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Hello and welcome to coffee with J Train. This is J Train Jared Freed coming to you live from Delray Beach, Florida. That's right, every Friday with your Patreon membership. We go through the week that was. We tell some stories. I want to thank you for being Patreon subscribers. I love this platform. I love that you guys have taken this leap because it's a huge and mostly free Internet. And it means a lot that you've chosen to put your hard earned dollars into this platform. It really does. It helps the show in ways I don't even know if you understand or no. But, you know, for production and making sure the YouTube videos happen, paying V. This is all going back into the show. I, I, I, I. And I really love doing it. So what's better than that? So, and your comments on these episodes are read and really enjoyed by me and all that stuff. So if you have something to weigh in on, if you laughed at a part, if you enjoyed a certain thing, if you have some feedback, it's all, it's all available to you. So I really. And I appreciate it because I do think that when someone writes a comment on these episodes, it's, you know, you, you've paid to make that comment. Which means I, I do believe there's some, you know, there, there's thoughtful going on. I, I'm getting you. I don't know. I just got a comment on one of my posts. Some guy was angry and I'm like tracing it back, which is crazy. Like, I, I know what I'm doing is crazy, but it was like, he's basically like, his comment was, your comedy sucks. Get out of Florida. Crawl back into whatever northeast hole you came from was his comment. I think he saw my post about the airport and the Jewish Palm beach flight versus the Catholic Christian Fort Myers flight, which was like the dumbest whatever post I. And it went pretty viral because I guess that could be divisive to people. I don't know. So. But I'm like, if I'm to trace it back, I'm like, it felt like he came from that knew that those a comedian wants to be funny. So let's say he's not funny. And then I know he's from the Northeast because I see the airplane thing. So there's this weird thing here in Florida. It's all weird telling people you've moved to Florida. People react as if you moved. It was a political statement. As if I was like, you know, I've called it the. I've had it towns. The Towns where people leave, they go, I've had it rooting tootin and I shoot my guns into the air and I move to Florida. That is how some people react to people moving to Florida. There's also the reaction of just move here from the northeast and they're like, whoa, don't go bringing your northeast attitude down here. Rooting tooting. And then they start shooting their guns and air. It's all stupid to me, especially as someone who really isn't that emotionally taken by the whole subject of, of who lives where. And I don't know, I. I go to too many places, see too many thing. Too many places are too similar for me to get so team based on. On that type of thing. But I digress. Let me. Let's get into the episode. So this is all to say your comments are appreciated here on Coffee with J Train. And you know, I, I was, I was like writing down what I should talk about this week. And I was going through the week. I've been here in Delray. I have been here in Florida with some time off, which is new for me. If I was to be in New York, I would go on stage every night. Having this separation is good. It's scary. It makes me a little anxious. I have shows in Fort Lauderdale and Miami and I haven't been on stage since going on stage in Chicago. So is that the last time Chicago? I. Again, I'm not even remembering. So that is not normal to me. That is also me saying I gotta change my workflow. You can't just say it's the same same. I have to make changes, which is listening to sets and rewriting and you know, doing what, what I believe if someone's like, how do you be a standup comedian? There's like, there's write, go on stage, listen to your sets. It's. It's a three part process and you got to do all three parts. Now if I'm in Florida and I'm like, okay, you can write and you can listen to sets. You got to do that. You got to do that when you're in New York and you go on stage every night. You can go on stage and you know, work things out on stage and maybe not listen to a set from the night before, maybe take a night off. You can't do that here. So this is all me telling you kind of the process that I have to get used to. Because, you know, again, it doesn't feel like it. Sometimes it does. Mostly it doesn't. I did that for 15 years it went back, it went by in half a second. But for 15 years on stage every night, listen to the set, remember the set, feel the set, write down a note, go on again the next night. That was 15 years. And do that many times every night. So I'm getting used to a new process that is stressful. That is, you know, I think any change is stressful. Any change is good. Any change is. Is growth and all those things. Again, I'm a self help teacher. So here's the thing about being in Delray for a week. I was like trying to. Through what happened. It. It was pretty calm, you