#103 - Colin Quinn - Stavvy's World | Wave AI Podcast Notes

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Podcast Summary: Stavvy's World Episode #103 - Colin Quinn

Introduction In Episode #103 of Stavvy's World, host Stavros Halkias welcomes renowned comedian Colin Quinn as the guest. The episode delves deep into Quinn's illustrious career, his experiences in the world of stand-up and television, personal anecdotes, and reflections on the evolving landscape of comedy.

Early Career and Radio Experiences

Struggles with Shock Jocks

Colin Quinn opens up about his early days in radio comedy, highlighting the challenges comedians faced when dealing with shock jocks. He shares, “[01:24] Stavros Halkias: I like the opening. I just hate when people love like, like hard rock. Like where so it's like your son United Radio for Shock jock from the 90s, asshole. Oh, it makes me mad,” illustrating the friction between traditional radio hosts and comedians striving to maintain their craft without pandering to aggressive broadcasting styles.

Quinn adds, “[01:37] Colin Quinn: It is funny, that stand up comedy. I remember starting it and being like, yeah, it's all about the craft. I'm just gonna do my jokes, right? And I was like, radios. You know, I used to like listening to certain shows, but I was like, those shock jocks are clowns.”

Transition to Television and MTV

The Remote Control Era

The conversation shifts to Quinn's significant stint on MTV's Remote Control, where he served as the sidekick. Stavros reflects, “[21:38] Colin Quinn: Yeah, yeah, I don't think by that party. No, no, no.” Discussing the dynamics of the show, Quinn mentions, “[17:48] Stavros Halkias: He'd just be like, well, okay, well, we'll take that under advisement.” This showcases the creative tensions and Quinn's commitment to authentic comedy, even when facing resistance from production executives.

Personal Struggles and Sobriety

Battling Addiction

Quinn candidly discusses his battles with substance abuse during the height of his career. He recounts a poignant moment, “[32:11] Colin Quinn: Yeah. I had a heart attack a few Years ago. So I'm always, I'm always. Whenever I hear my heart going in a different,” emphasizing the physical toll of his past lifestyle. Stavros sympathetically responds, “[33:14] Colin Quinn: Yeah, and it was so hard because a lot. There was a lot of drugs, a lot of drinking going on all around. All of for free.”

Reflection on Comedy and Creative Pursuits

Screenwriting and Missteps

Quinn delves into his forays into screenwriting, mentioning his attempt to rewrite the script for Crocodile Dundee 2. “[48:22] Colin Quinn: That's fucking insane. That's.” This ambition underscores his desire to influence the comedic narratives in mainstream media, even if his efforts sometimes led to friction, as he shares, “[48:35] Colin Quinn: Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. And you know, that's nice.”

Listener Q&A

Navigating Personal Relationships

The latter part of the episode features a series of listener voicemails seeking advice on personal and relationship issues.

Erectile Dysfunction and Medication
A caller describes his struggle with OCD medication affecting his sexual performance. Stavros and Colin offer humorous yet somewhat superficial advice, blending comedic wit with minimal actionable solutions.
Colin quips, “[61:08] Colin Quinn: It's also. What are we gonna do, man? It's a medication.”
Relationship Jealousy Over Memes
Another listener expresses frustration over his girlfriend not responding to the memes he sends. The hosts humorously dissect the situation, suggesting exaggerated and unorthodox solutions. Stavros remarks, “[87:39] Stavros Halkias: But we don't know how many. She has to write you back and say how many times a day this is happening.”
Appropriate Timelines for Relationship Milestones
A couple in their early 30s seeks guidance on moving in together, engagement, and marriage timelines. Quinn provides a blend of sarcasm and blunt honesty, advising, “[86:05] Colin Quinn: It's about this cool guy that's getting pussy on MTV,” while Stavros chimes in with, “[90:23] Stavros Halkias: Yeah, exactly. That what we take away from this.”

Closing Thoughts

Throughout the episode, Stavros Halkias and Colin Quinn maintain a balance between insightful discussion and irreverent humor. They navigate topics ranging from the gritty realities of the comedy industry to the complexities of personal relationships, all while engaging listeners with their signature comedic flair.

Notable Quotes

Colin Quinn on Stand-Up and Radio:
“[02:15] Stavros Halkias: So the shock jocks would come in and it was really an interesting dynamic because they kind of hated comedians...”
“[17:07] Stavros Halkias: Colly, you had a nice run, though. Yeah, it was funny.”
Reflection on Drug Culture:
“[32:08] Colin Quinn: Yeah.”
“[33:03] Colin Quinn: Yeah.”
Advice on Listener Issues:
“[61:08] Colin Quinn: I mean, you have to have thoughts on what he just said.”
“[87:54] Colin Quinn: Sure. Yeah.”

Conclusion

Episode #103 of Stavvy's World offers listeners an unfiltered look into Colin Quinn's journey through comedy, his personal battles, and his candid perspectives on relationships and the entertainment industry. Stavros Halkias skillfully steers the conversation, ensuring that the dialogue remains both engaging and enlightening for fans and newcomers alike.

