INTERVIEW: Sebastian Maniscalco On Comedy Influence, Italian Stereotypes, New Hulu Special + More

Summary

The Breakfast Club: Interview with Sebastian Maniscalco

Date: November 21, 2025
Podcast: The Breakfast Club (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious (absent), Charlamagne Tha God, Lauren LaRosa
Guest: Sebastian Maniscalco

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Overview

In this lively and relatable episode, The Breakfast Club welcomes stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco. The crew discusses his comedic influences, Italian-American background, handling stereotypes, insights into his family life, and details about his brand-new Hulu special, "It Ain't Right." The conversation is marked by Sebastian’s observational wit and the hosts’ trademark banter, delving into everything from funeral jokes and pet peeves to fatherhood, Hollywood, and staying grounded amidst fame.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Chicago and Comedy Roots

• Chicago Comedian Culture

  • Lauren LaRosa mentions Jess Hilarious, who’s not present, calling Sebastian one of her favorites and asks why Chicago produces such great comedians—naming Bernie Mac, Lil Rel, Hannibal Buress, etc.

  • Sebastian credits Chicago’s sarcasm and tough skin:

    "Growing up in Chicago, there’s a lot of sarcasm, there’s a lot of making fun of one another, but it’s in good spirit... I think you have a tough skin growing up there. Sarcasm and making people laugh is just kind of part of the way we get through the winter." ([03:30])

  • Humor as a way to process emotion:

    "Just at the dinner table was fun. We were either laughing or crying, there was no in-between. We always used to kind of laugh to mask anything that was happening that was getting serious." ([04:12])

2. Funerals, Humor, and Family

• Comedic Approach to Difficult Times

  • Sebastian describes lightening the mood at funerals, finding humor in the setting (e.g., imagining cocktail service during a wake).
  • Quote:

    "At the last funeral, I started looking around the room and said, wouldn't it be nice if there was like a cocktail service here? ...A little food to make it a little bit more of a lounge." ([05:17])

• Family dynamics influence humor:

  • Joking to avoid getting too emotional:

    "Even to this day, if I feel somebody’s going to cry, I get uncomfortable. I’m like, okay, we gotta get out of this." ([04:12])

3. Observational Comedy and What's 'Off Limits'

• No politics in his act:

  • Sebastian avoids political material, preferring to provide an escape from divisiveness:

    "I don’t do politics. I don’t think people want to hear that, especially when they’re coming out to a show. ...I want to give people a departure from that." ([06:58])

• His main material:

  • Family, parenthood, and relatable everyday annoyances.
  • Finds exaggerated frustration relatable.

4. Pet Peeves and Modern Annoyances

• Pet Peeves:
  • People wearing Invisalign during the day:

    "All I'm looking at is your mouth and how the saliva is in between the teeth... Invisalign should be done at night where nobody could see it." ([08:35])

  • Overused buzzwords:

    "Buzzwords like 'I’m on a journey,' 'I’m speaking my truth.' Sorry, it bothers me." ([09:41])

5. Fatherhood and Family Life

• Kids and Comedy:

  • Uses his family for material, especially his children and their school stories.
  • Funny family ritual:
    • Puts cologne on his 6-year-old son to see if anyone comments, much to the confusion of the teachers ([13:16]).

    "Do you think six years old is a little too young to be wearing cologne?"
    They debate the oddity and fun behind it.

• Being an older dad:

  "I'm 52, I got a six year old. So when I go to the school events, I feel like I'm like an antique...but I feel like I'm bringing a bit of wisdom to the school here." ([11:57])

• Changes in his comedy post-fatherhood:

  "I'm extracting humor out of being a parent, especially in today's day and age." ([15:01])

6. Health, Aging, and Staying Real

• Sebastian’s body ‘breaking down’:

  • Talks about aging, injuries, and the group riffs on colonoscopies, naps, and check-ups.

    "I have detached biceps, which... I don't know how that happened." ([15:32])
    He highlights the necessity of preventative health.

• Concern about health and mortality:

  • DJ Envy and Charlamagne relate with stories about constant doctor visits after hearing of peers passing away ([24:09]).

7. Italian Stereotypes and Representation

• Mob and Italian tropes:

  • Sebastian addresses stereotypes like "being in the mob," how some are annoying but usually just part of popular culture.

    "You get, like, the whole mob thing, you know...'oh, your father's in the Mafia.'... I just think that's from people seeing Italians in movies." ([29:15])

• Italian pride and punctuality:

  • Defies the "Italians are always late" stereotype:

    "Punctuality is the prince of politeness. I'm always early for anything." ([30:36])

8. Hollywood vs. Stand-Up

• Differences and Preferences:

  • Finds film and TV (“hurry up and wait”) frustrating compared to immediate feedback from stand-up.

    "When you're doing stand-up, you're performing right there. You know whether or not you're funny." ([33:26])

  • Loved working on the series “Bookie,” found feature film acting stressful but formative, especially working with De Niro.

• Robert De Niro stories:

  • De Niro played his father in “About My Father.”

