0104. Jim Florentine and Sean Donnelly

Summary

Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo – Episode 0104

Guests: Jim Florentine, Sean Donnelly
Date: April 12, 2026
Podcast Theme: Twisted, comedic takes on weird news, wild stories, and all things degenerate

Episode Overview

This episode features comedians Jim Florentine (Everybody is Awful) and Sean Donnelly (Burbs Bros. Podcast) who join host Zac Amico for an unhinged, freewheeling morning show. The trio dive into tales of sketchy amusement park rides, washed-up rock stars, the dark side of live comedy, and the infamous groupie review site “Metal Sludge.” The tone is irreverent, nostalgic, and loaded with wild stories from the worlds of stand-up comedy and rock n’ roll.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Sketchy Carnivals and Death-Defying Rides

Timestamps: 03:00–09:00

• The episode kicks off with a video of a woman nearly falling from a fairground ride – but being saved at the last second.
• The crew reminisces about the notorious Action Park, famous for its dangerous rides and lax oversight.
  • “It's the ones that pop up that I get scared of.” – Zac (03:51)
  • “They just sent people down, the first three come out with their faces annihilated … so then they adjust it … and their back is shredded. It was the teeth of the people before ... embedded in it.” – Zac, on Action Park construction (08:26)
• Open talk about the kinds of people setting up these rides and the often non-existent or corrupt inspection process.

Memorable moment:

• Jim: “Who drove here yesterday, like overnight?” (05:16)
• Sean: “There's no way there's. Fentanyl was definitely involved in that situation.” (05:36)

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2. Washed-Up Rock Stars & Gig Hierarchies

Timestamps: 11:00–17:00

• Discussion of a viral tweet mocking Sugar Ray’s career for playing Disney pavilions.
• Collective agreement: That’s actually a sweet gig, with surprisingly big paydays.
  • Zac: “There’s way worse careers... like look at how, yes, he is playing for old ladies, but I don't know man.” (11:30)
  • Jim: “He's getting 10 grand at least, probably … If he's doing three, he's probably getting 30 grand.” (11:40)
• Sharing stories of other musicians making bank on the nostalgia circuit (figure skating with Gin Blossoms, hotel-lobby gigs with Jefferson Starship).
• The trio compare these music “residencies” to the far less lucrative downward arc in stand-up comedy.
  • Sean: “I don't think there's just as much money involved. That's the difference with comedy... becomes way sadder.” (17:20)
• Mention of comedy “residencies” (e.g., Yakov Smirnoff’s Branson theater) and careers of aging comedians.

Notable quotes:

• Jim: “It’s better than working construction.” (15:15)
• Zac: “If you don’t die, I bet it’s a fun day.” (04:25)

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3. Wild Comedy Legends & Downward Spirals

Timestamps: 18:00–26:00

• Reminiscences about infamous comedy veterans (Amazing Jonathan, Angel Salazar, Bob Nelson), their substance-fuelled highs, and often rough comedown into old age.
• The perils of aging comics recycling acts and crowdwork, even assigning audience members roles when the material doesn’t fit.
  • Zac: “He didn't have the people he needed for the crowd work... so he assigned roles.” (23:23)
• Legendary stories about comics like Pablo Francisco and halved performances due to drug problems.
  • Sean: “He did a half hour and then had it glitched out and just started from the beginning and did the half hour again verbatim. And nobody said a word to him... He kept going.” (25:48)

Memorable moment:

• Zac (about Amazing Jonathan): “In the documentary, another documentary crew shows up... he signed three exclusive deals and had been making three documentaries and hiding it from each other.” (19:47)

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4. Metal Sludge Groupie Review Game

Timestamps: 26:34–48:41

• Shannon, the producer, reads out anonymous groupie reviews from Metal Sludge, where fans rate famous rockstars’ sexual prowess.
• The panel must guess the musician in question.
  • “Must be all the bleach. Doesn’t shut up either.” → Cece Deville, guessed correctly by Jim (28:15)
  • “Back in the day, huge slut … will wear two condoms if you ask.” → John Bon Jovi (30:33)
  • “Can tie his penis in a knot” – Sebastian Bach (41:22)
  • “10+ inches … swings both ways, at least orally.” – Phil Anselmo of Pantera (43:38)
• Colorful sexual trivia intermingled with stories of roadies, gig incentives, and how being a musician far eclipsed being a comedian for “groupie worship.”
  • Jim: “Back in the 70s and early 80s, they had to blow the roadies to get onto the bus.” (34:41)
  • Zac: “Never happens with comics.” (38:00)
• Game continues throughout the episode, hitting short but big-dicked frontmen (John Corabi), and producing stories about tour hijinks and heartbreak.

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5. Comedy Club Heckling & Anti-Semitism

Timestamps: 49:26–52:27

• Judy Gold’s viral video about experiencing direct anti-Semitism onstage in NYC.
• Judy responds to a heckler who shouts, “You’re a Jew,” with sharp wit.
  • Sean: “I’m all for things. … Not heckling wise in a comedy club. But that's definitely related to everything going on right now, right?” (51:18)
  • Zac: “I thought more creative … who’s showing up to a comedy club, all these Jews at a comedy club?” (52:27)
• Discussion about changing audiences, heckling, and boundaries at comedy shows.

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6. Famous Rockstar Antics & Crimes

Timestamps: 52:56–62:46

• A game segment: “Famous Rockstar Antics.” Panel guesses the notorious rock star based on wild anecdotes, such as:
  • Snorting a father’s ashes with cocaine (Keith Richards) (53:23)
  • Guitarist accidentally shooting himself (Ace Frehley) (55:51)
  • Multiple rockstars getting away with manslaughter (Vince Neil, Keith Moon)
  • Frontman arrested mid-concert for attacking security (Axl Rose) (62:38)
• Fascinating side conversations about Vince Neil’s manslaughter, Matthew Broderick’s fatal crash, and the consequences (or lack thereof) for celebrity misdeeds.
  • Jim: “Vince [Neil] got 30 days in jail and he had to do community service and fined, like, a million dollars.” (57:55)
  • Sean: “Community service for murder. I guess it’s involuntary manslaughter, but still.” (58:04)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

Carnival Safety:
“It’s always a little sketchy when they, you know, put these carnivals up in the middle of a field somewhere. You don’t even know where they’re coming from. And you look at the people that. Running the rides.” – Jim (04:34)

On the Rock Star Nostalgia Circuit:
“It’s not like you’re going to be on top forever. … Your money’s going to go. He went from, you know, probably making, you know, a hundred thousand a night to 25,000. … Still making great money doing this.” – Jim (14:57)

On Anti-Semitic Heckling:
“Yes, she did another set somewhere, but she didn’t name the club. … What comedian has ever had that yelled at them?” – Zac (51:13)

On Groupie Hierarchies:
“Never happens with comics.” – Jim (38:00)
“There’s no comic worth their assault that’s gonna have an issue with this guy doing this gig.” – Sean, on Mark McGrath/Sugar Ray (12:01)

Favorite Rockstar Game Answer:
“Short guys will surprise you with a huge hog.” – Metal Sludge review (47:10)
“It is John Karabi!” – Shannon (48:16)

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Timestamps for Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |--------------------------------------------|--------------| | Fairground mishaps & Action Park stories | 03:00–09:00 | | Washed-up rock stars and lucrative gigs | 11:00–17:00 | | Aging comedians & wild old legends | 18:00–26:00 | | Metal Sludge groupie review guessing game | 26:34–48:41 | | Judy Gold, anti-Semitism at comedy clubs | 49:26–52:27 | | Rockstar crimes & wild backstage stories | 52:56–62:46 |

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Tone, Style & Humor

• Unfiltered, raunchy, and nostalgic.
• The trio riff on each other, spinning stories with comic excess and frank honesty.
• Themes regularly return to the absurdities, sadness, and highlights of lives spent around entertainers and degenerates.

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Who Should Listen to This Episode?

• Fans of backstage comedy and music stories.
• Anyone fascinated by the less-glamorous (but hilarious) side of showbiz.
• Listeners who enjoy irreverent, uncensored banter that blends nostalgia with shock value.

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Closing

The episode ends on a raunchy, energetic note, with Zac teasing even juicier gossip for the Friday bonus show. Whether you’re here for the stories of carnival horror, washed-up musicians, or simply tales told with zero filter, this episode is a chaotic, fun ride through the dirty underbelly of rock and comedy.

Transcript

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wake up. Hello, hello, hello. It is a Wednesday. It is beautiful outside here in New York City. And we are coming to you live from the Gas Digital Studios. It's me, your other boy, the international superstar Zak Amico. And I am thrilled to have two wonderful guests today from the Burbs Bros. Podcast, it's our great friend, Sean Donnelly. How you doing, dude?

