A New Office & Ghosting A Group Chat

Summary

The Sebastian Maniscalco Show

Episode: A New Office & Ghosting A Group Chat
Date: May 5, 2026
Host: Sebastian Maniscalco
Guest/Co-host: Pete Correale
Special Appearances: Lana (Sebastian’s wife), Andrew (Producer), Kim (Producer), Sebastian’s Sister

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EPISODE OVERVIEW

Sebastian Maniscalco kicks off the debut episode of his new SiriusXM show from the heart of Los Angeles. Joined by longtime friend and fellow comedian Pete Correale (broadcasting from Rochester), the two dive into classic riffing on daily life, changes with the new studio environment, family dynamics, group chat etiquette, driving technology, and timeless issues of modern etiquette. Listeners get an inside look at Sebastian’s new radio home, his ambition to blend classic radio and podcasting, and the show's promise to be a platform for rising comics and candid conversations.

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1. WELCOME TO SIRIUSXM & NEW SHOW FORMAT

00:49–06:35

• Sebastian’s New Office and Badge Rituals:
  • Sebastian describes navigating elaborate security at SiriusXM and the experience of being assigned a “floating” office adorned with celebrity photos.
  • Notable Moment: “There’s a Chewbacca office…I don’t know why these people are on the wall, but today I was in Chadwick [Boseman]'s office." (02:33)
• Show Vision:
  • More guests, including comedians, actors, and friends they've long wanted on-air.
  • DJ Maranara teased as a future bit (Sebastian jokes he is the DJ).
  • Plan to host live events and promote up-and-coming comedians.
  • Notable Quote: “This is one of the things I wanna do now that I have this unbelievable platform...introduce our large audience to some of the comedians…that are worthy of, you know, getting some exposure.” (06:02)
• Welcome to Old & New Fans:
  • Shoutout to long-standing listeners of Pete & Sebastian’s original podcast, now part of SiriusXM family.

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2. CLASSIC SEBASTIAN & PETE: SOCIAL & FAMILY DYNAMICS

06:35–13:43

The Social Dilemma: Emotional Goodbyes

• Sebastian recounts an awkward party exit when a host tears up during farewells.
  • Key Question: “When you’re ready to leave an event and someone starts crying, how long do you gotta stay?” (08:19)
  • Pete’s Take: “I leave faster. I mean, you start to cry, I’m gonna let you and your wife cry this out, I’m out…” (08:28)
  • Both riff on male friendship, emotional sharing, and crying in front of others.
• Kids’ Reaction to Parental Emotions:
  • Sebastian and Pete swap stories about crying in front of their kids—who mostly react with confusion or mild amusement.
  • Quote: “When I’m crying, I would expect my kids to go, ‘What’s wrong, dad?’ But they’re looking at me going, ‘Why are you crying?’” (09:58)

Childhood Then vs. Now: “Make Your Own Fun”

• Nostalgia for unstructured, outdoor play, boredom, and “catching lightning bugs.”
• Today’s children, in their view, have little patience for boredom or independent play.

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3. BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE NEW STUDIO

13:43–19:00

• Sebastian marvels at the new perks—break room, windows to a hallway where big names might walk by.
  • “I envision maybe Bon Jovi walking in…Can’t do that when I was in the house and Luigi pissed on the rug.” (12:53)
• Pete touts the show as a possible “lucky charm” for guest careers (Andy Garcia, Andy Frasco, etc.).
  • “I can’t help thinking...you come on the Sebastian Maniscalco radio show, and you walk away with luck following right behind you.” (14:43)
• More technical banter about radio school, segment breaks, and their “hybrid” of old-school show and podcast.

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4. GROUP CHATS & MODERN FAMILY COMMUNICATION

21:32–30:41

The Group Chat Dilemma

• Sebastian admits to ghosting his family group chat, never contributing but always noticing who does.
  • “For whatever the reason, I’m not participating in the group chat.” (24:14)
  • Pete diagnoses: “You’re cooler than that.” (24:58)
  • They debate etiquette: Is it rude to “leave” the chat? Should you mute, privately text, or ghost entirely? Is “coolness” incompatible with group chat participation?
• Lana Joins the Show:
  • Sebastian’s wife unexpectedly pipes up from the booth, sparking a playful exchange about being observed (and gently mocked) by family on-air.
  • “My heart's beating quickly…It’s like a first date.” –Lana (30:07)

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5. DRIVING ETIQUETTE, CARS, AND THE FUTURE

31:13–40:30

New Car, Classic Arguments

• Family Debate: Who’s the Better Driver?
  • Lana claims Sebastian drives “like a grandpa”—too slow and cautious.
  • “He drives like a grandpa. So I get anxiety because I’m like, speed up.” –Lana (35:05)
  • Sebastian: “When I have precious cargo… I drive really responsible.”
• Waymo & Self-Driving Cars:
  • Discussion about autonomous Waymo cars proliferating in LA; Lana has already tried them.
  • Pete is baffled: “Have you been in one of those yet?” (34:33)
  • Sebastian’s etiquette query: “Can you honk at a Waymo? If you do, does it generate a report?” (37:56)
  • Producer Andrew confirms Waymo cars can honk and are monitored/remotely assisted by humans if stuck.
  • “I just found it odd that I’m honking at a car with nobody in it.” (38:29)
  • Memorable Moment: Pete likens it to “cheering for your kid’s swim meet… They can’t hear anything.”

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6. TABLE MANNERS & BILL ETIQUETTE

41:48–49:17

• Leftovers, Paying, and Restaurant Etiquette:
  • Sebastian asks if it’s okay for someone to take home leftovers when another pays, especially with shared appetizers.
  • Pete brings up the anxiety of splitting the check with new friends; his wife proposes “let’s split,” but Sebastian is adamant:
    • “At this age, you just pick it up, man. What are we doing? You know, counting dimes.” (44:12)
  • They riff on the classic “bathroom move” to avoid paying.
    • “I’ve done the bathroom move…That’s a classic, bro.” – Sebastian (48:26)
  • Proper number of “thank you’s” when someone treats, and Pete’s relief at guests not pulling the “I’ll get the tip” maneuver.
  • Key Quote: “You do two [thank you’s], but in two different locations…A lot of people remember the last thank you.” (46:15)

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7. FAMILY CAMEOS & REFLECTIONS ON AGING

49:19–53:57

• Sebastian’s Sister & Mother On-Air:
  • Sister drops by (“She edits all my videos”), will be chauffeuring their mom after a dentist visit.
  • Debate on inviting parents to work and involving the whole family on future episodes.
• Parents Aging:
  • Discussion about realizing their parents are “not indestructible,” the quirks of parents as they age, and the acceptance that comes with it.