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[00:01]
Stavros Halkias
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[00:06]
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[00:08]
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[00:28]
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[00:48]
Stavros Halkias
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[00:49]
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[01:24]
Stavros Halkias
I like the opening. I just hate when people love like, like hard rock. Like where so it's like your son United Radio for Shock jock from the 90s, asshole. Oh, it makes me mad.
[01:35]
Colin Quinn
We gotta grab the attention. It's all about the algorithm.
[01:38]
Stavros Halkias
We're edgy. It's like, shut up. Just be quiet.
[01:42]
Colin Quinn
It is funny, that stand up comedy. I remember starting it and being like, yeah, it's all about the craft. I'm just gonna do my jokes, right? And I was like, radios. You know, I used to like listening to certain shows, but I was like, those shock jocks are clowns. And then somehow, yeah, just you're like, oh, I'll be a guest on someone's podcast 10 years ago. And then here we are 10 years later and I'm like, call the number, folks, and leave us a voice, man.
[02:12]
Stavros Halkias
That's a shot, Jack. I was around for the real shot.
[02:15]
Colin Quinn
Yes, yes.
[02:16]
Stavros Halkias
So the shock jocks would come in and it was really an interesting dynamic because they kind of hated comedians, of course, except for certain ones, especially all of us who were like, we're not doing our bits for These idiots.
[02:27]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah. We won't dance.
[02:28]
Stavros Halkias
Set us up in a bit.
[02:29]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[02:29]
Stavros Halkias
So they'd be like, hey, man. And you can tell they resented because, you know, they'd done a couple of stand up nights where they radio and it bombed. Yes, yes. So there'd be this hostility. Yes.
[02:39]
Colin Quinn
Of course.
[02:39]
Stavros Halkias
A lot of times with the jock.
[02:41]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[02:41]
Stavros Halkias
Where you know, it was like back and forth. And we. We all thought they had a bad attitude that we didn't know. We always had a bad.
[02:46]
Colin Quinn
Of course. Oh, my God.
[02:47]
Stavros Halkias
You know, we didn't even notice that part.
[02:48]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. You're pissed. To just be awake that.
[02:50]
Stavros Halkias
Yes.
[02:51]
Colin Quinn
I was never good. One time when they made me go. And as I thank go, it was dying. By the time I started headlining, it was like I only had to do it a handful of times. I did it with Bobby a couple times, and I couldn't believe we were up at 4.
[03:03]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[03:04]
Colin Quinn
It's like, what the. What is this? How could this possibly help ticket sales? It didn't feel like.
[03:10]
Stavros Halkias
But yeah, that's a weird thing. Local radio really do is the only thing that worked for ticket sales. You could do. Let him in and be like, I'll be here in Cleveland tomorrow night. Didn't mean anything.
[03:19]
Colin Quinn
Right, right, right.
[03:20]
Stavros Halkias
Nobody watched. But if you did local radio work.
[03:23]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, hopefully this helps. This helps.
[03:28]
Stavros Halkias
It's gonna stamp stamps and tea.
[03:31]
Colin Quinn
Stamps and tea. I was. I'm so happy I didn't do it in the opposite direction. I almost said tea and stamps. Stamps and tea.
[03:39]
Stavros Halkias
Well, you.
[03:39]
Colin Quinn
Special on YouTube. Right, pause right now. Don't even watch this bullshit. Collins got a. Collins got a special right now about the election. It's, you know, it's over now. We. Trump has declared martial law. By the time you're listening to this podcast, it's over. Kamala has given 400 billion more dollars to Israel. Or Trump has also done that and declared martial law. But watch the pod Think about. Watch his special. Think about a more quaint time when we could have specials before they're outlawed. So that's nice. This will come out in maybe a couple weeks. I don't even know when, but nice.
[04:13]
Stavros Halkias
Whenever nothing matters. Well, that's it. Everything's saturated. So much now. Yeah. That nothing does matter on a certain level.
[04:24]
Colin Quinn
It's true. I mean. Yeah. Yeah.
[04:25]
Stavros Halkias
You just do it.
[04:27]
Colin Quinn
You know, there's something freeing almost about that.
[04:29]
Stavros Halkias
Absolutely.
[04:30]
Colin Quinn
Where it's like, hey, absolutely. Yeah.
[04:32]
Stavros Halkias
Like, everybody's just like, wait, I'm sorry I missed your last two specials. Yeah.
[04:39]
Colin Quinn
I know. It is. Everything's just one big morass and hopefully something.
[04:43]
Stavros Halkias
But it's also because you're. Which you guys know, which took me years to understand myself, but because I was old. But you guys understood. You're a small business and that's it. Yeah, everybody's their own business.
[04:55]
Colin Quinn
That is, actually.
[04:55]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[04:56]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[04:56]
Stavros Halkias
And that's it. There's no show business. You're your own business.
[04:59]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, I'm bigger.
[05:01]
Stavros Halkias
Some are small, but they're all.
[05:02]
Colin Quinn
It's helpful to come from. That is how every Greek looks at everything. Yes, it is. It is kind of. And I. We couldn't be more on the nose here. I'm a Greek small business owner whose number one employee is an underpaid Albanian with no training.
[05:19]
Stavros Halkias
That's great. That's perfect. On the job learning, baby.
[05:24]
Colin Quinn
Hilarious. Thank God it's just podcast producing the Albanians.
[05:27]
Stavros Halkias
And, you know, I used to work in the Bronx in the 80s, and the Albanians were just becoming well known. And everybody said the same thing, which is they're not a lot of them, but if you want to go, they're going all the way.
[05:41]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[05:42]
Stavros Halkias
They only were like, in about six blocks, Decatur, a few blocks in the West Bronx. And they were not playing games.
[05:49]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[05:49]
Stavros Halkias
And nobody. Everybody respected them because the Bronx was so wild in the 80s. I was in from Brooklyn, but I worked there, but they were just. They just did not play games. Yeah, they would fight to the death, and it was really respected, and it should be.
[06:03]
Colin Quinn
Well, we have a kindler, gentler Albanian. He's been through a couple. You know, I'm not a valiant.
[06:09]
Stavros Halkias
I'm plotting.
[06:09]
Colin Quinn
Oh, really? You want to take over the new world order, man?
[06:14]
Stavros Halkias
Greeks are done. The empire has passed.
[06:18]
Colin Quinn
Nah, dude, don't fight. Listen.
[06:21]
Stavros Halkias
They're like mountain people, right?
[06:22]
Colin Quinn
It is true. Very elders did his 23andMe and he is two. What is it? 99. One little. My sister did it. But yeah, we're pretty thorough bread.
[06:33]
Stavros Halkias
It's like 90.99% like southeastern Europe, like.
[06:38]
Colin Quinn
Mountain, like five mile. A five square mile patch is where else this comes from.
[06:44]
Stavros Halkias
So funny. I did a. Do you ever see a movie, Montenegro? It's a great movie. No, but it's close. But Yeah, I did 23. I mean, 97 Irish and 3% some Ireland off the coast of Ireland.
[06:57]
Colin Quinn
Oh, wow. Wow.
[06:58]
Stavros Halkias
Same thing. Yeah.
[06:59]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[07:00]
Stavros Halkias
I thought I'd be like, oh, you know, you never know. All these exotic things.
[07:02]
Colin Quinn
A little something.
[07:03]
Stavros Halkias
How about yours? Did you do one?
[07:05]
Colin Quinn
My brother did. We're pretty much what you'd expect Greek. Greek, Mediterranean, you know, a little. Little bit. He's a little bit. Some strains of Middle Eastern or some shit like that, you know.
[07:16]
Stavros Halkias
Do you go to Greece?
[07:17]
Colin Quinn
I do, yeah. It's absolutely incredible.
[07:20]
Stavros Halkias
Amazing.
[07:21]
Colin Quinn
I. So you worked in the. I mean, it was fascinating about. Because you said you lived here.
[07:25]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[07:25]
Colin Quinn
You really are the most New York guy I can think of.
[07:28]
Stavros Halkias
Pretty New York.
[07:30]
Colin Quinn
Non Italian division.
[07:31]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[07:31]
Colin Quinn
You know, it's like Irish leeway is.
[07:34]
Stavros Halkias
The most Irish is the most New York guy ever.
[07:36]
Colin Quinn
Interest.
[07:37]
Stavros Halkias
Curtis Saliba knows every street. He has the greatest story from every street.
[07:41]
Colin Quinn
But it's because you grew up in Brooklyn and then you said you worked in the Bronx, and then when we were texting about doing the podcast, you said you lived in Astoria, which. How do you. How does that happen? Because I lived a couple of blocks from insane. Because, like, if you grew up in, like, people don't want to live here now and you grew up in Brooklyn, why did you move to Astoria? I don't.
[08:03]
Stavros Halkias
I don't know. Well, my friend got an apartment and I was, you know, I don't know why, but I mean, it was. It was crazy. So inconvenient.
[08:10]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[08:10]
Stavros Halkias
You know.
[08:11]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, of course.
[08:11]
Stavros Halkias
Even father was down by the Busty, but I mean, so it was really convenient. I didn't last. I only asked a few months.
[08:16]
Colin Quinn
And how old, like, what age were you?
[08:18]
Stavros Halkias
25? 26. 1985.
[08:20]
Colin Quinn
And you never left? You were here the whole time? You never moved?
[08:23]
Stavros Halkias
Like, I lived in LA for a couple of years, but yeah, I like la. I liked it at the time. Everyone was like, oh, you must have hated it. But it's. LA is very seductive. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you really get into it. If you love your car, you love la.
[08:36]
Colin Quinn
You know the car guy?
[08:37]
Stavros Halkias
No, no, but me neither. I'm saying. But yeah, I mean, sure. Nice car.
[08:41]
Colin Quinn
You're in a little bubble, you know what I mean?
[08:42]
Stavros Halkias
You're in a bubble. You have to be. Your car's your life.
[08:45]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[08:46]
Stavros Halkias
You're always in a car. You ever see that movie Swingers where they all get in their car to go to one place and then they all get in their car? That's how LA is. Everybody gets their own car for every little.
[08:54]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nobody gets to go five blocks. Everyone's like, all right, man.
[08:58]
Stavros Halkias
So weird.
[08:59]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, it's. I think it's a great visit town. But I do love. I mean, New York. New York fucking rocks. But it's just so funny to think of you moving from. Did you Go. You grew up in Park Slope.
[09:11]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[09:12]
Colin Quinn
Which. That's. Is that weird to you now, where it's like a comp. Must be insanely different. Was it just Irish?
[09:18]
Stavros Halkias
No, it was very mixed.
[09:20]
Colin Quinn
Okay, okay.
[09:21]
Stavros Halkias
It was very. It was the most. It was like multi. It was black, Puerto Rican, Irish, Italian, Jewish. Everybody lived there.
[09:27]
Colin Quinn
Interesting.
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Stavros Halkias
And it was really. It was really probably one of the earliest neighborhoods that was like that. But it was. But it was. It wasn't bad, but it had wild.
[09:37]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[09:37]
Stavros Halkias
There was wild things happening all over there.
[09:39]
Colin Quinn
Sure, sure.
[09:40]
Stavros Halkias
It's hard to describe our New Yorkers in those days. Like, you still were like, loved it, of course, but there was things happening.
[09:47]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
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Stavros Halkias
Like there was sometimes if you look on the news now and you see like a horrendous crime, like that wouldn't even make the paper because it was like, people be like, what are you gonna print that for?
[09:59]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. A guy got 20 of them.
[10:01]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. Yeah. So it was a weird New Yorker's, a different vibe.
[10:04]
Colin Quinn
Was the park really fucked up? Because we grew up in East Baltimore, elders lived by a park that when we were kids.
[10:10]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[10:11]
Colin Quinn
You couldn't walk through at night. And now it's like. Like the mo. You know, the most mellow play. Like, he had a. He had a friend got the shit kicked out of him for his basketball by like 20 kids. And I assume the actual park was the park Wild Back Central Park. No, no, in park.
[10:28]
Stavros Halkias
Prospect Park.
[10:28]
Colin Quinn
Prospect Park.
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Stavros Halkias
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we used to play sports up there. No, I mean, people would go up there. We. But it wasn't. It was empty. It was the park. It's like any other park.
[10:38]
Colin Quinn
Nobody.
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Stavros Halkias
You go to a park at the nice place in the world at night. There's.
[10:42]
Colin Quinn
True. That is a nice thing society has figured out. It's like, look, you don't go to the park. It's the nicest, richest place in the world.
[10:51]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[10:52]
Colin Quinn
You need homeless guys jacking off somewhere. They need a haven to commit sex crimes on each other somewhere.
[10:57]
Stavros Halkias
That's right.
[10:58]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. That's a piece of urban planning. Yeah. Were you in ever? Were you in. Now this is gonna. This is gonna be offensive. Were you in a street gang? Were you playing dice, Combing your hair, the Irish Rovers or something like that?
[11:22]
Stavros Halkias
No, they didn't have that.
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Colin Quinn
Wow.
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Stavros Halkias
No, I think the 70s was. The 70s was also going to be like, the way it'll probably go after this was right after the 60s.
[11:33]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
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Stavros Halkias
So now people are hyper political now.
[11:35]
Colin Quinn
Sure.
[11:35]
Stavros Halkias
So they used to call it like the apathetic generation.
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Colin Quinn
Yes, yes.
[11:38]
Stavros Halkias
Like the 70s, everybody made fun of, you know, and gangs were kind. There was gangs, but it wasn't like a. Like the 60s. People were like took out. It was kind of like old fashioned gang.
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Colin Quinn
Sure, sure, sure.
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Stavros Halkias
People were more independent, I feel like. And that was.
[11:51]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[11:52]
Stavros Halkias
Like it was just a different time of drugs. I mean it was such a drug time.
[11:55]
Colin Quinn
Sure.
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Stavros Halkias
And I feel like it was just like you. If you listen to music from the 70s, it's very hedonistic.
[12:02]
Colin Quinn
Right, right, right.
[12:02]
Stavros Halkias
And even the soft rock was like trying to be in a good mood.
[12:06]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
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Stavros Halkias
Because people were like, okay, we get it, you're political from the 60s. But those people got older and then the next generation makes fun of whatever.
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Colin Quinn
The older people, of course. Oh, I mean, absolutely. I do think the younger kids now, I mean, I mean millennials will be. Are already starting to be. Our generation is starting to be the most shit on for being corny and just like. I mean, which happens all the time. But it's like all the political. I think the hope. I certainly feel the angle of. In myself of like in college when Obama was there. Wow. Things are actually gonna be good. Nothing good happens at all whatsoever. And then wait, Bernie, maybe we'll have fucking healthcare in this country and then that doesn't. And then not only do we not get that, but fucking Trump happens. And then I certainly feel being 35, you know, weirdly disillusioned. I can't imagine what the kid. Like kids now feel like I could see us returning to apathy and just kind of being like checked out and maybe even too much. I mean, I keep hoping there'll be like Luddites, like a generation of kids. They're like, all this being this online is stupid. But then you meet some of these kids, you're like, I never see that. I think they've. They're constantly used to being.
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Stavros Halkias
Yeah. They're not even going to think of it.
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Colin Quinn
That they won't.
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Stavros Halkias
They will think of it as like a weird thing. It would be like saying. Saying hey, I hope the next generation doesn't get buy cars.
[13:27]
Colin Quinn
Right, right. Doesn't use.
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Stavros Halkias
Yeah, yeah.
[13:29]
Colin Quinn
It doesn't call each other.
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Stavros Halkias
She's part of it.
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Colin Quinn
You know. Yeah, yeah.
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Stavros Halkias
But they're probably not gonna. They'll probably mock any attempts by people to be like, here's the way it is. This stands for like it probably the bigger ideas. Assuming.
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Colin Quinn
So there was. So you were an apathetic youth is what you're saying.
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Stavros Halkias
Oh yeah. I mean I was just a party. I mean, I would just go out and. You know, in those days, pot. It's so funny because everybody smoked pot. Because my high school teacher, one of my math teachers, and I was terrible at math, they moved to Paw Slope and I saw him in the street. I go, hey, you live in the area. Goes, yeah, man, listen, can you turn me into somebody with good pot? He just moved in.