    "My dad was teaching De Niro on set how to do...hair...Never thought in a million years my dad would be teaching De Niro hair tips." ([25:59])

  • On acting lessons from De Niro:

    "He was always active—doing business while acting... I learned it’s a lot more natural than just saying the lines." ([35:54])

9. Dealing with Fame and Success

• Sebastian’s relationship with fame:

  • Doesn’t feel famous; keeps a low profile despite SNL spoofs and arena tours.

    "No, I don’t feel famous at all... I don’t behave famous. I don’t walk around with a lot of people." ([37:01])

• Money anxieties and saving:

  • Difficulty processing wealth coming from a middle-class, immigrant family.

    "I always think this is going to end tomorrow... I'm preparing for my tongue to fall out." ([31:51])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Immediate Family Influence:

  "Whatever my father is doing is a lot funnier than whatever the President is doing. So I kind of stick to my family." – Sebastian ([06:58])

• On Relatable Humor:

  "I just feel like everybody... it's relatable humor, observational humor. That's my lane." – Sebastian ([08:17])

• On Parenting and Comedy:

  "Kids are probably one of the hardest people to make laugh." – Sebastian ([11:20])

• On SNL Spoof:

  "I'm like, are they even gonna know who he’s spoofing or do they think this is a character that he's introducing?" – Sebastian ([37:04]) "I got more traction on that skit than I've gotten in any skit that I've ever been in." ([38:29])

• On Mom in His Comedy:

  "My mother is wondering why she's not in the act more, so she's a bit offended that she's not." ([39:23])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Introduction / Chicago Comedy Roots: 02:39 – 04:42
• Funerals and Humor: 04:42 – 06:37
• Observational Humor and Pet Peeves: 06:42 – 09:56
• Family, Parenting, and School Stories: 11:00 – 15:57
• Aging, Fatherhood, and Health: 15:32 – 20:00
• Italian Stereotypes & Representation: 29:08 – 30:36
• Showbiz vs. Stand-Up: 33:26 – 34:50
• Robert De Niro and Acting Stories: 25:59 – 27:48, 34:53 – 37:01
• Fame and Money Worries: 31:51 – 33:21
• SNL Spoof and Reflections: 37:04 – 38:51
• Mother in Comedy & Boundaries: 39:14 – 41:24

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Conclusion

Sebastian Maniscalco’s visit to The Breakfast Club showcases the comedian’s sharp observational wit, humble roots, and deep ties to family and culture. The interview seamlessly blends humor with real-life reflection, covering his comedic process, feelings about fame, and heartfelt stories of navigating both parenting and show business. “It Ain’t Right,” his new Hulu special, promises more of the everyday hilarity and relatable gripes that have made him a standout in modern stand-up.

“Thanks for having me, sharing your audience with me. I really do appreciate it.” – Sebastian ([41:32])

Transcript

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[DJ Envy]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Wake your ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a breakfast club. Y' all finished or y' all done?

[DJ Envy]

Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go ahead. Ruin his last name. Go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

We got comedian Sebastian Moniscalco.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Thanks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, he practiced. I did. Did I get it right, though?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You did, but you emphasized the man, and I felt like it was a little Italian coming out of you. Ooh, nice.

[DJ Envy]

There was no Italian in me. Well, welcome. How you feeling, brother?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm good, I'm good. I just got to New York City yesterday and bouncing around the city and talking to everybody about my special coming out this week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It Ain't right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It Ain't Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On Hulu.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

On Hulu, yes. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Jess, Jess, Jess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Jess told us that you were a funny comedian. She loves you. But she couldn't be here. She's actually in la. She went to Mike Epps birthday party. So she said to tell you to send love.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, okay.

[DJ Envy]

And she also wanted me to say that why are some of the best comedians from Chicago? She named a bunch of them from Bernie Mac, Lil Rel, Hannibal Burris, D. Ray Davis, Aries Spears, Godfrey, Sherry Shepherd, Robin Williams.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What makes Chicago so Chicago? Living in Chicago, there's a lot of sarcasm, there's a lot of making fun of one another, but it's in good spirit. So I grew up with, you know, even. Even now you go back to Chicago, I'm getting ripped to shreds. You know, there's a lot of like, oh, were you on the Breakfast Club? What do you think? You're special. There's a lot of that going on in Chicago. So I think you have a tough skin growing up there. And sarcasm and making people laugh is just kind of part of the way we get through the winter. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is cold as a mother.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. You gotta have a sense of humor to go through those winters. So. Yeah, I mean, I've always been around funny people, funny family. Growing up just. Just at the dinner table was just fun. We had. We were either laughing or crying. There was no in between. So for me, we always used to kind of laugh to mask anything that was happening that was getting serious. Even to this day, if I feel somebody's going to cry, I get uncomfortable. And I'm like, okay, we got to get out of this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do that too.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So you don't go to funerals at all then?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I go to funerals, but I tend to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't speak at them, I hope.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wouldn't mind that, actually.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I would if I were to speak at a funeral. I would. I would definitely go the humor route. I'm laughing at funerals.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Just because I'm trying to break up the seriousness of it all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What in a funeral would you be specifically joking about? Because your style of comedy is so, like, you take, like, random, regular things and just, like, make it a joke. Like, things that I wouldn't even think twice about. Cause it's just naturally what people do.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay. So the last funeral I went to, I was with my sister. It was sad, but I started looking around the room and I said, be nice if there was like, a cocktail service here. Something to, like, a beverage. You know, you're there, you're sad. Be nice if somebody came up to you and says, you need a glass of wine or something. And we just kind of started riffing off, like, wouldn't it be nice to have, like, a little food here and just make it a little bit more of a.