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8. SHOW WRAP-UP

53:57–54:40

• First Episode Joy & Gratitude:
  • Marking the “historical” moment of the show’s first episode.
  • Light razzing of Kim (producer) for being distracted on her phone.
  • Host sign-offs and reminders for listeners to tune in weekly.

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MEMORABLE QUOTES

• “There’s a Chewbacca office…I was in Chadwick’s office today.” – Sebastian (02:33)
• “You start to cry, I’m gonna let you and your wife cry this out. I’m out.” – Pete (08:28)
• “You’re cooler than that…This is like a little suburban.” – Pete (24:58)
• “Give me the Cliff Notes…give me what I need to know. I don’t want to read the whole book. Just give me the highlights.” – Sebastian (28:07)
• “Cheering for your kid’s swimming. I don’t even know why I do it. They can’t hear anything. They’re underwater.” – Pete (38:44)
• “At this age, you just pick it up…What are we doing, counting dimes?” – Sebastian (44:12)
• “You do two [thank you’s], but in two different locations. The last one is what people remember.” – Sebastian (46:15)
• “When I have precious cargo in the car, I drive really responsible. Now, if it’s just me, I’m whipping around corners.” – Sebastian (35:25)
• “[Lana, on Sebastian’s driving] He drives like a grandpa. So I get anxiety because I’m like, speed up…He doesn’t really break the rules at all. So it’s kind of annoying.” (35:05)
• “I think Lana thinks she’s a third host on the show.” – Sebastian (35:56)
• “This is historical.” – Pete (53:57)

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TIMESTAMPS FOR MAJOR SEGMENTS

• 00:49: Show launch and new office life
• 05:26: DJ Maranara revealed
• 06:35: Plans to promote new comic talent
• 08:19: The etiquette of emotional goodbyes
• 09:10: Crying in front of your kids
• 11:36: “Making your own fun” in childhood
• 13:43: Studio perks and hallway celebrity dreams
• 14:43: Guest appearances = career luck
• 21:32: The group chat existential crisis
• 24:58: Pete declares: “You’re cooler than that”
• 30:41: Lana jumps in live, first-date nerves
• 32:45: Family driving arguments
• 34:22: Waymo and self-driving cars in LA
• 37:56: Honking at a driverless car
• 41:48: Leftover etiquette and splitting checks
• 44:12: “At this age, you just pick it up.”
• 48:26: The bathroom move to dodge the bill
• 49:19: Sebastian’s sister and bringing mom to the show
• 52:30: Aging parents, changing family roles
• 53:57: Emotional first episode send-off

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TONE & STYLE

Sebastian and Pete maintain their signature banter—honest, observational, occasionally self-deprecating, always rooted in real-world everyday comedy. The show deftly mixes classic Italian-American family vibes, modern etiquette conundrums, and an eagerness to blend old-school radio showmanship with the loose authenticity of podcasting.

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FINAL TAKEAWAY

The debut of The Sebastian Maniscalco Show is a warm, funny, and relatable tour through the realities of growing up, growing older, navigating new tech (and showbiz perks), and managing the daily etiquette of modern life—with plenty of room for family cameos, stories from the heart, and classic Sebastian-and-Pete comedic observations.

Transcript

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Commercial Announcer]

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[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

And now, the Sebastian Maniscalco show.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Everybody. Welcome to the new Sebastian Maniscalco Show. We are at SiriusXM in the heart of Los Angeles, and I am so excited to launch this show. And not only about the show, but, but just, just coming here as an employee of Sirius xm. And Pete is still in Rochester, still at his house, broadcasting from his home. But I am in studio. I received today a badge, bro. I. I gotta. And you, you worked at Sirius with Jim Brewer, so maybe you're familiar with this as well, and I'm sure you are. This is like security protocol to get into the building, from the parking lot to the, the elevator to actually getting on the floor. I got three different things on this keychain that I gotta be flashing around just to get in to work. All right, so

[Pete Corieli]

you got an office yet?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

They put me in an office. It's not designated as my own office, but there is an office that I can utilize while I'm here at work. And each office has like a photo on the wall. I was in the. What the hell's his name? Chadwick. What's his name? Chadwick Boseman. And I was in his little cubicle today. So I don't know exactly how they work this. They got a bunch, like, Ricky Martin's got his photo up on a wall. There's a Chewbacca

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

office.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So I don't know exactly know why these people are on the wall, but I was in Chadwick's office today.

[Pete Corieli]

So what do we. Can we get? Maybe not today, but down the line, if we could get like a ratings number that you hit this, you get your own parking spot that says Maniscalco. Your own office with curtains like the nine. Like, is there a. I don't know, is there a sweet spot? Anyone? Anyone? Like anyone who's got a show at series, if it gets a certain number today, did I come up to you and give you a tap on the, on the cubicle and go, come with us, you're getting a door.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I, I, I don't know if it's predicated by the, by the, by the, the ratings, but what if the ratings aren't as good? Do they start taking stuff away?

[Pete Corieli]

Like, oh, God, they're like full valet, but you gotta park in the lot down the block. Yeah, right. I don't know.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Six months into this thing, you know, the, the elevator fob is taken away and I gotta walk the stairs, you know? Oh, God. We're not getting any laughs in the booth, by the way. I don't know if I can take this.

[Pete Corieli]

I might have to tint the glass.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I might have to tint the glass.

[Pete Corieli]

That's what I'm saying, bro. Yeah. You can't, you should turn your back should be to everybody. It's like you're doing batting practice and you're hitting one out and no one's going, nice shot. Because the coaches are off to the side chat and they were, everyone's doing their thing. They don't, they're not, don't worry about it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, I know. Everybody's like, you know, I laughed. I know you laughed. I'm just. What's your name? I'm sorry, I forgot your name.