know, I. The more I'm in Delray, the more I love it. I will say it is weird. It's kitschy. It's. It's. It's a tourist town, but there's local flavor. I really have been trying to just see all corners of Delray and trying to, you know, and trying to like, you know, learn about the town and kind of get. See what the personality is. And it is now the. A lot was made of me being here in June, July, August. Of it being the off season. It is now the on season. It is busier. There is an energy. It does feel like in New York during the fall and the winter, during the fall and holiday season, you kind of feel the jingle bells in the air. You know, you can hear the. You. You can hear the spirit here. Similar but different because of the weather and because of the sun. But you can feel in the town of Del Rey, downtown, it is like there's a happening, there's people here. So let's start with Sunday. And I'm going to bring up something that. Well, on the subject of Del Rey, so I was talking to this woman and she's like, she's like, I'm from the northeast and I really miss a diner. And there's a place, Sandy's here, but to me it's not the same. And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. There's a diner here? She's like, yeah, you got to. She's like, this place, Sandy's, you know, it's like everyone says to go to it. I like it. But I still miss a northeast diner. Now I'm. I'm not even like. I was like, let me. Where is this place? And she's like, it's right down the road from you, you know, go straight on Federal and I go look it up. And it's f. Five minutes from my place. I go to Sandy's. And it's. I mean, Everything about Sandy's warms my heart. I'm going to do a video from there when V gets here to do behind the scenes from the Fort Lauderdale and Miami show. We're going to do a Sandy's video. They don't know it, but I'm going to do that. Sandy's. The look of it is Florida. It is like Florida, but I would say it's out of the movie Wild Things, which is more New Orleans bayou. It has a bayou Florida. Like it's been weathered by the rain. It's got, it's got the colors, it's got that aqua blue. And sandies is not S A n D Y. It's S A N D E S. So all of it just has this like this warm hug of a feeling now. It's funny when I tell. My parents have been watching the behind the scenes videos and a lot of them have food content. They have been watching me eat the food and they are unhappy about my weight. That's a crazy sentence. I agree now. But they see me eating in a way they. I think they watch the videos of me going to a restaurant. I went to Al's Breakfast. I don't get corned beef Hashtag every time I go out. I also don't go to Al's Breakfast after I've had my breakfast before. Al's Breakfast. That's my like one meal for the day. But they make it feel as though I. They're like Jared, the eating. What are you having at Al's Breakfast? I'm not going to go to Al's Breakfast and film me having egg white omelette with side of sliced tomatoes. But to my parents it is like. That is like meal 1 of 5 for the day where I do, you know, corned beef hash and eggs and cheese. And then I go to the next meal and I have a big sub. And then my, my nighttime meal is a big Italian dinner. That's not how it's working out. That's not how it's happening. Okay. I'm also. There's a million other things I could say about this. But I. Because when I tell my mom, I go, you gotta see this. And I took pictures. I sent it to the family group chat. I send it to my mom. She's like, enough about Sandy's. What are you doing? You're going to her. I go to Sandy's and I'm like, pancakes, you know, stack of pancakes. Home fries. Yeah, double up on the home fries. Eggs, add some butter. The eggs. I can't have eggs and not have butter on my eggs. That's not what's going on. That's not why I like Sandy's. I walk in there and it is just this classic diner place. And I take a lot of value right now because I'm moving my stuff from apartment to apartment. I'm in the new apartment, but I have induction stoves. I don't have the pots that go with the induction stoves, if you know what an induction. So I guess you need a special pan to go on an induction stove top. I don't have those yet. I'm in the market for them. It's not a concern to me because. Okay, I'll go to Sandy's and get an egg white omelette with mushrooms, onions and peppers with a side of sliced tomatoes and a side of turkey bacon. No toast, please. That's my order every time. But that doesn't mean I don't love the place. I don't love sitting at the counter, having a coffee, feeling like I'm in another. I'm in another age. The women that work there, they know everyone there. When I walked in, it was as if a new character in a sitcom walked in. They all introduced themselves. Where you coming from? How you doing? Oh, whoa. You know, are you mo. New to town? You know, you, you, we. And they are all over me in the nicest possible way. And I say to my family, I go, you got to see this place. Sandy's unbelievable. My mom's response to that is as if I'm like, you gotta check out the bacon stuffed pork at my new favorite restaurant. That's not what I'm saying. You gotta check out the fried cheese that I'm getting at. Sandy. