0078. Sheri Ciprane and Jessica Levin

Summary

Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo – Episode 78

Guests: Sheri Soprani & Jessica Levin
Date: January 11, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Zac Amico's Morning Zoo kicks off with classic New York chaos and camaraderie. Joined by comedians Sheri Soprani and Jessica Levin, Zac navigates wild tales of nightlife, substances, underground culture, sex parties, and unfiltered personal experiences. The trio’s chemistry keeps the banter fast and funny while exploring the absurdities of city life, the aging party scene, and outsider subcultures.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Party Culture, Substance Use & Hangover Tips

Starts ~01:30

• Opening Stories: The group shares recent stories about hangovers, failed “dry January” attempts, and coping strategies as they age out of all-night partying (01:51–03:37).
  • “My kind of woman.” – Zac to Sheri on her pre-show activities (01:34)
  • “I came home at, I believe, 9:30 in the morning.” – Zac on wild nights (02:32)
• Preferred Drinks: Transition to how choices in alcohol (tequila, whiskey, Jaeger) change with age and the reality of increasing hangover severity (03:28–04:53).
  • “I can’t do whiskey anymore. I pee the bed.” – Zac (03:37)
• Hangover Cures: Zac details his ritual with hydration powders and meticulous travel checklists, showing off the rituals of party veterans (05:01–06:19).

2. Drug Safety & Travel Paranoia

Starts ~05:37

• Drug Preparation: Sheri and Zac discuss the importance of Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and careful planning for both safety and legal reasons.
  • “It’s like having Narcan in your bag.” – Zac (05:32)
  • “I test all my cocaine.” – Sheri (05:37)
• Travel Stories: Recollections of international travel paranoia, particularly around carrying medications or substances, with anecdotes from Dubai, Mexico, and Amsterdam (10:14–16:38).
  • “They check your bag on the way in from, like, when you land.” – Sheri on Dubai (10:32)
  • “Why would you travel with this [sandwich]?” – Airport security to Zac (16:34)

3. Weird News: Island Boys Fentanyl Arrest

Starts ~07:47

• News Recap: The group reacts to the arrest of Frankie Venegas (of Island Boys fame) whose debit card was found to be dusted with fentanyl in Florida.
  • “Oh, a cut straw, you dumb schmuck.” – Zac, upon hearing the evidence (09:00)
  • “You’re gonna hit a guy on fentanyl in Florida.” – Zac, on state stereotypes (09:19)

4. Subculture & New York’s Underbelly

Starts ~24:06

• Money Laundering & Mob References: Discussion about how certain types of businesses (costume jewelry stores, liquor stores) in NYC act as fronts for criminal or laundering activity, replete with zany local color (25:00–31:09).
  • “I have never seen a human come in or out.” – Zac, about suspicious jewelry stores (26:06)
• Ethnic Groups & Culinary Authenticity: The migration of cultures in NYC neighborhoods and how they affect food (Albanians, Italians, Middle Easterners), leading to jokes about tough old ladies and mafia stereotypes.

5. Absurd News Story: Burglary, Genital Touching, and Urination

Starts ~34:44

• Story: A man in Florida reports waking up to an intruder touching his genitals and urinating on him—leading to wild speculation about consensuality, kinks, and Florida’s reputation for bizarre news (34:44–38:20).
  • “I think this was a gay hookup.” – Zac (37:12)
  • “What a loser.” – Sheri, on the convoluted story (37:41)

6. Sex Party Culture & Kink Experiences

Starts ~39:06

• Personal Stories: Sheri and Zac swap stories about chic NYC sex clubs (with security, consent rituals, and themed rooms) and adventures in BDSM and kink (39:06–45:31).
  • “It was like, finally, I get to be a girl, dude.” – Sheri, on feeling liberated at a Park Ave. sex party (40:34)
  • “The art of it. There’s an art to it.” – Zac, on S&M scene etiquette and sensation play (44:29)

7. Tattoos, NYC Subcultures & Punk Nostalgia

Starts ~47:04

• Tattoos and Generational Shifts: The group discusses why they got tattoos (or avoided them), the blue-collar tradition behind them, and NYC’s subculture legacy (various punk venues, fake ID shops, and wild nightlife).
  • “Getting a tattoo was like, holy sh*t... now, librarian has one.” – Zac (46:54)
• NYC’s Grimy Underbelly: Reminiscing over pre-gentrification NYC: dangerous McDonald's, underground venues, and how much the landscape and party culture has changed since the ‘90s and early 2000s.

8. Generational Shifts, Phones & Clubbing

Starts ~56:38

• Changing Social Behaviors: Lamenting the decline of real dancing, public making out, and live connection due to phones and social media (56:38–58:36).
  • “No one is dancing anymore, dude.” – Sheri (56:48)
  • “People have no idea how to actually live.” – Zac (57:43)
• Gen Alpha & Music: Hopeful notes that the next generation is rebelling against phones and discovering old music like Pearl Jam and Deftones (59:04–60:47).

9. Music, Woodstock, and Performers’ Authenticity

Starts ~60:58

• Music Fandom & Authenticity: Detailed recollections of Woodstock ‘99, opinions on Kid Rock’s manufactured image, and respect for true musicianship (62:03–64:32).
  • “I hate fake like that, dude. It’s all a marketing ploy.” – Sheri (62:27)
  • “There’s something about the Jack of all trades musician...” – Zac, on musician skills (64:03)

10. The Art of Eating a Banana (with Cardi B)

Starts ~70:22

• Comedic Close: The group reacts to a viral Cardi B video on “how real men should eat bananas,” joking about masculinity, overthinking, and phallic foods.
  • “You’re kind of gay if you’re a guy worrying about how a guy eats a banana or popsicle.” – Sheri (71:34)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Drunken Revelry:
  “I know who you were with. Yeah... I was actually on double secret probation for about a year from Mrs. Amico.” – Zac (01:51)
• On Making Adult Decisions:
  “I can’t do whiskey anymore. I pee the bed.” – Zac (03:37)
• International Drug Paranoia:
  “I called the consulate because I’m on depressed meds... I don’t want a Brittney Griner situation.” – Sheri (10:32)
• New York’s Criminal Underbelly:
  “If I need a goat skull and a gallon of olives, you’re good to go. I can run in any direction.” – Zac (31:46)
• Sex Party Experience:
  “It was off Park Avenue—one of those big townhouses... so many cameras, BYOB, locker room, private rooms... that made me straight that night.” – Sheri (39:26–40:34)
• On Generational Change:
  “No one is dancing anymore, dude... No one is making out in public at hardcore.” – Sheri (56:48)
• Phallic Food Anxiety:
  “You’re kind of gay if you’re a guy thinking about another guy eating a banana and popsicle, that’s on you.” – Sheri (71:34)

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:30 – Introduction to guests; party/hangover stories
• 07:47 – The Island Boys fentanyl arrest story
• 10:32 – International drug paranoia (Dubai, Mexico)
• 24:06 – New York’s money laundering and mob activity
• 34:44 – Absurd news: man wakes up to burglary/genital touching/urination
• 39:06 – Sex party and kink stories; personal admissions
• 47:04 – Tattoos, subculture, and NYC’s grimy past
• 56:38 – Generational differences; the decline of dancing/public displays
• 59:04 – Gen Alpha’s take on Gen Z; music from the past revived
• 62:03 – Kid Rock's upbringing & music authenticity
• 70:22 – Cardi B’s banana etiquette and masculinity (comedic close)

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Tone & Language

The episode maintains a raunchy, quick-witted, and irreverent tone throughout. The hosts and guests freely intersperse stories of wild nights, explicit humor, and deep-cut NYC references with self-awareness and warmth. The vibe is confessional and conspiratorial—like a comedic after-hours roundtable for grown-up weirdos.

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Transcript

[Zach Amico]

Fill her up.

[Announcer]

You're listening to the Gas Digital Network. Wake up, it's time to go. Zach Amico's got a show. Animals are here to play Jokes and guests to start your day Tell the sandman no more sleep Eat some eggs and cook some beef Laughter's waiting, don't be shy Stretch your legs and touch the sky Grab a coffee and join the cre You. It's a morning suit. Wake up, Wake up, Wake up. Wake up, Wake up, Wake up.

[Zach Amico]

You guys all good with that? You want to do that again? Do you want to edit it later? No, it was all right. I just forgot to change the screen for you. No problem, doggy. Making sure everything's good. I ain't mad at you. I ain't that guy. Hey, everybody, it's me, the international superstar, your other boy, Zach Amico. And welcome to Zach Amico's Morning Zoo, here on the Gas Digital Network. On a Wednesday. That's right, Feeling good on a Wednesday. And across the table from me from the Pimp Daddy pod, one of my favorites to broadcast with our good friend, Sherry Supran. How are you?

[Sherry Soprani]

Hey, Zach, what's going on?

[Zach Amico]

How are you, bud?

[Sherry Soprani]

Happy to be here. I'm good, bro. Just did a big line in the car and I'm ready to go.

[Zach Amico]

My kind of woman. And next to her from her YouTube special, Party Body, it's our brand new friend, Jessica Levin.

Hey man, thanks for having me.

Thank you so fucking much for being here. How are you today?

I'm doing great. I'm a little hungover. I didn't do it in the car, but last night I got after it a little bit.

It happened, considering. I know who you were with. Yeah, I had those ones, too. I was actually on double secret probation for about a year from Mrs. Amico because of a night out, Right, with some of those gentlemen and some of their wrestler friends.

I mean, it was. It was pretty tame. And also supposed to be doing like, I never do dry January, but I was doing it this year because I got after it. From October to December, it's been one hell of a party. So I was going to give it a rest to reset. Kind of like you did with the thing. Just like. Plus, it's getting too expensive.

Yeah.

Yeah, dude. And so I was just like. But then that it was Derek's birthday, so I had to like.

Happens.

Yeah, dude, for real, we're all adults here.

Who gives a. I came home at, I believe, 9:30 in the morning.

Like I had that New Year's Eve.

A Couple years ago, I was out with the boys.

Yes.

And I got a text at like 7:30. Where are you?

Right.

And I'm like, hanging out. Hanging out at the bar. She's like, what bar are you possibly at at 7:30 in the morning? I'm like, one that locked the doors.

Exactly. And closes the blinds. I love those. Cash only. Yes.

[Sherry Soprani]

You can smoke cigarettes inside there.

[Zach Amico]

Yes.

I love. I love those. When you find those places where they still exist, it's like, it's such a little gold mine, you know what I mean?

I wish I could explain to Mrs. Amico the joy of coming home, watching squares, have to leave and getting McDonald's breakfast in a fortnight.

Or even the ones that are like, jogging in the morning with its ponytail dangling. And you're like, you're just getting out. You're like, dude, you go ahead, drink, eat your oatmeal and, you know, do your nine to five.

Get a fucking bacon, egg and cheese on a soft roll with a little hot sauce. Soak up the.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yes.

[Zach Amico]

And then, yeah, get after it again. I'm getting older now, so I can't do it. But I. I used to be a prize fighter.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

My body's just getting older. The hangovers are just.

