Will Sasso - SAS CLASSIC

Summary

The Steve Austin Show – Will Sasso (SAS Classic)

Original Air Date: July 7, 2026
Location: Hollywood, CA (by way of the Broken Skull Ranch)
Guest: Will Sasso (comedian, actor, podcast host)
Host: Steve Austin

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Episode Overview

In this lively, nostalgic episode, Steve Austin welcomes comedian and actor Will Sasso for a candid and often hilarious conversation. The two reflect on the unique culture of Los Angeles, reminisce about their wrestling fandom, dive deep into the art and legacy of The Three Stooges (with Sasso’s own experience playing Curly), and explore the creative process of podcasting and sketch comedy. The episode is rich in impressions, inside stories, and behind-the-scenes details—both about Hollywood and pro wrestling.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Life in Los Angeles: First Impressions, Neighborhoods, and Culture

[06:05 – 09:42]

• Sasso’s Journey: Will describes his move from Ladner, near Vancouver, Canada, to Los Angeles, and the legalities (visa, green card, citizenship).

• Living in LA: Will praises LA’s variety, but notes, "the business is insane and it's a bunch of douchebags... a million of them are jerks" (07:02). Despite the craziness, LA’s proximity to ocean and mountains keeps him grounded.

• Neighborhood Preferences: Sasso talks about settling in Los Feliz for its mellow vibe and architectural diversity—"The streets are a little wider... not like Hollywood... Everyone's trying to get somewhere at the same time, and no one's going in the same direction" (08:15–08:41).

• Driving in LA: Both men vent about city frustrations—texting drivers, aggressive motorists, pedestrians glued to their phones, and the contrast between LA and Texas when it comes to crosswalk etiquette.

• Notable Quote:

  • "I'm just a professional. I'm getting paid to do this and I don't take it personal, right? But sometimes...when you got these idiots sitting there texting, I take it personal." – Steve Austin [10:06]

2. Hobbies and Finding Downtime in LA

[13:13 – 14:42]

• Sasso’s Pastimes: Will enjoys fishing ("Big Bear Lake"), boogie boarding, hiking (especially in Griffith Park), and returns home to Vancouver to unwind.
• Hiking Stories: LA trails are full of "weirdos," and Will jokes about being one himself—"You can run through [Griffith Park] butt naked. Nobody will ever see you." (13:49)
• Safety in the Hills: Will jokingly mentions being prepared to fend off coyotes with jerky and a switchblade.

3. Early Influences and Wrestling Fandom

[14:54 – 23:45]

• First Exposure: Will's introduction to wrestling was through the WWF, Mr. T in "Rocky III", and the Rock 'n' Wrestling era.

• Wrestling Was “Real”: Both reminisce about how real wrestling felt as kids ("If any older kid tried to tell me that it wasn't real, I would try to... beat the crap out of him." – Will Sasso [17:40]).

• Childhood Emotion: Will recalls being emotionally affected by storylines, especially Andre turning on Hogan before WrestleMania III—"I cried. I cried. I'm 12 years old." (18:32)

• Notable Quote:

  • "It was like losing a loved one. It was that weird for me. So I was told, yeah, I was totally hooked." – Will Sasso [18:56]

4. The Split: WWF vs. NWA and the Art of Wrestling Storylines

[20:45 – 24:07]

• Accessibility: Sasso could only get NWA via VHS in Canada—WWF dominated TV.
• Austin’s Roots: Steve describes NWA and the territory system, reminiscing about legendary feuds and how angle-building lasted much longer back then ("...an angle would last forever. Finally, when you get to that payoff, there was a personal issue there..." [22:14]).
• Depth in Storytelling: Will notes the importance of storylines over characters, and how most wrestling personas evolve away from their original "pitched" versions.

5. Parallels Between Comedy/Acting and Pro Wrestling

[24:08 – 27:32]

• Artistic Growth: Both discuss being molded early on and eventually finding their own voices.
• Mad TV & Comedy Roots: Sasso explains his background in comedy, early impersonations of wrestling personalities with friends, and being allowed to rewrite comedic bits on a Canadian teen drama before Mad TV.

6. Wrestling Impressions, Comedy, and the Power of Physicality

[27:32 – 36:14]

• Impressions Segment ([27:32–31:08]): Hilarious, rapid-fire impressions of Hulk Hogan, Dusty Rhodes, Jesse Ventura, Gorilla Monsoon, Randy Savage, and more.
• Physical Comedy: Will and Steve note how facial expressions and body movements inform impressions ("Your face will tell your voice what you're doing..." – Will Sasso [32:02]).
• Warrior’s Promos: They reflect on the Ultimate Warrior’s wild interviews: "If you believe that or if it enhances that character, that's a successful promo." – Steve Austin [35:21]

7. Favorite Matches and Wrestling as Comedy

[36:26 – 38:07]

• Legendary Bouts: Sasso singles out the Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon ladder match for its blend of athleticism and slapstick ("...they were definitely Shawn Michaels, but they were also so comical..." [36:40]).

8. The 10 Minute Podcast: Creativity, Chemistry, and Format

[37:13 – 43:59]

• Podcast Origin: Born out of necessity—impossible to get three comedians’ schedules together for a traditional show, so they record multiple, short episodes at once.
• Team Dynamic: The focus isn’t on solo “shining” but on the chemistry—a comparison Steve makes to a well-worked wrestling match ("...my approach was to make the wrestling match good... not to shine or get all the attention." [44:03]).
• Improv vs. Preparation: Most episodes are pure riffing, some feature recurring characters like Sasso’s “Shauna,” “Everybody’s Dad,” or celebrity impressions.
• Fan Culture: Fans have adopted their own lingo from the show, e.g., "Bit Killer Jones" for Brian Callan.

9. The Three Stooges Movie (2012): Playing Curly and Homage vs. Parody

[47:40 – 66:02]

• Casting & Research: Extensive study of original shorts and fan feedback shaped Sasso’s take on Curly ("You have to inherit the man's tics. Every single little thing he did." [50:59]).
• Chemistry with Cast: Sasso, Sean Hayes (Larry), and Chris Diamantopoulos (Mo) built chemistry quickly, rehearsed classic routines (slapping, bonks) like choreography.
• Sound Effects: Authenticity was brought by licensing the original Stooges’ Columbia sound library ("...they went and got the original Columbia sound effects." [53:20]).
• Physical Comedy & "Potatoes": All three actors consented to real slaps, bumps, and even accidents on set (including “potatoes” – accidental hard hits) in tribute to the real Stooges.
• On-Set Anecdotes: Training in Gene LeBell’s dojo, hitting each other hard (“open hand slapping the snot out of each other all the time” [57:18]), and using improvised choreography.
• Staying in Character: No method acting between takes—laughter kept things light; Sasso describes seeing Curly’s actions in his mind before every shot.
• Stooges’ Legacy: Sasso discusses the real Stooges’ poor pay, lack of studio support, and cultural impact ("The studio never told them how popular they were... they really got screwed." [63:33]).
• Lasting Impact: The Three Stooges as foundational viewing for a generation—“Everybody loves the Three Stooges.” [64:35]

10. Wrapping Up: Plugs and Future Plans

[66:02 – End]

• Sasso’s Projects:
  • Twitter: @WillSasso
  • Podcast: 10 Minute Podcast (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
  • Site: hamfatter.com (not frequently updated)
• Steve’s Invite: Austin hints Sasso will return for a Steve Austin Show Unleashed episode: "I feel like there's a little more territory we could flesh out by using a little verbal salt and pepper in the form of four letter words." [67:48]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the LA Scene:
  • “It's every cheerleader from every high school who's not the best actress in high school, but the loudest. She's here.” – Will Sasso [07:02]
• On Wrestling’s Emotional Impact:
  • “It was like losing a loved one. It was that weird for me.” – Will Sasso [18:56]
• On Creative Growth:
  • “When you're younger... you're kind of doing what you're told. ... Now, the only things I would throw in were things that I really wanted to do.” – Will Sasso [24:31]
• Impressions/Comedy:
  • [Imitating Hogan] “You got to say your prayers, you got to eat your vitamins, and you got to train, brother.” – Will Sasso [28:08]
  • “Let me tell you something about the three demandments of Hulkamania, brother!” – Will Sasso [28:08]
• On the Three Stooges Film:
  • “You have to inherit the man's tics. Every single little thing he did.” – Will Sasso [50:59]
  • “We all apologized to each other and said, we're never going to apologize in Atlanta—no sorrys in Atlanta.” – Will Sasso [57:48]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Will Sasso Arrives / Catching Up – [06:05–09:42]
• Life in LA / Neighborhoods / Driving – [09:42–13:13]
• Hobbies & Downtime in LA and Vancouver – [13:13–14:42]
• Wrestling Fandom & Childhood Influence – [14:54–23:45]
• WWF vs. NWA Discussion – [20:45–24:07]
• Wrestling & Acting Parallels – [24:08–27:32]
• Rapid-Fire Wrestling Impressions – [27:32–36:14]
• Favorite Wrestling Moments/Matches – [36:26–38:07]
• Origins of 10 Minute Podcast – [37:13–43:59]
• The Three Stooges Film: Insights & On-Set Stories – [47:40–66:45]
• Wrap-Up, Plugs, and Next Episode Tease – [66:02–67:48]

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Summary

This episode is a treat for wrestling fans, fans of classic comedy, and anyone curious about the creative process behind acting, impressions, and podcasting. Steve Austin and Will Sasso blend heartfelt nostalgia, vivid storytelling, and comedic timing, creating an engaging listen with both substance and laughs. Sasso’s deep dives into physical comedy, the craft of impersonation, and the Three Stooges’ enduring legacy provide unique insights, while the rapport between host and guest keeps the conversation dynamic and down-to-earth.