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying it's a great place with great people. That makes me happy to walk in and say, hey, how you doing? Can I warm up your coffee? Of course. Thanks so much. Nice to meet you. What are you doing for Thanksgiving? It is the old school place that I hope never goes away, that I truly enjoy. And it is so funny because I keep bringing it up. I hope I'm bringing it up on this platform because anytime I bring it up to my family, my mom erupts into, enough about Sandy's as if I'm talking about the place I go get cheesecake every day. That's not what's going on. So Sandy's is kind of like an example of, like, why I like Delray. You find this new place that's very Homey and very talkative and, and, and looking to. And. And smiles on faces and just like its own little ecosystem. The thing about Del Rey, though, it is small and now I'm going to get into a subject that I don't think it could make me look bad, but I'm just going to explain to you how I feel when I'm recognized. Now, I am not a famous person. When I get recognized, it is all versions of the emotional spectrum. It is wonderful. It is a compliment. I feel a lot of value to the work that I do. I do take it as a. It's the greatest comment in the world. And that's the only way I can take it to keep my mental health afloat. If someone says, hey, are you the guy from do you. Oh, I've seen your stuff. To me, they saw something. I like that they saw something I produced and it impacted them enough to say something to me. Now, they could have said nothing because they hated what they saw. I would assume that's how most people would operate. But when someone says something, I do believe it comes from a good place. Now, do I become. I think some people think when you get recognized, it is feeding an ego, blowing up your, you know, get. Is. Is making you into this. Is. Is is somehow making you cocky or. I don't know. I. I think that's an insecure way to look at my insecurities. I think I, I don't like. When I started comedy, the goal was to create funny things and get paid a living to do them. It wasn't the plan to be famous. I've met people who, you can tell, they wanted to be famous their whole life. I. That wasn't my goal. It's kind of the. Having to have a following is kind of the toughest part of doing what I do, because it's not real. It's. It's. That's the work is putting out stuff to put yourself out there to get people to say, oh, I want to see this guy do shows, or I want to listen to his podcast. You know, the. If. If life had gone in another direction, it would have been someone saying, when I started doing comedy, wow, Jared, you got a little bit of talent here. We should cast you on this show. Cast you on. You know, that's why snl. Like, I know people who have been on SNL and write for the show. To me, that is a dream scenario because you get to create thing. You go into an office to make funny stuff and you get paid and you get health insurance and you don't need to, like, explain to someone, well, yeah, just follow my accounts and, you know, rate, review, subscribe and join the Patreon. All of that stuff is to be able to do the stuff I love. And I would, you know, if I could go back and have the choice, I don't know what I would do. I do get. I. I love what I do. But, you know, that just wasn't available to me. There wasn't a choice. There wasn't a casting person. I didn't get the SNL audition that people got. People I know, you know, I have friends. Oh, when I auditioned for snl, I never got that tap on the shoulder, which motivates me, which, you know, makes me frustrated, which gives me a lot of pride in how far I've come doing it a different way. You know, there's. It's all the emotions. So. So the getting recognized thing, it wasn't like my. You know, that's a big part of what I. What comes with the territory. I hope I'm saying this in a way that I mean it to be sounded, because I think sometimes I get recognized and. And it's a tough conversation because they're. Maybe they're flirting. Maybe they're worried about sounding a certain way. I have learned how to kind of get in control of those situations. I try to make it a great interaction. Even after a show, when someone comes up to take a picture. Hi, I'm Jared. I say that on purpose. So some people go, I know who you are. And I'm like, I know, but I need your name. Because I want to make it a good interaction. I want it to be an introduction. You know, sometimes there was a woman at my gym here in Delray, like, last week, she comes up to me, she goes, toast boy. Because I was on the toast with Claudia recently to, hey, it's toast boy. You know, I can take that whatever way I want. I don't think that's a way I would teach my child to go up to someone they recognize, but it comes from a good place. So I go, hey, and this is at the gym. I'm sweaty. They're looking at me. Toast boy. It's demeaning, but I don't think they mean it to be that way. I'm taking them at their best. And I go, yeah, I'm. I'm. I. I go. And no, at first, I go, excuse me. Because I really didn't understand what they were talking about. And