[Zach Amico]

I can't do that. Well, that's why I only. I only drink now, tequila, because. But the blancas, because they don't give me hangovers. The sugar intake. I can't do whiskey anymore. I pee the bed. I can't do it. I just straight. I do. It's just rough again. I. And the JMOs, or powers, that used to be my go to. But yeah, no mas.

So I go make. I always go make a decision, right. And pick one and it's either vodka tonic.

Okay.

Tequila seltzer.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's a good one.

[Zach Amico]

That's what I do.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's a good one.

[Zach Amico]

I do tequila soda, splash of grapefruit or pineapple.

So I do splash of grapefruit too. I got that from Stanhope.

Oh, does he do that?

Stanhope does vodka tonic with grapefruit tonic.

That's gnarly because after a while, dude, if you're drinking, like, you're popping those up, I mean, do you wake up and like, I have this with that. When I drink a lot of the tequila sodas, I'll burp up soda water and I drink polar water like it's going out of style. So I'm a soda water or I do.

I do love some whiskey nights. Love a Jaeger, but that's a special occasion.

Jaeger dog.

Jaeger's a great. It's a special occasion only, though.

Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

It goes down so smooth, too.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, it does. It's mother's milk.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, God.

[Zach Amico]

So smooth. Yeah.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

When a bar has the machine, I always.

Yeah, Yeah. I don't blame you because the biker.

Bar I drink at has it.

Okay.

Lucky 13 on Sackett street has the machine, but. Yeah, I got to make it a decision if I'm doing shots, usually tequila.

Okay. Yeah.

And then what? I found they're not a sponsor anymore, but there was a company that we had for years called Waterboy.

Oh, I never even heard of him.

And it's a hydration powder. Oh, no.

Okay.

And bang. Two of those in a big, like, Stanley full of ice.

Yeah.

And as you're going to bed, have half of it, and when you wake up, have the other half. Ice cold.

Yeah.

You skip so much of the hangover.

All right. I have to get this in those, man. I mean, there's other brands, too. The problem is I sometimes forget, like, when you're starting to go after it. Yeah, you don't. You gotta plan for that. I gotta have it. It's like having Narcan in your bag.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

You gotta have, like, a fentanyl test strips, and I test all my cocaine. You just have one now?

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, no, you gotta have a. I.

Just have a buddy with me. Take the line first.

Waterboy specifically has one called Recovery.

Oh, wow.

That's for drinking.

Right on. Well, why aren't they. You're giving them a little shout out. Why don't they sponsor anymore?

I mean, they just used to be a sponsor, like, years ago. I'm just a fan of the product.

That's cool. I gotta check it out, man.

That'll do you good.

Yeah.

All right, let's get plugs out of the way. Sheri, what do you want people to check out?

[Sherry Soprani]

Pimp Daddy podcast, and I do comedy shows all over New York. Just go to my Instagram, come see me. Especially if you're a hot girl. Just kidding.

[Zach Amico]

Fantastic.

Is she kidding?

[Sherry Soprani]

I'm married. I'm married.

[Zach Amico]

Jessica.

Yeah, check out. Thank you for putting my special party body on my YouTube. I have. I'm going on the road in February. I'll be putting out dates, so I might punch up live. And I have a podcast that I just started called you pick the Movie. And we just talk about films. We bring a guest on. We talk about movies.

Oh, awesome. I gotta get you on my movie podcast.

I love.

Yeah, I do A movie watch along show I'll have you on.

Oh, that's awesome. I love that.

Thank you. And hey, if you guys want to see me, I am on the road this weekend in Toronto at Catacombs Cabaret on the 9th and 10th, feature act Alex Tomaselli. We're doing stand up and a live midnight spook show movie watch along that evening on the 9th. And then after that, I'm on tour with Juggalo Championship wrestling. And if you want to see all my days, it's punch up Live, Zachamico. But most importantly, take care of some business here on the show. If you love the show, go to gas digital.com today. Use my promo code, Zoo Z O O your episodes early ad free and uncensored. You save money off your subscription. You get the live chat, you get the archives. Thousands of episodes of all your favorite guest digital shows from all the years we've been doing these podcasts and most importantly, our Friday bonus show. That's right. We do three of these suckers a week, and the only way to get the Friday episode is to subscribe. So thank you so much for tuning in. All right, we got some stories to talk about today, but let's start. This is. This is a lateral move. You guys remember the Island Boys? I'm an island. They were two social media influencers.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Like, they look like little twinks. They're twins. They have tattoos, they.

[Zach Amico]

Sideshow Bob hair.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, my God.

They kind of did gay.

Holy moly. Was that them? They're the tats on the face.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. And they. I think they made out with each other.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. They would do kissing videos.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

No way.

[Sherry Soprani]

Million dollars or whatever.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, they were weirdos. It was great.

Yeah.

I want to say they did some hardcore.

Oh, did they really?

Maybe. There were videos circulating online that was supposedly them. However, Island Boys Frankie Venegas arrested, and his debit card had Fentanyl on it.

Oh, go figure. Well, how do they. How'd that even get happened? Like, he gave it to a bodega.

So eager to find out. Yeah, right alongside with you, Shannon.

[Jessica Levin]

So Frankie and his female companion were pulled over for a traffic stop and were allegedly acting super suspicious. So deputy searched the car and allegedly found unprescribed Ambien in a baggie with the girl's other pills that were. That the other ones were prescribed to her. The Ambien was not. And then the deputies also found drug paraphernalia that tested positive. Positive for fentanyl. Including his debit card, which. Which allegedly was coated in white powder that tested positive for fentanyl and a cut straw.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, a cut straw, you dumb schmuck. Like how? Like this is not the first time you're doing this. This is not your first rodeo. What state was this?

[Sherry Soprani]

Florida, probably.

[Announcer]

Hold on.

[Zach Amico]

Does it say sorry?

No. No, we'll find out.

[Jessica Levin]

Oh, it is Florida.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, it is Florida.

I mean. Yeah, you're gonna throw. Throw a baseball.

Yeah, exactly.

You're gonna hit a guy on fentanyl in Florida.

[Sherry Soprani]

So the cops are checking credit cards now, when you.

[Zach Amico]

That's what I'm saying.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's crazy.

[Zach Amico]

That's a rule in Marilyn Manson autobiography is that you have to clean out the zeros, sixes and nines on your credit card before you go over to another country.

Well, I tell you what, they know.

To check for it, right?

That's. I. Whenever I go to the airport, even though if I haven't done it in a while, I still get paranoid. Did I forget the bag in my bag? Do you know what I'm saying? Like, are they going to find something that I didn't even know that I forgot?

I am a level of neurotic where I now have a note in my notes section.

Yeah.

A checklist of everything I know I need on the road. And I have it split into type of gig.

Oh, that's amazing. Yeah. Because you do a lot. You got wrestling.

So stand up. I have a list.

Right.

Wrestling. I have a list. Right. And then if I'm doing anything, like if I'm gonna wear makeup or do stunts or anything like that.

Right.

And it's everything I know I need.

Right.

And I pack the whole night before.

Okay.

And then when I wake up in the morning, I go through it again.

Oh, my God. Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

Small.

[Zach Amico]

Wow.

And one of my things on my checklist is to check out, make sure my bag is empty, clean.

Right, right, right.

[Sherry Soprani]

I check my pants pockets, my jacket.

[Zach Amico]

Pockets, all that, because it gets. It gets gnarly. Like, I went to Dubai a couple years ago for. Yeah, my buddy got married there. And they check your bag on the way in from, like, when you land there for. Yeah. And I got paranoid because I called the consulate because I'm on depressed meds, happy pills.

And they're working.

They're working great. I'm doing good.

[Sherry Soprani]

Nice.

[Zach Amico]

And then. And then. But I got paranoid. I called the consulate because I was like, I have these meds and they're like, well, what is it? And I'm a tool. It's not narc, so it's fine. But I didn't know because I didn't know what the hell. I don't want a Brittney Griner situation.

Yeah, yeah.

They're not coming for that bitch. They're not coming from.

You also don't want three guys with AR15 is fucking being like, why does a woman need to be happy?

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly. I'm just thinking they don't like women like that.

[Zach Amico]

Well, they're trying to, you know, rebrand, but I got paranoid as. And she. I told her what I had and she's like, why so many. I'm like, you judging me?

Wow.

Get the out of here. Yeah, it was crazy, but thank God. But yeah, I'm like, full. Like, especially when you're doing, like, tours, like, if you're going overseas and shit. Especially in places like Dubai, they check. They have a conveyor belt going in and out when you land. That's crazy to me. I'm like, I just got off the plane, dude.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Like, I know.

I literally. I'm just thinking about how much weed I need to throw out of my backpack before I cross the border tomorrow.

Oh, yeah.

Because I was. While we were just on the road and just everyone hands me out a right and I throw them in my bag and forget about them.

Right.

I was literally going to clean my bag out yesterday. I was like, I have like eight things in here. I could go to jail for that.

Yeah, it's bananas. And especially since it's getting so lapsed here. And even when you go over state lines, depending on where you are, like, you know, like, you're in fucking Texas. I don't know what their rules are.

Texas is still a bitch.

They're a bitch, right?

Yeah. A few of the places in the Midwest I've had with the wrestlers, the van get pulled over, right. And they get a fucking hefty ticket for smoking.

Yeah, that's bananas. And I. You have to watch, cuz here you were smoking. We don't even think about it. Even before it became legal, we smoked in parks and shit like that.

It wasn't like, we were pretty over it.

Yeah.

I remember when it was first legal, we were outside of a bar and I was smoking and I had a joint. I rolled and a cop came and I got so scared, I put it out in my palm.

That's crazy.

And he just looked at me, I went, oh, yeah, this is fine, right?

Yeah, yeah.

I don't care.

Yeah. They don't give a shit. They don't want to be like, I'm not gonna write a Ticket. I got like. I got like. I got fentanyl and coke and crack on down the street. Why am I gonna bust your balls or my balls for freaking weed?

So, Shannon, are they saying he was doing fentanyl or. He was probably doing something else. And they had fentanyl traces.

[Jessica Levin]

It seems just like fentanyl. Fentanyl is the only drug, aside from that Ambien that she had. And she was charged with it because it didn't. She didn't have it in a prescription bottle with her name on it.

[Zach Amico]

Okay.

[Jessica Levin]

But it seems like it's just the fentanyl.

[Zach Amico]

God damn. Ballsy.

Yeah, that is ballsy. So you're gonna get time for that then maybe, right?

[Sherry Soprani]

Depends on how much it is, probably.

[Zach Amico]

Right.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah. He has. He has no bond. They're holding him.

[Zach Amico]

Oh.

Oh.

[Sherry Soprani]

They're holding no bond. Oh, wow. That's okay.

[Zach Amico]

Crazy.

[Jessica Levin]

He was already. He was already out on bond from another thing. Delivering, possessing, selling a firearm. So he was already out on bond. So now he's just in there, he's.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, definitely, dude, you're done.