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Colin Quinn
You're in high school.
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Stavros Halkias
I was literally in high school. And he came up to me without worrying about any repercussions, and he said, this guy's a drug guy. I could just tell.
[14:17]
Colin Quinn
I've seen him try multiply, and he can't do. He can't do long division. He knows how to get pills and weed or something.
[14:26]
Stavros Halkias
And I brought him right up to my friend and I said, listen, this is a guy, you know, he's my teacher and he was weed and nobody. He wasn't like, teacher.
[14:35]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[14:35]
Stavros Halkias
It was like, okay, you know, like, I don't sell. Like, he was just like, I don't sell nickels. The guy's like, I know, I'm a teacher. I'm not gonna buy a nickel bag.
[14:45]
Colin Quinn
You know, he's just, hey, come on, I'm an adult. I'm gonna buy $30 worth of weed.
[14:49]
Stavros Halkias
Sold him weed.
[14:50]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[14:51]
Stavros Halkias
That's. So it was really a pot society. Like, that's why when Saturday Night Live came on.
[14:57]
Colin Quinn
Yes.
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Stavros Halkias
We all loved it. Even we didn't really watch it because we're in the middle of a party.
[15:01]
Colin Quinn
Of course.
[15:02]
Stavros Halkias
Put somebody put on the background.
[15:03]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[15:04]
Stavros Halkias
Because they were saying, non verbally, we smoke pot. Of course, that was the whole subtext of Saturday Live.
[15:10]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[15:11]
Stavros Halkias
And they had a couple little references and.
[15:13]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[15:13]
Stavros Halkias
So we were just like, yeah, this is us longhand. You could tell them you were getting out. They made a little reference to it.
[15:20]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[15:20]
Stavros Halkias
And we're like, this is our show.
[15:21]
Colin Quinn
And that's all it took is just be like, this is ours. This is. We're not. I watch Gun Smoke reruns.
[15:26]
Stavros Halkias
Right. Show is just a little bit older, like, Carbonate show is a hilarious show.
[15:32]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[15:33]
Stavros Halkias
Really funny. So funny. We watch it all the time and laugh. But they weren't. They weren't. They weren't getting high. You could just tell us. Of course they didn't smoke pot.
[15:42]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, of course. Of course.
[15:43]
Stavros Halkias
This was the first show. So snl. That's why it became so huge.
[15:46]
Colin Quinn
Interesting.
[15:47]
Stavros Halkias
It was that show that was just like, yeah, we all get high, you know, wow.
[15:50]
Colin Quinn
To go from like, The. It started from being high to now being. I don't know that there is a more establishment show than Saturday Night Live at this point.
[16:00]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[16:01]
Colin Quinn
It is complete. I mean, you can trace what that generation. I mean, Lorne Michaels is a great example of, like, the outside fucking drunk guy to, you know, it just shows. It just traces what it was like to be. To go from the 70s to being, like, a successful person in 2030, which now it's like.
[16:21]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, but I mean, I don't know.
[16:22]
Colin Quinn
You know, but that's just interesting. It's like to go to what an entity starts at to now it sort of is like. I. I mean, I think it is the most established media property I can even think of.
[16:33]
Stavros Halkias
It's the only one left.
[16:34]
Colin Quinn
It's the only show people watch and.
[16:35]
Stavros Halkias
Think it's the only one left.
[16:37]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[16:38]
Stavros Halkias
Because, I mean, that's what his thing was like. Here's. Here's why Lorne Michaels, like, really understood something, because he came to New York. He watched some thing of taping there back in. When he was a kid.
[16:49]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[16:50]
Stavros Halkias
It hit him forever. He's like, I want to do a show on that stage.
[16:53]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[16:53]
Stavros Halkias
Got to do a show. But he understood that live, Live, live. Until everybody always asks for your show. When do you guys say, well, I know it's live. Like, oh, yeah, I forgot. But also because he started in the 70s.
[17:07]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[17:07]
Stavros Halkias
You would watch him do what no other showrunner could do. He pushed around those executives. Like, he just. If they told him, yeah, we can't afford that, he's like, yeah, just do it. Don't worry about that. Yeah, yeah. And he just pushed them around.
[17:21]
Colin Quinn
Nice.
[17:21]
Stavros Halkias
Because only in the 70s, that mentality where you could get away with telling the heads of things. He's like, no, they don't tell us what to do.
[17:29]
Colin Quinn
Interesting.
[17:29]
Stavros Halkias
We tell them what to do. And I'm telling you, that was why it lasted.
[17:33]
Colin Quinn
Wow.
[17:33]
Stavros Halkias
Because he just. And they're like, it's too much this year. He's like, all right, cut this, but don't listen to. You know.
[17:40]
Colin Quinn
Was it still like that when you were.
[17:41]
Stavros Halkias
Yes.
[17:41]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Oh, wow.
[17:42]
Stavros Halkias
In the 90s, he was still like. That was like. He would just, you know, make fun of them and.
[17:47]
Colin Quinn
Good.
[17:48]
Stavros Halkias
He'd just be like, well, okay, well, we'll take that under advisement. Like, he's just sarcastic to that.
[17:53]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[17:53]
Stavros Halkias
Like, he's like, no, I know you've written a lot of funny things. And, like, he's here.
[17:57]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's great. That. That somebody did it.
[18:00]
Stavros Halkias
That somebody did it.
[18:01]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[18:01]
Stavros Halkias
So he was. And now it's a different thing.
[18:03]
Colin Quinn
It's just so crazy because for you to get your perspective on that because, like I have always thought of him as the guy who is. You know what I mean?
[18:12]
Stavros Halkias
Like, I know.
[18:12]
Colin Quinn
Of course, you know, because it's like I grew up on.
[18:15]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[18:16]
Colin Quinn
You're like the first. The first cast I remember is like maybe shortly before you got there through like the welfare, you know, so it's like.
[18:22]
Stavros Halkias
Sure.
[18:23]
Colin Quinn
It was already such a thing. Eddie Murphy already happened. So much happened. But it is, you know.
[18:28]
Stavros Halkias
Well, you know, I'm not gonna trash them on the 50th anniversary.
[18:33]
Colin Quinn
I'm not trashing.
[18:34]
Stavros Halkias
It's the 50th year. But if I.
[18:38]
Colin Quinn
Trying to get the invite to do 50th anniversary weekend update. Want to be right there with Jay.
[18:43]
Stavros Halkias
I mean. No, I don't want any of that.
[18:46]
Colin Quinn
They're bringing. I saw Dana Carvey's in there. Where's the Colin phone call, you know.
[18:51]
Stavros Halkias
Oh, God, no. I mean, I'm invited to the show, I guess, but I don't know. I mean, that was. It was a weird fit. Let's just put it that way.
[19:00]
Colin Quinn
You had a nice run, though. Yeah, it was funny.
[19:03]
Stavros Halkias
It was fine.
[19:03]
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[19:42]
Stavros Halkias
I put that shit together, no problem. I was done in like 10 minutes.
[19:46]
Colin Quinn
And he's so stupid.
[19:47]
Stavros Halkias
I did it all online. Already had the damn phone just. It's. It really was crazy easy. I thought it was going to be.
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[20:43]
Stavros Halkias
But I mean. But no, that's not my.
[20:45]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, of course. You know, you have had such a crap. I mean truly one of the most insane interesting careers of the levels of. You know the first thing is probably the mtv.
[20:57]
Stavros Halkias
MTV was really when that, when that.
[20:59]
Colin Quinn
Was like right at the. At its most culturally.
[21:03]
Stavros Halkias
It was amazing when I was on.
[21:04]
Colin Quinn
MTV, literally early 80s.
[21:08]
Stavros Halkias
No, no, like 88, 89.
[21:10]
Colin Quinn
Okay, okay.
[21:11]
Stavros Halkias
We would go places. They would, they would say it all these like news cameras be filming some kids event wherever it was Florida. And kids be like, yeah. Making fun of the news guy. Get out of my way. We show MTV camera showed up. They would all just be like, now we're talking. It was like such a generational thing for them.
[21:32]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[21:32]
Stavros Halkias
Those years especially.
[21:33]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[21:34]
Stavros Halkias
Where they were just blown away, you know.
[21:36]
Colin Quinn
And you got that. You were like the sidekick on the. What was the remote.
[21:39]
Stavros Halkias
Remote control. Kenny over sidekick.
[21:41]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[21:41]
Stavros Halkias
And Ken over who died recipe. He was so quick. He was a funny. He was a. He was a guy that did a lot of crowd work in comedy and he was so funny and quick and like you, he's very erudite. Like he, his references were just. When he's talking to the crowd, you're like taking into a plane like you do.
[22:00]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. You know, I appreciate that.
[22:01]
Stavros Halkias
It's true. And it's funny, you know, because I never thought that about him till just now when I'm talking about this. Like I knew he was quick but we do these shows and I mean I'd be crying and the crowd would laugh too.
[22:14]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[22:14]
Stavros Halkias
Because he would just like always have a reference where you're like, who's just good at that?
[22:18]
Colin Quinn
You know, what a nice guy. And you just get that and, and that. I mean at that time that was the biggest like that was the most emerging media thing. You were. You just got to be like, were you biggest. Was anything happening before? Was your career. Was anything going on before that?
[22:33]
Stavros Halkias
Only with stand ups, you know, I was always, you know, as Jay Moore often said I was, I was always a Dog whistle Only stand ups. And then after doing the MTV thing.
[22:44]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[22:44]
Stavros Halkias
All these networks set up these meetings with me because I was popular. I went in and when I tell you I sabotaged every one of them. It was pretty impressive.
[22:57]
Colin Quinn
Not on purpose.
[22:58]
Stavros Halkias
Not on purpose.
[22:59]
Colin Quinn
No. Not trying to make a good.
[23:01]
Stavros Halkias
Trying to make an impression.
[23:02]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[23:02]
Stavros Halkias
And then walking out and calling my agent and he's like, what did you say? And I go, what? I. I left. It was great. It was great every time. And then years later, I look back and I go, oh, oh, oh. That's what you said. And I did that for a long time. And then I got a little reputation. I remember my ex manager from the late 90s goes, hey, you know, you have a reputation as, you know. He said, dwayne Thomas, who's this famous old football player when I was growing up, which was great. Running back, bad mindset. And I go, what? I go, who said that? And even then I was like, he's got to be making up. Nobody's talking about me. Yeah, yeah. But I guess in their world, everybody. Not that they're talking about you, but they have you in a. Of course, a category where they ask around and people go, yeah, he's a. You know, people go, he's got an attitude problem. Yeah. And I never thought I had an attitude problem. That was. That's. You thought you were really at one. Yeah.
[24:03]
Colin Quinn
You thought you were. I thought I was half dancing for that.
[24:05]
Stavros Halkias
Well, I used to. Yeah.
[24:06]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[24:06]
Stavros Halkias
I used to go in there and sit there and just imagine the Ariads. First of all, I'm smoking. Second of all, all the young people in their office are like, hey, when I come in, they will love me from mtv.
[24:17]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[24:18]
Stavros Halkias
Now I'm sitting with these old fucks.
[24:20]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[24:20]
Stavros Halkias
That they have a sitcom. The sitcom sucks.
[24:23]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[24:23]
Stavros Halkias
Of course I tell them it sucks, but me and my friends will fix it for you. But again, I didn't know producer was the writer, so I didn't know they wrote the show too. So I'm telling people to their face what they mean. Yeah, I mean, I'm not saying they did this once. I did this 8 to 12 times. Sitting room. And their face is getting angry and me never putting it together.
[24:48]
Colin Quinn
Hey, man, the thing you fucking poured your soul into for two years, Dog shit. Me and a guy that I do cocaine with, though. You give us a weekend or two, we'll fucking button it up for you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go try to fuck that. The girl who Greeted me, I gotta go.
[25:10]
Stavros Halkias
That's why he's so good. When you talk to, the credit gets very psychological and very in depth like that. That was exactly where I was at. That's exactly where my mentality was.
[25:23]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[25:24]
Stavros Halkias
My mentality was like.
[25:26]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, No, I get it. It's just I. Because. And also going from like a state to stand up fame or just doing spots or whatever, Especially at a time where it doesn't feel like culture. Anybody gave that much of a fuck about.
[25:39]
Stavros Halkias
Nobody gave a fuck.
[25:41]
Colin Quinn
So to go from nothing and toiling to famous and also with like, like hot young people too at the time. Yeah, that's. That's tough for the, for the psyche of a, of a young man to stay even sort of humble.
[25:56]
Stavros Halkias
Well, we used to, I used to always say one, two of the stories after one is we went to me and Kenny, we first he said, you know, we're really famous.
[26:05]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[26:05]
Stavros Halkias
And I go, no, we're not. Because I was in New York City and where's that many young kids? He goes, he goes, I went to this thing, all these people swamp me. So I go, nah, I don't think that's true. We go down to Orlando, Florida, we go to a strip club. We walk in the strip club, all the strippers leave their customers.
[26:23]
Colin Quinn
Wow.
[26:23]
Stavros Halkias
And come running over to us.
[26:25]
Colin Quinn
Oh my God. I mean, that would have ruined me.
[26:30]
Stavros Halkias
There's no way.
[26:31]
Colin Quinn
I know.
[26:32]
Stavros Halkias
This is not, this is not good. And then the other one. Yeah, and that was, that was, that was a, that was too much.
[26:46]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. And you were a single man at the time.
[26:48]
Stavros Halkias
Single man, yeah. And yeah, I mean, that was insane.
[26:51]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[26:52]
Stavros Halkias
And the other thing was we would do these things, like wherever we went. Suddenly people like, I remember doing this gig and I wasn't, by the way. My act was so local New York area. I didn't blow any. I'm doing a gig, I get the plane, it's Southwest Missouri State, Dennis Weaver Drive. I still remember. And I see this long line of 3,000 people going to a show at the college and I'm by myself And I go, 3,000. I go, where are they going? And he goes, hahaha. So I was like, oh, I forget. I'd done a couple of colleges with like 80 people.
[27:28]
Colin Quinn
There must be a basketball team.
[27:30]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. I was like, somebody, oh great.
[27:32]
Colin Quinn
I'm competing with the basketball.
[27:35]
Stavros Halkias
I walk backstage in the back of this order and I go, what? 3,000 people that don't want to hear.
[27:43]
Colin Quinn
Like subway jokes from the 80s, losing your tokens?
[27:48]
Stavros Halkias
I went up there and they didn't care. Did you sit there? There's a little kid. Some of them were kids. I'm sitting there for like an hour. I'm talking. They're kind of not laughing, but they're like, hey, it's kind of funny.
[27:58]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[27:59]
Stavros Halkias
And then I just saw afterwards, they go, you sign? I go, sure. I'm there for two and a half hours, signing everything. No pictures. Nobody had a camera.
[28:07]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[28:07]
Stavros Halkias
Maybe three people. Like, there's no camera.
[28:08]
Colin Quinn
Right, right, right.
[28:09]
Stavros Halkias
So we're just signing stuff.
[28:11]
Colin Quinn
Hilarious.
[28:12]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. And then one time I go to Kenny. Because Kenny, like I said, was very witty. And do you know who. Anyway, y'all, I'll say it and maybe you'll know his name, maybe you won't. But he goes, I was saying, you know, we're doing all this. MTV shared the show. It's Brady Bunch questions. What are we doing? We turn it to hacks. This is. I'm complaining before this thing. We're doing this show. I go, we're not going out here. These people.
[28:35]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah. I'm an artist, right? Yeah.
[28:37]
Stavros Halkias
I'm like, I'm an artist. So after the show, this girl comes out, beautiful girl. And she goes, colin sign. And she takes out. And I'm like this. I get the market. And Kenny goes, hey, Spalding Gray, are you still feeling regrets about your art? Spalding Gray was like a one man show guy.
[28:56]
Colin Quinn
Wow. Look. Look where you ended up. You're doing your penance now. Now you're a fucking one man show guy. All the fucking. All the lines off tits you did in the 80s.
[29:05]
Stavros Halkias
But how funny is that? He's going to say, Spalding Gray. He looks at me, perfect timing. I that with the pen. Yeah. Like mid sign. I'm like, all right, fair.
[29:15]
Colin Quinn
You got. You got me, brother.
[29:16]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. Basically he was like, why don't you throw the pen down and walk off, Mr. Integrity?
[29:21]
Colin Quinn
Here's. Yeah, here's the moment where it really counts. Here's the moment face to face with the. With the one tit out.
[29:28]
Stavros Halkias
