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TCB Infomercial: Fortune Feimster
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Bryan & Krissy discuss FUBAR, Fortune's 100 city tour, how Fortune got started, finding your voice, storytelling, acting, stand-up, and series, Arnold Schwarzenegger, her name, the universe, and creating meaning for others.
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Brian Green
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Kristen Joy Odley
Best to you, Brian, and best to.
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Brian Green
You out there in the podcast universe. It's the holiday season and a lot of times podcasts like ourselves will take off, but not us, Chrissy. We have bills to pay and miles to feed. So we are going to be producing brand new episodes of the commercial break this entire holiday season. And I thought it was important to let our audience know. Jingle, jingle all the way Jingle jangle your dingle dangles. Stick with the commercial break and stay tuned for the 12 days of TCB. Our first ever 12 days of TCB.
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Kristen Joy Odley
That's right.
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Brian Green
December 13th through Christmas Day. Brand new episodes every day.
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Fortune Feimster
So something happened when I met Jax that I did not expect. My mom got a little jealous.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
I remember if I would buy Jax something like a scarf, my mom would be like, I like scarves. I'm like, you're not my girlfriend. Their birthdays are five days apart, which is my nightmare.
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Brian Green
On this episode of the commercial break.
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Fortune Feimster
When I was born, she really, really wanted my mom to name me Fortune. She's like, that's the name. I'm telling you, like that. Her name's supposed to be Fortune. Then my mom really resisted it and she said I would have to be Miss America to live up to a name like that. So I'm like, how dare you think I couldn't?
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Brian Green
The next episode of the commercial break starts now. The party in the morning.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Oh, yeah.
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Brian Green
Guys and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co host of this show, Kristen Joy Odley. Best to you, Chris.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Best to you, Brian, and best to.
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Brian Green
You out there in the podcast universe. It's a Saturday and yes, we're here just for you. It's a TCB infomercial bonus episode with Fortune Feimster here today with us, the very famous all over the place. Can't stop her. Fortune. I just love.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Oh my God. I've been a fan for so long.
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Brian Green
Very excited about this Chelsea lately and the Mindy project.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Mindy project of, you know.
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Brian Green
Now she's in three stand up specials now. The next Netflix special is coming out on Tuesday as this is being released the following Tuesday, her brand new Netflix special. The first two, Crushing it killed it. And so the third One is here and no end in sight for Fortune. Can't wait to talk to her. So thank you for joining us. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It's, we're, we're still in the middle of it. That's the best thing about Thanksgiving is you get out early on Wednesday and you don't go back to work till Monday. It's, it's just lovely. I love it. I love it. A five day weekend. Who? Who?
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Kristen Joy Odley
Lots of food, football, Christmas, movies, all that good stuff. Family who want it.
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Brian Green
That's right.
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Kristen Joy Odley
If you want it.
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Brian Green
If you want it. If you want it. If you don't, you're probably listening to the commercial break. Your family has left you or you've left them and you're like, I really need something to undepress me from my depressing family. Let us be that with Fortune. She'll be here in just a few minutes. I was just reading. You know, she's in that new Netflix television show fubar with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's like an action comedy. And I started watching a few of the episodes in anticipation of Fortune being here. And it's really funny. And Arnold is just, he's naturally gifted at being the straight man. You know what I'm saying?
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Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
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Brian Green
And I, I sense that he has always wanted to be a comedian, but you know, his accent and a lot his size, he's just, that's not what he's built for. But he's really good at playing off people who are comedic. And Fortune is great in this show.
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Kristen Joy Odley
I mean, kindergarten co is pretty fucking funny.
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Brian Green
It's pretty funny. But he's still like the straight man in the movie. Like, even the kids, you know, the kids tell the punchlines and he's not a tumor. So. Yeah, and she's on like this small little tour and then we'll talk to.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Her about 100 city.
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Brian Green
Hundred city small. No, well, right now she's doing. But she just got done with 100 city tour. That's unbelievable. When you go to a hundred cities, I mean, you would think that would be fun, but I think by city number 20, you're probably like, okay, get me back to my own fucking bed. I mean, you know what I'm saying? Like when I go on vacation, you know, we went to Europe, we went to Spain for a month and some change last year. And by day number 15, I could have used my own bed, even though there were still some exciting parts of the trip. But in that case, I was doing absolutely no work whatsoever. When you go On a hundred city tour. You are just killing it all the time out there, you know, working. That's. We'll talk to her about it. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know, Chrissy, just so you know, if I happen to be moody over the next couple of weeks, it's because I've started dipping my toe back in the news water. I have started to watch a little bit of news. I had to turn on that Morning Joe and see what Joe. And everybody was so up in awe.
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Kristen Joy Odley
I know.
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Brian Green
And I was like, wait, I think it's a good thing that they're taught. But then I'm listening to Joe and I'm like, no, yeah, you're an idiot. Yeah, you're an idiot.
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Kristen Joy Odley
I haven't delved back into the actual televised news. No, I'm just getting mine now from 40%.
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Brian Green
40% of us who watched certain channels like CNN and MSNBC and other news stations have turned off the news altogether. The ratings just plummeted. And so they plummeted so far that Rachel Maddow, the star of msnbc, like they call her, I think they called her like a ratings boner or something somebody referred to as a ratings boner because ratings get hard when she, like ratings go high when she shows up. She took a five million dollar a year pay cut, I saw that, to stay at msnbc. First of all, good for her. She knew that, you know, other people needed to get paid and people would probably lose their $5 million is no small bit. But then I learned that she was making 30. I know, I was like $30 million a year. She's on one night a week. $30 million a year. That's an incredible job. MSNBC. Call me. I, I know I'm not like a noted newscaster and I really am terrible with facts of any shape or size.
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Kristen Joy Odley
But you do have that inflection down. You could place that guy.
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Brian Green
That's right.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah, the midday guy.
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Brian Green
Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, my God. Jose Diaz. Ballard. Jose Diaz. I mean, that guy is just terrible. I'm sorry, Jose. I'm sure you were great wherever you came from. I think you came from Univision, if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure you were wonderful wherever you came from, but you are really bad at what you do. I mean, just really bad at it. But then again, who's watching MSNBC at 11:15 in the morning, you know what I'm saying? Like MSNBC at 11:15 in the morning. Nobody's watching, so they probably got. I guarantee he's not making $30 billion a year, that's for sure. So I just. I wanted to get you back up to speed that I was watching the news, so that.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Okay.
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Brian Green
Yeah.
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Kristen Joy Odley
So I'll keep that in mind when you'll be moody here.
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Brian Green
Yeah. When you pull up and I'm. I'm on top of the roof threatening to jump. You know why? So. Yeah. So we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you're enjoying your extended vacation.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Write us in and tell us some funny stories about that, because there's always some.
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Brian Green
Oh, yeah, you. You must write us and tell us about your family shenanigans. We have to know the crazier, the. The worse, the better. I know a few of you out there are really good at writing those kind of stories, so I'm not going to name you by name, but please write us in. Tell us how your family events were. We'd love to hear it. What were your traditions? How terrible? Did they go terribly wrong? Did it all go. Yeah. I only want terrible Thanksgiving stories. Don't write me and say all the kids had fun, that I don't give a shit. Okay. Not that kind of show. And then, just a small reminder, 12 days of TCB coming up, December 13th through the 25th. That's right. Brand new episodes of the commercial break, even on Christmas Day. So, Mary, happy birthday, Jesus.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Gather around.
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Brian Green
Gather around.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Gather on the tree in the fire.
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Brian Green
Gather around. Manger around the tree.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Sonos.