[Sherry Soprani]

He's gonna have to his brother again to get some.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, I was gonna say. At least he's practice. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Sherry Soprani]

I remember I was in Mexico one time. You ever heard of Isla Mujeres? It's like this little island in. Off of Cancun. You have to take the ferry to get there from Cancun. My wife and I are there on vacation. And you know, the pharmacies, the pharmacias. In Mexico you can get anything you want, right? So I'm going to pharmacy. Pharmacy, just getting all kinds of shit. And I'm getting weed, coke on the streets. I go back. They don't fuck with me in Mexico at all, right? I'm at the little tiny airport in Cancun. We're going back to the United States. We go to check in at the little counter. And it's a gay. You could tell he's gay, but whatever. So he writes S on my boarding ticket and he circles it like four times. I'm like, why are you writing S and circling it four times? In my head I'm like, that means security. Something's up, right? So we're all waiting in line.

[Zach Amico]

My head would go search or search.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. And I'm like, I'm fucked. But I don't have anything on me. So I was okay. But they waited till we were all in line, and they're like, sherry Soprani, please step to the side. And like, everyone's watching me. They bring me in the back. I take my shoes, I start throwing them at them. I'm like, you're doing this because I'm gay. I just always pulled the gay card to like, okay, yeah, try and get out of shit.

[Zach Amico]

Right, right.

[Sherry Soprani]

But I did. I had. I forget what. I think it was Vicodin that I had brought back, but I had forgotten that I had put into my Tylenol bottle. And they missed it.

[Zach Amico]

No way. So what, they just searched you to search you and they didn't find anything?

[Sherry Soprani]

Held up the plane and everything. I was like, why is this ratting me out when that's so you can tell I'm gay?

[Zach Amico]

Right?

Yeah. Have some solidarity.

Yeah. No, he's probably one of the haters.

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly.

[Zach Amico]

He doesn't. He's a homophob. Yeah, totally.

[Sherry Soprani]

I was scared. I was like, I can't go to a Mexico jail.

[Zach Amico]

But this is another thing. Fentanyl. Did he kind of get saved? Because maybe he would have died if he.

I mean, people can't do that.

Yeah, but they like. Because they like to push it to a certain point. But, like, I don't know. That is gnarly. And then what's. And then they're older now, too, right? Like, this is like.

I bet they're still in their late 20s.

Oh, they are. They're that okay.

Yeah, they were pretty young, I think, when they. They popped.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, they were younger.

[Zach Amico]

No joke.

I got searched coming back from. I was in years ago, the Czech Republic.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, that's.

[Zach Amico]

That's cool, though.

And my connection was in Amsterdam, of course, so my passport said I was coming from Amsterdam. Oh.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, they're searching.

[Zach Amico]

And I had a duffel bag, and, dude, they fucking ripped my shit apart.

Did they really?

I mean, they went through fucking everything. And then at the bottom of my bed, because I'm such a slob, he found a big thing of tinfoil. Oh, no. And he goes, all right, you want to tell me what this is?

[Sherry Soprani]

I was in the drag for a.

[Zach Amico]

Sandwich, and I went, yeah, I'm pretty sure it's half a sandwich. Yeah. And he goes, no, man. Really? You can be honest with me right now and tell me what it is. And I went, I'm gonna double down on this. I went, I bet it's half a sandwich.

Yeah, yeah, because.

What do you mean, you bet? I went, listen, man, you can open it up. I don't know how long it's been in there. I don't know what it was. Moldy puts the gloves on. He opens it up and thank God it was a fucking moldy old sandwich.

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly.

[Zach Amico]

He goes, why would you travel with this? I was like, I don't fucking. Look.

[Sherry Soprani]

I forgot.

[Zach Amico]

I forgot I had it.

Yeah, no joke. Thanks for finding it, by the way. Oh, yeah. That would be awesome. That's actually a good idea. You should probably just. If you're trying to transport some just in your bag.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

Back in the day, there was a bunch of tricks. Like, I know Pantera used to bring Jaeger on planes by cutting the cap off of nyquil. Oh. And refilling them with Jagermeister and then putting the plastic back on.

That's smart. That's okay.

So you could just have shots on the plane.

That's amazing. And just be sipping that thing. That is gnarly, dude.

By the way. Sipping nyquil on the plane.

Or, you know, Robot. We used to call it Robot.

Called it Robo Tripping.

Oh, yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. I will tell you, Robot's funny, too.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

My friend from Providence would always call me, like, yeah, I go rowbot.

[Sherry Soprani]

Like, we're on the lake. Robot.

[Zach Amico]

I will tell you, though, bad poo situation.

Oh, yeah. The next day.

No, that night.

It goes through you like a goose, dude.

You're not supposed to have it.

I will. Yeah. That many of it. No, that much of it. I. Not.

Real quick, Shannon. Remember we watched the video of the lady with the 21 vanilla extracts?

[Jessica Levin]

Yes.

[Zach Amico]

So we found out that certain schools are banning vanilla extract because kids figured out they have alcohol in it.

Yes.

And they're making Irish coffees in the morning by loading up on.

Oh, my God.

[Sherry Soprani]

The vanilla extract.

[Zach Amico]

Right. So we watched a video of this broad. And, I mean, she is unresponsive. She is. Can't make worse. She's. She's making. She's literally. They're asking her questions.

She just goes, oh, my God, that is.

And they found 21 vanilla extracts.

[Sherry Soprani]

That is a lot.

[Zach Amico]

In her backseat.

Dude, you don't know anybody. They can just go pick you up a bottle.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, I get a bottle of vodka.

[Zach Amico]

So what Shannon said, this is probably somebody who's not allowed to buy liquor.

Oh, good call.

[Sherry Soprani]

Wait outside liquor store.

[Zach Amico]

Because there are certain states now that are enforcing. If you have. Have so many DUIs, right. They put on your ID. Do not sell this person.

[Sherry Soprani]

No hard liquor.

[Zach Amico]

Do not sell this person alcohol.

Well, it's the same thing with hand sanitizer. Like, when people. Listen, I know people that go, yeah, when they go to rehab, they got. They can't bring that in rehab with them.

But a fan messaged me and said part of the reason with the vanilla extract for severe alcoholics, because you can get it on your EBT card. Damn.

[Jessica Levin]

There's always.

[Zach Amico]

I love how they find the loopholes.

[Sherry Soprani]

Figure it out.

[Zach Amico]

So that's how that. That's one of the reason it's becoming like a problem with drunks is because they get it. They get their EBT for the month, and they spend it all on vanilla extract.

Holy.

[Sherry Soprani]

What percentage of alcohol is even in those tiny little bottles?

[Jessica Levin]

It's 30 for that tiny little bottle? Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Wow.

[Zach Amico]

I didn't know that.

I mean, that's 10 less than just a shot.

Yeah. And then I wonder what. What's on hand sanitizer? I wonder what the.

I feel like mouthwash and Jaeger are 10.

[Jessica Levin]

All right.

[Zach Amico]

So, yeah, you're getting more bang of your buck with the vanilla extract. Oh, yeah. And I bet you the cheaper the vanilla extract, the more alcohol it's in it.

I would. I would not be shocked by that.

I would not be shocked at about. At all. So then you can, like, you could. You can go to Costco.

This lady was.

That's insane. That would make me sick, though. I wouldn't be able to drink that much of it before I wanted to throw up.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Because it smells kind of strong.

[Zach Amico]

It's. Yeah. Especially if you're getting a shitty kind.

When there's a will, there's a way.

Of course, if you're an alcoholic, you're gonna. That's, like, the worst.

They're hardcores of. What's the addict show?

Oh, I don't. Oh, you the guy that would go meet people.

Yeah. Intervention. So many of those that they would. They would have mouthwash hidden under the thing and mouthwash here because they're not allowed at the lunch.

Dude, is that show still on?

I don't think.

I don't think so, man. That was. That. That guy made a pretty decent buck for a while. Vondren or something. I mean, I remember his name. Eminem wrapped the battle.

[Sherry Soprani]

I was on a. A E show called the junkie next door. I was 16 or 15. I was a heroin act when I was a teenager. And they. What they did was they followed you around with, like, legit cameras. And so we went to Kensington in Philly to cop and everything. And they would follow you. They would give us money. A and E would give us. Well, the producers who were doing it and cameramen would give us money to go and cop and, like, they would film us from like the.

[Zach Amico]

That's so up.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Like, hey, why is there a camera?

[Sherry Soprani]

So they were filming from the car, so I guess they had a long lens and it had tinted windows and an SUV and. Yeah, my face is bleeped out, but you can still tell it's me.

[Zach Amico]

But that's still gnarly like that. That A E would get away with that. I know, that's like.

[Sherry Soprani]

I mean, this is the 90s, too.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, God, I love. I do love the 90s.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

And then intervention came out and I.

[Zach Amico]

Was like, damn, that also considered.

[Sherry Soprani]

Should have got Dad.

[Zach Amico]

I got more money on any reality show.

Yeah.

They're pumping those people. They are full of boot.

[Sherry Soprani]

They want you to get zooted and high for the show.

[Zach Amico]

Right.

[Sherry Soprani]

Like, they're not trying to create.

[Zach Amico]

No, they're trying to create argument. That's why I. I don't know. I hate that shit. I. I worked on a reality TV show. I work in film and TV production. And one of my first jobs was working on an HGTV show. And it was. No, well, there's drinking, but it wasn't like, you know, drug pill. But it was such bullshit the way they did things like the fakery of it all. Like, I'm there reupholstering chairs and then the guy would come in and put the last nail in and be like. And there you have it. Meanwhile, it's me with a staple gun. I don't know what the I'm doing. So. Yeah, they're all. Yeah, dude, it's.

[Sherry Soprani]

I don't think they would do that for like, that type of stuff.

[Zach Amico]

No, that's all bullshit. They don't have time to actually. And they don't. And they're cheap as shit, those things. They want to make them on the cheap. Yeah, they're not. Yeah, right. Yeah, they don't.

Might be incorrect, however, with the food, all the cooking competitions, a sous chef remakes everything exactly how the person. So the. The food the judges get.

Yeah.

Is not.

Not their food. No way.

[Sherry Soprani]

That.

[Zach Amico]

Jen, do I have that right?

[Sherry Soprani]

That is not fair. That's bullshit.

[Zach Amico]

No, well, they copy them exactly. They do everything the person did.

Right.

Because I think it's a deal with.

[Sherry Soprani]

Like, present, like, presentation.

[Zach Amico]

Like how it looks. Well, no, like it takes hours to shoot it. So if they all made food at 4 o'. Clock.

Right. And they're making like a cassoulet or some shit. Hours. Yeah, yeah.

Assume it takes three hours to shoot the judge.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, that's true.

[Zach Amico]

You can't.

Yeah.

But a lot of your last. You're fucked.

Right, right, right. But a lot of it's saute, so it's like, it should be able. You cook and you fucking plate, and you put it in front of the judge, and that's it.

But also, you consider there's an audience, there's lights, there's retake, and the great.

Like, baking shows, I imagine, because baking is, you know, you got to bake the shit.

Shannon, am I right about that? Did I make that up?

[Jessica Levin]

I'm still trying to find it somewhere.

