696: The Pete and Sebastian Show - EP 696 - 2AM DISNEYWORLD

Summary

The Pete and Sebastian Show – EP 696 – “2AM Disneyworld”

Release Date: March 3, 2026
Hosts: Pete Correale & Sebastian Maniscalco

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, comedians Pete Correale and Sebastian Maniscalco riff on routines, punctuality, and their recent family trip adventures—most notably, Sebastian’s not-so-VIP experience at Disneyland. The pair dissect the evolving Disney protocol for celebrity guests, reminisce about old-school theme parks, explore the fantasy of a 2AM Disneyworld behind-the-scenes tour, and round out the hour with jocular chats about book-gifting etiquette and personal finance.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Starting Early & Personal Rituals

• Punctuality Debate: Pete is thrown off by Sebastian’s insistence on starting the podcast early, defending his need for a pre-show routine (see: [01:51]).
  • Quote: “I have a routine. I do a 10-minute ritual before I start.” — Pete ([01:51])
• Sebastian jokes about wanting to witness Pete’s pre-pod ritual, setting up the playful, competitive vibe.

2. Workplace Timeliness & Expectations

• The guys rant about what “arriving on time” versus “starting on time” means, especially for contractors.
  • Sebastian asks if workers are expected to be actively working at 8:00am or just arriving then ([03:20]).
  • Pete describes typical construction site arrival etiquette in America ([04:26]).
• Memorable Moment: Sebastian’s story about a worker showing up in flip flops (“NBA coming in a suit, then changing”) ([05:12]).

3. Disneyland: The Guide Experience & Changing Perks

• Main Theme: Sebastian recounts his Disneyland trip with his family and another family for his child’s friend’s birthday.
  • The luxury of hiring a Disney “guide” is discussed at length. This guide is supposed to help families skip lines and get VIP access ([07:02]).
    • “For those unfamiliar with a guide, the guide kind of facilitates where to go with the best pictures to take… you go through the exit, you just hop on the ride and you’re on.” — Sebastian ([11:14])
  • Rich Birthday Parties: Pete jokes, “Long way from Chuck E. Cheese, folks. Long way.” ([08:25])
  • Even with a guide, Sebastian’s group is waiting in lines. He discovers the VIP protocol changed: unless you’re famous enough to cause a security risk (“The Rock, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber”), now you just get Lightning Lane, not true “back door” access ([18:31]-[20:26]).
• Struggles with Celebrity Status: Sebastian’s friend pleads with Disney managers, arguing Sebastian shouldn’t wait with the general public due to possible confrontations. Nevertheless, no one in line seems to notice him ([21:09]-[23:16]).
  • Quote: “I could have a microphone in the middle of the park doing my act, and this is the reaction.” — Sebastian ([19:33])
  • “Why am I being treated like a regular person right now?” — Pete, ribbing Sebastian ([21:21])

4. The Allure of Disney for Adults

• Discussing why some adults love Disney so much—even post-children ([09:50]-[10:29]).
  • Pete muses, “The feeling that overcomes you when you step into Disney World… It’s just like all the fun stuff of life. Everything is clean and spotless, and everybody’s happy.” ([10:29])
  • Sebastian notes that for him, Disney is more about seeing his kids happy than personal nostalgia ([11:02]).

5. Disney Fantasies: 2AM Behind-the-Scenes

• Pete and Sebastian daydream about a stealth $20k, adults-only guided tour of Disneyland at 2AM with wine, cigars, and exclusive access. They ponder what happens after dark, if the park goes fully dark, and maintenance routines ([27:15]-[29:16]).
  • “That’s the ticket. You want to be there between about 2am and 5am. What is going on?” — Pete ([28:11])

6. Book Recommendations & Personal Finance Chat

• Sebastian recommends: “The Psychology of Money” (by Morgan Housel) ([32:16])
  • They discuss stock market returns, compounding interest, and the hidden costs of spending instead of saving.
  • Quote: “If you just put money in and get the hell out of the way, what it will do for you…” — Sebastian ([35:20])
  • Helpful breakdown of average returns over 150 years and how much $200,000 can grow at different rates ([33:42]-[36:28]).
• Spending vs. Saving: Pete argues for balancing living now with saving for the future. Reflects on the value of treating oneself, leading to a conversation on sending and receiving books as gifts ([41:09]-[42:45]).

7. Book Gifting Etiquette

• Is a loaned book a gift or do you give it back?
  • Pete: “If you’re gonna give me a book to read, it’s my book. I have to think that way because… I spill coffee on it, now I’m like, I’m so sorry… it’s my book now.” ([43:57])
  • Discussion on old vs. new books, sentimental value, and how books acquire character over time.

