628: The Pete and Sebastian Show - EP 628 - "Out of the Shell"

Summary

Podcast Summary: Episode 628 – "Out of the Shell"

The Pete and Sebastian Show, hosted by Studio71's A-list comedians Pete Correale and Sebastian Maniscalco, dives into a myriad of engaging topics ranging from everyday curiosities to heartfelt personal stories. In Episode 628, titled "Out of the Shell," released on November 12, 2024, Pete and Sebastian offer listeners a blend of humor, introspection, and fascinating discussions. Below is a detailed summary highlighting the key points, notable quotes, and insightful moments from the episode.

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1. Workplace Field Trips: Purina Dog Factory

The episode kicks off with Pete expressing his enthusiasm for taking friends on field trips to their workplaces, emphasizing the rarity and value of such experiences.

• Pete Correale [04:30]: “Any job. It’s like having, like, a little field trip to their job and go, oh, yeah, this is where we have our break room. And this is where we have the cranes.”

Pete shares his desire to tour the Purina Dog Factory, where his friend works, highlighting the uniqueness of witnessing the production process firsthand.

• Pete Correale [05:32]: “I wanted to see how the dog one does, because sometimes I can smell Purina Dog food all the way in my town...”

2. Factory Tours: Beer Bottling and Popcorn Production

The conversation shifts to other factory operations Pete is curious about, including beer bottling and popcorn packaging.

• Pete Correale [06:37]: “I’d like to see Skinny Pop show me the operation that’s making this shit that I’m very close to giving fellatio to a man for a bag of it.”

Sebastian and Pete humorously speculate on the mechanics behind popcorn bagging, debating the balance between manual handling and automation.

• Pete Correale [06:37]: “They can’t keep this shit on the shelves long enough, bro. They can’t.”

3. The Art of Cologne Making

Introducing a more technical topic, Pete delves into the process of cologne production, sparking a discussion about its composition and manufacturing intricacies.

• Pete Correale [07:13]: “God, how about seeing how a nice cologne is made? What’s that process?”

After researching, Sebastian shares detailed insights into the composition of cologne, revealing the significant alcohol content involved.

• Sebastian Maniscalco [21:04]: “Typically, the ratio of water to cologne is around 5 to 15%. It’s made up of 3 to 5% perfume oil, 80 to 90% alcohol, and 5 to 15% water.”

4. Personal Stories: School Event and Feeling of Isolation

Pete recounts his experience at a school cultural event, reflecting on feelings of loneliness amidst a bustling social environment.

• Pete Correale [07:29]: “But I did. It’s a story podcast. It’s not like a guest-driven podcast. It’s a story.”

He opens up about observing other parents interacting, while he felt disconnected, leading to introspective thoughts about his social engagements.

• Pete Correale [10:04]: “Am I missing something here? Like, if I wasn’t, like, if I was here constantly, would I be more involved in the school parent group?”

5. Cash vs. Credit Cards: A Discussion on Payment Methods

A lively debate ensues over the merits of using cash versus credit cards, with both hosts sharing personal anecdotes and preferences.

• Pete Correale [18:08]: “There is a confidence in paying with cash that you just don’t get with a card.”

Sebastian adds his perspective on the immediate satisfaction of cash transactions compared to the delayed consequence of credit card bills.

• Pete Correale [19:00]: “It's like you're telling people in the line, I got it now. I got it. I don’t need the 30 days to pay it.”

6. Pistachios: Manual vs. Machine Shelling

The hosts explore the production process of pistachios, questioning whether it’s labor-intensive or automated.

• Pete Correale [22:00]: “You think human beings are cracking open those pistachios and putting it in a bag? Or is that a machine?”

Their curiosity leads to a humorous contemplation of the machinery behind pistachio packaging.

7. Job Stories: Working at a Masonry Plant

Pete nostalgically shares his college summer job experience at a masonry plant, highlighting the repetitive and physically demanding nature of the work.

• Pete Correale [24:04]: “I worked at a masonry in college home for the summers... Two, two, one, two.”

His vivid recounting paints a picture of the relentless conveyor belt operations and the camaraderie among workers.

8. Thank You Gifts and Etiquette

The duo discusses the etiquette surrounding thank you gifts, pondering whether it's appropriate to express gratitude for receiving one.

• Pete Correale [30:05]: “When you get a thank you gift, are you supposed to say thank you for the thank you?”

Sebastian echoes the sentiment, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging thoughtful gestures.