[DJ Envy]

Like a lounge?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, like a.

[DJ Envy]

She would like all the funerals.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

If you knew there was gonna be good food and some cocktails at a funeral, wouldn't you be more prone to even attend the damn thing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, if you know what the repast is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The repast, but by the repass, I mean you kind of are at the point where you're hungry. So a lot of the family issues that surround the funeral, people don't care about. Cause they want to eat. Oh, this is after y actual funeral.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm talking about the wake with the body in the room.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sometimes you got like, three girlfriends that, like, we're trying to figure out who was the one. Like, it's a lot going on.

[DJ Envy]

What your funerals you go to might just be grandma that pass you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She got two boyfriends, though, so she, you know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I do not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You kind of tell her you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't. I don't. I've just been to a. A lot of funerals where there's a lot of things in question and you in the funeral trying to figure out what's going on.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm going to, like, grandmother, aunt, uncle.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I was thinking.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

There's no.

[State Farm Advertiser]

There's not a.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Like, there's not anybody really wondering what's going on outside of the person that died.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, still. She from Delaware, though. It's a little different. So is anything off the table with jokes with you? Politics does. Is.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't do politics. I don't think people want to hear that, especially when they're coming out to a. A show. You're Inundated all day with. With the right and the left and this, that and the other thing. I want to give people a departure from that. I don't want to be talking about any politics. And I've always said whatever my father is doing is a lot funnier than whatever the President is doing. So I kind of stick to my family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Before the president was Trump, though. Trump is hilarious.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. I mean, he's a funny. Some of the stuff that's coming out of his mouth is extremely humorous. But I just, like, leave that to people who want to talk about politics. For me, I talk about my family. I talk about, I got two kids, I'm going to parent teacher conferences. It's. It's. I'm drawing from my own life, and I'm not really paying attention to anything else.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I also see a lot of exaggerated, like, frustration in your comedy. So, like, like, do you. Could you talk about being fed up about everybody talking about politics so much?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I, I. Yeah, I mean, I could go that route. I mean, I am a little. A little fed up with the, the whole politic talk and people, you know, getting separated by that. So I just tend to. I don't know. I just. I think what we're all going through on a daily basis, whether it be, you know, two boyfriends or. Hey, it's true.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's true.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I only have one.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay. Relationship. For the sake of your relationship problems, parents, you know, I just feel like everybody would. It's relatable humor, observational humor. That's my lane.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the part of everyday life that annoys you the most?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, God. Everyday life. I got a problem right now with people wearing Invisalign during the day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That bothers me, too. And then you can see it and hear it when they talk.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's all I'm looking at. If you had a visal line on, I would be looking at your mouth and how the saliva is in between the teeth and the. So I believe Invisalign should be done at night where nobody could see it while you're sleeping. That's one of my pet peeves right now. Another one of my pet peeves right now is the way people talk these, like, buzzwords, like, I am on a journey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A healing journey.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, healing. Whatever. Yeah, Put whatever you want in front of journey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I hate the word narcissist.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Narcissist, not so much. That's not on my. My hot list of words that I don't like. In other words, it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Gaslighting.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's a word That I don't even know really exactly what that means. I hear it a lot. Another word I don't like is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm speaking my truth.

[State Farm Agent Advertiser]

Oh.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm sorry. It bothers me. Just these like buzzwords. So. Yeah, that's another thing that, that ain't right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because some people's truth could be complete lies. It could be completely not accurate at all.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I, it could be definitely fabricated. And, and I just don't like people that are like picking up on these buzzwords and, and, and implementing into their, their, their conversation when they might not even know what that, what they're talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I think with the Invisalign, the reason people wear Invisalign during the day is because they don't get enough sleep at night.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is that right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I really think that's the reason.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Are you, are you knocking off a good eight hours at night?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no. I try to get, I try to be in bed by 9:15 because we got to be up. I'm up at like 4:15, so like 6:7. But 8 is like tough to do. Tough.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Are you mapping, are you, are you guys like mapping your sleep? Are you like. Do you wear a sleep mechanism?

[DJ Envy]

That's the. I'm a napa. I'll take naps though.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is it a 20 minute nap or are you going down with pajamas?

[DJ Envy]

I, I gotta pick up my first daughter at 9, at 2:47. So I try to between 140 and 240.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Quick little hour in bed.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, well, my office either or couch either.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I gotta, I gotta be like in a bed to nap. I can't like knock out on a couch or not. I gotta get re ready to go to bed when I nap.

[DJ Envy]

And how old are your kids?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Eight and six.

[DJ Envy]

So you brought your son to one of your show and he fell asleep?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Fell asleep?

