on. On vacation.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

She's doing that thing that a lot of us do do.

[Podcast Announcer]

We.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

We asked for advice of the answer we already know.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Like, it's Friday, you know, she's in denial, bro. Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

Homie probably got a lady back in, wherever they're from. Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

That was gonna be the other thing I was gonna say. Like, it may not that he doesn't like you. He may just have a wife and.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Kids, go back to his family. We had a great time. Yeah, we had a great time. And you know the slogan, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

[Frankie Quinones]

So that.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That whole thing. We gonna leave that there. But I understand why she's like, damn. Cause she. She sounds like she likes him. Like, damn, I thought he was cool. We really had a good time. Like, is that it? And like you said, she knows the answer. She knows that's it. She knows it's not.

[Frankie Quinones]

It was probably the brunch. Holding hands at brunch. That's a big.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Like, that's a commitment.

[Frankie Quinones]

We're cupcake a little bit.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Like we in public holding hands.

[Frankie Quinones]

Exactly. Yeah. Come here.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Now we're back home, we don't speak at all.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Holding hands next to eggs is saying something like, if you're a little drunk at the day party, pool party shit. Like, all right, cool. Whatever. But if you're so. Like, you haven't even had a mimosa yet, and we're eating, like, fruit now. That's. That's. That's your boyfriend for the day. But I've been in this situation with.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I was about to say. I. I kind of had a similar situation like that.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I've been on both sides of this before. Yeah. I. I didn't realize how problematic it could be until I was on the other side of it when a friend of ours started around with one of my friends. And then I ended up in the middle of the entire. Entire thing because he had a girl, which I even said it from the rip. Do what you want. I won't judge you. Yeah, but you're my friend. I'd be. I'd be a bad friend if I didn't tell you what the situation was. And she went and was like, all right, fine, it. I'll do it. And it backfired. And then I got. I got yelled at. Yeah, the.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's your friend.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

And then he hit me like, yo, she good. She's not gonna say nothing, right? I'm like, leave me the. Yeah. If your girl called me. I've never met you before. Like, that shit gets messy, but it's.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Fucked up because again, you know, if you meet somebody on vacation and y' all have a good time and you know, y' all hit it off, it's like, I can understand why now she's kind of, like, confused because it was like, damn, that energy was so. We really had a good time, a good few days with you, but vacation.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Is escaping from reality. You can just go be something else for a few days just to get away. And yeah, that also requires full blown relationships for 48 hours.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, Shorty, it might be a rap.

[Frankie Quinones]

Full blown relationship.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

There's nothing like, there's nothing more. More fun than like the three month talking to. But you really like that person. Like, full blown. We. We write into it right away, last for three months, and then it breaks off that times a 100 with the two day relationships. Oh, they're beautiful.

[Frankie Quinones]

And he's probably like, yeah, you're cool, man. We had a good time. Yeah, but.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

But that was it.

[Frankie Quinones]

That. He's definitely got another lady, bro. Yeah, he's not even a text like, hey, what's up? When's brunch again?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

You know he's only hitting her on Instagram. That's the sick part.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Your life is so crazy.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

He just got to. He got to give her some closure and just say, hey, if this was in a different lifetime.

[Frankie Quinones]

Right?

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Right?

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah. Nah, you can't say that.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Maybe in a different lifetime.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Different lifetime is crazy.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

The situation wasn't what it was.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

We could have been a different lifetime, man.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Gotta be poetic with that whole.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You can't tell somebody in a different yo, in a different lifetime, we would have been something like, I wish.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

I wish we would have met.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Imagine it's all our own. Imagine reading that. A girl texting you on a different lifetime. Lifetime. Yo, we could have been. We Would have been all right together.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah. Like, oh, okay. After.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

We just had probably some great sex. We had a great time.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

My mind is so warped. That make me like her more. Like, oh, this is poetic. I have to change the lifetime now. But now you've definitely hit a chick with Dan, which we would have met five years earlier.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I mean, timing is important.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

So I. I don't know if I said an exact. If we would have met, but, you know, if I have a situation going on and I meet somebody and we hit it off, we have a good time. It's definitely conversation of, like, damn. Like, but I can't leave my. I'm not leaving my girl. Like, vacation.

[Frankie Quinones]

I've had dates or nights, like, the weekends, like, that were like, man, this is. But. But I always feel like there's an understanding on both sides. Like, we know what this is.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

This is just for right now.

[Frankie Quinones]

Enjoy this.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, we having fun.