Transcript

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[A]

This is the Steve Austin Show.

[B]

Give me a Hell, yeah. Hell yeah.

[A]

Now here's Steve Austin.

[B]

All right, everybody. Welcome to the Steve Austin Show. I got a humdinger for you today. So if you're driving down the road, make sure you got your seatbelt on. Hey. This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com, the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 150,000. 150,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times best sellers. Huh. Ain't that something? Go down the road and somebody can read a book to you. That's something I need to check into because I'm real bad about reading books. And speaking about this audible.com thing, hey, maybe I ought to check into it, because, hey, check it out. Me and my wife just got a brand new RV about a year and a half ago. We sold our RV after some mechanical issues, a blowout on i10 where we almost met death and destruction. Somehow, someway, surviving this crash and getting the RV fixed. Anyway, we sold it and we've been doing our research to buy a new one, and we finally went out to the RV show here in Southern California and pulled the trigger on a new one. And I'll talk more in depth and detail about the rig once we receive it, but it's just what we wanted. It's a lot smaller rig than the last one we had. And I'm looking forward to getting in that thing, loading it all up, re rigging it, putting all of our stuff in there and heading down the road to South Texas. It's deer season, folks. And if you need a damn good scope for deer season, you can do yourself a favor by getting a good one. The best that money can buy at this price point is my 4x12x50me optoscope. The same exact scope I have on my number one hunting rig. The same exact scope that my buddy Ted Fowler has on his number one hunting rig at the Broken Skull Ranch. Go to bsrscope.com pull the trigger, no pun intended. On a hell of a scope. It's going to be interesting driving all the way down to Texas. It's going to be my maiden voyage in this rv. Now Kristen and the rest of the dogs are going to stay home. It's going to be myself and Hershey, Hershey riding shotgun. Hershey navigating, camping on the side of the road. And we're going to make a little detour on this trip down to Texas. Normally when I'm driving my rv, I'll make it in two and a half days. If I'm just in suv, it's a day and a half because I'll get a thousand miles in the first day, 500 the second day and we're there on an RV. You can't quite travel that fast. And hey, it's recreational vehicle. You got to throw some recreation in that equation somehow, some way. Me being the type A personality that I am, always in a hurry, destination oriented. I'm going to try to take a chill pill and relax on this trip. But we've got a scheduled detour on this trip. On this trip I'm going to pull over and talk to my boys in San Angelo, Texas. The Lost Lonely Boys. Many of you have heard of them. Three badass brothers who are musicians who lay down Texan rock and roll. Their debut album Heaven, they won a Grammy award back in the day. I'm gonna pull over, we're gonna go in the studio, we're gonna record some audio whoop ass of me and the gang. Just kind of shooting the breeze and having a good time and laughing and joking about music, wrestling, life, cars and everything else. I'm looking forward to talking to the Lost Lonely Boys. I'm really looking forward to talking to my guest today, Will Sasso. I'm at the Studios here at 316 Gimmick street awaiting for the arrival of this young comedic actor who kicked ass in the Three Stooges, the 2012 edition. I watched that movie last night, laugh my butt off. I really dig the Three Stooges. I'm a big fan from way back. I used to watch the Three Stooges every single day before I went to school. Will Sasso pulled off the character Curly to perfection. And that's the bottom line. Hey, we're going to take a pause for the cause, have a few words from some of my sponsors. I appreciate you guys who support the show. I appreciate you going to steveaustinshow.com and clicking on that Amazon banner. Because when you shop and when you buy something, it kicks back a little. Love to help us support the show and to keep this thing on the air for free. Will Sasso is coming up. Word from my sponsors. All right, sitting here, Will Sasso. Will, welcome to the crib.

[A]

Thank you very much. Thanks for having me.

[B]

Steve, how you doing, man? It's been a long time since I've seen you.

[A]

I'm good. I'm good. Yeah, it's been a while.

[B]

When did we do MAD TV?

[A]

That would have been two. I think that was 2001 or 2002. I think it was 2002.

[B]

And then when did you do Monday Night Raw?

[A]

I did. I did your show on. In 2002. Yeah.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So it would have been. Yeah, would have been the same couple weeks there where we came. Where I came on and pretended to be you.

[B]

Dude. How you get along out here?

[A]

I'm doing okay.

[B]

How long have you been out here in Los Angeles?

[A]

I've been here around 17 years.

[B]

And you were born and raised in Canada?

[A]

I was, yeah. I'm originally from a small town called Ladner, which is outside of Vancouver, British Columbia.

[B]

So how does that work? Just from like a work visa standpoint or how does that.

[A]

Yeah, I got the work visa first. I'd been working as an actor since I was, like, you know, a teenager in Canada. And then when I was, like, I came out here and started working and got a visa, and then, you know, ended up moving out here, and then, you know, you got the green card, and then now I'm a citizen of the states, so.

[B]

17 years.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You dig it, though, right?

[A]

I love it. Yeah. I love la.

[B]

What do you like about it?

[A]

Well, you know, I always say when LA becomes challenging, because it's a. The business is insane and it's a bunch of douchebags, and there's 4 million people just sort of rammed together and a million of them are jerks. No, actually, about 400, maybe 3 to 400,000 of them, but that's a lot of jerks, right? Yeah, it's every. It's every. Yeah, it's every cheerleader from every high school who's not the best actress in high school, but the loudest. She's here. And. And then every. Just, you know, Tool from drama club, he's here. But I always say, well, I live in Southern California, right. Which is beautiful. You can go, you know, two hours that way. You're in Big Bear in the mountains. You go right here. You're at the ocean and, you know, so there's so much. There's so many great things about la. You just got to get out of your house and forget that you're Be fortunate to be in the business. But, you know.

[B]

Are you in Hollywood?

[A]

I'm in a. I'm in Las Velas.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's like the Griffith Park Observatory.

[B]

How'd you end up out there? Because if you've been here for 17 years, you kind of made the rounds into the neighborhoods. How'd you end up out there?

[A]

Yeah, well, I mean, when I first got here, I was. I had an apartment in the Valley because it was safe. And then I lived all over Hollywood because. Whatever. And then I ended up buying a house out in Los Feliz, like, because,

[B]

like, here in the marina, it's a little bit different than Hollywood, a little bit different than Studio City. Everything kind of changes a little bit.

[A]

Los Feliz is. Is nice, and a lot of people are moving out there. The. The architecture is great. There's a bunch of great homes. And I got, you know, I love my place. I got my place. And. And it's, you know, it's a nice house and stuff, and you just. It's. Yes, it's mellow. The streets are a little wider. It's not like Hollywood, you know, Hollywood, to me, that. It's really. It's really something else. The energy is really. Everyone's trying to get somewhere at the exact same time, and no one's going in the same direction.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So it's just. It's a real mess. I mean, it's. It's really a mess. I just can't. You know, you go there, you run into town to do whatever you're doing, work, you're shooting something, whatever. But to me, I just got to get a little bit out of town, even though I'm not totally out of town, you know, where you are here is not totally out of town.

[B]

Right. Hey, man. So when you come Here from basically Vancouver, right? So how do you deal with the stupid things that happen out here? I've been out here 10 years and I'm just going to do a gig in Culver City, come back and talk to you. And, you know, people driving while they're texting, it's one of my things that just eats me up. And then the guy in the Prius beside me trying to run me off road because he wanted to get in my lane, right? And he wouldn't use his blinker to do it. And there's a guy in the Jaguar in front of me, he's texting while driving. And you got the people on the corner, they've got their phones right up to their face. They won't look when the little green pedestrian, white pedestrian sign says, go ahead and walk. They won't even look both ways because they're too busy texting. It's these little bitty things. You just eat me up.

[A]

Have you noticed now that the cops are texting? No, no, I've seen that. You're at an intersection and the cop won't get off the line in the other lane because he's on his phone. So he can't even bust someone for being on their phone because he's on his phone. Well, I gotta ask you, though, how the. How the heck you. I mean, you're the Texas rattlesnake. How do you. How do you not just beat the snot out of somebody every day?

[B]

Well, it was an interesting thing. I was going down to the studio today to do some voiceovers, and once I got there, Hershey, my chocolate lab goes everywhere with me. I let her out to do her business and she took a dump. And so I always have a little plastic shopping bag with me that I save in my center console because as a responsible dog owner living in the city, you always pick up your dog's mess. So I picked it up, tied a knot in it, so. So when I was driving home, right, somebody was going to cut me off. I was ready to let something fly. Will, it's. It's tough. I was in the back of a car one time riding to a gig, and a limo driver kept getting cut off and messed over. And finally I asked him, I said, dude, how do you maintain your sanity? Because I said it would get on my nerves. And he said, you know, I'm just a professional. I'm getting paid to do this and I don't take it personal, right? But sometimes, you know, when you got these idiots sitting there texting, I Take it personal.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Some of these people will just sit there and watch the person text and will not honk their horse.