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Hello, Zach. How are you, my friend?

[A]

I'm doing wonderful. And next to him from Everybody is Awful, one of the greats, Jim Florentine. How you doing, man?

[B]

What's going on, man? It's good to see you have me back.

[A]

I appreciate you greatly. Let's get plugs out of the way. Jim, what do you want people to check out?

[B]

Check out my podcast. Everybody's Awful comes out every Monday. Tour dates Jim florentine.com I'll be in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Washington and Pottstown, Pennsylvania coming up.

[A]

Very cool, Sean.

[C]

I please check out the Burbs Bros. Podcast. It is on the Wits Comedy Network. Burbs Bros. On Instagram. Also this Saturday I'll be at POV Comedy in in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the Abbey. So definitely check my Instagram at Shawnee time for I'm trying to fill it up. So yeah, POV Comedy Harrisburg, check out at Shawnee Time on Instagram.

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Wonderful. Follow me on Instagram at ZackisNotFunny Punchup Live Zackamico for all my tickets. Most importantly, I'm shooting my first ever half an hour special May 23 at the Creek in the Cave in Austin, Texas. Myself and Tim Butterly each doing a half an hour at 7pm and 9pm so if you want to come out to that, that would be awesome. And if you like this show, go to gas digital.com today. Use my promo code ZOO. You save a little bit of money on your subscription. Your episodes early ad free and uncensored. You get access to the live chat as well as the archives, thousands of episodes of all your favorite guest shows from over the last 10 years and most importantly, that Friday bonus episode. We do three of these a week and if you want The Friday show. You got to subscribe. But thank you so much. However you consume the program. All right, let's start with a fun video. We have been watching a lot of fairground accidents, and we actually have one where they saved the lady.

[C]

Oh, thank God.

[A]

Maybe the first time on this show where I'm actually not gonna show you guys a fair. Killing a bunch of people. This is a woman falling out of a ride, and they actually catch her.

[C]

Oh, that's pretty great. It normally ends and you don't know what happens.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, no, they got her. It's a nice change of pace up in the. Whoa. Could have been a better angle, but. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, that's how you know it's a real video because. Yeah, everybody's panicking.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

They're not even paying attention to the camera.

[A]

I always think those are the scary. Like, you're not gonna. At, like a ride that's been there forever.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It's the ones that pop up that I get scared of.

[C]

Oh, absolutely. And they. There's no. There's no safety guards whatsoever. Also. Was she holding on? Was that her?

[A]

Yeah. Shannon, Replay. She is hanging.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

By her two arms.

[B]

I thought that was. I thought that was part of the ride.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

She's a freaking acrobat. That's good. Upper body strain. That's probably saved her life. Yeah, she just got immediately thrown from it. She's doing Pilates or something. I don't know what you do for that, but lifting some weights and then they. Where is this?

[A]

In Mexico, I would assume.

[C]

Yeah. I don't think I would even just go to this fair to begin with.

[A]

I mean, I bet it's fun. If you don't die. I think I get good food. I bet it's a fun day. I bet it's cheap.

[C]

Absolutely.

[B]

It's always a little sketchy when they, you know, put these carnivals up in the middle of a field somewhere. You know, you don't even know where they're coming from. And you look at the people that. Running the rides.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And everything's outdated on the ride, like.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Even like the. The title font. You're like, this is from 1966. This would not pass a code. There should be a carnival coat, like an inspect carnival inspector that shows up before you're allowed to have the carnival.

[A]

I bet there is. And he just shows up and gets a handshake with cash in it and goes, great carnival, guys.

[B]

Absolutely.

[A]

There's no way he's checking. So. Dude, that thing wasn't there. Yesterday. Then a guy put it together with a wrench.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Who drove here yesterday, like overnight.

[C]

Also, why are we trusting things with rednecks when physics is involved and, you

[B]

know, how much sleep do you think they got before they work on that ride? Maybe an hour.

[A]

They get up for three days.

[B]

Right. They've been up for three days on crystal meth.

[C]

Exactly. There's no way there's. Fentanyl was definitely involved in that situation.

[A]

Yeah. Now imagine Mexican carnies.

[C]

Yeah. It's just even less restraints. You know, you've hit rock bottom where you can't work American carnivals anym. You get kind of booted down.

[A]

Yeah, you get down. I always loved kid the Himalaya.

[C]

What was the Himalaya again?

[A]

The Himalaya is like the. It's a big circle, but it's kind of bumpy and they blast music. It's not the Gravitron. You're sitting.

[C]

Okay, okay, okay, okay. I never did Himalaya. Yeah.

[A]

Shammy, can you bring up the Himalaya ride? That's the one. I always. The Gravitron freaked me out.

[C]

I did Gravitron at Skankfest this past year and I was a little bit drunk, and that was a bad. It was like. It worked. The physics worked, but I was definitely drunk and trying to pull my hands

[A]

off to see what would happen to have the Himalaya.

[C]

Oh, but is it like a centripetal force thing where they're getting pushed towards the center?

[A]

No, but sometimes the carney will be in the middle of it, like jogging.

[C]

I don't remember. Just for what. For performance.

[A]

Yeah. And then usually it's like blasting techno.

[C]

Okay. Yes.

[A]

That's a pretty good one.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That. I used to go to Action park, so.

[C]

Well, did you watch? You see that?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I saw the documentary. Yeah. I thought I was going to be in it for fucking things up there.

[C]

Did you. When you were younger. Because I went to. When I was younger. Did you. Didn't you, like, just because you're a kid, you're like, I'll just trust this is legit.

[B]

Right.

[C]

Like, I didn't know that it was that. Did you go into it knowing it was.

[B]

We had no clue. As soon as you walk in the park, there was a liquor store right there. So we're walking around with a case of Bud Bud cans, just drinking the whole time. We're like 19 years old. That in ideas or nothing.

[C]

Yeah, it was. We. I was. I was younger, like, probably teenager when I went there and I went on the one Thing they had, they show in the documentary, the thing that, like, it's pitch black. It's like Space Mountain, but for a water ride. And it just shoots you. It just tries to drown you. It shoots you like a bullet. You go. I would say, I'm not kidding, 20 miles per hour into the water. And I almost died in the water.

[B]

The worst one was the sleds coming down on the cement.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Coming down the hill. I still got a scar. I think it's on my right. My right elbow from.

[A]

From there.

[B]

I think it's this. Either that or whatever for coming down. It's pure cement. And then what you do, they would take the ski lift and you would hook the sleds up to it to get to the top of the mountain.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So me and my buddies are on a ski lift and they're all hooked up to it. And we're way up there, like in the woods, and we're just throwing them off and then fly into the woods. Then we went to the cliff. You remember the cliff? Dive.

[C]

Dive, yeah.

[B]

So my buddy jumps in there and then takes a shit in the water. And the log floats up. And they have to stop ride on a Saturday at like one in the afternoon. I gotta stop it for like two hours to clean it out. He's just hanging against the wall. I was wondering, what are you doing, dude? I'll be out in a minute. He's like, you're shitting there. There's a fucking turd.

[A]

The funniest thing in that fucking doc is when they were paying the kids to try out the rides. Like the counselor, whatever, the employees. And they. The first it was. I think it might have been the water thing you're talking about. And they send somebody down and they just, like. The first three people come out with their faces annihilated. Cause they're hitting their face on it. So then they adjust it and they send somebody down and their back is shredded and they go, what happened? It was the teeth of the people that went before were embedded in it.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And they literally got their back shredded by people's teeth that were stuck in the ride.

[C]

Oh, my God. What's that? 28 years? Isn't one called Bone Temple? That should be bone temple. That's insane.

[A]

And then. Yeah, it was the. The concrete thing. Is that what killed the kid? Right. Or gave the kid brain damage?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

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Because in the doc, they. When they go over how bad he fell.

[C]

What also shows you in the doc is that that's why almost fits into what? We're just saying the guy who started. I forget the guy's name, but he was like a carney type.

[A]

Yeah, he was a grifter.

[C]

He was a grifter that would just. He would fight every. Most people be like, all right, guys, I'll shut down. They'd be like, hey, we almost killed.

[A]

So he would like fake paperwork and fake licenses. And I think it was one of those things where I think he would do a new LLC or something.

[C]

Yeah. I think change the name, whatever it is. Yeah. And. But it's like one of these things where that would never happen. You would just be in jail now, I think.

[A]

Right.

[C]

There's more. But it's so funny is that if he needed to do that and he fought that and he won for a while. It was open for how many years? 20 years.

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That.

[C]

And that's why those. The girl on that ride is like, oh, there's no over site whatsoever.

[B]

They were def. Paying off the town people.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

He was giving them an envelope to keep. To look the other way and keep that thing open for that long.

[C]

Mafia type scenario. Even if it's not the mafia. Mafia. It's like a certain type of mafia.