But it was. It was. It was a great. Like, we had so much fun. Because speaking of executives. All the executives. I'm still. I still. They came to our show last week in la. They're all. They weren't executives. They were like young music fans.
[29:41]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[29:41]
Stavros Halkias
That went to MTV at the right time.
[29:43]
Colin Quinn
Yes, yes, yes.
[29:44]
Stavros Halkias
So they loved us. We'd all go out all together as a party.
[29:47]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[29:47]
Stavros Halkias
So you had friends. Every time we went to an event, there'd be 50 people that all wanted to go dance and hang out and, you know, just whatever it was in at that time.
[29:57]
Colin Quinn
I mean, that's beautiful. That's like. That is really right. Right place, right time. What's the comedown like off that?
[30:03]
Stavros Halkias
The comedown was pretty event.
[30:04]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[30:05]
Stavros Halkias
The comedown was. I was the Mario Joiners, a funny community. He was on MTV too. And he goes, yeah, because he. He goes. Because he was living in New York too. And he goes, yeah. He goes, I used to come on the subway. People go, taking the subway now. He goes, now I get on. People go, taking the subway. You know your first class.
[30:26]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[30:26]
Stavros Halkias
Flight sometimes. And now you're back in college.
[30:29]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[30:29]
Stavros Halkias
And that was. You're right, it was.
[30:31]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, it's tough.
[30:32]
Stavros Halkias
You had to get used to it, you know.
[30:33]
Colin Quinn
What was the, like. Was there a moment where you're like, ah, the MTV being the Beatles is over.
[30:39]
Stavros Halkias
It ended quick. It ended quick. I mean, I left the show because it was just too much for me at that point.
[30:43]
Colin Quinn
But you're on it for how long? Like two years.
[30:46]
Stavros Halkias
But I was like, I can't do it again. I was literally lying on the couch. I go, guys, I can't do another season. They go, yeah, but one more. I go, no, I'm telling you, I can't do it with Kenny. I'm not doing it. Yeah, I was so.
[30:56]
Colin Quinn
And was it the artistic stuff?
[30:58]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[31:01]
Colin Quinn
And you were like, I did it.
[31:02]
Stavros Halkias
I didn't do any drugs. I was. Back then. Yeah.
[31:04]
Colin Quinn
Oh, wow.
[31:05]
Stavros Halkias
But I mean. And that was hard. That was.
[31:07]
Colin Quinn
Wow. Staying sober, that was hard through that.
[31:10]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[31:10]
Colin Quinn
I'm guessing you had other ways, other outlets.
[31:13]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, I had a lot of girlfriends and I had a lot of cigarettes. That was it.
[31:18]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[31:19]
Stavros Halkias
But I mean. But. But that was it. Yeah, but I mean, that was hard because a lot. There was a lot of drugs, a lot of drinking going on all around. All of for free.
[31:27]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[31:29]
Stavros Halkias
But I knew if I did that.
[31:30]
Colin Quinn
It's one thing to buy cocaine. It's the thing. I think it's one thing not to buy it.
[31:34]
Stavros Halkias
I was offered. I was offered to go to so many parties that I turned down because, you know, I just. I. I'm told this. I'm sure, bud. One time in the elevators. Kenny Ober. Sam Kinison.
[31:46]
Colin Quinn
Oh, hell yeah.
[31:47]
Stavros Halkias
Who's the greatest guy? And they. They. And he was a coke guy, you know.
[31:50]
Colin Quinn
Oh, yeah.
[31:51]
Stavros Halkias
And a couple other guys in the elevator with all these strippers from like, whatever. Where? Daytona Beach. Wherever we are. Yeah. And Then as he. I go. And I just thought to myself, they're all going up to this big penthouse. You got the whole top floor of some hotel. And. And then I just realized, I go, I gotta get out of here. I can't go.
[32:08]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[32:09]
Stavros Halkias
I go, I'm gonna. I'm gonna end up doing coke and dying.
[32:12]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[32:12]
Stavros Halkias
And so I just got out of the elevator on my floor and you just see the door show. I could still see the visual of Sam Kenison looking at me like this. The girl Kenny knew.
[32:20]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[32:21]
Stavros Halkias
And the girl's looking like. And the door's just shutting. I went to my room and cried.
[32:27]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the Godfather.
[32:29]
Stavros Halkias
But I had no idea.
[32:30]
Colin Quinn
When he shuts the door at the end.
[32:31]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[32:32]
Colin Quinn
You were k. You're like, I'm out of this life.
[32:35]
Stavros Halkias
Yes. Yeah.
[32:37]
Colin Quinn
Oh, I mean, what you're doing, I.
[32:39]
Stavros Halkias
I don't want to see you. Colin, if we do gigs together, I want you to do your spot and then leave.
[32:47]
Colin Quinn
You will vacate the green room before I am to arrive. Yeah, dude. I mean, there is no way I would have survived. I mean, I understand why every fat comedian died.
[33:00]
Stavros Halkias
I would have died.
[33:00]
Colin Quinn
There's no way I would have survived. What you're describing one iota of that. I had a rule I stopped doing at 30. I was like, it's either beef fat or cocaine. You can't do both after.
[33:12]
Stavros Halkias
Well, you're very smart. Cuz I had a lot of friends die.
[33:14]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[33:14]
Stavros Halkias
From coke.
[33:15]
Colin Quinn
It's. And it was. And just the. And. And also like less people didn't know as. I mean, now there's been so much clear research. Research of like, what happens when it was newer, you know, and you could, you could lie to yourself like, ah, we're just having a good time. But.
[33:31]
Stavros Halkias
But you're right. No, coke. Coke killed. It killed a lot of people. Not overdose. They died of heart failure the next day.
[33:39]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Over the. Over. Yeah. I felt. I mean, you felt. You feel it too.
[33:43]
Stavros Halkias
They do something the next day and then they work out or whatever they try to do the next day and they all die.
[33:47]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[33:48]
Stavros Halkias
It's really bad.
[33:49]
Colin Quinn
I know. We. We had a. Another plus size comedian on here. And the analogy was when you're using a laptop.
[33:55]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[33:56]
Colin Quinn
And you hear the fan going really hard. That's what a fat person on cocaine is like. That's what my heart felt like. Every time I did cocaine. I was like, oh, I gotta go plunge myself into a bath or something.
[34:07]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. No, I had a heart attack a few Years ago. So I'm always, I'm always. Whenever I hear my heart going in a different. I'm like, it's a whole different vibe now.
[34:14]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, absolutely. No, I can totally imagine.
[34:18]
Stavros Halkias
But there's nothing you can do about it either. It's so funny because I'm like, yeah. I'm like, hey, what am I going to do?
[34:25]
Colin Quinn
Stretch your heart out, you know?
[34:27]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[34:28]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. That's tough. So. Okay. Well, I'm just so fascinated about because. So you had that, that high ass run and you were like. And then you wanted to commit yourself to the art again. Is that what happened or what?
[34:38]
Stavros Halkias
I went back to stand up and I really felt like, you know, I mean like I loved. I never denied MTU is the greatest. It's not like I was like, oh my God, I wish I loved it.
[34:49]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[34:50]
Stavros Halkias
When it was happening, I loved it. And afterwards I loved it.
[34:52]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. That's nice though. It's like, it's like being on like a, a college football team that won the championship. You can look back on it fondly. You didn't want to.
[35:00]
Stavros Halkias
Absolutely.
[35:01]
Colin Quinn
You don't want to stay in school forever though.
[35:02]
Stavros Halkias
Absolutely. Yeah.
[35:03]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[35:03]
Stavros Halkias
But I love, but I did love it. But then I started doing stand up and really throw myself into it and doing one man shows back then even. And like that was my, that was my thing. Like, I really did wanna just try to. And I've been writing screenplays, you know, for like all these years because on my mind I was always like, well, I'm surrounded by the funniest people right. In the world. How is everybody in comedy not in charge of how. How are they like 30? Woody Allen.
[35:31]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[35:32]
Stavros Halkias
I don't understand.
[35:33]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[35:33]
Stavros Halkias
And I was like, I'm gonna figure this out. And I never did yet. But. Yeah, but because I'm like, how are they not 30? Woody Allen. There's so many funny people.
[35:40]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[35:40]
Stavros Halkias
You talk to stand ups. I mean, you know, of course. Yeah.
[35:43]
Colin Quinn
And yeah. I mean, we made it. I made a. I made an indie.
[35:46]
Stavros Halkias
Movie and I know, I can't wait to see it.
[35:47]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. But thank you. And if. Go watch it, guys. Let's start a cult. It should be on VOD by now. But that was part of the thinking was I'll just write some bullshit. I know so many funny people.
[35:58]
Stavros Halkias
Yes.
[35:58]
Colin Quinn
If they just come in for a day and it's true, they just elevated. Everything was funnier.
[36:02]
Stavros Halkias
Yes.
[36:02]
Colin Quinn
It's like, yes, but, but you were. But you were so. You must have been like hat you were Actually, like, fulfilled at that time, or did it ever get, like, were you good for money or. No, shit was bad. Well, how was it going?
[36:13]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, I was. I had no money. I mean, at one point. I'll give you an example. I. After mtv, like, probably two years, maybe two years afterwards, I had to move back in with my mother. Oh, no. After mtv. Yeah. I mean, I guess I could have done more road stuff.
[36:35]
Colin Quinn
Sure.
[36:36]
Stavros Halkias
I guess. When I look back on it now. But I had no money.
[36:39]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Yeah.
[36:40]
Stavros Halkias
I had no money, and I wasn't getting road games.
[36:43]
Colin Quinn
How old were you?
[36:45]
Stavros Halkias
Probably 32, 33.
[36:48]
Colin Quinn
Oh, tough. Because I moved back.
[36:50]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[36:51]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. Because, I mean, I moved. I did that. I moved back with my parents. I stay. After college, I was in Baltimore doing stuff, and I was like, I need to save some money and move to New York. But you were already. You had already.
[37:05]
Stavros Halkias
I was from New York.
[37:06]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Yeah. You had to move back to Brooklyn.
[37:12]
Stavros Halkias
I lived in la. Yeah. No, it was pretty. It was very. I mean, the funny thing is, even though it was very humbling, of course.
[37:18]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[37:19]
Stavros Halkias
But it was also, like. It felt good because my sister was there with her little daughter.
[37:23]
Colin Quinn
Oh, that's nice. Yeah.
[37:24]
Stavros Halkias
So. And we were in this little apartment, and it was like something about four of you.
[37:29]
Colin Quinn
Your sister. Yeah, yeah.
[37:31]
Stavros Halkias
But something about it, I was like your Irish tenement. I didn't feel as bad. I didn't feel. Well, we. This was in Bay Ridge now.
[37:37]
Colin Quinn
Okay.
[37:38]
Stavros Halkias
So.
[37:39]
Colin Quinn
But I just didn't have that feeling that. That fresh from Ellis island feel. It was just three generations in one house, all lamb.
[37:46]
Stavros Halkias
Was this guy. Mr. Kelly was a real pain in the ass, too. Old Mr. Kelly was a dick, but. But he was. But it was one of those things where I was. Where I. When I look back on, I was like. I did enjoy it, of course.
[37:57]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[37:57]
Stavros Halkias
Your mom, you know, mama's boy.
[38:00]
Colin Quinn
Of course.
[38:00]
Stavros Halkias
My sister and her. Her daughter. But it's funny, but I was there for I don't know how many months I was there. I was there a few months, maybe three months.
[38:07]
Colin Quinn
What's the. So you were a mama's boy, though, when you were growing up? Sure.
[38:11]
Stavros Halkias
As a mom. How many siblings did you have? Two sisters. One brother, two sisters. But this one was. My other one. Had lived upstate. My other brother. My brother was living somewhere else, so it was me and my sister. I mean, when I remember it now, I almost forgot about it, but walking down that block.
[38:25]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[38:25]
Stavros Halkias
And people just. You know how it is the first day, people like, hey, but then they're like, I guess, yeah. Everybody knows life takes some weird turns.
[38:32]
Colin Quinn
You have to be like, yeah, my mom's sick. Just helping her.
[38:36]
Stavros Halkias
No, I didn't. I didn't feel embarrassed at all.
[38:38]
Colin Quinn
Interesting. I would if I had to go back to Greek Town right now and really. And move back in after all the. I was also kind of a. I don't know if. I don't know if you ever felt this way, but it was like. I definitely felt like these idiots. Like, I always felt like that superior. I mean, because you. You're from New York, it's a different thing.
[38:56]
Stavros Halkias
No, I didn't feel.
[38:56]
Colin Quinn
Everyone that moves here is the guy that thinks I'm better than these more.
[39:02]
Stavros Halkias
I know with.
[39:02]
Colin Quinn
So we used to hate.
[39:04]
Stavros Halkias
We used to hate that when I was growing up.
[39:05]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[39:06]
Stavros Halkias
Because when anybody moved here and they go, oh, these bridge and tunnel people, I go, oh, the people that are from here. Shut up. You just drive me crazy.
[39:15]
Colin Quinn
Yes, yes, yes.
[39:16]
Stavros Halkias
I was describing somebody who would not hold the door open. Some old lady with a B. That's why he's describing.
[39:23]
Colin Quinn
Right, right, right, right.
[39:24]
Stavros Halkias
You deserve me crazy. Like people going New York and they get mad if you say you're not New Yorkers.
[39:29]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[39:29]
Stavros Halkias
People get mad even if they're not from here.
[39:31]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[39:32]
Stavros Halkias
Well, like. Yeah, whatever. Yeah.
[39:33]
Colin Quinn
I mean, I feel the 10 year mark is where I. I would feel the. The ability to even sort of claim, you know, some kind of half. It's like your green card or something to be able to. On the path to New York citizenship. It's like 10 years is the first step and then, you know, whatever.
[39:52]
Stavros Halkias
Oh, because you Greek, maybe, you know, I live in a story, so we might.
[39:57]
Colin Quinn
But yeah, thank you. Yeah. As long as you live in either.
[40:01]
Stavros Halkias
Staten island or the Bronx, that would.
[40:05]
Colin Quinn
Be so fucking funny. You start commuting from Staten island to do.
[40:10]
Stavros Halkias
The Bronx would be awesome.
[40:11]
Colin Quinn
But no, I would not. I can't. I would not be able to go back as like a need to be there. It. I love going back there.
[40:18]
Stavros Halkias
I know, but you know, sometimes, you know, never say never.
[40:21]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[40:22]
Stavros Halkias
You know what I mean? When I was on mtv, it was. I went in and I got a couple of, I guess, development deals. You know, in those days was like 50,000 bucks with a lot of money, you know, And I had a couple of those. And you just sit there. But you did. You. If you don't understand the basics, which your generation understands, which is if you don't do it yourself, it's not Going to happen.
[40:47]
Colin Quinn
Right, right, right.
[40:48]
Stavros Halkias
So if you didn't do that movie yourself, it wouldn't happen.
[40:51]
Colin Quinn
Without question, it wouldn't happen.
[40:52]
Stavros Halkias
And that's how even back then, like, they do these development deals and you're like, you know, they just. They just go in the ether they want. That's part of their culture is, of course, keeping people in meetings and all that stuff.
[41:05]
Colin Quinn
It's all the meetings.
[41:06]
Stavros Halkias
Part of the business.
[41:07]
Colin Quinn
Pretend to make.
[41:08]
Stavros Halkias
Pretend to make product, but don't make it because it's a pain in the.
[41:10]
Colin Quinn
Ass paying a guy to dig up a hole and then paying a different guy to fill the hole back in.
[41:16]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, right, right.
[41:18]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[41:19]
Stavros Halkias
And that's. And that's what you don't understand unless you're, you know, unless you're sharper than I was.
[41:24]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, well. But at this time, you also made a. Around this time, you also, or soon after made an appearance in truly one of my favorite films, Night at the Roxbury.
[41:34]
Stavros Halkias
That was when I was on snl.
[41:35]
Colin Quinn
Okay, okay.
[41:36]
Stavros Halkias
And I had a bad attitude about that, too.
[41:39]
Colin Quinn
It comes through in your performance. But I like it. I think it lends to the character. I was afraid when we first met. I told you, I like neither expert. And then in hindsight, I was like, did he think I was fucking with him? Because I actually loved that movie.
[41:55]
Stavros Halkias
No. A lot of people like that.
[41:56]
Colin Quinn
It was like one of those.
[41:57]
Stavros Halkias
Like, was it a bad movie?
[41:58]
Colin Quinn
It was much better than it gets credit for. It is weird that Chris Kattan is the lead and Will Ferrell is the supporting character. In hindsight, that's weird. But it's also a fun relic of. And then, you know. And you were great in it. And then the uncredited Charles Palm, Ontario.
[42:16]
Stavros Halkias
Oh, yeah.
[42:17]
Colin Quinn
Like his name's nowhere in the credits. No, no, it's not there. And it's like, he was great. He was great. He's looking like Armenian guy, but. Yeah.
[42:26]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, I know. It was really fun.
[42:27]