[Zach Amico]

I've worked with people who worked on cooking shows, and they said it was a lot of that sous chefs recreating it.

That's crazy.

Consider they got to get pickups. They got to interview you. It's like.

[Jessica Levin]

Right?

[Zach Amico]

And then also they're eating it. So then if they didn't get the shot, they got to redo the shot with the feed. Yeah. Well, that's why in those reality shows, they do the opposite of film TV production. They'll do the reaction shots first, they'll do the tights first, and then they'll do the wide. Whereas in film tv, they do the wide and then they go in.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Then you punch it.

Then you punch in. But, yeah, that's. That a whole. That's a whole different animal of. So it wouldn't be. Surprised me, but it's still kind of like. Especially for cooking. It's like. Because they're tasting the food, then. Of a sous chef.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Zach Amico]

And the purpose of cooking is because you're. You're doing it by the timing of it all. So it's still, to me, kind of.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. You're playing.

[Zach Amico]

I guess the idea would be that if it was your restaurant.

Right.

It would be.

You would have guys cooking for you.

[Sherry Soprani]

With your recipe.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, with your recipe.

Yeah.

Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

That makes sense.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. I would. I would. I would suck at that.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Mexicans make the best Italian food in Italian restaurants.

[Zach Amico]

Well, Albanians, Albanians, you go to freaking Arthur Avenue.

Just a bunch of action. Bronson.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Don't mess with the Albanians either.

[Jessica Levin]

Oh, my God.

[Zach Amico]

Dude, don't. I know. Seriously, man.

I mean, it is crazy that we're getting scary new white people.

I know.

Albanians.

[Sherry Soprani]

They've been in New York, though.

[Zach Amico]

Pakistanis.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

I feel like a whole new level.

That can be scary.

[Sherry Soprani]

And they're Muslim, too.

[Zach Amico]

A lot of them.

[Sherry Soprani]

The white Albanians are Muslims, which blew my mind. I didn't even know they existed, but.

[Zach Amico]

Right. I learned any culture where it's like, you go to, like, they call it Little Odessa. But if you get like Bay Ridge and all stuff when they're outside in the winter, talking outside, you know, shit's.

[Sherry Soprani]

Going down with their espresso.

[Zach Amico]

Because they still live in that Cold War thing where they're getting their tapped. So they have to handle business on the corner in the middle.

The hand over the back.

Exactly. Chain smoking with chains out. You could smell them from 10 miles away because of the cold.

[Sherry Soprani]

Designer clothing.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, totally. The Adidas tracksuits.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yes.

[Zach Amico]

In the six years I've lived in my building. You just describe Sherry.

[Sherry Soprani]

I am sorry.

[Zach Amico]

The Albanian bitch.

[Sherry Soprani]

Or a lesbian gym T shirt.

[Zach Amico]

That would be a funny store to open.

[Sherry Soprani]

That would exactly.

[Zach Amico]

Russian mobsters and lesbian gym teachers.

I know, right?

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

That'd be like, open up a store that's so good. Sold curtains and burkas.

[Sherry Soprani]

Dude.

[Zach Amico]

That would be a funny crossover.

Or a veterinarian Chinese food place. Oh, God.

There you go.

[Sherry Soprani]

Nice adopt.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, there we go.

Yeah, there you go, baby.

One stop shopping. But so I live in Bay Ridge and where I live it's all Middle Eastern.

Yeah.

And in the six years we've been there, I have watched every store on my block close and become a costume jewelry store. Oh, that's money that I have never seen open.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

I have never seen a human come in or out of. They all have the exact same display in the front.

Yeah.

They all sell the. And they're all packed next to each other.

Yeah. I love that.

And the second I see it, I'm like, oh, yeah.

Dead.

They are laundering.

[Sherry Soprani]

But what are they laundering? Is it terrorist financing? Is it might be drugs, sex trafficking.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. But that's why I like New York City. Like New York. So amazing. Because you always will see the under market all like. I remember when 911 happened the next day. There was merchandise.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Like if there's a bit. If there's a blackout.

Oh my God, the blackout was crazy.

[Sherry Soprani]

I survived.

[Zach Amico]

When did you make this? There was a blackout.

I know, right? I know exactly. It's like, how do they. Like they're already ready to go. Like, it's just like they'll find like the cigarette thing I told you earlier, like when the cigarettes got taxed in the city. I remember in like late, like early aughts. And my buddy started, you know, having these coupons. He would sell them with Camels and stuff like that. But the bodegas would have Lucy's in the back that you could buy because people were trying to get cheap knockoff cigarettes. So it's just if there's my bodega where I.

When I used. When I first moved to New York, my bodega called me Mr. Bush.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh.

[Zach Amico]

Because I drink. I. I drank excuse drink Bush, Bush lights. And I drink 40s. They had two dollar 40s of bush.

Oh, my God. We were natty light people. That's what we did.

I still drink, Daddy.

Like, that is crazy.

Those are my favorites.

That's so fun.

I used to drink crazy Stallion malt liquor, which was a dollar for a tal.

Holy.

Or the two dollar Bush 40s, right? Or they would have hurricane malt liquor.

[Sherry Soprani]

Is that Old English 800.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, my drink.

And then you would say, can I have cigarettes? And they would point. I go, no, I want the ones under.

[Sherry Soprani]

But they always cost more like a dollar. So if you bought a dollar, that's $20 for the pack.

[Zach Amico]

But.

But they would. They would have, like a big box of unmarked cigarettes underneath the counter. They were like four bucks a pack.

In Astoria, the Italians used to have a place called Top Tomato. And there were a bunch of like, like vegetable stands out in the front. That was one way that they used to, like, funnel money through them because I never saw people coming in.

My wife has a very funny story. When she used to live in Sunset park, okay. There was a tiny cafe, like an Italian place. And the guy she was dating at the time in her. They would pass it every day because they live together, right? And they go, I want to try there one day. So they go in. They're the only people in there, right?

[Sherry Soprani]

Of course.

[Zach Amico]

And they're looking at you.

[Sherry Soprani]

Shelves are dirty.

[Zach Amico]

And I think even she might have said to him, like, I think we should just not. That's fine. They order and they watch somebody go out the back door across the street to key food.

Yeah.

And buy everything they need to make their food. And an hour later, their very simple order came out.

That is crazy.

And all I'm thinking was they were furious.

Yes.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. They're like, we have to really do what this restaurant is supposed to do.

[Zach Amico]

Some guy is, like, strung up with half of his fingernails.

I know, exactly. They're like, dismembering a guy. And they're like, fuck, I gotta make a bolognese now. What the hell, dude?

So I tell this story lot, so for people that listen and I apologize. I know I repeat myself. My wife and I started dating. We would walk around Bay Ridge, right? And we walk all the way down 86th, okay. Past, like, outback. And. And that would be like, our walk, right? And it was A Sunday. So liquor stores are closing early. And she's like, yeah. We go, let's go. Let's stop in. There was just, like, a random little liquor store, Right. It was like, 4:45. She's like, let's run in real quick. We got to open the door, and it's locked. Sherry, have I told you the story already?

[Sherry Soprani]

No, but I'm. I'm invested now.

[Zach Amico]

The door's locked.

Yeah.

Oh, he must have closed early.

Right.

I go to turn around, and this little lady unlocks the door, and she goes, sorry, door lock, because cat will get out. Ah. And I went, oh, okay. She was cold, mean from the outside. It was a liquor store.

Yeah. Yeah.

The second you inside, you realize they just had one bottle of everything.

Oh, my God.

So it would be a full shelf. When you looked at it from outside, it would be one bottle. They had one bottle of everything.

That's not.

So I grabbed a bottle of smear, and I'll take it up to the cabinet.

It ran out of inventory.

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly.

[Zach Amico]

The only bottle of had. This lady opened up a drawer like it was a cash register, and it just had loose change in it. And she pretended like it was a cash register, made my change, handed it back to me, followed us to the door, and locked it behind us.

What the.

All I can think is we interrupted a murder Right.

Completely. And they sent out the sweet little grandma lady. Yeah. To go handle it. Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

She's probably the toughest.

[Zach Amico]

I mean, she.

What? She stood behind us while we were looking what we wanted to buy.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, she was over your shoulders.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. She did not walk away from us.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's like, you better not be FBI.

[Zach Amico]

And then totally, totally fake the transaction. It was so funny.

That is gnarly, bro.

Whatever. We just.

There is evil going on, dude. That by proxy they got. You're like, oh, my God. Got out of there without freaking.

And then, of course, there's the million bodegas, where there'll be, like, seven guys on folding chairs. And then you walk in and everyone gets silent, right?

No, dude, totally. I have a store like that in my. Well, I mean, I don't know if it's a fugazi, but they're Turkish. We got a lot of Turks in our neighborhood. But they're. But it'll be late at night, and it's like they're all sitting. Especially when the weather's nice. But. And they're all outside drinking coffee, chain smoking. I mean, God bless those people. They're like Chappelle. They're like, yeah, Everyone after another. But. Yeah, but I know that's New York charm, baby. You know it is. That's what I love about it.

Then, you know, wholeheartedly.

Yeah. You know, that's the part of. That's the light. That's true.

Would I like to be able to get bacon?

Yeah.

Within a short walk.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right. I would be turkey or veal, you know, But.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, but if I need.

Hey, if I need a goat skull and a gallon of olives, you're good to go. I can run in any direction.

You need some goat blood and you need to make some anthrax. They got you.

They walk the goat corpses in front of my apartment in the morning. There's a halal grocery store.

Yeah, Right.

And they literally just tongue out over the shoulder, walking a bit in the morning.

See, I like that, though, because it's just like. I don't know, Like, I miss. Like, you used to. Pre. Especially pre Covid. Used to see a lot of like. Like animals in the window.

[Sherry Soprani]

You did a lot of goats and.

[Zach Amico]

Right.

[Sherry Soprani]

Whatever else. Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

And a butcher shop. You have to, like. Arthur Avenue will still have it. I just went up there recently, and they have the troughs. I love going into a store with their sausages hanging. That's a gang bang that I like. You know what I mean? That is just. That's my style.

If I could recommend. If you like Middle Eastern food.

I do.

There's a place in Bay Ridge called Ayat. Ay.

Yeah, I know. They have chains now.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, they have a bunch. I had 36. They have a bunch of them.

[Zach Amico]

So it was. I. We had watched it on Food Network.

Right.

And it was. Literally. We could see it at our window.

Right.

The guy has a big farm in Jersey.

Oh, I didn't know that. Okay.

And it's. He raises everything.

I love that.

And everything they serve is day of.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, my God.

So he's got a big land. Like, he's got a big farm. And he drives it in. In a big truck. In the morning, they butcher him. And it goes right to the restaurant.

See, that's. That's freaking great. They have one in the Lower east side. I've been to that one.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, they have a bunch. They have a bunch under Kumar Patel.

[Zach Amico]

Whatever.

[Sherry Soprani]

They're. I know they're very.

[Zach Amico]

They're very good.

[Sherry Soprani]

Very good.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. I like that stuff. I love me. I do like Middle Eastern food. There's a couple great spots on the Lower east side. But of course, Bay Ridge has a lot of good ones. Ben.