[B]

But what amusement park lets like kids walk around with beer and just. Just drink. You know what I mean? Like, I guess maybe like a Six Flags. You can go in a bar maybe or like a restaurant. Maybe they have beer there.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Not like you can't walk around with loot. Yeah. Not loose beers.

[C]

Yeah. Like you're in a parking lot.

[B]

I remember we got. We just got out of one of the. The pools or whatever, and we're waiting on line to get on the ski lift and we're pissing. The lines are like an hour and a half. So we're just pissing right in our pants. Right in line. Because we're already wet.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, we had seven. Seven beers day. I'm not getting off the line. What a great time.

[C]

That was just a bunch of loose. Just broken teeth and fluids just everywhere.

[A]

Isn't that one of the blue collar guys lines that they. They go in the lazy river and they're like, you know, it's crazy. We've been drinking beer all day and not one person has gotten out of the piss. All right, speaking of. And I would love your opinion on this, Jim. There's a tweet that went viral where they're trying to make fun of Sugar Ray because he was playing the pavilion at Disney. And I gotta say, there's way worse careers.

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

Like, look at how like, yes, he is playing for old ladies. But I don't know, man.

[C]

Also, can we just leave this guy alone?

[B]

He's a good dude. I know a little bit back in the day, but okay, this is at Disney. He's getting 10 grand at least, probably.

[A]

I think what I read is when you do this, you do three shows a day and yeah, it's something like crazy money.

[B]

Well, yeah, if he's doing three, he's probably getting 30 grand.

[C]

Oh, so you mean he's on staff. He's not.

[A]

No showing up. You do a weekend.

[C]

Okay. Weekend. Okay. I. I have no issue. I think you can't. There's no comic worth their assault that's gonna have an issue with this guy doing this gig.

[A]

Yeah, it's like not everybody play. You, you play. Eventually you do state fairs. You do like that dude.

[C]

I went to. I remember I went to my. Me and my ex wife went. So she wanted to go to 90s Fest. And the headliner was Coolio. And it's like, yeah, it's a good gig. But he refused to play Fantastic Voyage. And it's all these people being like, play Fantastic Voyage. And it's just him yell. So I think there's like an ego thing that gets involved, but especially with that guy because there's multiple videos of him, like trying to punch people after.

[A]

They're like sugar gay.

[C]

You know, like those clips. Just leave him alone, man.

[A]

I mean, my favorite is he was hammered on stage. There was. I guess they were saying he was dating Madonna at the time and he was blackout drunk and he put his two fingers into the crowd and went, who wants to smell Madonna?

[B]

Really?

[A]

That fucking rules, dude.

[C]

From that to Disney.

[A]

Yeah, but that's a fucking. That's a gig, man.

[B]

But it probably is. I would figure like 25 grand, three shows.

[C]

I would say so. Yeah.

[B]

So it's way more money than you

[C]

think it'd be, right?

[B]

And then he's probably. It's down in Florida, so he's probably got some other gigs lined up. He's going to do something else in Fort Lauderdale. He might live down there. Something like that. But why not like.

[A]

And if you got a wife and kids, I bet you get hooked up.

[B]

Of course. I bet y.

[A]

Bang. And I get. You do all private.

[C]

Yeah, I remember I saw there's like. It was like. I think it was just a regular figure skating thing one day in the afternoon on tv. It's like probably a bunch of years ago and the Gin Blossoms were playing their hits While people. While the professional figure skaters were figure skating. And at first I was like, oh, that's sad. And then I was like, no, I probably paid them $100,000.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

It's just. It's worth it at that point.

[A]

The one band I've ever seen where I was like, it was humiliate. Like, I. It was. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I was at a sci fi convention in Georgia and there was a band in the lobby. And I'm like, this Jefferson Starship cover socks. And then I walk in. It was, Jefferson Starship.

[B]

No, this was at a hotel lobby.

[A]

In a lobby at a festival, you said, Right? At a size.

[B]

Like, they always have a band play. Like Ace Freely did one a few years ago in Jersey. Yeah.

[A]

And, dude, I was going, this band, this. This cover is awful. And then it was. I mean, it had to be an original member. And then just studio musicians or whatever.

[C]

Yeah, that's what they do.

[A]

But they were fucking atrocious.

[C]

And it's a little bit. That's a little bit sadder because it's not like. It's not like that. Where it's like, hey, you come out, everybody shows up. They do it. They're like. It's like they're doing Muzak. They're like, yeah. They're just greeting you as you walk into the hotel or to the venue.

[A]

Chiller Theater Always had good bands. Yeah, they had. The Dead. Elvie would be there every year and who the fuck. And then they would get a couple good, like, decent, like, metal guys. Yeah.

[B]

But, you know, Mark. Mark McGrath is probably 55. He's got, you know, he's still making money as a musician.

[C]

Right.

[B]

It's like, you're not going to be on top forever. No. You know, just take the gigs. Your money's going to go. He went from, you know, probably making, you know, a hundred thousand a night to 25,000. It's almost like a comic. You're not going to be selling out, you know, theaters. You're going to go back to improvs or whatever like that. But still, it's like, hey, I'm still making great money doing this.

[C]

It's better than working construction.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But also they. They kind of had a flute thing, Right. Because they were kind of more of a harder rock band. And they wrote that One thing is like, I don't know, say it was a goof, but they just wrote it to add, like a poppy thing. And then that blew up. So it's like why wouldn't you ride that for as long as you can, Jim?

[A]

Do you remember. I think this is the first time I saw a band that made me want to play synthesizers. Do you remember the Nerds?

[B]

Oh, yeah, my. My nephew hired him for his wedding.

[A]

Hell yeah, dude.

[B]

They get 12,000 for a wedding.

[C]

That's not bad. I've heard of the Nerds. Yeah, I don't hear the Nerds.

[B]

They've been on. It's on the Circuit, Jersey, Pennsylvania, for 30 years.

[A]

Yeah. I think my dad remembered seeing them when he was young. And they. It's exactly what you think. They dress up like Revenge of the Nerds.

[C]

Yeah. With like pocket protectors and stuff.

[A]

Yeah. And they. Then they're fucking good.

[C]

And they're playing covers.

[A]

Yeah, covers.

[B]

Yeah, covers.

[C]

That's. It's a great way to stick out from the pack. And it's like, when. I think it just depends on how you approach it. If you approach it where you're like, you still got your ego intact and you're. And you're mad that you look sad doing what you're doing, like this kind of stuff, but you just own it. It's just like. That makes it that much. Who cares? Nobody can knock you if you're owning, like, yeah, I'm playing this. They don't even look that old. They've been doing there. May be, what, my age, maybe like. Like 50 something.

[A]

I'm sure.

[B]

Maybe it's a. Yeah, they're booked, like, if every year. Like 200 shows a year. It's crazy.

[C]

Yeah, that's not. That's not bad at all. It's gigs. It's gigs, man.

[A]

My. My uncle Rob is a. He plays in a band called Barfly, and they're just a Florida cover band. He works one day. He has a day gig one day a week so that he has health insurance. And then he just plays ba. He just fucking plays old man covers, man. Yeah, it's got.

[C]

It's gonna be a blast.

[B]

My buddy, I just saw him, I was down in Fall Lauderdale, and my friends at a cover band, they just played some little bar in fall Lauderdale. Got 1200 that night. Plus they have a tip jar. There's four guys in the band. He's like, yeah, just on the weekends, we have fun. We just play covers. We got a nice little following.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, and we're still musicians at this age. Still playing. Yeah. You know, and it's awesome.

[C]

It's. That's got to be the dream. See, the thing I want to ask you Guys, is. What do you think there's a. Is there a comedy version of this? Like, if you're. It's just. I don't think there's just as much money involved. That's the difference with comedy. If you get yourself. Say you're big at one point, you get knocked down to gigs like this. It just, it's. I think the amount that you're making just gets that much lower. Becomes way sadder.

[A]

Restaurant. What, like a Gallagher?

[C]

Like a Gallagher, yeah. And then you just. And then your ego gets in the way and you become a little bit crazy.

[A]

Yakov Smirnoff, but he's got the.

[C]

Who's gotta have a.

[A]

But he's got the residency where.

[C]

And yeah.

[B]

Brand Branson.

[A]

He has his own theater.

[B]

He's also got a 25 year old wife.

[A]

Yeah. Not bad. What a country.

[B]

Somehow got knocked up. I don't know.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

There was a new pill on the market. It didn't work.

[A]

I annoyed the. We were at Zany's and he was hanging out and I. And he was so sick of me.

[B]

Really.

[A]

Dude. I just wouldn't stop bugging. Like, I was definitely having fun with it. But he came out of the bathroom and I went. In Soviet Russia, shit takes you. He hated me so much.

