701: The Pete and Sebastian Show - EP 701 - THANK YOU NO THANK YOU

Summary

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The Pete and Sebastian Show - Episode 701: "THANK YOU NO THANK YOU"

Release Date: April 7, 2026
Hosts: Pete Correale & Sebastian Maniscalco

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Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode, Pete and Sebastian dive into the ups and downs of fan interactions, the etiquette of gratitude and gifting, the realities of aging, family life, and home renovations. With their trademark humor and chemistry, they exchange personal stories about dealing with negative feedback, the importance of thank-you gestures, and the peculiarities of modern life. Teasing each other relentlessly, they also explore topics like spring break plans, health anxieties, and the deeper psychology of entertaining guests.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Handling Negative Feedback from Listeners

[00:29 – 14:43]

• The Critique Email Saga:

  • Pete shares a harsh, sarcastic email received from a newsletter subscriber, Bob. The email mocked Pete's lengthy stories and compared his emails to taking Ambien for insomnia.

    “It took me a lot less time to read the New Testament than I did your email. And I'm Jewish.” — Pete reading Bob’s email [02:06]

  • Pete admits the insult got under his skin. He goes as far as calling Bob’s work and leaving a voicemail, followed by a confrontational email exchange.

• Boundaries & Consequences:

  • Pete wonders if he's overreacted and raises an existential question: how do you feel listening to someone’s art knowing the artist wished you’d stop?
  • Sebastian notes the rarity of an entertainer reaching out directly to a critic.

    “Normally I just leave it at the door. But I mean, you not only open the door, you opened the window and the whole house.” — Sebastian [09:28]

• Digital Criticism Then and Now:

  • Pete reflects how criticism, once remote and rare, now arrives straight to your inbox and can ruin your morning before coffee.

    “Now you could get me before coffee.” — Pete [11:21]

• Sebastian’s Coping Strategy:

  • Sebastian expresses his decision to unplug from the online world, reducing exposure to negativity and increasing his overall happiness.

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2. On Staying Informed vs. Unplugging

[13:19 – 15:17]

• Pete jabs Sebastian about being out-of-touch with current events due to his unplugged lifestyle.

  • “You're like a ditzy blonde… You still need to have men conversations.” — Pete [13:36]

• Sebastian responds he prefers his peaceful ignorance, listening occasionally to podcasts for essential news.

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3. Honors, Health Anxieties, and Aging

[15:17 – 24:21]

• Sebastian’s Upcoming Honor:

  • Sebastian is being awarded by the National Italian American Federation in D.C., following in the footsteps of honorees like Bocelli—an event Pete jokes is now A-list.

    “Bro, you're following up Bocelli.” — Pete [16:32]

• Health Talk Gone Comedic:

  • Both riff on aging body worries: Sebastian brings up numbness in his hand, Pete suggests comedically that doctors should simulate heart attacks/strokes so patients know what to expect.
  • Sebastian wishes for a phone app to diagnose ailments in real time.

    “That’s what I want this health thing to get to... your doctor goes, you’re about to have an aneurysm.” — Pete [18:30]

  • They discuss differences between “fainting” and “collapsing,” associating fainting more with women and collapsing with men.

    “Men collapse. Women faint.” — Pete [22:47]

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4. Sebastian's Kitchen Renovation & Entertaining Guests

[24:32 – 33:56]

• Sebastian’s Diet Tip:

  • Sebastian’s recent weight loss is attributed to living without a working kitchen for weeks, hence no late-night snacking.

    “What’d you do to lose weight? I destroyed my kitchen.” — Pete [25:27]

• Delayed Home Improvement:

  • Sebastian reflects on appliances he purchased three and a half years ago, only now finally being installed, questioning whether unused appliances degrade in storage or become outdated.

• Entertaining vs. Socializing:

  • Pete theorizes Sebastian prefers busying himself as host (cooking, prepping) over just chatting with guests.

    “I think you like to... entertain people more than you enjoy chatting and hanging out with them.” — Pete [31:09]

• Transition Off Tour:

  • Sebastian explains the challenge of finding day-to-day fulfillment after the adrenaline of performing:

    “The rush you get on stage... is similar to a drug... How do you match that talking to the dad at school?” — Sebastian [32:47]

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5. Thank You Cards, Chocolates, & Old School Gratitude

[33:56 – 44:29]

• A New Hobby:

  • Sebastian has taken up writing personalized thank-you cards and sending small boxes of gourmet chocolates as tokens of appreciation. He views it as a way to cultivate gratitude and connect.

    “The box of chocolates that I'm sending out—knock your socks off.” — Sebastian [36:27]

  • He is meticulous—gauging the effort of the favor to decide whether a person gets a 4-piece or a larger assortment.

• Gift Philosophy:

  • Pete jokes that recipients might prefer a gift card but agrees there’s more charm in a physical surprise.

    “Do you think... they’d rather just have the card with the $20?” — Pete [44:14]

  • Sebastian is adamant: “Doesn’t have the same impact.” [44:17]

• Potato Chips Anecdote:

  • Sebastian secretly sent Pete a special bag of chips after they raved about them in Boston, capturing the magic of unexpected postal gifts.

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6. Comic Brainstorm: Offering Favors, Godfather-Style

[48:26 – 50:32]

• Pete playfully suggests Sebastian should go mafia-style with his gratitude and offer a “favor card” people can redeem.

  “What if... you’re also offering a favor. …That’s worth a lot more than four chocolates.” — Pete [49:01]

  • Sebastian laughs but thinks he’ll stick to the chocolates.

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7. Spring Break, Family Travel, and Pete’s Baked Goods

[50:42 – 56:45]

• Vacation Plans:

  • Sebastian is going to Florida to visit Lana’s family for spring break and debates if family visits "count" as a trip.
  • Pete is heading to Hawaii for both vacation and a show; their differing planning styles are discussed.