they go, you're on the toast. And I go, oh, yeah, Hi, I'm Jared. I know. And I'm like, well, what's your name? And they tell me their name and they go, I saw you on the toast. I'm like, yeah, well thank you. I'm happy you enjoy. You know, I'm, I'm trying to like reset the conversation. This past week I go into the gym, same girl, she goes, hey, it's me. And I'm like, I, I don't know who this person is. And she's like, we met last week, we, we talked, we have met already. And I'm like, oh, it's the toast boy girl. You know, like I, you know, she didn't really help me in any of this, you know, again, every interaction different. So there's a couple that goes to my gym that they're very nice, they're a married couple, they are the age of having college or you know, I would say you could tell by looking at them they have colleged age or I think you're the most suburban, you're the most center of your own world. When you are junior, sophomore, junior, senior year high. If you have a sophomore in high school up to through college, like your world is you guys are the star of your movie. Like if you have mom and dad with two kids that are high school and college age and listen, I've been there, the world is small, the world is edible, you know, you know the hierarchy of who, where you are in the town, in the high school and the college and your kid went to Harvard, my kid went to a state school. It's all there in front of you. And I see it when I go to the Newark airport. When you go to the Newark airport, it is all families you have. The more compared to LaGuardia and JFK, there are more families with college and high school age kids and they move as if get the out of my way. No one else exists in the world. We are the best, we are number one, we are amazing. Get out of our way. No one gets it as much as us. That's why Newark Airport is a single person around this time of year. If you're flying through there, I don't envy you. You're dealing with the most self deluded people that exist. Their kids and the parents included. And this sounds like it's a mean thing. I hope not, because I was introduced to this couple who goes to the gym and they, you know, and they were like. And someone, I think one of the trainers of the gym was like, oh, he has a podcast and they're like, podcast. Hey. And like, no, it wasn't like, who, what, where, When? They were just like, yeah, everyone's got a podcast. Whatever. We, you know, we got kids with, you know, varsity soccer. We can't. Okay, you got a podcast. Who cares? Everyone's got a podcast. So we were introduced. That was kind of said, but that was it. Like, we. We kind of waved to each other. When we go to the gym Sunday night, I'm at a bar watching the football game, and there's the dad. You know, the husband is sitting at a table for four. And I look over, and I see him, and I see the wife, and I see two younger, young, young adults. And I'm like, that must be the family. And I'm like, the game ends, and I'm like, oh, I'll go say hello. And so I go to the table, and I see the husband. He's facing me, and I go, hey, good to see you. And he goes, hey, good to see you. And they're very nice people. And then I see the wife. She's on the other side. And she goes, hey, guy from the gym. Jared. You know, like, we're. We just know each other's faces. At that moment, the daughter who's next to the wife looks at me and goes. And she's like, 20. Like, 21, maybe, like. And. And she's, like, having a moment, and I'm looking at him, at the husband, and then he starts looking at his daughter, and he's looking at me, and. And it from another angle. This is awkward, because I'm the age between the parents and the daughter. She's like. She's too young to be knowing who for us to have met. He is looking at, like, what the f. Like, it almost looked like like I was hanging out at the college she goes to, and I shouldn't be, like. It was, like, very weird for half a second, she goes, what? Huh? We're. And we're all looking at each other. It's like that Spider man meme where, like, I'm pointing at one spider man, she's pointing at the other. And she goes, you were on the toast. And I go, yes, I was. And I'm like, almost relieved. And then the dad's like, what the toe? What's that? And she goes, he was on the podcast. I listened to. Oh, my God. You know each other? And he's like, yeah, we go to the gym together. And she's like, what? What? The mom's like, what? You know him? What? And it is like a. It Is a fun, unexpected moment where I'm like, well, thank you. I look at the daughter go, thank you. I'm happy you enjoyed the episode. I say goodbye, go, great to see you guys. And I leave. The next morning I go to the gym and the dad comes up to me, he's like, he's like, we got a whole education on you. And like, like he again to go back to like parents with that age child, they're just in their own world. Like I get that. And there's so much going on, they have things to worry about. It's like probably the highest stress moment where my kid gonna go to college will, you know, is my kid drinking? Are they going to come home safe? Like there's so many other things that have nothing to do with, oh, here's