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Brian Green
Yes. Your Amazon Echo. Put it in the manger. And your little Christmas. Put it in the manger in your little Christmas village and say, hey, play Brian's got a Boner, episode number 688. And let us not leave out our Jewish friends.
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Fortune Feimster
Happy Hanukkah to you, too.
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Brian Green
I think Hanukkah and Christmas actually aligned together. My wife was saying to me, and Festivus and all, and Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa and Krampus and all that other. That you guys celebrate. Congratulations to everybody on a. And a job well done on Thanksgiving.
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Fortune Feimster
Yes.
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Brian Green
I'm. I'm congratulating all the people who cooked us food before they actually cook us the food so that I sound generous afterwards. How's that?
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Kristen Joy Odley
That's a good tactic.
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Brian Green
I told myself. I was like, let me say congratulations on great cooking. Yeah.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Put it in the universe.
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Brian Green
Yes. Put it in the universe.
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Fortune Feimster
It is good food that way.
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Brian Green
When I'm complaining about it, it's like two weeks later and no one's really gonna know. All right, let's do this. Let's take a short break. And then we'll come back with Fortune here on the studio television and we'll talk to her about all the magic of telepodcasting. We'll figure it all out. What do you say, Chrissy?
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Kristen Joy Odley
I said let's do it.
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Brian Green
Let's do it. We'll be back.
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Podcast Announcer
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Brian Green
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Kristen Joy Odley
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Brian Green
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Fortune Feimster
Steve in the studio.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Every Wednesday we'll be sharing even more exclusive stories from the Office and our friendship with brand new guests. And we'll be digging into our mail bag to answer your questions and comments. So join us for brand new Office Ladies 6.0 episodes every Wednesday. Plus on Mondays we are taking a second drink. You can revisit all the Office Ladies rewatch episodes every Monday with new bonuses tidbits before every episode. Well, we can't wait to see you there. Follow and listen to Office Ladies on the free Odyssey app and wherever you get your podcasts.
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Brian Green
This episode is sponsored in part by Klarna. Well, Halloween is over and you know what that means. It's Time to gorge yourself on candy and start searching for that perfect gift to give those you care about or yourself. And in this household, that means buying gifts for the 12 to 18 children we've got running around. And while the season is festive and we always love giving gifts, paying attention to our finances always gets a little bit more attention this time of year. Astrid and I have used Klarna as our everyday smarter spending partner. Klarna allows you to split a purchase up into four interest free payments. So choose Klarna at your favorite retailers or shop now@klarna.com Klarna really has helped us be a little bit smarter about our shopping for the holiday seasons. So head over to Klarna.com to see their offerings and make Klarna your smarter spending partner for the holiday season. California resident loans made or arranged pursuant to a California Finance Law License NMLS number 1353190 Klarna balance account required. Klarna may get a commission. Limitations, terms and conditions do apply. Fortune, thank you so much for joining us today. We really appreciate it.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Hello, Fortune.
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Brian Green
Hi, you guys.
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Fortune Feimster
Thanks for having me. Lovely to be here.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah, our pleasure.
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Brian Green
So this, this episode will be airing at right after the Thanksgiving holiday. So tell me, you're, I'm assuming you're just spending some time with family over the Thanksgiving?
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Fortune Feimster
Yeah, I'm gonna, I, it's hard to try to, you know, with two families to get to, you can't do the holiday with both of them. So I try to go close to the holiday and see my family.
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Brian Green
Yes.
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Fortune Feimster
But then I go to Jax's, my wife's family, because they're better cooks and they're better host. No shade to my mom. She provides me a lot of fun, quirky material, but cooking is not her thing.
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Brian Green
Yeah, my mom either. It's all I was telling Chrissy the other day. We were talking about gravies and sauces. Like, are you a gravy and sauce person? I am definitely a gravy and sauce person. I think that comes from my mother, who was just a terrible cook and she may have known it. And then she smothered everything in sauces and gravy.
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Fortune Feimster
That barbecue sauce.
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Brian Green
God forbid they taste the extra actual pork.
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Fortune Feimster
My brother used to smell the food to see if it was, if it was expired. And it drove my mom crazy. But he knew, he knew what was up.
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Brian Green
He had a detect. He had a detector, huh?
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Fortune Feimster
Yeah. He's like, something's not sitting right about this barbecue chicken. Yeah.
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Brian Green
So when you do you got. Do you do, like, the holiday, like, round table? Do you like. Okay, this year we got to spend the actual Thanksgiving Day with my family, and then next year we're going to spend it with your family, or is there, like, a set schedule? I always get fascinated by this with people who. I mean, a lot of people have partners.
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Fortune Feimster
We did that for a long time. Many, many. Because we're 10 years in now. Congratulations. Thank you. Our first, like, six, I think we tried to do the. Like, we'll go to your families. And then my. Because that's what my brothers had set up.
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Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
And then we realized that we don't have kids and what are we doing? We don't have to be there.
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Brian Green
That's right.
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Fortune Feimster
And the pandemic kind of did that. You know, where we stayed home for the holidays, and we were like, oh, this is actually kind of nice, because we travel all the time for my tour. So. Yeah, unfortunately, one of the things that went by the wayside was going to my family. But when you don't have kids, I feel like it's different, you know?
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Brian Green
Let me tell you something. One of the advantages to being a breeder over here is that when you have children, then you determine. And I have. There's four boys in my family, so one of four. I'm the only one with children, so I get to dictate exactly how the holidays go. And if you don't like it, fuck yourself. I mean, you know, you're not. You're not gonna.
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Kristen Joy Odley
You're gonna see the kids.
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Brian Green
You're not gonna see your nieces and nephews for the holidays.
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Fortune Feimster
And I would be like, fine.
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Brian Green
Some of my brothers do, by the way. Some of my brothers don't.
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Fortune Feimster
You don't threaten me with a good time. You mean I don't have to spend my family holiday at home watching people rip through presents in five seconds, Right?
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Brian Green
Yeah. It can certainly get annoying. Fortune, you're on a bit of a tear right now. I would say. You certainly. I feel like you're everywhere. Like, when they said, hey, you want to talk to Fortune? And I was like, oh, my gosh. That is everywhere you are.
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Kristen Joy Odley
But we've been. I've been a fan for a long time. Back from Chelsea lately, and then another Mindy project.
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Fortune Feimster
Oh, that's so cool.
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Brian Green
How are. I know that when we talk to people, sometimes I get. Sometimes even I feel like, oh, people just popped out of nowhere. But there's a lot of work that comes behind.
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Fortune Feimster
Oh, yeah.
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Brian Green
There's 10 years of work to get to have your moment in the sun, whatever it is. So. And you got your start. You were doing comedy when you were in college, is that right?
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Fortune Feimster
I did some theater in college. No comedy, but it was in the south, in North Carolina, you know, so it was like us trying to do Shakespeare with these crazy ass Southern accents. And it just. Yeah, we had. I hadn't really been exposed to the comedy part yet other than like growing up watching Saturday Night Live and the reruns of the Carol Burnett Show. So, like, I knew comedy, I loved it, but I did not know you could do that for a living. So I moved to LA 21 years ago, which seems wild now. Wow. And not to pursue comedy, just I had a. I had a job that I was gonna do and it was just kind of a life experience. And I had a really hard time making friends because, you know, in the south, you go into a gas station and chat with people.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Exactly.
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Fortune Feimster
It's not like that in la. Everyone kind of keeps themselves. You don't really talk to neighbors. It's a little. A little more isolating. And so I started taking classes at the Groundlings, where like Will Ferrell and of course McCarthy, all these people had studied at Kristen Wiig. And the dream was to be on snl. But again, it was like, I think that's the only way to do comedy is if you get on snl.