[State Farm Agent Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So you looked at and you seen him sleeping. Did you wake him up at.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, I. He's five. He was at five at the time. So it's not like I was like, oh, my son is going to sleep. Although I told my wife I should start doing my act during bedtime to see if they fall asleep because it's hard to get him to bed, you know. But yeah, no, he fell asleep during the show. And the kids are probably one of the hardest people to make laugh, I think. You know. But they do have a sense of themselves. We have a good, we have a very fun, fun family. But yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Are you the popular dad at school? Like does everybody know like your dad is famous.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm hearing a little bit of that. But I'm like an older father. I'm 52. I got a six year old. So when I go to the school events, I feel like I'm like an antique.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got an old man, only 52.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, compared to the rest of the dads, like they're in their early 30s. So I'm like, almost like a, you know, like, oh, here comes the gray hair. You know, I'm one of the only dads that have gray hair. Okay, so that's where I am. But I feel like I'm bringing a bit of wisdom to the, to the school here. We go to the soccer games and you know, they're handing out stickers at the end of the game and, and the, the score goes backwards. Once they reach a certain. It was 120 and then it went to 90 because they want to make the kids feel bad. So I, you know, have problems with that. And I like. And I'm doing something that might be a little out of the box. I want to get your take here, the Breakfast Club, if you agree, you have a son?

[DJ Envy]

I have six kids. I got four girls, two boys, and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They play soccer, they do all the.

[DJ Envy]

Things, football, you name it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay. And the sons are how old?

[DJ Envy]

One son is in college.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I got the man of the house.

[DJ Envy]

He's not the man of the house. He thinks he's the man of the house. He plays football.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Football plays. Diesel slams him around.

[DJ Envy]

He does not slam me around. My other son is seven.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay. So I got a six year old. What I've been doing recently is I'm, I'm putting cologne on my 6 year old when he goes to school. And I'm asking him when he comes home, does anybody comment on how good you smell? He goes, no, I'm not getting anything. So I had the parent teacher conference this week and during the conference I go, have you noticed how good my son smells?

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And they're like, I'm sorry. I go, yeah. You know, I'm putting a little cologne on him. Was wondering, you know, she's like, well, we're not really allowed to comment on kids. Smells like, even if he smells good. I mean, there's kids that smell awful. Growing up in school, there was always that kid that came to school with, you know, whatever boogers hanging out of his nose or what have you. But I'm like, come on, this kid's coming to school and, you know, we dress them up nice, we do his Hair. And do you think six years old is a little too young to be wearing cologne?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What do you think?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do I think six years old is. No, I don't think y' all too young to be wearing cologne. But I can also understand why the teachers don't want to comment on it. I mean, ever since Pizzagate, you can't be too safe.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I mean, I don't know, if a six year old walks in smelling like John Paul Gutier, you gotta comment on it.

[DJ Envy]

I don't have a problem with it. I don't have a problem with it. And I would say not to say that your kid stinks, but some of these younger kids stink now. Like you. You go and you could tell that they not washing good enough.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, well, I mean, they just. They look like they're rolling out of bed right into the school. I don't know, we kind of take our time with our kid and make sure he looks right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did fatherhood change the way you approach your comedy? Because I know you use your family a lot in a lot of your material.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Not really, but I mean, it has. I'm extracting a lot of humor out of being a parent, you know, especially in today's day and age. So, yeah, I mean, I'm always talking about what's going on in my life, in my comedy. So if I'm going to parent teacher conference, if I'm going to a soccer game with my kids, I'm talking more about my health now, how I seem to be breaking down. I can't do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're only 52, man.

[DJ Envy]

What you mean, break it down?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I have. I have detached biceps, which. I don't know how that happened.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is that?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

My. My biceps have detached. I' show you. There's a lot of things going on.

[DJ Envy]

We need 50.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

How old are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

47.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, you're another five years. You tell me how good you feel now. Here, see, there's like a hole in my bicep here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you play sports at all or something?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, this is. I woke up and. And this is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Woke up.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I woke up out of.

[DJ Envy]

He wasn't working out.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You thought I was doing bicep curls. No, I woke up and I'm like, do I have a hole in my bicep? So, yeah, I don't know how this happened. So, yeah, this is what I'm talking about, breaking down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you work out, like a lot growing up?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I used to. Yeah, of course. It was working out like a. I used to work out with no Shirt on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't believe you.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, no. I used to work out a lot, but now I can't work out as much as I used to due to the fact that, you know, and I think this travel has killed my body, too. And being so physical on stage, I'm starting to see the effects of, of, of just getting a little bit older, that's all. I mean, I don't want to say that like I'm a grandfather, all right? I'm just saying that I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, you're Joe Biden.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I just can't do things that I used to do. I played a basketball game the other day, like a pickup basketball game. I felt like a hamstring was going to pop. So, I mean, I, you know, I can't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Isn't there a certain age where, like, you shouldn't do that?

[State Farm Advertiser]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, you're just, I'm being honest.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This, this one's telling me I'm not old. You're, like, telling me to go sit down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I'm just saying I think you should still, like, work out and, like, be active. But, like, a pickup basketball game, they get a little intense and you didn't like your biceps and.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, well, I, I thought I was going to be available to do that, but as I was doing it and it was only half court. It's not like we were sprinting up and down the court.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, well, half court is better, but how did you feel?