a guy with a podcast. Yeah, I don't give a fuck. Nice. Okay. He's at the gym. Who cares? So it was funny because he was like, I, she, she showed me your stuff and, and you know, oh, and you're very funny and oh my God, I related to a lot of it. It was like a very nice moment. Now this can go in all directions because again, when someone recognizes me, I don't know if it's someone I went to high school with and or it's someone who likes my stuff. So it is, it's hard because you always have to start at I went to high school with the person to not embarrass yourself. I, I went this weekend, I went on a date Friday, went to a place called Data and again to go back to the town and what's going on here? The town is in the on season. There's an energy, there's also a little bit of exhaustion from the people working at the town. I go on a day to Data and you could tell, like even checking in, you know, hey, reservation for two? Yeah, we can't take you now. You can sit over there. Like, it is like almost militant. It is. They have dealt with everyone on their big weekend. Again, to go back to. I don't mean to keep bringing this up but you know, family of four with college and high school age kids who are off this time of year and maybe traveling, they're not easy to deal with. They're in their own world. Again, height of self delusion. So the people working at this restaurant, you got the vibe. Like we have dealt with a million of views and get in line and do it our way. So we sit down at the restaurant and if I'm to recommend Data, I Would say cute place to get a drink, sit outside, have an appetizer, and then move on with your night. That would be my review. The food is all over the board. Go look at the menu. But it has this great front yard where you can sit outside. And it is just a moment. So we're sitting outside. Let me give you what we ordered because I made the. The executive decision to go all appetizers, which I think is a more fun date. You get to. You, you get all the appetizers. You can rank what ones you liked, which ones you didn't. You can you little taste of everything. It keeps the date going. You're not in this, like formalized. You got the steak and I got the chicken. So I got the fries. I think a fry order, great move on a date. You can pick at it while you have conversation. The fries were a truffle parm. I'm not one to get a truffle parm. Usually it's always too much truffle. This I went with came a big bowl of fries and I asked for them well done. They were about as not well done. It was as if I said, hey, make them well may. It was as if I said to them I'd like them the opposite of well done. They were flimsy and loose, but delicious. A fry is gonna. A fry gonna fry. Fry is delicious. So I but. And it was a good amount of truffle, good amount of parm. I, in any other scenario, I would have sent them back. We got the data dates again. This is something I would never order again. This restaurant has some peculiar items, but great vibe. Great look. Data dates are bacon covered dates. I would say if these were they. If these were passed around at a wedding, they would be the best bacon covered date covered dates that you've ever had in your life. Because they're at a restaurant. You're like, what am I eating these for? Why am I having this? They had a taquito that was unbelievable. Pork burnt ends. So pork belly, burnt ends. Little too much fatty. A little too much belly. I want a burn end that's a little bit more burnt and end than it is pork belly. And then a crispy cauliflower. That was like an Asian. I would have eaten the sauce from the crispy cauliflower off of an elm tree. It was fine. Great date spot though, because you could get all these things. You could discuss them. We could talk about the fries and how they weren't done enough and should we sent them back. And the bacon wrap dates Were really good. But is it something I would get at a restaurant? It's something I would never get. Could the bacon wrap date replace a, you know, a pig in a blanket? It had. It was. It brought discussion. Nice date. But you could feel like even when the waitress came up, okay, drinks. What are we getting? We're good on drinks. We're gonna go order. I'll be right back for your order. Take a minute. We'll be back. I go, any specials? Everything's special. You know, it was. Everything was like we have dealt with. With. I think a lot of the Delray experiences, you're dealing with staff that have dealt with the worst version of someone who's been at their restaurant. Because this restaurant had no, we don't want to get to know you. We're not going to be personalities. We're not going to be friends here. You're going to order from me, you're going to tip 20%, you're going to get the fuck out of here. It's kind of how the f. The vibe was. Now I. Friday night happens, nice date. Saturday I go with my parents to their club for dinner. We have dinner, nice night. And then I go to this bar called Avalon Beach House. Now, Avalon Beach House, I would say, is a great spot to have a cocktail, a great spot to end up at the end of your night. You. It is, you know, Tin roof is next to it. If you know a tin roof, you