Colin Quinn
Great performance. I think that movie's legitimately. And I watched it recently, being like. I was a dumb kid. This sucks. Loved it.
[42:37]
Stavros Halkias
I love it.
[42:38]
Colin Quinn
Maybe even more.
[42:39]
Stavros Halkias
By the way, speaking of resentful performances that were brilliant. Yeah. Richard Greco.
[42:43]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Oh, my God.
[42:45]
Stavros Halkias
He goes. He goes, so Chris Katanga. So you're gonna meet up, you guys hang out. You just talk to Johnny Depp lately. And he goes, here you go. Because Amy Ackley's a great director. And he goes, no, but the way he said it, it was incredible.
[43:06]
Colin Quinn
And you gotta feel for grievous how many Times did he get that? He got to put it on. On wax. Basically how he wished he could respond to every that asked him that question.
[43:18]
Stavros Halkias
Oh, my God. It was one of the greatest delivers of one line. Yeah, it's right up there with you ever see Laverne and Shirley?
[43:25]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, I've seen it.
[43:25]
Stavros Halkias
Anyway, but Michael, he said Lenny and Square, they would come and go hello.
[43:30]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[43:31]
Stavros Halkias
And their hello would make everybody especially came out.
[43:34]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[43:35]
Stavros Halkias
You just laugh because they were hopeful and also resentful because they were so bullied all their lives. And they come in hello. And I just used to cry at the great like one. Anybody could give a one line.
[43:47]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[43:47]
Stavros Halkias
Sometimes you just. Or even a look. Sometimes those are the moments make you cry.
[43:51]
Colin Quinn
And it's also such a. That performance. This is great. Let's get really into Night the Roxbury. Because that performance is also that resentment kind of runs through this whole thing because you have to get a guy. And the pitch is we need you to play yourself. We know you have nothing going on. You have to be a shell of your former self. You need to be so. You need to be so available to the truly the biggest idiots of all time. Have to have something over on you.
[44:18]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[44:19]
Colin Quinn
And then you also have to appear as a shell of yourself. Right on. This is the only. I mean, I don't know if he was in anything after that.
[44:28]
Stavros Halkias
I don't either. I don't. I mean, a couple of movies. But.
[44:30]
Colin Quinn
But that's. And that's a powerful energy in a film is a guy who. Who doesn't want to be there but has to be and kind of resents it. Yeah, it's awesome.
[44:38]
Stavros Halkias
And I mean, he was. Yeah. I mean, I was obviously out there during the time when he first blew up, you know.
[44:43]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[44:44]
Stavros Halkias
And he did. You know, he was. He did a couple of movies, but. Yeah, I don't think by that party. No, but it was so funny because. Yeah, he. And he delivered that line with all of his. His whole chest, as they said.
[44:56]
Colin Quinn
It was beautiful. No great movie.
[44:59]
Stavros Halkias
And I Even at the time, I was like, that was just funny. She's a great filmmaker. She made, you know, Fast Times.
[45:08]
Colin Quinn
Oh, yeah. Holy. Wait.
[45:10]
Stavros Halkias
Amy.
[45:10]
Colin Quinn
I guess I didn't even realize that she.
[45:12]
Stavros Halkias
Amy.
[45:14]
Colin Quinn
That's why it's a good movie, folks. Night, the Roxbury. Don't watch College Special. Don't watch my movie. Go watch Night at the Roxbury.
[45:22]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, I'm not gonna recommend that one, but I would say go watch Fast Times if he's not high.
[45:29]
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[46:00]
Stavros Halkias
You know about Slider Sunday. The weekly tradition all about sharing sliders made with soft, fluffy King's Hawaiian rolls and slider buns. Here's the thing. King's Hawaiian rolls and slider buns are so versatile. They're perfect for any slider no matter what you make. That's why this year Kings Hawaiian is celebrating Slider Sunday your way. Because the best slider is the one you love to create, eat and share.
[46:24]
Colin Quinn
With family and friends.
[46:25]
Stavros Halkias
So a few things, things you need to know. First, start with King's Hawaiian. Whether it's their original Hawaiian sweet roll slider buns or their sweet and salty pretzel slider buns, the best sliders always start with King's Hawaiian. Second, what you put on it is.
[46:39]
Colin Quinn
Totally up to you.
[46:40]
Stavros Halkias
Fried chicken in pickles, pulled pork with coleslaw. How about breakfast sliders with bacon, egg and cheese or ice cream sandwich sliders for dessert? All ideas are welcome. Head to kingshawaian.com for more inspiration. So head to the bakery or deli section of your grocery store for King's Hawaiian rolls and slider buns. But I mean, yeah. Was not bad.
[47:04]
Colin Quinn
No, it's good.
[47:05]
Stavros Halkias
But again, you know, I just, I don't know why I had a bad attitude. I try not to do it, you know.
[47:08]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Did you just not want to do anything other than what I like what I write? Just classic.
[47:13]
Stavros Halkias
I've been like that my whole life.
[47:14]
Colin Quinn
Obstinance.
[47:15]
Stavros Halkias
I just want to do my projects and I never got to do. It's really kind of an ironic thing.
[47:19]
Colin Quinn
Was is there one, is there one white whale project still out?
[47:23]
Stavros Halkias
No, there's 10.
[47:25]
Colin Quinn
There's 10.
[47:26]
Stavros Halkias
They're all based in like six neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn.
[47:32]
Colin Quinn
All right.
[47:33]
Stavros Halkias
And the Bronx.
[47:34]
Colin Quinn
It's about this cool guy that's getting pussy on mtv.
[47:37]
Stavros Halkias
No, no, no, no, no. Well, my first project, which is another famous story of the delusions of me yeah. When Crocodile Dundee 2 had one line. So I rewrote the whole script about Paul Hogan, who's the hugest name in show business, being led around New York. Buy a cool guy.
[47:57]
Colin Quinn
You rewrote it.
[47:59]
Stavros Halkias
Rewrote it for. I handed to the director.
[48:04]
Colin Quinn
So you're tasked with one line and you're like, I got something that's gonna button this up, make this a much better future.
[48:10]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, I think I actually said to him, like, hey, you know, I'm from New York. This New York part doesn't really feel real. That was before mtv, by the way.
[48:23]
Colin Quinn
That's fucking insane. That's.
[48:25]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, I was like, I'm like, Ruben Pumpkin.
[48:30]
Colin Quinn
Respond to getting that.
[48:32]
Stavros Halkias
He. Well, he was Australian, thank God. He goes, oh, yeah, mate, thanks.
[48:36]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. The accent does a lot of work.
[48:39]
Stavros Halkias
He's just like the paper over that. More trouble to fire him than just getting arm. If there was an American director that would have said, get this piece of off the film. The Strand's like.
[48:54]
Colin Quinn
For one line, rewrote. The whole script is incredible, man. So awesome. Yeah, I can't. That's awesome.
[49:03]
Stavros Halkias
What a delusional bastard.
[49:06]
Colin Quinn
Did you ever have. What was the first creative pursuit you had as like even a kid? Was there a thing where you were like, oh, this is awesome.
[49:13]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, no, but I was funny, you know, I was always making people laugh and that was creative show, you know, I mean, like when I speak it, people start laughing. You get into that whole thing where you're like, I'm funny.
[49:25]
Colin Quinn
This is fun. Yeah.
[49:26]
Stavros Halkias
And people go, you're funny, you're funny.
[49:28]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. You never wrote like a play or something as a little kid or play. You know what I mean? Like put something. Made people play actor.
[49:34]
Stavros Halkias
Sure I did. Yeah, of course. But I can't remember them. I mean, yeah, me and my sister, we had a tape recorder. Yeah, Me and my sister. My friend, my sister Jenny, who was also into stuff too, and we did the Johnny Borsom show instead of Johnny Carson. I wish I had the same. So I'm like, Johnny Borsum. And then Raquel Welch comes out and I go. And she. My sister's playing Raquel Welch. That's when you. A couple of big tit jokes. I go to my sister, go, boy, Raquel, you're really popping out all over the place. She goes, thanks, Johnny. She's like seven.
[50:10]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. You're making big tit jokes on your seven year old sister.
[50:14]
Stavros Halkias
And she's like improving. Yeah, thanks, Johnny. You're like, stop I wish, yeah, I wish I had that.
[50:24]
Colin Quinn
Were you like the ob. Did you get. Did you go to like Catholics? Were like nuns hitting you? Where's the abstinence come from?
[50:31]
Stavros Halkias
She went to Catholic school, actually.
[50:32]
Colin Quinn
Oh, interesting.
[50:33]
Stavros Halkias
No, I went to public school, but that was wild. I should probably. Should have got. Yeah, actually, to give you any of the public schools. We went to public school. So my brothers had to go to Catholic school because. Yeah, buck wild, as they say in those days. No, the obstinates just. I think I was just born.
[50:48]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[50:49]
Stavros Halkias
I think a lot of comedians are born with exactly that. Just a. Whatever they call that. We have Defiance disorder.
[50:59]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[51:00]
Stavros Halkias
And you just look at everything and. Because even now, if I remember meeting a young comedian in Pittsburgh like 10 years ago, and they're like, oh my God, you're Colin Quinn. You're doing comedy. I'm just starting like open micro in Pittsburgh. Working at the hotel or something.
[51:17]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[51:18]
Stavros Halkias
And he's like, oh, nervous. And so I said, yeah, I'm gonna be nice. This guy, give him a couple of. So I told him, I said, show me your stuff. And I. He showed me stuff. I go, this could be, you know, that could be a good. And he's looking at me like, yeah, I got it. And I was like, that's a comedian.
[51:35]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[51:35]
Stavros Halkias
He's like, yeah, don't worry about me, worry about yourself. I just told you, I'm doing open mike. I don't need anybody helping my fucking material.
[51:43]
Colin Quinn
It is awesome how sure you are that you know what you're doing.
[51:46]
Stavros Halkias
You have to be.
[51:47]
Colin Quinn
It's true.
[51:47]
Stavros Halkias
Comedians are tough as shit. People don't realize even comedians are like.
[51:52]
Colin Quinn
Well, delusional is I think, how I would put it. Yeah, it's. That's a delusion. You have to be so delusional that it is toughness. Because if you were to actually look at.
[52:02]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[52:02]
Colin Quinn
If you're actually looking at the odds against you, how bad you are when you start how many better, like, looking more talented, more everything. People like, if I wasn't stupid, I mean the fact that I was in a mood, like, I can't even believe they let me star in a movie. I am so fat and ugly compared to a movie. A guy. I could be in the movie. I could be the guy whose pants fall down and then they hit him with a pie in the face. But in my head I was like, nah, nah, I'm a star, baby. And it's like, you have to be that delusional. I'm just.
[52:37]
Stavros Halkias
That's beautiful.
[52:38]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Because it is.
[52:39]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[52:40]
Colin Quinn
I. I don't like this pot. This weird positive thing about. I just think comedians should always view themselves as losers, first and foremost.
[52:48]
Stavros Halkias
That's right.
[52:49]
Colin Quinn
And I think it is the. It's the delusional factor. We aren't really special. A lot of people, if they put this amount of hours in, could be good at this.
[52:58]
Stavros Halkias
Absolutely.
[52:58]
Colin Quinn
But they're helping the world.
[53:00]
Stavros Halkias
You know, if they're helping the world.
[53:01]
Colin Quinn
Or whatever, they're like.
[53:02]
Stavros Halkias
But they don't have that. Right. That delusion.
[53:04]
Colin Quinn
Or they at least have. But it's like.
[53:06]
Stavros Halkias
Also. But here's why people. Like.
[53:07]
Colin Quinn
They did the math and they were like, oh.
[53:09]
Stavros Halkias
But the positive side of it is also that we avoid some producers when zero myself.
[53:14]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[53:15]
Stavros Halkias
He's out the window to. What's the name? With the. And he goes, that's right. If you got it. And like, that's why people like us. Yeah. Because they're like, hey, I'm not gonna do the work and be up there. Do. Go for it.
[53:27]
Colin Quinn
You do it, baby. You freak.
[53:29]
Stavros Halkias
You ever see Officer and a Gentleman?
[53:33]
Colin Quinn
Sure.
[53:33]
Stavros Halkias
Great movie. So at the end, her friend, who ended up having the boyfriend get killed, and he calls her. She goes off with Richard Gere, and she's with nobody. She wanted to get married, too. And she goes like this. Yeah, Paula. I feel like that's how people feel about. They're like, yeah, you're right. You're not as talented as these gorgeous actors and singers, but them too. Where would you. That's why people like to be.
[53:57]
Colin Quinn
I know they want to be as.
[53:59]
Stavros Halkias
Delusional as we are. I like that we're fucked up. I think they know we're not that great.
[54:03]
Colin Quinn
Of course not.
[54:03]
Stavros Halkias
But they fucking love us for it.
[54:05]
Colin Quinn
And that's why. That's why there should be something. We should be. We should be against the. There is a little bit of an epidemic of comedians being cool, which is a big problem.
[54:14]
Stavros Halkias
I hate cool is the opposite of comedy problem.
[54:17]
Colin Quinn
Big problem. Yeah. So anyway, well, we have a lot. Let's not just. Let's just give general comedy platitudes. Let's actually help the People column. You're a man with a ton of beautiful life experience. We didn't even get to delve into all of it. You'll have to come back. But we have, you know, people call in. I don't know if we even told you how the show works, but we have. Yeah, we do some voicemails and we give people Advice. So it's half interview, half. Yeah. Yeah.
[54:43]
Stavros Halkias
Oh, I didn't know that.
[54:44]
Colin Quinn
Oh, yeah, yeah. Play well. Perfect. We're gonna get you right off the. Right off. Sorry, we're bad at.
[54:50]
Stavros Halkias
It's better that way.
[54:51]
Colin Quinn
Our guests. Yes. I'll just play us some.
[54:52]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. You guys give me no prep. Not that I give a sh. That it was all worth it for that speech you just made. That's exactly right.
[55:01]
Colin Quinn
Thank you, man.
[55:02]
Stavros Halkias
Delusional and not that great. But you have to admit that's why people love us.
[55:07]
Colin Quinn
Absolutely. It shouldn't work.
[55:08]
Stavros Halkias
They're like, yeah, yeah, I didn't do it. But you did it. Do it.
[55:12]
Colin Quinn
You should be the avatar for fat slobs everywhere. I always say, as a comedian, I.
[55:17]
Stavros Halkias
Always say, speaking of cool and comedy, I go where the. We're not. The people that are in the trendy party. We're outside and they're not letting you in.
[55:28]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[55:28]
Stavros Halkias
You. Your clothes are off. Yeah. You just don't have the look.
[55:33]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[55:34]
Stavros Halkias
To be in that goddamn Oscar party. You're in the. Flicking out the window.
[55:38]
Colin Quinn
Totally. You know, you're like that piece of. He's not that. And then the guy. The famous guy walks by. You're like, hey, dude.
[55:44]
Stavros Halkias
Exactly.
[55:45]
Colin Quinn
Hey, can I come in? Play us something. Eldis.
[55:51]
Stavros Halkias
Hello, Stavros Eldis. I have issues ejaculating. Within the last year, I was diagnosed with ocd. And I've been medicated on it. And I'm on two different medications. The medication allows me to function. It allows me to go out and leave my house. It allows me to go to different places. It allows me to break my routine, which I appreciate. I really enjoy being able to take the medication and getting my life back. The issue is I now have pretty much no ability to come. Even if I'm masturbating myself. I usually become tired or in pain, damaged my penis in some way or my balls of bruised because we're talking double digit minutes of jacking to come. The issue is my wife. It's probably her favorite part of sex is me coming in or around her or on her in some way. And I'm not really able to perform that currently. I have thought that maybe we could do more degrading things in the bedroom for her, which I think she would enjoy as well. But I don't want to make her do strange things or weird things and still not come. It would make her feel worse. And that's kind of the thing. I'm worried that I'm making her feel bad every Time we have sex and I don't come. I'm still enjoying sex with my wife. I love my wife. We've been together for 10 years. But this has just been a tough six to seven month period of time where I'm just really not able to come. Even with all of her moves, her tried and true moves she does. The people on your podcast do seem to be able to come freely and frequently. Maybe you could give me some advice on maybe get out of my own head and be in the moment and come more easily. Or maybe I need to get off the medication. Any advice? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
[57:39]
Colin Quinn
Well, this is good. We didn't prep Colin and like, maybe Elvis will ease us in with a question, but no, immediately. Some fucking freak jizzing in his wife is what we. What we're hitting Colin with right off the top. I have some thoughts. I don't know.
[57:54]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, I'm sure. I mean, you have to have thoughts on what he just said.
[58:04]
Colin Quinn
Um, well, she, first of all, is your wife a fucking child. Like you had OCD and you finally had medication. You had finally had medication that gets your shit under control. And she's mad you can't cream pie her. She's not gonna take the trade off of like, oh, he doesn't have to, you know, ocd. It's like now we don't have to. He doesn't have to, you know, obsessively, you know, whatever the you're doing, counting straws before you have a drink or you know what, you're, you're not insane anymore. Basically, it's. But she's mad that you can't bust. Feels kind of insane. Feels like a crazy thing for your wife not to, you know, not to understand. Um, have you tried talking to her? I guess is a big one now if it's all about the physical jizzing aspect, have you thought about a fake dick or a fake, some kind of performative, I don't know, Nickelodeon gak. Nickelodeon slime like situation where at the end of sex you could push a button.