8. Historical Tangent: The Savage Years

• Pete shows off “The Savage Years,” a secondhand airport bookstore find about early American-Indian encounters, musing on the cycles of history and colonization ([45:00]-[49:02]).
  • Old book vs. new book mystique discussed.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On routines and being early:
  • “I have a routine. I do a 10 minute ritual before I start.” — Pete ([01:51])
• On hiring workers:
  • “What’s starting at 8 o’clock in your eyes mean? Is it work at 8? Or we arrive at 8?” — Sebastian ([04:02])
• On Disneyland’s privilege system:
  • “You go through the exit, you just hop on the ride and you’re on.” — Sebastian ([11:14])
  • “I could have a microphone in the middle of the park doing my act, and this is the reaction.” — Sebastian ([19:33])
• On Disney’s adult magic:
  • “It’s just like all the fun stuff of life… Everybody’s happy.” — Pete ([10:29])
• On 2AM Disney behind-the-scenes:
  • “That’s the ticket. You want to be there between about 2am and 5am. What is going on?” — Pete ([28:11])
• On long-term investing:
  • “If you just put money in and get the hell out of the way, what it will do for you…” — Sebastian ([35:20])
• On book gifting:
  • “If you’re gonna give me a book to read, it’s my book. … I’m so sorry, I spilled coffee on page 72 of the book.” — Pete ([43:57])

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Important Segments (Timestamps)

• Punctuality & Routines: [01:04] – [02:47]
• Disneyland Trip Story Begins: [06:14]
• Guide & Lightning Lane Discussion: [11:14] – [13:46]; [16:46] – [24:07]
• 2AM Disney Fantasies: [27:04] – [29:16]
• Water Rides & Log Flume: [29:39] – [30:58]
• “Psychology of Money” Discussion: [32:16] – [39:07]
• Book Etiquette & Old Books: [42:45] – [48:28]
• Historical Book Tangent: [45:00] – [49:02]

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Tone & Style

Casual, quick-witted, and teasing. The hosts’ banter mixes honest gripes, observational humor, and real-life stories. There’s a through line of nostalgic friendship, with both men ribbing each other equally about routines, fame (or lack thereof), and their shared place in the comedic middle-class elite.

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In Summary

Episode 696 is a quintessential Pete & Sebastian hang: tales of A-list inconveniences, family life, hilarious frustrations, and the little mental tics of middle-aged men. Sebastian’s Disneyland story highlights the invisible line between celebrity and regular guy, while both comics indulge in daydreams of forbidden, exclusive experiences and riff on the value of old books, compounding interest, and the etiquette of thoughtful gifting.

Closing Recommendations:

• Sebastian: “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel
• Pete: “The Savage Years” (author not stated)

If you are new to the show or missed the episode, this summary gives you all the highlights, camaraderie, and punchlines—no Lightning Lane required.

Transcript

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[Pete Corrielli]

This is the Pete and Sebastian show with Pete Corrielli and Sebastian Maniscalco. Guy, what's with the starting early? I'm not into this now.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't really know why the, the, the level of anger in regards to.

[Pete Corrielli]

I have a routine. I have a routine. You got a talent in that you can just fucking do anything and then sit down and do it. I have a routine. I do a 10 minute ritual before I start. So it's still four minutes before the scheduled start. It's things. So we're a little. And then you keep sitting down early. Like the guy who used to coach the New York Giants, Tom Coughlin. Coughlin. He used to say if you're not five minutes early to a meeting, you're late. I used to be in the paper all the time. You'd say that it would piss me off. I'm like, I'm not late, guy. If it's 11, it's 11. If I don't got to be there at 10:55 when you're doing it, that's what you're doing. Lately.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You bring up a great point here that we should just dive into. By the way, have you done your ritual? Are you ready?

[Pete Corrielli]

Half of it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, do what you have to do. We'll kind of be a witness. I'm good.

[Pete Corrielli]

I'm good.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We'd like to witness the ritual that you do prior to getting on the podcast. I would like to see what happens.

[Pete Corrielli]

I We all know what the routine is, Guy.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, well, I well, is. Has the routine been Completed. There we go. There we. That's what we want to see on that. Nice. Pathetic. All right,

[Pete Corrielli]

good to see you, bro.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, good to see you. We are, we are here. You bring up a good point about starting early on time, late. So let's say you hire somebody and they supposed to start at 12 o' clock noon. Yeah. Let's say, for example, I got a remodel going on the kitchen. They're supposed to start at 8 o'. Clock. Now am I supposed to hear a hammer nail boom at 8 o'? Clock?

[Pete Corrielli]

That's a beautiful question. Or a car pulling into a driveway and try.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, so, so what's starting at 8 o' clock in your eyes mean? Is it, is it work at 8? Or we arrive at a, like you get the right. I got coffee and then all of a sudden we fall into the job at 8. What's start time to you?

[Pete Corrielli]

What's I, I think on a location job, like a home, it's, it's. Unfortunately it's the second thing you said. We pull, we pull. We're pulling in at 8, sipping our coffee. You know, don't, don't you? The guys, the first guys out of truck are usually the guys not in charge. And they do that yawn waiting for the guy who is in charge to get out and tell everyone what we're going to be doing. So how's it going over there with that? Is that, is that, what are they doing? Your guys pull in at the 8 o'. Clock. It's America, man. That's how we do it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. Put it this way. It's. I'm leaving to take the kids at 8 o' clock and I'm, I'm seeing the guys park and do the.

[Pete Corrielli]

What?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What did I tell you? One guy came to work and he had flip flops on. Did I say this?

[Pete Corrielli]

No.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Like he got out of the truck with flip flops. And I'm like, shouldn't we, shouldn't we come to the site with the boots on? Like, I don't. What's with the change of clothing after 8 o'? Clock? I would just think like, listen, I used to be a janitor. I came to work in the janitorial clothes. It's not like the NBA where you come to the stadium in a suit and then change into your uniform.