[B]

Yeah, he. When I was down inside Splitters in Tampa like six months ago. Whatever. He's like the club owner. He's like, hey, Yaakov, Smirnov wants to come out down and do a guest set. I'm like, yeah, of course. Fuck it. He's doing a guest set on my show. He's a fucking legend.

[C]

And he was cool, right?

[B]

Yeah, he was totally cool. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, I've been watching. There's a channel on Pluto that has all old like 80s and early 90s sets on it. Bob Nelson was the guy that did the football player thing.

[C]

Abbie Epperman, he did the football player.

[B]

Still does it.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was watching him and that's a good bit.

[C]

For a while. I think he went to Branson too, and then he moved back.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

He was a Long island guy.

[A]

It's a good bit, the football, the balloons in the thing and then. And then as all the different players. Yeah, it's funny.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It's really talent, it's really creative and it's. I remember being a kid, I loved Bob Nelson, him and Bobby Collins. So I got. When I got to meet Bobby Collins, I fanned out. He used to host Stand Up Spotlight.

[A]

Okay. I can think of who would be the Person that we're talking, Amazing Jonathan. Who?

[C]

Oh, you mean as far as comedy goes, he was incredible.

[A]

Did you watch both documentaries?

[C]

Yeah, I think I saw one of them where he got. Well, he got sick after a while too. He passed, right? Yeah.

[A]

So there's one documentary and while you're watching it, another documentary crew shows up and the director's like, yeah, we had an exclusive deal with him. He signed three exclusive deals and he's been making three documentaries and hiding it from each other.

[C]

Wouldn't it be great?

[B]

Like a side piece of documentary?

[A]

You watch his. His chick ages like a president in the time of this. The only girl I've ever seen get older faster is Merle Allen's girlfriend in the. In the. Gigi Allen, all in the Family. Yeah, dude. Amazing Jonathan's girlfriend looks 25 at the beginning of the documentary and with him for four years. She looks 50. She gets older than him in the time that they must have been.

[C]

Must have gone through a lot.

[A]

He's got a fucking. The vest on that starts your heart back up.

[C]

Defibrillator thing.

[A]

Yeah, like the vest that you wear.

[C]

I didn't know they had that.

[A]

Your heart goes. And he's smoking meth.

[C]

Oh my God.

[A]

With it on and the set. The only sad thing in that, I would say is when you realize the hair is in the headband.

[C]

Oh, I did hear about that.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know those. That guys comes from that generation of comics where they would just. When I first started, they would get completely fucked up every night. Had to be drinking, doing coke, being fucked up on stage. If they had to do two shows, they couldn't even get through the second show and that. And he's from that with doing. Still doing coke and meth at that age, you know, you got to get out of that at some point, kill yourself. I just worked with Bobby Collins down in Florida. There was this club that has two rooms. So in between I opened for him in the other room. The guy's 74 years old, did two shows and killed like an hour and 20 every night.

[C]

Sure.

[B]

And he said earlier in the day he's playing basketball with a bunch of 30 year olds. Oh, yeah, he fucking still looks great. And he still kills on stage.

[C]

And he's a sweetheart of a guy.

[B]

Great guy.

[C]

There's a great story with him. I used to work with this guy Joe and they're both from a town in Long Island. Same town on Long Island. And they said this guy Joe said this guy was older than Bobby is now. I Think he might even pass. They were on the Long Island Expressway one time and I don't know where Joe's driving his car and Bobby, Bobby just yells. He pulls up beside him on lie and goes, Joe, Joe, you got a cigarette? The guy Joe just chucks, he's like, thanks and just takes off.

[A]

The other thing on that amazing, one of the amazing Jonathan documentaries, he's. He loses a toe or two and he starts.

[C]

Diabetes situation.

[A]

Yeah. And he starts buying stem cells on the Dark Web and he's injecting them into his foot. And towards the end of the documentary he's like, you got to see this. A fucking toes growing.

[B]

I didn't see that part. I didn't see that documentary.

[A]

He's got like a fucking.

[B]

He was ahead of his time with the stem cells. That's what they're all using now.

[A]

It was like, you know how like Deadpool regenerates and it's little at first. Yeah, yeah. He's like, I think I got a toe.

[B]

Maya.

[C]

Makes sense.

[A]

I would. I don't want to say sad old man comedy thing I saw, but I will say it was bad. I. I saw a very late in life. I opened for Angel Salazar.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Well, that was because he had, he has that thing where he like strips at the end.

[A]

Right.

[C]

He still, he still did it.

[A]

Oh boy, did he. And it was so. It was in a hotel in Jersey

[C]

and

[A]

he had a good set. I guess he had pre written crowd work.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Which happened.

[A]

But he didn't have the people he needed for the crowd work. For the crowd work. So he assigned roles.

[B]

Right. Like I look at that guy's big head and there's no guy with a big head.

[C]

Yeah, you're a mailman.

[B]

Because he has six jokes about a big head.

[A]

Yeah. He literally said. He goes, he goes, we don't got no black guy. No black guy. And he goes, you're a black guy tonight.

[B]

You're a black guy tonight.

[A]

And then we'd have a joke and then a pre written tag. He goes, and then the black guy's sitting over here like, where's the chicken? But then he does the strip at the end. And he was just kind of shuffling. But also the references. He never changed out the bit. Cause he's lip syncing, whatever. And he has all these little costumes.

[B]

Right. He was doing like Tina Turner or something.

[A]

Dude. At one point he just puts on. But he's, he's not even selling it. It's just a wig.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So he just puts on a purple wig. Walks up to the microphone and goes, he's Boy George. And then just shuffles back and puts the wig in a box.

[C]

Just names what it is.

[A]

Yeah. He goes, is Boy. Boy George. To nothing. I mean, to nothing.

[C]

Oh, boy.

[B]

Other than that, he did good every night doing coke for his whole career.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You just find him in the. They said you used to find him in the closet between shows.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, every night he'd go out and be up till like 6, 7 in the morning and. But he would, you know, in his prime, he would kill being fucked up still. Like just waking up in a half hour before the show, sleeping all day, going up there and killing two shows.

[C]

Like Punchline, time frame, like when Punchline came out.

[B]

Even later than that too. Yeah.

[A]

He.

[C]

The. I felt bad once because I guess I was Facebook friends with him and I. He did that old person thing where they didn't realize what's posting, what's messaging. Yeah. I think he was trying to get his girlfriend back, but he was just doing Facebook posts.

[A]

Oh, good.

[C]

And he was like, mia Bella, please come back to me. And I'm like, I don't think he knows that he's just posting this on Facebook. And unless. Unless he was just doing a cry for help, whatever it was. But I was like, there's a very good chance that he thinks he's just sending her a message.

[A]

Now, when clubs refute, if you're doing the weekend and you can't get your cash till Sunday, I have heard it referred to as the Pablo Francisco rule. Have you ever heard that?

[B]

Well, yeah, because he always wanted the money up front. So he'd go out and buy coke

[A]

and then he would club and then not show up.

[B]

Not show up on the Sunday.

[A]

Yeah, he's a. He was a notorious one, right? He was up.

[B]

Yeah. Always.

[C]

He had a famous. I don't know if it might have

[A]

been caught in a loop.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I heard about another one. I don't know if I should say who it is, because he's still. Well, even Pablo, I think now is working again. But I heard there's another guy that did the same thing once. He did a half hour and then had it glitched out and just started from the beginning and did the half hour again verbatim. And. And nobody said a word to him and nobody reacted, and he just went. When? Kept going, let me say.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Hal Sparks. Apparently, I don't. You know Hal Sparks? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I heard. But it could be just rumor who knows?

[A]

That could be anything. That could be a brain fart.

[C]

Yeah, it could be whatever.

[A]

Exhausted?

[C]

Yes, absolutely.

[B]

I've done that before on like second or third shows. I'm like, hey, did I do this joke?

[C]

I've done that too, but I never started a whole half hour. I just kept going. Didn't realize. Yeah, yeah. So he must have been fried as well.

[A]

It happens.

[C]

It happens. It happens.

[A]

All right, we have a couple more things today in honor of Jim gracing us with his presence. So one of my favorite websites is, and I think I've shown it to you before, Metal Sludge is the long and short of it, which is a groupie review site. It's kind of like Yelp for rock stars.

[B]

The 80s guys that they fuck, they talk about their dicks, how long they lasted, all that stuff. All the groupies.

[A]

No way. Yeah. Basically Yelp. It's something you don't want to get caught on.

[B]

It broke. Broke up Sebastian Bach's marriage. From row. Yeah, from groupies posting that. And his wife, like figured out the timeline and they were still married. And he was in California, she was back in New Jersey.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So he's still furious about that site.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I had. I had Shannon pull up some rock star descriptions and we're going to try and guess the rock star.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Based on the Metal Sludge long and short of it review, Shannon.