[Pete Corieli]

Kim.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Kim. Kim is so interested in this. She is emailing and texting right now, which is fine. Which is, which is fine. But the confidence level, right, is at an all time low where the people in the room ain't even paying attention. That's true. Listen, that's, this is a weird thing

[Pete Corieli]

too, because our show is popular with women, but we don't do it in front of women. I've never done a cast in front of a woman.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's like, okay, I'm telling you, go ahead. I feel like now she put the phone away and she's not gonna use it. Oh. You know what I'm saying? That's fine. Whatever you normally do on these shows, keep doing it. All right, so welcome to the Sebastian Maniscalco show. Now you ask, what are we in store? What's gonna be happening on the Sebastian Maniscalco show? We are going to have more guests than we normally have. Not just for the sake of having guests. All right? We've had guests in the past and we've always wanted to talk to the Andy Garcias, the Jay Lenos, you know, the Dane Cooks, because we've had a relationship with these people over the years. So there's going to be more of that. Pete, you don't even know this, but I'm going to introduce the audience to a DJ Maranara. We're going to have our own in house DJ spinning some on the ones and twos. We have a DJ setup here.

[Pete Corieli]

Come on. Nice.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So we're going to have a DJ every once in a while, pop in DJ Maranara.

[Pete Corieli]

Is he already here?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You're looking at them. So

[Pete Corieli]

I love it. All right,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

gonna have live events, wanna promote young comedians. This is one of the things that I wanna do now that I have this unbelievable platform. Listen, you know as well as I do it's extremely hard for comedians to kind of break through.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You could be kicking around the comedy clubs for years and nobody give or nobody whatever. And these are really funny people out there that just need a little pop. So what I want to do on this show is introduce our large audience to some of the comedians that you and I feel that are worthy of, you know, getting some exposure. And they got a garage down here that I'm going to do some live events at where I'm going to host a comedy show and introduce new talent to the world. So really excited about that.

[Pete Corieli]

Nice.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Lots in store. A lot of other stuff that I really can't get into now. But just to wet your guys beak of what's going on here at the Sebastian Maniscalco Show. Now Pete and I have been, if you're unfamiliar with Pete and I, Pete and I had done a podcast for 13 years called the Pete and Sebastian show which we had a loyal fan base and still do. So we like to welcome the Pete and Sebastian show listeners to the Sebastian Mascal show as well as our new listeners to the SiriusXM family. Now Pete, I had something happen to me last night that I need your take on. Yeah, I went out to dinner and then after dinner we stopped by a friend's house. They were having some people over at the home and we stayed for I'd say a good two hours. We were one of the last people to leave. I was talking to the host about my father. My father's coming in to visit for one week and I'm saying my father's coming in, I haven't seen him in a while. And the man of the house started to cry. He recently lost his dad and me talking about my dad got him emotional. Now I'm by the door. Lana and I are by the door. My Question to you is, when you're ready to leave an event or someone's home and they start crying, how long do you gotta stay to console that person before you decide to leave again? What.

[Pete Corieli]

What.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What's the proper amount of time? That's that you say, Honestly? Yeah. Like, how long did you say that? What's that?

[Pete Corieli]

I leave faster. I mean, you start to cry, I'm gonna let you and your wife cry this out. I'm out of Atlanta. Get your cold. We're gone. Okay. Yeah. Come on.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Come on.

[Pete Corieli]

You crying in front of another guy, you know, you gotta go, oh, I'm sorry. I would just say I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, like, strike a nerve there. I know it was tough. All right, we're gonna leave. But what are you gonna. What are you gonna. You staying longer?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, let me ask you this on a personal note. When's the last time you cried outside of your family? Seen it. Have you ever cried in front of anybody other than Sadie and Jackie?

[Pete Corieli]

Well, my cousin's funeral and my dad's funeral, but outside of that, no one has ever seen me cry except those two in years. And even then, man, geez. Sometimes Sadie catches. I cried. You ever do to cry with happiness? Cause your kids. Just something about having moral witness.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I know. Many a time I've been in the front seat looking in the rear view mirror and a tear go down

[Pete Corieli]

a head, I think. And when that happens, my daughter tends to make fun of me. She doesn't. Oh, you crying, dad. You know, like. It's not. Like, she doesn't hug me and go, I know, dad.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We're having a moment.

[Pete Corieli]

Cause she ain't having a moment, bro. When you're looking at your kids and you're having a moment, they're not. They're not.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I thought they would.

[Pete Corieli]

They'll love you as much as we love them. It's impossible.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. My kids. When I'm crying, I would expect my kids to go, what's wrong there? You crying? And then the sharing, the cry. But they're looking at me going, why are you crying? But with no emotion, you know, like, with, like, what are you. Why are you crying? I go, no, it's because you were singing. And then I was thinking about when you got married. Another 20 years, I'm going to really realize this moment, you know?

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But yeah.

[Pete Corieli]

Meanwhile, Caruso's going in his head. He's going, all I'm wondering is, did mom give me ham again for lunch? I'm tired of it. Like, I didn't. Like, don't you remember when you were their age, especially your daughter's getting a little older. When you were that age, your parents were just like a part. They were this entity in your life. Almost a roadblock, really. They were a roadblock to a lot of the things I wanted to do. But I had a life, and they were upstairs. They were part of it. But, like, our life is our kids.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. So why?

[Pete Corieli]

Why?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Because I'm. I'm talking to Lana about this, and I'm trying to figure out there's really no, I shouldn't say independent play with kids. Today is few and far between. Because I remember. I don't know, I remember my. My. My dad and my mom constantly telling me, make your own fun. That was. That was like, I'm bored. Make your own fun. And then I went. And I was like, all right, what do I do? I went in the backyard and played with, like, roly polys. Like, I tapped them on the back and they, you know, curled up and.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, the bugs. Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And I dug a hole. I caught lightning bugs at night, you know, and then I threw them on the ground sometimes, and I smear them, and it had that nice yellow line. Right. I don't know how many people grew up with lightning bugs. That was like a Midwest thing. I haven't seen a lightning bug in 28 years out here. I don't think they exist. Do you got lightning bugs in Rochester?

[Pete Corieli]

We do. We got them where I used to get them off my porch, and we would still bottle them and stuff. Yeah, but all that, bro. Or just be bored. Just remember, sitting there with your neighbors in the summer, just bored. Sitting in a garage, just bored.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Bored. There's no boredom anymore. Kim, get back on the phone. You look bored.