[Pete Corrielli]

These guys got a, what do you call it, an arrival outfit. Before they get, before they even get started, you should go up to the boss and go, do you guys need lockers? You're going to be here to March, right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, God. All right. So did I tell you, And I'm sorry. I think we didn't do this last week, and I think this is. Did I tell you about my Disneyland experience?

[Pete Corrielli]

No. I just saw a photo of you and the family going down a log flume, and I was a little disappointed to see the plastic ponchos on. Aren't you supposed to deal with the wetness going down the log flume?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I was like, yeah, if it's summer, but when it's 53 degrees, you know, don't want to be walking around the park wet.

[Pete Corrielli]

No. All right, all right. I didn't know it was that cold.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

By the way. By the way, the ponchos didn't work.

[Pete Corrielli]

No, they didn't do. Right. Who are you guys with?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Let me. Let me set it up. All right, I'll stop. Serafino was going to a birthday party that was going to take place at Disneyland. So it was eight girls and the parents taking them to Disneyland. So we were looking to go to Disneyland anyway. So we figured, oh, this would be a good opportunity to take Caruso and his buddy and not really follow the party, but we would be there, maybe meet him up for lunch or what have you. Now, the birthday party got a guide, right, to take them around Disneyland. For those unfamiliar with a guide, the guide kind of facilitates where to go with the best pictures to take. And I've had this guide. I've paid for the guide, and I've had the guide given to me as a gift. All right, so I've had the guide twice. Let's just.

[Pete Corrielli]

For the listeners. Can we just take a pause and let the listeners have the comments to each other about what a rich birthday party this is? And it's a different world.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't want his money. They're rich. They're smart, they're polite.

[Pete Corrielli]

He's earned it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So much money now. So they're rich.

[Pete Corrielli]

So what? Okay, we're done. Okay, back to the store. Holy shit. Well, a long way from Chuck E. Cheese, folks. Long way.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm giving you.

[Pete Corrielli]

I love it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I. And I get it. I like. I understand that this is not something that a lot of people do.

[Pete Corrielli]

Got the cash to it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Although I was looking around Disneyland and there was a lot of guides, so.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

By the way, you buy the ticket and the guide separate it. Don't, you know, the guy don't come with tickets, so you got to get the ticket.

[Pete Corrielli]

They live for Disney, though. Even if you don't have a high income, you Know, it's like the old days. You're supposed to give 10% of your salary to church. These people are giving 10% of their salary to Disney.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, bro, Disneyland is packed and it ain't cheap, okay? Yeah. Not only is it packed, it's packed with adults. No kids. Oh, what is. Oh, I don't even know what to

[Pete Corrielli]

make it at, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Actually, we know somebody that kind of.

[Pete Corrielli]

We do? Oh, yeah. My brother and his wife are gonna be going after their kids are gone.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

The kid.

[Pete Corrielli]

The kids don't even want to go. They drag them along just so they don't look weird because they keep going

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

back,

[Pete Corrielli]

using the kids as a pawn. My oldest nephew's joining the Navy. But first he's going to go to a military school. He doesn't even want. He wants to go straight to the Navy. Bad, badass. He wants to represent America. They're going to Disney World this summer. He's like, I'm joining the army and you're taking me to Disney. But the parents love it. My brother loves it. His wife loves it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What do they love? What's. What is? What do they love?

[Pete Corrielli]

The feeling that overcomes you when you step into Disney World. I would imagine lands the same thing. It's just Utopia. The music is playing, we're happy. We're eating what we want. I don't even think you can get a salad in this fucking place. You know what I'm saying? It's just like all the fun stuff of life. Everything is clean and spotless, and everybody's happy. They don't seem happy. But that's in theory, don't you know? I mean, didn't you feel that a little bit when you were a kid? It was magical.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I feel for my kids. So when I look at my kids having a good time and the smile on their face, that makes me happy. So we arrive. So we got a guide.

[Pete Corrielli]

Nice.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Now, we invited another family, Caruso's buddy, you know, we know them through the school and whatnot. Nice people. We check in. Now, mind you, in the past, I have had the guides just walk me through the exit. You don't even wait in line. You go through the exit. You just hop on the ride and you're on. Right? You want to see the princess, you want to see Snow White, Cinderella, what have you. You don't wait in the line. You go through some weird exit out in the back. Boom, Cinderella photo, and we're out the door, right?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's a way to expedite Disneyland in a way where it's not. You're standing in line the whole time. Okay. I said, okay. We go to the first ride and we get in the line. We're in the line. So I'm look. I'm looking around and I'm like, we're in the Lightning line. There's a. There's a. There's a thing called Lightning line. It's not the normal line. This is. You pay extra and you get in the lightning thing. And I guess there's a whole thing at Disneyland where if you. If you want to go on the ride, you have to schedule a time to go on that ride. I don't know if you're familiar with this when you went with your family or your brother, but, like, there's a whole app. App that you get on. Oh, we're gonna go on Thunder Mountain at 12:30. So we gotta be in line at 12:30.