• Pete Correale [31:09]: “I think you do.”

9. Emotional Story: Father's Return to Sicily

A poignant segment unfolds as Pete narrates his father's visit to his ancestral hometown in Sicily, shedding light on generational connections and emotional reunions.

• Pete Correale [36:25]: “And my father knows a lot of people in the town, and he loves it.”

Sebastian reflects on the emotional impact of reconnecting with one's roots, illustrating the deep ties to family heritage.

• Sebastian Maniscalco [42:34]: “Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it's you, Blake Shelton.”

This story highlights the universal quest for identity and belonging, resonating with listeners on a personal level.

10. Closing Remarks

As the episode winds down, Pete and Sebastian acknowledge the energy dip due to recent tours and express gratitude to their audience.

• Pete Correale [47:16]: “All right, Pete, listen, this is it. We're shutting the shit down. We got ads to read. We just like to thank everybody for tuning in.”

Despite the low energy, the hosts maintain their trademark humor, leaving listeners eagerly anticipating the next episode.

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Notable Quotes:

• Pete Correale [05:32]: “I feel like there's not enough of that going around. That, like, someone has a job that's a friend of yours, you should be allowed to bring them to see the job and take a look around and see how the sausage is made.”

• Sebastian Maniscalco [21:04]: “Typically, the ratio of water to cologne is around 5 to 15%. It’s made up of 3 to 5% perfume oil, 80 to 90% alcohol, and 5 to 15% water.”

• Pete Correale [19:00]: “It’s like you’re telling people in the line, I got it now. I got it. I don’t need the 30 days to pay it.”

• Pete Correale [31:09]: “I think you do.”

• Pete Correale [36:25]: “And my father knows a lot of people in the town, and he loves it.”

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Conclusion

Episode 628 of The Pete and Sebastian Show masterfully balances humor with heartfelt narratives, offering listeners a glimpse into the everyday curiosities and personal experiences of two beloved comedians. From exploring the intricacies of factory operations to delving into familial bonds, Pete and Sebastian deliver a rich and engaging episode that resonates with both longtime fans and new listeners alike.

Transcript

[Pete Corrielli]

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[Pete Corrielli]

This is the Pete and Sebastian show.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

With Pete Corielli and Sebastian Maniscalco.

[Pete Corrielli]

Pete and Sebastian Show. Welcome to the party. We are up and running here. Lots to get into today. Patrick, you want to take that duck? Now, our duck is. For those of you don't know, we have a duck that lets us know what. What time we're at. Yeah. So I'll look over and I see the duck. I know we're at a specific time. We generally have this with guests.

Tell them how the sausage is made. Yeah.

Wow. We haven't had a guest in what, eight months?

I got a buddy speaking out of sausages made. No, I know. I don't know what happened with that, but we had good ones. Jackie actually just heard the Carrot Top one. She's like, that was really interesting, you know, But I have a buddy who works at Purina Dog Factory, and I've been trying to get a tour from him for a while, and he's going to set it up for me, but he can't believe I would want one. But, like, I feel like there's not enough of that going around. That, like, someone has a job that's a friend of yours, you should be allowed to bring them to see the job and take a look around and see how the sausage is made. Any job.

It's like having, like a little field trip to their job and go, oh, yeah, this is where we have our break room. And this is where we have the cranes. Like.

Yes, exactly. The crane. The crane operator. If my neighbor's a crane operator and I'm a social studies teacher. And he goes, mikey, can you get a half a day from school one day? Why? Well, if you can get down to the. To the work site by about 1pm I get. When I take the elevator back up the crane if you want to come up. You always talk about it. You could see how I bring the beams over the girders, the iron girders. And we'll be up there for like two hours. But you see the meats and bones of it. I talked to my boss. Oh, my God. How great would that be? Even your shows, all these people working security and all this before the show starts, they should be able to be like, to a daughter, come on down. You can't see the show, but you can come in, you can see them setting up.

So what job would you like to see in person? Like, if someone come down.

I wanted to see the. How the dog one does, because sometimes I can smell Purina Dog food all the Way in my town, which is about three and a half miles away from the factory. And my buddy who works there says, when you smell it, he goes, that means all six ovens are going. So, like, once in a while, I'll smell it and I'll text him. I go, where are we on the ovens? And he'll go, ha, ha. All six, man. Fired up. They bro, that Purina, that's big business. But I'd like to see how a beer is bottled. Maybe like, Blue Moon, how we bottle in that. Like, what would you like to see? Like, that would be another one I like to see. I like to see Skinny Pop show me the operation that's making this shit that I'm very close to giving fellatio to a man to. For a bag of.