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Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
So that was my path for a long time. Once I took these classes just to really, just to make friends, it quickly grew into a passion and I kept getting encouraged to continue. And yeah, it was. It was like discovering that was, I think, the greatest gift. Because then my life had a. Like a path now.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Right?
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Brian Green
Yes, I get this. My personal opinion is you can't be as talented at what you do. And it just seems to come so natural, the animations, the voices that you go in and out of. The comedic style that you have, I think is just like you're born with that and now you. You can practice it and people can help it kind of bloom. Right. By being around other people who have certain sensibilities they can share and you learn and all that, but that's something you're born with. Or is this. Was this in you always? Did you feel like this sense of these comic sensibilities, this timing was always part of who you were?
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Fortune Feimster
I think it. I had moments of it. I was a little shyer than people would have assumed I was. I had times where I was the class clown and making everyone laugh. And then other times I was A bit of a wallflower, just kind of watching people. But I. I kind of came into some of my personality in high school and I started watching SNL and would, like, memorize these sketches and, like, perform them for people. So I started to learn to make people laugh by using other people's stuff. I would learn, like, Adam Sandler's, you know, Thanksgiving song or Hanukkah song and sing that to people. So I was learning by mimicking at first and just kind of watching and absorbing. And then I'd be really shy, then have, like, the spurt of funny. And then when I got to college, that started to come out more. And even though I had terrible stage fright. So my. My. My performance on stage was not successful. It was when I moved to la. I had, I think, like you said, that natural ability, but I didn't know how to bring it out of myself. So, yeah, the one thing I did learn from classes and years of, I think it was at the growling seven years, is I learned how to hone it. And. And when I started stand up in 2007, that was at the Comedy Store. I didn't know what I was doing there either. I knew I was comfortable on stage. It seemed like people liked me. And those are two hard things to overcome right off the bat. Yeah, I was like, okay, I've done those right away. Let me work on what is my voice. What am I trying to say? How do you tell a story? And that's the thing that gets better over years and evolves, because this is my third hour that's coming out on Netflix, and I can see my. Thank you. I can see my voice and my storytelling evolve in each one.
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Brian Green
Yeah, I think, you know, I forget who said this, but it's like, you know, 10,000 hours, right? There's an old saying, 10,000 hours is to become a master and expert. The people who do things in this world the best have 10, on average, 10,000 hours of doing what they do. I think you, when you're as gifted as you are comically and as an actress, it's like that energy is there. It's just either stuck inside or it's very wily. And you don't know what to do with it until you start to get those hours, get those reps under your belt. I mean, Chrissy and I are 38,000 hours into this podcast, and I've said this to her before, and I mean it, and I think it's true, and it'll probably be true a thousand hours from now, but I Don't think Till episode number 400 did I actually feel like we knew. What the fuck.
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Fortune Feimster
Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah.
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Brian Green
It's just red. You know, it's getting in there and trying to figure out what works and what your voice is like, what's the personality of the show?
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Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
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Brian Green
And those two things. I think if you're not creative or you're not in a creative endeavor, it sounds like, well, that's silly. Your voice is your voice. Not really. Like, you know, you have to. It takes a lot of time to figure out how you convey that appropriately or how you use that energy. In a way, I love your type of storytelling because it's just. I don't know. To me, it scratches a niche in comedy. There's other storytellers out there that do this really well also, I think of, like, Kyle Kanane or some of these other people. They. They're really good at this. But you're extraordinarily talented at taking your life and turning it into something really funny and entertaining. Do you fear family get together sometimes because you use all the material.
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Fortune Feimster
Well, if anyone watches Crushing it, this latest one, you'll see. I talk a lot about my mom, so she gives me a wealth of material alone. And I talk a lot about my wife, Jax, too. But, yeah, I kind of always am hoping that my mom will say something crazy. Yeah, I'm, like, writing. I'm, like, quickly writing it down because there's one story in my special, I talk about my mom falling in a cemetery. And a lot of the stuff I write, I'll amp it up. I'll write punchlines. And I do a little bit of that in that story. But, like, 95% of the story is just what she said. And I was like, this doesn't seem real. Like, you don't. This doesn't seem like what a normal person would say.
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Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
But that's what makes it so fun. So, yeah, I take these moments in my life, and people are familiar with my mom now, and. And I just try to spit them back out in a way that's like, how can I. Because my stories are long, too. I'm like, yeah, how can I keep someone's attention for eight whole minutes of a story? And that's been my biggest thing to try to work on. And hone was like, my. Every story is like, you know, six to 10 minutes. So it's like, I gotta keep your attention on each one of these stories for a whole hour.
- [27:04]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [27:05]
Fortune Feimster
But it forces me to, you know, work hard at coming up with the through lines and punch lines. And I always try to have a narrative that's sort of a grander theme of the special. And I always try to bring it back around so that there's payoffs from the early things.
- [27:24]
Brian Green
They're now being created off season of television. It's like writing a season of Breaking Bad for your special. It's like themes within the themes, keeping people entertained. But at the end, you know, it always comes back around.
- [27:35]
Fortune Feimster
But it's my job to be like, I'm just coming up with this just now.
- [27:40]
Brian Green
Right.
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Kristen Joy Odley
That's a great ability, honestly.
- [27:45]
Brian Green
But you go out on the road a lot and I'm sure that that's where you say, okay, I have this idea. Let me see if I can punch it for the next five minutes. And we'll. I'll take notes in my head about what's landing and what's not. Do you still, when you get up in front of an audience at like a small club and you're working on new material, do you still have that fear of the train coming off the truck?
- [28:07]
Fortune Feimster
Oh, yeah, I guess.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [28:08]
Brian Green
Oh, yeah.
- [28:08]
Fortune Feimster
I'm writing new. Every time you put out a special, you have to write a whole new hour. Which is like the worst part of this. I'm like, can I just sing Cheeseburger in Paradise? Like musicians have it made.
- [28:23]
Brian Green
That's crazy. Sam Merill says the exact same thing. And I. Yeah, he says, listen, the worst part about being a comedian is.
- [28:30]
Kristen Joy Odley
That you can't play the hits.
- [28:31]
Brian Green
Yeah. Unlike Guns and Roses, I can't play Sweet Child of mine every time. I know that's why people come. If they see my special, they, it's old. They no longer want to hear it. Yeah, there's like something new.
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Fortune Feimster
They. I still have people wanting me to tell the this, the Hooters story from my sweet and salty special. So I'll do something like that at the end. But yeah, you gotta write a whole new hour because people want to be surprised every time. Otherwise they're like, ah, we've heard this. So, yeah, I was at, like, I'm in New York right now. I was at the Cellar last night. The hardest part is like, I like to write everything out like a story on paper. I like to know where it's going and like add some structure to it. And then I put it on a seat. So for me, the panic is I have to now memorize.
- [29:14]
Kristen Joy Odley
Right.
- [29:15]
Fortune Feimster
Eight minute story that I just wrote. And it's easier once you've been on tour because you're doing it every. Every stinking day.
- [29:24]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [29:24]
Fortune Feimster
It gets in your bones, but in the beginning you're like, wait, what did I write? What was that? And so you're kind of in your head on stage.
- [29:31]
Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
I like it when I get to the point where it's just flowing freely. But both these last, especially this last couple. Two specials. The last three years, I've been on two tours back to back. A hundred cities with 150 shows each. That material, I think was honed as much as I could possibly hone it.