[59:14]
Stavros Halkias
Wow.
[59:14]
Colin Quinn
And you could. You're maybe a small super soaker. You could tape to the underside of your balls that's filled with some kind of jizz like substance or what do they use when you're. When you have to fake a piss test. You know what I mean? A nice warm flagging of fake gum. I'm just spitballing here, but I don't know. Kyle, you have any thoughts here?
[59:36]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, well, I had t dick for many years.
[59:41]
Colin Quinn
What's T. Dick.
[59:42]
Stavros Halkias
T Dick is when I would drink tea.
[59:45]
Colin Quinn
Literal. Like tea, chamomile.
[59:47]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[59:48]
Colin Quinn
Earl Gray.
[59:49]
Stavros Halkias
And he gotta tell you. And I hate Earl Grey. Okay. I don't know.
[59:52]
Colin Quinn
My apologies.
[59:53]
Stavros Halkias
I don't want anyone to ever give me a couple Earl Gray. But anyway, yeah, Earl Gray killed my ancestors. He was a landowner. No, I don't. I had tea. Dick. Where I would come. If I drank tea back in the 80s, I would get. Really. My dick would hurt if you had tea.
[60:16]
Colin Quinn
I noticed you're drinking some right now.
[60:18]
Stavros Halkias
I'm not planning on coming. And on mtv, we would literally have everybody. Like I said, all. We'd go out and they'd be like, oh, Colin's drinking tea. And they tell some girl, don't even bother talking.
[60:34]
Colin Quinn
They see Colin with a brisk. You better watch out, girl love tape. Yeah.
[60:38]
Stavros Halkias
So I understand if he's saying he becomes in pain, Right?
[60:42]
Colin Quinn
Well, he's saying he just can't from the medication. Right.
[60:45]
Stavros Halkias
Well, he says usually become tired or in pain. You know, I mean, this is just so. Yeah, yeah. I think he needs to. I need. Think he needs to. You know, first of all, the fact that he hasn't googled any of this is infuriated. He acts like he came with this thorough problem. He gave us the most surface level of a thorough problem I've ever heard. So you're not serious about this.
[61:09]
Colin Quinn
It's also. What are we gonna do, man? It's a medication. It's changed your. You should talk to your doctor again.
[61:15]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, and we're taking his word.
[61:17]
Colin Quinn
True. That is true.
[61:18]
Stavros Halkias
This whole thing, he's on two medications for ocd. He doesn't mention what they are.
[61:22]
Colin Quinn
Right? That's right.
[61:23]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, was he afraid? We're going to research him, give us the name of all those people in Concerta.
[61:28]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Elders will run some toxicology reports, let you know what's going on. It is interesting, though. He seems to be worried about his wife more than anything. He seems to be worried about, you know, her favorite parts of sex. Or. Or she's not doing her. She's doing her tried and true moves, and he's not busting. That would be annoying to me if I was in a relationship with somebody and I knew how to make her come and then all of a sudden it was gone, I would feel inadequate. But if we had a conversation and we're like, hey, I hope you're not feeling this way. This is just the medicine that makes me not shit in the toaster oven. That's the Trade off here. I think she would understand it.
[62:12]
Stavros Halkias
But I feel like this. He's saying two things here. One is he can't comment. His wife doesn't like it. And two, he's kind of saying, maybe I'll try some new things with my wife. That's a great point.
[62:24]
Colin Quinn
That's a really good point.
[62:26]
Stavros Halkias
I like. I like where this guy's going.
[62:30]
Colin Quinn
Maybe. And he said, maybe.
[62:31]
Stavros Halkias
It's not really about this Medicaid.
[62:33]
Colin Quinn
He's. He's put up a smoke screen to be able to put his wife in a gimp suit. He's like. And he's talking about weird, degrading.
[62:39]
Stavros Halkias
I know.
[62:40]
Colin Quinn
Where did that come from?
[62:41]
Stavros Halkias
Exactly.
[62:42]
Colin Quinn
Where the fuck did.
[62:42]
Stavros Halkias
That was a left turn that we appreciated. But at the same time, no, you're right.
[62:48]
Colin Quinn
You're so right, Colin. This guy's trying to use his new medicine as a way to fucking, you know, write whore on his wife's face with lipstick and spit on her.
[62:59]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[62:59]
Colin Quinn
And so, yeah, man. Did she ask for that? Is that. That's your solution?
[63:04]
Stavros Halkias
He spits in her face. He goes, is that viscous enough for you?
[63:11]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, man, I would try talking to your wife before I would hit her pussy with a mace. Next question. Elders. Holy shit. What the fuck's going on? Holy fuck. You know what time it is, guys? Oh, man, it's a fucking crazy time, man. It's time. Time to keep it twisted on this. This week's Keep It Twisted. Twisted Question of the Most up Twisted Question of the week. We still don't have an official name for the segment, but now is the time. That's good. And Eldest, play us a twist. Let's see if these people are going to keep it twisted with this twisted ass call Keep it Twisted.
[64:03]
Stavros Halkias
Yo, how's it going? Stuff.
[64:05]
Colin Quinn
First time caller, longtime listener. Guest, Eldest. Hope you guys are doing good.
[64:12]
Stavros Halkias
Just a little problem I have with me and my girlfriend.
[64:15]
Colin Quinn
I'm 23, she's 21. We've been together for about three years now. Love this woman. She's the love of my life. And she's, you know, everything to me. The thing is, you know, in her.
[64:27]
Stavros Halkias
Past, she has had, you know, girlfriends, and I'm totally cool with that. I personally haven't had boyfriends, but, you know, I don't care about her past. I like her as a person.
[64:39]
Colin Quinn
Interesting is when she's around me, she's.
[64:42]
Stavros Halkias
Totally, you know, cool, totally normal.
[64:45]
Colin Quinn
And then the thing is, when we.
[64:47]
Stavros Halkias
Hang out with her friends, then that's when I noticed a little Bit of a personality swap. We'll go out to, like, a club.
[64:57]
Colin Quinn
And she will spend the entire night.
[64:59]
Stavros Halkias
Just twerking and sometimes even making out with her friends. And, you know, I get left in the dust.
[65:08]
Colin Quinn
And, you know, I know some guys, maybe that's like, something they like, where.
[65:14]
Stavros Halkias
They, like, think that that's hot.
[65:16]
Colin Quinn
That's not me. You know, the girl wasn't even that hot. That just really pissed me off. Sure.
[65:26]
Stavros Halkias
You know, I know it's harmless. I. You know, I need to know if.
[65:29]
Colin Quinn
I'm making a big deal about this or if, you know, it's actually an issue, you know? Right. All right, well, that's my question.
[65:39]
Stavros Halkias
Hope you guys are doing good.
[65:42]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, man. Wow. It sounds like she's really keeping it pretty twisted. Yeah, that is a twisted. She's keeping it very twisted. So because of the segment, I'm going to have to back her and everything that she.
[65:52]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. Very much in the spirit of the twisted tea.
[65:57]
Colin Quinn
Go out. Go out lesbian. Make out.
[66:00]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[66:01]
Colin Quinn
Responsibly, of course. Don't over drink. I'm drinking responsibly. It's a delicious 5% alcohol by volume drink. Just enough to get you a nice little buzz, but you're still responsible. Yeah. And you're keeping it twisted. You're making out with other ladies. You're twerking and that sort of thing. This guy's hilarious because he's like, I'm. He's. What is he, 23 and the girl's 21. Responding to drink. Been together. Yeah, true. And I'm glad you just started. I'm glad you. Your girlfriend just started drinking this year. And she's certainly keeping it twisted.
[66:39]
Stavros Halkias
Yes.
[66:39]
Colin Quinn
Now, been together three years, and the question is like, hey, man, when I go out, like, let's just. Let's just break down what he's told us. He goes out to the club with his girlfriend. She doesn't pay attention to him, and she dances suggestively and makes out with other people. She cheats on him at the club.
[67:04]
Stavros Halkias
And he's asking if this is a red flag.
[67:08]
Colin Quinn
I would say it is as red as the raspberry.
[67:10]
Stavros Halkias
Twisted cheek right here at the top of the.
[67:13]
Colin Quinn
That says red. A flag is the delicious, refreshing red of the raspberry. The hint of raspberry.
[67:18]
Stavros Halkias
And this makes me want to do.
[67:20]
Colin Quinn
All this sort of, I gotta go to the club right now and twerk.
[67:24]
Stavros Halkias
I really. I gotta start.
[67:26]
Colin Quinn
I gotta start making out with men and women.
[67:29]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[67:29]
Colin Quinn
That's how twisted I'm feeling right now. I think this is at least worth, you know, maybe talking to her about. Yeah. I'm glad you came to us first. Yeah. Before you mentioned that.
[67:41]
Stavros Halkias
Even said, like, it is kind of making me uncomfortable. Let me ask a podcast first.
[67:49]
Colin Quinn
Yes. Love that. And so I think we can say that your girlfriend is keeping it a little too twisted right now. Too much. I would. I would dial back how twisted I'm keeping it if I were her. And I also have bad news for you. You're 23. She's 21. You've been together three years. I don't know if you survive this. I gotta be honest. This is the kind of behavior like, are you gonna. You've been together since she was 18 and you were 21. Whatever. Like, dude, you're. If she. She might just have this in her. And other guys would roll with the punches. Other. I mean, don't get me wrong. Also mentally ill. But sometimes mentally ill people align and he's like, yeah, that's my. Go kiss those. You know what I mean? Go. Like. But that doesn't seem to be you. You don't like this. Definitely have a conversation with her. Tell her. Makes you uncomfortable. You. You're secure. If you're feeling that secure. I almost don't want to talk him out of it. He's just like, I would not be able to handle this. I would give her a taste of her own medicine. Yeah. Start. You say, let's go do a double date massage. And you start just getting it in the hot tub with all sorts of guys. And then you're like grossing yourself out, making out. I'll go see kind of thing. You understand what we're talking about. You're probably toast. If I have to be completely honest with you, it seems like she's barely.
[69:12]
Stavros Halkias
Concealing how little she cares about your.
[69:15]
Colin Quinn
Relationship if that's what she's doing. Now that we're being negative. Glass half full. This is literally. I also did know girls who considered this just having a good time in college. Right? Yeah, but you have. But if that's the. I want to. And it's not even. I'm not even saying it's wrong. You just have to be able to roll with the punches. If you can't roll with the punches, the odds of getting somebody to stop behaving like this at 21, when that's what's in their heart. Yeah. Very low.
[69:42]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[69:42]
Colin Quinn
That's all I'm saying. Have a conversation. You owe it to yourself, but also be prepared for it to not go the way you want. And, you know, that's all it cost. And then if it doesn't go the way you want. Get a little twisted. Just get a couple of tip twisted. One can of every flavor. One can. So hard to drink. The variety pack. Get the variety pack. It's good. Drink it responsibly. Perfect for game day or a nice kickback with friends or just alone at home. Oh, yeah, yeah. Whatever. It is all. Just make sure. Just remember, buddy, keep it twisted. All right. That ought to do it for the Keep it twisted, twisted question of the week or day or whatever the. The name is. That was a beautiful, like, drop right there. Thanks, man. Yeah, we do, you know, we got it down to science, so that was. Yeah, that guy's. He's toast. He's. Keep it twisted.
[70:39]
Stavros Halkias
Hey, Savi. Hey, Elvis. Hey, esteemed guest. I am dating a wonderful woman. She is smart, generous, loving, caring, patient.
[70:51]
Colin Quinn
But the only issue is, she is.
[70:53]
Stavros Halkias
Extremely sensitive and on the more jealous and insecure side of things. If I breathe in the wrong direction or say hi to a woman the wrong way, she'll get upset, and we'll have a conversation about it, and she wants me to validate her feelings.
[71:12]
Colin Quinn
And I genuinely don't know how I'm.
[71:15]
Stavros Halkias
Supposed to validate feelings when I think they're dumb. Like, I know that's awful to say, but how do I validate someone's feelings when I can't empathize with what the reaction was. For example, there was a girl dressed in a costume with a bunch of friends. I complimented the entire group, not just her, but because I complimented even a woman on their, like, group costume, we had to have a conversation about it. And I'm of the opinion that. That it's okay to have these feelings, but I don't think it's important to have a conversation on every small feeling that you have, because now when there is something that we need to talk about, and I do need to validate her feelings about a real situation or a bigger situation, my feelings and my emotional capacity is at the, like, the bottom of the floor, and it's really starting to weigh on me heavily, and I'm starting to think it may not be.
[72:14]
Colin Quinn
I mean, we're not your fucking girlfriend. Relax with the therapy language, man. I've told people every time you call in, we're your defense attorney. You have to tell us the truth. Don't come at me with your stupid bullshit. Half. This is clearly. He's just. He's talking at us the way he would talk to his girlfriend. And Also the. Your whole attitude is atrocious. But let's finish up. Is everything about the way he's talking about this pisses me off. I'm on her side already by how he's behaving and just his cadence is pissing me off. But let's finish it. I wonder.
[72:50]
Stavros Halkias
Weigh on me heavily. And I'm starting to think it may not be the best for successful long term relationship.
[72:58]
Colin Quinn
I'm wondering if I just give it.
[72:59]
Stavros Halkias
More time or a fairly new relationship under six months, five months.
[73:09]
Colin Quinn
Thank you.
[73:09]
Stavros Halkias
And I'm wondering if over time she'll be more secure in the relationship. She doesn't like any interaction with any other women. And a lot of watch porn. No strip clubs.
[73:23]
Colin Quinn
And even clubs with bottle girls become.
[73:26]
Stavros Halkias
An issue at a point. So I'm not sure what to do here. Is there an opportunity for this to get better or is this gonna get worse? Thanks, guys.
[73:39]
Colin Quinn
This is fascinating because he sucks. I mean, he's a fucking piece of shit. But she also sounds like a nightmare. It's really hard to understand what's going on here because we have a very unreliable narrator here yet again where I'm not taking anything he's saying at face value. But also, they've been together five months and he's already talking about he's not allowed to go to strip clubs. Okay. Then he says not even clubs with bottle girl. As that becomes an issue at a point. How many times are you going in 5 months? How many times in a 5 month period? How many times you go into strip clubs or bottle service club? It's like, what the fuck? How is this an issue in your life? And maybe she has a point. If it starts with you're at a strip club every week anyway. This is fucking insane.
[74:29]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. Unless this is like Antonio Brown or something. I mean, this kid's like, he's got to be either football or basketball professional, right? To get away with this kind of bullshit. You know, girls like. Yeah, they go to strip clubs all the time. They go to bottle club.
[74:44]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[74:45]
Stavros Halkias
Otherwise, by yourself. Humongous balls.
[74:49]
Colin Quinn
I know, dude. It's like nothing. You both sound horrible. Is kind of what it comes down to. She could be over now. She's saying he's not allowed to watch porn. That's psychotic.
[74:59]
Stavros Halkias
Well, allow five months in the relationship. You shouldn't be watching porn yet.
[75:03]
Colin Quinn
But the fact there's a hard rule about the fact that that's been discussed. I'm with you in the, in the, you know, honeymoon phase of a relationship. You, you will Naturally, watch less porn. Yeah, but if your girlfriend sits you down and says, and now that we are official, no pornography. That's weird. You know what I mean? Like what, My girlfriend's gonna yell at me if I watch porn four months into a relationship?
[75:29]
Stavros Halkias
As you said, this whole thing feels false somehow. Yeah, there's something strange going on here.
[75:35]
Colin Quinn
There is something.
[75:36]
Stavros Halkias
I don't know what it is, but there's something odd about him and this relationship. It. It just doesn't ring. Ring true in some way. Yeah, unless he's just. He wants help from you to gaslight her, Right? That's what they wanted.
[75:57]
Colin Quinn
No, you're absolutely right because he starts with the therapy language and then it's like. And I'm not even allowed to go to strip clubs or bottle service clubs. I mean, yeah, it's. And then I'm very dubious of his example of the group cost. It's like. That sounds so like a out of context couple fight where it's like it makes no sense to anyone but the two people involved.
[76:20]
Stavros Halkias
Well, it's like.
[76:21]
Colin Quinn
What are you talking. Talking about?
[76:22]
Stavros Halkias
I'll tell you what it is. Some young girls are walking by in their Catholic school uniforms and this pervert. Yeah, like that meme turns around, hey, girls. They really wear them shorter these days, huh? The church is really lenient.
[76:39]
Colin Quinn
He's like, whoa, whoa. You're trying to get me to empathize with your position, but I simply don't have the emotional capacity right now.
[76:47]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, I don't know what these costumes were. Halloween. Post Halloween crime.
[76:52]
Colin Quinn
Yes, yes. So whatever, man. No, this isn't gonna work. And I don't know. I don't know whose fault it is, but it's definitely not gonna work.
[76:59]
Stavros Halkias
I'll tell you one thing. We know one thing. You're up to something.