know, kind of the vibe of the tin roof is very young music, live music. It's, you know, you feel like you might be at a college bar. Maybe that's not for you. If you're above the age of 30. Avalon Beach House is the opposite. Is actually like the most age appropriate place you could go. There's another place, Johnny Brown's, that has live music that goes older and wackier. I would say Avalon Beach House, if you're coming to the Delray, go. I go there a lot. I like it there because I just like. It has an indoor outdoor bar. The bartenders are young and very nice and have started to get to know me a little bit. And the people who go there are appropriately aged. I would say everyone there is 28 to 60. And that is kind of the Delray experience. It is wide. It is. There's, you know, FAUs right nearby, you know, or FC CFU. There's colleges nearby. There's Rollins, there's FAU, there's. There's another school, whatever. So. But there's also older people. And so I go to this bar, and it is packed with women noticeably. And I find out that there was, like, a dating event, that they had a speed dating event in the back, which I think is great. A woman comes up to me, and she goes, oh, you're. You're kind of funny. And I go, hi, I'm Jared. Like, I don't know what to say to that. She goes, I. I know you from your stuff. I go, oh, thank you so much. She goes, I was here for the dating event. I'm like, how was it? How'd it go? I think that's great. And she's like, I'm talking to this guy, and he's so short. And she's like, going on and on about this short guy she talked to. And I'm like. And then she, like. I go, well, you know, listen, you got out. You're here at the bar. We're talking. And she goes, and you're kind of funny. I go, is that your opening line that you did during the dating event? It's not going well here. And I kind of smile at her after I said that, and she's like. And she looks at me, and I'm like, see? Again, I can't help myself. It is. And, you know, you go, I don't want to be mean to someone. They came up to me. You did your line. It didn't really get me. That's not what gets me. And now you're doing it again, like a double down. I went back to the same bar another night, and on the subject of getting recognized, I walk in and I see this guy, and he's. And I. I walk by this guy with two women, and I hear Jared. And I turn around. Like, you know, at this point, you know, what am I gonna expect? She. He goes, jared, this is gonna be weird. And I'm like, they're all weird. It's fine, you know, whatever it is. Your. My dad is your mom's ex husband. And I'm like, what the fuck? He's like. And I. To give you kind of some backstory on this, my mom was married for, like, less than a year before she met my dad. And I found out later in life, like, it was one of those things that just never came up and never would have been weird. It's only weird because my mom made it weird because she never brought it up. And I ended up meeting him when I was, like, 22, you know, at a dentist's office. And she's like, I have to tell you something. I was married to that guy for eight months. And then we broke up. And then I met your dad. And I'm like, okay, like, what does that have to do with my life? But because you didn't talk about it, it got weirder. And so I know that this guy exists, but he's not like a part of my. The tale of my parents. Like, and I do think if it was my dad who was married for eight months before meeting my mom, it would be all my mom talked about. It would be all we would know. It would be part of their story. But because it's my mom and not my dad, we never heard once about it. My dad was like, why would I bring it up? It's not my problem. It's not my, you know, And I'd be the same as my dad. But to this guy where it's funny because his mom and his dad, it's reversed. I'm sure he heard from his mom. Oh, and he was married to someone else. Like, I'm sure he heard it more than I ever would because of the dynamic of how a mom would be versus a dad would be, which is kind of funny. So for him. And I'm putting myself out there. He goes, I've seen your stuff. I love your stuff. I'm talking to these two women. Do you want to come over and hang with us? And I'm like, I don't really want to hang with the guy who's the son of my mom's ex husband. And these two. I want none of that. Thank you, but no, thank you. I don't know if we're going to be going and, you know, through the town and, and picking up chicks together. I don't think this is going to be a team. So I, I go, good to see you. I'm going to go get a seat. The bartenders who know me, they go, jared, we got a spot over there. It's very busy. They got me a spot. They go, they're. They're, you know, they're closing up their tab. You can go over there. I go to this great spot at the corner of the bar. I'm very happy to be alone and having a beer at the corner of the bar. I sit down because they close up their tab. It was like a group of three. I sit on the corner seat, and the minute I sit, I feel like these two women run up to sit on the other seats and I'm like. And it was like, to the point where I looked over, I'm like, are they okay? And