[D]

Okay. I knew a girl that used to go to his house up in the Hollywood Hills and say he liked to jack off with lotion three to five times a day when he was a speed user. Nothing fancy on the size either. Must. This is going to be a little bit of a hint. Must be all the bleach. Doesn't shut up either.

[C]

Louis. Oh, no, never mind.

[B]

Must be all the bleach. So he's.

[A]

Oh, bleach blonde.

[B]

Is that so it could be like Cece Deville from Poison.

[A]

Yeah, I want to go. Vince. Neil.

[C]

I was gonna say Vince.

[B]

Neil. Vince. Vince is more like. I picture Vince. The girls not just jacking off.

[D]

Since you all gave your guesses, Jim, you are correct at a cct.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Well, what useless knowledge.

[C]

The in house expert.

[B]

I know. I know nothing. What's going on in the Middle East? Deville would probably be that guy.

[A]

Hold on, let me call Eddie Trump real quick.

[C]

She's fan.

[A]

Oh, that was great. That was hilarious.

[B]

I nailed it.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

All right, Chad, let's hear the next one.

[C]

And also really quickly, used to. He would just do. He would do multi colors, right? He would do black and blonde and

[B]

pink and stuff like that. He grew up in Brooklyn too.

[C]

Oh, really?

[B]

Like, if you talk, he has this weird. Like this Brooklyn accent, but meanwhile you would think like he's some surfer from California.

[A]

The guy that owned Trash and Vaudeville had that same voice.

[B]

Jimmy.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, that guy. I mean, you want to talk about somebody pickled in heroin? Oh, sure, that guy. I mean, if Covid didn't kill him, he would have been. He would have been 100.

[B]

Killed him?

[A]

I think so.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It's such a.

[B]

Every rock star would go there. I mean, like everyone. All the guys from Guns N Roses, even the Stones, when they were in town, they go to Trash and Vaudeville.

[A]

Yeah, he knew fucking everybody.

[B]

I used to date a stripper, so she would get her clothes there from two. It was fucking great.

[C]

That's awesome.

[B]

To see hot chicks in there and rock stars.

[C]

That's really cool.

[A]

Yeah, that. That block was. Yeah, it was there. Search and Destroy was there. The Japanese one, which was fucking super cool. That was a fucking banging block. Now it's all fucking Asian restaurants.

[B]

The only place that would sell plasmatic T shirts. Yeah, love that. Wendy O. Williams.

[A]

Shannon. Let's hear the next one.

[D]

Okay. Back in the day, he was a huge slut, but he's chilled out a little. He has an average size and likes. And like a lot of guys, prefers to receive oral rather than give it. He has good rhythm, though, and will even wear two condoms if you ask him to.

[C]

Two condoms?

[B]

That's. That's a way that could be. That's no other hint in there.

[C]

He's chilled out a bit. Might be like somebody who's even older.

[A]

I'm gonna say 80s still.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, like. But like somebody.

[B]

Shannon, is it like an 80s?

[A]

Yeah, give us a. Give us a hint guy.

[B]

Like a hair metal guy.

[D]

Not. Not hair metal. I'll. Can I. Can I tell you, like, the position in the band he plays? He's a singer.

[C]

Is it Alice Cooper?

[B]

No, I'm gonna go Axl Rose.

[A]

I'm gonna guess Steven Tyler.

[D]

It is John Bon Jovi.

[C]

Oh, that makes sense.

[B]

Wait, say that one again. What does he do?

[D]

Okay. Back in the day, he was a huge slut, but he chilled out a little. He has an average sized cock and like a lot of guys, prefers to receive oral rather than to give it. He has good rhythm, though, and will even wear two condoms if you ask him to.

[A]

Up until that last sentence, Jim, that could have just been you pulling a fast one.

[B]

I know. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I don't Want to feel anything?

[A]

You know Jim's story about Bon Jovi, right?

[C]

No, I don't know.

[A]

Oh, can you, can you please?

[C]

Sick of saying. If you're sick of saying it.

[B]

No, I could say, no, no. I was gonna say back in Bon Jovi day or whatever. Like probably like 93 or whatever. I had long hair too.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And we were hanging at a bar, like down a Jersey shore. My brothers were there and some girl was talking. My brother's over here. They go, is that Bon Jovi over there? My brother's a ball busters, just like me. They're like, yeah, that's him. It is. He's like, yeah. He goes, listen, but, oh, I want to go over and say hi to him. They go, listen, just, you know, he's here just chilling, so don't make a big deal.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So don't tell anyone else. Okay. Promise. So the girl comes over like, are you John? I'm like, I just answered that. I go, yeah, you Bon Jovi? I go, yeah. I see my brothers laughing. I'm like, yeah, I'm him next. I know we're talking, it's like, oh my God, I'm a fan. I'm like, that's cool. And then all of a sudden, I guess she must have told somebody or somebody. I could see people circling around like, bon Jovi's here. So I'm like, I gotta get the fuck outta here before people recognize it. So I went in the parking lot when I'm making out in the car.

[C]

That's fantastic.

[B]

And then she was telling me about her son. He's a big fan. And, you know, she invited me to a barbecue the next day. It was down like Long Beach Island. Yeah, could you come to a barbecue? Everyone will leave you alone. My son's a big fan. He's like nine. And I'm like, I can't show up at that barbecue. Imagine the daytime I show up. So I had a call the next day. She gave me a number. I felt beside call. I said, listen, I got to go back to the studio in New York. The record company needs us in.

[C]

You gotta let the keep the hope alive.

[B]

And. And she goes, and she goes, can I put my son on the phone? I talked to the kid, yeah, for like a couple minutes. Says, hey, I sorry I can't make it.

[C]

Your mom, you should have told the kid.

[B]

Well, I know, I should have thought, your mom's an idiot. And by the way, she didn't give me any time. Tell her to put out next week. Should have Call her Bon Jovi.

[A]

Meanwhile, this kid, years later, is watching Crankcakers, like, is that Bon Jovi? I know Bon Jovi does prank calls. That's so weird.

[C]

Bon Jovi has a metal radio show. Can I ask you if maybe this ruins the game? Can we get when the post was posted? Because Bon Jovi, that must have been an old post. I feel like he's.

[B]

Because he's high school sweetheart. But they broke off a little while in the 80s and he dated Diane Lane.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

The actress. But he was always fucking around on her.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

You know, but she kind of just looked the other way. His wife?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Bon Jovi. What do you think?

[C]

Like, it comes with the territory. It's almost like you're in. It's like mafia with goomar rules.

[A]

Yeah, I remember the one. I know one of the Blink 182 guys is on it. And I remember him saying, ever since he got married now he only gets blowjobs. And I'm like, that's a pretty good rule.

[B]

Sorry, I'm married to them. They just go, no, I'll just take a blowjob. That's nice.

[C]

Yeah. You know.

[A]

Yeah, that's. That's gentlemanly.

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

You're not going to bring anything home and you're not going to knock up some broad.

[C]

Way safer. And you know, the wife is like, this is definitely going to happen just because, you know.

[B]

Yeah, but what do you say to the woman that you just want a blowjob? Like, what. What is your pitch to her?

[A]

I don't. Listen, I. I'm married. Me and my wife have an arrangement. I can't fuck on the road. If you want to blow me, you can.

[B]

Shannon, what do you think of that? If a man said that to you, but if it was like, it's not that romantic. Right. It's kind of shitty.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, but.

[A]

Amos Lee.

[D]

No, but, like, as depends on who it is. If. If I am a girl who is a groupie and then like, I'm dying to get something from this guy, I guess, and she's ready to just give it up anyway. I'm assuming she would just go ahead and do that, right? Because she just wants to, like, touch you or something.

[C]

And she wants to not do it for the story, but she, yeah, she wants the connection somehow. And she's like, she can tell her friends I blew Tom Delong, but it's crazy.

[B]

Like back in like the 70s and early 80s or whatever. Probably mid 70s, whatever. They had a blow to roadies to get onto the bus. To go the. The band members. Imagine some Brody that hasn't showered in two days. Like, you got to go through a me. Because they had the good passes to get them back.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

So these girls. Okay, I'll suck the roadies dick. Just to go.

[C]

Just to go.

[B]

Meet Daily Roth.

[A]

Multiple job. Wasn't that David Lee Roth? Started the incentive program with the roadies.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Where he would give out backstage passes for. In exchange for, like, good work.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

So he give them bonuses to roadies. Like he, he. He'd go, you know, Eddie doing a guitar solo, he'd go off stage, he goes to girl right in the third row, blonde hair, grandpa. Yeah, go, go. Give her a pack. And if they came back or whatever, he would give them bonuses.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

So he would pick them out. So the Brodies would go out there, hey, the band wants a MIA afterwards.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I had that one time at a Scorpion show. I went to see him at the Spectrum, right? So.