Yeah.

But it's so funny because Bay Ridge is, like, a lot of Italians live there, so that's post Covid.

70Th.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, seven.

[Zach Amico]

Like, 70 to 80 is still pretty much Middle Eastern.

Okay.

You got to go past that.

I was gonna say because lives matter. Italian.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. And you see the Italian flags there everywhere.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

The Maga.

[Zach Amico]

But I gotta tell you, their pizza's gonna slap. It's just. You know what I mean? Like, I have a joke about that. It's like, there's a blue lives matter sign in the pizzeria. That slice is gonna be sick.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Zach Amico]

It's really hard to argue.

Yeah.

Shannon, what was the pizza place that got in trouble for having the Nazi sticker on the oven?

What?

[Sherry Soprani]

That's a little much.

[Zach Amico]

It had, like, not a swastika, but it was like, an SS Trooper type. Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

Okay.

[Announcer]

It's Star Wars.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, it was really funny.

[Jessica Levin]

It was Francon in Wildwood, New Jersey.

[Zach Amico]

Hi, Jersey? Yes.

Just there's certain things, like, even, like.

The Batita must be good.

The cheese take place in. In Philly that says you have to order in English. Yeah. That's gonna be great.

Yes.

This is made with spite.

Exactly. Hate makes the. I don't know what it is. Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Not made with love. Made with hate.

[Zach Amico]

Love and hate, baby. That's why they're so parallel. You need one. And the other. Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

Is I'm in line between those.

[Zach Amico]

Exactly. Dude.

All right, moving on. Man reportedly wakes up to burglar touching his genitals and urinating on him.

What the. Just take the gold. What are you doing?

[Sherry Soprani]

Pay for a dominatrix. What are you doing?

[Zach Amico]

No, but I. I get the allure, though, right? Yeah. I mean, that. Well, I mean, if you're that kind of a person.

Yeah. It's probably the.

That's the thrill.

The thrill is the unwillingness.

Exactly.

Tell us in on the story.

[Jessica Levin]

Okay, so it's a little. There's a little weirdness here, though.

[Zach Amico]

You think because.

[Jessica Levin]

No, because then you think this guy.

[Zach Amico]

Wanted to get peed on?

[Jessica Levin]

No, but I think. Okay, so he. The guy himself was out drinking the night before the victim, and he doesn't. He doesn't, like, remember getting home. He doesn't remember if he locked his door. Okay, so that's just like. It's a little fishy.

[Zach Amico]

He might have a peepee, man.

[Sherry Soprani]

Or he hired this guy and probably forgets that he even. You know, maybe he voluntarily signed up.

[Zach Amico]

So what happened?

[Jessica Levin]

But. So the alleged intruder, later identified. He's a 34 year old Hispanic man. He was touching the guy's genitals, exposed himself, then peed on his face. And then before he left, he said, I know you, and then fled the apartment. But they did find him. This is his. This is a. I have two pictures of him.

[Zach Amico]

The pier.

[Jessica Levin]

Yes, the pier.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, that's the pier.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

I was picture like a crackhead looking like nasty guy. He's all right.

[Zach Amico]

He's. Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Looks like.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. What? Yeah, what? That. His name's Wall.

[Jessica Levin]

Mikhail.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, Mikhail Junior. Oh, my God. What's senior like? That is gnarly, dude.

And that's a lot of stuff.

Yes.

To happen. Like, listen, listen, I'm groggy when I wake up.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Jessica Levin]

But I'm not.

[Zach Amico]

But if I woke up to a stranger holding my dick and balls.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

And then they had time to take out their dick and take a piss on me.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right, right.

[Zach Amico]

I think at a certain point.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

I'd spring into action.

[Sherry Soprani]

Of course. Yes, of course.

[Zach Amico]

I'm just trying to understand the like, the like, how did. If he was passed out, he woke up with the pee, I'm assuming probably.

[Sherry Soprani]

Felt the warmth and the, you know.

[Zach Amico]

So how did he know his was touched?

[Jessica Levin]

So he said that when. When he woke up that the guy was on top and touching his penis over his clothing. And then after that is when he exposed his penis and urinated on him. I just don't know how that's happening without him taking a swing, moving out of the way. I don't know. But the guy is being charged of burglary of an occupied dwelling and battery and indecent exposure. And then when they tried to question him, he won't speak.

[Zach Amico]

I think this was a gay hookup.

[Sherry Soprani]

I was gonna say the guy, the victim probably doesn't remember that he requested this.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, I think he remembers. He just doesn't want to admit it.

[Sherry Soprani]

Or why would he call the cops?

[Zach Amico]

I don't know.

[Sherry Soprani]

Maybe his wife walked in.

[Zach Amico]

That's his kink.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, yeah, exactly.

[Zach Amico]

Kinks go really at all. All sorts of places.

But that is, maybe he's on the DL and somebody found out.

[Sherry Soprani]

I think maybe someone walked in and he was right. Let's call the cops. There's a burglar.

[Zach Amico]

Or he's just in like complete denial.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, God.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

What a loser.

[Zach Amico]

All right. Sorry to ask again. Is this Florida?

[Jessica Levin]

I'm just always curious. It is Florida.

[Sherry Soprani]

Jesus, baby.

[Zach Amico]

Dude, I haven't seen that show. Florida man. Have you seen that on Netflix? I forget. I haven't watch and they have all these stories. I haven't seen it too. And they got react. I love the idea of it all because this is just like you can't mention, you know, it's like they're so creative with their. Down there.

Yeah. I just. I can't wrap my head like. No, there's way too many events happening, happening. Too much going on with this guy getting his dick played with.

[Sherry Soprani]

And that guy looks gay. He's wearing like a zebra shirt in that picture.

[Zach Amico]

Nobody could be like, oh, like a.

[Sherry Soprani]

Super Armenian club owner.

[Zach Amico]

Well, he's Spanish, but lateral Dominican probably.

[Sherry Soprani]

Because they all look gay.

[Zach Amico]

Anyway, he did have that little thing. Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

It's a thin line between his administration.

[Zach Amico]

Shannon, bring him up. Let's see if he has socks on.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yet probably not.

[Zach Amico]

Wait, is that.

That's a sign with Dominicans.

That's so funny. Can't tell.

[Jessica Levin]

But probably in the article. In the article. Yes. The only in the article is at.

[Zach Amico]

He must be a high. Like he's making money. Or is he a like fake like influencer? Cuz what's with that picture with him standing in front of like Miami?

[Sherry Soprani]

Like he's like luxury condo, right?

[Zach Amico]

Like. Yeah, like that. Like does like that. That's just.

What a weird picture. When the cops look you up.

Up. Yeah, exactly.

[Sherry Soprani]

Have you guys ever done that? Peed on anyone or got. No, I've done it a bunch. Have you peed on someone but in the shower?

[Zach Amico]

Oh, golden showers.

I peed on somebody in the shower.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

I've never done it like on a bed or like at a sex party or anything like that. It's always been in the shower.

[Zach Amico]

Have you gone to a sex party? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Huh? No. Yeah.

Let's go. Let's hear a good one.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, a good story.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, so the last time I went, it was like off of Park Avenue somewhere. Like one of those big townhouses.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, nice one.

[Sherry Soprani]

Really nice. Yeah. And it has to be girl guy, like and it was like 200.

[Zach Amico]

Which one were you?

I was nice dude.

[Sherry Soprani]

But yeah, that was good. That was a good one.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

And I went with the Dominican guy and his friend and they brought this other chick. And we go in and there's so much security, like so many cameras. You walk up these stairs, there's like a glass barrier thing where you pay and then you go in. The first floor is just like screens like this everywhere with porno, different kinds of porno on the walls. It's bring your own byob, like alcohol, whatever. The Dominican I was with. Brought that rum or whiskey with the sticks in it, you know, talking about. Okay, yeah, I forget what it's called, but whatever.

[Zach Amico]

That's. Oh, with the matcha or some shit.

[Sherry Soprani]

I don't know. It has, like, sticks in this or whatever that's. So you give it to the bartender, and then. So he serves you. And then we're just drinking.

[Zach Amico]

There's a bartender there.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, this is.

[Zach Amico]

This is Eyes Wide shut level.

[Sherry Soprani]

And then they had a locker room.

[Announcer]

Room.

[Sherry Soprani]

Okay. They had a locker room where you could put all your stuff, take a shower, all that you could. There was masks. Two different times.

[Jessica Levin]

Sorry. It's Mama Juana.

[Sherry Soprani]

Mama Juana. Yes. That's what it was that made me straight that night. Mama Juana.

[Zach Amico]

Boy.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, my turned. God, my female side came out so fast, bro. I was like, finally, I get to be a girl, dude.

[Zach Amico]

I like the organization of this song.

[Sherry Soprani]

It was because I felt very sexy and sexual. It wasn't like a. Like a gay sex party. Like.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, a.

[Sherry Soprani]

It's like in a dungeon somewhere. That's like a wet basement. Like.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Smells like. Like, you know. But this was classy. They have private rooms to go in. Yeah, it was. It was awful. Park Avenue private rooms. You could go and have sex then they had one big general room and then it had, like a. What? The windy staircase would go upstairs and there was. It was like Matt's. When you went to gym class, you know, this big Matt's. Lay down everywhere. People were just. Yeah, I had sex with this Dominican guy and then this other guy who said he was an FBI agent, but I don't think he was. He just said he was. But, you know, that seems like a.

[Zach Amico]

Real sex party thing to say.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, I know, right? To, like, turn it on.

[Zach Amico]

I think I'd be like. As I'm getting. I'd be like, looking at the, like, the walls and like, I'm like, wow. I was marble.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, it was. It was beautiful. It was like.

[Zach Amico]

That is stunning. Exactly.

Somebody stealing my phone in my wallet.

I like how, like, organized and, like, how safe they make you feel. So you could, like, just focus.

[Sherry Soprani]

2010 or 2011. It was a long time ago.

[Zach Amico]

And you know those security gu. Getting, like, right. Triple overtime.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, and they had like. And they had like. The security guards were in, like, nice. Not suits, but, like, all black with, like, the. The earpiece with the body part in the back. They were. No joke.

[Zach Amico]

You know, those guys, Those. I bet those. A lot of those were cops.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Retired, most likely. Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Most Definitely making some side money.

Great money to stay silent.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, my God. Completely. Dude.

[Sherry Soprani]

I. I mean, and it was very consensual too. Like, like. Like you could wear the mask or not wear the mask and like you would tap. Like you would tap someone on the shoulder and like you would just know if they're tapping you, that means they want to or whatever.

[Zach Amico]

Wow.

[Sherry Soprani]

The first time I licked this girl's in front of like 20 men.

[Zach Amico]

And are they throwing money too?

[Sherry Soprani]

No, no, no, no. They were cheering us on and like, you know, like.

[Zach Amico]

Wow.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Wait, no one's. No. No video, right?

[Sherry Soprani]

No, no, no, no.

[Zach Amico]

See, that's awesome.

[Sherry Soprani]

Plus it was 2010. 2011, I remember. Had like a sprint. Like flip phones.