If they stop making it pop, how do you think. Do you think it's. It's. It's constantly being popped and put into the bags? Or do they pop it and then. And then just start shoveling it into the bags? What do. What do you. What would you say? How do they bag popcorn?

It's both, man. Like, if the bag has got tied up, they'd be like, listen, we got three tons of popcorn coming your way, so fix the problem. Like, yeah, it's just constant. They can't keep this shit on the shelves long enough, bro. They can't. But fascinating, right? Like, I know. I don't. What about you? Like, can you think of anything offhand that you'd like to. Like a factory?

I would like to see. Let's see. That's a good question. What would I. What job would I like to go to.

God about seeing how a nice cologne is made? What's that process? Who's. How do you. How do you. Is that like, in a vat? Is somebody stirring the Draco, like, at a certain. At a certain temperature? How does it work?

No, that's. That's a good one. Never thought about how cologne is made? Small batch. Is that something that's being like. Is it like wine where they have to let it sit for three years and then they stop saying yes?

Right. What's the main ingredient? Water. Is everything being mixed to water, or is it, like, what's the main liquid ingredient of cologne? This is something you should know, bro. You're a.

That's a great question. I. I would assume it's water. Could you tell me, Patrick, what percentage of cologne is water based? It's got to be water. No, right. While he's looking that up, I got something. I Want to talk about yesterday? I went to a school event. It was at night and at the school they celebrate different cultures. You know this one, they were celebrating the Indian culture. And I'm sitting there, right? This is after a long day. I did a six hour podcast. I'm doing this podcast that I can't talk about right now. But it's. It's a story podcast. It's not like a guest driven podcast. It's. It's a story. And. And then I did. And then I went to go and take Seraphina to gymnastics. And then on the way home, we stopped at the event. So at 6 o'clock, I'm beat out of my mind. And I'm looking around and everybody's like having a good time. Like some people are doing some dancing, other people are doing this and that. People are laughing. And I'm looking around and I'm like, yeah, of course my wife is talking to mothers and other fathers and whatnot. And I just feel like I'm a loner when I go to these things, right? I just feel like I'm not like piped in with the. Like a bunch of dads are in a circle talking. I feel like I'm never really in that mix. And then I started to sit down and my son was doing finger weaving with some whatever yarn. And I'm sitting there with him on the carpet and he's showing me how to do it. And then every once in a while I'd peel back and look around and again everybody was like having fun and I wasn't in the mix. And I'm thinking to myself, am I missing something here? Like, if I wasn't, like, if I was here constantly, would I be more like involved in the school parent group or are you like this? I doubt that you're hanging out with other dads. No.

No, I'm not. And I know it's a tough thing when you're in that moment. Like just yesterday, Jackie's got the hammerhead swim thing and she needed me to drop off boxes. And there's some men. Hey, Pete. I'm like, hey, doing. I recognize faces. But I mean, guy I was in Calgary and Winnipeg. I mean, I'm doing these things. We're gone, right? But anyway, the point is, when I come back to the car, there's three men chatting over there and my car was over here. And I kind of went around that way because I was like, I'd love to chat with them, but I feel like they're not. Like I'm not included. I'm out of the loop with this stuff. And then I got in the car and I'm like wondering do they think I'm an asshole or do they be like, he's traveling. I don't know. I'm wondering what they think about me. Do you ever wonder what they're thinking about you when you're watching your kid finger weave and all the adults are talking and you're not walking over and going, hey, how's everybody doing?

Yeah, yeah. I'm not necessarily thinking about what they're thinking to me. I'm thinking about like, should I be dancing to the music and the. Like. I. No, I shouldn't. I would never do that. Even if I wasn't traveling, I would never be like, oh, yeah, now I'm gonna get in the circle and dance with the people. I don't know, man. I just feel like sometimes I'm a fish out of water when I go to those things. Don't know what to really talk about, you know?

No.

Yeah. But no matter what, you my buddy. Like I said, my buddy Pete, you should have seen what he did. He took out a full size family sized popcorn bag in the suv and they're gonna go, what? And they go, yeah, I had a problem with that.

Oh, they're talking about, oh, we did a business thing here or we did this, and you're going, I was catching fish at pike's place in Seattle and everyone was gathering around to take photos with me after I caught the fish. So, like, yeah, different life.