[Pete Corrielli]

When I went, it was you. You get. You pick three rides where you make a reservation so you don't have to wait in line three times. But then. But you can go on any ride anytime you want. But you're going to wait in a long line. So. But because the lines are so long, they give you three rides where you can make a reservation. But now you're telling me I'm in Disneyland and I'm walking by my kid. My kid goes, I want to go on the Dumbo ride. I'm like, not till 4:45, kid. It's only noon.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't want to misspeak. But I think you could look this up. I think if you buy a Lightning Pass, you could go in the Lightning Line, but you have to make a reservation to do that. But if you want to go, oh, let's go here. You could wait in the normal line. I don't know. There's a lot going on with the lines. I just know that I'm in line, and last time I wasn't.

[Pete Corrielli]

All right. Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, so now.

[Pete Corrielli]

Now I'm in line. Now you got to make small talk with the guide because he's there in line with you, right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. So I'm like, oh, this must be. Could you read that? Just summarize it. Just give me a summary. I don't want to read that. I just wanted the regular line. Just. Just tell me in. In two sentences after you read that. This is another thing I'm doing. Like, now that we got AI, I can't. I can't, like, read, like, paragraphs. It's like, tell me in a sentence what this Shit means that's where I'm at, right? Yeah. So I don't want to sit here taking up time. Is this the summarized one sentence? Oh, beautiful. You could always use the regular standby line, even if you have lightning lane access, because lightning lane is just an option. An optional faster cue, and it doesn't restrict standby use. So you could use the lightning. Okay, okay. So anyway.

[Pete Corrielli]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So I'm thinking, oh, we probably can't get on the exit. You can't probably go through the exit because this is a ride that doesn't offer that. So we have to stand in the line. We're all in line, and the guide is taking us through the line. Okay, the second ride, we get in the line. So I'm going. Second. Second line where. That's kind of strange, but maybe this is another one of these rides where. Third ride, we're in line. Now I gotta. I gotta say something. And I'm even talking to the guy that I'm with because he's been in the. He's had the guide before, and he's like, yeah, you know, we should be going through another. Another route here. So I go to. I go to the. I go to the guide. I go, listen, last time. Last two times we've had the guide, we've gone through the exit, and we didn't wait in the line. We just hopped on the ride. I go, what's going on? Yeah, the exit is reserved for people who would cause a security problem. You know, if. If. If that person were to be in line and there was like a mob scene or a security issue, then we would basically telling me, There's not a. There's not a problem here. Right?

[Pete Corrielli]

This is right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

If you were in the line, there's. The line's not collapsing on you. Basically, you're not the Rock.

[Pete Corrielli]

Well, you know what? I'm seeing a little differently. You're getting penalized because you're, for lack of a better word, fans, audience, whatever, have class. You know what I'm saying? They all know you're there. They're just not going to bother you. It doesn't make it any less uncomfortable that the eyeballs are on me. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So basically telling me this is what's offered, but I'm like, three years ago, four years ago, we were going through the exit line, so why now? You know, and my body is like, the buddy's like, you know, maybe, you know, like, take your sunglasses off maybe. That's why I go, bro, it's sunglasses on or not. This is the reaction. Like, this is what I get when I go out. Like, he thought.

[Pete Corrielli]

He.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

He. Even the guy thought, oh, yeah, the reason why people aren't coming up to you is because you got the sunglasses, bro. I go, sunglasses are not. I could have a microphone in the middle of the park doing my act. And this is the reaction. This is.

[Pete Corrielli]

This is. This is it, bro.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, I gotta go to her side. And knock on the window and go, the, are you doing.

[Pete Corrielli]

Well by, by the, this, the standards of this place. So you. I would have said to the guy, so basically you're saying Lady Gaga and, and Justin Bieber, they go to back way. Cuz they're about the only two. I mean. Yeah, what do you want them to do? You want them to claw at me like I'm a beetle? I mean, this is what they do. They give you a look and that's it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I just want to get in and out of the park and do as many rides as possible. That's why I got the fucking guide. That's it.

[Pete Corrielli]

If Sean Penn was there, they're not going to, there's not going to be a mob scene. People will go, oh, Sean Penn. That's what they'll do. Right. If he's here with his kids, are you going to make Sean Penn wait? I doubt it. I doubt it. You're going to let him through the exit because he's probably smoking through the fucking place anyway.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Right?

[Pete Corrielli]

Let's get him out of here before he's on lineman of Marlboro as it is. But I'm just saying, I'm, I don't know if there was a. I'm, I'm thinking you have a different guide and you're going through the exit. I, I'm sensing could have been personal.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, I called my representatives who got me this and I said, listen, I'm in the line with, you know, I'm in the line. I go, I don't even know why

[Pete Corrielli]

I got a guy proactive about this.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. I'm just trying to figure out, am I missing something here? Because the way this is going, I ain't going to get on the rides and I'm going to be here for 10 hours.

[Pete Corrielli]

Why am I being treated like a regular person right now?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I do not like this at all. It's not that.