• Travel and Treats:

  • Discussion turns to Pete’s penchant for traveling with homemade “baked goods”—some with a wink and nod.
  • Sebastian worries about potential legal risks if traveling internationally with edibles:

    “Do I have to in my invite consider prison time?” — Sebastian [54:36]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Handling Criticism:

  “We’re too good at it, bro... I can hit this guy with an email that'll make him commit suicide. You know what I’m saying?” — Pete [03:32]

• On Modern Digital Access:

  “Now you could get me before coffee.” — Pete [11:21]

• On Technological Upgrades:

  “Listen, at the end of the day, just trying to keep food cold and frozen. Anything else with these refrigerators?” — Sebastian [27:46]

• On Thank You Notes:

  “I'm getting joy that somebody on the other end… is getting a little surprise in the mail.” — Sebastian [45:06]

• On Gender and Fainting:

  “Men collapse. Women faint.” — Pete [22:47]

• On Hosting:

  “I like an activity while I'm talking to people… So it breaks up the monotony of just sitting there listening to people.” — Sebastian [31:56]

• On Healthy Paranoia Traveling with Pete:

  “Do I have to in my invite consider prison time?” — Sebastian [54:36] “You only need one set of handcuffs, baby.” — Pete [55:19]

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Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |----------------------------------------------|------------| | Email Criticism Story | 00:29–14:43| | News/Current Events/Unplugging | 13:19–15:17| | Awards & Health Anecdotes | 15:17–24:21| | Kitchen Renovation & Socializing | 24:32–33:56| | Thank You Cards & Chocolates | 33:56–44:29| | Favors Godfather-Style | 48:26–50:32| | Spring Break & Family Travel | 50:42–56:45|

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Closing Thoughts

This episode epitomizes Pete & Sebastian’s distinct comedic synergy—blending personal confessions, classic banter, and social commentary. Whether recounting over-the-top responses to criticism, poking fun at each other’s quirks, or reflecting on the simple joys of gratitude, the duo offers laughter and a little wisdom for those who “collapse” rather than “faint” as life barrels on.

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Transcript

[Pete Corieli]

This is the Pete and Sebastian show

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

with Pete Corieli and Sebastian Maniscalco.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What the. Was that that?

[Pete Corieli]

What's up, man?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Was that a. Where did that breath come from? It was like a sigh.

[Pete Corieli]

What? Oh, sorry. Am I out of frame? Yeah. Am I good? It was just a lot, was a lot of moving parts, man. A lot of moving parts, you know?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I, I, I, I don't know where to get in, where to. I don't know if we want to talk about this issue you had with a listener. I don't know. I mean, I, I got that voicemail from you. With the newsletter.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, asshole. I have it, man. I reread it today because I was like, did I overreact?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Man?

[Pete Corieli]

Was mean.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, so you want to air this out here?

[Pete Corieli]

Sure, sure. For the listeners. In a nutshell. Some of you know, I know that I put out a newsletter, got a little delay, but I got back into it. I got about, I don't know, 9,000 of you follow it and read it, which I appreciate. And when I put them out, a lot of times I'll get a influx of responses and I try to respond to everybody, you know, because I appreciate them that they read it. So. And then, you know, it's always nice. Everyone's nice. And then the other day this guy responded and he was Bob. I won't say his last name for legal purposes, but he was so bro, let me just read it. You tell me if I'm overreacting. Pete, love your podcast. And you stand up, act so take this criticism as constructive, it's not as mean. How can somebody so funny be so boring in these emails? If you think anyone cares about your Division 3 basketball Solilo Soliloquy, think again. It took me a lot less time to read the New Testament than I did your email. And I'm Jewish because I kept thinking it would have a payoff and like one long joke waiting. A punchline that never. But a punchline that never came. It will be replacing my ambiance that. It's my ambiance that I take when I ambient. I will re. I will be replacing my Ambien with this email. Rereading this email before I go to bed because Ambien takes a bit longer to fall asleep to than your emails. As a matter of fact, it should be in every meth head's mobile phone so they can fall asleep quickly after a two day sleepless bender reading your newsletter. Thanks for curing my insomnia. Like nasty, right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay. Yeah, that's Pretty. Pretty bad. It's pretty bad. Yeah.

[Pete Corieli]

Okay. Right now, does the guy have a right to not like it? Of course he does. You know, does he want. Does he have a right to, like, respond if he wants to? I guess. It's America. You can do that if you want to be a dick. But what he did was he left his job and his phone number where he works at the bottom. You know how, like, the guy works in New York city on West 36th street, which is right by Penn Station? And you do this, too, as a comic. So in my head, I'm like, probably takes the train every day, walks through Penn Station. Like, you start to visualize his miserable life, and you gotta almost pull back the reins because we're so good at it. I can hit this guy with an email that'll make him commit suicide. You know what I'm saying? Which is. Yeah, you ever have your wife give you some lip and you hit it back with something so heavy like, Jesus, she's gonna need therapy after that. We're too good at it, bro. We're too good at it. It's like. It's like trying to, you know, around with an MMA fighter just, like, shadow box him.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

He'll accidentally lay you out.

[Pete Corieli]

Not even mean to. So. So I was trying to be delicate, but. But. But then I reread it, and I got so mad, bro. I called up his job. He didn't pick up, but. And didn't say his name, but I could tell it was his. I figured it. I go, is this Bob? Yeah, go ahead.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Did you get a receptionist or. This is, like, direct line to his phone at his edges in his cube?

[Pete Corieli]

No, I got a. I got a phone number, but then the way. But I was waiting for it to say, here's our directory. Oh, yeah, that's what it did. It did. It did. And I punched in the first three letters of his last name, because he put that on there. And it went to his thing, and then it said, leave a message, but it didn't say when it went to that thing that you reached Bob. It just said, leave a message. So I opened with.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is this Bob?

[Pete Corieli]

Hey, Bob, it's Pete Corieli. I got your email, you know, and then something about being a piece of shit and, you know, so on and so forth. He's known me long enough.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You left a voicemail, I think I said, there's like.