- [29:54]
Brian Green
Yeah, I think. But I see what you're saying, like when you first go out there and you're working on material. Okay. You've, you know, you spent the last, whatever, however many days or weeks or whatever writing this out. In my head, this feels good. It's got a flow to it. I'm trying to memorize the beats and the notes so that I can at least get from point A to point B. Yeah. And at first you're like literally seeing the paper in your head, trying to remember those beats and those notes so it doesn't come as naturally. And maybe some of the comic timing and the other things, the accents that you might put on it aren't there yet.
- [30:27]
Fortune Feimster
Right.
- [30:27]
Brian Green
But as it starts to get deep into your bones, then you can. It's like improv. It's like the Grateful Dead, right?
- [30:32]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, I know. I'm gonna go just like riffing on these long ass songs.
- [30:38]
Brian Green
You'll get this as a Charlotte. It's like a Widespread Panic song. I know I'm gonna go from here to here. But in between, I don't know, I'll throw in some.
- [30:45]
Kristen Joy Odley
We'll figure it Out Brother song or seven.
- [30:51]
Fortune Feimster
But it's part of the journey. You know, it's. Yeah, it keeps me on my toes. Because honestly, if you did. If people didn't force us to do this, I would want to just tell hooter stories every night.
- [31:02]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [31:03]
Fortune Feimster
So it does by nature force me to be better at my job than I might have wanted to be.
- [31:12]
Brian Green
And comedy really is kind of in a golden age, I think right now with. And I've said this before, and I'll give them shit about all of their live. Live. Their live shows. Netflix. But Netflix and Amazon. And to some degree, I guess, Max, they've kind of have put their weight behind comedians and their. Their success.
- [31:36]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [31:36]
Brian Green
Really. They see this as a vehicle for fresh material that's great content. They can put it out. There's multiple.
- [31:41]
Kristen Joy Odley
People need to laugh, People need to Laugh.
- [31:44]
Brian Green
Yes. And so therefore now the comedy is really seeing a huge revival. Yeah. My understanding is because I was just a kid back then, but my understanding is not since the 80s has comedy really been as hot as it is is right now. And you're selling out. Like I love your Instagram post. It tells where you're going to be for the next five weeks, but then it just says sold out. I mean, here's where I'm going to be. But you, if you want tickets, I.
- [32:10]
Fortune Feimster
Mean, it's a blessing because selling tickets is so hard. You know, of course you're in so many cities and there's so many people out there. There's so much entertainment you're competing with. I think part of the boom is that people aren't going to the movies as much anymore and, and studio, studios aren't putting out comedies in theaters anymore and people still want shared experiences. You know, we've been isolated a lot via social media. You think you're surrounded by people, but you're alone in your room. Scrolling and, and I miss those days of like being in a theater laughing at like a Bridesmaids movie. It, it's funnier when you experience it with people. So people are getting that by watching live comedy and it shows me that there's still a big demand for it. And so I'm lucky that I'm in. I'm an actor and I'm a stand up. So where acting is dipping a bit, they're finding their way in this new world of media. The standup partially thriving. And you know, it's a dream. You want to, you work so hard on this material, you want people to see it. So I've gotten to perform in like these amazing theaters. The Chicago Theater, the Beacon Theater. Last tour were like bucket list ones for me.
- [33:31]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah, the Beacon, yeah.
- [33:32]
Brian Green
What's it like to walk out in the Chicago theater? I grew up in Chicago, by the way, so I know. Well, you walk out on that stage and there's just a throng of people.
- [33:43]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, it's crazy. 3,000 seat theater.
- [33:46]
Brian Green
Yeah, I think it's like 3,200 or something like that. That's a lot of people.
- [33:49]
Fortune Feimster
A lot of people. And we almost added a second one. And I was like, could I possibly? I don't know. And I got two chicken to try. I'm like, let's quit while we're ahead. So the goal this tour I think would try to do too. It was incredible. My wife, I met her in Chicago and early days, she took me to the Chicago theater to see Carol Burnett in.
- [34:13]
Brian Green
Oh, wow.
- [34:13]
Fortune Feimster
Like, in a Q and A. And I just remember being that theater, just like, whoa, this is, like, next level. And Carol was such a influence on my comedy. It just felt very much like coming home one day. I'll be here where Carol sat. Yeah. So that was a really neat thing to experience. I love that that's her city. And. And I filmed my last special there. And the. That everyone in Chicago has, like, been so crazy supportive of me because I think they feel kinship because Jack's. That's her city. And we have a lot of love and respect for Chicago, so. Yeah. And the. All the ushers are in, like, these, like, cloak. What do you call them? Capes. It's very old school, but, like, very old school. Cool. They make an event of it, you know?
- [35:03]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [35:03]
Brian Green
When you go to the Chicago theater, you're at a theater, right? I mean, it's like you're at a Theater from 1920, and it's just an experience in and of itself. But then the room. Such majesty and like, entertainment royalty has come through that theater for 100 years.
- [35:20]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [35:21]
Brian Green
Okay. You're a comedian. We know that. But really, you're also a model. You're a model. I'm a comedian, a model. I'm a pragmatic pragmatist. But also, you've done very well for yourself acting, also. And so tell me of the two passions. I know that probably comedy pays the bills on a regular basis.
- [35:44]
Fortune Feimster
Yes.
- [35:45]
Brian Green
But acting has got to be also just as exciting. It's kind of a quick hit, in and out. You work for whatever, a couple months or unless you're on a series, you work for a couple months, you make a bucket of money, and then you can take a couple days off.
- [35:56]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, yeah. It's funny. Acting was, like, such a, like, goal of mine for so long when I was on Chelsea. Lately, I remember Chelsea would say, what do you want to do? I was like, I want to act. I want to be on a show. So I wasn't even on the path to be, like, doing standup to the extent I am right now. I kind of just fell into that as far as when the acting, you know, I'm a specific type. I can't just fit into, like, every role and every project. So I think I started doing a lot more stand up to fill the time between acting. But for me, acting was like, oh, that's my goal and that's what I want to do. And I've been lucky to. After I left Chelsea lately, I went and did a couple pilots with Tina Fey. Those didn't get picked up, but, you know, all these no's lead to yeses. And that doing that. That project with Tina Fey led to working with some 30 rock people, which led to Mindy Kaling's best friend, Lang Fisher, who they write together. She was on 30 Rock, and she recommended me for the Mindy Project and that. And the Mindy Project is what opened the doors for my whole acting career. So I got to do, like, you know, cool, like, recurring characters in the show called, like, Life in Pieces. And I did this movie, Office Christmas Party, and I'm basically hired to, like, come into film, a film or TV show and act like a crazy person and then leave.
- [37:28]
Brian Green
You do seem to have kind of this, like.
- [37:31]
Fortune Feimster
But that's my favorite version of you.
- [37:33]
Brian Green
Is when you're kind of like. I don't want to say clueless, but you're, like, so incredibly confident.
- [37:40]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah. So overconfident.
- [37:41]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yes.
- [37:42]
Brian Green
There's like this weird, vulnerable obsolescence, and I love it. I think you play it so well.
- [37:49]
Fortune Feimster
Oh, thank you. And, yeah, now I'm. You know, I did some sitcoms for a while. That was kind of my world, and those are obviously getting made less and less. And now I'm in this crazy action comedy world. I'm doing fubar with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- [38:04]
Brian Green
It's insane. Which is great, by the way. I watched the first. I watched the first couple of episodes over the last week. It's really. That's crazy because it's really wild comedy.
- [38:14]
Fortune Feimster
With, you know, it's. It's one of those. Those shows. You don't have to think too much. We're going to entertain you for an hour and try to make you laugh and have some cool explosions.