[Pete Corrielli]

It is though.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's not.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, so what happened with the rep?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You call a rep, I call my manager. I said, what's going on? Oh, I'm in the lightning line. Come on. She goes, hold on, let me find out what's going on. Yeah, yeah, that's. That's what you get. I go, that's what I get. What, what happens in the exit like now? If, if they told me, if they told me, oh, they got rid of that program. That's okay. All right, this is, this is what? Okay, so I'm. All right, all right, fine. If this is what they get. This is what you get, right? So the guy that I'm with, he's even more upset than I am. He goes, this is fucking ridiculous. Let me go talk to somebody. So he finds a manager, two managers he's talking to, right? And he's telling them, this is embarrassing. He's going, listen, He. He. He just doesn't, you know, like, he can't be in line with the people. This is. I didn't prompt him. He's just said this on his own. This is great. He can't be in the line with the people, you know. Like, if somebody, you know, saw his act and didn't like what he said, and now he's in line with them for 20 minutes, and then he's got his family there, and the guy's like, yeah, I didn't like what you said about this. And then he's got. So, you know, like, you know, yeah, I like it.

[Pete Corrielli]

I like it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, you know. You know, and then he doesn't, you know, pictures. You don't want to take pictures. Now he's telling them this. And I'm standing like. Like, I don't know, 25ft away, text messaging, nobody coming up to me, right? No, Like, I ain't even proven his case, right? Like, if they. If. If they looked over and go, not no one. No one seems to have a problem with anything. His act or anything else. He's alone. Yeah, he's fine. The lightning lane is right there. That. Basically, that's the thing. The lightning lane is open.

[Pete Corrielli]

So this is too funny. So it's. That it's not again. This could be normal right now, but at any given moment, someone could come up and start yelling at him about his act. That's what you guys say.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, here's another thing. She goes, oh, that's Walt Disney's apartment. He used to stay in there when the park was being built. And that light you see never goes off. Let's go to the apartment.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, my. Right. Let's check that out.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Isn't that. Isn't that included, what's included in the guide? You know what I'm saying?

[Pete Corrielli]

Like, yes.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And the guide was. The guide was great. I mean, she. She did get us food and whatnot, you know, like we wanted, like. And she'll. I'll get that, and then I'll give you the pretzels after you get off. So, you know, it's nice.

[Pete Corrielli]

I'm fascinated by this apartment. I'm like, I don't know. Patrick, I know you're busy, but if you could Google this apartment that he lived in, does anybody get to stay that? If DiCaprio had a family, could he stay in the apartment?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, you cannot stay in it. It's just there to see. But I wanted. If we're getting a guide, I'm like, all right, we're gonna go see Walt Disney himself, Frozen Stiff. Where is that? Where is that? You know what I'm saying? If I'm getting a guide, I want the behind the scenes, man. I just don't want somebody else added to my party that I gotta now talk to. Yeah, well, yeah, that's it. That's where he used to live. Let's bring it up here. It's right above the fire department, and there's a little globe in there. And I don't know what that globe is, but that never goes off. That's his apartment. And I don't know what this.

[Pete Corrielli]

That is. I'm sorry, for lack of a better word. Adorable. I'm already in a better mood just looking at that scene. That's why adults go there. You just.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, okay. This is the inside.

[Pete Corrielli]

It's clean.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's. Yeah, this is the inside of the movie. Oh, my God.

[Pete Corrielli]

Can you imagine staying in that, bro? You're in Disneyland. That's magical. You're not sniffing that. You don't get that. Somebody gets that. You must know, DiCaprio could stay there. If he was a dad, he could stay there.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

The cat, DiCaprio, if he came, they'd probably shut the park down and go have at it. All right.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, Tom Cruise already. He probably. Tommy sees. Done that with Surrey. Listen, you need to get a hold of somebody who works high end in security in Disneyland. That's the ticket. Like, if you worked at security in Disneyland, do you think you could get your neighbor a tour at one o'

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

clock in the morning?

[Pete Corrielli]

No, no, no.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's. That's. That's got to go through the proper channels to. It's not like the security guards are having their way with the. The It's a Small world ride at 2 o' clock in the morning.

[Pete Corrielli]

I'm not saying they're on it, but I'm saying, you ever go through A Small World and you're looking at all the scenery on the side of the boat or whatever.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, yeah.

[Pete Corrielli]

The security guard's like, dude, we'll walk around that shit.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We won't even get on the boat.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, my God. Can you imagine? What a night that'd be fun.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, you know, it's funny you mentioned that, because I was Looking at all that, like these like mechanical. Hello, how are you? I go, what happens when the park closes? Right. And they shut this shit down? Right. And this is all dark. It'd be nice to like.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Was one of the things have like a glitch in the system. What, what's going on at night at Disneyland? Is it dark? Do they leave some lights on? What's going on? Find that out at, at night. At 2 o' clock in the morning, is Disneyland completely dark? And then at like the lights back

[Pete Corrielli]

on, the dusting, the cleaning of the mechanical thing you just talked about. Somebody's gotta dust that, make sure the eyeballs are ready to go. I want to. That's bro. That's the ticket. You want to be there between about 2am and 5am what is going on? Absolutely.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Disneyland does not go fully dark overnight because crews remain in the park for cleaning, maintenance, security, and prep for the next day. Okay. Is there an option to get a guide at 2am and just walk us around?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah. Oh my God. For adults only. Adults only.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Adults only. Yeah. Bring the kids. Why not bring the kids?