[Pete Corieli]

He called me back. He called me back, left me a voicemail. I haven't even played it. I haven't even played I'm so mad, I don't even want to play it. You don't get second chances with me.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I tell you. I tell you. I'm gonna analyze this. And I've seen this happen time and time again. Once the people get called out on the stuff, right? First of all, the guy's stunned that you called his work, right? This guy came back from lunch and was playing his messages. Hey, Bob, just calling you back on that sales report. Revenue's up 33%. So looking thing, right? Daddy gets. Hey, you be qu. And he's like, what the. What the hell? This guy called my work, right? So he's got to be sitting there processing what he just heard on the. On the machine, right? And I would have to say, I think I. He probably had to call out sick the rest of the day after listening to your message. I don't even know how you go back to work.

[Pete Corieli]

There's. There's more to it that I haven't even told you. So. So I. I didn't play his message, but then I emailed him, and I said, I left you a voice message, Bob. I hope it got to you. I see. I s. I see what you do for a living, Bob, you know? And you know, what did I say? I go, if I didn't make fun of his job. But I said something along the lines of, you know, I don't make fun of. I don't make fun of your job or whatever. I don't make fun of your job, you know? And he's in sales, so I say to him, yeah, you won't be hearing from me again. Don't worry, Bob. You won't be hearing from me again. And do me a favor, bro. Stop listening to the cast. Don't read the email. Just shut it down with me, all right? I don't want to accidentally bore you again, so just don't ever listen to my shit again, all right? So he writes back, oh, geez, Pete, again, he says, why am I so mad? And then he says something like, oh, I guess he references his job. He goes, so that makes me a loser. And I want to be clear, Bob. I don't care if you clean up horse manure. A job is a job, and I have respect for anyone doing any job, so absolutely not. Does that not make you a loser? But you're not a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist, so maybe don't be so mean when I'm doing my job. That's all I'm saying. But what you take Sebastian. This is my Last part, let's say Michael Jackson was still alive, you're a fan and somehow you annoy him. Maybe you dance too much of the show. And he tells you, don't ever listen to his music again. Because Bob writes me back. Do I really have to stop listening to the cast? I really enjoy it on Tuesdays. And you guys are funny and I enjoy your stand up. So I didn't write him back. But I don't know how I'd feel if every time I'm listening to Billy Joel, I know Billy Joel doesn't want me listening to him. How would that make you feel, man? You know, you said that dancing into the beat, it, you know, Michael Jackson would be so annoyed if you were enjoying his music.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I think that would affect my listenership a little bit if I knew the host of the show personally called me, left a message and then emailed me, which is unheard of, I think, in the entertainment industry for a talent to reach out to a listener. And maybe not, I don't know, maybe other people have been doing this for years, just having a back and forth with someone that has a problem with the way they're performing. I mean, normally I just leave it at the door. But I mean, you not only open the door, you opened the window and the whole house.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, I mean, this guy took the time. Well, I was also partially inspired by Seinfeld, that episode where he went to the lady's job and started heckling her while she was working. I feel like that's gotta come from a real place, maybe with Larry David or something. I don't know. I don't know. But, you know, you say you've seen this before when they get called on it. So you're saying that entertainers must call these people on it then from time to time.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, whether it be a comment on a post and then the person writes back. I had done that a couple of times where I leave a kind of a snooty remark on a comment. Hey, man, I was just kidding. So I feel like if you call them out on it, all of a sudden they're backpedaling on the initial comment or concern. I mean, I don't know. I wouldn't put it past you. If you were still living in New York City, you would have showed up at the guy's job in the lobby.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't know how far I would have taken it. You're quite right, because it affected my day, man. Because you know why, too? Because these newsletters take a Long time. It's a dying form. I'm trying. I'm trying to get better at them. I know. You know? So, like, it's just like, if you didn't like it, then just stop reading it, dude. It's like when you. When you didn't like somebody growing up, bro, you had to, like, join their fan club as fake fan and then write them a letter to tell them they sucked and it probably wouldn't get to them. Or you had to scalp a ticket to be front row to yell out, you suck. That was the closest you could ever come to telling the person that you don't like that you don't like them. Now you can. You could get me before coffee.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I know that's. And I. And I know you have a problem with me saying this, and we've just discussed this on past podcasts, but that's why I unplugged from the Internet. I don't see anything, I don't look at anything, and I'm a much better man for it. I'm telling you, you screwed up a whole day because one guy got under your skin. I don't have that problem.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, I'm trying to make people's day by responding. When you write an email to tell someone you enjoyed something they did, it's polite to try and respond back is what I was trying to do.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Did you know the email was going to be a negative email before you opened it? Was there a subject heading or was it just a response back to what you.

[Pete Corieli]

No, and he duped me. Because you can only see the first two lines almost where it says, love the cast, and you stand up. So I'm like, oh, all right. Be a nice, nice email.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But then he prefaced it by saying. He prefaced what he was going to say by saying something along the lines of, don't take this criticism right there. You shut it off. You delete it.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, you're probably right. You're probably. I should have right there. You know, there is a side effect, though. Now while we're bringing it up, I don't know if you care. You might not. I'm just going to throw it out there. I do respect your newfound freedom, all right? Kudos to you. But your aloofness with regular news. You like a ditzy blonde that. I'm not liking it. You know, Like, I'll say, hey, man, Iran, are we going to put troops in or not? And you're like, what do you mean? What do you mean, what do I mean? Oh, okay. What do I mean, Cindy, what you double Ds, I mean, you have to have a, still figure out a way to get your general knowledge of what going on out there. Okay. We still need to have men conversations.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I, I, I know it's going, I know it's going on from afar. Do I know the inner workings of what's going on with the war? Currently, I listen to podcasts here and there that keep me informed, but on a day to day to look at headlines and this, that and the other thing, it's not for me. And I, I suggest you take, you don't have to take all of the advice. Just take a little bit, unplug a little bit, enjoy your beautiful family, go out in the yard, start preparing it for the summer, go in the garage. I don't know what to tell you, bro.