[A]

So I'm blowing the security guard. I love Scorpions.

[B]

So I got off, it was like General Mission on the floor. So I was like, right in the front. So I was in between bands before the Scorpions went on. I went to the bar to go get some beers and I saw some hot chick there. I go, hey, who you here with? Check. I'm here by myself. I go, I could bring it. Get you down front. Check how? I go, just, just. We'll just blow right by the guy. Don't worry. So we get to the front, we're in the front row. Scorpions, come on. She starts friggin flashing a band, right? Super hot, right? Then we're making out in front of the band. I'm like, holy, this is awesome.

[C]

That's magic.

[B]

I'm grinding on her, she's flashing a band. The band's like, okay, like this. So I'm like, this is great. I'm like, we're gonna hang. She's yeah, absolutely. I go, I got a hotel, no problem. So after the show, as soon as it ended, a roadie comes over. He goes, hey, the Scorpions want to meet you guys. So here's a couple passes of like, this is great. I'm gonna meet the scorpions. I'm like 20 years old. I've gotten laid like twice in my life. I'm like, this is the Scorpions, Want to meet me, right? I know. I can't wait to ask about the blackout cover. So we get to the right to the backstage. There's a big guy there, and she goes first and then I, I go behind her. He stops. He goes, no, no, just her. I go, no, but I have a pass. He goes, no, no, just her. I go, yeah, but they said they wanted me, but just her. And I think her name was Amy. I'm like, amy, Amy. They won't let me back. She never even turned around. Never even turned around. And I walked out to the parking lot by myself. And I was mad at the Scorpions. Like three years I had a little radio show. I wouldn't play them. I'm like, why the fuck didn't they want to meet me? And then I realized, why would they?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Now imagine how many long term relationships that's happened to.

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

Guys that have been with their chick for years.

[C]

Guys who save up and get front row tickets for their girl because they

[A]

like, like, like they're just, they're in the car, right? Holding her purse, waiting,

[B]

never even looked back. Never even said sorry. I.

[C]

She was on a mission.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

She realized what was happening and who.

[A]

Maynard from Tool had the special pass, right.

[B]

I didn't know he had a pass.

[A]

That was like him as a, a warrior Viking or something. And it was a special, like I give the, you know, he would tell a road, he like that goes to her and it was like a code.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

To get her like to have her escorted to his like area or whatever. I've heard of a few guys that have like a special pass.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Never happens with comics.

[A]

No. Nope.

[B]

Never.

[C]

There's no, you know, they'll be working a funny bone that's like, let me go grab a girl.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, bring that one back in between shows. I don't want to eat this improv food. So maybe I'll get a blow job, you blow me.

[C]

Get you some chicken fingers.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Hey. And then when she comes back, hey, you can eat off the comics menu.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Not the steak. Not the steak though.

[B]

You can't get the steak. You get the hamburger or the chicken fingers. Yeah, we have to pay for that.

[A]

It's not as. Yeah, any. Well, drink you want.

[B]

Drink you want. No, you can't. Not Tito's.

[A]

No.

[C]

Top shelf. I.

[A]

For in my day I have had a lady or two in my life who like to tell me the much more famous people they've been with and it's. They always think it's going to be impressive and it's always the saddest I who, who is very much talking to a lady and she wanted to see

[C]

me at a club.

[A]

She goes, oh, I'm banned from There. And I. It was. Cause she got caught fucking the feature in the ticket booth.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Really?

[A]

And she was so loud that they could hear her in the showroom.

[C]

That's pretty great.

[A]

Yeah. And it's funny cause it's a comic who always names, like. Talks about his feature a lot, really. Like, all the stories are.

[C]

So it wasn't that long ago.

[A]

No, no.

[C]

So was it a type of scenario where the headliner got the feature hooked up or she was doing it to try to get to the headliner?

[A]

I think she was just there for the party.

[C]

Is the headliner a big name?

[A]

Huge name. Yeah, huge.

[C]

Oh. Oh, I think I. Yeah, I think I know you're talking about.

[B]

I had a feature bang some girl when I was on stage, and I could hear him in the green room because it was like, right next to him and I knew what was going on. He's like, I'm gonna bring it back when you're on. I go, yeah, of course.

[C]

Go for it.

[B]

And in between, I could hear it. That's when you know you're not doing well and you can hear your friend with the door closed.

[A]

Hey, can somebody order a blended drink or something?

[B]

I know. I was more interested in listening to them than hearing my own self.

[C]

Yeah, totally.

[A]

All right, Shannon, you got another one for us?

[D]

Yes. Okay, let's see. It's just like some of these things. I'm not sure if it's giving you a hint, and I'm not knowing it because I don't know who these people are. Okay, let's see. I'll. Let's. This one. He can deliver the good as most skinny tall guys can. He has been seen with a wide variety of groupies out on the road, and reports are that he doesn't shower much. He does have an average and can be a lot of fun, but his ego is totally out of line and out of control. He's known for being a very big. So be careful.

[A]

Tall, Skinny.

[B]

Tall, skinny, but average cock. So it's not Tommy Lee.

[A]

Yeah, that my first thought, but yeah. So, no.

[C]

And I was. You already mentioned Sebastian Bach, so I'm guessing she didn't do one with Sebastian Bachelor.

[A]

It is possible that. You know what?

[C]

That's my guess.

[B]

Act like an attempt.

[A]

I am going Sebastian Bach on that one.

[B]

But Sebastian used to be able to tie his penis into a knot.

[C]

Really?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

He went on Howard Stern back in the day and tied it into a knot. Wow. So unless it shrunk over the years, yeah.

[C]

Oh, so maybe it's not. Yeah.

[B]

Tall, skinny and what was that?

[D]

Shannon seen with a variety of groupies out on the road. Reports are he doesn't shower much, has an above average and can be a lot of fun. But ego is totally out of line and out of control. He's known to be a big asshole, so be careful.

[B]

Is he in a hard rock band?

[D]

Yes. Sorry, I just don't know this music very well. Yes. I think metal versus I don't think metal. He's a singer.

[C]

I'm gonna say so.

[B]

Well, maybe not metal. She would know Sebastian. So maybe it's not metal. So it might just be rock.

[C]

It's. It's. And that's too recent. I was gonna say what's. His name's tall and skinny. Machine Gun Kelly, but that's that. He's like rapper. Then turn like. Like pop guys.

[B]

Turn. Yeah.

[A]

Tall, skinny, regular, doesn't.

[C]

Doesn't shower. You know what popped in my head was. Remember Jesse, that kid that won the mt?

[A]

Oh, Jesse Camp.

[C]

Yeah, that kid popped in my head, cuz. For some reason.

[B]

Yeah, I don't notice one. I'd say Sebastian, but I don't think it's him.

[C]

Who else is tall, skinny? Definitely a singer.

[B]

It's a big.

[C]

Didn't he get into a couple. I'm gonna say. I'm just gonna say.

[B]

Wait, could it be tall, skinny? No. Maybe Gene Simmons. But his. Gene's not. No, he's not skinny. And if he's big, 6 foot 4

[C]

and known for having a piece on him, this is above average. Which means. Yeah, big in so many words.

[B]

I'm gonna go Gene Simmons.

[A]

I'm gonna stick with Sebastian.

[C]

I'm gonna stick with Sebastian as well.

[D]

That one was Sebastian.

[C]

I just. I figured maybe since we talked about before, it wasn't good.

[A]

All right, we'll do one more. Shannon.

[D]

Okay. All right, I'm gonna read this and if I have an extra one in case I happen to give too much away because I'm not understanding it. Okay. After a short glimpse of that monster power tool in their debut home.

[A]

I know it already.

[D]

Okay. Should I. It was too much.

[B]

It's Tommy Lee.

[A]

Oh, no, I know this one. I. I guarantee you this is the singer of Pantera.

[D]

Yeah, it's Phil on some.

[B]

What's the story?

[D]

After a short glimpse of that monster power tool in their debut home video, it's no wonder that Rob Halford is such a big Pantera fan.

[C]

Reports are funny.

[D]

Post reports are Phil is a bit over 10 inches. There are also rumors that Phil can Swing both ways. At least orally.

[C]

Oh, all right. Was he trying to get backstage to see somebody else?

[A]

I I yeah. When I. When you said home video, I knew it was going to be Pantera.

[B]

I thought it was a Tommy Lee Pam Anderson thing. What? He. He honked the horn with his dick.

[A]

It was insane in the video.

[B]

I know.

[A]

It was insane. It was so not fair. I Dude, his dick is so big. I I It makes me question with, we're the same species. Like, it's not fair.