[DJ Envy]

You can still do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If he trained.

[DJ Envy]

What'? Barack Obama was playing basketball when he was in the White House. He was, what, 65?

[Lauren LaRosa]

But that's different. In his, in the White House, it's just him. It's not a random.

[DJ Envy]

He was playing pickup games.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it's different. It's Barack Obama. It's in the White House.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She don't work work out at all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How did you feel? I did basically seven with Lola. I counted in that video. Y' all had me effed up. Y' all said 5. How did you feel when you were doing it?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I, I didn't feel good. I, I, I didn't remember the basket being that high. Yeah, I, I couldn't, I couldn't really get a good, good. A lot of air balls, a lot of airballs. But, yeah, I mean, listen, I, I'm trying to keep, you know, in shape, and I'm just having some issues with my body right now.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, we talk about up here, we talk about colonoscopies, we talk about everything.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Just did that recently, too. Oh, did you get one?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he got a couple.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He goes a lot.

[DJ Envy]

He goes a lot. Like he enjoys.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He went for a checkup, and the doctor said, bend over, and he did it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I went for a vasectomy. I went to get a vasectomy consultation.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

And left with a what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And ended up with a prostate again.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He volunteers himself for it, like, whenever they need to just, like, figure new things out.

[DJ Envy]

Bends right over finger.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wouldn't care if they. If I needed to do that. Two fingers.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, for that one time they went together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can we talk about your bathrooms?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, why are you on mine?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We just want to make him comfortable so he can, you know, then divulge.

[DJ Envy]

Open up a little bit.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, So I just went.

[State Farm Advertiser]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It was wonderful. It was just wonderful. No, I was. I was shocked. I've never been put down like that on a. On fentanyl and. So good. It was. I. It was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, we're talking about two different things.

[Sleep Apnea Advertiser]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Colonoscopy? Yeah, yeah, that. We had that, too. I had that, too.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought you talked about the prostate.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, I was.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yes.

[Sleep Apnea Advertiser]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Colonoscopy was great.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, it was great.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, it was. The drugs is fantastic.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, the drugs. I thought. I thought the drug was. Was beautiful. But as I was going under, there was a nurse there, and she goes, oh, I'm a. I'm a big fan.

[State Farm Advertiser]

Right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I'm like, why? And she's like, yeah, I saw you at the Forum in Los Angeles. And I go, now you're gonna see up my. And, oh, my God. You know, it's like, I don't really want to hear that as I'm going under. But, yeah, I. I thought. Yeah. And I'm like, you. I'm very preventative. You know, I think a lot of times when it comes to health, people react to their health rather than, you know, go through the preventative measures. So I'm. I'm into testing. I like going in for. Not. I don't like going in for tests, but I'd rather know early rather than, you know, my biggest fear is going to the doctor and they're giving me pamphlets and going, you know, you're. You're. You're gonna die soon. So I'd rather know before.

[DJ Envy]

Now we go, well, not together, but. That sounds crazy, but for every little thing that we hear about, we go to the doctor. If somebody dies going to the doctor, if there's a heart problem with somebody, I'm going to check my heart. That's how.

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[BET 106 in Sports Announcer]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

To question whether you really got kids. I think he's gay, don't you?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Are you a hyper contract? I mean, do you think you're gonna die soon?

[DJ Envy]

No. But you know, sometimes you see a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sign and you hear things.

[State Farm Agent Advertiser]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He's like, let me check this out just to make sure. Like somebody will die out of nowhere and I want to know why they died.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you look at their age, like 50, like, wait, 45. Like what? I want to know what happened.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, okay. So if, if, if you hear that somebody passes away and they're around your age and they die of diabetes or whatever, you're going, you're going to get checked the next day. Gotcha. Okay, so if nobody dies, you're good. You don't check nothing.

[DJ Envy]

I don't check somebody dies. I'm checking everything now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now you come, you're, you're, you're Italian, right? Italian families, they got their own universal characters, right? Like which family member gave you the best comedy material without even trying?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

My father was very, very funny growing up. He was, he's a hairdresser. He still is 79 years old, he's still doing hair.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

He was a bit of a comedian, but his audience was the people that he was doing in the chair. So he had kind of a captive audience for an hour doing a dye job, a haircut or what have you. So he was, he's a big personality. My mother is funny too, and my sister. But my father is a character in himself. He came here when he was 15 years old from Sicily, and he kind of brought some of that kind of immigrant mentality into kind of raising us. And, yeah, we always. We always felt like he was the funniest one in the family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What got him into being a hairdresser was he first generation.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