[A]

Oh, that's the only thing.

[B]

I'll get on a horn quick.

[A]

Absolutely. I'll lean on the horn. I do that. Obnoxious. Well, it's like this. Here's the law. The law is, for instance, the law states that if someone's crossing the street, you can't enter the street until that person is safely on the sidewalk. Conversely, if someone is not getting through the lane or getting through the intersection, I will lean on the horn until the end of their back bumper is out of that intersection. I think that's just fair. We got the horns for a reason, right? It's already loud as you know, it's already loud here, so might as well, right? Yeah, I'll honk. I got no problem. I won't yell. I don't like to yell at people when they're driving. But I'll do the. Or I'll hit the. I'll hit the horn a few times so that it just goes. Which is even more annoying. Or just lean on it because it's more about satisfying me. I need to feel okay.

[B]

But you know, here's the thing that eats me up when I'm sitting in my truck waiting and to get the pedestrian light and these people are just lolly gagging across the crosswalk. Light changes and they're in no or you try to make a right hand turn, for instance, and they're in no hurry to get across there and they're giving it that little shuffle step right. To almost really put a stick up your ass and piss you off. It's like, it's almost like, come on, man. Right. In the name of your own personal safety, Right. Get your ass across crosswalk.

[A]

We got the pedestrian right of way law in, in, in California. So they can take as long as they want. They can smoke a J and text while they're doing it. Dude. And the cops won't notice because they're texting too. Maybe smoking J's.

[B]

In Texas we put these big ass bumpers on our front. On the front of our trucks. Yeah. The brush guards pedestrians a little bit more leery out there. Right. Because they don't get all the, you know, you know, it's a different system.

[A]

Yeah. It's not, it's not the, it's not the fiberglass bumper of a Toyota Prius. It's a brush guard that's meant to take out a deer if necessary.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

Right.

[B]

And protect the Vehicle.

[A]

Right.

[B]

So we're here. You've been here for 17 years. I've been kind of able to finally. I have my. My hobbies that I like to do. Yeah. I'll put my target right up there in my front yard. I'll shoot my bow in the front yard. I got a shooting range I go to. I go to the gym a half mile away. In your spare time, when you're not working, what do you do to occupy your time? I know you do a lot of riding and stuff like that, but just for downtime, for total downtime, what do you do?

[A]

Well, I like to fish when I can. You know, out here where Big Bear. You can go to big Bear Lake. And, you know, I mean, they load the lake with trout, so it's nothing. It's not too. And there's some bass in there, so it's nothing too huge. But, you know, a lot of times I go back to Vancouver and just mellow out and literally hang out with my parents and a few of my friends and do nothing. But out here in L. A. I mean, the beach, you know, surfing. I suck at surfing, but I boogie board, you know, you got that? I've tried to hike every single trail out here, and you'll never get through it, which is great.

[B]

Catching any weirdos on those hiking trails? Because there's some strange people out there.

[A]

Sure. Well, it depends where you're hiking. If you're hiking in Hollywood, like we said, it's the same thing that's happening on the street, but now it's. It's in yoga pants and it's walking up the hill. So, you know, or the. The chick or the. Or the weird dude who maybe even weighs a little less than a chick is, you know, texting and smoking a J up the hill. But, yeah, there's some weirdos. Well, where I live, there's Griffith park right behind the house, and so you can go hiking in there. I mean, you can run through there butt naked. Nobody will ever see you. So you don't see a whole lot of weirdos except for yourself, because you're naked. Hiking, which is not advisable when you're naked.

[B]

Do you have a backpack on his hiking excursion? Absolutely. Become dehydrated. Right.

[A]

In case I was to become dehydrated, I got some jerky treats. If I have to ward off mountain lion or a pack of cougars or, you know, some, Some. Some coyotes, I can throw a little something. I've got my little switchblade, two and a half inch legal, you Know, but

[B]

I'm talking about a switchblade there, folks. Switchblade. Hey, man, how long you been. How'd you get. I met you at MADtv. I know you're a big fan of pro wrestling. When did you start watching wrestling? Back in the day.

[A]

Oh, man. You know, I was just having this conversation with a friend because a little while ago, because we're talking about how. How things influence you as a kid and what turns you on to stuff. For instance, I remember being. I remember being a little kid and seeing in a storefront window a picture of E.T. the extraterrestrial next to Michael Jackson. And I was like, who's that guy with E.T. you know what I mean? And then you get into Michael Jackson. So for me, it was really, you know, when I was a little kid, I gotta tell you, you know, it wasn't until it was really, you know, wwe, WWF at the time, that kind of brought me into it. And then you get into. Then it's always your friend's older brother or something that has, like. Or there was a video store that had all the NWA stuff.

[B]

Right.

[A]

You know, and then you get. You know, and then you realize you can get pro wrestling illustrated in the corner store. Yeah, but before that, it was really, you know, I was watching the A Team as a kid. Because as a kid, you were watching. For me, I was. I was watching Dukes of Hazzard, A Team and shows like that. And when Mr. T started to have a presence in. I mean, we all couldn't wait for Rocky 3, right? So Hulk Hogan is in Rocky 3 as Thunder Lips.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And that, you know, you're just taken by this character, like, who's this huge guy who's beating the snot out of Sylvester Stallone and then shaking his hand afterwards. That kind of. And then his pairing with Mr. T, and that starts showing up. And then it's on Saturday mornings before. I believe it was before WrestleMania 1. You know, it was like, really kind of a thing to bring kids in. It was as much happenstance, that whole thing that was happening at that point with WWE and the whole Rock and Wrestling connection and stuff. And a lot of it, I would imagine, calculated on Vince's part. You know, I mean, it had to have been. I don't know if he knew the risk would pay off, but everyone in my town was like, what is this? And then I started watching. Then I realized, I love this more than anything. I love the wrestling more than. Forget the A Team. I don't care about the A Team. It was all about, you know, Hulk Hogan and all those guys and loving to hate Rowdy Roddy Piper and all that stuff. And then. Then you start going back and you realize, you know, then you start getting these. These. These big, huge VHS tapes and watching, you know, Ric Flair and they're breaking Dusty Rhodes leg. And you're just like, what is this diabolical? Absolutely. And like, it was like, that was so off limits when. When you were a kid, because the WWF had a real sort of a clean image then. And then the NWA had. I mean, there was the scaffold. Scaffold matches with the, you know, Rock and Roll Express out of the Skywalkers. Yeah, yeah, there you go. So that was. Yeah. And I would have been like 11 years old, going, reading Pro Wrestling Illustrated, seeing their, you know, the bloody faces in black and white in the middle of the magazine.

[B]

Of course, no, again, it was real. You absolutely believe anything. You believed it was real.

[A]

Absolutely. It was real. I mean, if any older kid tried to tell me that it wasn't real, I would. I would be. I would try to. I would beat the crap out of him. I remember when it was Piper's Pit before WrestleMania 3, and they're, you know, just getting ready for the match and. And they had the Piper's Pit where Andre grabbed Hulk's shirt and ripped it off, and he ripped across the crucifix came off. I. My good buddy Phil, who lives up in Canada, he's a huge, huge wrestling fan, and he's been with me to a couple wrestlemanias and stuff. I mean, we called each other right away. We're just like, what is this? Andre's turning his back on Hulk. And then there was that weird Saturday night's main event with, like, the. The title was in limbo and DiBiase wanted to buy it, and Andre was going to help him beat up Hogan. And Andre had the belt for a minute. It was 1987, was right before WrestleMania 3. I cried. I cried. I'm 12 years old.

[B]

I cried. You were hooked.

[A]

Hulk was the champ for three, four years at that point. And to see, like, that's my entire history of watching wrestling. And he's got. No, he doesn't have the belt. And then the next Saturday, you're watching him, he doesn't have the belt. I'm watching Maple Leaf Wrestling, you know, and there's no. What it was. I was unnerved. It was like. It was like losing a loved one. It was that weird for me. So I was told, yeah, I was totally hooked up Right now, North America is the center of the soccer universe

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So what did you think about the. Now looking back, what did you think about the NWA versus WWF at the time?

[A]

Well, you.

[B]

Were you more that WWF guy?

[A]

Yeah. Because there was not a lot of NWA on tv.

[B]

You couldn't get a little bit more regional back in.

[A]

I mean.

[B]

Yeah. Glimpses here, there.

[A]

Right.

[B]

And. And it was, you know, still territory days.

[A]

Absolutely. It was still.

[B]

I would go to different places and sometimes I hadn't even seen the guys. You know, I'd heard about them.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Seen them in Pro Wrestling illustrated, you know, 1 through 10 rankings you heard about and you get a chance to see him work.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But for me, you know, I kind of, you know, always went through my phases. WWF was probably some of the last stuff that I got along with awa. A lot of Mid South Power Pro done by Bill Watts Oklahoma World Class Championship wrestling. Houston Wrestling, of course. NWA was kind of my bread and butter, man. Rock and Roll Express going against the Midnight Express. Four Horsemen running rough, shot over everybody and just getting a ton of heat. Magnum TA coming into his prime.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

And just a great storylines. Were you a guy that really just bought into the different characters? Was it the storylines that grabbed ahold of you? What was it?

