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B (0:44)
I am well. How are you, Mr. Smith?
A (0:47)
Very good, very good. I cannot complain. Just, you know, living in snowy. The snowy northeast, but, you know, not bad. I'm very excited to get back out on the road.
B (1:00)
I need to.
A (1:01)
With you, really. You could see you just like, deteriorate more and more when you're not constantly traveling, doing comedy. And it is. And I know it's a pain in the ass to be doing it, but you're just. Yeah, you're in that. You're in that zone until you get married and have kids. That's when it's just. It's just too much. Like, as soon as you start sitting still, you're like, I gotta go out and do stuff. Then Rob's sitting there organizing his closet for the millionth time. Oh, goddamn. Adderalled up. Well, we got. We got a bunch of stuff coming up. Actually, let me pull this up because I think some more dates got added. I don't know. Rob, did they talk to you? Are you going to the. Do they say you can't do the Maryland one?
B (1:40)
No, I'm there with you.
A (1:42)
You are there with me. Okay. Awesome. I don't know why I had that in my head, but. So we got. Coming up next is Comedy Key West. After that, we'll be at Fifth Company Brewing. That's the. That's the Maryland spot, right? Yes, Perryville. Perryville, Maryland. And I love that spot. We haven't been there in a few years, but really cool, really cool brewery with, like, a bunch of different craft beers that they make there. It's really, really awesome spot then. Well, at the dojo of comedy right here in New Jersey. Love a good gig where I can sleep in my own bed that night and. But always a lot of fun at that club then we will be out in Pittsburgh, just added Pittsburgh, then doing the runs, Boston, Rosemont, Chicago, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, a bunch of our favorite spots. And then I know later in the year we're coming back. I know we're going back to Denver Comedy Works going a bunch of really, really fun stuff coming up this year. So comicdavesmith.com for all those tickets. You know, last year was like our best year of touring that we've ever had together. So really looking forward to 2026, which, Rob, if you're keeping track, has already been quite a year. It's January 27th. Rob. It's like, I feel like 2026 has already had a year's worth of stuff in it. And the last 24 to 48 hours have been pretty wild. And so anyway, since our last podcast, way back yesterday, in what I can only describe as quintessential Trumpian fashion, it looks like Donald Trump's backing down on Minneapolis. Looks like he's. He essentially. I mean, if you're following the timeline here, there's by late yesterday or late afternoon yesterday, I guess, him and Tim Waltz were both tweeting that they'd had a wonderful conversation and they're on the same page. And so this weird thing where like kind of both of them can try to claim victory in some way, which is, it is funny, Rob, because it's like you, there's really no compromise here. Like, you guys are coming at this from 180 degree opposite positions. Donald Trump is saying we have to get in there and deport all the illegals. Walt is saying, keep your federal law enforcement out of my state. But somehow they're both. But it is being reported now that Trump is, is planning on backing down and pulling the forces out because essentially. I don't know, Rob. Yeah, this was an unmitigated PR disaster for him. So it's just kind of funny like for, for all the people who are arguing with me over this. And we'll get into some of that today because I've been attacked, been attacked by several people. But it's like for everyone arguing over this, it's like, yeah, guys, that's kind of the point. You know, there's this weird irony which happens a lot in politics where so in a way, Right, take the example of the 2020 riots. Okay, that was right, because this is how politics works. The when the riots broke out in 2020 and you were looking at people were getting killed and viciously assaulted, there was billions of dollars in property damage. That was actually the worst thing in the world for someone who wanted criminal justice reform, you know what I mean? Because when George Floyd first got killed, the sentiment throughout the country was like, yo, that's messed up. That's messed up. I, I tell the story often on, on, on the show, but my Fox News watching father in law, I remember talking to him, I went over to his house that day or the day after, first thing he said to me, he goes, every one of those cops should have been put in handcuffs on national television, should all be charged for murder. Because he was like, what the hell? The rest of them all stood around, this guy's got his knee on his neck, he's down, he's neutralized. He's not like. Even Fox News watchers were like, man, the cops are really kind of out of control. And then when cities start burning, what do you think? Every Fox News watcher says, send in the goddamn military. Send, send in the cops and start cracking skull. It's like, so anyway, the point being, the point that I was making that people are attacking me for, but that I'm right about, is that actually, if you want to see deportations, this was a disaster for you. And that seems to be playing out now. What are your thoughts on this?