[Pete Corieli]

You're getting comfortable.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Am I getting comfortable? I'm sweating. I'm sweating because I'm a little hot. And it's. It's. It's. You know, there's lights here. I have a sweater on which you don't like. You thought I was gonna come in looking like Bon Jovi, but, you know, this is. This is. You know, what'd you want? Like, a shades of ripped shirt and, you know, zippers hanging off my chest. I don't know.

[Pete Corieli]

I don't know if you were going to go big, you know, like, have a. Have a serious radio look now? Like. Like, this is your radio look.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, this is pretty much the look. I'm going to do some sweaters, obviously. I might change that up as time goes On. But you know what I like here that we don't have access to in, obviously, where we used to do the show. There's, like, a window here, so you could. There's a hallway where you could see people pass. And I envision maybe Bon Jovi walking in and going, get Bon Jovi. Sit down. Do a little 10, 15 minutes with Bon Jovi. Right. Can't do that. When I was in, you know, in the house, and Luigi walked in and pissed on the rug.

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You know what I'm saying?

[Pete Corieli]

Right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, yeah, yeah. There's a lot of things going on externally here at Sirius XM that I'm definitely gonna tap into. They have a break room, this little break room.

[Pete Corieli]

And I want to say you were. When you were talking about guests. Yeah, I don't. I don't. I can't guarantee this is a correlation, but for anyone who might be a future guest, this could be a good promo to get them to come on. When we had Andy Garcia on the cast at the time, which is still one of the highlights of my life. Meeting that man is amazing, man. Not. Not too far after that is probably when they made it. He's. He's on the show now. Landman with Billy Bob Thorton. Okay. And Demi Moore a little bit. Season one, all of season two. And there's a scene in season two with him and Demi Moore and Billy Bob Thornton and a couple other great actors all having a drink late at night, and the acting is through the roof. And I can't help thinking you come on the Sebastian Maniscalco radio show, and you walk away with maybe some luck following right behind you. Big breaks happen after visiting the show. I'm seeing that. I'm seeing that Andy Frasco's been blowing up since his visit. You know, it's. It's a correlation. It's a correlation.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So you're saying you come on the show, and after you come on the show, your career takes off.

[Pete Corieli]

If De Niro came on afterwards, even he might not be as angry as he's been lately. Good things happen afterwards. Yes, I do think there is a correlation, though, is what I'm saying. And that's why the thing with the young comics is exciting, too. I mean, I don't know if I'm ready yet to care about anyone else's career but mine, but I'll give it a try.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, I know we're not, like, comedy friendly in the sense that a lot of people kind of don't make us laugh. Right. You fall in that bucket like, but recently I've been listening to some comedians here on Sirius xm and there's some funny people out there that I never heard of. I feel like I'm not on the pulse of what's new and hot today in standup comedy because you know how it is. You know, you start working, you're in your own world. You don't really, you know, you're not hanging out at clubs anymore or going to open mic nights or whatever the hell it is, and you don't kind of know who's up and coming. But I was inspired by listening to the comedy channels here and discovering some comedians that I never heard of before.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, definitely. Good bits I hear all the time.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah. So another thing I wanted to get into here today on the Sebastian Maniscalco Show. See, that's what you learn in radio school, you throw in. And I don't know what the listenership is here when you tune into the show. I think in radio, when I used to listen to actual terrestrial radio, I think an average listener and Andrew could maybe back me up on this. It was between seven and 13 minutes, if I'm not mistaken. Do we have any facts on that, Andrew?

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

Just those numbers sound good to me.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Didn't check anything, by the way. Just didn't look up anything. Just came out.

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

Tsl, that's the radio verbiage for it. Time spent listening.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, so seven to 13 minutes could be. So what you do in radio since there's a turnover of listenership every 7 to 13 minutes and we'll get the correct number. You mentioned the show name because someone might tune in and go, what am I listening to? And then boom, the host pops it in. The Sebastian Maniscalco Show. And I just learned that just from being a radio listener my whole life.

[Pete Corieli]

But this is beyond that, bro. This is a hybrid. This is radio slash. This is Johnny Carson esque. Johnny Carson ain't gonna 10 minutes into a show. Go away. And before we go to our next guest, you're watching the Johnny Carlson Show. It's got your name, it's your channel. Let's just. We're not doing the Wolfgang Man Jack here with the weather and the traffic too.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, I mean, listen, I have these boards here, right? Which for a radio guy, you know, back in the day, I'm glad it's

[Pete Corieli]

exciting you, but just talking is what we like that you do the most.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, but if I was doing this right, we're talking and go, eh, we got a weather break right now. Let's go to Johnny V in Shopper nine. And then I. And I. Does this work? If I actually moved one of these, does it do something to the audio?

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

We can set it up that way if you want to play drops and throw to traffic. All that stuff.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, get it all. Believe me. I could barely do this, let alone could throw to traffic.

[Pete Corieli]

What. What about a video? Are you ready to do that? Like, you got a video? Maybe. If you want to be like, hey, let's take a look at this video I want to show you of.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Blah, blah, blah. Is that a solution? It's all right here. I mean, we haven't got into the videos yet. Maybe the second show will pop up a video. But right above you, what I'm seeing is a screen here that, yeah, we could throw up anything we want, but let me just get used to, like, seeing you in a different environment with nine. Nine faces looking at me behind you. All right?

[Pete Corieli]

Right. That's tough. That's tough.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But here, when I get into. And that's another thing with radio. No silence, bro. Gotta keep the mouth moving,

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

bro.

[Pete Corieli]

What are you.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm telling you. So you gotta.

[Pete Corieli]

Now you're doing the Letterman thing with the paper.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Hey, we're back. Anyway.

[Pete Corieli]

Ah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh. Out of frame. Kim came over and moved the water. It was screwing up the shot, bro. Oh, man.

[Pete Corieli]

Wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Stuff going on behind the scene we don't even know about. There's whispering. There's a lot of this going back. Get the water out of the shot. More of the Sebastian Maniscalco show next. Still figuring out Mother's Day. We can arrange that with edible. It's easy to send a gift mom will love without the last minute stress. Order online for delivery or easy in store pickup and make Mother's Day feel thoughtful, simple, and handled.