[C]

Isn't he, like, married to some, like, influencer now or something?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Doing, like, comedy or something?

[C]

Yeah, she's comedy, too. Yeah.

[A]

Didn't she get catfished by somebody else?

[B]

Yeah, the singer from

[D]

I forget, It's Ronnie Radke.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And she also officially got a restraining order against him.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Which kind of changes the story around a little bit. I think that she was able to get a restraining order against Ronnie Radke.

[C]

What's the Pantera home video now?

[B]

I know, I know a girl that slept with Tommy and Kid Rock, and she said Kid Rock is actually bigger in the pants.

[A]

Really Crazy.

[C]

That would explain a lot, actually.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because Tommy isn't a good band from the 80s and 90s can rock.

[A]

Wow. So there's more than one spillover on that? Yeah, she's. Yeah. Good for him.

[B]

And Pam Anderson said she never slept with a guy with a small dick, so she was with both of them.

[C]

Maybe Tiny vagina on Pam, Maybe.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

Could just be a.

[A]

When you said Sebastian ties dick in a knot, isn't Andy Dick famous for doing the wristwatch at People?

[C]

I think so. Yeah.

[A]

He ties his dick around his wrist and asks people what time it is.

[B]

That's funny.

[A]

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[D]

Okay. Well, since you guys are talking about Tommy Lee, it says this guy has something in common with Tommy Lee, if you know what I mean. Sometimes these short guys will surprise you with a huge hug.

[C]

That's. Maybe that's Vince Neil.

[B]

So is it a hard rock band? 80s band?

[D]

Yes. Let me.

[C]

Let me look up Steve Perry.

[A]

I'm gonna guess Danzig.

[C]

Oh, okay. That's a good guess.

[B]

Short.

[A]

Notoriously short.

[C]

I feel like Vince Neil's pretty short, right?

[D]

Yes. 80s.

[B]

It's a what?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

And.

[D]

And this guy, though, has been in. Involved with more than one band.

[A]

Sticking with Danzig.

[C]

Like, let's use Misfits and. No, he was. I'm thinking of.

[A]

No. Yeah, Misfits, Sam Ain and Things answered.

[B]

Short guy. I'm trying to think the short.

[C]

Oh, is it the guy DL it wasn't.

[B]

I don't think so.

[A]

Who?

[B]

Oh, D. James, Theo. I'm trying to think of the short guys. Corey Taylor from Slipknot. But that's more. That's not 80s.

[C]

The extreme guy who went to Journey. That's not. That's.

[B]

No, he went to Van Halen. No, he's not short either.

[A]

It's not the Asian guy that sung for Journey either.

[B]

Yeah, I would probably say Danzig.

[C]

Yeah, that makes the most sense, because the two band thing.

[D]

Shannon, it is John Karabi.

[C]

Ah, what's he from?

[B]

Wait, he's. He sang on one Motley Crue record.

[D]

Yeah, and so that was like. That was the other, like, hint of thing he had. What he also has in time in common with Tommy Lee.

[B]

All right. Because he was in Motley Crue when Vince Neil left. They did one album with this guy, John Karabi.

[C]

Ah, okay. Okay, okay, okay.

[B]

I'm gonna see him in a couple of weeks. I gotta ask him about this.

[A]

There you go.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Heard. Heard your packing, buddy.

[C]

I know.

[A]

Internet's a blaze.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Prove it.

[A]

Oh, man, I can't wait to tell you guys who the comic is later.

[C]

Oh, I can't wait.

[A]

Oh, so excited. I want to say the name of the opener, but it's gonna blow it. And he does. He. He does a story about him hanging out with his opener on, like, every

[C]

special, and it's huge. Was the clue.

[B]

Yeah. And the feature, I believe, so. Fucking a girl in the ticket booth. Yeah.

[C]

And she got booted because of it.

[A]

Yeah, I think she was also probably, if I know her, hammered.

[B]

I wonder if we're talking about the same girl that I know.

[A]

Well, we'll find out. Yeah. All right. What else we got here before we're out of here? Shannon, by the way, real quick.

[D]

I. I drunkenly, I think, gave you misinformation yesterday. Sean Donnelly's heart out is not at one, it's at two.

[A]

Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Well, I mean, we only do about an hour anyway, so. Great. Let's move on a story in real quick. Judy Gold, shocked by brazen anti Semitism during two NYC shows this weekend.

[C]

I saw the video. I saw one of the video. There's two.

[A]

I have no idea. Shannon.

[B]

She said she did another club, but she didn't name it, so it was probably some little small place or whatever. She did the New York Comedy Club, which used to be, I guess the Eastville. No, I think it was the Upper west side.

[A]

Oh, okay. Oh, Stam, New York.

[B]

Yeah, I think that's the one she did it in. That was. The video was from.

[C]

Oh, this is. Okay, here it is. This is. That's the one I saw. That's what I saw. Where the guy just goes, you're a Jew.

[A]

You're annoying for a comedian.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Anyway, I'm a Joe.

[A]

Is that what he said?

[B]

He did not.

[A]

You said you're a Jew.

[C]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[D]

Bye, bye, bye now.

[B]

Did you just call me a Jew?

[C]

No.

[A]

What'd you call me?

[B]

Oh, boy.

[C]

Why does this have to happen when I'm on stage?

[B]

I'm so loving and nice and. Anyway. But I was thinking,

[C]

shalom, Shabbat shalom.

[A]

It would be funny if she said, he's out of here and just a hole opened in the floor. A bunch of rabbis just came out of the tunnel and dragged him up there.

[C]

A cabal.

[A]

And there's another one. Shannon.

[C]

No, there's only one video.

[D]

Yeah, that's the only. That's the only video.

[C]

But it happened to her twice.

[A]

Twice in a night.

[B]

Yeah, she did another set somewhere, but she didn't name the club. So it was probably some little place or whatever like that.

[C]

I'm all. I'm all for things. I think you should be able to say anything. Well, no, not heckling wise in a comedy club. But that's definitely related to everything going on right now, right?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Have you ever heard anybody just saying that at a common ever to a comic?

[A]

No. And you know, there's a couple in comedy.

[C]

Yeah, that's the thing I was thinking. It's like, hey, what'd you think was gonna happen when you showed it to a comedy club?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Chances are I do have the quote of what she said happened at the other club. She said some guy made a comment about Jews being cheap. So I said, thanks for bringing that trope back from 1600. And.

[C]

Yeah, well, I mean, but that seems set. But then when the guy says it, that seems like it's a reaction to her saying, you're annoying for a comedian. And he goes.

[D]

And it's the second. This is the second one.

[C]

Okay, Sorry.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah, I, I. It's one of these things where you get booted for less with heckling. But it's like, that definitely was a loaded. That guy was just like, like he using his ep. He was like, you know. Yeah, she was right. She. That to deduce what she was deducing.

[A]

Yeah, that's, that's. I thought that was going to be more fun.

[C]

Right.

[A]

I thought more creative. You know, I think the whole angle

[C]

is it's like, yeah, I don't know who's showing up to a comedy club. Be like, all these Jews at the comedy club. I can't believe it. That just not going to happen.

[A]

Ari Shafir. What is he black? This is one entertaining black fella from Narnia. All right, what do we have anything else before we get out of here? Shannon? You know what do we have the. We had one more Rockstar game. Did you do a famous Rockstar Annex?

[D]

Yes, I did.

[A]

So similar. Shannon is going to read us a famous story about a rock star, and we'll see if we either know it or we can figure out who it is.

[C]

I feel like Jim will know. You'll know a of couple.

[D]

I know. I feel I'm nervous if it's going to be too easy.

[C]

Well, for gems, I don't know.

[B]

I know. Like hard rock. I'm not the rock. I might.

[D]

Okay. This rock star mixed his dad's ashes with cocaine that snorted them because he said it was the only way to truly be with him.

[A]

I think it's Keith Richards.

[C]

I'll, I'll go with Keith Richards as well, because I think I, I think I heard that story.

[B]

I don't know this one now is It a rock. Hard rock, metal, classic rock.

[D]

I. I have to look it up. Sorry.

[C]

Also, was this.

[B]

So she doesn't. If it's not.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because she would know the Rolling Stones.

[C]

Right, right, right. Yeah. So it's not that, but she also is it. Was his dad part of music or. No, his dad was just. His dad just.

[D]

Just rock.

[C]

Just rock.

[B]

It's probably somebody from the 70s.

[C]

I'm thinking Jackson Brown.

[B]

I don't see him doing.

[C]

I think he did the ton of coke.

[B]

Jackson Brown. All right, maybe not.

[C]

Not Keith Richards.

[B]

But I'm gonna say Warren's Yvonne.

[A]

I like that one.

[D]

Okay. Ready for the answer? Yeah, it was Keith Richards. Sorry, I just don't know like what. What genre it like officially falls under.