His father was a barber in Sicily. And then he. He likes to be called a stylist. He doesn't like to be called a barber because he. He creates style.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He did some stuff with Robert De Niro, too. With him, Right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is that true? Yeah. He. De Niro played my father in a movie that I co wrote. And then my father was teaching De Niro on set how to do, like, blowouts and dye jobs, which I'm sitting here watching this going, I would never thought in a million years that my dad would be teaching De Niro hair tips, you know, But De Niro wanted to know how to do hair. How do you hold the comb? You know? He was very interested in how my dad did things so he could portray my father in the movie. Very. In an authentic way. And he even wanted to spend time with my dad while De Niro was doing a movie in Oklahoma. And he's like, I need your father to come down to Oklahoma for three or four days. Spend some time with me. Now I call my dad. I go, dad, De Niro needs you to come to Oklahoma. And my dad's like, oklahoma, I gotta work. You know, I'm like, dad, De Niro's calling you to Oklahoma. He's like, well, who's gonna do my clients? So I'm like, oh, God. So my dad. And my dad's wondering how much he's gonna get paid to do this. I go, dad, just go and, you know, teach De Niro what you know. So it was. It was. It was. It was a cool, cool feeling to have My dad kind of like, teaching Robert De Niro how to be him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you had the freshest haircuts growing up?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't think so necessarily. I. I had a mullet, which I thought was beautiful, and then I permed out my mullet in the back. I did a perm job because I played soccer. And when playing soccer, you needed your hair to, like. When you headed the ball, you needed it to, like, flow. So. But I don't know. I don't know if I had the best haircuts because my hair is really colicky and it doesn't, like, lay right. But. But, yeah, hair was really big growing up in our house.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you do that to your son? Do you?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. My. My son has beautiful hair. I don't know who he's taken after, but his hair is thick and nice. My hair is kind of thin.

[DJ Envy]

What did your parents say when you wanted to become a comedian?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Very supportive. I mean, you would think the opposite, coming from, like, a traditional Italian family, that they would be like, you know, because we were just talking about this. The entertainment business used to be something you were like, you're going into the entertainment? What are you crazy? There's no health insurance. Nobody did like entertainment where I came from. Now everybody's got a, you know, a microphone and an iPhone and. Right. It's just like. There's no. Like in baseball. There is the farm system where you come up and then you be a pro. But now in entertainment, it just seems like you got a camera, you got it, you got a show, you know, And I don't know, is that a good thing? I don't know. I'm more of a traditionalist, I guess, looking for more of, like, you kind of have to work your way up to it rather than just, I don't know. I don't know. It just seems like it's. It's easy now, and it makes the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

World one big reality show. And you're like you said, everybody's walking around with a microphone in the camera and they think we're extras in their goddamn show. Like, I hate that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

No stereotypes ever bother you? Because there's so many Italian stereotypes. Did that ever bother you growing up or when you do your comedy?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You know, you get like, the whole mob thing, you know, oh, what are you in the mob? Or what is it? Oh, your father's in the Mafia. So, I mean, I just think that's from, like, people seeing Italians in movies and whatnot. It's not like I got upset about that. I mean, there's some people that do the, you know, hey, oh, you know, that, that, that gets a little, you know, under my skin. I don't necessarily. I'm not the AO guy. Although, you know, somet that creeps out in doing stand up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I think that's Fonzie's fault. Fonzie and Andrew Dice Clay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is that.

[BET 106 in Sports Announcer]

Is that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is that who started. Started that?

[DJ Envy]

They went on with all the Italian movies, Sopranos and all that. It just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But they were cool. Like, when you look at Fonzie now, compared to, like, the guys on Goodfellas, it's like, who is this cornball? You know what I'm saying?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, but, like, Fonzie growing up Was like we didn't really have anything else to compare Fonzie to. I mean Fonzie wore a leather jacket and he put the jukebox on with his fist. And anytime Fonzie came into the scene, you just knew everything was going to be okay. But yeah, I mean, the stereotypes are there. They necessarily don't really bother me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was Henry Winkler really Italian? I don't even remember.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, he's Jewish.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I just looked. It was nice.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I looked up Italian stereotypes when Envy said that. And Italians are always late. That's the thing.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, I live by the motto of punctuality is the prince of politeness. I'm always early for anything that goes no, you should have said no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think that's yours.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't know y' all do.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well. Are all you on time? Like generally speaking, are you on time?

[DJ Envy]

Good question.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We have CPT color people time. So depending on what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was the joke, Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know, but I'm saying of me saying thing we. I know, but I'm saying it depends what time you're talking about. The real time or our time.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Like, okay, like it's like you're late.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you're fashionably late. There's two types of.

[DJ Envy]

The show starts at 5. Wants the show to start at 5:05.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, it starts at 6.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it start at 6. Yeah, but he wants to show the start at 6:05.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So you come in late.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not all the time. I try not. It's not like I purposely try to get here late, but you know, happens in New York. It's a garbage truck. I can. And you know, in the morning it's a game of inches.