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

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[Commercial Announcer]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Liberty. Now back to the Sebastian Meniscalco show. This is a family chat. Are you involved in a group chat currently with anybody? Friends, family? Are you in a group chat?

[Pete Corieli]

Me, myself.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Pete Corieli]

No, just with, you know, cast stuff. I mean, no, Just no. You and what? That's who I group chat with.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't. Okay, so I'm involved in a family group chat now for the last eight years, maybe nine with Lana's family, which there's probably about, I would say 15 to 16 people in this group chat. So if something happens in the family, for example, a happy birthday, someone is on vacation, they want to show photos of their vacation. There's a myriad of things that pop up on this group chat. Now, I haven't really participated in the group chat, giving or receiving. Right. I never really comment on it, nor do I post up on anything. All right. Okay. My father in law sent a photo today of Lana and her mother. And then the people are harding it. And I don't know, I just feel like. I don't know. I feel like I want to leave the group chat. All right, Right.

[Pete Corieli]

Do you feel like that it's starting to be an elephant in the room that you never comment on anything?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Like I don't even know. See, like I would know myself because I'm really perceptive. Oh, so and so is really not chiming in on this. Like for example, when there's a big birthday in a family, I side text the person who has the birthday and just say happy birthday. Just between us. I don't do like a public announcement that I recognize the birthday in front of the family. You know what I'm saying, Right?

[Pete Corieli]

Yes, dude, I do. I have a group chat now that I mentioned how it works now with a bunch of high school buddies. And when one of it's one of them's birthday, one of them will go, hey, Happy birthday. And I don't do that. Sometimes I'll do a side one. Sometimes I don't do it at all because I'm like, are we 10? Are we 10? But then you ever have like, somebody I find to be particularly cool in the group chat, they hit the guy with a happy birthday. And then I'm like, oh, if he did, all right, I will. So. So I didn't think. And then I, I side text that guy and go, guy, you just texted him happy birthday. What the. Now I have to. You know. You know what I mean?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, no, I don't. Generally, I don't follow the lead of anybody in this particular group chat just because it's, you know, I mean, I get it, it's family, it's family. Happy birthday. I get it. But for whatever the reason, I'm not participating in the group chat.

[Pete Corieli]

Why is this? Why not? Why not? Why not just throw a cute. Nice. I'm glad you had fun. I just feel like so easy to.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I just feel like if someone starts it, other people feel obligated because if they don't, they feel like, oh, so and so didn't say happy birthday to me. Right?

[Pete Corieli]

You're not being true to root of it, though. You're not being honest. And I know you and the honest truth.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What's the honest truth?

[Pete Corieli]

You're cooler than that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah,

[Pete Corieli]

it's true, though. And even with friends, family, anything, you're cooler than that. This is like a little suburban.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, so are you saying that cool people, at least in their own eyes, don't participate in group chats?

[Pete Corieli]

Cool people do. Aside to the person, I'm not gonna be part of the whole circus over there, but I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. That's what you do.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

All right. If I were to leave the group chat, right? Do I leave after someone says something like, here's a picture of me on vacation. And then at the bottom you see Sebastian Maniscalco has left the group chat?

[Pete Corieli]

I don't know, man. Do you leave or do you just keep being a non participator leaving? Is it aggressive? It's aggressive.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Or do you leave when the group chat has been silent for 24 hours, like nobody's chiming in? Right? So do you leave like at 3 o' clock in the morning on a Saturday night?

[Pete Corieli]

You know, everybody's sleeping. But doesn't. Will that ignite the chime? Will that let everyone know Sebastian's leaving? I was like, can you slide out of a group chat without being noticed. Is that possible?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't know. I don't know. Can we look this up, guys? Can you leave a group chat without it saying the person has left? I guess. I silently want to walk. Like, you know how people silently quit their job? I want to silently quit the group chat, and I want to know if I could get out without being noticed. We're gonna have that looked up here.

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

It shows. It's mostly impossible.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

It's mostly impossible. Okay, so. So.

[Pete Corieli]

So you don't. Not only do you not want to participate, you don't even want to see this stuff.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

That's.

[Pete Corieli]

That. That's what you're saying, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, there's not that I'm there. That's like. Like life changing for me. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know. You know? Like, I feel like I'm trying to limit every external thing in my life, whether it be social media, unwanted texts, phone call, whatever it is. I'm trying to, like, minimize the clutter. I'm almost, like, minimizing the clutter of messaging in my life.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah, yeah. No, I respect that. Even though it's only a swipe to delete it. It's just. It's getting up in here, and there's just so much stuff up in here.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't know.

[Pete Corieli]

I'm trying to help you out here, but I just feel like this is more, like, Amish. You're looking to do well. I mean, you don't want people to communicate. It's like.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Well, it's not like that. I just, like. Just give me, like, I'm looking for, like, a Cliff note of life. Give me the Cliff Notes. Give me what I need to know. You know, I want to read the whole book. Just give me the highlights. I don't want to watch the whole basketball game. I want to see ESPN and show me the dunks in the last shot. You know what I'm saying? I feel like that's kind of where I'm in my life, because my bandwidth is not that abundant where I could take in all this information.

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

Have you tried muting? So you don't get the notification and so you get to it whenever you feel like it?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, but the problem with the muting is I kind of want it. There's another psychotic thought. I kind of want to see it because sometimes it's like, really? You're going to share it? You know, like, it's. It's almost like comedy for me sometimes with, like, you want.

[Pete Corieli]

You know what the old days were great is before these. Your wife would call, people, get all the gossip. Then her husband would sit down for dinner and she would filter it out like, oh, you're gonna want to hear what Cindy did. You know, like that. But so you need that. You know, maybe you should just not do the group chat and then just have Lana fill you in on the

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

stuff worth knowing about. Fill me in. I'll be there for. Till four o' clock in the morning. The way she talks. Lana don't edit nothing, right? She's just gonna. She's gonna give me everything and then some. So she doesn't know how to minimize a story. You know, as comedians, we learn and we're almost trained to cut the fat off the story and kind of get to the point. A lot of people in life gotta tell you a little bit more than actually is needed. And then, you know, even. Even like in the middle of the comment, is Lana still here? Did she leave?