[Pete Corieli]

I have been doing yard work, but is there a cooler desk to be sitting around than that? That cabinet meeting like they're having today with Heg said this one, and I mean, the power. That's insane.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I have no idea what. They're sitting around a meeting today discussing what.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, okay. Forgot. I forgot. Cindy, I forgot. My bad. Listen, can I say, though, on a side note about power and dc, can I say congratulations on that award that you're getting honored with?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, yeah.

[Pete Corieli]

Is that a lot? That's fantastic.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What's it called?

[Pete Corieli]

Old. It's, it's out. And Sebastian Guy's got, he's being honored with an award for the Italian Heritage Society. Is that correct?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's a National Italian American Federation. They're just honoring me as a Italian American at this thing in dc, which you're invited to. They, they reached out to you. I don't want to, I don't, I

[Pete Corieli]

don't want to tag along, like, if I, the woman threw me an invite, I think because she knows about the cast, but I don't want to, like, I'm sure you got so much friends and family coming. I don't want to impede on that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You don't have to be on a train. You're welcome to come.

[Pete Corieli]

It's going to be huge, bro. You're going to be in D.C. that's

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

like, it's a gala thing.

[Pete Corieli]

You're wearing a tuxedo for that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm wearing a tuxedo. I'm going to perform for, I think, five or 10 minutes, then I got to give a speech. Oh, you are?

[Pete Corieli]

See, that's, what's your take on that? It's like with the comic, it's always kind of like, even. Even when you're accepting an award, they want you to do the job well,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I mean, listen, Bucelli got it last year. He sang. So it's like, oh, okay, okay, okay. You know, that's.

[Pete Corieli]

Bro, you're following up, Pacelli.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Holy shit.

[Pete Corieli]

I'm glad you take it all with a grain. They calmly and humbly. But, man, that is unbelievable. Last year it was Bocelli.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I mean, there's.

[Pete Corieli]

There's.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

There's a couple other honorees that they're doing. I'm not the only one. But, yeah, I'm gonna have. My parents. Family is going to be there, so, yeah, I think that's in October, but, yeah, you're welcome to come. My left. My left hand. My left hand's numb. What is that? Stroke? Heart attack? What is.

[Pete Corieli]

Could be. It could be. I mean, if you were 10 years old, I'd say if your hand fell asleep at this age. Yeah. Just try to do the Alphabet. Try to do the Alphabet. If it sounds funky, you're having a stroke.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay? So we got that clear.

[Pete Corieli]

I wish there was a way. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I wish there was a way a doctor could induce for grown men. You go to the doctor and he goes, all right, we're going to give you the heart attack alarm. And what that is, is they induce your body to have a heart attack or a stroke so you know exactly what the fuck it feels like when it really happens.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So they just give you little taste.

[Pete Corieli]

So you come out of it, you're like, holy fuck. They're like, ye. If you feel that you're having one,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

well, you know what I would like? And I don't know if Elon Musk is on this with the neural link in the head, the chip in the head that he's working on, but if anything's going on, if I saw that attached to my phone is an app where you look at it and go, no, it's not a stroke. It's just my nerves are kind of in a bad spot because I slept wrong on my shoulder. That's what I. That's what I want this health thing to get to, where anything you're feeling. Like the other day, I felt like, a little pressure in the head. Like a little like, what the hell? Is that an aneurysm? Or is that like a small headache? I want to know on the phone.

[Pete Corieli]

That's it. That's it, bro. Because if it was an aneurysm, you know, you just die in 10 minutes, and then but in reality, 10 minutes later, you forgot that you even. You were on aneurysm. You were on an aneury. You forgot you were on one, Right? That's you almost. I want the level. I want the level to get where you're golfing and, like, before you even feel anything in your temple, you get a phone call, and it's your doctor, and you're like, hey, what's up? And he goes, you're about to have an aneurysm. Just calm down, get in the call, meet me at the hospital. Like. Like his. There's a thing in your head that lets the doctor though before you even.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That would be great. Well, could you imagine if you got a call from your doctor going, listen, in 20 minutes, you're going to have a massive heart attack. So what I need you to do. How would you. How would you respond to that? Would you want to know. Would you want to know if a heart attack is coming?

[Pete Corieli]

If I could help the situation? Like, if it's a Liam Neeson thing when his daughter's under the bed and he's like, I need you to be calm. Tell me what he's wearing. Tell me his height.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

Then if they call me and say, you have 20 minutes, okay, are you near water? Get a bucket of water.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Get a washcloth.

[Pete Corieli]

If I can help myself. Otherwise, I'm just gonna go, what the. You know? I mean, would you want to know?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, I don't know, man. I just. What I. What I'd like to know, and I'd like to talk to people who have had a heart attack is, do they know they're having a heart attack while they're having it? You know what I'm saying? Like, what are they thinking while the heart attack is happening?

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah. Well, when do they. When do they know? Like you said, like, when do you go from, oh, my fingers tingling to I'm having a fucking heart attack? Like, you know, what are you. I mean, at some point you have to go, this. This ain't normal. The other one is fainting. The other one is fainting.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I mean, have you ever fainted?

[Pete Corieli]

No, I haven't. I mean, I've gotten lightheaded and I sit down, but, like, it never caught me so off guard where I just woke up on the floor with people hovering over me. Have you.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I've never fainted. And. Have you fainted? Yeah, I feel like. I feel like people who faint also get bloody noses out of nowhere. Yeah. It's the same person, you know? Like, you ever. Yeah, you Ever talking to somebody like, oh, oh. Oh, my God. And like, what the fuck is this?

[Pete Corieli]

I'm sorry. I don't want to say what I think you have, but it's not good.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, I mean, there's the obvious cocaine thing, but I'm talking about, like, I remember in school in junior high, he looked over and, like, this girl Diane was bleeding all over the desk and what the hell's going on? She had a bloody nose. For what?