[A]

I mean, you know, I think it was both the storylines, obviously, back then took, you know, they gestated for longer. They had much longer time between pay per views, so you could have a feud going all year.

[B]

The way things are these days with television, social media and the whole, you know, everything is rush, rush, rush, Hurry up. It's hard to let things play out like that anymore.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Back in. I mean, it just seemed like an angle would last forever.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Finally, when you get to that payoff, there was a personal issue there.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

And the Hill had a ton of heat. And you wanted to see that baby face get his. Make his revenger get that belt back.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And, you know, you had to go

[A]

see it, I think. I think for that reason, I sort of enjoyed the storylines more than the characters because, you know, especially as a young kid watching again, mostly what was on TV was wwf, the old WWF at the time versus nwa, which you would just read about, or you would be behind the times in my area, because it wasn't on tv, you'd have to get the VHS tapes, and there was one place in the middle of town that had them, and you would go and you'd get Starcade and go home and watch it, and it would be like. It would be like watching wrestling on the moon because it was like, totally different. No mention of the guys you're used to seeing. And then, of course, you know, WWF at the time has. You know, they got guys like, you know, how do you make. You know, it's like they're appealing to kids kind of. But. But it was like, you'd have a guy like, Outback Jack. I don't care. Like, you know what I mean? Like, kids right away, like, oh, like, it doesn't matter, really who the. I mean, of course, in the end, it matters who the character is, but it doesn't matter at the beginning because they never. They never take off. And in my opinion, and this is just my personal opinion as a fan, they never take off in the version that they're pitched and brought on, they take off and what they become later.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I mean, you know, we talk all day about that with you and where how, you know, you came into different federations and then what? Eventually, you know, it just being you.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I mean?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. It's like, man, it's almost like watching some of my favorite, you know, metal bands from when they first started to what they ended up becoming. Right. You know, it's all that feeling things along as you go, finding your strengths, you know, realizing your weaknesses, playing upon those strengths and morphing into, in my case, more of who and what I am. Just turned up to 10.

[A]

There you go.

[B]

But man, it's like, you know, probably along the same lines as your career in acting and comedy has gone.

[A]

Well. Yeah, I mean, actually that's, yeah, it's kind of, it's kind of true. When you're younger, you're sort of like, I started doing this when I was 15 and you're, you're kind of doing what you're told. And I was really fortunate very early to have a chance to do my own stuff. And now.

[B]

How do you mean being forced to do what you're told?

[A]

Well, you're an actor. I mean, an actor for hired. Here's the lines. Do it and make it shine and make it real and make it work.

[B]

So you just stuck to, hey, do it just like it says, right? And that's, you know, same thing with me back in the day, you know, I was strictly mechanic, trying to learn the ins and outs and not, not venture anywhere from an exploratory character, you know, type thing. But just do the brass tax.

[A]

You don't know, right, because you don't know and there's that unknown and you're trusting your superiors because they know how to do this. They've been there and you haven't been. So the only things I would throw in were things that I really wanted to do. Like, you know, my idols are like John Candy and Bill Murray and if there's a little, a little, a little flair, a little something John Candy would have done as a teenager, I would throw that into something and here's a look Steve Martin would have given, you know, that sort of thing. But for the most part, it's their material. You're trying to make it shine and you're, you're presenting what you're told to present.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I ended up on a, on a teen drama, like one of these weepy teen dramas in Canada, sort of like a Canadian, My so Called Life that I did for a few years as a teenager in 20 actually, like how I was doing it. And with that, the Character started getting funny, and my character had some funny things, and they were like, well, we don't know. Comedy. You seem to want to do comedy so you can rewrite the funny stuff. And they really let me. I mean, that was a huge tool to be able to try out my own voice on a real television show, on a nationally televised show at a young age. At a young age. And then, you know, I started MAD TV when I was pretty young. I was 22 when I started there.

[B]

Hey, but when did you know that you wanted to be. Should I say comedian or an actor?

[A]

Well, I guess both. Like, you know, I mean, I started with, you know, acting and comedic acting and it's kind of.

[B]

Were you always funny as a kid?

[A]

Yeah, I guess. Class clown and that whole thing. And. And. And from the very young age, I was watching, you know, stuff I shouldn't have been watching. Sctv, Sarant Live, staying up late, Monty Python stuff like that, and just watching old stuff, and had formulated that opinion of myself before I even knew it. I was in elementary school and I was. I mean, you want to talk about wrestling? This is literally what we used to do. I told my sixth grade teacher, Mr. Hughes, I said, we need to have a wrestling. We need to have a drama block once a week. We need to be able to do sketch sketches and skits and two of the things that my aforementioned buddy Phil and I used to do. One of the things we would do is the Canadian corner, the Great White north, which is the old Bob and Doug McKenzie bit from SCTV. We would sort of recreate that and do our own, you know, take those characters. I was Doug, he was Bob, and we would do the Great White North. Just rip off their bit and do it, but do our own version. Another thing we would do is. I'm not even joking here. We cut promos. Would literally be like. It would you know, just be like. Phil would be, you know, Gene Okerland, and I'd be Hulk, or he'd be, you know, Hillbilly Jim, and I'd be any, like, Lord Alfred Hayes just doing interviews and weird things like that. We would just like. And I started impersonating wrestlers back then. Really, my first impersonations were of wrestlers, because who was your first one, man? I mean, there was.

[B]

Gotta have a good Hogan.

[A]

I was doing Hogan. Yeah, for sure.

[B]

Well, let me tell you something, brother. I'm here with Stone Cold Steve Austin, dude.

[A]

It's. It's the Broken Skull Ranch, brother.

[B]

We're here. We're doing podcasting, dude.

[A]

We got Mike's brother. We got headsets, dude.

[B]

We're here at the Broken Skull Ranch.

[A]

He sets his. He sets his bullseye up right here

[B]

in the front yard, brother.

[A]

You want to go all the way back, dude?

[B]

You couldn't get. You couldn't get NWA on television, brother. Anyway, but I've got to ask you, are you still taking the vitamins and saying your prayers? Hulk, let me tell you something about the three demandments of Hulkamania, brother. You got to say your prayers, you

[A]

got to eat your vitamins, and you got to train, brother.

[B]

A lot of people forget that part nowadays. They're just walking down the street, texting, smoking that J. Brother, Put that stuff away. Get some vitamins, dude. You got to. Hey, come over here, Awful. Alfred, you got to try this shake, bro. Or it's got your eggshells, it's got your protein. Get over here, Mean Gene.

[A]

But I was doing that as a kid. I was doing. Oh, I used to do. I remember. I remember the Bobby Heenan and the Islanders stole British Bulldog's dog, Matilda. And. Which was such a weird as a kid. I was like, this is a great angle because I was sucked in. I was like, you can't take their dog.

[B]

But you weren't thinking, it's a great angle. You're thinking, they really stole the dog, right?

[A]

Which is why it was a great angle for an 11 year old. And. And I just remember them. And God bless both of them, okay? But the promo they cut with you got Dynamite and Davey Boy, like, feigning that they're sad, man. I mean, even as 11 years old, I was like, there's something, you know, I don't quite buy this, you know? Cause you got Davey Boy, like, literally, like, Dynamite's got his hand in his hand like this, and he doesn't even know what to say. And Davey Boy's like, matilda, you know, we love that little dog. Bring the dog back, Bobby. In and bring it back. We love that dog like a child.

[B]

Bring it back.

[A]

But they. Someone gave him a note before they went on, like, put your head in your hand, right? Like, that'll show that you're sad. So you got the British Bulldogs with their heads in their hands. But, you know, as a kid, you're buying it because it's like, it's what you're told is happening. But I was like, what the. You know, so we do that one. Bring the dog back.

[B]

We love that dog.

[A]

Bring it back, Bobby. And then the Islanders bring it back. Bring the dog back. They just. The promo Is just them saying bring the dog back for two and a half minutes. We do that. I would do you know, Ventura like, you know. Well, better now because I'm older, but. But yeah, we say the sayings like, you know, like the.

[B]

You close.

[A]

Only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Monsoon, you know, I'll give credit where credit is due. Monsoon. Everything had to end with Monsoon. And he sounded like him.

[B]

They were great together.

[A]

Oh, they were fantastic.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Pandemonium.

[B]

Jess.

[A]

And.

[B]

And you know Superstar Billy Graham.

[A]

Oh, I couldn't do what was. I don't even remember. He had a pretty normal voice.

[B]

No, no. He would kind of lisp like Dusty Rose.

[A]

Yeah, he did list. But yeah.

[B]

Superstar Billy Graham sort of.

[A]

Yeah, he did sound like Dusty.

[B]

That's a little bit more Dusty.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So then you got hard times.

[A]

You don't know hard times.

[B]

Hard times.