[C]

Yeah, it only sounds right.

[A]

Okay. In Warren.

[C]

In

[A]

the book by Zevon's wife. No, it's great. It's his life story done from his journals and his ex wife help put it together. And he's got Keith Richards stories in there that are really.

[C]

Yeah, I think it's awesome.

[A]

Keith Richards and him talking about the sex advice they got from their fathers. And Keith Richards said, all my father told me was, it's the second hole down from the back of the head.

[C]

That's his whole fucking. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Ruled Warren Zon was.

[C]

Dude, he's badass.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Just Eddie sober for most of it. Then he got sick and went it. I'm going back.

[C]

That's what I would do. Why not?

[B]

Yeah, he wrote that whole album when he was dying.

[C]

Yeah, that song that went like. Yeah, yeah, great.

[B]

There's some old footage from him from like the 70s at the Pasaic Theater in Jersey, one of his concerts, which is awesome, man.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

You like all the shit's popping up like these old. Old. Like that's on YouTube. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah. He's going bananas. Pouring water on himself, freaking out. Oh, he's good, dude.

[C]

Yeah, he's cool as she is.

[A]

All right, give us another one, Shannon.

[D]

This guitarist accidentally shot himself, triggering a full SWAT response. And his crew had to literally talk armed police down before things escalated further.

[A]

Rock guitar.

[B]

Sounds familiar.

[C]

Maybe Flea.

[A]

He's a bass player.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Guitarist.

[C]

Guitarist. I feel like that's got to be.

[A]

If it was a slash, we would know it.

[B]

Metal, hard rock, classic rock.

[D]

Hold on, hold on.

[C]

So I'm trying to.

[A]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[D]

Rock rock. It just shows. American rock musician.

[A]

I'm gonna go. Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[C]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[A]

I'm gonna say.

[C]

Let me think. Hold on. I want to do a different Answer. Famous guitarist. What about Dave Navarro?

[A]

Sure.

[C]

Jane's Addiction. And you know, those guys did a lot of drugs.

[B]

I'll go Eddie Van Halen, even though I don't think I ever heard the story. But I'll just throw Eddie Shannon.

[D]

It is Ace Freely.

[C]

I didn't even think of Ace Freely.

[A]

Didn't know that one. We're trying. We were talking the other day, trying to figure out how many rocks. What famous rock stars got away with killing somebody.

[B]

Vince Neil.

[A]

Vince Neil. Keith Moon ran over his driver.

[C]

Really?

[A]

I think he ran over his driver's head trying to get away from a fighter, paparazzi or something.

[C]

Great White. The entire band killed a lot of people.

[A]

I'm not talking about people, like, Getting Crunk, because then, like, got a bunch. Rolling Stone's got a bunch. The who. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

What was the Vince Neil one?

[B]

Vince was having a barbecue this bang. Hanoa rocks. They were from Finland. They're ready to break in the States. And the drummer was with them. And it was middle of the afternoon. He's like, let's go on a beer run. And Vince was all up and he had, like, a Ferrari and he was doing, like, 90 miles an hour. Holy straight flipped. That flipped the car or hit a pole or something like that and killed the drone.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

He got 30 days in jail and he had to do community service and find, like, a million dollars.

[A]

That's crazy. That's 30 days.

[B]

Yeah, 30 days he got. Yep.

[C]

Community service for murder. I guess it's involuntary manslaughter, but still.

[A]

Yeah, I think you should get more than that for drunk driving. Yeah, right.

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

And he was drunk, too.

[C]

Especially that era. They were just. And it was la, right. So they're just. They're just handing out just slaps on the wrist of the rock stars and famous people.

[B]

Yeah. Their manager was. Was. Was a big guy in the business. He performed, did that whole Moscow Peace Festival.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And because he got busted on drugs, like, drug traffic, and he got all of his bands to do a big show over in Moscow for free to help with his community service.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Even I think it was in Ireland. I think it would happen in Ireland. But even that Matthew Broderick thing where, like, he hit somebody and he killed somebody and somebody. Matt.

[A]

Two people.

[C]

Was it two?

[A]

I want to say.

[C]

Okay. But there was also a thing where somebody was, like, if you match up when that happened and what he's done after it, it fucked him up. Not that it wouldn't fuck anybody up, but it affected his career. Not based off him. Not, like, getting big roles anymore. I think it affected his career. Like, he's probably lost his mind after that.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. And Jennifer Grey was in the car at the time.

[C]

Right.

[B]

I mean, that Dirty Dancer was coming out in, like, a month. The movie.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They were together. They were boyfriend and girlfriend.

[C]

Yeah. It's crazy.

[B]

And you know what the Stern show did back in the day? They found out Matthew Broderick's phone number, and on his voicemail they played car crashes and a woman screaming. They did it for, like, three days in a row.

[C]

That's hardcore. That's old Howard, not new Howard.

[B]

I remember listening to that.

[C]

I'm like, damn, that's hardcore.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I knew somebody who did a play with Matthew Broderick, and they said he puts him back at the end of the night and he gets real dark and he wants to talk about it.

[B]

Really?

[A]

He. That he brings it up. He's like. He'll, like, behaving. Ever. Ever tell you I accidentally killed, like.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I mean.

[A]

Yeah. I think I heard he goes dark,

[C]

dude, look at his. Because, remember he had that. That run back in that time period, that 87 to whatever. That Ferris run.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then afterwards, he kind of deals other stuff, but it's not like that. It's not leading, man. It's like that. He's all fucked. He was. He just drinks and becomes Quint from Jaws.

[A]

Yeah. And I feel like the Broadway schedule kind of leads you to that.

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

Because you're working an hour and a

[C]

half a night, you have to drive.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. That's why I saw him in the street in the West Village like, two months ago, and he was just walking. Wasn't drinking, but he was just walking by. So I think he lives here full time.

[A]

Yeah, I would assume. Yeah. All right, Shane, we got one more rock star, and then we're done.

[D]

Yeah, I have another one. This frontman was arrested mid concert, literally taken off stage by police after attacking a security guard during the performance.

[A]

Marilyn Manson.

[D]

I wonder if maybe this just applies to a thousand different pop stars.

[C]

Every single one. Let's guess who did.

[B]

Well, Jim Morrison got arrested for taking

[A]

his dick out, but in the.

[B]

All right. Oh, I salted up, buddy. Could have. Yeah.

[C]

Gigi Allen. No, he didn't get arrested for.

[A]

He got. He got arrested a billion times.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, so this is.

[B]

I'm gonna go Jim Morrison.

[C]

Where'd you go?

[A]

Manson. Didn't he rub his balls on a security guard's head?

[B]

Yeah, but he didn't get arrested during the show.

[A]

Okay. During the show.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What was the crime again?

[D]

Shannon attacking a security guard during the performance. If you want a little bit of a hint, it happened in 1987.

[B]

Oh seven. All right, so it wasn't Morrison, Ozzy. See, what kind of music is it

[D]

Rock

[C]

is hearing Shannon go, rock.

[B]

Rock.

[C]

Just regular rock. I don't know. And then you hear. Then you hear keys go.

[D]

Hard rock.

[B]

Hard rock.

[C]

Oh, maybe Axel. Axel.

[B]

I'm gonna say Axel 87. So that was.

[A]

Right.

[C]

Their peak or one of their peaks.

[B]

Yeah. Because Appetite for Destruction came out around 87.

[C]

And he's the type that. And he. And I know he has other things. Not that he got arrested for, but

[B]

it could be Sebastian. Sebastian. I don't know if he got arrested during the show, but after.

[A]

I'm gonna.

[C]

My guess is Axel.

[B]

Yeah, I'm gonna go with Axel, too.

[A]

All right, I will go. I kind of want to change it up.

[B]

It's hard rock.

[A]

Yeah, it's hard rock. So who else would go in that? Trying to think 87 specifically.

[C]

Like, who's known for being like that? Like, he. They were like, kind of the guys for that. That's not straight up metal. Because they weren't, you know, they were like hard rock.

[A]

Would Aerosmith count?

[C]

Yeah. As hard as hard rock. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I guess.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Steven Tyler.

[A]

I'm gonna. Steven Tyler. Go ahead.

[D]

So it was Axl Rose. He was held backstage and offered release if he apologized, but refused and was taken into custody.

[A]

All right, there we go. Well, that was today's Morning Zoo. Thank you so much for my guests. Jim Florentine, please listen to Everybody is awful. Thank you. Sean Donnelly. Listen to Burbs Bros. Thank you guys so much for your time and we'll see you on Friday on the bonus episode. Goodbye.

[B]

Grab a coffee and join the crew.

[A]

It's Acamiko work morning, too. It's Akamiko work work morning too.

[D]

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