[Pete Corieli]

From what? Nah, you stop. I used to get him. I used to get him in elementary school.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, you got him.

[Pete Corieli]

You were that kid one time in third grade. I'll never forget this. A drop of blood dripped from my nose onto Patrice. I disagree. I had a crush on. Onto her math book, and she went, ew. And it stains for the whole year. Everyone's like, that's Pete's blood from my nose. This is going to sound crass, but I equate fainting.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's feminine.

[Pete Corieli]

It's more of a female thing. I equate it with, like, you know, dieting and, like, they're trying. Women, when they try not to eat anything or, you know, not eating enough, it's like the men faint.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

They do. But I know you're coming at with the women thing. It's like this is the. This is the physical activity associated with fainting.

[Pete Corieli]

Yes.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

Men collapse. Women faint, right? Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So if a guy goes down out of nowhere, you would describe it as. I don't know, I was sitting there talking to him, and he just collapsed

[Pete Corieli]

totally. If I ever did go down, bro, say that. Don't say I fainted.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Because you're right.

[Pete Corieli]

It's a.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's a.

[Pete Corieli]

This. It's a. It's the back of the head right over the forehead. Oh, Sally, Sally.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's just too hot. Yeah. I think collapsed goes hand in hand with a man. Because I don't think you would refer to a woman if she just dropped to the floor. Like, she just collapsed. She fainted. It sounds more like what a woman would do just because it's faint. Sounds just like the breeze. Ah. A man to take a man down. I feel like it's a building. The fucking building collapsed. Right? It's. It's. It's more of a stronger word to use for a man going down.

[Pete Corieli]

And it makes sense because now the entire infrastructure of the. Of the household and the family is just like the foundation is down. You know what I mean? When the wife goes down, it's like the roof came off. That's terrible. We Got to fix it. But when the husband goes down, it's like, what the fuck do we do here?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, God.

[Pete Corieli]

Women are loving me today, huh? How you doing, bro? Are you losing? I'm all over the place.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. I'm losing weight.

[Pete Corieli]

Why? Can we know?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, because I'm trying to be healthy. Is that a problem?

[Pete Corieli]

No, you were healthy, but no, I wasn't.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

If I show you before and afters, I'll show you a photo. I want to put the photo up. If I could find it of kind of what made me go, what the hell am I doing? Geez, it's gonna be a nightmare.

[Pete Corieli]

Are you. Can I ask? Is it more? What do you do? You got a secret? Is it cardio or weights?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I told you, I have no kitchen number one. So the snacking has been, you know, there's no going into the refrigerator going, what do we got here? Nothing. So it's like when you take your entire kitchen out of the equation, you're gonna start eating less number one. Right?

[Pete Corieli]

That's a great bit. That's a great bit. Some people caught up midnight snacking. I got rid of the kitchen. I had no kitchen.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What'd you do to lose weight? I destroyed my kitchen. Absolutely. So once that's up and running in two weeks. We just put the appliances in yesterday.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, wow. It's getting close now.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Here, let me give you your take on this. I bought appliances because I thought I was going to remodel my kitchen. I bought them three and a half years ago.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I brought a refrigerator, a freezer, two ovens, a microwave, and a steamer.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I had all this stuff in a room in the house. Right. Just boxes.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, wow, we put them in. Yes.

[Pete Corieli]

I forgot.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I even forgot what the hell brand it was. What? Even I didn't remember what the hell I bought three and a half years ago. So obviously, I think the warranty is gone on these things.

[Pete Corieli]

Right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Right. And I got them in. Now, what's your take on having an appliance sit in your home for three and a half years? Do you think if an appliance brand new is not used within a specific amount of time, that it affects the performance of the appliance?

[Pete Corieli]

Meaning? Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is the refrigerator now going to work as good as if I just installed it upon purchase?

[Pete Corieli]

I would say yes. But this has been such a long time that, like, has the technology updated. Like, are you putting in an antique? Because, like, it moves fast now. Like, they're putting TVs on the door. These refrigerators now. And Shit. You know what I'm saying? So, like, would you still get what you got if given the chance? Or do you think you would have got different stuff if you. If you didn't have that already in storage?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, at the end of the day, just trying to keep food cold and frozen.

[Pete Corieli]

Right? Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Anything else with these refrigerators?

[Pete Corieli]

Tv, this.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Then you think I don't even bother with that because I'm putting. I'm putting paneling over the refrigerator anyway. So it's. It's not the. It's not even going to be what you see in the store. It's all gonna look unified.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So you could put anything you want up on that refrigerator. Nobody's gonna see it. So at the end of the day, I just need cold and frozen, right? And for the. For the oven, I just need heat. So all the bells and whistles that these things come with. Maybe I can't. Maybe I can't start my oven from Mexico, you know, like, some of these ovens you could just start, oh, I'm gonna heat, preheat the oven. I'm coming home. Maybe I can't do that, but honest to God, I. I don't. I don't. I don't really care.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, says the guy who's waiting two years to get into his kitchen. But okay. I mean, it's like the whole place is gonna be a palace, and then you're gonna have a fucking George Foreman Grill on the island. Hi, I'm George Foreman, and this is my Lean, Mean Fat Reducing Grilling machine,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

The Pete and Sebastian Show.

[Pete Corieli]

Don't call it a comeback. Come on, man. Well, I never had a place that I could call my very own. But that's all right, my love. Cause you're my home. This place is going to look good, right? I mean, are you happy with how. How it's looking at least?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Pete Corieli]

No.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yesterday we started to see actually what this thing might look like when it's all done, because a lot of it was just holes. And the cabins are in now the things. And now they're gonna put it up. So it's all. It's all coming together. I think it's going to look beautiful. But it's been a big, big disruption in our lives just because, you know, the kitchen for us is a focal point of the home. And once you take us out of there, we're lost. We don't know where to go. I mean, yeah, there's a living room, there's other rooms, but I'm just saying. And I'M getting tired of not cooking and whatnot. I cooked the other night for a group that came over and I continue to do this time and time again. I don't know why. I tend to make an abundance of food when people come over. A lot of options. I made steak, I made bone marrow, mushrooms, roasted potato. And I did the appetite. And this was for, well, who came over? Two, three, four. Four people came over. Four people came over. And I'm cooking like it's, it's an anniversary party.