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I'm here.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You're still here? I thought you were just gonna stay for a while.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I wanted to stay here. And then when you found out I was here, you were mad.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, no, no, no. Oh, like, bro, we got Lana. I didn't even. I didn't realize we were like. I just thought she was, you know, she was talking, but she was. I could hear her. It's amazing.

[Pete Corieli]

She. Did you hear? Oh, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Loud and clear.

[Pete Corieli]

I didn't even think about that. But, yes, I did. That's wild.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So, yeah, first of all, Lana. And it's fine that you're here, love that you're here, but I thought you were just gonna come in and kind of see the headphones and the light, and then you had stuff to do. Are you that. Are you enjoying the show that you just can't leave?

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I am taking it in so that I can, you know, have everything in my head so we can discuss at length later.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, okay. Just let me know when the real Lana wants to talk because I don't know what that was.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I got nervous.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I know.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I got. My heart's beating quickly.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, well. Cause I'm sweating. All right, well, that's all right. Takes a little while. Yeah. She's nervous.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I feel like it's her first date.

[Pete Corieli]

The same.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm sorry, Pete, did you say something? Well, I was listening to Lana, but

[Pete Corieli]

I don't know why we're all. It's so weird how we're all like, a little bit, like, not our total

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

selves a lot of times. Nobody is like, heart's beating.

[Pete Corieli]

Why is it a heart beating fast? Your husband's been doing this for 13 years. You've been bopping in and bopping out.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

Well, my heart's beating fast because I was sitting here. I wasn't planning on sitting, speaking. And so, yeah, I just. My voice wasn't warmed up.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

All right, all right. That's my wife, Lana. She is in the booth watching the show. You're happy to. You're happy to stick around, but if you do have things to do, by all means, go ahead. You know, let me. Let me just say we got a. We got a brand new suv. It's quite large. Okay, nice. And Lana drove it in today.

[Commercial Announcer]

And

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

this is a big argument in the house. Who's the better driver? And I am the better driver. It's just known. Okay. Just the kids think so.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I got a microphone, too.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Can we cut her off? So, and it's large. Cause Lana's a small person, and, you know, she can't see out of the window. So when she was pulling into the car, pulling into the thing. And my wife, over the years, has scratched, bumped in, what have you, you know, like, curved the wheels. There's a lot of that going on with Lana.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Even though there's, like, the car's got a 360 camera system. And then I don't know how they're doing this, bro, but you could see the car from the sky, which I don't know how they're doing. So if you're, like, trying to parallel park, you could see like, like360 around the car, Right. All these cameras.

[Pete Corieli]

Wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

And still she's coming home with a dent like. Like, what happened? Are you. Are you. Are you using the camera? You got a camera in the Yukon, right?

[Pete Corieli]

Who, me? In the Tahoe? Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You're the only one that I'm talking to. You act like there's three people.

[Pete Corieli]

I don't have a Yukon. I didn't know.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I didn't know.

[Pete Corieli]

I thought. I thought you were talking to Lana. I got a Tahoe, but.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, all right, Tahoe. My bad. The Tahoe, does it have a camera, like a rear reverse? Do you look at the camera or do you old school it and look back?

[Pete Corieli]

No, I look at the camera now. No one old schools it anymore. Do you believe that? Man, it's crazy.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I love an old school with the arm over the thing, looking out the window, but now I'm relying so much on the camera that it's a little frightening because, you know, I Don't you know, it's just we're trusting the cameras way too much. The way the car is now with the technology. Which leads me up to my next topic here. And I don't know what the etiquette is here. And I know that they don't have self driving cars in Rochester. I'm guessing you don't have a lot of waymos in Rochester.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay.

[Pete Corieli]

You got people driving the Tesla's though. You know the self driving stuff.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, but this is no one in the car. This is the way the waymo.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh God, no.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah.

[Pete Corieli]

Have you been in one of those yet?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Lana has. Twice. I have not been in one yet, but they're all over town.

[Pete Corieli]

Lana, what does that feel like? Do you. Do you. Do you trust it? Are you just relaxing or are you like. This is bizarre. I feel like you're in the Just a dipping into the future.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

Yeah, it's great. There's no smells, you don't have to talk to anyone. It's better than riding with Sebastian.

[Pete Corieli]

God, that's much better. I believe that. I drove him one time. Never again. I'm right. I took my driver's test. It was less stressful than having him sit in shotgun.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

He drives like a grandpa. So I get anxiety because I'm like, speed up, let's go get around that person. He doesn't really. He doesn't really break the rules at all. So it's kind of annoying.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh really? I wouldn't expect that you drive like that, bro. Very like old manish.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

When I have precious cargo in the car, my wife and my two kids, I drive really responsible. Now if it's just me, I'm whipping around corners a little faster. I'm gunning it just because, you know, I feel like I don't have three other people that could possibly be injured. What I think is happening now and what I'm a little bit concerned about is I think Lana thinks she's a third host on the show.

[Pete Corieli]

I'm having better banter with her right now, to be honest. That's for ch.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

I mean, they keep giving me the mic, you know, I think you might need to scoot over.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, so Lana is going to start showing up weekly here, which is concerning. But no Lana. Lana is welcome to come whenever she wants. Kim, we okay? Yeah. Checking the tape. Yeah, we got enough tape. So these waymos are all over Los Angeles now. If you don't know what a waymo is and you live in a smaller city, these are self driving vehicles. They're all Jaguars and they're whipping around town and they are amazing. It's pretty amazing. I mean, 20 years ago, if you would have said, would you ever get into a car that has no driver? You would have said, what, are you crazy? But these cars are actually safer. And this is where I think we're going, bro. In 20 years, it's all gonna be self driving and all these cars are gonna be communicating with each other and it's gonna reduce the accidents all over the country. That's my take. But I had a problem with a Waymo, right? And I forgot it was kind of a Waymo. So I honked at the Waymo. Right now there's nobody in the car. But my question is, do you think the Waymo has a sensor on it to sense a honk, compute why the person is honking and they make an adjustment? Because I think what happened with the Waymo, sometimes they get stuck, you know, I mean, just a little, maybe a, a little glitch in the system, right? And I thought he should have went, but he didn't. So I just quickly, you know, gave him a honk, forgetting that there was nobody in the car.