[Pete Corrielli]

Ah, they're gonna want to go on the ride. We're gonna cry because we can't turn the thing on because it's, you know, and it's two in the morning. Listen. And we do it with a golf cart and a bottle of red wine and cigars. It's fucking beautiful. It's 20 grand ahead. I'm fucking in. I mean, no photos allowed.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I could do Disneyland behind the scenes at 2:00am that's, that's the next ask. All right.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, yeah. Anyway, great story, man. It's funny.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Goodbye for now and we'll see.

[Pete Corrielli]

See ya real soon. The Pete and Sebastian Show.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I went on a water ride, right. I love water rides. Always been a fan of water slides and water rides. Not a big roller coaster guy. But I went on, they put me in the front row. Lana screwed me because she put me in the front row. And that's where you get the most water.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But I gotta tell you, there's nothing like going on a. Just down and hitting water on a ride. I don't know what it is, but there's such an excitement there, that ticking up.

[Pete Corrielli]

And when you first go down, it's always high. And you realize when you're up there, when you first up there, you're like, this is steep, this is steep. Yeah. They have the guy in the umbrella, the lady with the umbrella right there. Before you go down, there's usually a worker right there.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, there was, like, an animatronic thing. Hey, there's no more people, bro. It's all, hey, have a good ride.

[Pete Corrielli]

Did you feel like you let the guy down because you couldn't get the exit thing?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I kind of felt embarrassed.

[Pete Corrielli]

Like, did you. Did you. Did you mention it on the way there? Like, you're gonna love it. We go through the exit. Please tell me.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no, no, I didn't. No, no, no, no. I didn't mention any of that stuff. We just. I just. We had the guy. I didn't even tell him we were gonna have a guy. Just. We had a guy. But this guy that I went with, he's seen more than I have. You know, he comes from a family of, like.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, yeah. Just the way it is.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

His dad might be friends with Bob Iger. And then, you know, I think going dead. Come on. We're. We're in the. We're in the lightning lane with this. This hack.

[Pete Corrielli]

Well, you said that. He said, this is ridiculous. I'm like, all right, this guy must move in certain circles if he thinks this is. He's like, this is absurd. I love it. I love it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, because when we went in the apartment, he's like, I've been in there. And I'm like, jesus Christ.

[Pete Corrielli]

Holy.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Really.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, my God. Wow. So that is rarefied air.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Anyway, I just wanna. I just wanna. This is what I'm. This is what I'm doing. I've done this in the past. Done this in the past. I have a book recommendation.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, all right. And now it's time for Pete and Sebastian's recommendations. That shit's hot, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's a nice. That's a nice to.

[Pete Corrielli]

I can't. What is this? Money?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Psychology of Money. All right. I highly recommend this read. It's. It's. I. I can't recommend it enough. I actually gave it to my wife.

[Pete Corrielli]

I'm back. I'm back. I just got a book too. It's so funny you say that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I haven't had a book in a while.

[Pete Corrielli]

Tell me about this book. Because we're both reading different books, that's for sure.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Since 1877. What do you think the percentage of return on your money is in the stock market? Let's say you put money in the stock market. The average rate of return over. Was that 150 years? Now, what do you think the average rate of return on your money if you invested in the stock market over the last 150 years?

[Pete Corrielli]

Well, what do you mean? I don't understand what that question means, like if you put in 100 grand.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no, no. I'm just saying like the percentage you would get back, like let's say last year, the stock market, the s and P500. If you just put money in the s and P500, those stocks, what's your rate of return? Oh, 3%, 4%, 5%. What? Percent return over the life of the stock market. What do you think?

[Pete Corrielli]

What did it average out to?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, 3%, 6.8%.

[Pete Corrielli]

It's amazing.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's not bad. It's not bad.

[Pete Corrielli]

The hard part is getting the money. But it's unbelievable how money can make money. It's unbelievable.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. I mean now when you wanted to cash out of the stock market and if it was at a, you know, 30% loss, obviously, you know, it's a different. But over time average, it's all when you get out. Right. That's what, that's. Yeah. Like if the mark, the stock market crashes tomorrow, it's going to be a lot different for me than a 85 year old person who's got money in the bank, you know what I'm saying? Like my parents, if we have a major crash and they were kind of like hoping on that money to get them through the rest of their life and all of a sudden they took a 30% hit. A lot different than me where I got another 30 years to make that money up, you know what I'm saying?

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah. But anyway, I know, I know. It's, it's, it's like it isn't the magical thing to be like. I mean, the magical thing is you have all your money in and the stock market's firing on all cylinders and then something in your head goes, well, something's not right. The skin on the, the hair on the back of my neck is rising. So you take it all out, you put it in the bank, stock market crashes and then the hair rises again. Two years later you're like, it's about to come back. And then you put it all back.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Right.

[Pete Corrielli]

Man, it's like that's the magic of it. That's the. Oh God.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, actually the magic of it is compounding interest. And I'm just going to show you an example and give the people an example of how if you just put money in and get the hell out of the way, what it will do for you. So for example, let's do this. Put in. If you put in $200,000, let's say today, you got $200,000 and the average rate of return and what they do conservatively is 4%. Let's do 200 grand at 4% or over 30 years compounded. Now, just hearing that, what do you think the answer would be? 200,000 at 4% over 30 years, compounded, meaning just whatever you're making put back in, what do you think you have.