[Pete Corieli]

I have a theory. First of all, I do want to say, before I forget, remind me, why did you get all that stuff three years ahead of time to begin with?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Because, like, because I thought I was going to do it. Redo the kitchen then. And we put it on hold because we thought we were maybe going to move out of the house. We were going to not remodel. We were going to do it all at once. So there's a lot of factors involved. So it's just like, all right. And then next thing you know, three and a half years later, this stuff comes out.

[Pete Corieli]

I think you like to, and I've said this before, you enjoy entertaining people more than you enjoy chatting and hanging out with them when they are at your house. It's like, it's fine. It's like your thing. You like, do a little, I mean, it was so glaring when I was there that one time. And I'm in, I'm in your pool and you're in jeans bringing me out spaghetti. And I'm like, hey,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

yeah, yeah, listen, I, I that you keep referring to that. And that was, I think, a whole one off. That was like a unicorn. That generally doesn't happen.

[Pete Corieli]

You get mad.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

You think different. But I, I, whenever I'm over there, you're awesome entertainer, but I think you maybe cook a lot to keep, to keep busy. Instead of just a couple of things.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I like an activity while I'm talking to people because sometimes, and this necessarily wasn't in that situation, the pool situation, but in general, I like an activity because I could pop in and out. I could. Yeah, no, yeah, we've done that as a family too. Hold on. And then I'm attending to something, right?

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So it breaks up the monotony of just sitting there listening to people. Now, again, it's not necessarily.

[Pete Corieli]

Why, because you're always, I know you're not antisocial. I know that. And sorry, I keep bringing up the pants one. I know I keep going back to,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

but actually I was talking to someone in regards to coming off the road and now being at home more, right? So I was kind of on a whirlwind 18 months on the road, getting huge amounts of dopamine, you know, like the crowds and then go out and laughing and goofing around, and then, boom, I'm home, right? And it's a big transition because now it's like, how do you like. I mean, listen, what we do for a living, it's very. And no one would really know if they're not a comedian or a performer. But the rush that you get on stage from making people laugh is similar to a drug, right? And then when you come off that drug, that high that you receive on stage, it's hard to match that. Going to, you know, talk to the dad at school, you know what I'm saying? Not that nothing's wrong with a dad at school, but like that. And when you have. When you don't know the other side of it, it's tough to kind of like, adjust to the daily life when you're not getting those rushes of adrenaline. So what I've done, finding other things to do with my time, and one thing I've taken up, I want your take on this is I've been writing thank you cards now coming up as a comedian. Also coming up, when I was in school, in college, interviewing for jobs, I was a huge thank you card giver. So if you called me in for a job interview the next day, actually in the car, I would write the person a thank you letter, put it in the envelope, put a stamp on it. I would put it in the mailbox right outside the company that I interviewed for. So within the next day or two, they would get a thank you letter from me. Thank you for sitting down with me. So I found, whatever I was just told, thank you cards are nice. So I kind of got away from that. As my career kind of took off, I kind of got away from writing thank you cards, but now I'm back into it. And not only do you get a thank you card from me, you get a box of chocolates,

[Pete Corieli]

right? Wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So. I'm not into chocolates. When people send me chocolates, just like, the fuck is this? I open up the box, I look at. It's always shit, pretty much. Do you ever get a box of chocolate? Oh, my God, I can't believe. What is this? Yeah. Have you ever really got into a box of chocolates?

[Pete Corieli]

I mean, to your point, I can't say that one chocolate has clearly knocked my socks off and been above all the rest, where I'm like, wow. I mean, Cadbury's pretty good chocolate. Have you ever had a box of

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

chocolates that knocked your shoes off? They're all the same. Okay. The box of chocolates that I'm sending

[Pete Corieli]

out,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

knock your socks off.

[Pete Corieli]

All right. Wow, man. Big statement.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I mean.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is a type of chocolate where you eat it and you go, babe, get in here. So they're making melee. Huh?

[Pete Corieli]

You go, is it one of those where you make a noise or what? They go, oh, like that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, yeah, It's. There's so much going on. There's so much going on with this chocolate. And I'm a big caramel guy. I like chocolate, caramel and nuts. That's my thing. Not a big fruit guy with like a cherry covered chocolate or like. Like you bite into the chocolate and it's white. Ins, like the nugget. I don't know what that is. Yeah, coconut. I'm not into that, so. And random people that you would never expect to get a thank you from me are getting thank yous from me. For example.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Pete and I did Las Vegas together.

[Pete Corieli]

Right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We went out to a club after the show one night.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Or actually, we went to a dinner. I don't know if you should get into this. The dinner. There's some things that I want to discuss around the birthday dinner for Lindsay and Ferrante.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I need to clear. Clear the air on this. When I got into the car, right, I had a suit on. Okay, great. And you had jeans and a shirt on. Rag and bone. Rag and bone. And I had a comment to use somewhere along the lines of, what, are we washing windows? Or whatever. It was, but it was sarcasm. Just because we were dressed completely different, but in no way, shape or form did I mean, for you to go change. I was just being funny, and next thing you know, you were running back to the room to get another shirt on.

[Pete Corieli]

All right, Right. Yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But where we went for dinner, people were dressed just the way you were dressed.