- [38:24]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [38:25]
Fortune Feimster
And I think season two, which will come out in the spring, is. Is we amp up the comedy even more. I think it's a better season because we. We didn't really know what we were shooting for a season.
- [38:37]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [38:38]
Fortune Feimster
And now we have, you know, we just have fun with it. And there's a lot of talented people on that show. And Arnold's just fun to watch. You know, he. He knows what he does, and he does it well, and he gives you what you're working with him so good. He's just a very kind, like, generous guy. Funny. He likes to. He loves comedians, so he loves to tease people and crack jokes, and there's nothing. There's no diva, you know, about him. He. He carries himself in a way that's he knows his stature in life. He's been famous for like 50 years. He's world famous, which is a different kind of fame. But we went rode bikes in Toronto. People are like, Arnold, I. Every corner, Arnold, Arnold. And he's just like, hello. He just lives his life. Yeah.
- [39:33]
Brian Green
We seem very kind. Like when you watch him on interviews.
- [39:37]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [39:37]
Brian Green
He seems like he's kind. He seems like he's wise.
- [39:40]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [39:41]
Brian Green
You know, I've said and like, I don't love every bit of Mike Tyson and his life story. He's. He's obviously done some things that are terrible, but when you listen to him now in his older age, he seems like he's learned a few things along the way.
- [39:55]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
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Brian Green
And he doesn't seem pretentious about it. Right. It's just he's not precious about who he is as a person. He gets all his foibles, bulls. And he understands it. And Arnold seems very much the same way. I don't.
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Fortune Feimster
Yeah, but that's, that's documentary on Netflix. He, you reach an age where you start reflecting on. Yeah, that was successes and mistakes and he owns a lot of those. And. But he's, he's still like so active. He, he kind of lives his life like he's a governor still. He volunteers at organizations more than anyone I've ever met. He, he hands out, you know, food to veterans and he has an after school program for kids that's raised like something like a billion dollars. I mean, he's always. If there's like people are still calling them to help fix problems.
- [40:41]
Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
I mean, I, Yeah, I've, I've passed his iPad and there's very important people on those iPads. And I'm like, oh my God. And he's just smoking a cigar, chatting with this very powerful person.
- [40:58]
Brian Green
Wow. Yeah. I think, I think also when, once a, like when you're world famous, like you said, you do kind of become a politician in a way. Right. And whether we like it or not, entertainment in politics is often wrapped up together. And we see that how that played out in this last election for good, bad or indifferent. But I think once you're a politician of a state of like a governor of a state like California, people will always see you as someone who can either fix a problem or be part of a solution. Right.
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Fortune Feimster
They think it's pronounced California.
- [41:34]
Brian Green
California. Do you think this is like a question to the left? Do you think sometimes that people's names have to do with their destinies? Like fortune is a very interesting Name. I know you got it from your great grandmother, is that correct?
- [41:52]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, it was my great grandmother's maiden.
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Brian Green
Name, and so it's great grandmother's maiden name. But there's, like, the name Fortune seems to fit you so well, and it also describes, like, a little bit of your. Like, you're a fortunate person. You. You've probably had your sense of troubles, but you really have had a lot of success also, especially over the last number of years. Yeah. And I was having this conversation with a friend of mine about three weeks ago. I think sometimes when you name a child, it's almost like that name either comes from the universe or you're placing some kind of destiny on them. I don't want to, like, make it sound all hooky pookie. Yeah, hooky pookie. But when you name a guy Brian, right? You're pretty much.
- [42:32]
Fortune Feimster
You're like, brian Chicago.
- [42:36]
Brian Green
Chicago, yeah. You're going to be a mediocre podcaster.
- [42:40]
Fortune Feimster
For the rest of your life.
- [42:41]
Brian Green
No, but what a name Fortune is. Do you feel fortunate to have the name Fortune?
- [42:47]
Fortune Feimster
Well, I kind of had to finagle it a bit because my. So my grandmother, who I was super, super close to, she lived right around the corner, was a big part of my childhood. And, you know, my parents were so crazy busy and had three kids. She really stepped in and was like another mother. And she. When I was born, she really, really wanted my mom to name me Fortune. She's like. Like, that's the name, I'm telling you. Like, that her name supposed to be Fortune. Then my mom really resisted it, and she said I would have to be Miss America to live up to a name like that, which I'm like, how dare you think I couldn't? And my mom loved the name Emily, and to her, that was like, the quintessential little girl name. And. And my part of my mom and I, our journey is that, you know, she, for so long in my life, wanted me to be that pretty little lady, had dresses all over the place and just makeup, Always, always being given makeup. And for her, like, Emily was like, that's my daughter. And I was never Emily. You know, Fortune was my middle name. And so I kind of grew up being who my mom had hoped I would be. And my grandmother died when I was 18, and when I got to LA a couple years later, I had known that she had always wanted me to be named Fortune. And I just felt like my grandmother knew me before I knew myself. And she really instilled a lot of confidence and self worth into me. And. And so I decided when I started taking growlings that I would go by my middle name as a nod to her. Like, this is in honor of her. Anytime someone calls me Fortune, it will be like my little ear pull that Carol Burnett did. That's my version of it. Thinking, like, you could be, you know, I'll be Emily in life and Fortune on stage. And quickly I knew I was like, oh, I was always meant to be called Fortune. Like, I don't resonate at all with the name Emily. Yeah, it never fit. It was never who I was. And I. And so I kind of had to. I did have to kind of step into the shoes of Fortune, but now it just fits so well. And it just felt like that was a gift my grandmother gave me.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Absolutely.
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Brian Green
I think that's. That's a. Such a lovely and endearing story. And like, your grandmother knew you were fortunate before you knew you were fortunate. Right. She understood it. She got it for some reason. Whatever the universe talking, sometimes I think our doors are open to the universe, even though we don't know what the is coming out of us until many years later or maybe not even at all. And it's just like, you know, that's just one of those stories that I think indicates that there are greater forces at work. A lot of times, you know, there are.
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Fortune Feimster
Oh, yeah. I do feel like I'm on some kind. I know it's, you know, what you call it? Hooky pookie. I do kind of feel that in a weird way, it's weird to, like, say it out loud, but it does feel like I'm on this path, and I don't know where it's going or why it's going. Certain places, I just kind of. I'm big on trusting my gut. I've had some. Many forks in the road where I go. I. To make a really hard decision here. And one decision will lead me down this way. Other path, and this one will go here. And I just. I have to trust that kind of inner thing. And I feel like it keeps leading me to where I'm supposed to be going. And I just do the hard work and show up and do my part of it and see where it goes. Well, I think.
- [46:42]
Kristen Joy Odley
Right.
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Brian Green
I think you two have a very unique voice. You've never been, at least not in your public life. Like, since you've been, you know, been notable for entertaining people. You've always been who you are. You're always saying it out loud. And you probably, like, you do Have a path. And I would imagine that path is intersecting with so many other paths. And you're affecting those people in ways that you. You probably will never know. And I'm sure you hear it here and there, like, oh, my gosh, because of you, you know, I'm free to be who I am or I tell my own story, or I, you know, I got the confidence. But you're so confident about it and funny about it and that. I mean, I guess we all do this in certain ways. You know, sometimes we get an email here like, oh, because you, you know, because you said this, it told me that I should do that or whatever. And that's the story of humanity. We're all just kind of guiding each other in weird ways.
- [47:33]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
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Brian Green
Understand. But your voice is amplified.
- [47:39]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [47:40]
Brian Green
Time your mom calls, called you from the cemetery.