[A]

When you go back to the. You go to the warehouse, you go to the plant and they say no more work. You don't know hard times. Ric Flair or. We do. You know, Randy seven.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Let me tell you. It was always. I remember talking to Triple H about it like years later when we did Mad TV and Triple H came and did Mad TV and I was. We were joking around about impersonations. We shot a little something for WWE tv and he said the thing you got to do is that Savage would do is thinking.

[B]

Thinking.

[A]

Which he told me was just him thinking.

[B]

Yeah, like what?

[A]

Ricky Steamboat cup of coffee in the big time. Well, what is that, Randy? What is that? Randy said, this is Ricky Steamboats cup of coffee in the big time.

[B]

Dig it. You know, the thing about us today watching do these impersonations and when you're doing them, your facial features change. I mean, you look like Will Sasso right in the vein that you look a little bit similar to me. But your voice, I mean, your face is morphing into these other people you're impersonating. And I was talking to a guy, Carrie Case of his boyfriend as a sound actor. Voice actor.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And when he was starting to lay some Pacino on me and. And some Sylvester Stallone and we're good. And as he was doing it, I mean, he would change his face to look like Slide. You got a sly.

[A]

No, not really.

[B]

Yeah, but you change your facial features to make that sound.

[A]

Well, if you. It's almost like your face will tell your voice what you're doing. You know, like Hulk Hogan always had his eyes wide open. And I always used to. Now I always joke about around when I Do it with my friends. Where he goes, you got it? And now for the listener at home, I'm throwing my hand out to the right, my other hand out to the left, and then one down the middle. You got to put your hand out

[B]

here to the right, brother. And then you talk about the other thing.

[A]

You put your hand out here, left,

[B]

and then you put your hand down the center, dude.

[A]

So he talks in threes. You know, it's like the physicality is so much a part of. Because as a viewer, when you take it in, if you're someone who impersonates voices, you take in the whole thing. So you almost need those physicalities to bring it back out. Like, you know, Macho man had a specific thing that he would do with his hands.

[B]

His finger was against his thumb, and

[A]

his pinky would come up. You know that. Or. Or, oh, my buddy. My good buddy. Do you know Tommy Blacha? He wrote for the WWE for a minute. He's a. He was. He was a story guy. He's interesting story, that dude, because he was writing on Conan o'.

[B]

Brien.

[A]

Vince came in as a guest, said, well, you know, we're always looking for writers and stuff. And he realized, I got to do this. He's a huge wrestling fan. So Tommy's good buddy of mine, he created that. The heavy metal cartoon. Metalocalypse.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Anyway, so we'll talk wrestling all the time and stuff. And he was doing Harley Race for me because he was talking about. And Harley Race had his pinky up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, like, had his pinky up and, you know, was like. Was, let me do. I can't even do a Harley Race.

[B]

But Harley always talks about, like, this. Yeah. He never raises his voice. There you go. So you have to lean in real close. Here's a story. Harley had caught a rattlesnake and sewed his mouth closed and put him in the back of a guy's car. What, as a rib. It was a payback. So, you know, when Harley Ray says something, it is true, because that's just the way life is. So I had to call him on it. I said, harley, I said, how did you catch the rattlesnake? I baited him with a left and hooked him with the right. If Harley says it's true. But that's. That's if he was going over a finish.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He would be lacing up his boots, and then he would grab his cigarette with these two fingers, put the cigarette down, and continue lacing his boots.

[A]

That's fantastic. Oh, that's really good coming forward like that. Yeah, that's really great. Yeah, it's the physicality, definitely. I mean, all the kids in the playground back then were, you know, I mean, now you watch tv, like, you know, I remember I watched that. It was really interesting for me to see guys that are, you know, now have been WWE Superstars over the past several years who are my age and grew up watching the same stuff I watched. So when I watch like, like the. There's that Ultimate Warrior DVD that the company put out a little while back and you've got Jericho and Edge and Christian and everybody going, Hulk Hogan. Like, that's what we were doing on the playground. And you would imagine Edge and Christian would be doing the same thing, joking around with their friends, like, you know, Hulk Hogan. You know, like, open up the captain's door, Hulk Hogan. That stuff. And.

[B]

Yeah, but you know, think about it. You know, Warrior got a lot of crap for his interviews. But here's the thing about a great promo or a great interview, if you believe that or if it enhances that character, that's a successful promo.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

Like, a lot of guys ripped apart the content of those promos. And some of them are a little wacky, you know, I mean, the guy drew money.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And you know, when you heard him talk, sometimes you like, man, sounds a little crazy, but that's the Ultimate Warrior. So he. It was very true to who and what he was. So I dug it.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I think back then, yeah. I mean, look, they, you know, the company wanted to put it on this guy. Oh, yeah. So. So I just remember, like as a kid going, yeah, what is he talking about?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But everything else was so strong that it was like you had to believe it. And everything was so crazy. He's got the blown out hair and every color in the spectrum hanging off him in tassels and face paint. And so it doesn't matter.

[B]

He's like, you know, look beyond the quasar, Hulk Hogan. I talked to no warriors on the mountain.

[A]

It's like just three minutes of gibberish. And it didn't. It didn't matter.

[B]

No, it didn't.

[A]

I mean, I already believed that the islanders that Haku Tama and Bobby Heenan stole Matilda. So I'm pretty much gonna believe anything after that.

[B]

What was your. Do you have any recollections of your favorite match?

[A]

Oh, man. Well, I remember as a teenager, me and my buddies got the ladder match. We rented that VHS tape over and over again. The Shawn Michaels Razor Ramon ladder.

[B]

Yeah, that Was a crazy match. Awesome. Awful charts.

[A]

That match was unbelievable. Some of the bumps that Shawn Michaels took were so. I mean, they were definitely Shawn Michaels, but they were also so comical. He pulled out so many comical. You know, just the spitting in the air, ham hanging out of the back of his face.

[B]

Get away with at that certain level, when you look at them.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Are they over the top? But yeah, it's working because you're totally buying into it. If you guys can hear the sirens here, they're coming for Will.

[A]

We're here in Hollywood. That's the way it is.

[B]

Free talking to Will Sasso. Hey, you're on Twitter at Will Sasso.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What's the name, your website?

[A]

Oh, I got a website called hamfatter.com,

[B]

or you can go to hamfatter.com.

[A]

oh, that was an interesting thing. It was actually my older brother who was really into branding and marketing and stuff, who said he goes like, well, you wouldn't call, because I came up with the website, like, almost 10 years ago now. It's just a dump site for my stuff. I haven't updated it in a while. But it's, you know, he went like, well, Tom Cruise comes out with a movie. Doesn't call it Tom Cruise. Dot movie. I was like, that's a good point. He's like, in the future, people won't name their websites your name dot com. That's just silly. You know, come up with something so that it doesn't represent just you. It's. It's a thing that you can subscribe to or not, depending on where you are in your career. So there's my older brother, the weirdo. And. And so I called it ham fatter, which is a weird old term that now means ham. Like, oh, he's a ham. He's a card. But I like that it was a word that no one knew. So there's that. There's also ten minute podcast dot com, which is where.

[B]

Tell me about the ten Minute podcast dot com. To my listeners out there. A lot of my cats are new to this technology. You know, I'm six months in this podcast, but I listen to your show as you and your buddies. It's called 10 Minute Podcast. Now, why is it 10 Minute Podcast? Because sometimes it's 10 minutes, sometimes it's 11 minutes and 37 seconds.

[A]

Right.

[B]

So why don't you call it the 10 minutes and change podcast?

[A]

That's not a bad idea. But the only reason it runs over is for ads.

[B]

Ads.

[A]

So the actual podcast itself is always just 10 minutes.

[B]

So you guys are always doing, like, a skit or a little gimmick thing going. Do y' all sit there and create that and write that? Are you guys just sitting there with a couple of mics, riffing?

[A]

We just riff. I mean, it's myself and my good buddies Brian Callan and Chris d', Elia, who are both actors and comedians, and we've been doing it for about a year and a half, and a lot of the shows are just based on us just. I mean, just ripping each other. And, you know, these are two of my best friends, so we can be totally honest and open and just. It's sort of a version of talk radio that you're not used to, where it's like, guys really laying into each other, and the fans of the show have really taken it on, and they. You know, they call Brian Callan Bit Killer Jones because he'll mess something up. And we call him Bit Killer Jones. And they tweeted us, you know, we got the Twitter for the. For the podcast, and they're like, hey, en Menpod, you got. Hey, bkj. Sure, BKJD it up and this whole thing. And there's those. And then there'll be ones where, oh, well, Will's not here today, but sitting in is Arnold Schwarzenegger, you know. Yeah, yeah. Hi, Arnold here, you know, and I just want to hang out with you guys. You know, I don't want to do, you know, talk about the movies and the, you know, Dylan, you son of a bitch, you know, I don't want to do that. I just want to hang here. So we do that, and. Or we'll do, like, we've had Hulk Hogan. We got to do that again. I did a thing with just Brian and I, with me as Hulk Hogan, where I literally don't let him talk. And by the end of it, he's just, you know. Yeah, that's right. He's like, can I just ask you a question, Hulk?

[B]

Yeah, go ahead. Shoot, brother. Ask me a question, brother. There's something Hulk Hogan loves. Three things. Four things, brother. There's a training, the saying, the prayers,

[A]

eating your vitamins, and questions, brother.