[77:02]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, you definitely are up to.
[77:06]
Stavros Halkias
You can follow everyone with some language. You're probably really good looking. You're up to something. You know what I mean?
[77:11]
Colin Quinn
You know it. Yeah, exactly. That what we take away from this, you change your ways. Whatever they are. Stop it. You're not now.
[77:19]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, but we know you up to something.
[77:22]
Colin Quinn
We don't know what they are. We don't know details. But no more. All right, Any non perverts? Elders, what do you got? Are you going to go through. What do we got here? Go ahead. All right, stop.
[77:31]
Stavros Halkias
I hope this is not on a.
[77:33]
Colin Quinn
Patreon episode, because I don't. You.
[77:38]
Stavros Halkias
I work at a bar, you know, I'm smoking cigs, I'm doing extra curriculars.
[77:44]
Colin Quinn
I'm drinking, and I just like, what is your advice on just kind of.
[77:48]
Stavros Halkias
Like, not xing out?
[77:49]
Colin Quinn
Because I feel like that's kind of.
[77:50]
Stavros Halkias
Unhealthy to, like, totally nick something, but.
[77:53]
Colin Quinn
Just to kind of, like, chill out and, like, have fun, but not, like.
[77:57]
Stavros Halkias
Take it to the nth degree. And I feel like I've been kind of doing that. What are you. What are you talking about? Love to hear the advice. Love the show. Chill out in one moderation.
[78:05]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[78:06]
Stavros Halkias
Just life in general. Chill out.
[78:08]
Colin Quinn
He's saying he's at a bar.
[78:09]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[78:10]
Colin Quinn
He's basically like, how can I do just the little pills? How can I? You know what I mean? It's like, that's not how it works, brother. You know it, you know it, we know it. Don't. Come on. We've got a lot of delusion on the show today.
[78:23]
Stavros Halkias
That's a good one.
[78:24]
Colin Quinn
I'm drinking, and I just like, what is your voice on kind of not acting out because that's unhealthy.
[78:29]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[78:29]
Colin Quinn
But just chilling out. You know, if you're a guy who can do that. How old are you? Right? I mean, he didn't say how old he was. But you work at a bar. I mean, one thing I've learned is that your willpower sometimes is only as strong as your location. And for me, I had to spend a lot of time. I literally went to Baltimore for a few months, wasn't near any temptation. And I got. I. I've been sober for. I want to do a sober year. It's been going good. Good. I was eating clean. And then the last month, I'm back in New York. I'm doing gigs, I'm traveling all out the. I mean, I'm still sober, but the eating has been shitty. And it's like, buddy, you work at a bar. What's your life look like if you work in a situation where it's that tough? I don't know that you can toe the line like that.
[79:16]
Stavros Halkias
Well, but it depends on the bar. I worked at bars when I was sober.
[79:18]
Colin Quinn
Really?
[79:19]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, I was a bartender. But it depends on the bar.
[79:22]
Colin Quinn
But that's also a good point. You were sober. You weren't like, I'll have three.
[79:26]
Stavros Halkias
You know what I mean?
[79:27]
Colin Quinn
If you were.
[79:28]
Stavros Halkias
You know, it depends on the bar. Yeah.
[79:30]
Colin Quinn
I just think the idea of the. Anyone talking about moderation to this degree isn't someone who.
[79:39]
Stavros Halkias
And by the way, moderation. And not only that, but guess what? Everyone knows. Nobody. The B10 is not supposed to drink. And he said, supposed to do drugs.
[79:51]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, I think, personally. Here's my. Here's my take on the situation. Just keep doing it until your life gets bad and then go sober. You're young, you work at a bar. It's a fun time. No one who works at a bar does it. You know, it's not your career. Probably that might be some people, but.
[80:09]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, your problem is psychological. You gotta join Patreon.
[80:12]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, that's the thing. You're showing too much moderation in how you look at this podcast. You need to commit fully. And until you fully commit to things like being a fan of a podcast, your career, whatever it is, I'm just random, you know, random examples here. You won't be able to fix your life at all.
[80:30]
Stavros Halkias
No.
[80:32]
Colin Quinn
Okay. I don't. We didn't have enough information. I feel like you can cook up a nice banger for us here. All this. What do we got? Something to really sink our.
[80:39]
Stavros Halkias
I saw one that had a couple of curses and said, are you Al Painian idiots? I don't know. Sounds like they have a grudge. Hey, stop. Hey, Elvis. I love you guys, but. Yeah, I'll just get into my questions. So I really would love your honest feedback with this. And I am fully prepared for you.
[81:08]
Colin Quinn
Guys to say what a crazy I.
[81:10]
Stavros Halkias
Am for complaining about this. But anyways, so like most couples, my husband and I send each other, like, memes and TikToks and Instagram Reels and whatever. And I noticed that my husband, like, never responds or likes the stuff I send him. And. And the last, like, few days, I've kind of, like, been asking him, why.
[81:45]
Colin Quinn
Don'T you like the stuff I send you?
[81:48]
Stavros Halkias
And I kind of lost my cool and, you know, told him this last time that it really hurts my feelings when he doesn't like the stuff I send him or respond to it. And I mean, it does obviously go deeper. As a woman, I'm thinking, you don't love me. You don't think I'm funny. But anyways, he. His response was, well, people send me a lot of stuff. I don't always have any gift and.
[82:34]
Colin Quinn
Holy. That's incredible. Hey, come on. My inbox is out of control. You want me to send a. Like to everyone who sends me a meme? Oh, man, that's awesome.
[82:50]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, that. That was not what I wanted to hear. I feel like I. I am a pretty funny person. And also, I'm not, like a ball buster type wife. I am very supportive of anything and everything he wants to do. I ask for very little. And, yeah, it does hurt my feelings when you don't respond to the stuff I send you or think that it's funny. But, yes, Tell me what you really think. Am I crazy? Is this a valid reason to be upset? I love you guys. Thanks. Bye.
[83:27]
Colin Quinn
Incredible stuff here. People send me a lot of stuff. It's so, so good when your wife is that mad at you. I mean, there's a couple different issues here. And this could be. You know, it is very funny, but it is a canary, a potential canary in the coal mine situation where it's like, look, it's memes, whatever. But if your wife was texting you and you just didn't respond, if she texted you 10 times in a row, that would be weird.
[83:57]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[83:57]
Colin Quinn
The fact that it's like memes is like. Okay. It's. Even if it's like a little annoying. It's like, it's just a weird, rude thing to do to your wife. This is your dumb. I've certainly been in group chats with friends that abuse the meme thing. And it's like you just stop responding.
[84:14]
Stavros Halkias
That's right, somebody.
[84:14]
Colin Quinn
You don't draw that much. Yeah, I'm done. 1. It's his fucking wife. He's got to do a little something here. Yeah, he's got to hit her. Even a charity LOL every once in a while. Even if you don't mean it.
[84:27]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, this is a hard. I mean, you know, it is weird.
[84:30]
Colin Quinn
Because it's on the surface, very frivolous, but I get why her feelings are hurt in a weird way.
[84:36]
Stavros Halkias
Of course, if somebody did that to me, I'd be pissed. I'm a professional.
[84:42]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Right.
[84:44]
Stavros Halkias
Now, this guy, you're right, he's being. He's being. Either he's being a hostile prick, passive aggressive prick, or she sends 50 of these a day and she's a psychopath.
[84:57]
Colin Quinn
It's true.
[84:57]
Stavros Halkias
And she's got the hackiest taste. That's the other that you see all goddamn day. And he's like, honey, yes, we've discussed this. I see this all day.
[85:07]
Colin Quinn
I don't need to see the Rizzler anymore. He's funny. I like the Rizzler. I like them the first five times. I don't need to see him, you know, fucking review Cool Ranch Doritos. It's not that interesting to me. Yeah. I don't need to know how many booms the new McFlurry gets. The limited edition Halloween McFlurry got four booms, but that's not necessary to me right now. Yeah. Now there is two separate things here though. Right. One is simply responding to someone that you care about.
[85:44]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[85:44]
Colin Quinn
The other one was. And she's like, I feel like you don't love me. Whatever.
[85:48]
Stavros Halkias
You.
[85:49]
Colin Quinn
Whatever. But the second was, I feel like you think I'm not funny.
[85:52]
Stavros Halkias
Right. That.
[85:55]
Colin Quinn
That. And I'm not gonna take the hack. Easy way approach here.
[85:59]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[86:00]
Colin Quinn
I am just gonna say it is possible your tastes differ. Your taste and humor differ.
[86:05]
Stavros Halkias
That's right.
[86:06]
Colin Quinn
So him ignoring you is rude.
[86:09]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[86:09]
Colin Quinn
You. But you, like, take like, okay, you guys been married for a while. Do you have the same taste? If you do. If you think you find the same stuff funny, then forget what I'm saying. But if you know.
[86:22]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[86:22]
Colin Quinn
That certain things you differ in, you're gonna have to. I think there's a little compromise here where it's like you can't live or die by if he thinks you're funny or not. Not.
[86:31]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[86:32]
Colin Quinn
And he can't totally ignore you. You have to. The. What your. Your super valid point here is you're ignoring me. But the.
[86:40]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[86:40]
Colin Quinn
I'm a funny person. And I got news for you. Finding memes is not being funny. That's not being a funny person. I'm not saying you're not funny, but I wouldn't let this affect how my. His judgment of somebody calling you funny. It's. That's a completely different skill set, so.
[86:59]
Stavros Halkias
Well, yeah. Yeah. And I mean, some memes. Look, I remember I sent a meme to a group text to Keith Voss, Norton Bobby, and they started calling me a hack for putting out a meme. And. But I felt it was very appropriate to the situation and funny. So I'm taking her side. And just the fact that these troglodytes had the nerve to call me a hack, it doesn't even. It barely affected me.
[87:27]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[87:27]
Stavros Halkias
It's not like I'm like, hey, maybe I am a hack. I just sat there like, okay, fellas. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But. But I'm saying. So you know, so sometimes a meme can be. If it's appropriate.
[87:40]
Colin Quinn
Sure.
[87:40]
Stavros Halkias
To what you're talking about. But we don't know how many. She has to write back and say how many times a day this is happening.
[87:45]
Colin Quinn
Yes.
[87:46]
Stavros Halkias
And show some of the memes to us. And then we have to see. Maybe he's not funny.
[87:49]
Colin Quinn
Sure. Yeah. That's. That's a very, very possible. He could not be funny.
[87:54]
Stavros Halkias
But it sounds like it's. It's a hard problem. Just for the Fact that he responded by going, people send me stuff all day.
[87:59]
Colin Quinn
I mean, people send me stuff all day. Crazy.
[88:02]
Stavros Halkias
He's a little annoyed by like all his friends because, you know, it is like you said, you put a group text and people start sending memes too much. You've seen them, you've seen them.
[88:10]
Colin Quinn
It's too much. Do you have a memes relationship with your wife, Eldis?
[88:14]
Stavros Halkias
We definitely send stuff back and forth a lot. I've sort of gotten a little like this before because she'll send like, she'll send like six or something and then you. I won't get to them for like.
[88:25]
Colin Quinn
A day or two because I am busy.
[88:27]
Stavros Halkias
I do get a lot of memes. His wife said to see me.
[88:34]
Colin Quinn
That's so fucking awesome. To be talking theoretically. And then we have this exact situation right here. No, she doesn't.
[88:42]
Stavros Halkias
She doesn't really care that much. But I don't know, I feel like with the memes, like you can't just send someone 10 memes games in a row and expect them to like, look at every single one. That's right.
[88:54]
Colin Quinn
You have to pick your spots.
[88:55]
Stavros Halkias
Sometimes when I send, especially when I'm sending a lot, it's like, I know I gotta put a little caption with each of these. Like add your own zinger. Personalize it. That'll encourage a person to like click on it, you know, connect. Yeah, it's a little ruder. Yeah, yeah. Dangerous assignment.
[89:13]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, it's true. But that, that there's a little more showing of your own. Funny, personalized.
[89:20]
Stavros Halkias
You guys are missing the point of my little stupid point.
[89:23]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[89:23]
Stavros Halkias
Which is if a meme fits the situation.
[89:27]
Colin Quinn
Right, right, right, right, right.
[89:29]
Stavros Halkias
Now I realize I would say now was to send one to those four idiots. But if a meme fits perfectly in what they. What's going on.
[89:36]
Colin Quinn
Four people, by the way.
[89:37]
Stavros Halkias
Humor.
[89:37]
Colin Quinn
Those four people really understand the Internet. The guys you're talking about, they missed it completely.
[89:45]
Stavros Halkias
That's what I'm saying. Yeah, same. If it fits the situation, it's perfect.
[89:49]
Colin Quinn
But I think, yes, basically either way you. Either way you slice it. Either if you want to just do it when it's completely appropriate, like Colin saying, or in either way, you have to turn down your amount that you're sending without question. You're overdoing it a little bit. He's being rude. The truth is somewhere in the middle here where it's like. But Elders is also right that if you're going to send them, they gotta.
[90:16]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, you gotta, you gotta add A.
[90:18]
Colin Quinn
Little something to them. Don't just send 10 things you laughed at because there's no. That means nothing.
[90:23]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, exactly.
[90:24]
Colin Quinn
You're being lazy here. You're being kind of lazy if you're just sending 10 memes. Just the highlights, please. Or like Colin said, if you're talking about something, be like, wow, this fucking bird looks. Is acting just like Sheila or whatever the fuck. That's how stupid what we're talking about is.
[90:42]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[90:45]
Colin Quinn
But, you know, don't get your. Like, it is good to have this conversation, but you have to think about what it's really about. And you have to think, am I overdoing it? But you seem nice and.
[90:56]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah. If she's like, you know, sending him, like, some goo. He's operating a pneumatic drill.
[91:01]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[91:03]
Stavros Halkias
And she's saying, isn't this funny? It's just what I tell you about friends at the bachelorette party.
[91:09]
Colin Quinn
Here's where you really test him. Start sending him wild.
[91:13]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[91:14]
Colin Quinn
Start sending him, like, you know, conspiracy theory memes.
[91:18]
Stavros Halkias
Right.
[91:19]
Colin Quinn
Start. You know what I mean? See if he's paying attention. Then, you know. Then, you know, if he's. If he's tuning you out or not.
[91:25]
Stavros Halkias
It could be a lot worse if you're sending him, like, you know, tit pics and he goes, people send me. He's a responsive.
[91:31]
Colin Quinn
Oh, that would be funny, though. Send a titty pick in between two memes to see if he gets to them. That's interesting. All right, we gave you a couple homework assignments. Good luck out there.
[91:43]
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[91:59]
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Colin Quinn
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[93:23]
Colin Quinn
Situation with a co worker.
[93:26]
Stavros Halkias
I'm kind of getting the vibe that she's sort of interested in me romantically, which is fine, but I, if that's the case, I do not share that interest. I'm thinking that just because for the past couple months, you know, we have our each other's numbers for work purposes, but she's kind of been, you know, making small talk and texting me randomly asking, you know, if I have any fun plans on the weekend. And it kind of just been, you know, it's been a lot of that. And yeah, I'm just not if that's the case. I'm not really interested in that way. I do want to be friends for context. I'm an elementary school teacher, work with almost no men, obviously, you know, mostly women and also mostly older and leaning a bit conservative, which is fine. Not really, you know, my type of people. So I don't have a lot of friends that work. But you know, I would consider this.
[94:27]
Colin Quinn
Woman a friend and I want to.
[94:28]
Stavros Halkias
Stay friends with her. So I'm not sure how to approach this and avoid any awkwardness. And yeah, if I'm sending any wrong messages or if I'm going to have to address this at some point or ignore it. So any advice you have, I really appreciate it. Thanks you. Bye.
[94:45]
Colin Quinn
Bye. Wow. Wow. This guy convinced that juicy prick is going to lose him a friend. This is cra. I mean, has she said. I mean, I get that she's. It is possible that she's being nice. You know what I mean? This hasn't she hasn't asked you out or anything like that? I don't think you have anything to do now. Just you have to be ready if she tries to, if she tries to switch it up. You have to be ready to support your position and, you know, maybe bring up a fake person you're dating or something like that, you know, get her off the scent. You get to be the hot girl that friend zones the nerd at work. Now, it's nice. It's a. I'm sure, a change of pace for you, but I don't think it's an issue yet. I don't know. I mean, she hasn't made a big deal of it. She's just texting you. So. Know, maybe if you do hang out outside of work, it's only friend situations, but, you know, this is one of the nice things about being a man in our society. This isn't a dangerous situation for you. This woman's not gonna stalk you and, you know, follow you home if you, you know, reject her. Probably. I don't know. Who knows? You might be small, she might be large, but I don't think it's a big deal.