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Fortune Feimster
I think that's the coolest part of my job, especially being a standup, because my actor friends, they don't get to, like, meet the people watching as much. They'll, you know, occasionally meet the people out and about, like in LA or wherever. I'm in, like I said, 100 cities. Every year and a half, I'm meeting a bunch of people. You know, from the airport to the airplane to the hotel to the Uber to the. I mean, I am meeting people.
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Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
And it is. And I kind of stick out like a sore thumb and I have for a while. I'm tall, I'm a larger woman. I have this crazy ass hair and this accent. And so I. I do a lot of high fives during the day and I've just been in a lot of. I've basically been on TV since 2010.
- [48:33]
Brian Green
Yeah.
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Fortune Feimster
Every year. So there's a lot of different things people know me from, but the byproduct of that, which I never knew could be a thing, is having people come up to me and telling me these really amazing things that a story or a special helps in some way, like provide levity and really intimate. You're with people in very intimate, vulnerable times sometimes that you don't even realize.
- [49:03]
Brian Green
Sweet.
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Fortune Feimster
Sweet and salty. Came out during like a month before the pandemic. And you. You know, I'm getting emails from people talking about being in the hospital or being with loved ones dying or. I also got a lot of people writing me, talking about my coming because that. That special is a lot about coming out. And I had parents who were, you know, kids were now with their parents. Again, when I say kids, I mean, like, yeah, like adult kids. They're hanging out with their parents more during that time. And the. Some of the emails would say, like, I would get from parents saying, my kid, put on your special to see how I would react.
- [49:42]
Brian Green
Wow.
- [49:42]
Fortune Feimster
And if I liked it, they got the courage. We kind of knew, but that they were gay, but they never said, and they got the courage to tell us. And I'm like, holy cow, that's. I mean, it blew my mind that. That it could be, because it is so hard to have that conversation. I can't believe that special was part of people helping ease that journey a bit. And I had, you know, I had people say, yeah, I didn't know how to tell my family or friends or whatever. And. And that helped me. And so, yeah, I. I never knew it could have that kind of effect. And I'm just like. Because I just set out to, like, I'm gonna tell my truth. I'm gonna tell my stories. This is who I am. I'm going to try to make you laugh. And to think, like, you can also help in these, like, little subtle ways just really means so much to me. And I. I take that responsibility. It means a lot to me.
- [50:40]
Brian Green
I don't take it for granted in that moment. Like, in that moment when you're reading those or when that. When you think about those moments happening across the screen or on the other side of whatever, on the other side of a podcast or whatever it is, it's like every. All the struggle, right, Becomes worth it for a second. It's like, okay, this is what I was. I'm obviously here to. I'm obviously here for a reason. And if this helped one person or got one person through something, I mean, we had. I remember one time we had somebody write in and said that they were really low, they had a terrible job, their boss hated them. You know, it was just a really shitty, like, kind of clock in, clock out, warehouse job. And they said, I had a really. I had a moment during the pandemic where I thought this was just it. Like, this is the end. And then I found your show for some reason, and I'm 180 episodes in because we have a thousand of them, and I'm 180 episodes in, and it's kept me at least from jumping off the bridge. And I couldn't believe it. First of all, I was like, who the fuck is listening to this show? Second of all, a lot of people like, wow, that is incredible. You know, it's just a silly podcast, but to some people, it intersects with their lives in meaningful ways that you could never understand in, in that moment, every struggle and every shitty show and every ti. You know, tired eye. Not like we did dig ditches for a living. But it becomes worth it and it becomes a little bit clear.
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Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
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Brian Green
That your voice amplifies, has purpose and I, I think for you that must. That. I don't know, I can only imagine I had one. Yeah, you have 33,000. I mean it must feel good.
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Fortune Feimster
It doesn't. It's just, you know, it makes me. That's why I think I've really leaned into even more like putting out positive stuff. I know that's. It feels so Pollyanna, but it is my natural personality. I'm not putting on a thing where I'm like, you know, the. Be positive and then I'm just like the world's worst.
- [52:40]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [52:43]
Fortune Feimster
I genuinely wake up with a feeling of the glasses half full, which I know is like such a luxury. I know people that can't want to feel that and can't be it chemically or whatever is going on in your body. And I'm so grateful that for the most part, and not that I don't have days, I'm seeing things through that lens. So when I put out comedy and material, even clips online, I try to do it with the bend of being on the positive side because there's just a lot of negativity, really. It's just kind of counteracting what all we're consuming that's so doom and gloom and fear based and negative. I'm like, I don't. Who needs that, right? Any, any more of that. Let me go in this other lane.
- [53:35]
Brian Green
You know, I tell my children this, and this is my language, not the one that I use for them, but I said, the world is full of shitheads. We don't need another one. And what I'm saying to them is, there's lots of bad in the world. Be the good guy, be the hero in small interactions and big interactions because there's plenty of negative people and there's a bad guy around every, around every corner. You don't need to be that bad guy. Bad girl, whatever.
- [53:57]
Fortune Feimster
Right. And so I kind of poo poo heads.
- [54:00]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [54:03]
Fortune Feimster
So be a poo poo head.
- [54:05]
Brian Green
Yeah. The other day the dog was barking and I just lost it and I was like, shut the fuck up. And I didn't realize my young, young, young daughter was at the other end of the house. And she walks out in the hallway and she was like, blue, shut fuck up.
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Fortune Feimster
And I was like, oh no, that's it.
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Brian Green
Okay, so real quick, before we let you go, Jax. How did. Jax doesn't like the limelight at all.
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Fortune Feimster
No.
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Brian Green
Assuming from what you've said in past and.
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Fortune Feimster
And is getting worse and worse, she wants to be in it less and less, not worse. As far as, like, it's bad. She just does not want to be famous.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Right. And so I'm the same way.
- [54:40]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [54:41]
Brian Green
Chr.
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Fortune Feimster
Some. I mean, people in LA can't fathom it. They're like, what?
- [54:46]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [54:47]
Fortune Feimster
I'm like, yeah, not everyone's a lunatic.
- [54:52]
Brian Green
Yeah. Chrissy wants to have nothing to do with it. She. If she goes her whole life without anybody ranking recognize her outside of the.
- [54:58]
Fortune Feimster
Studio, and that's fine. You know, like, I. With Jax, I. I say the same thing. I'm like, yeah, I chose this.
- [55:05]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [55:05]
Fortune Feimster
Career. I love it. It brings me so much joy. Like, I work all the time. I am definitely workaholic, but I love it. But if she doesn't want. I've. I've had to be more conscious of, like, I don't post as much about our personal lives or like her. She'll be in things here and there. But, yeah, I try to be considerate of not throwing her into the limelight too much.
- [55:29]
Brian Green
Like, unintended, like.
- [55:30]
Fortune Feimster
Exactly. Yeah.
- [55:31]
Brian Green
And I get it. Like, sitting behind the microphone, it's like you want to tell a funny story about something that happened during your day or you want to, I don't know, do something. And then there I have. I've also learned there are guardrails. Right. You have to protect the people around you because they're not choosing to be behind this microphone, and that can be hurtful, and I think even some ways scary. Like, I don't want to be a part of that. Like, does Jax travel with you?
- [55:55]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, she tr. She travels a lot.
- [55:57]
Brian Green
I mean, for.
- [55:57]
Fortune Feimster
God, for the first eight years of our being together, she was, I think, at, like, 90% of shows.
- [56:04]
Brian Green
Wow, that's great.
- [56:05]
Fortune Feimster
And then the. That last. That first hundred city tour, I wore her out. And so by the time we got to the second 100 city tour, she was like, you know, you have a tour manager now. Like, Jack's, like, selling merch in the beginning, and just. She's very shy, so I. I forced her to be out of this cover zone in so many situations just because I needed help. I. I was a one. She wanted to support you, man. Team.