[Pete Corieli]

So, yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Can you honk at a Waymo? And if you do, does it generate a report at the end of the day? I got honked at three times. This is why. Let's fix that. So next time there's no hockey. Now. Now, did you guys pull up something on AI for Waymo?

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

So we were looking up what happens when a Waymo is stuck and it eventually reverts back to a human operator that takes control of the vehicle to drive it out of wherever it's stuck.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, so I'm wondering if that human operator could even hear the honk. Anyway, I. I just found it odd that I'm honking at a car with nobody in it.

[Pete Corieli]

That's funny. And it's like cheering for your kids swimming. I don't even know why I do it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

They can't hear anything.

[Pete Corieli]

They're underwater. But let me ask you this. You're in a turning lane to make a left. The light turns green. You're not turning. Awaymo is behind you. Does it have the ability to honk at you?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, that's a good question. Let's do the reverse on that. Guys, there's Waymos horn work.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Hold on. Did I drop out?

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

It says they do honk.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, they do honk.

[Pete Corieli]

They do honk.

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

Primarily as a safety feature designed to prevent low speed collisions.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

All right, all right.

[Pete Corieli]

Giving Awaymo the finger in the future.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, so did they come to your

[Pete Corieli]

house, by the way? Like, if you want to go somewhere, you punch in your dress and they pick you up. Or are they just about out and about in town?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

From what I understand, we haven't picked one up at the house yet. They don't come to where we live. But I would assume that they do make house calls. Yes. You know, they come straight to your door, pick you up, and drop you off wherever you want to go.

[Pete Corieli]

Imagine leaving your house with a martini in your hand to climb into the back of a Waymo. Like the party just never stops, baby.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

In this day and age, I don't see why people are getting drunk driving accidents. With the availability out there of whether it be a taxi, an Uber, a Waymo, what have you, I don't even see the reason to drive anymore. Although driving is fun. More of the Sebastian Maniscalco show next.

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

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[Sebastian Maniscalco]

now back to the Sebastian Maniscalco show. So a lot of this is like etiquette based. I think. You know, Pete and I have often talked about, like, you know, these situations that aren't taught in school, aren't taught at the home. What do you do in these situations? I just have one More if I could just throw it on your plate. If you paid for a meal and you're out at a restaurant, could the other person take home the leftovers? Had this happen the other night. I paid, and then there was, like, an appetizer that nobody kind of touched. Not that nobody touched. It was good, but it was, like, a lot left over. And the person at the table goes, hey, I'm gonna take that home. You know, to the waiter. Right, but what's your take on.

[Pete Corieli]

That's interesting. Like, they. They should have probably threw you first. You're not going to take that home, right?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yeah, but, like, can you take it home? I mean, can you take leftovers home if somebody else is paying for the meal?

[Pete Corieli]

Your meal, 100%. But you tell an appetizer. I feel like the guy who's paying for the meal, technically, it's his property. You should probably. Because, bro, you're bringing up something. I have my pad here. I went out to dinner. I need your take because I don't know. And it was stressful. And share this with the listeners. I don't know, for a man, what to take us here. Going out last night with new friends of ours in town. Very nice people. Jackie became friends with the woman. We're gonna all go out. Great. Guy Had a nice time. We go out to dinner. But I tell Jackie before we go out, what's. What are we doing with the bill? I don't want to. I don't want it to, like, hinder my hang, so. And she goes, you know what? When we get there, I'm just gonna say, when we grab the menus, let's just go split the checks. We all getting to know each other and just be done. You're gonna say that.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I'm sorry. I am so sorry, Guy.

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

We might have to do an etiquette session on the Coryelli family.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, that's not what happened. I don't.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

But I don't even like that it was suggested.

[Pete Corieli]

Well, what should be. What should happen? Because what should happen? How would you play that? You're going out with new people. Are you just gonna be like, I'm paying, and that's it?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Listen, at this age, right, what Jackie's doing is basically equivalent to somebody asking for gas money. At this age. At this age, you just pick it up, man. Just pick it up. What are we doing? You know what? Counting dimes.

[Pete Corieli]

I did pick it up. I did pick it up. No problem. I picked it up. I paid it. And the guy was beyond grateful. And he he is. Does very well for himself. And he. If it was dropped in front of him, no doubt he would have picked it up just as quick. Nothing but class with this guy. He was a very nice guy. But it was dropped in front of me, and I'm not gonna. Jackie never said what she said she was gonna say. And I'm not gonna go. I just grabbed it and said, nah, I got this. You get the next one. We're gonna obviously hang again. What a great time. Blah, blah, blah. That's it. But according to you. So anytime my wife sets up or with plans, I'm paying. Just. Just as a man, you should know, prepare to pay.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Yes.

[Pete Corieli]

And I got. There's a second part. Okay, go ahead. If it was. If it was dropped in front of him and he did what I did, if he just grabbed it, which I'm sure he would have, and said, I got this, no problem. What's my move? That's very emasculating.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Be honest. You have to be completely honest with me. When you were paying, were you reluctantly paying and going pay for this bill? We kind of muttering that to yourself, paying for this? I'm paying for that?

[Pete Corieli]

Not at all. I wasn't muttering that. But in complete honesty, as I was paying, you came into my head, and I'm like. And I feel like if I don't just grab this and pay, this guy's gonna cringe when I repeat the story. And to the guy's credit, he was very, very grateful. Even said it again on the out. And he does well, very well. So like I said, it's not anything like that. But if it was put in front of him. How many times do I gotta go, thanks again, Bill. Thanks again. Oh, God. I mean, is it. Is one enough when he pays it?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Thanks.

[Pete Corieli]

Thanks so much. I'll definitely get the next one. And that's it.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is the etiquette here. You do a thanks when he picks the bill, and then on a goodbye, you go, thanks again for dinner. So you do two, but in two different locations. You don't do a thanks, thanks on top of it because it gets lost in the sauce in the valet outside the restaurant. Thanks again for dinner. Really appreciate it. That stays. That makes it. They thanked us because a lot of people remember the last thank you.

[Pete Corieli]

No guarantee on a payback. No.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Also, like, I don't like the fact that you threw it in his court. You get the next one. It's like, I got this. And if you don't get the next one, I'm never Seeing you again, you know, like, that's what you just say to your. In your head. You don't. Yeah, and then you get the next one next time, because I just got to eat. That's what you're doing.