[Zach Amico]

See that? That had about a euro that made this.

Oh, yeah. So you're pussy in place, Snakes break.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

That's so funny.

[Sherry Soprani]

Your Nokia phone, like in the side.

[Zach Amico]

No, dude, I love that game. I forgot about it.

[Sherry Soprani]

But the lesbian or queer sex parties, the ones that I've been sloppy. Yeah, they. Yeah, there's just.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

Most of the stuff I've been to has been SNM stuff.

Okay.

It's separated by floor.

Okay. Okay.

The one floor is kind of light.

Yes.

And the.

[Sherry Soprani]

The next one gets a little like levels to this.

[Zach Amico]

And then the top one is like big experience.

Like, did you hear a horse?

[Sherry Soprani]

It takes a lot of tolerance to. To be able to take that stuff. Because I'm more the submissive one.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

I'm so dominant in life.

[Zach Amico]

That's me too. I'm dominant in the streets. And it's like, no, I need to.

[Sherry Soprani]

Be told like that in bed. Don't get me wrong. But I'd much rather get the beat out of me.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, I don't want pulling.

[Sherry Soprani]

I like hair pulling. Choked. Like the St. Andrews Cross. It's like this. And like you're on the cross and you can't. I've been on that or anything.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, no way.

But I was. I was. Butt out.

[Announcer]

Out.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, you returned around.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. And I got cat of nines tailed.

[Sherry Soprani]

I got that too, but from the front on the puss.

[Zach Amico]

I.

Nice.

Yeah, I did. I got booked for comedy on a. It wasn't a sex party, but they're meeting up to see if they would wanna like.

[Jessica Levin]

Okay.

[Zach Amico]

It was an outing.

[Sherry Soprani]

Is that still a show?

[Zach Amico]

I don't know. I did it once. It was awesome. Well, Brett Raybould got me on it and then I. And. And I gotta tell you, I never. There was a dominatrix chick and they're giving out free. Like, spanking. Whatever you wanted. So she's gonna free one. And I. You know, I never done it before, so I tried it. And not naked. You just go like you just went over. And they just. And I'm like, I get this. I get it.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right?

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. Because I don't want to pat. I like the cat at night. Like, I like to do it right.

[Sherry Soprani]

It turns soft at first, and then they build you up and bring you.

[Zach Amico]

Up and I understand not to sound weird. The art of it.

[Sherry Soprani]

It is the art of it.

[Zach Amico]

There's to learn how to do it.

So in my experience, the way I always explain it to people is. It's. This is so good. It's sensation play.

Yes.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Yes.

So these starts off going, then back to song. And then they're almost like nurturing.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yes, yes.

[Zach Amico]

Then they, like, you know, draw figure eights on your back.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right. They beat the out of you, then they rub you down.

[Zach Amico]

Well, yeah. It's kind of like how a pimp.

Yeah.

You know what I mean? It's like beats the how crap are. Then he's like. And then he puts a band aid on there. It's like, you know, I didn't mean it. That's some psychological.

[Sherry Soprani]

It is.

[Zach Amico]

I had a domination. You had the big cat of nine tails, the wood whip, and she had a Freddy Krueger glove.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, no, I've never seen that.

[Zach Amico]

And then also she had, like, a really soft blanket and, like a fuzzy oven mitt and, like, these other things that felt really nice.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

So she would, like, whale you and then sh. And then the nice on the back.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's the art of it.

[Zach Amico]

Wow, dude. And that's what brings you back.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yep.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've done some. All right, let's. Let's let Jessica in on the madness.

[Sherry Soprani]

We could go on and on.

[Zach Amico]

I had it down for a while, and he's still my very good friend. And. But our thing. One of the things we would do. So I have a Prince Albert.

Oh, you do? Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

You still have it.

[Zach Amico]

Yes.

But I downsized. I went. I went back to an eight.

[Sherry Soprani]

Only an eight.

[Zach Amico]

I had a two.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, my God, Zach.

[Zach Amico]

Are they with a lot? I don't know. This.

[Sherry Soprani]

The smaller the gauge. So this is a zero in, like, my.

[Zach Amico]

That's a zero.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, that's a zero.

[Zach Amico]

So, Shannon, can you look?

[Sherry Soprani]

Two is just a little bit.

[Zach Amico]

Two gauge captive bead ring.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's a big old gauge in his dick.

[Zach Amico]

And.

Ow.

So the girl used to tie a gallon jug to it and slowly fill it so that I couldn't move when she beat me up.

That sounds like a Japanese game.

Because if I moved, if I moved, it would twist.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, yeah, there it is.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, that's a. That's a two gauge.

Holy moly.

I had that for a couple years, and Mrs. Amico politely asked that I scale it down.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Eight is still respectable, though. And eight is still cuz it was.

[Zach Amico]

It was an issue for other fun stuff.

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, I bet. Yeah. That is gnarly. Dude. I. That's got to. Okay. I thought about getting nipples pierced or just one. Oh, that's hot. Yeah. I don't have any t. I have no tats or nothing because by the time I wanted to get a tat, everyone started getting them, and I'm like, now I can't.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. Mine are, like, really bad looking.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. But we're older, so it's like, it's fine. I get it. You know what I mean? Like, back in the day, getting a tattoo was like, holy. You know what I mean? Now, like librarian. You know what I mean?

I grew up in a very. Like, I've always wanted to be tattooed.

Yeah.

And it's because I like, I grew up around all, like. My dad was a welder.

Oh.

All his friends were covered in tattoos.

Yeah. Blue collar.

All them had, like, naked ladies on their chest and on their legs and stuff.

Right.

So when I got older, my wife be like, why do you want naked ladies tattooed on me?

[Sherry Soprani]

Because daddy had that.

[Zach Amico]

Because I'm a grown up. That's what you do.

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly.

[Zach Amico]

Right.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. My dad was a mechanic, so.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's when.

That's when my dad had a tattoo. It's just that. That's a very Man.

Yeah.

That's a masculine thing.

I grew up around, you know, I grew up around every single place that did business with my dad. Sent a bikini calendar for New Year's.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. Yeah, that's.

[Zach Amico]

Yes.

And when I little me, I would go out on jobs, right. And my dad would lose me, and he's like, where's the office? It'd just be me staring at the kids.

That's so fucking funny, dude.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

My dad was a sanitation worker, so they. He had.

[Jessica Levin]

Had.

[Zach Amico]

But he was like, this is old. Old. He had. He did the whole name on his arm.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Jimmy. Yeah, it was.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

And that, like, they weren't like, mom with the heart. Yeah. And my brother got tats. And this is like, 80s, you know what I mean? So that was like, you know, I like, him, like I say. And I wanted to get one, but then it's just like, I don't know. I. I like, I think I'm gonna be one of those when I get older. I'm gonna like, give it to me, baby. Do it all.

[Sherry Soprani]

There you go.

[Zach Amico]

I think I'm saving that for when.

I'm the shop I have gone to the last two times. This place in bearings called Groove Tattoo.

Okay.

They've been there for so long that the tattoo artist started when tattoos were still illegal.

That's awesome.

[Sherry Soprani]

Wow, that's legendary.

[Zach Amico]

Tattoos only got legalized in New York in like the 90s.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh no, I didn't, I did not.

[Zach Amico]

Know that at all.

Shannon, can you look up Wendy, I.

[Sherry Soprani]

Didn'T know that became legal.

[Zach Amico]

I think places did it.

[Sherry Soprani]

I think the first time I got a Tattoo was like 99 first year.

[Zach Amico]

Well, thank God it's probably more sanitized now, right?

Well, they said it used to just be like, you know, people would come at 2 and the morning be open from 8 o' clock at night to 8 in the morning.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Jessica Levin]

So they became legal again in New york City in 97 after a 36 year ban.

[Zach Amico]

Isn't that crazy?

[Jessica Levin]

Because of health concerns over hepatitis B.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, they were using dirty needles.

[Zach Amico]

Isn't that crazy? Tattoos.

I didn't know. Well, it's funny because on, on 6th Avenue near, in the West Village, there was a bunch of tattoo shops that used to be there and they used to sell fake IDs in them too. And I bought right.

By IFC.

Yes.

[Sherry Soprani]

Okay.

[Zach Amico]

So I went there. Yes. I went there and I bought, I went. I was 18 and I'm from the city. Like I've been there a lot and I was with a bunch of kids that never really. So I knew where they were to get fake IDs. We went down to the tattoo spot and they would like passport photos, whatever. Yeah, yeah. And you go in the back and they have a book and you'd pick one while they're getting people tatted up. But. And then when we got it and then we went. My first just. I went to Fat Black before. This is pre seller, this cat right across. Yeah. It was just a straight up bar. Then the McDonald's and all that stuff was there, you know. Yeah. RIP.

Oh, rest in peace, scary gay McDonald's.

Yeah. Dude, come on.

[Sherry Soprani]

If you ever wanted to watch, that was crazy.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Just sit on the bench on the.

[Zach Amico]

Side meanwhile and just brawl. That McDonald's was a nightmare.

It was, it was crazy. You ever Use the bathroom in that joint. Oh, my God. I did once and I gotta tell you, it was a. A horror show. Horror show. Like up there with like Thompson Square park, like show back in the day.

[Sherry Soprani]

Very disgusting.

[Zach Amico]

Yes, very disgusting. See, that's I miss though, man. I remember like we. The tunnel. What was the other tunnel?

[Sherry Soprani]

I remember the tunnel.

[Zach Amico]

Jesus Christ was the wetlands, you know. But my dad, when my dad was a sanitation worker, he would work on. He was on the west side in the meat market when it was actually the meat market.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

And I was gonna say all the sex clubs that you say, like it would be dead quiet and also on the door would open in your. And then it would shut and it was like a tumbleweed would come through. Yeah, there was tons of like, I.

[Sherry Soprani]

Think they're a grimy or underground New York City. If you knew, you knew.

[Zach Amico]

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[Sherry Soprani]

Was that associated? Because I had a gay sex party under an associated on fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

[Zach Amico]

I think it was associated or maybe Gristeedes.

[Sherry Soprani]

Testy.

[Zach Amico]

It might have been associated. Shannon, do you remember that or am.

[Sherry Soprani]

I did go to a sex party underneath and associated.

[Zach Amico]

Did you really? That's so funny. Dude.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah, Shannon, when I looked it up, it says that it was a Park Slope food coupe.

[Sherry Soprani]

Food. Collab.

[Jessica Levin]

Food. Yeah, it says. It says Coop here. But it could. Oh, co op. Because I'm. But yeah, that's. That's.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's what I just said. Fifth Avenue, Park Slope.

[Zach Amico]

That's so.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's crazy. Good thing that got shut down. The walls would switch. Sweat.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, it was. Dude, the conversation was so ridiculous.

[Sherry Soprani]

So much.

[Zach Amico]

I. I got to New York in 2005.

Okay.

So I got here right as the cool was going.

Going.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yep, same. We didn't miss it.

[Zach Amico]

I got to go to CBGB's a few times.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, right.

[Zach Amico]

Okay.

I got to go to the Continental a bunch.