[96:01]
Stavros Halkias
What do you. Yeah, I mean. I mean, first of all, if you think you're gonna be. Have a civilized conversation where you go. I still want to keep you as a friend. You're living in a dream world. You may. You've already made an enemy for life by not bagging it to begin with, so don't kid yourself. There's no getting away from this with you looking like a nice guy. Just know that.
[96:31]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, this woman, just.
[96:33]
Stavros Halkias
Tell her you're on OCD medicine and you can't come.
[96:36]
Colin Quinn
That's a good point. Yeah. Lady, look, the tap is shut off.
[96:40]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, yeah, I like what you said. Which is makeup. Either a fake relationship or make up a fake disease. You know, something that's half psychological and half STD related.
[96:54]
Colin Quinn
Nice. 50. 50 split.
[96:55]
Stavros Halkias
Keep away from her.
[96:57]
Colin Quinn
It is interesting, though, because making up a fake relationship, if her behavior towards you changes, then, you know, she is trying to.
[97:05]
Stavros Halkias
She is interested. What are you. Fun things. You doing this weekend? Of course. That's the tell right there.
[97:10]
Colin Quinn
Probably yes.
[97:11]
Stavros Halkias
Man, what are you doing this weekend?
[97:14]
Colin Quinn
You're right. I'm just saying you got to do her due diligence here, you know? It's like we just have to rule out all causes. This could just be a friendly woman.
[97:22]
Stavros Halkias
She's not friends.
[97:23]
Colin Quinn
You could be a friend. A foreigner doesn't know American. You know what I mean? Baltimore City public schools. There's a lot of Filipinos that they bring in to teach.
[97:32]
Stavros Halkias
New York, huh? Is this New York?
[97:34]
Colin Quinn
Oh, I don't know where this is from. No, I was just guessing. Oh, I'm just saying, I have friends who work in schools. A lot of overly friendly foreigners trying to make American friends.
[97:43]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, but they. Yeah, that's true.
[97:44]
Colin Quinn
You're probably right.
[97:45]
Stavros Halkias
She could be lonely. But. But. But I think it's.
[97:47]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, you're probably right. You know, just. We still got to run the tests.
[97:52]
Stavros Halkias
But even the fact that he goes, she might be attracted to me, which is fine. It's like, I mean, what's going on here?
[97:58]
Colin Quinn
This woman's ugly.
[97:59]
Stavros Halkias
I mean, that's.
[98:00]
Colin Quinn
That's what's happening. This guy's not like. That's all there is to this question. Yeah.
[98:09]
Stavros Halkias
But also, you see, very detached from the whole relationship thing. I think you might be asexual again.
[98:15]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, that's a poss. Again, I'm not going to rule anything out. Out. But I do feel strongly he just doesn't want to her at all. And if he did, even for. If there was even one element of him that wanted one thing he found attractive, this would be, hey, how do I break up with someone at work without my boss finding out and me getting fired if she was hot. That's the question we're answering, by the way.
[98:38]
Stavros Halkias
I know it's not New York City. He said all the other women are older, conservative teachers.
[98:42]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[98:42]
Stavros Halkias
New York City. Come on.
[98:43]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[98:44]
Stavros Halkias
And first of all, he's chatting away on the phone with her. You can't be chatting with some girl and expect her not to get attached to you.
[98:50]
Colin Quinn
Are they talking or are they texting?
[98:52]
Stavros Halkias
I think he said she sends, like, texts.
[98:54]
Colin Quinn
Okay.
[98:55]
Stavros Halkias
Either way.
[98:55]
Colin Quinn
Either way.
[98:56]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, he's texting. That's. That's a relationship.
[98:58]
Colin Quinn
I think you're right. I'm just saying, you never know. But, yes, you're getting the vibe.
[99:03]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, he's got it.
[99:04]
Colin Quinn
You're fine. Just. Just make up a girlfriend.
[99:06]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah, make up a girlfriend or boyfriend or something.
[99:08]
Colin Quinn
Yeah. Oh, that's lying. But whatever. Fuck this guy.
[99:12]
Stavros Halkias
He's right. He's got to put a stop to her. Yeah. It's about to get ugly. It's already gotten ugly in her mind now.
[99:19]
Colin Quinn
I will say, if she is an unattractive. This is another unfortunate reality of the world we live in. Ugly women are beaten down by society so much.
[99:27]
Stavros Halkias
That's right.
[99:27]
Colin Quinn
If he rejects her, she might just be like, okay, ha ha ha ha.
[99:31]
Stavros Halkias
That's.
[99:31]
Colin Quinn
You know what I mean?
[99:32]
Stavros Halkias
Brutal but true in a way.
[99:34]
Colin Quinn
In a way that a disgruntled man might take, you know?
[99:37]
Stavros Halkias
That's right. You know, might be guys all like, yeah, she doesn't want me. Yeah. It's unbelievable.
[99:47]
Colin Quinn
All right, so hopefully the patriarchy is your friend in this. My friend.
[99:53]
Stavros Halkias
Hey, Savi, I'M just curious what you think a appropriate timeline would be for a couple in their early 30s who are together. What an appropriate timeline is to move in together, engaged, married, and obviously going to various. Not catch all. There's people who've been together for a week, move in, get married, last forever. There's people who've been together for like six years and then it doesn't work out. But just your personal opinion and also your guests opinion what you think an appropriate timeline for those relationship landmarks. Okay. Love the podcast. Love your words.
[100:36]
Colin Quinn
I mean, has there ever been a clearer question of what's actually what the subtext of a question is? Has it ever been clearer that this woman whose loser boyfriend loves me, Right. She doesn't listen to the show. They've been fighting about moving in together. She's like, okay, let's see what your fucking idiot podcast has to say about it. Sitting in the chair next is like. He's just like, please stop, please stop, please stop, please stop. Don't say what she thinks. Don't say what she thinks. When this comes out, it's going to be the tensest moment in this relationship ever. They're just waiting for it to drop. Like it's.
[101:20]
Stavros Halkias
Everybody else is waiting for the 11. They're waiting for this.
[101:27]
Colin Quinn
Wow.
[101:29]
Stavros Halkias
This is their election. Yeah.
[101:30]
Colin Quinn
This is it. This is decision, decision 20, 24. Do I ask her to marry me or do we break up? Okay. Couple in their 30s who are together, what an appropriate timeline is to move in together and get. You're asking. See, here's where you fucked up, ladies. And I'm sorry, I'm not going to assume you don't listen to the show. Maybe you're a good fan, a good friend, a good fan of the show, whatever. You fucked up because you were asking me one of the most emotionally immature men in America. And even my friend here, who is in a happy relation, like, you guys dated a long time. Yeah, I mean, you met when you were younger, but still.
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Stavros Halkias
Yeah, we. I waited a while and it was.
[102:11]
Colin Quinn
Pretty clear you were gonna end up together, but you just had that weird. We have a sil. You don't have the disease as bad as I do, but they're just like, I don't know.
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Stavros Halkias
Yeah, there's. I mean, you know. Yes. I think. I think men in general skew a little, you know, well, we're together.
[102:26]
Colin Quinn
What's the big rush to get married? We're gonna end up, oh, we gotta get the freaking government. And now all of a sudden everybody's a Libertarian when it comes to getting married. They're like, what do we need paperwork to show our love? Okay. I don't know. I mean, early 30s.
[102:46]
Stavros Halkias
See, I feel like, in general, if you ask, like, a single guy in his 30s and a single girl in their 30s, their answers will be pretty far apart.
[102:54]
Colin Quinn
And what do you think the guy would say to get okay to move in together? I'm saying two years minimum just to move in. And then from moving into engagement, I guess could happen with that year. And then married another year, four or five years. I don't know.
[103:13]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[103:14]
Colin Quinn
Not. Probably not what she wants to hear. I don't know.
[103:16]
Stavros Halkias
I feel like in general, women in.
[103:18]
Colin Quinn
Their 30s would be like, you should.
[103:20]
Stavros Halkias
Know, you're moving, like, by a year when you're dating in your 30s.
[103:24]
Colin Quinn
And, yeah, maybe engaged by, like, two years. But I'm such a boy. I'm just a boy. Still. I'm just a young boy. I know she's not gonna get the answer she wants on the record here, unfortunately. Well, who knows? Maybe she. Maybe we're being misogynist. Maybe it's flipped. Maybe this guy really wants. I'm sure that's what it is. I'm sure a fan of this podcast really wants to commit, but the hot woman he's with doesn't want to. I don't know. Any thoughts on this column before? I have a couple other.
[103:57]
Stavros Halkias
Sure. I mean, we. I mean, we all know that, like you said, it's like. It's like Chris Rock's joke. Remember to the joke? Years ago, women after three dates, they're like, why are we bullshitting?
[104:12]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[104:13]
Stavros Halkias
And I mean, that's basically it. This guy's stalling for time. We all know the drill. We've all been pieces of our whole lives. The more you let him get away with, the more to get away with. Yeah.
[104:24]
Colin Quinn
And you really.
[104:25]
Stavros Halkias
The bottom line is she's gonna have to just lower the boom in a loving way.
[104:30]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[104:30]
Stavros Halkias
And say, listen, I understand this is not. You know what I mean?
[104:34]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[104:34]
Stavros Halkias
She just has to tell them. You know, a lot of people say, hey, I'm gonna break up. I don't even agree with that. Because sometimes the guy wants you to do that.
[104:42]
Colin Quinn
Right.
[104:43]
Stavros Halkias
Even though regretted in the long run. So I think she needs to just be alpha and just go. Listen, whatever Stav says, whatever anyone says, we're not just moving in together. We're moving together. We're getting engaged, and we're setting a date for marriage. It's happening. Yeah. And if you Try to get out of it, you're gonna regret it. And I'm gonna have a couple of kids. This is happening.
[105:07]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[105:07]
Stavros Halkias
After the second kid, you can decide whether you want to continue or not. But if you try to get out of it, there will be a price. I think threats is the only threat.
[105:18]
Colin Quinn
Is the only way. That is true. That, honestly, would work on me in the old days.
[105:23]
Stavros Halkias
The culture would threaten you guys. Of course, your mother would say it, and you'd be like, ah, my mother. The women and family would say it, and then the men would shock you and go, hey, you hear what they said to you? You're getting married.
[105:37]
Colin Quinn
Get married.
[105:37]
Stavros Halkias
And you're like, what the. Or you'd be shunned from the family and friends circle.
[105:42]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, well, the men would be like, get married and get a girlfriend.
[105:45]
Stavros Halkias
Well, yeah.
[105:46]
Colin Quinn
Be like, what are you doing? They're like, yeah, because we.
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Stavros Halkias
Because they understood the importance of community.
[105:51]
Colin Quinn
Of course, the scene in Goodfellas where he's like, you gotta go.
[105:54]
Stavros Halkias
Right?
[105:55]
Colin Quinn
You gotta go back. I can't have it. Robert D. Is like. It's annoying me. You can't be here. Right. It's like, at least there was the facade of a happy.
[106:03]
Stavros Halkias
That's right.
[106:04]
Colin Quinn
But I will. Okay, so we gave you the answer you didn't want to hear. But I also. At first. But I will also say I could see. I mean, being in your 30s, like, I. I could see a scenario where I've been a procrastinator my whole life. I always wait till the last second. I could see being in a serious relationship in the next year or two and really jump in the timeline. Just because I'm at the point in my life where I'm like, what am I doing? I don't want to live like a fucking kid anymore. So if I find somebody I really connect with, I could see. I just said five years. I could see it happening in a year or two. Honestly, you know, I just. It just is case by case. Clearly, that's not what's happening here with them, but I think, you know, I just wanted to give her a little ray of hope of, like.
[106:47]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[106:47]
Colin Quinn
I could also see it being very fast because. I don't know. But that's always how I've done everything in my life.
[106:53]
Stavros Halkias
I just feel like any delay is just. We all know. We all feel it all the time.
[106:59]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[107:00]
Stavros Halkias
Just, you know, I mean, it's like saying, I'm going to join the gym in a year. I mean, either you join the gym or you don't she's got a lady down the law.
[107:10]
Colin Quinn
I've done that before. Like, I've worked my way up to the gym.
[107:15]
Stavros Halkias
He's living in that magic imaginary place that we all love.
[107:18]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[107:19]
Stavros Halkias
You know what I mean? Everything. She's like biological imperative.
[107:22]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah.
[107:23]
Stavros Halkias
And she's gotta, you know, she's gotta say, listen, you know, not only is this happening, it's not a question of breaking up. You have no choice.
[107:31]
Colin Quinn
I love that. I didn't even consider that. Because you're right. A coward, certainly like this, like myself, would love the outcome out. You just want. You just don't want responsibility. Whether it's marriage or contain. Like, it's like, oh, exhausting. I don't have to worry anymore. Yeah, yeah.
[107:50]
Stavros Halkias
You said the perfect word. Yeah. This guy, your boyfriend's a coward.
[107:55]
Colin Quinn
Pure coward. Without question. And without question, it's time for you.
[107:59]
Stavros Halkias
To lower the ball.
[107:59]
Colin Quinn
This is nothing but cowardice. And he can be. He can be controlled easier than you think.
[108:04]
Stavros Halkias
He needs to be bullied. He needs to be bullied. Bullied.
[108:07]
Colin Quinn
I would love that. That's my dream.
[108:09]
Stavros Halkias
Yeah.
[108:10]
Colin Quinn
A hot woman forcing me to marry her.
[108:12]
Stavros Halkias
Oh, that's right.
[108:13]
Colin Quinn
But that's putting it on my vision board.
[108:15]
Stavros Halkias
That's how they used to do it. Everybody. It was like, this is what's happening.
[108:20]
Colin Quinn
Yeah.
[108:20]
Stavros Halkias
If you don't want it, go live somewhere else.
[108:22]
Colin Quinn
Yes, yes, yes. Go to the.
[108:24]
Stavros Halkias
They would say, go get that magic apartment in Manhattan.
[108:27]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You'll see. All right. You got something good for us to go out on here, elders? We've already taken enough of Collins time.
[108:38]
Stavros Halkias
Where's the one where the Albanian was calling you a dumb Albanian?
[108:42]
Colin Quinn
I don't know.
[108:44]
Stavros Halkias
A lot of them start like that. I should have known. Elvis is one of those real Albanian names. You know what I mean?
[108:55]
Colin Quinn
Yes.
[108:55]
Stavros Halkias
Elvis is Albanians and Puerto Ricans. How like. Like those exist. Exotic names from the old days.
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It's El Dis with a. It's a mix of two women. Yeah, yeah. But you know, that's nice. It sounds like. It sounds like it. Looking for excitement? Chumba Casino is here.
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Colin Quinn
Totally up to you.
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[110:52]
Colin Quinn
Thank you for the film.
[110:53]
Stavros Halkias
That was fantastic. I thought it was a lot funnier than she did, but I got a feeder after so just wanted to give you a shout out. Appreciate it. Thank you for the head and laugh. Peace.
[111:06]
Colin Quinn
Great question man. Thanks for seeing the movie. I'm happy you got your dick sucked at the end of the movie. Have you gotten anybody telling you they've gotten head after tea and stamps? Watch fire up the YouTube special get your dick sucked folks. Learn about the election. Well that's nice. I like to hear that this guy got sucked off after going to the movie. That's the kind of thing I'm trying to bring back entertainment wise. But all right, well let's start a cult. Will be in VOD and probably is out by now, I don't know. And watch Colin special. It's on YouTube right now for free and all the one man. I mean I'm a big fan of all the one man shows. I went to the New York story. I went to the. I think it was. You did. I think I saw it. I don't know where it was but it was like a nice a fun. It was the when it opened the opening night.
[111:59]
Stavros Halkias
Well, I'll save you the trouble of my One Greek friend, Tina, who's also from mtv, she goes, you really can't do the Greek accent.
[112:08]
Colin Quinn
I was like, I know I wasn't good. That is true. I go, I know, but it's a great, I mean, I, I love the, you know, we, we got into, we didn't have enough time to talk about everything. But I do love all the one man shows. And I do love that you start with that you're actually drilling into a topic and it's, you actually do learn stuff. And if you're a big, big fan of whatever topic you're into, I mean, everybody that moves to New York who loves it and is. So that one to me really resonated.
[112:35]
Stavros Halkias
Because that was my, that was my baby.
[112:36]
Colin Quinn
Yeah, it was awesome. It was so good. I mean, they're all, they're all great. So check out the newest one. It's out right now on YouTube. We'll link to it here and yeah, we'll see you guys next time. Colin, thanks, buddy.
[112:47]
Stavros Halkias
Thank you. Thanks stuff.
[112:48]
Colin Quinn
Bye, guys.
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Thanks, Elvin.
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