[Pete Corrielli]

At the end of the day, you're well over a million. You're well over a million. I made two and a half million at that point. Jesus. If you didn't touch it and just let it all do that dance, it is

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

648,680.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, that's it. Wow. I thought I had it higher. That's.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

With no further.

[Pete Corrielli]

I thought the money that you made. No. All right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Over 30 years, that's just. That's just 200,000. I mean, over 30 years, you basically make. But, but, but, but that's at a low percentage now, do you.

[Pete Corrielli]

Is that on top of your 200 or is that including your 200?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

The 600,000 figure, you make 448 grand.

[Pete Corrielli]

Okay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

On top of your 200. So you make a half a million dollars on your 200. But that's 4%. That's a conservative. That's a very conservative. Right now. If it is 8%, okay, which is, you know, you got to. You got. You got some good investments. You're doing. You're doing better then.

[Pete Corrielli]

Okay, 8%. You're sniffing Ponzi scheme guy. That's high. Who's bringing you back 8% over 30 years? Isn't that crazy? That's good.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, the stock market itself is 6.8% historically over the last 150 years. So it's not like it's out of bounds. Unheard of. You would have $2,012,000. So you would make one 1.81 million over 30 years on 200 grand. That's it.

[Pete Corrielli]

Well, what do you think, Valentine? Sounds to me like you guys a couple of bookies.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I told you he'd understand. I can't stress enough to save, and I don't know what a lot of people are doing historically. I have been a huge saver. Huge saver. I spend money, but I definitely save more than I spend.

[Pete Corrielli]

All right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And that's from my father and mother and how they looked at money. All right.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

They've always said, save, save, save, and get out of the way. Okay. So that's what this book kind of goes over about the importance, like, oh, you want to spend 50 grand on a new Hyundai or a Lexus.

[Pete Corrielli]

Right, right, right, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Take that 50 grand. You're not just losing 50 grand on the car, you're losing 50 grand and do it in this scenario and see how much money you would lose over time.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, yeah, like you're losing more than 50 grand. You're losing with the 50 grand. Could have made you over time.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Absolutely. That's how you got to look at it. So when you go to Starbucks, when you get lunch or when you do whatever you're doing, that you're just wasting money here and there and take all that. You don't have to listen. You're going to go to Starbucks and get your coffee for $6 and people go, oh, if you save $6 a day for the lights and. Right, right, right, right, I get it. But if that's your vice and that's what you have to go and do, fine. But the six dollars at Starbucks, the 21 do lunch, the hundred dollar bar tab that you have, all that stuff kind of adds up over time.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And if you took that and saved it, you would be shocked at how much money.

[Pete Corrielli]

Oh, my God, bro. Sometimes I feel like somebody else jumps into your body and takes over the controls for a little while. Last week you literally made fun of me for leaving the hotel at the Four Seasons to go get a sandwich down the block and get caught in that rain store storm in Florida. And now you're saying if you do that and take the money, the difference and put it in the bank.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, listen. To fight a hurricane, to fight a hurricane, to go get a Subway sandwich. Okay, Right, right, right.

[Pete Corrielli]

It was, it was, you know, that Florida weather, it was sunny when I went to go get the tuna sandwich down the block. Turned on me. Turned on me like a dime.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, I knew that rain, I said it's going to rain and you still went out there.

[Pete Corrielli]

I did, I did. That's true.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's all true. And you were trapped. You were trapped because you didn't have an umbrella and you told me you were sitting under an awning.

[Pete Corrielli]

Three, Three hours.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Three hours. So three hours of your time was wasted when you could have just got a thing and then you know that two other hours you could have wrote jokes.

[Pete Corrielli]

But that's the, but that's also the interesting aspect of buying that $50,000 Hyundai or getting that expensive sandwich at the Four Seasons instead of going down the block. It's how much of my life do I sacrifice now to save for later? So you want to try and have a little bit of a balance. I live A simple life. I've saved two because I'm just. I don't really kind of do a lot of overly expensive things anyway. But, you know, once in a while, like, I bought a Jeep Wrangler. I didn't make a ton of money, but I got a little mantra or deal at the festival. Yeah, that money could have made me a lot more money down the line, but I was 30, and I'm like, I'm treating myself. You know what I mean? Does the book have I'm treating myself chapter in there?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, not yet. I'm on chapter 17, and I don't. I don't see treating myself in here at all.

[Pete Corrielli]

Wow. That's the thing, right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So what I'm going to do, what should take. And I've done this in the past. I've periodically sent books to people, and I will post it now. Hey, I thought this was an interesting read. I thought you might like it. What do you think about getting just a book in the mail from a friend or a family member? And would you. Would you look at the book and go, what is it? Psychology of Money. What does he think? I don't know, money. Like, what's. What's the take on getting a random book? Do you. Do you judge the person for sending it going, what does he think? That I don't. That I don't know Money?