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[Pete Corrielli]

Speaking of speaking of the fish place, we didn't really get into this last cast but for those listener unaware, we were in Seattle in the morning we went to that Pike's market and they were throwing and fish across the room and you'd catch it and and whatnot so we had come up with like. And the guys were salesmen. I mean, come on, they're trying to sell fish out there, right? They probably get a commission.

Yeah.

And our, our friend John was with us. And John was sampling some crab meat. Now, we had brought up the fact that if you start sampling the food, are you obligated to purchase something? So if, like, if you sample and go, that's good. And then you just walk away, do they look at you going, sky crab. And he didn't buy a filet. A filet of fish. Not that.

Hey, right.

And he didn't, he didn't buy anything. I didn't even. I had a little credit. We have some crap together.

Well, yeah, the thing with John was that it's okay to do a sample and then you make a decision. Thank you. I appreciate. When you go back, because he went back, I go, double sample. Now you gotta purchase.

Oh, he went for. Oh, wow.

Double sample.

Made a meal out of it.

Yeah, yeah. Oh, okay. I'll do a little more. I like what I like. I like. I'll do a little more sort of a comment, you know, And I'm like. And then they bring in other samples. And you're taking that. He's taking that. I'm like, you guys are like filling up. You're like, don't even need lunch.

No. Well, listen, I bought enough fish. I bought enough fish. Where I'm surprised they didn't say, let me just fillet one for you right here on the house. Right?

Like, I know.

Yeah, I had a nice little purchase going from a distance.

I just noticed too, bro. And in case you're wondering, it's almost like getting a haircut that you think looks good, but no one's telling you it looks good. Saw you pay with hundred dollar bills. From a distance, real cool. Looked very Sinatra esque. Just firing them over the counter. Jesus Christ, guys, I got a paper factory in his back pocket. Jeez.

So I gotta tell you there, there is a confidence in paying with cash that you just don't get with a card. I feel if you pay in with cash, even at the grocery store, sometimes I'll take a nod out and I'm like, yeah, let me just, let me pay cash with this. I gotta. Yeah, I have a credit card. Yeah. But you know, like every once in a while you wanna pay with cash because you just feel like it's done. Like it's. This is it. You got it. I got it. There's no more ties to you.

That's it.

You Know, official credit card. Yeah, you got to relive the. You got to relive the charge with a credit card.

I feel like, official. With cash. Official.

It's official. It's.

It's.

It's like you're telling people in the line, I got it now. I got it. I. I don't need the 30 days to pay it. It's happening right now, right, with the credit card deal. Sometimes one second I feel like with the credit card, when I get the bill and I see $195 from Bristol Farms, I gotta go, what the hell did I spend $195 and I gotta go. Yeah, I bought the steak. And then you relive the experience, and you almost feel like you're getting charged twice.

Right? You think about what you did for the 195 and you're like, all right, it wasn't that good. Now I'm disappointed again. I was disappointed when I ate it. Now I'm disappointed again thinking about it, because I see it on my.

Yeah, yeah.

And the other beauty of cash, and I know you notice, is once you pay for it, like the fish, if. No. Whoever wasn't there to see it, they. It's up to you. If you want anyone to know whatever happened, you know what I'm saying? There's no trace that you bought fish at that place on that day unless you saw it. We're all, you know, cash. And that's. That's what I feel like. Why someday there won't be cash, because I don't think, you know, the government's like that. You can't. That they don't know that there's a lot of transactions going on, you know, that you can't keep track of.

Well, I just. I've always been a big cash guy, and, yeah, I just always like having a little something in my pocket just in case, you feel the more I.

Have my whole life, if I have a lot in my pocket, no matter what I got in my bank account, like, it's not my bank account. Growing up, you know, he'd always vague to my pocket, what do I got in my pocket? That's what you could see and touch. And so. But what were we talking about before that? I forgot where we were going.

We're talking about cologne. He's got the cologne. So typically, ratio of water to cologne is typically around 5 to 15%. It's made up of 3 to 5% perfume oil, 80 to 90% alcohol, and 5 to 15% water. So it's alcohol.

Wow. Damn.

Fantastic.

Yeah, that'd be a cool thing to check out. See how they make that.

Yeah. Cologne is a good, interesting one. I'd like that. I think just.

Any.

Any factory Ivy, like, let me ask you this.

Yeah.

And this kind of goes back to your bet. Not really, but. Pistachios, right?