[Pete Corieli]

It was not like.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I just. So my take on this is just because somebody's dressed up, does it mean all of a sudden you have to kind of be equal to or greater than the person that's dressed up? I just. It's Las Vegas. I never really get into a suit, so I'm like, ah, this would be a nice night to wear a suit. I didn't have a tie on. It was just open. And it was kind of a casual look. But, wow, what do we what are we doing?

[Pete Corieli]

It was so funny. Well, first of all, I had brought a nice black Hugo Boss shirt that I do like to wear from time to time. But I remember last time we went out to dinner, it was like rag and bone was appropriate. Now, I met Mikey first downstairs. He was having a drink, and he was already in a jacket, so now my senses were up. Then we meet up with Lindsay, and she's dressed very nice. Okay, two for two here. And then you get in looking like you're filming Ocean's 14, you know, with. And that. Now. Now, granted, maybe not where we were going, which was so cool, was everybody going to be dressed like that? But everybody at my table was going to be dressed like that, so I wasn't gonna be the one who looked like, hey, let's let the driver eat with us. So, yeah, bro, you can't offend me, man. We've been friends too long, if that's what you think. It was a funny line. And then when you go that, I'm like, I'm changed. Thanks for letting me change you guys, too. I held everybody up.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, I felt much better about him. I'm just saying. I was just being sarcastic and goofy. But we go to the restaurant, and then afterwards, I'm not going to tell you what restaurant we were at.

[Pete Corieli]

All right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I don't know if I told you this, but there was no bill, right? The bill was taken care of. I assumed the bill was taken care of from the guy that owned the restaurant. Right, yeah. So leaving the restaurant, I text the guy. Didn't need to do that. Very, very nice of you. Really uncalled for, very gracious. I didn't pick it up. That's what he told me. That wasn't me. Did I tell you this?

[Pete Corieli]

You did tell him to listen for the first time. But, yeah, he told me.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So I found out who did it, But I don't know their names, and it's killing me because they need to thank you. They need a thank you note. And chocolate.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, I was gonna say that, bro, but that's. That, that, that. What if you didn't confirm it and you just sent the chocolate to the guy who owns a restaurant and then he's gotta go, hey, thanks for the card and the chocolates, but it wasn't from me. You know what I'm saying? So it's almost like. It's almost like. I know you only email them, but I'm saying when you send out your chocolates and your thank, you got to confirm the person you're thanking is definitely the right person, you know what I'm saying? Because these chocolates probably aren't cheap.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, it's a small box of chocolates.

[Pete Corieli]

It's four.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You get four chocolates. If it's somebody that goes above and beyond, you get a box, an assortment. That's how I distinguish. So when we went to the club afterwards, there was a guy there that showed us around, Right. He's getting chocolates and a thank you.

[Pete Corieli]

Okay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Now did he. What he did was he took some time out of his night to show us around the club. He is getting a thank you with chocolate.

[Pete Corieli]

Is he getting the four or is he getting the. Did he get the four box? Now let me ask you this. How much, how much would you say to mail the four? If the price of the four and to mail them, what are we looking at? Maybe 20 bucks?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. I don't know exactly how much they are, but I would assume around 20.

[Pete Corieli]

How many people like, do you. Do you think? Not. Not that guy. He's high end. He was showing you a tour. So not him, but a lot of these box of chocolates. Do you think that the recipient might rather just have the card with the 20?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You can't send cash. You could send a gift card. I could do an Amazon gift card for 20. Doesn't have the same impact. Doesn't have the same impact.

[Pete Corieli]

The problem with cash is you can't disguise it. You got to give a lot of it. Like you could chocolates. They could Wonder, could be 30, 50 or 10. I don't know. But a $10 bill is a $10 bill, you know, maybe give Canadian. Give Canadian cash. So they're not sure. They're thrown. They got a fucking how much is this? But no, that's a. That's a really nice thing you're doing, bro. I don't know that it's going to offshoot the being on a worldwide arena tour, but I hope you're enjoying sending out your chocolates.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm getting joy in writing these. That's awesome. And I'm getting joy that somebody on the other end, whether it be today, tomorrow, is getting a little surprise in the mail. Because I don't know how you feel when you get stuff in the mail like here and you weren't even there or were you there? I'll give you something I did to you, right? Remember when we were in Boston and we were in the lounge and we were commenting on the potato chips?

[Pete Corieli]

Yes.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And you asked the guy, where is he from? Spain. And then he brought out the bag or whatever. So I clocked the bag, and then I sent you a box of potato chips. I don't even think I sent my name or put my name on it or whatnot. Did you get it or was. Did you. Did Sadie open it or. Yeah, but did you open it?

[Pete Corieli]

Jackie and I. Jackie and I opened it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, so you were there. Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So when you get that out of the blue, you get potato chips.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Isn't there something fun about opening a box that you're not expecting?

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah. Oh, gosh, absolutely, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Absolutely.

[Pete Corieli]

I, I beyond. It's unreasonable. Like, it's like, it's. It's almost unreasonable. Like, you can go out and buy yourself as a grown man. Most men, you know, luckily, can go out, you buy a lawnmower, buy whatever you want, go get it. But something could come in the mail for $10, or you could be expecting someone. Be like I said, I sent you a little something should be coming any day. You're, like, so excited. You know what I'm saying? It's weird.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't even like that. I don't like that I sent you something. I don't even like the alert that something's coming. I just like it to show up. That's cool.

[Pete Corieli]

I hear you.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So I'm doing thank you cards. Is that the same as an arena tour? No, but getting back to some type of gratitude for me is fulfilling me in a way that, you know, just wasn't. It was a missing. And I can't wait to I'm do six more today.

[Pete Corieli]

What about.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And, and yeah, there is a book that I want to pick up. It's called Mr. Thank youk. And it's about a guy who wrote five thank you cards a day for one year. And it's all about what those thank you cards were about and how it changed people's lives and whatnot. So I'm going to read that. That's my next book. Mr. Thank you.