[Pete Corrielli]

No, no, no, no, I don't. I. Especially not if you've. If you've read it. Why would I judge you read it. Why would I? You know, the thing is, if you're getting it from a friend, you know, if it's a random someone, then that's one thing, but if you're getting it from a friend, I'm going to read it. If you're going to send me a book, that's a big thing to do. If I do read it, you better be. You better be sure it was worth sending. And then a lot of it depends on what your note says, you know, Like, I think it'd be nice to write something funny. Like, don't worry, I won't ask you if you read it, but if you bring it up, if you do read it, I'd love to chat about it, you know, Like, I don't need the pressure of having to read it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So that brings me to my next point. If me and you are here right now doing this podcast, and I said, this is a great book, right? And it's my book. It's my book. I bought it and I go, here, read it. Read the book. Is that a gift or after you're done reading this book, do you give it back to me? What's the etiquette on if someone gives you a book to read? Am I like a library? Do you have to return it or do you just keep the book?

[Pete Corrielli]

That's a good question. That's a good question. If you're gonna. If you're gonna give me a book to read, it's my book. It's now my book. I have to think that way because now, you know what? I'm. I'd be reading it and I spill coffee on it. Now I'm like, I'm so sorry. I spilled coffee on page 72 of the book. That. It's my book now, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So what if I got, like, what if I got little notes in here? Like, oh, what if I wrote in the book? Do you write in books?

[Pete Corrielli]

I do. I do highlight.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, so you give me a book. You give me a book and you got all your notes in it. That's now my book and your notes.

[Pete Corrielli]

No, no. I'd give you a freshie. I'd get you a freshie. I'd get you a freshie.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah, yeah. But I wouldn't. I don't know if I'd send you a book. I probably just read you. Half the time I'm highlighting is just to tell you about it on a cast. This is the one I'm reading now. This, by the way, for the listeners out there. It's called the Savage is. The Savage is. This is a true historical account of, like, I don't know if you ever heard of Captain John Smith, one of the earliest settlers in Virginia. Anyway, it's about. It's about people who've had encounters with Indians years and years ago. The first encounters, 1600s, 1400s, when we didn't know what the heck was going on. When they didn't know what we were. We didn't know what they were. There's a bookstore. Couldn't believe it, man. In Milwaukee Airport. For all you listeners out there, if you're traveling to Milwaukee, I'm telling you, you got to hit this bookstore. It's just outside of security in the airport. It's a used bookstore. The only used bookstore in any airport in the entire country. It's got, like, floor to ceiling books everywhere. You know, like, this book was $4 in the airport. Yeah. So it's just talking about, like, these Indians were, like, not. That was a problem.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

The Indians were a problem.

[Pete Corrielli]

Well, I mean, it's their land. We came here, but like, I've always had a problem with this in the history of the world. Somebody's living someplace. Somebody pulls up in a boat and takes a shit, right? It's happened everywhere, all the time. All of a sudden, it happens to the Indians and everyone's like, it happens. It's terrible. England was doing it all over the world.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, yeah. People get taken over. I get it. And the Indians get, you know, like. Oh, it was. Indians land, this and that and the other thing. Well, I mean, listen, it's not. It happened. It's terrible. Now what am I supposed to do about it, right? They got casinos.

[Pete Corrielli]

Yeah. I get my gas there and shit. I do what I can. So anyway, it's all right. It's pretty good. It's pretty good. It's pretty.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But. But just, Just the book alone, if you could just hold it up again, right? It's old. Am I really interested in reading that book based on the content of what it has in it? Not really. However, the book alone just. It's beaten up. It's. It's. It's got. It's got wrinkles on it. It looks like there's knowledge in there. Exactly. Ex. It's golden leaf pages, yellow. Looks like it turned color over time. Something about like a brand new book. It feels like it doesn't have the weight of an old book, Right. I don't know. Something about an old book. And it's used. So it's like, who's had that before you? How many owners have had that book before you?

[Pete Corrielli]

I'm telling you, right? Do you think that book will ever have the lasting life of this book? Like, this book was from 1962. 1962. All these things been floating around since.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So 1962, when somebody bought that book, do you think they thought it would end up on the Pete and Sebastian Show? I mean, wow.

[Pete Corrielli]

No mind blown, right? Jesus. They never would have thought that. But here it is, the Savage Years.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That book.

[Pete Corrielli]

That book would be blessed to live the life this book lived. This is the kind of book that Ethan Hawke would have in his back pocket and he pull out on the set, you know, not. Not this subject, but, like, beat up, you know, My guy's an artist, man. I'm only bringing him up because he's in the up for an Oscar again, man. This guy's like, breathes acting, wakes up

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

saying, be or not to be. What is that the same guy that was in Training Day? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good actor, good actor. All right, listen, we have exhausted our time here on the Pete and Sebastian Show. Once again, great hang. Got so much more to get into, man. This thing flew by. I don't know if it flew by

[Pete Corrielli]

for you, but it did. It did.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We didn't get into any of the Pete. The Pete isms. What's going on in your in your world. We'll get back to that in the next show. But for now, Pete and Sebastian Psychology of Money, the Savage Years. Go get it. Go read it. Enjoy.

[Pete Corrielli]

Good hanging.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Good hanging. Always on time.

[Pete Corrielli]

Gave you my baby Be mine. The show has ended. I want to. That's bro. That's the ticket. You want to be there between about 2am and 5am what is going on? Absolutely. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile. I don't know if you knew this, but anyone can get the same Premium Wireless for $15 a month plan that I've been enjoying. It's not just for celebrities. So do like I did and have one of your assistant's assistants switch you to Mint Mobile today. I'm told it's super easy to [e-mail]

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