Yeah.

You ever see the ones that are. They sell them. No shell.

Yeah.

You think human beings are cracking open those pistachios and putting it in a bag? Or is that a machine?

No, that's got to be a machine, man. That's got to be a machine. Can you imagine that job?

Well, you know what? Look this up. Patrick, is there a pistachio De Sheller machine? Because if you had a de Sheller machine in your house on pistachios, would you use it or would you open it up yourself?

Wow. That had a mini one.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Wait. They got a box for the shell and the box for the. This looks like a operation, though. He's putting the pistachios in a grocery bag.

That's right. You know. You know what they. They need to have. I'm surprised they don't have. Before we go any further with this. The shella. And you would buy this something, you know, you have a microwave that heats food instantly. Something that freezes it instantly. How cool would that be? Like, instantly.

Yeah, like a flat. Like a flash. Flash freezer. Okay, here's one. Here's. Here's another one. We got.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

The temperature of the dryer is adjusted to about 60 to 70 degrees Celsius with a humidity of 30, so.

[Pete Corrielli]

Stop it. Pause it. So there's. There's people here, right? There's people here looking for pistachios. And I assume they're looking for ones that are like, close, like a clam, right? And maybe picking those out. You ever get. You ever get like.

I think they're looking for rotten ones.

You think? Because I.

There's a lot that aren't.

This, this is this. This.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

With modern production processes and strict quality management, the pistachio processing plant has created high quality products.

[Pete Corrielli]

Honest to God. You said, like, you just got a conveyor, but this shit don't stop. It's like the mail, bro. This shit don't stop. It just keeps coming. Like, you can't even take a break from that. Like, it.

No.

Like, they got to shut the whole system down in order for you to go. Okay, guys, listen, I got it. That's just not the drift and not coming your way.

Did you ever. Like, I worked did you ever work like that on a conveyor, like at a factory like that?

No, I worked at ups, where the boxes just kept coming. But, like, not. Not meticulous like that. No.

When I worked at a masonry. Yeah, I worked at a masonry in college home for the summers. Most days I worked with my neighbor, Mr. Riccardelli, and we made coping. But sometimes they would send me over to the main part of the plant where they had 24 hours. They were making cinder blocks and they bake in an oven. So when they come out, they're warm and soft. And, you know, the cinder block has the two holes, you know? You know what I'm talking about?

Yeah.

So all day long, when you had a shift, they would give you a big stack next to you of little square pieces of Styrofoam, and the cinder blocks would come down the conveyor belt, warm, right out of the oven, soft. And you just had to 1, 2 stuff the things in the hole so. So the holes wouldn't cave in while they dried. One, two, one, two. Yeah. And then. And then when your bag was low, you go big, low, bag low. And someone would run over with another bag and open it up so you could just keep one, too. Thank you, Mike. Bam. One, two, one, two. If you had to pee, you'd be like, bathroom. And someone would come over and slide in with their hard hat on. One, two. And you run a quick piss and come back. I could. Two and a half hours straight. 15 minute break. Two and a half hours straight lunch. Two and a half hours straight home.

Oh, my God.

Like Laverne Shirley.

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Show.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Pete Corrielli]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Pete Corrielli]

Was that one of the worst jobs you've had?

Can you give me the money Was great, man. I was in college. The most boring job I ever had.

Shit.

Front desk at the hotel was pretty fucking boring.

That was boring?

Well, I mean, because it was. I checked people in.

You'd rather stuff sid their blocks than check people in?

You didn't say that. You said what was more boring. Yeah, I would rather check people in. Yeah. Yeah. But there was a lot going on at the plant. I only did that once in a while. And then other days I was doing. I was. I was young when I did that. I wouldn't. I want to do that forever, but I don't know. What was the most boring job you ever had? Like, boring.

I remember I had a temp job. I used to work for Olston Staffing. It was a temporary. So they used to call me up and go, I think I talked to you about this, Sebastian. We have a great, great five days of work filing and pays 12 bucks an hour. And I. And I go there and they put me in a room with a bunch of file cabinets and stacks of paper. And I had to look for a. Put the a look for j. Eight hours a day. Hang nails like you wouldn't believe. Bleeding.

Come on.

Five days in this freaking thing. Five days in this room. 40 hours. By the end of it, I was like, there's no way. There's no way I could do this ever again. Anytime they call me for filing or data and data entries. Another one. Here's another one I used to do. I used to pass out cement mints at events. So I went down to the Taste of Chicago. And as you were going into the Taste of Chicago, I had a huge bag strapped across my chest with smit mints, and I pass out mints to people all day long.