[B]

Ask me a question, dude. He's like, I will if you be quiet.

[A]

So we'll just riff and. Yeah, it's fun, and you can do whatever you want, really.

[B]

Now, how often does that drop? Once a week.

[A]

Twice a week?

[B]

Twice a week.

[A]

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

[B]

And Thursday and. Been doing a year and a half.

[A]

Yeah, about a year and a half.

[B]

So you guys just get Together and say, hey, man, just go ahead and just throw something out there. Because we.

[A]

We wanted to do something together because the three of us have our own separate senses of humor away from each other. But then together, we have a similar sense of humor with the three of us, because we always rip on each other the same way. And so we had friends of ours going, like, you guys got to do something together. Three of us are going, we got to do. What do you want to do? And, you know, it's so hard to pitch a show and take it through. You know, I've been developing television since I was on mad tv, you know, on the network level. And, you know, you write a show, you develop a show, it goes through the pilot process, it doesn't go and blah, blah, blah. Take all of those variables and introduce to that three separate guys with three separate careers to where Brian's doing his thing, Chris is doing his thing. They're on their own TV show, they're doing their own stuff to get everyone together on a schedule where we're three grown men who have our own. It's impossible to aim high for that stuff unless you're, you know, unless you're making a movie and the movie's got a shot.

[B]

What do you mean, aim high? It's kind of hard put any more work into it. It's.

[A]

It's hard to have the planets aligned to where you're doing it, you know, for. On a TV show. Let's just say on a TV show, on network or cable, to have those planets aligned to where it's the right idea and the networks behind it, and they're gonna greenlight it, and it's actually gonna end up on the air, which is a. You know, which is a really long shot nowadays to have three guys who's like, the. You know, what if we're going through the process of developing and Chris is like, no, I got my other thing I got to do, and I'm under contract there. And it's like, oh, we got to rep you. That messes everything up. Or we got to replace me or Brian. So it was like, what can we do? And the thought of podcasting came up, and I was like, yeah, I want to do a podcast, but the three of us will never sit down for an hour and a half and record a whole, you know, a thing like that. Because again, it's three guys. Schedules.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So it sort of came out of necessity, and I. And not to say I came up with it, but I came up with it, and I Remember, I was just on the treadmill at the house, and I was watching tv. I was on the treadmill. I don't even remember what gave me the idea, but I have a little laptop mount on my treadmill. All I remember is that I bought 10minutepodcast.com the URL before I got off the treadmill. So I was like, how come no one's thought of this? So it's just 10 minutes. We get together every two, three weeks. We record a few of them, and I've. We release them. I release them twice a week. We got podcasts for weeks.

[B]

So how many shows you guys get together and record, work at each other's house, make the designated meeting spot?

[A]

Yeah, we do it at my house. I've got a little studio space in the bottom of the house. And, yeah, they come over every two, three weeks, and we record. Try to record five, six, seven episodes. And we just. We always have a rule where we get together and we just hit record. Like the first. First two or three. It's like sometimes someone will come in, like Chris does a Jean Claude Van Damme impersonation. It's really funny. And it's like, I want to do Jean Claude doing this. Okay, well, let's save it. Save it. I have a character. I have a couple of characters. I have a black comedienne named Shauna who was a woman. People didn't even know it was me for a while. I have a character, this weird, abstract character called Everybody's dad, who just speaks from a fatherly. But he's everybody's dad. So it's this abstract. Well, Brian, you remember when you were a boy, I sit you on my lap and make you pancakes and give you a haircut? No, I don't remember that. You were not my dad. I'm your father. I'm everybody's dad. And he slaps the guys, and I put in sound effects later. Watch your mouth. And he's slapping them and. But we record. We just sit down and start recording.

[B]

Give me some Shawna. Hey, y'. All.

[A]

What's up? This here Shawna, she's sort of. I can't even say it, really, for your audience. Is this the Tuesday show? You don't want me to say what she says. She goes. She gets very blue very fast. And she's like, you know, hey, y'. All. Well, I remember I saw Brian. First time I saw Brian on tv, on man tv.

[B]

I fell out. I was. I fell out.

[A]

I was like, oh, that my baby Brian.

[B]

That Brian. Hey, Brian. Hey, Baby. Hey, baby.

[A]

What's up, baby?

[B]

But when you guys get together, I listen about five y' all shows.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And to me is like, the way I could equate it to. You see that? You guys, real good friends, obviously, a lot of chemistry, but you guys are just doing it to make the show good. It was almost like a wrestling match, because anytime my approach was to make the wrestling match good, not to shine or get all the attention, have an entertaining match, and that's what you guys all contribute to make a good show.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Neither one of you is trying to hog too much to be selfish is what I'm saying.

[A]

Well, if anyone's listening to my show, you know that Brian is definitely hogging the mic and he needs to shut up. But. But, yeah, it's true. Even when we're. When we're ribbing each other, it's like another guy is saying something. I remember when Three Stooges came out. We did a podcast, and Chris said after the movie came out, he goes, hey, good job, man. I. I'm not joking. I thought. For real. I thought I was gonna make $12. And you really, you did. Did it make more than $12? I'm like, Chris, it made. Stop it. Don't Talk like it $12. Right? So you gotta let the other guy. It's like taking a bump, you know? So we're. We're weaving in and out of each other, and if Brian can keep his mouth shut long enough, we all get a chance to talk.

[B]

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[B]

All right, Will Coming back now I want to talk about the Three Stooges. All right. Because growing up back in the day, I am the biggest Three Stooges fan in the world. And I remember when I started seeing the trailers for the movie coming out in 2012, didn't go see it. And real bad about seeing anything. I get in trouble.

[A]

I'm the same way. I don't see stuff. Yeah.

[B]

But anyway, I paid 7.99 last night to watch it on my computer so I could talk about the movie. And I loved it. Oh good, you kicked ass.

[A]

Oh, thanks, man.

[B]

As Curly thank you. But the guy Demon Topless. Demon Topless was great as Mo. And who was Larry?

[A]

That was Sean Hayes.

[B]

Sean Hayes. Now, how come there wasn't a ship? Because those were the three original Stooges.

[A]

That's right. Well, the three, I mean, you know, by the time they got to making the shorts, the three Stooges were Mo, Larry and Curly Shemp was. Was involved before. Curly Shemp is the oldest of the Howard brothers. It's Shemp. Moe and Curly are brothers and Larry Fine is not related to. So the Three Stooges. I mean, the Stooges originally it was a couple other guys and Mo and Shemp and Ted Healy. It was Ted Healy and his Stooges on vaudeville. Then they brought in Larry Fine. And then it was just this rotating cast. And then Curly wanted to join. And before he was named Curly, well, he was named. He was named Babe. Yeah, his nickname was. Anyway, Anyway, so. But by the time they started making the shorts, yeah, it was Mo, Larry and Curly. It was the youngest of the Howard brothers, Curly, and his older brother Mo. And Shemp was not involved. And then when Curly was. Fell ill and wasn't able to do it anymore, Shemp came in.

[B]

Now, you had to do a lot of research on these cats. Yeah, I've read about them a little bit. Back in the day, man, when those dudes were doing the things that they did now, they were taking a lot of physical punishment. They were beating the hell out of each.

[A]

Totally. Yeah.

[B]

How was that, as far as, you know, in your research process and you're trying to find out, you know, who Curly is? What kind of research did you do? I mean, because you nailed him dead on.

[A]

Oh, thank you. Thanks. You know, I. I mean, I watched everything. I had already watched most of it just growing up, I'd seen most of it. But now you're watching it with a. With a keen eye to where I've got to become this guy. You know, you're working on the impersonation, and. And you're. You're. The thing that sort of makes me the happiest is as far as portraying him, is when I get a real stooge fan, like an original stooge fan. And for us, for the three guys doing it, for the Farrelly brothers and the writer Mike Sarone, who grew up with the Farrellys. And those guys are the biggest stooge heads in the world. Really, the aim for the six of us was to have people believe this homage and understand that everything we did was the way they would have done it.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And so when I get an original stooge fan, like someone, usually the first thing they say is, I didn't want to like it. But. And they. They hit the little things that I did that they've never seen anybody do when they're impersonating Curly. Because I've seen people impersonate Curly over the years. It's just become a thing. Not too many people are doing it anymore. But, you know, years ago, people were still doing it. It was still in that sort of the. The pantheon of pop culture. So there were little things that he would do with his hands to where I would watch everyone do Curly. And go. Well, his hands don't just go together like this. It's literally this finger's on top of that. And why is his hand there? Why is his left hand a little higher? Well, it's. Because his. His left hand goes out when he starts to talk.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Little tiny things. It's the same thing as Randy Savage.

[B]

Where's.