Oh, yeah, Where? Siberian bar.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

I did all the. And then they all just.

I know, know. I know. 911 did kind of put that, like. I remember going to the Garden before they set it up and I put a. Like, I used to. Because I have big tits. I used to hide all.

[Sherry Soprani]

You got great tits, by the way.

[Zach Amico]

Thanks, buddy.

[Sherry Soprani]

Shout out.

[Zach Amico]

Thanks a lot. They're not in anymore, though. The. The kids like that. And the flat titties. I don't know all the dudes that.

[Sherry Soprani]

I like, but they drink too much plastic. They don't have any testosterone.

[Zach Amico]

I used to hide all the. In there. And the Garden used to, like. I brought like, Like a good size. Size bong in this and a bottle and all that stuff like that. And they never used to, like, give a. No, now they. Garden's great. They don't really care at all. Just don't bring a gun.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

That's all they care about.

[Announcer]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

But. But yeah, I don't know where I was going with this, but it's just like that. That grime of it all, like, even me being at 8, I mean, I got up here when I was 99 as an. On my own. Yeah. And my brother's older than me. He'd be like, you don't even know. And I'm like, yeah, you're right. I don't know. But each generation.

Yeah. I missed. I missed. I. I like the. Yeah. Most of those.

Right.

I will say my. My. The one that I'm very proud of.

Yeah.

Blow job to completion.

Nice.

Dance floor of Limelight.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, brother.

[Zach Amico]

Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's a milestone right there.

[Zach Amico]

All right.

In a club shaped like a church.

[Announcer]

Yep.

[Zach Amico]

Yes.

[Sherry Soprani]

It's beautiful.

[Zach Amico]

Not the pizza place.

Yep. Well, it was a market for yoga.

Thing for a minute, I think. I don't know. But yeah, the only. I mean, I did. I went to the wetlands a lot. I smoked something out of tinfoil and these French guys. I don't even. Yeah, I think I probably did. It was crazy. And then I went.

[Sherry Soprani]

Or heroin and.

[Zach Amico]

And then for a while there, I had a. A friend of mine who was Cuban in college, she became a lesbian. And the girl she was dating, she was a lawyer. And she'd wear a dildo in courtrooms to feel empowered. She had a party and I became a guest bartender. And this is like. This is 2000. And there was a lot of trans people there. And I did blow off of a trans dick. Nice. Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Was it bigger?

[Zach Amico]

It was not, but it was a good size. It was not bad. It was enough. Yeah, we just did a little tip.

My favorite.

It was a good blow because I had to take a shit immediately after.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right. Gotta go.

[Zach Amico]

My favorite line in Party Monster, AKA Disco Bloodbath. The. The book about the Michael Alec murder.

I don't know what that was.

The guy that. He was a club promoter.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

And he killed his drug dealer.

[Sherry Soprani]

He was very famous.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, man.

The club kids remember the club kids?

Yes, but I kind of forgot about that.

They made a movie about it called Party Monster with Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green and Marilyn Dancer.

All right, I gotta check it out because I.

And in the book, the author goes so long. I told him I wanted to do an 8 inch line off a 9 inch dick. Turns out he had both.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, my God, I'm down.

[Zach Amico]

Damn, dude. Yeah, I mean, I was pretty blacked out, so. I mean, so I don't remember much. Consensual. All consensual. Oh, dude, I have a whole.

[Sherry Soprani]

No, but that's how. Like, it was like New York. Like. I know. Is it like 96 when that movie came out? Yeah, that's just how we grew up back then, you know, the generation before us that were like, you didn't see Studio 54 and how we were. And then 54, by the way, had.

[Zach Amico]

Plastic wrap on the walls.

[Sherry Soprani]

No way.

[Zach Amico]

Saran Wrap?

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Okay.

[Zach Amico]

So that you could, instead of a condom, wrap your dick up.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, you could just grab it, put it over your. Now, see, they don't have shit like that anymore, man.

[Zach Amico]

Well, because the kids aren't different.

[Sherry Soprani]

So I'm in my. I'm in my 40s now, and, like, sometimes I still go out to, you know, like, dance parties and clubs. No one is dancing anymore, dude. No one is. No one is dancing. Like, I guess they're in private or something, but, like. Like, no, One's making out in public at hardcore. Like, I used to finger girls on the dance floor. Well, where are those days?

[Zach Amico]

I went to a concert last. A couple weeks ago, and I noticed we were like. We were dancing and there's people around us that were like, kind of like.

[Announcer]

Like.

[Zach Amico]

Like they're like, being violent. And I'm like, this is called having a good time. Footloose. I don't know what.

[Jessica Levin]

Footloose.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's a good one.

[Zach Amico]

Like, people are so. Because of the freaking phone. They don't know, like. Like they don't know how to celebrate.

[Sherry Soprani]

Life or, you know, what I saw. So they'll be like, okay. They'll hit record and be like, okay, start dancing. And they'll. They'll record while they're dancing, and then they'll all grow up and like. Like look at the phone and see. And like, I'm like, they're not really dancing. They're just.

[Zach Amico]

Just no recording.

[Sherry Soprani]

It's important online. They're not really here dancing.

[Zach Amico]

They have no idea actually how to live. It's kind of sad, you know, So.

I. I'm a proponent of yonder bags.

What's that?

The. The bag you lock up your phone and when you.

Oh, yeah, yeah, me too. I know the young ones are kind of having, like, what they call Y2K parties, where they're like, don't bring your phone out.

[Sherry Soprani]

I'm down.

[Zach Amico]

I am down for that a lot. Because it sucks too. I mean, it's mostly about. Because when I was in Ireland, I. When I was out hanging out and talking and stuff, a lot of people weren't on their phones.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

So I don't know.

[Sherry Soprani]

It's like culture thing.

[Zach Amico]

I don't know. And Australia now is banning social media, I think for 16 and under, like, for. That is gnarly. Wow. So, yeah, So, I mean, it's starting to. I think people are catching up, you know, the. Has to happen first.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, exactly.

[Zach Amico]

And then the pendulum will swing.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's what I hope.

[Zach Amico]

And then we'll go back, you know, to whatever. So I think it will go back.

Yeah. I just don't know if the wildness is ever gonna.

[Sherry Soprani]

No, no, I think it's gone. Something happened after Covid, too. I don't know if there was like a time shift or they reset us or we just were in the house too long or. I'm a conspiracy theorist.

[Zach Amico]

Well, I think also, too, they got the COVID We haven't had the COVID kids yet.

[Sherry Soprani]

Ah, you're right.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, the Kids that aren't socialized.

Correct.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, yeah. So we're gonna have.

[Zach Amico]

I mean, Coven was 20.

We're gonna have a weird generation that's gonna be.

Generation. So we have to get over this hunter hump of these kids. I think the kids behind them are gonna be pretty cool. I mean, smoking's coming back.

[Sherry Soprani]

My wife's a teacher and. Yeah, my wife's a teacher. And Gen Alpha, apparently is pretty cool. So Gen Alpha calls Gen Z. Like, you guys are pretty much boomers. You hate on everything. You're miserable. You're always on your phone, like.

[Zach Amico]

Right? Yeah. So I think the jet.

[Sherry Soprani]

All right, Gen Alpha and then Gen Beta is behind them.

[Zach Amico]

Oh, my God, we're already on Beta.

[Sherry Soprani]

I think.

[Zach Amico]

I don't know if you got. One of my things pops up in my algorithm all the time will be Gen Alpha. Listening to music from my adolescence.

[Sherry Soprani]

And they react to it, right.

[Zach Amico]

And watching them try and wrap their brain around.

[Sherry Soprani]

Or like, they'll listen to Phil Collins, System of A Down.

[Zach Amico]

Pearl Jam, I hear. I see Pearl Jam as a big one.

And the one thing I watch a bunch of kids listen to. Welcome to the Black Parade by Chemical Romance.

Wow.

And they were like, yeah, this is like that emo stuff, that old.

That's so funny. Wow. Like, that's Dashboard Confessionals. You freaking punk.

Yeah.

How dare you?

Isn't that crazy?

Nuts. Like, that is nuts. Like, the literacy is what annoys me about people, cuz. But it's crazy too, cuz Radiohead made a comeback, right? All of a sudden, like all their old albums also. Deftones.

[Sherry Soprani]

Deftones made a comeback. Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

I used to see them like back in the day, like when I. So I moved from Jersey, we moved to North Carolina. We hated it. And then we moved to PA and there was a lot of. That's when Camp Kill Yourself and all these like, YMCA punk scene was happening and. And the Deftones were big in that world, in that culture. And the Dead Milkman and all that kind of stuff. And it's crazy to see. It's having a resurgency.

[Sherry Soprani]

Good.

[Zach Amico]

So we might see little punk kids back at a Denny's again. Good.

We might definitely come in as far as, like. I see kids that are doing like the new metal thing.

Yes. Corn. You mean like that, all that stuff?

Yeah, that's getting to be like, almost like.

Well, I tell people I went to Woodstock 99. And a lot of them are like.

Whoa, did you go?

[Sherry Soprani]

I bought the cd.

[Zach Amico]

I wish I went. I'll be real. I wish I went to the 94. 99 sucked. 94 was more of my.

You're. You're my jam.

[Sherry Soprani]

Okay.

[Zach Amico]

A Nine Inch Nails, Tribe Called Quest.

[Sherry Soprani]

I like the 99. One was pretty good. They had, like, Cypress Hill.

[Zach Amico]

I'll be real. I don't know. I'm probably gonna lose you. I hate Limp Bizkit. I've always hated them. I never liked them.

[Sherry Soprani]

I just think it's not my favorite.

[Zach Amico]

You know what I mean? You, like, lived in your mom's basement. You're like, no, Mom, I want meatloaf. You know what I mean? That's always how I heard it. Even when I was 18, I never could fuck with him. Yeah. Ever.

Oh, for me, it's Kid. I do Kid Rock musician, and I think he's a very talented songwriter. But Kid Rock is such a fucking hand job, dude.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

When he came on, I left. That's when I got, like. I asked to be taken out of the thing.

[Sherry Soprani]

You're like, that's how you.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, I can't.

I know. We've done it before. Can you show them the house Kid Rock grew up in?

Yeah. Millionaire. Millionaire. He's a millionaire. Bobby.

[Jessica Levin]

Billy.

[Zach Amico]

What's his name? Bobby. He's a millionaire.

[Sherry Soprani]

Why is he trying to be Joe Dirt?

[Zach Amico]

Because.

Well, so when he started out, that's.

How he markets himself.

When he started out, he was straight up. It was something. And grits for breakfast.

Okay.

And.

Yeah, that's where he grew up.

He had a flat top.

Yeah.

When he came out, he was like a straight up. Like, he was really trying to be a hip hopper.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's. That's.

Yeah.

That'S his dad's house.

Yeah. Yeah, big time. That's why I can't stand. He's all Mr. Like, yeah, Detroit.

No, no, no, no.

It's like, dude, yeah, whatever.

[Sherry Soprani]

Detroit. And D12. And.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And what the hell's his name, too? But yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Trice.

[Zach Amico]

Yes.