Oh, my God. Holy man.

Yeah.

Damn.

And the worst. I think I told you I was. I was Captain Morgan. I used to play Captain Morgan at bars. Yeah.

Phenomenal.

With a bird on my shoulder, walking around. You believe Jesus. Did I tell you that story about the. About the biker bar? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. There's another thing I wanted to get into. I want to get your take on this. So I don't know how to put this. I took out. Okay, I'll just tell you. My mother brought her friend with us for the New York show. So she, you know, was very thankful that, you know, she got to come to the dinner and the show and this. So she sent me a lovely lady gift. Yeah, you met her. She sent me a thank you gift. My question to you is, when you get a thank you gift, are you supposed to say thank you for the thank you?

I think so. I think so. I got a really nice card just from my aunt and uncle. Just saying congrats on a lot of the stuff you've been doing lately. And I feel like I owe them a card. Which I just got from Jackie. Right. For the card. I owe them a card for a card thank you for thinking of me and saying such nice things, so. Let alone a gift. Yeah, I think you do.

Okay. Yeah. Just wanted to get your take on that. I thought that would be a longer bit, but go ahead.

Well, the thing. Well, I'll tell you what's. What's happening with loose ends, which is making me want to shut it down almost. People calling up just to go, I sent you a picture of Ba Ba. Ba. Or I sent. Like, they'll send me something. And I didn't thank them for it. I'm like, oh, that was you, the salad bowl. Yeah, thanks.

So.

So now they, you know, I feel like they're just using it to go, let me call that guy up and be like, did you get the thing?

I mean, listen, it's very sweet that the people send stuff over, but, I mean, at the end of the day, you should have a garage sale with the shit that people send you, right?

Well, one guy.

This is funny.

Well, it depends what it is. You know, a lot of times it's like, you know, like, you know. You know, they just mean well. But, you know, like, one guy, this was a funny one, though. This is recently got a giant bag of dog food. Like a big one. And no, A lot happens all the time. No note or no anything, right? So I don't know if you recall. Remember we got, like, dog food like, about six, seven months ago or something? So I was like, oh, maybe this is a new sponsor. Like, I think you might have got, too. We just recently got these things that show photographs. You put photographs in them. So a lot of times we get shit that are sponsors. So I said to Jackie, I go, I don't know. I guess this is from a sponsor. So we have a friend that works at a vet. We're like, you want the dog food? Because we don't use that kind. Oh, yeah. Thank you. So we sent it off. Then I get something from a listener. Petey, remember when I sent you that bottle of. I think he sent Me a bottle of Jack Daniels or something. I said, yeah, man. He goes, I forgot to change the Amazon address back to my house. So when I ordered dog food for my house, it got sent to your house. So I go, bro, I thought that was a response. I already gave it to my vet. But in my head, I'm like, if I didn't, was he expecting me to ship a 90 pound bag of dog food to Missouri? I mean, because I don't know if I'm doing that either.

Funny. Oh, God, that's funny.

Maybe not, though. I don't know. Maybe you're not expected to do it. Equipment here.

What the is going on, bro? What is that? Is that nailed into the Trump?

I can't even get a mic that stays into the stand. There we go.

Did you rig that? Is that something that you rigged up?

I did. I cut the pipe on the microphone with a hacksaw to make it shorter.

I smushed it back. I'm surprised the microphone still works. Hacksaw to a microphone? Jesus.

To the microphone. Metal part, just so I could be at this level.

I think I see. I hear hacksaw and microphone. I hear. Ain't gonna work anymore.

Yeah, I did this a long time ago. It's working fine. It's working fine. Nope. Ship shape. So these. This is three days. Oh, I wanted to show you something. Yeah. Oh, you. If you got something, let's go with what you got.

No, no, I got nothing. I'm dry here, bro.

Remember a few weeks ago we were talking about more than that maybe a month ago, having Sidney Crosby on, and we were talking about hockey players in their teeth, you know, and then like, did they. How did they come out? So a gentleman that I've kind of become friendly with, he's a. He's retired now, but he was an all star in the NHL. Keith Yandel, great dude, man. He had nine teeth knocked out, bro, in one at one time. Nine. He said, you guys are talking about. Most hockey players go with something called the flipper. So, like, it can come out, I guess. And then when you retire as a hockey player, then you go get permanence.