- [56:35]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [56:36]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, she wanted to support me, and she did. And she's. She's a producer on both or all three.
- [56:41]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [56:42]
Fortune Feimster
The last three specials and is very active on my team. And. And, you know, she helped come up with the design of the stage for this last special. Like, she's just very smart, and so she's very active and involved. But I'm fine with her not wanting to be in the limelight. If I. If there. If I was with someone like, that couldn't stop filming themselves, that would be crazy.
- [57:08]
Brian Green
The two of you would be obnoxious together. Yeah, yeah. We. I believe Chrissy and I have had this conversation a lot about, like, famous people and famous relationships. Like two entertainers in a relationship.
- [57:19]
Fortune Feimster
It's a lot.
- [57:20]
Brian Green
Yeah. I think we were talking to Papi Liao about this. She was like, we were talking about if we were in a bunker, what would be your thing? Right. If you went down into a bunker.
- [57:27]
Kristen Joy Odley
Everybody kind of has.
- [57:28]
Brian Green
Everybody had their lane.
- [57:29]
Kristen Joy Odley
Their lane.
- [57:30]
Brian Green
And we agreed that Poppy and I should never be in the same bunker because we just fight for attention.
- [57:35]
Fortune Feimster
It would end up being bad news. Oh, anytime I start posting a lot, Jax will kind of. She likes to joke with me. She's like, do you get enough attention? Is that good? I'm like, yes.
- [57:49]
Kristen Joy Odley
That'S great.
- [57:50]
Fortune Feimster
Did you get your fixed bill? Yeah.
- [57:55]
Brian Green
Fortune's brand new special on Netflix number three. Congratulations. I think that's not. Everyone can say they've got three Netflix.
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Fortune Feimster
Specials, three hour specials, two half hours. There's a lot of content out there.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Thank you.
- [58:09]
Brian Green
Let me ask you.
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Kristen Joy Odley
Keep it going.
- [58:10]
Fortune Feimster
Thank you.
- [58:11]
Brian Green
Produce them and then sell them to Netflix. Or at this point, does Netflix come to you and say, give us another hour.
- [58:16]
Fortune Feimster
I'm in the Netflix family. Just from. I'm on a radio show with Tom Papa for them. We've done for the last five years.
- [58:23]
Kristen Joy Odley
We had him on too.
- [58:24]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah. He's awesome. And so right now, they've been through Netflix, so.
- [58:29]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [58:29]
Brian Green
Yeah. Well, congratulations.
- [58:31]
Fortune Feimster
Who knows? But, yeah, so far, it's. It's nice to be part of that family. And it's such a. You know, that worldwide platform is so cool.
- [58:41]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [58:41]
Kristen Joy Odley
Oh, yeah.
- [58:42]
Brian Green
Yeah. So, yeah.
- [58:43]
Fortune Feimster
December 3rd, crush.
- [58:44]
Brian Green
December 3rd, which is this upcoming Tuesday. So while you are.
- [58:48]
Fortune Feimster
I talk about crushed ice.
- [58:50]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yes. Crushed ice.
- [58:53]
Fortune Feimster
Southerners love crushed ice. Yes, we do.
- [58:56]
Brian Green
So real quick.
- [58:56]
Kristen Joy Odley
We do.
- [58:57]
Brian Green
Real quick story. So we're t. The family wants to go on a vacation right before school starts. It's like a last minute thing, right? Yeah. Let's go. Let's take the kids and get them the last giggles out or whatever. And the only place that we can find is a Place in Panama City beach at the Margaritaville.
- [59:12]
Fortune Feimster
Oh, yeah, you're gonna have to go.
- [59:14]
Brian Green
Oh, my God. Unfortunate. It was.
- [59:16]
Fortune Feimster
You're gonna have a.
- [59:17]
Brian Green
You've been.
- [59:17]
Fortune Feimster
Or you already went.
- [59:18]
Brian Green
So here, here, here's. So we walk in, there's these beautiful brand new, like, bungalows, right? They're brand new. They've been open for, like a month. And we go in and I'm like, okay, this isn't that bad. I thought, Margaritaville. Surely I'm in for some kind of special treat. Redneck Arama. But it was. The places were lovely, and in every bungalow, they had a crushed ice. Those little pellets.
- [59:41]
Fortune Feimster
Come on now.
- [59:42]
Brian Green
They just kept making. It was a whole bunch of sonic. Yes. And they had a margarita machine.
- [59:47]
Kristen Joy Odley
It was like cherry lime with that crushed eye.
- [59:50]
Fortune Feimster
There's nothing better than crushed eyes. So when you watch my special, you will see the significance that crushed ice comes into my journey.
- [59:58]
Kristen Joy Odley
Okay.
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Brian Green
All right. So December 3rd. This upcoming Tuesday, Fortune's brand new special is out. FUBAR will have another season. Watch the first season. Another season coming out. Release date, tbd.
- [60:12]
Fortune Feimster
Oh, and I announced a whole new. I'm announcing a whole new big Tour that's starting April 1st, so another hundred cities.
- [60:19]
Kristen Joy Odley
You also got a podcast.
- [60:20]
Fortune Feimster
I also have a podcast called Hand Handsome Podcast.
- [60:25]
Brian Green
Yes. The Netflix is a joke with Tom.
- [60:28]
Fortune Feimster
That's a lot.
- [60:30]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [60:30]
Fortune Feimster
You should see my. You should see my calendar. It will make you throw up.
- [60:35]
Brian Green
Well, I'm just glad you showed up here.
- [60:36]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [60:37]
Kristen Joy Odley
Thank you.
- [60:38]
Fortune Feimster
This is so cool to talk with you guys.
- [60:40]
Brian Green
It's been our pleasure. And of course, you're welcome back anytime. I tell you what, when you get ready to go on the next tour and you need to sell a couple tickets, you're welcome to come back.
- [60:49]
Fortune Feimster
Thank you for sharing two pages of.
- [60:51]
Brian Green
Questions, of which I asked three, so I love it.
- [60:54]
Fortune Feimster
I will. Atlanta is a good. A good spot. I did the Cobb center last time.
- [60:59]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [61:00]
Brian Green
That's huge.
- [61:01]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, it was. That was. That show was incredible. So it'll. I'll definitely be back.
- [61:06]
Brian Green
We'll be there.
- [61:07]
Kristen Joy Odley
I can't wait.
- [61:07]
Brian Green
We'll be there.
- [61:08]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah. Biscuits. That's right.
- [61:13]
Brian Green
All right, Fortune, babe, I thank you very much for joining us. Us. We love you and congratulations on all this.
- [61:18]
Fortune Feimster
Thank you, guys.
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Brian Green
Well, thank you to Fortune. We are fortunate to have Fortune come in and share a little spread a little joy with us.
- [63:57]
Kristen Joy Odley
Sprinkle some of her Fortune dust.
- [63:59]
Brian Green
She's so sweet. You know you when people are she's.
- [64:04]
Kristen Joy Odley
So sweet, she's so funny, she's so talented.
- [64:07]
Fortune Feimster
I mean I We've said this About.
- [64:10]
Brian Green
75% of the guests who are on some meteoric rise, which seems to be the only reason to come to the Commercial break. You're either on the way up or on the way down. So let's say 75% of our guests have been on the way up. And they're all taking it so well. Such in stride. I think maybe they're learning some. Yeah, they're not no brat packers here. Of course, we didn't have Rob Lowe in 1991. Do you remember when Rob Lowe got busted sleeping with some underage girls here in Atlanta?