[A]

Where's his pinky finger? Where does it end up by the end of the sentence each time? You know, these. These things are very specific, and they are his tics. So you have to inherit the man's tics. Every single little thing he did. You know, there are. There's these kids in the movie who played the Young Stooges the first. They were great. Yeah. And Robert, the kid who played young Curly, you know, he was. I was kind of coaching him one day. We're just kind of sitting around on set, and he. We were talking about it, and I said. I said, you don't. I said, Curly understands 1% of what's happening, and he understands it about three seconds after everyone else does. So. And that was helpful for me because I'd been doing it, but I hadn't said it out loud to anybody because all my work is internal.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But now I'm teaching this kid, like, well, here's what. So I said, just have the pained, you know, confused look on your face with your hands together. And then when Mo says something, watch Mo. And Mo saying, you know, to whoever the straight man is, like, listen, touch. We got a blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Watch Mo. And then after Mo finishes his point, wait a beat and a half, then turn to the other person and go, yeah. You know, like. Yeah. You know, like, then understand. Yeah, wait a beat and a half. Like, just wait. You always understand everything a second and a half late. And when you put these things together, all their different things, it is the Stooges. So the illusion that we're trying to create is when you watch the three of them, you get that flavor and you get that sense memory of the original Stooges, because Chris is doing his thing, Sean's doing his thing, and I'm doing my thing, and the three of us are doing it at the exact same time. You know, when you put chocolate, caramel and peanuts together, it's a specific chocolate bar, whatever. So you get that flavor, whether you know it or not.

[B]

How long did it take you guys to develop the chemistry you guys had? Because it was. It was very good.

[A]

Oh, you know, it. It wasn't long. Believe it or not. It wasn't long.

[B]

Those two guys were great in their own right.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But at the one point I really enjoyed, there's a fight scene, so to speak. Y' all all standing there and it's just when all the shenanigans start going, and it's the timing, the bend downs and.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All those strikes. How many takes did it take you guys to film that stuff?

[A]

I know the. I know the scene you're talking about.

[B]

Yeah. Because you got the classic Three Stooges sound effects dubbed it. Because it's the Three Stooges.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And that's half the stuff that I love.

[A]

And those are the. Those are the original sound effects. Those are the original. Those are the original Columbia sound effects.

[B]

Yeah. And they're tremendous.

[A]

They're. And they, you know, Fox, you know, at first they had their own sound effects and the boys were like. Pete and Bob are like, nah, it doesn't sound. We got to get the original. They went and got the original Columbia sound effects.

[B]

They had to pay for that?

[A]

Oh, absolutely. They paid a lot of money for that.

[B]

It was worth.

[A]

It was absolutely worth it. Without that, it's like, what. Because the other ones didn't sound right.

[B]

So how long take to film that scene?

[A]

Well, that scene took three or four takes of the whole thing. And then we punched in towards the end. You go in because usually they just. You just stay wide. It's a three shot. And you have to be choreographed and just slap, slap, dink, dink, dink, bonk. That was the only sequence that the three of us worked out before we flew to Atlanta to shoot the movie.

[B]

That's where it was filmed. In Atlanta.

[A]

It was filmed in Atlanta.

[B]

But we.

[A]

We got together maybe three, four times here, like nearby in Santa Monica. And we're like, literally just open the script and the fairlies. We didn't know what we were gonna do, right? And we started. We were all. We were all watching tons of it and going, here's a set piece. And we just started, like a dance, putting together these. What you eventually saw. Which didn't change much from that day in Santa Monica where we all laughed like a bunch of kids and came up with that sequence of slapping and, oh, Will, if you go down here, then Sean will reach across and slap me and blah, blah, blah. And it was that stuff.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And we did that for an afternoon. We shot it so we could remember it. And then the fairleaves were like, okay, that will put that here. But usually we'd come in in the morning and go, I'd say, oh, I want to do this bit that I saw. Like I was just memory banking tons of bits. And I had.

[B]

Are you good about picking up that kind of information and retaining it then doing it?

[A]

Yeah, I am. I'm sort of like really intense about that. Almost too much so where I'm like, no, he has to be. It's got to be this specific thing. And I was also shooting it on my phone.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So over the, you know, over a month I'm like watching and shooting stuff just really rudimentary on my phone, a little bit off the tv. So that when you're on set you could go, well, you know, there was one time where they did the spin punch where the fist went the other way. And people go, oh, I don't think they really did that. And then you show them. Yeah, here, look, here's the proof. And then they go, okay, sure. And that's a very good. Pete Fairly everybody but you guys come in. What did he say? So every day we come in and go, we just throw everything at the wall. Because we had so many weird little segments and things we wanted to do. We just go to Pete and Bob. What if we do this right now? And they go, well, I don't think that fits here. Let's. Oh, you know, tomorrow we're shooting that. So. And that was the only way to make the film.

[B]

How many shooting days you guys have

[A]

that we shot that film for? I think three months.

[B]

That's pretty good time. Yeah, man. Yeah, I did a lot of low budget stuff, man. 20 days. Nowadays they want trash out everybody. And you don't really have any true rehearsal time for fights. And it's monkey. See a monkey doing it. Yeah. So it's a different kind of environment.

[A]

Yeah, well, I think that, I think we were. Was it three? I think the shoot days was like. I think it was 60 days over. Over three months over like two months and a bit.

[B]

Where in Atlanta.

[A]

We were based right out of Atlanta. And then we went all over the place we were in. We actually shot a scene in Stone Mountain, Georgia, home of Jake Snake robbers. Yeah, it's nice up there. Yeah, it's great up there. We were all man, actually.

[B]

Hey, you know, that's where Jake the Snake Robbery is from Stone Mountain, Georgia.

[A]

Stone Mountain, Georgia. Six foot six from Stone.

[B]

Hey, let's talk about the acting. The Three Stooges pro wrestling. Because you guys know quote unquote fight scenes or all the bumps and other shenanigans you guys do. There had to been there's instances that happen in the ring of professional wrestling where a guy will hit somebody too hard, we call that potato.

[A]

Right.

[B]

So with all the stuff, the strikes that you guys did where there was the hammer fist on the nose gimmick, there had to be a lot of potatoes during the film of this.

[A]

A lot. Well, look, most of them are intentional potatoes because the three Stooges actually slapped each other, which an open hand slap, that in your business, too, is totally fine. You know what I mean?

[B]

It hurts.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

If you're gonna rack up three, four, five, six of them.

[A]

Right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Your ears start right now. So we're open hand slapping the snot out of each other all the time.

[B]

And those guys were down with that.

[A]

Absolutely. We all. I remember we were literally in a dojo. The first time we. The three of us got together was in Gene LaBelle's dojo in the Valley. And we got on the mat and started rolling around, slapping.

[B]

Y' all went and hung out with Gene LaBelle for this.

[A]

He was there for a minute. He wasn't involved. He was just. He was just there.

[B]

Oh, he's the ultimate tough guy.

[A]

Yeah. He's just kind of roaming around the back.

[B]

So you guys rolling around over.

[A]

Yeah. Slapping each other around. And then we. I remember that day we apologized to each other. We said, let's just apologize now. And it's kind of like, you know, it's kind of like a match. Like, let's go out there and do it. So we all apologized to each other and said, we're not. We're never going to apologize in Atlanta with no sorrys in Atlanta. Which we ended up saying sorry a lot anyway. But I just remember I hit Christie Mintopoulos, who's a great guy and just a powerhouse as Mo. And. And he's an incredible stooge encyclopedia in his own right. Him and his brother Gus are crazy into the Stooges. And I hit him in the face with a shovel. With a shovel handle. That wasn't. Didn't make the movie. I think that's a little bit of it is in the credits at the end. And I. It was the wrong shovel. The prop guy. The way it worked was the camera was going to zoom in. I'm using a real shovel so that you see me digging dirt with a real shovel. And the camera pushes in, pushes in. It gets to Moe. And then on one of the outswings of the shovel, a prop guy hands me the rubber shovel. And in the same shot, I rear back and hit Chris right in the Face with what was supposed to be a foam handle. But he gave. I gave him a real shovel, and he handed me a real shovel and just the wrong shovel, right? And I hit Chris across the face with the wrong shovel, which is a little satisfying because he's been slapping me all day for weeks. And I just remember Chris did that thing where you're being a man about it, and he was just. He was, like, chewing his own nose going, nope. Oh, okay.

[B]

Nope.

[A]

He had his hands up. I'm fine. Give me a second. He's tasting blood in his nasal cavity. And, you know. Or he would slap the crap out of me. And, you know, 90% of the time, Moe's divvying out the punishment. 10% of the time, he gets it. So when Mo was getting it on a day where it's like, oh, we're doing this. Sean and I loved being able to slap Chris. And we do. We knew. Here it comes. And Chris is like, okay, come on, bring it, like. And we would slap. I would slap Chris, you know, pretty damn hard. Hey, it's for the movie, you know, but really, it's these three friends. Not, you know.

[B]

But how is it on set? Because this is, you know, you guys are just doing it. There's no sound effects, which make it funny, right? So as you're doing it.