they're drunk. They're hammered. And the one next to me goes, ah, you are on Instagram. And I go, I am on Instagram. She goes, I know you Instagram. And I go, do you have Instagram? And she goes, no, you're on Instagram. And I'm like, okay. And she goes, you're funny. And I go, well, thank you. I'm Jared. Nice to meet you. She goes, she gives me her name, and she's like, I see your stuff all the time. And she starts searching me in front of me. She doesn't follow, by the way. That drove me crazy. And then her friend, who's also drunk, goes, I heard you're a comedian. And then the girl next to me that came up first, she goes, he's shy. And I'm like, this is the worst conversation in the history. This is worse than. You're kind of funny, girl. Like, this is like. And. And there's a point where you go, what did I do? Did I do something to someone? Like, this is gonna. Like, this is like a night at a bar where there's a lot of people there. And, like, I'm like, I'm getting exhausted by it. And again, I'm not even a fan. I'm not a famous person. I'm. And. And that's. I can't imagine what it's like to be famous, because why would you leave the house if that was everyone at the bar? And it's only going to be the drunkest person. And you're going to have good conversations, I'm sure. If you're like. If you're Leonardo DiCaprio, I'm sure you have nice conversations, But I'm also sure it's a little. It's probably like a lot of these drunk people that go, I'll take a shot. Him. So she goes, yeah, I hear you're a comedian. I go, I am. She goes, he's shy. The other woman. Then I go, well, okay. And the other girl goes, are you sad? And I said, am I sad? She goes, comedians are sad. They say. Comedians are real sad people. And I'm like, I'd like to think that I am a happy person, but. And the other woman goes, let's go. And they basically get up and leave. I'm like. It's like you're, like, the most. It was like the. Like, the deepest question ever. And then they're like, we're going to go dance. So they leave. And then they. The minute they leave, another woman comes up and goes, jared, I am such a Huge fan. Can I take a selfie, though? I'm like, no problem. And this woman was the nicest person ever. Like, like again, like the Three Flavors. This is like, you know, the ghosts of Christmas past, future and present. This is like the, the recognized of, of, of the person who knows you not for your comedy, the person who knows you from Instagram and the nicest person alive. She's like. She's like, oh, much fun watching yourself. And I'm like, thank you. This is amazing. And I'm sitting at this bar and it's like 10 o' clock at night, and I'm like, am I going to talk to anyone? Am I going to sit here? What am I going to do? And then I look at my phone and it's a text from a, a woman I had gone on a date with. Not the one from Friday, but another woman being like, smile. Which means she is at the bar looking at me from somewhere, telling me to smile, as if I'm going to look up and we're going to see. And. And I was like, I saw it. And I was like, I need to leave. And I went home. I was just like, this isn't for me. I don't want to deal with someone telling me to smile, that we had already ended things and it didn't go anywhere. Why would I do that? She doesn't even want that. She's sending that text, you know, after a few drinks. And I'm sitting there sober. So I got up and left. And we sit here it is. Oh, I hope you have a happy. Had a happy Thanksgiving. We sit here it is Wednesday. I'm taping this Wednesday morning. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. There's a lot of stress for me. The Fort Lauderdale show, as I mentioned before, I mean, if I, if I had a video of my dad giving me the list of names that he needs comps for, for the Fort Lauderdale show, it would be the most viral video ever made. He's screaming these Jewish names at me. He's like, he's like, greenberg plus one, Shelley Einstein plus two. And then my mom to every name is going, shelley Einstein's not going to like the show. And I'm like, my dad goes, why wouldn't they like the show? They're older. They're not going to like the show. And I'm like, this is like the worst pump up speech for a show that I'm somewhat anxious about that I could ever get my entire life just going name by name. And then my mom telling me whether they would like or not like the show. And then I call my manager. I'm like, here's the names that need comps. He's like, well, they're gonna have good. I go, can you make sure that there's, you know, I want them sprinkled. I want them salt bait across the audience. He's like, we can't do that. We have a section of comp seats, and they're right up front. I'm like, you need to move them. I need these people in the back. I need these people who are the most judgmental. That's the thing. It's not people you don't know. I'm never worried about people I don't know, because you can perform, you can be anything you want on stage. It's the people you know that are looking at you going, is this the act? Is this what he's doing? I guess that's funny. Whatever. So Happy Thanksgiving. 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