[Frankie Quinones]

But I've been on the other side, too, where I. I was like, oh.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

You start liking the girl.

[Frankie Quinones]

Girl. Yeah.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Frankie Quinones]

They don't hit me back. That was cool, though.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Has a chick ever told you, like, all right, if my relationship doesn't work out, like, I'll let you know. Or if this.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Nah, don't tell me.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

No, no, no, no, no. Because when a girl said that. No, When a girl said that to me, I'm like, all right, well, you. We might as well now because that you just cheated. If your man. If you read a text message where your girl told another guy. If my relationship doesn't work out.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Oh, yeah, that's Gene.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

It's not working out.

[Frankie Quinones]

Go ahead.

[Podcast Announcer]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Like, you might as well. Somebody if you say that to them, because that. That's an insane thing.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's like.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

You're just hoping to.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

That's putting the on hold, like, on ice.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Like, that's like a sexual prenup to your relationship.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Absolutely. 100. I agree with that.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

If this doesn't work out.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

But yeah, seven. It's. That ain't it.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Yeah, seven. It's over. Just let that man be with his family. Y' all had. Y' all had a great time in Vegas. But yeah, seven.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Yeah, we've.

[Frankie Quinones]

We've.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

We've all been there. And seven, I'd like a four followup. I'd like to know what you asked your friend that introduced y'.

[Podcast Announcer]

All.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Oh, yeah, cuz, you know, she has been harassing him for the whole week. Like, yo, what's up with your man? He not reply. You're not Replying, I don't know.

[Frankie Quinones]

Yeah, I.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

He's at a.

[Frankie Quinones]

Between y'. All.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

He's at a parent teacher conference. I don't know. But anyways, this was great, man. Thank. Thank you so much for stopping by. The special is available right now on Hulu.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Damn, that's crazy.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Which I feel like you may owe some royal he's on because Maul did invent the phrase that's crazy. It's been his trademark for 10 years. But, you know, I'm happy you guys could collab on something, but where can they find you anything else that you want to plug? You know, we really, really appreciate you.

[Frankie Quinones]

I appreciate y' all having me, man. For real, man. It's cool being here. Yeah. But damn, that's crazy. On Hulu October 10th. Directed by the homegirl Ali Wong. And then if you check out, uh, Creeper's crib, live from my grandpa's garage, it's on YouTube right now. And so, yeah, little creeper got his own little thing going. But, yeah, that's about it. And then frankiekinones.com for any upcoming dates in your city, hopefully. Thank you all for having me, man.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Damn, that's crazy. On Hulu October 10th. Frankie Quinones, we thank you, brother. We appreciate you for coming through.

[Frankie Quinones]

I appreciate your time.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

I'm that nigga. He's just ginger. That's Frankie Quinones. New warrior.

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[Frankie Quinones]

It's Ana Ortiz and I'm Mark and Delicato. You might know us as Hilda and Justin from Ugly Betty. Welcome to our new podcast, Viva Betty. We're rewatching the series from start to.

[Interviewer (possibly Rory Scovel)]

Finish and getting into all the fashions.

[Frankie Quinones]

The drama, and the behind the scenes moments that you've never heard before.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

But you were still bartending. I didn't know that.

[Frankie Quinones]

The bar pack is like, is that you and I turn around and it's a commercial for Betty and I was like, I gotta go.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

I quit.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Listen to Viva Betty on the iHeartRadio.

[Frankie Quinones]

App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

Hey guys, it's Stephanie, Beatriz and Melissa Fumero and this is More Better. We are jumping right in and ready to hear from you, your thoughts, your questions, your feelings about socks with sandals. And we're ready to share some possibly questionable advice and hot takes.

[Podcast Announcer]

Got.

[Stephanie, Beatriz, and Melissa Fumero (More Better Podcast Hosts)]

God, that sucks so hard though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies? Yeah, all the things. Because aren't we all trying to get a little more better? Listen to More better on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

Hey, I'm Ty. And I'm Dan and we're the Solid Verbal College Football Podcast. College football is pure chaos, and that's.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

Exactly why we love it.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

The solid verbal will keep you safe, sane through all the madness. We'll break down the big games and storylines and of course, highlight the weird stuff.

[Co-host/Interviewer (possibly Dan St. Germain)]

The Solid verbal is your home for everything.

[Ty (Solid Verbal)]

College football. Serious, silly and everything in between. Listen to the Solid Verbal College Football podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Podcast Announcer]

This is an iHeart podcast.