[Sleep Apnea Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So one little thing can throw you out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What happens in the morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, shut the fuck up. You sell out arenas though, Sebastian.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I do and I'm always on time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What part of success still feels strange to you?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I think the money part of it is tough for me to deal with. Just because I grew up in a middle class family and there's been no one that really that in my life, in my immediate family that could. I could go to questions about money because they're not living the life that I'm living. And I always think that this is going to end tomorrow. I'm like a saver, so I'm not spending a lot of money on things. I'm always like preparing for my tongue to fall out. So. Grew up in a very negative type of family where any type of positivity was looked upon. Like it's gonna End or, you know what I'm saying? So I don't know if you guys feel that way, if this, you feel like, oh, are people gonna be listening tomorrow? You know, I always go through, like, people gonna buy a ticket to come see me the next time I come to New York City. Anyhow, you talk to people like, oh, yeah, you're fine. And don't worry about it. This and that I'm constantly worried about. Very, very. I put a lot of pressure on when I do these standup comedy shows because, you know, I always, look, think about it, this could be my last show.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I agree with you. And especially if you've been broke. Like, I've been broke broke. You know, I've been fired four times from radio, had to collect unemployment checks. When you've had that feeling, you don't take nothing for granted.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I save everything.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because you just never know.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Never know. Yeah, you never know. So very, very cautious about spending.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What surprised you most about Hollywood versus stand up?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, like what, the TV and film?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, like when you did the movie with Robert De Niro about my father. Like, I know a lot of comedians that don't like to do movies and TV shows because they hate the whole hurry up and wait.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, it's tough, it's tough. I, I don't, I don't necessarily like the TV and film world just because of that. It's like you're there for 12, 15 hours. You're sitting there waiting for a cloud to move so you could say a couple of lines. It's, it's a little frustrating, especially as a comedian where you're getting immediate react action, you're going out, you're performing right there, you know, whether or not you're funny or not. And it's an hour and a half. So, yeah, I wouldn't have a problem doing stand up comedy the rest of my life. The TV and film thing is fun. I mean, I just did a show called Bookie, which lasted for two seasons, which I really enjoyed playing a bookie in Los Angeles and that I had fun with because it was run really, really tight. Chuck Lorre was the writer on that and he knew exactly what he wanted and it moved quite fast. And when you're doing comedy, it's all about a pacing. But yeah, stand up is king. You can't be going out and doing stand up comedy for a live audience every night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I saw you say that you thought bookies could go on for a couple of more seasons.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, I was ready for you know, five, six seasons. But, you know, people had other. Other plans with the show. So I was trying to get it back up on the air, but I don't know, it's not. It's not looking good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you convince Robert De Niro to be. To be your father?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You know, I work with De Niro on the Irish, so people thought I had, like, a connection to De Niro. Like, we were, like, talking on the phone, which was not the case at all. Someone that was a producer on about my father got him the script. He read it. This is over Covid. And he's, like, really liked it and wanted to have it read out loud with a bunch of actors. So we came to New York, we read it out loud, and then a couple weeks later said, yeah, no, I'm ready to do was a dream to get him. But we didn't think we were gonna get him in the movie. But, yeah, he ended up signing on. The next thing you know, we're in Alabama for nine weeks, knocking out this movie, which didn't really have that good of a time doing because I was a little. I was nervous. I mean, I'm working with arguably one of the greatest actors of our time, and I'm sitting here going, I've never really worked on a movie, Soup to Nuts and being the star. So I had a lot of anxiety during. During that movie, but learned a lot from working with him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Would you learn?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

He's all about doing business while he's acting. And I generally was like, okay, you stay and stay here. You say your lines. But he was always active. Like, we were packing a suitcase, and he was, you know, he was packing the suitcase. He was. He was concerned about what toiletries was he was going to be packing. And I learned if you're acting while you're doing something, it's a lot more natural than just kind of sitting there and saying the line. So. Always looking for something to do. And then I had a cry at the end of the movie, which I couldn't get to crying. I did the two takes with him, and I actually asked him, I said, I'm having a hard time with this. And he's like, well, I think of my son. When I'm doing this scene with you, I'm thinking of my son. And he actually started to cry talking about his son. And then I started to cry watching him cry. And I go, I gotta use this. And then we started in. In the scene, and I was already emotional, so just getting to places that I didn't think I could get to. I stole from him or he helped me with. So, yeah, it was. I took that into other experiences, moving forward in acting and tv, film and films.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you feel famous?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No. Here, I'll give you an example. This. This past weekend, SNL spoofed you. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I'm. I'm like, are they even gonna know who. Who he's spoofing or do they think this is a character that he's. That he's introducing? So, no, I don't think. I don't know. No, I don't think. I don't. I don't. I don't behave famous. I don't. I don't walk around with a lot of people. You know, it's not like I'm, you know, it's just me and Sasha coming in here. I'm sure you got people that come in here with a large group of people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's no reason, but absolutely positive.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I see this show. I mean, it's like, who's. Who's the guest? You know, there's 70 people behind the guy. But no, I've always kind of kept it low key. And no, I don't. I don't feel. I don't feel famous at all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How'd you feel when you saw the sketch? Like, when it was like, did you see it in real time and did people hit you up?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, I was doing a show. They actually asked me to be a part of it. They called me Thursday and said, we would love to have you come in at the end, but unfortunately I was going to be in Palm Springs doing a show, so I couldn't get out of that. But when I did see it on the way home from. I was flattered that they did that. And it was funny. I mean, it was funny. It was very over exaggerated body movements and it was fun to see. And I've never hosted the show.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, yeah, I mean, I got more traction on that skit than I've gotten in any skit that I've ever been in. I mean, there was more heat around that video than any video that I've been in personally. So it was nice to see. And I'm a big fan of that guy Marcelo. I think he's definitely going places.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did they never had you host the show?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You sound like my dad. I don't know. I've never been asked. And I would love to do it. Hopefully this will get me on, who knows? But, yeah, I would love to do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do you decide what's okay to talk about on stage when it comes to famous or just everybody automatically content and they know it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I had to only ask my mother in law if it was okay to do a joke about her husband dying. Because.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That'S the funeral you wanted.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no, no, it's not. The. This is actually the grave site. They. They bought plots together, right. And then her husband died and then she remarried. So when we went to go see my wife's father, I was looking at the other grave, which was for my mother in law. And the joke was, is my mother in law gonna get buried with the original husband or is she going to get buried next to the husband she has now? I thought it was a little sensitive to be talking about that, but she's like, no, no, go ahead. Everyone's been really, really gracious about being a part of my act. And I'm not really malicious when I talk about people in my act. It's kind of tongue in cheek. It's very, you know, it's coming from a good place. So, yeah, they've been. My wife in particular has been really, really supportive. My mother is wondering why she's not in the act more so she's a bit offended that she's not. She's like, why are you always talking about your dad? I'm funny. I'm like, damn. It's just the way it is, you know, if you do something that I think should be in the act, that's not like I'm. But I also want to, like, protect my mom. I don't know. There's something about like not talking about my mom on stage. I think my dad. My dad loves it. My dad's like, you know, talk about being famous. He thinks he's famous. He goes into a restaurant and he's like, they don't know me. I go, why would they? So, yeah, he loves when people come up to him and, oh, are you Sebastian's father? So he's kind of relishing in the moment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you write jokes about your mom? You just don't use them or.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't. My process is not really writing. It's just more like, I'll recant a story that I lived. But yeah, with my mother, I don't know what it is. It's just sometimes she makes me laugh, but I never kind of put her in the act for. For whatever the reason. I don't know. But there's a few things that are happening now that might make the actual.