- [64:38]
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
- [64:38]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [64:39]
Brian Green
After going to Club Anytime or something. Wasn't it Club Anytime or Backstreet or one of those. Rob's learned the lesson. Yeah. And a few facelifts later, and he's doing okay. Poor Rob.
- [64:52]
Kristen Joy Odley
I don't think Poor Rob.
- [64:54]
Brian Green
What's that?
- [64:55]
Kristen Joy Odley
I don't think poor Rob. I think he's doing quite well. He's everywhere. He's in, like, all these new shows.
- [64:59]
Brian Green
I know. And I. And I love Rob. I think he's a great actor. But he.
- [65:03]
Kristen Joy Odley
His autobiography was good.
- [65:04]
Brian Green
Yeah, but there weren't too many facelifts. That's all I get. That's why. That's why. Reading about Arnold Schwarzenegger's anti wrinkle diet, I don't know how well it's worked, but you can also. You can do it for free. It's like put raw eggs on your face or something like that.
- [65:16]
Kristen Joy Odley
I actually subscribed to his newsletter.
- [65:18]
Brian Green
Oh, you do?
- [65:19]
Kristen Joy Odley
I get his newsletter every week and it's really interesting.
- [65:23]
Brian Green
Yeah, he's an interesting guy. There's no doubt about it. That is like one of the quintessential American tales. Come over here from a strange country, don't know a fucking word, and then make the. Make yourself the world's biggest celebrity at one point and still is. Like Fortune said, he's world famous. That's a different kind of famous. But she's got to be world famous, too. Like Netflix is in every country. It's not like you can't see Fortune's shows or comedy specials if you live outside of the United States.
- [65:50]
Kristen Joy Odley
That's right. So for those of you that don't live in the US Yes, Go turn on Netflix. Listen to her special. Watch it.
- [65:56]
Brian Green
Listen to Chrissy. She's got all the advice that'll help you out. Her new Special comes out December 3rd. That's this upcoming Tuesday. If you would do us a favor and Fortune a favor, tune into that special. I think you'll find it crushing it. She's crushing it. And she is a very good storyteller. Like she said, Those stories are seven to 10 minutes long.
- [66:16]
Kristen Joy Odley
And she does a. I admire this so much. And you are a girl, a great storyteller as well.
- [66:21]
Brian Green
Oh, thank you.
- [66:21]
Kristen Joy Odley
I think Jeff is. It's a. It's a gift. It really is, and something that needs to be honed. I. I mean, you know, it's like when I go to Mempho and I come back.
- [66:30]
Brian Green
Yeah.
- [66:31]
Kristen Joy Odley
You say, what happened?
- [66:32]
Brian Green
And you're like, I had a drink. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
- [66:35]
Kristen Joy Odley
But you would get, like. We would probably have a month's worth of material if. If you would. If I would know how to. To do the storytelling.
- [66:48]
Brian Green
Okay. Thank you very much. And I've heard this before from other people. Right. It's. I don't know how it all started, but I just learned how to weave a tail. And trust me, like Fortune said, 95. 90 to 95% of it is true. But then you gotta learn how to twist to some parts of it to bend to your comedic will, so to speak. That's what you have to do. And so thank you. I'm nowhere as talented, as Fortunate is at it, but thank you very much. That's very kind. Jeff is a good storyteller too. It's not. And that's not everybody's style of talking or style of thinking, but I. It resonates with me because I am a storyteller. So when I see somebody else telling a story in a really good way, and then I love it. You are so good at so many other things. Chrissy. Storytelling doesn't need to be your thing. You are a lovely human being who always looks at the glass half full. You're empathetic to all your other friends and family members. You spread joy in this world. Your laughter is infectious. That's for sure. If we've heard that one time, we've heard it a million times on the commercial break. And quite frankly, people like you a lot more than they like me. So then that's okay. That's just.
- [67:57]
Kristen Joy Odley
You put yourself out there.
- [67:58]
Brian Green
I do put myself out there more. I give people more reason to dislike me. So. And that's okay. We all have our lots in life. Life and our crosses to bear. And so let us think about that as we head into the Christmas season.
- [68:12]
Kristen Joy Odley
Look for those 12 days.
- [68:14]
Brian Green
12 days of TCB carrying our cross. Okay, I'm not. I'm not even gonna get into it. Too soon. Too soon. 20, 24 years later. Too soon. It's too soon. All right, Okay. I apologize if I offended anybody, but, you know, I'm a content comedy Show. What can I do? We got to make a joke here and there. Okay. Fortune's brand new special. Go check it out on Netflix. FUBAR season two coming up in the spring 100. Another 100 city tour on the way.
- [68:44]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yes.
- [68:44]
Brian Green
Get tickets fast because all of her shows are sold out. All of her shows are sold out.
- [68:50]
Kristen Joy Odley
I've gotta get. We've gotta catch her when she's here.
- [68:52]
Brian Green
For sure. We say that a lot. A lot of people. And then for one reason or other, we can't wear, we don't go or we can't make it. We've seen a few, but we can't make it to every show. But Fortune is one of those I would put on the map. Definitely Fortune. Well, I'm not gonna name them, but Fortune, when Fortune comes, I would love to see.
- [69:08]
Kristen Joy Odley
Yeah.
- [69:09]
Brian Green
Yes. And Pete Davidson is out of. Is out of rehab or did he ever go?
- [69:14]
Kristen Joy Odley
No, they said that he never went.
- [69:17]
Brian Green
Well, that's very interesting, because right after he got off stage in Atlanta, all of a sudden they said he was in re. I know, but he did tell us when we went and saw him when he was working on that new material that he was getting all of his tattoos lasered off. And the tattoo removal is complete, apparently. So now you can see him. You can see his arms. There's no tattoos. There's a little. Little sign, you know, little tiny little ink marks here and there. But that had to been a very.
- [69:43]
Kristen Joy Odley
Painful process to go through a long time. Takes a lot.
- [69:47]
Brian Green
Yeah. So all the Fortunes information will be down in the show notes, so you can go ahead and check her out on her social media at her website, links to tickets and all that other good stuff. Christina will put it in there. Hey, listen. Now, every single episode of the commercial break is available on YouTube.com the commercial break. And soon, if it's not already, every episode will be available on video on Spotify. Check that out. It's the wave of the future. Spotify makes another fantastic move to crush revenue in the podcasting industry. But I like it. I like the idea that we can have video on Spotify now. We just had to figure out how to monetize it. But, you know, who cares? We're not monetizing it anyway, so what does it even matter? Yeah, you know how it goes.
- [70:36]
Kristen Joy Odley
We were getting paid by the people was love.
- [70:40]
Brian Green
Yes, we're getting paid in love. Unfortunately, my landlord doesn't take love as a payment, but whatever. All those sponsors. No, I'm kidding. There's a lot of sponsors of the show and thank you to them. Also at the commercial break on Instagram, TCB Podcasts on TikTok and tcbpodcast.com for more information about the show. All the audio and video is there too. Your free sticker at the contact us button 212-433-3822 2124333 TCB thanks for joining us on this special Saturday episode of the Commercial Break. Christy, that's all I can do for today.
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Kristen Joy Odley
I think so.
- [71:14]
Brian Green
But I'll tell you that I love you.
- [71:15]
Kristen Joy Odley
I love you.
- [71:16]
Brian Green
Best to you.
- [71:16]
Fortune Feimster
Best to you.
- [71:17]
Brian Green
Best to you out there on the podcast universe. Enjoy your week and until next time. We always say, we do say and we must say goodbye.
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Fortune Feimster
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