[A]

Well, I mean, trust me, the sound effects are happening in your ears because you're getting slapped. So you're imagining it'll be better and sweetened when they put the sound effects in. But there's a little bit of the actual slaps still in there. In the real Stooges, too, they would leave a little bit of the original audio in there. They would just layer over that so you could hear a little bit of it. But, I mean, I remember one time. And this didn't make it into the movie either. Although you can. If you look closely, you can see the cut point where they took it out, because it was in there for a minute. We get launched over the. Over a wall. Sofia Vergara punches us. We go over a wall, which is an old stooge bit where they use dummies, and then they match it to the real. Yeah. So the three Stooges go over a wall, and we land. Now, in order to do that, they launch dummies over a wall. Well, the take that the Fairlies liked, and they've got, like, a little piece of plexiglass and grease paint. They're just drawing the outlines so that we can go in there, replace the dummies and then continue the scene. And then later in editing, they may, you know, help the edges with CGI so that it looks seamless. But very funny that in 2012, you got dummies that look like dummies, which is so stooge and very funny. The shoe falls off of the Moe dummy. Chris and I both look at that going, well, that shoe's off, you know, should probably catch it in the face, right? And he's looking at me, he's like, yeah, I gotta hit you in the face with this. So when Curly says his dumb thing rather than Moe, because in the take anyway, Moe's gonna have to be putting a shoe on because the dummy came off the dummy. So it's like, well, what if we. Na, na, na. And he. Chris reeled back with this shoe and hit me across the face so hard. They heard it over, you know, where the director hangs out in the video village. They heard it 20 yards away. They this, like, hollow because it kept coming out of a shoe hole. And they were all like, oh, what was that? And it's Chris hitting me in the face with a shoe as hard as he can. But then we got to match that. So a few more takes of that.

[B]

So when you go into character. Yeah, between takes, walking around the set, coming out of character, you going back to Will mode. What's your method of. How do you go about your process?

[A]

None of us were, like, doing that thing where we were in character all the time. It was quite the opposite, actually. And the fun thing about the Stooges is, you know, because it's so jokey, we're enjoying it as we're doing it, so we would laugh all. We were laughing all day as ourselves just laughing. I don't think you could do it. Like, if Daniel Day Lewis played Mo and he wanted to be Mo the whole time, I think that would kind of be. It wouldn't work. It would be kind of insufferable because you were laughing all day. So you have to be yourself. And, you know, you get into character faster and faster. You know, I Look, I love what I do, and I love, you know, getting into these specific characters. And a thing that started happening for me was I would close my eyes, and I could see the original Curly Howard. I would see Jerome Lester Horowitz doing what I was about to do in black and white before I did it, making the choices for me on something that he'd never done before, because I've seen so much of it that to me, I can't watch the movie. Because I watch the movie, I go, who's that guy pretending to be Curly?

[B]

Right.

[A]

Because I've seen so much. You know, I'm like, one of those original fans now is like, well, I don't really want to see it. But you guys did it. You know, you guys did a great job. You created the illusion, or I thought it sucked or whatever they say I'm one of those people who's like, I can't even watch myself because I've seen the original Curly do what I did a thousand times before I did it.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And that was so you could jump right into character doing that. I would literally close my eyes and see him do it.

[B]

Hey, what kind of money did those guys make back in the day? Did you ever find out in doing your research?

[A]

They didn't make a lot of money at all.

[B]

I didn't figure they did.

[A]

No, they. They really got screwed. The studio never told them how popular they were. Never told them how much money they were making. Mo handled all the money for them. He was the accountant for the boys, and he was very fair. And. And, you know, he was very fair. The studio wasn't very fair. I mean, they never had an original set built for the Stooges, ever. Oh, yeah. They were always shooting on the back lot and whatever was already used for something else. That was the whole game.

[B]

Now, where were they filming this?

[A]

They shot. Oh, man. They were at the old Sony. Sony lot. They were. They were there. They were. Which was mgm. Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Which used to be mgm. And. Yeah, Sony. No, that wasn't mgm.

[B]

I don't know. What years did they film that?

[A]

They started in 34. I think the first 36 was by the time they started really putting out the shorts. And then they went all the way to 58 with Shemp. And then they became a little more infrequent after Shemp passed away. And then they brought in.

[B]

I was such a fan of that show. Every morning before school, man, that was what I watched.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And, you know, some people didn't get it. Nine out of ten did. Right? But that other. That one person that didn't get the Three Stooges and didn't dig it, I was like, dude, what's wrong with you? Everybody loves the Three Stooges.

[A]

Yeah. You're either if that. That one kid liked Woody Allen.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Be the one kid.

[B]

Love the Curly voice. Fall before we got this.

[A]

I don't even. My voice is kind of low right now. I don't even know if I can. Yeah, I really can't even hit it.

[B]

No, don't hit it. No, don't force yourself. It's really.

[A]

It's a. Yeah, dude, isn't that weird? I can't even. Oh, yeah, yeah, it's. Isn't that a letdown? I can't even do curly. I'm Curly and I can't do curly.

[B]

But that.

[A]

But my voice is a little low right now.

[B]

It is. I mean, when you. When you roll up today, here's the thing. I was out waiting for you. You sent me the text message you were going to be late, so. Okay, okay. I'll pace around in front of the house and make sure he sees me because, you know, it's a little street and you might not see the numbers. So I'm out there walking around and here comes a brand new black BMW that I've never seen on this street. I said, shoot, man, that's gotta be Will. He low riding in a new BMW car. Kept going. It wasn't you. Went back in, back out. There's a white Mercedes parked across the street. Hey, big Will's hitting it big. He's in a white Mercedes. It wasn't you. Here comes a white pickup truck with a bunch of lawnmowers in it. Said, well, maybe time's a tarp. Maybe times are kind of tough for Will right now. He's mowing yards to supplement his acting. And you finally rolled up. And so the fact that you can't do Curly, the fact that you're late to my house, you just disrespected the whole show.

[A]

I'm sorry. This is terrible.

[B]

Don't worry.

[A]

I'm really sorry.

[B]

I'd love to have you back on the show on another date.

[A]

Thank you. I'll come at another time. I'll drink some throat coat tea and I'll be ready to do Curly. And I'll be here 20 minutes before banging on your door.

[B]

You are. You're not here at Willsasso. On Twitter, you have the 10 minute podcast, which is outstanding. I've listened five or six episodes. I'm gonna catch more. How many. What episode are you guys up to right now?

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I think we're around 170, 180.

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Oh, wow. I got a long ways to go. And it drops Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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And the other website we were talking about is hamfatter.com. hamfatter.com, yeah, you can check it. Are you like me? I got a. Got a website called Brokenscore Ranch.com and I have an update that thing in six months.

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I'll tell you what, the last time I updated hamfatter.com I should tell your listeners, don't go to hamfatter.com. no, because literally the last time I updated it, I used to update it all the time. Last time I updated it was the Three Stooges DVD release over a year ago. Well, because it's like, you know, it's so weird now that we got so many different Twitter. You could have your Facebook fan page. There's, there's, you know. Yeah.

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On Facebook too, ladies and gentlemen. Get another plug.

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But all these different avenues. On top of that, you want a website. Like, there's the things that people in sort of our business that are like, well, you got to have this and you got to have that and then you got to have a. If the website doesn't have, I find that the website doesn't have a functionality nowadays. Like it's housing your podcast. I don't even know what to do with my own. There's no reason to have my own website. But I'll update it soon. So check it out.

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Yeah, I've been meaning update mine too. I ain't gonna take it down that I'm getting it up finally. So anyway, it is what it is. Hey, man, thanks for stopping by the house. Obviously we've known each other for a long time. We've never really got to hang out. Right. You know, shoot the breeze.

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Yeah, man, this has been fun to

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do something together one of these days, by hook or by crook, Will say so. You can follow him at Will Sasso on Twitter. I'm Steve Austin, bsr. I want to say thank you to you folks for continuing to support this show by using Amazon.com because anytime you shop on Amazon.com after clicking on that Steve Austin show page, you're showing the show a little bit of love. And it keeps me on the air for free. Want to take his time to thank my sponsors who also keep this show on the air for free audio Whoopash opened every single time. Hey, I do this show for the working man and the working woman. There's a some buck driving down the road with a chainsaw on the back of his truck heading out to make a dang living and pay those gimmicks they keep sending in the mail called bills. There's another man driving down the road in an 18 wheeler hauling freight to keep America going. Huh. There's a nurse getting ready to go into work and do what she does. There's a doctor Lacing them up, washing his hands, getting ready to work on somebody. Man, maybe he don't want to be listening to this show right now. Get him too fired up. Bottom line is, folks, I do this show for the working man. I am the working man. You are the working man. And women. That's all I got to say. It's been fun hanging out Will Sasso. It's almost Halloween. I'm waiting on an RV to pack up and head down to South Texas and do some deer hunting for about two months. It's gonna be a wonderful time of the year. If you need a scope for your gun for deer season, go to bsrscope.com check my website, broken skull ranch.com very soon because I'm going to be updating the hell out of that thing during the season. You know what, folks? Before I leave, I think I'm going to have Will Sasso sit in on a show, a Steve Austin Show Unleashed. Because I feel like there's a little more territory we could flesh out by using a little verbal salt and pepper in the form of four letter words. Stay tuned a couple of weeks for Will Sasso to return on the Steve Austin Show Unleashed, where we will open up a can of audio Whoop ass. Until next time, this is yours truly, Steve Austin. I will catch your ass down the road. Hello and welcome to Pluto Foe. If you knew the name of the movie you'd like to see, just stream it for free on Pluto tv, where all your blockbuster favorites are landing. Also, summer long Catch. Anchorman, the Legend of Ron Burgundy.

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