Oh, I see.

Yeah, but that was interesting too.

So do you think CRO. That bit was. That bit died too?

Yeah, that's dead.

Let's bring up. Let's bring up this shuffle wood. The tree that my brain is shutting down, the oil on the. On the. On the tree bark, whatever the hell.

How do you know about this? You already saw it.

Yeah, it's like my father used to watch this growing up.

Your father used to watch this growing up. Like, it's a real game in Italy that, like, is popular.

This is what they do once a year. They should. Yeah. Once a year they do this. My uncle did this. It's. They grease up a telephone pole and they try and get to the end of it. This is where my father grew up.

Hold on, hold on. Pause it. I can't hear. Thank you. Where do they do this?

This is where my father grew up. Ceffalo, Sicily. This is his hometown. This is where this takes place. That's where my father grew up. Right there.

Adi, bro.

Oh, yeah.

Holy. And they do this every year. And like, the old dad didn't do it, though. He didn't do it.

My uncle did it.

Did the uncle get the flag or he just tried it?

No, he tried it. He didn't get the flag, but he tried it. Do you think you could do that? Do you think barefoot you could get the flag doing this thing?

No. Do you think you could.

No, I would. I would definitely wouldn't be able to balance on that thing to get it.

But some of them looked out bad, man.

Yeah, I know. That's what I'm saying. You fall off that thing, you break.

An arm, and then if you don't hit that thing, you still got 20, 30 foot drop to the water. That's like, I don't want to go in there on my land, on my back. Dude, have you ever. You weren't there when they did that. That would be so cool to see.

No, no, no, no. I wish I was, but it's definitely something I want to go back and check out. It's. I forget what they. Oh, it's called Tina Ahmadi Shuffalu Association. Yeah. I gotta ask my dad, actually, what they call it and what it's for, but, yeah, pretty cool event shuffle, bro.

Your dad.

Bro, I'm going to tell you right now. Let me tell you right now. All right. I almost closed my eyes and fell asleep. Fucking exhausted. I'm sorry. Go ahead.

No, but I'm just saying.

All right.

Do it with your eyes closed. Is that where your dad used to live? Like right by that water right there?

Yeah, yeah, it's called. The street right by the water is called Lungo Mare. So it's a beautiful town. I can't wait to go back. Small fishing village. The water's beautiful, people are great, and it's a great, great town. I mean, you gotta go, man. It's in Sicily. It's about an hour Holy shit. Of Palermo.

And when you saw your dad's house, right? Was it the same as it was basically speaking when he grew up?

Well, when we went there, my dad rung the doorbell. It's a three flat, so he lived on the top floor. And he rang the doorbell and the intercom came on, and they, hello. And my dad in Italian said, I used to live here when I was a kid. I have my son here. Do you mind if we come up and see the place? And then, you know. So she, you know, I don't know what she was doing, but what we found out later, she was asking her husband if we could come up. So it was the weirdest thing. We walked in, the husband sitting there in a Guinea tea at the table, eating a bowl of pasta. Looked like he just got home from a long day. Work. And this guy didn't want. This guy didn't want anything to do with us. It was probably the wife going, the sun is here. So we went up, we looked around. It was so small. But my father's like, it's my bedroom. I used to share with my brother right here. And this is. Oh, my God. He was like, reliving his childhood. He hadn't been back in 50 years, and now he's seeing it for the first time with his family living there. And we stayed for a little bit. It was only about, I'd say, three minutes tops, because we wanted to get out there. They had kids, they're all eating dinner. We were walking through the place. This. The place is 600 square feet, right? So. And they're, you know, they're eating dinner. They got their fucking laundry hanging out the. Outside, the. Outside the window.

And probably the best goddamn pasta, too, right there in his bowl. Probably the best pasta you'd have homemade on the third floor in a flat in this little town. So cool, bro. So when you came out, was your father just, like. Like, fucking shocked to see it?

I was. He wasn't. He. He. The whole trip. I think he was stunned that he was there. And then when he went back after that, I think he had moments of like, you know, emotion and whatnot. But while we were there, I didn't really see any of it. I think he was stunned that he was seeing this all again for the first time. And he admittedly had said after the trip that he's like, I was numb when I was there. I. I couldn't. I couldn't process what I was seeing. I never thought I would be back in my hometown, let alone with my Son, seeing where I grew up. But then I started to think, Jesus, could you imagine if you got a knock on your door tomorrow? And this woman was like, I used to live here. Do you mind if I take a walk around and show my kids? Well, for Donia, probably you would, but, like, would you let the person in?