[Pete Corieli]

I was trying to make him feel, like, less light, uncomfortable, you know?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

So let me ask you this. When did you in your head feel that you were paying when the bill was dropped or mid dinner? Did you adjust your order to get something cheaper because you were going to pay and you didn't want to?

[Pete Corieli]

No, I didn't. I didn't do any of that. But then I thought about doing the will you get up and meet the waitress and pay before it comes down? But I'm like, yeah, I don't know them. I don't know them. I don't want to, like, pull that move. It's a little much, but it was. I'm starting to get angst. And then I went to the bathroom towards the end, and I'm like, shit, I hope it didn't come while I was in the bathroom. Now I gotta do it. Oh, thanks. You know. Oh, you think I went on purpose?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

You didn't really want to pay the

[Pete Corieli]

bathroom because I went to the bathroom.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, yeah, bro, that's a. That's a classic I don't want to pay technique. When'd you go?

[Pete Corieli]

Well, I went with roll done. And then I thought we were gonna square. Square up. I thought, we're gonna square up at. His wife ordered another drink. So then I went to the bathroom because I'm like, all right, you should get another one. So we're obviously not leaving right this second. Yeah, no, I was the opposite guy. I was going to the bathroom, and I was concerned that the check was going to come while I was in the bathroom, bro.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I pulled the bathroom move when I wouldn't want to pay because I was like, there's no way I'm paying for this. You know, I. I've done the bathroom move. And then I come back and go, oh, wait, came. Oh, come on. You know, that whole thing, I mean, that's. That's a classic, bro.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Wow.

[Pete Corieli]

I didn't know that. I did not. No, I didn't. I didn't pull that move. I can't believe you pulled that move. Must have been a hell of a bill.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, it wasn't even the bill. It was the people.

[Pete Corieli]

These were good people, man. These were good people. And what I. To his credit, what he didn' do, what's just classy is he didn't do the old. Let me get the tip. Oh, I know we've talked about that,

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

but, bro, I'm sorry, I. This is like a family affair. My sister's here.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, get out, man.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Now, my sister is a big, big Stern fan and a big listener to SiriusXM. And for those of you who don't know, yes, I do have a sister. Generally, she never comes up and, you know, people are like, you have a sister? And I'm like, yeah, I have a sister. And she's here today. She's. She works for me. She's edits all my videos and whatnot. So she is here as an onlooker. She is going to pick up my mom from the dentist after this. So she stopped by to see what's going on in the box. Is there enough room in that thing? Because it looks like people are sweating in there. There's so many people. Is this. We generally have this many people in a SiriusXM producing booth. Andrew, what's up?

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

It's a little heavy in this room right now, so we might pair it

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

back in the future. Thank God. I mean, I didn't think I had an entourage, but apparently it's growing, you know, and I actually invited. And what's your take on this? My mom's like, hey, I'm going to be in the area tomorrow, today. Want to go for lunch? And I go, I can't do lunch, Ma. But you could come by the studio if you want. What's your take on inviting your ma to work?

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, that's great, dude. It's great, right? I mean, come on, it's so, like, old school, you know what I'm saying? I don't know. I don't know.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

I don't know. I mean, maybe. Maybe next week we bring her in Jess. We bring in Jess. Hop on the microphone. I mean, might as well get everybody involved there.

[Pete Corieli]

It's. I'm sorry, what was the mic where she could be on camera?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

No, we don't need to be on camera. Hey, she shut that down right away.

[Pete Corieli]

No.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Jess, what do you think of mom coming in on the show just to, you know, maybe once a month to pick a. The brain?

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

That's not a bad idea.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Sab, do a. You know, mom, what's your take? Yeah, I feel like the. The older generation and my sister and I are going through this with our parents. You know, we used to think that our parents were like. At least I did. Indestructible, right? And now, you know, we're seeing a lot of cracks in the foundation. Right. Like, my sister and my mother had a discussion about this pizzeria, this beef joint, and my mom swears that it was there, and she adamant. No, it was at this location. What are you talking about? You know, like, they're very adamant and angry if you say otherwise right now. I know your parents are no longer with us, God rest their soul, but did you see some of this towards the end of their life where your mother, your father had a tinge of. I don't know what you call it. Just age?

[Pete Corieli]

Yeah. Yeah. Certain things you start to see, and then you're like, all right. And then you get used to that thing. And then you see him a few months, maybe a year later, and you're like, oh, boy, I thought they looked old two years ago. Well, it's just. We all do know. I don't know what to say about it, but, yeah, my dad would get puffy eyes. I'm like. And now I. You ever start to get what your dad got?

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Not yet. I don't feel like I'm there yet. I'm not even talking physically, though. It's more of a mental thing.

[Pete Corieli]

Oh, yeah, bro.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

What you just did with the rubbing your tits, you know, you just kind of rubbed your tits now. Yeah. I feel like you've reached your capacity here on this. This show one with that stretch. I feel like you need to walk around the house a little bit, maybe. Maybe work out the legs. You know what I'm saying? Like. Yeah. Where are we in time, guys? What's. What's the.

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

We can wrap it anytime.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Oh, okay. That. That means. That means subliminally shows dying. Put a button on it. All right, that's SiriusXM language for. It's over. All right, listen, this is our first show. Sebastian Maniscalco show on SiriusXM on the Sebastian Maniscalco Comedy Radio, channel 99. Right? That was a big.

[Pete Corieli]

Historical. This is historical.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

This is a big moment here. We're going to look at this moment. Kim's going to look back at this moment and say, this was. Remember when I was on my phone, the first show?

[Pete Corieli]

It's all right.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

Okay, we'll edit that out. Kim's embarrassed, but we look forward to bringing you an amazing show in the weeks to come. We are so happy that you are here with us. My name is Sebastian Maniscalco. This is Pete Corieli. We will see you guys next week. You've been listening to the Sebastian Maniscalco show. New episodes premiere first every Tuesday on

[Andrew (Producer/Tech)]

Sebastian maniscalco's comedy radio, SiriusXM channel 99.

[Pete Corieli]

Great.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

All right, first one in the sand.

[Pete Corieli]

Wow.

[Sebastian Maniscalco]

First one in the can, guys. Thank you for all your help back there, Kim. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. I'll start the next show with a thank you, Kim.

[Lana (Sebastian's Wife)]

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