[DJ Envy]

See, well, we can't wait to Check it out. It ain't right. Comedy Special comes to Hulu this Friday, the 21st. Make sure you go check it out. And thank you for joining us this week.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Thanks for having me, sharing your audience with me. I really do appreciate it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're not old.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, you're not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

52 is not old.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

I can play pickup games. I'm sorry?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I could play pickup games. I do not have biceps. Although I am playing padel or paddle, which your friend. Schultz. We have a thing now. Next time I'm in town and I have some time, we're going to play. I don't know how good he is, but we'll. We'll see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He claims to be, like, the grand champ. I don't know what the title is, but, like, the grand champion, he's, like, professional now.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is he a professional paddle?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's a pro paddle.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, he's a pro now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's a pro now.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, okay. I didn't know he was pro. I got pro now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not his pronoun.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I didn't know he was a professional Padal. So I don't know. I got a Sicilian slice that I'd like to see if he could return. We'll see.

[DJ Envy]

That sound crazy?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Like a slice on the ball.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, you're Italian. I. I don't know how to go.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, my goodness. All right.

[DJ Envy]

Sebastian Montescalo. Montecalco.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You got it.

[DJ Envy]

All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Every day I wake up.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Wake your ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Everybody knows Shaq, but off camera, he's.

[DJ Envy]

Just a regular guy.

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Ok Storytime Host]

So usually on okay Storytime, our audience will send in their relationship problems. And the okay storytime squad gives some good advice goofily. But today, we're not giving out our usual advice. Our producer Riley says we're giving something else. So what are we doing today, Riley?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Today we're playing a little game. Game, says the man. I bought special gifts for you guys from ebay. Each one picked with one of you in mind. Yeah, Dakota, if you want to guess.

[Ok Storytime Host]

All right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

There is a gift at my feet.

[Ok Storytime Host]

Open that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And now it is in my hands.

[Ok Storytime Host]

Oh, I feel like it's got to be our resident gamer kiosk.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is the rectangle of childhood. It's a portable game console.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I used to have this as a kid. This game console I used to play all the time. And you know when your mom came into the room when you're a kid.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And, like, you're pretending to sleep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But Riley, what a thoughtful gift.

[Ok Storytime Host]

Yeah, right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You're crushing it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But we have one more gift.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. Open it.

[State Farm Agent Advertiser]

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[Ok Storytime Host]

Camera Timey.

[DJ Envy]

Camera.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's right.

[Ok Storytime Host]

Classic.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is awesome.

[Ok Storytime Host]

Yeah, because you know how I love to take pictures of my travels. Yeah, you're always somewhere, whether it's in Kyrgyzstan with some nomads or just New York, you know, with a nice little piece of trash or a rat.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Little.

[DJ Envy]

Nice picture. Taking pictures with the birds, so. Right.

[Ok Storytime Host]

You got all of this from ebay, dude, ebay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It was really fun finding it with you guys. Like, I had very specific things for each one of you. Yeah, it was all there. Thanks, Riley.

[Ok Storytime Host]

And thank you, ebay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And guys shop ebay for millions of finds, each with a story ebay Things.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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