[Pete Corieli]

That's very interesting. I'm suggesting you take it a step further because there's a combination going on here of you being heavily Italian, you also being in a position now where you're a little older with some success behind you and some friendships made and whatnot. What if you granted it's a more select, smaller group, random people, people that might not even see it coming. Beyond the card or in the card, you're also offering a favor.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Brando, Godfather.

[Pete Corieli]

What is it that I could do for you? I'd like to Help you. Is there anything I can do to help you? A favor from Sebastian that's worth. That's worth a lot more than four chocolates. If I can. If I can. Yeah, you got to word it with if I can. How may I. I'd like to offer favor to you. And if they think they're going to owe you or not, let them think that. Let them. That, let. That. That's their problem. That's their problem.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You know, that could be a. I

[Pete Corieli]

like, I wish I was in a position to do that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It could be, it could be like a little card I have made up and it's like I'm offering you a favor card. If you ever need it. If you ever need it, don't be, don't hesitate to use it. But I don't know what kind of favor I'm going to get from these people. I don't know.

[Pete Corieli]

But, but maybe put an asterisk at the end. Don't call me on Sundays and I'm not murdering anybody. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know what the limits are. Maybe in fine print at the bottom you put with the limits on. But. Or if someone does a favor for you, you give them the card and like it said, they open up and now I owe you one.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Ah, I, I think I'm going to stick with just the chocolates.

[Pete Corieli]

Stick with your chocolates. So I'm doing the classy, classy classic.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Are you going on.

[Pete Corieli]

Last thing though. Are you going. Sorry to interrupt you, bro. Sorry.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no.

[Pete Corieli]

Are you going on spring break? Are you going anywhere with the fam.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I'm going to Naples, Florida to visit Lana's family. Now here's a question. If you go to visit family, is that spring break? Is that going somewhere for spring break or is that an obligation?

[Pete Corieli]

No, that's spring break, right? I mean, spring break.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

If you go visit your brother on spring break, is that, eh, we're going to visit my brother. Because you could. It just happens to be during spring break.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, no, it's still spring break. I mean, I hear you. One spring break, instead of going to Florida, all my buddies from college came to Long island and we went. I took them into the city and stuff and it was like spring break trip. But we're like in the city. It was weird. So. But it's still spring break, right? You're on, you're visiting you.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We're going to Hawaii, right?

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Is that next week?

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, I leave Saturday. Yeah. Going to Maui and then for a week and then going to the Honolulu, Hawaii to do a show.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, so do you have anything planned in like surf lesson? What are you doing there?

[Pete Corieli]

Well, we're doing the Road to Hana, or however pronounce it. We're doing the Road to Hana. We're right on the beach, so we're gonna do it. We're hanging. We're hanging. What are you talking about? It's a vacation through and through.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I know, but like, are you the type to go, hey, on Monday we're gonna go climb the volcano, on Tuesday we're gonna do a lu. Wow. Is this shit planned in advance or is it like the Coryellis? Just go, what are we doing today, Jack? I thought we would get in the car and go up to the rainforest.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, no, it's a little loosey goosey. We got the Road to Hana booked. Other than that, I mean, Jackie was working out before and I secretly made Rice Krispie treats for both of us, if you know what I'm saying. So we just kind of roll with

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

it

[Pete Corieli]

right now in the garage, cooling down. We got that nine hour flight and we'll turn around and give her one as soon as we take off. I'm just going to be like,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

it's to Sadie. You're giving one?

[Pete Corieli]

No, my wife. Oh, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, Zachary, when you travel, do you have to bring baked goods wherever you go to travel?

[Pete Corieli]

But I mean, do I like. No, I usually, I just like. Listen, bring my weed. What?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

There's something that's in the works here. We don't know if it's going to happen yet, but the Coriali family came up as a possible, hey, maybe we should go with them.

[Pete Corieli]

Right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And then I started to think,

[Pete Corieli]

when

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

you invite the Coriolis, do they always show up, no matter where it is, with Rice Krispie treats, right?

[Pete Corieli]

Or something with not necessarily Rice Krispie

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Treats, whatever the mechanism is.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. If that's going to be a problem for you, I'll get there myself. I'll meet you at the place, if that's what you're saying. Because you don't want me on some plane landed in custom. I don't know where we're going with this, but. Yes.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, let's say it's international,

[Pete Corieli]

right? Okay, depends.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Do I have to in my invite consider prison time?

[Pete Corieli]

No. Well, I mean, you know, it's what don't ask, don't tell. You know what I'm saying?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I get it, but we had. We had an issue. Or you did.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

On a flight.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, that guy we got a little brazen on that one.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, whatever it is, am I going to get a knock on the door? Is he with you? Yeah. What's the problem? You want to come down to the. Come down? No, to the Barcelona police station.

[Pete Corieli]

What? Oh, see, now, that's a place I wouldn't fly with it, too, for going there, so. Yeah, but I hear what you're saying. All I can tell you is this. When they look me in the eye and say, has your bag been in front of you? And does anyone else know what's in your bag but you? I'll say, no, sir, Just me. Nobody else is implicated. You only need one set of handcuffs, baby. All right. I won't even slow down. You won't even miss your vacation, bro. You'll still make your Airbnb. Or over here. That's so funny. Oh, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

These are the things I think about. I. I think about, like, this is the. You know, like, okay, if we're there and all of a sudden, can we search your bag? And they take out a carrot cake? And it's.

[Pete Corieli]

Gonna go, why is there a German shepherd sniffing the carrot cake? Oh, that's too funny. Yeah, I'll keep it clean. Put us back on the. On the maybe list. Put us on the maybe list. All right,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

good, bro.

[Pete Corieli]

All right, I'll see you next week. The show has ended.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is the physical activity associated with fainting, right?

[Pete Corieli]

Yes.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

Men collapse. Women faint it. Right? Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So if a guy goes down out of nowhere, you would describe it as. I don't know, I was sitting there talking to him, and he just collapsed.

[Pete Corieli]

Totally. If I ever did go down, bro, say that. Don't say I fainted.