[Sherry Soprani]

Roy. 59 proof. Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

Yes. All those cats.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's real.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. But that's why I've known that for a while, and I was always like, bro, you. I hate fake like that, dude. And it's all a marketing ploy. That's all it is, dude. So, yeah, same. Yeah, yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

There he is.

[Zach Amico]

Vanilla. That's so funny. Like, seriously, Kid. Baby, that's so funny, dude.

It's crazy, right? The fact that he had to work so hard to have black people hair. The amount of work it took for him to make his hair that thick.

[Sherry Soprani]

Exactly.

[Zach Amico]

You think he's a good lyricist.

No, but I know when he does live shows, he plays every instrument. He does a solo.

Oh, he does.

I think that's pretty.

I didn't know that.

I can. I can wrap my head around that.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's respectable.

[Zach Amico]

I mean.

[Jessica Levin]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

I gotta give him credit. It's kind of like. But that's. But that shows us how quality. Right. It's like.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's rich people, though. He got all these lessons. We got violin.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. But as a culture. I'm just saying in general, that's like, oh, he could play every instrument. So, okay, I give him a little credit. It's like seeing.

They should be. They should know all the instruments.

They should.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's why you should.

[Zach Amico]

Like. It's like watching, like. Like with the pod we had, we were talking about the Last Boy Scout. And that movie is. It's just. It's. It's one of the. But I was so. I gave it a good Grady. Because it's so shot so well. Yeah. And it's still shot on film. Film. So you have to give him a credit right away because there's some key grip that did his artistry and created great. And the DP created great lighting. So right away, somebody.

So therefore he was dying.

Better than, like a great move like that supposed. Great movie now, because it's all digital.

[Sherry Soprani]

It's all digital.

[Zach Amico]

So I'm gonna get like. I'm like, all right, Kid Rock. I'm gonna give you grace. Because you could play your instruments, but as a musician, shouldn't you?

[Sherry Soprani]

Right. As you should.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah.

I love the. There's something about the Jack of all trades musician that I find very, like. So I'm a huge Weird Al mutt. And Weird Al just did a tour and he got. He added people to his band.

Right.

And one was this guy who used. He toured with Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys Forever.

Oh, wow.

And he was just his other instrument. Like, if there was an instrument on the song. And so this guy played like eight or nine different instruments during the concert.

[Sherry Soprani]

See, and I love that genius brain level.

[Zach Amico]

I wonder, was Brian. Because it. Was he mentally unstable all the way to the end?

Yeah.

Okay. Why don't. Craig. That is one hell of. I would love to hear the stories on that. Yeah. And also a genius.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Zach Amico]

I mean, for real. He's the Pet Shop Boy.

[Sherry Soprani]

Like, something with that brain.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. That sounds. Thank you, Jesus. Pet Shop Boys. Pet Sounds. That. That's genius level. That's so awesome. That's crazy.

That sounds is so One of the things I. When I tell people, because I collect vinyl.

Oh, word.

Certain people just think it's lame.

Really?

I'm like, dude, you gotta listen to Pet Sounds on vinyl.

Yeah.

Listen. With the. The wall of sound, the way it's designed to be listened to.

Correct. And actually, that's like the closest you're gonna get. The quality of sound that. When it got printed then.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

That's the same way with. I feel like Pink Floyd, Void.

Yes.

A lot of their albums.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

For me, it's a King Crimson.

Oh, yeah. That's gotta be. I never even done that before.

That's a fun one.

That's gotta be a fun one. But, yeah, I don't like. I mean, do people like. I. I mean, I like jam bands, too. I'm a jam band girl.

I'll tell you. I didn't get Fish.

Okay.

[Sherry Soprani]

I couldn't with Fish either.

[Zach Amico]

I watched a video of them at the Sphere.

Oh, yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

In Vegas.

[Zach Amico]

Huh.

And I watched and I went, I get it.

Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

Well, now you get. Okay.

[Zach Amico]

They are. They're like. I mean, they've been playing now for almost 30 years together.

[Jessica Levin]

A long time.

[Zach Amico]

So it's. And they're. They're.

[Jessica Levin]

They're.

[Zach Amico]

The musicianship is insane.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah, I get that.

[Zach Amico]

You know, and they can actually. They really do play really well together. And it's just. Yeah. And it's also a scene because it's like. It's.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, they have a following.

[Zach Amico]

Oh. And I'm following. But it's also like, when it's like a symbiotic relationship, it's kind of like. It's like Rocky Horror Picture Show. You know what I mean? Everyone thinks throw. And it actually got in tame because when I was younger, I remember the glow. They call them Glow Stick wars, where they. All sudden, people start throwing glow sticks out.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah.

[Zach Amico]

And people. They used to be. I remember being at the Garden one year back in the day. It was like. It looked like it was incredible, but we didn't have phones then to be.

[Sherry Soprani]

Able to get it.

[Zach Amico]

No.

Now it's pretty tame because people are like, don't hit me with a glow stick. You know? But back in the day, it was wild. Yeah.

Was it on this show where we talked about the guy who got caught smoking the bong at. Was it Madison Square Garden or the Sphere? And they got him on facial recognition technology, and now he's banned for life.

Shut up. Are you serious?

So the Garden has facial recognition technology now.

Wow.

And they can catch you coming in. They can literally Put your face in the machine. And so, like, the big one is.

[Sherry Soprani]

You'Re wanted and you're there.

[Zach Amico]

Well, no, if you're part of a legal team. A legal team or anyone suing Madison Square Garden.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, no shit.

[Zach Amico]

And you, like, go to a game, there is a chance security guard will come tap you and go, hi, we need to escort you out.

[Sherry Soprani]

Right.

[Zach Amico]

Because you're currently.

[Sherry Soprani]

You're not suing our venue.

[Zach Amico]

You're currently in legal. In a legal situation or involved in a legal situation with the venue.

And you might not even know.

[Jessica Levin]

They actually rescinded. They rescinded the ban because they said that there was a breakdown in their process due to a change in personnel, which resulted in this letter to, like, inform him of the ban was sent inadvertently. That doesn't make any sense. But the customer isn't banned. Banned from their properties. However, it's still against our policies for what he did. Blah, blah, blah.

[Zach Amico]

Okay. So they give a slap on the wrist kind of a thing. Yeah.

[Sherry Soprani]

A warning.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. What a bummer. Because, I mean, what the hell? Like, it's not even. Like. It's not like you're doing meth.

[Sherry Soprani]

True.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah. A bong is pretty.

I mean, that's pretty. I mean, how. I mean, there's a little smoky one. I mean, I brought it like a little one.

[Sherry Soprani]

Yeah. You know what I mean? Belonging between your tits and a little one.

[Zach Amico]

It was sizable.

Yeah.

He was being egregious.

Okay. Yeah. I mean, you can't be a schmuck about it.

Yeah. You kind of got it. Meet me halfway, right?

Yes. Right. Yes, I agree with that completely. I gotta say, one of the gnarliest concerts was when I went to. There was a they for a while with Fish. They did. Well, it was Trey and Primus. They did Oyster Head. And it was at Hammerstein Ballroom. And that was one of the gnarly because you had Primus. Oh, and it's Steve Copeland from the Police.

Oh, cool.

So he was the drummer, Les was the bass, and Trey was the guitarist. And it was three of them. They only had. I think they only had one album, but they did a mini tour and that. Like. Like merge of art, like, of people. Because you have the Primus heads. Yeah. Who are all, like, acid loving, you know, and then the Fish heads, who. You know, Dale, Bill, too. And then you had Police heads there. And it was one of the gnarliest things because. And this is like, maybe 2000. I can't remember. I think it's pre 9 11. Yeah. And this kid was Taking a hit of his bowl. And Les, at the one point, they had a song where it was just all dark, and Les had a helmet on with a big ass light. And at one point, he could see him in the crowd. He was like, you there? And then all of a sudden, a light went on him, and it was.

Like, oh, that's very funny. That was one of the funniest game in prison.

Yeah, it was like, seriously, it's like one of the funniest shits I've ever seen. And it's all like. It was. It was. Shadow of the man was the song. That's all. That was really, really, really cool.

I tell. My favorite concert I think I've ever been to was Webster Hall.

Oh, cool. I like Webster Hall.

And it was Jello Biafra and the Melvins.

Oh, wow. I don't know. Oh, the Melvins.

I've heard, like, Jello is the singer for Dead Kennedys, and they did a couple albums together, and that was amazing. And then I saw that same month, System of A Down did a secret show at Webster Hal.

[Sherry Soprani]

Oh, that's beautiful.

[Zach Amico]

And so I saw System of A down with, like, 400 people in 2000. 2000.

That guy could sing, dude.

2000, five or six.

That's really cool. Good for you, dude.

That was the.

Yeah, that had been tits.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's magical right there.

[Zach Amico]

Yeah, that's great, dude. Good for you. In a small venue like that.

Yeah, it was fun.

That's. That's. And his vocals and that. I'm getting chills on my back. Yeah, that's. That's pretty sick. And that's a great venue. I like. I like Webster Hall.

All right, we're gonna close on this one. Etiquette with our friend Cardi B. How should men eat a banana? Oh.

Oh, my God.

[Sherry Soprani]

Are we really sideways? No, I'm just kidding.

[Zach Amico]

This is like the opposite of the Anakin guy.

So is this how she's showing?

I want to say.

[Sherry Soprani]

I'll give you a hug.

[Zach Amico]

Great tits.

She's snatched.

I'm not even.

[Sherry Soprani]

I'm not even going. Okay, baby.

[Zach Amico]

Oh.

[Sherry Soprani]

I'm not even trying to. To eat a banana like a sexy. I know somebody watching.

[Zach Amico]

This how you eat.

[Sherry Soprani]

As my boy Funk said, this how you eat a banana like a real.

[Zach Amico]

You know what I'm saying? Oh, my God, man.

[Sherry Soprani]

This how you eat a banana in public. You got to break it. Oh, okay. You got to break it.

[Zach Amico]

That's funny.

I mean.

I mean, the granny.

I mean, at least she's not eating with her feet.

Yeah, that's true. But what do you do about a popsicle?

[Announcer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Zach Amico]

That's true.

What do you do about a popsicle? Hot dog. Yeah. Dude, where are we going with this?

[Sherry Soprani]

You're kind of gay. If you're a guy thinking about another guy eating a banana and popsicle, that's on you. You're pretty, you're a fat.

[Zach Amico]

That's what I'm saying.

[Sherry Soprani]

Why are you worried about.

[Zach Amico]

Why do you give a.

One of my dad's favorite jokes growing up was how do. How does a Polish girl eat a banana?

Yeah, that's funny.

[Sherry Soprani]

That's awesome.

[Zach Amico]

All right, guys, we're calling it there. That's our episode.

[Sherry Soprani]

I had fun.

[Zach Amico]

Thank you for turning into the morning, tuning in to the Morning Zoo. Thank you again to my wonderful guest, Sherry Soprani and Jessica levin from her YouTube special party body. Please check it out and we'll see you on Friday on the bonus episode here on the Morning Zoo. Goodbye.

[Announcer]

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[Sherry Soprani]

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