I think I'd have to say, especially if there's a man. If you could get a cop, just hang out in the driveway while you come in, then you go for it, take a look, and then when you come out, I'll wave the cop away and you leave too. Right. Wow. Do I do a full frisk? If anyone came back to your house, though, to ask to do that, you'd be like, hey, JLo.

Come on in.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it's you, Blake Shelton.

Oh, no, I, I. That just goes to show you how welcoming the people in a small town would just invite you to come inside their house, not even knowing who you are to check out the place. So, yeah, it's definitely a cool town.

Was there even one person, by the way, how old was your dad when he left?

15. He was 65 when he went back.

That's old enough. That was there one person even that he ran into in the town or went to see that he grew up playing with until he left at 15. Like, Giuseppe, you're still here. You work at the hardware store.

Yeah, he hooked up with his old friends. He was walking in the piazza, and there was, like, old guys sitting on a bench. Had to be in their maybe mid-80s. And they looked at my dad and they go maniscal. And he. I used to work with your father. So there was guys that were still my grandfather's friends hanging out in the middle of the town. And my dad started talking to my. Oh, my God. And then, you know, those guys introduced my father to other people that he knew. So now my father goes back to Chefalu. He's like the mayor. Oh. You know, he knows a lot of people in the town, and. And he loves it. You know, I just, I mean, he took me to where my grandfather used to have his barber shop, which is now a travel agency. And my father knew the people who had the travel, so it's like he reconnected with all these people that he lost touch with 50 years ago.

Yeah.

And now he's hanging out with them in Sheffaloo. So. Yeah. It's weird that you brought that up because you didn't even know that that was my Dad's hometown.

No, I didn't. I felt like he had to travel somewhere to see it. So, like, where does your dad stay when he goes back? Does he have a hotel in that town that he stays in or he.

Stays at a hotel? And he always kicks his ass because my grandparents at one point in the mid-80s, had that three flat there and a farm. And they asked my father, my uncle, do you want it? Because it's hard to keep up from the States. Do you want it? Do you? Do you want it? And they're like, sell it. Just sell it and get the money. We don't want it. We're not going to go back there. Right. So now he's been back every year since he's been 65, and oh, wow. He's like, I should. I should have kept the freaking pl. This guy had a farm in chef blue that he let go. It's now subsequently become a villa, that the people bought it and it's like a villa now. And he's sitting there looking at it going, this could have been mine. And I'm like. And I'm telling him, you, it could have been ours. Well, we could have kept this in the family.

But, you know, how old were your grandparents when they offered it to him? How old was your dad, I'm saying, Or you when they offered it to him?

My dad was in his mid-30s.

So were you even born yet?

We're 26 years. 26 years? Yeah. I was born 36.

Point is, yeah.

10. Yeah. Wow.

You might not. If your dad bought that property, you might not have become the comedian you became. Just keep that in mind because he would have gone back by the time you're 12 to take a look at it with your brother. He would have re. Fell in love with the whole situation. We're going to fucking move back here. We're going to fix this up. Next thing you know, bro, you'd be working front desk at a villa in the little town.

Yeah, I'd be a fisherman.

You'd be, oh, my God, I can't picture it, dude. Can you imagine what would have become of you if your father, like, as soon as you and your daughter were born, I mean, your sister were born, he took his son and daughter and your mom, and he said, we're going back there and I want to live there. I'm gonna cut hair there and we're gonna stay there. I wonder if you would have been like, I'm going to Hollywood still with my flyers.

Oh, the flyer, that's right. I gotta put, I gotta post that. I have a flyer that I made when I first started doing comedy. I showed Pete in the car. I'll post it on my Instagram for you guys to check out. It's pretty, pretty interesting to see. All right, Pete, listen, this is it. We're shutting the shit down. We got, we got ads to read. We just like to thank everybody for tuning in. Sorry the energy was low today. Pete and I have been on a worldwide tour and we're still trying to crank these podcasts out. So thanks for bearing with us here. My motor shutting down and, and Pete needs to go and be with his family. Pete Sebastian show. We'll see you next week.

The show has ended.

And the worst. I think I told you I was. I was Captain Morgan. I used to play Captain Morgan at bars.

So yeah, that one.

Yeah.

Phenomenal.

With a fucking bird on my shoulder walking around.

Ahoy.

You believe.

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