My Key Grip - Rick Uva

Summary

Podcast Summary: Tosh Show Episode – "My Key Grip - Rick Uva"

Episode Information:

• Title: My Key Grip - Rick Uva
• Host: Daniel Tosh
• Guest: Rick Uva, Key Grip
• Release Date: June 17, 2025

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Introduction to Rick Uva

In this episode of the Tosh Show, host Daniel Tosh welcomes Rick Uva, the key grip and a long-time crew member associated with Daniel’s projects, including Comedy Central’s Tosh.0. The conversation delves into Rick’s extensive experience in the film and television industry, his personal life, and his enduring friendship with Daniel.

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Early Life and Surfing Background

Rick shares his upbringing in Southern California, highlighting his early passion for surfing which began at age 11.

• Daniel Tosh [16:00]: "You were a surfer. When did you start surfing?"
• Rick Uva [16:03]: "I was 11. First board was a Greg Noll 811."

Rick reminisces about his competitive surfing days, mentioning significant competitions like the Huntington Open and his stint in Australia surfing at legendary spots like Honolulua Bay.

• Rick Uva [18:22]: "I was competitive. I did one year. I surfed pretty well. I was out of high school, probably 17, maybe 18, and I got to the Huntington Open. It was WSA back then."

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Career as Key Grip

Rick elaborates on his role as a key grip, explaining his responsibilities on set and the evolution of the film industry's technology over the decades.

• Daniel Tosh [20:30]: "Now explain the difference between grip, best boy grip and key grip."
• Rick Uva [21:05]: "The key grip's responsibility is listen to the director... He makes sure you surround yourself with the best guys."

He also discusses the transition from traditional film methods to modern digital technologies, noting significant changes in lighting and camera equipment.

• Rick Uva [20:15]: "When I started, we were burning arcs... shooting film. Now it's all LED and the cameras are little chips."

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Experiences on Various Shows

Rick recounts his experiences working on numerous Comedy Central shows, including Heat, GI Jane, and multiple iterations of Tosh.0. He highlights memorable moments, such as the intense shootout scene in Heat and the seamless operation behind Tosh.0.

• Rick Uva [23:55]: "We spent a month on the weekend, Saturdays and Sundays with the shootout scene. It was Michael Mann. We weren't using real bullets, but real blanks."
• Rick Uva [25:04]: "Tosh.0 was probably the easiest gig I've ever had. It was a well-oiled machine."

Rick also touches upon the camaraderie and challenges faced during production, including interactions with notable personalities like Sam Elliott.

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Personal Life and Hobbies

Beyond his professional life, Rick shares insights into his personal life, including his marriage, parenting, and unique living arrangements.

• Rick Uva [30:27]: "I call it my floating condo. 30-foot sailboat, Catalina."
• Daniel Tosh [43:05]: "My dad's good. He's... I think he's 80. I should ask him."

Rick discusses living on a boat, balancing work and personal life, and his dedication to his family. He humorously recounts gift exchanges with Daniel, showcasing their lighthearted friendship.

• Rick Uva [35:27]: "Here, I brought some dots if you want to put it on your board."
• Daniel Tosh [41:02]: "Don't want it."

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Insights and Advice

Towards the end of the episode, Rick offers valuable advice for aspiring film technicians and those looking to enter the industry.

• Rick Uva [45:38]: "If you ever get on set and you're a production assistant, run hard and always go up to the key grip because you can approach those guys... and then after the end of the day, they ask you what you're doing next week."

He emphasizes the importance of networking, hard work, and seizing opportunities to advance one's career in the competitive world of film and television production.

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Notable Quotes

• Rick Uva [07:00]: "We were just hanging out. He was just funny. I was like, this guy is hysterical."
• Daniel Tosh [14:03]: "I think it's gonna. This is gonna be great."
• Rick Uva [22:11]: "Best Boy, Susan."
• Rick Uva [33:16]: "I tried to make sure your house was clean, Daniel."

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Conclusion

In "My Key Grip - Rick Uva," Daniel Tosh engages in a candid and entertaining conversation with Rick Uva, shedding light on the pivotal role of a key grip in television production. The episode offers listeners a blend of professional insights, personal anecdotes, and humorous exchanges, all while celebrating the enduring friendship between Daniel and Rick. Whether you're interested in the behind-the-scenes aspects of TV production or simply enjoy Daniel's comedic style, this episode provides a comprehensive and engaging listening experience.

Transcript

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Rick]

I would say you're the easiest person ever.

[Daniel Tosh]

You hear that, Andrew? I know. He listens every week. I was a pleasure to work with.

[Rick]

You were.

[Daniel Tosh]

Posh show. Posh show. Tosh show. From show. Welcome to Tosh Show. I'm Daniel Tosh, and I can name that TV show in under two frames. Go ahead, give it to me. Little House on the Prairie.

[Rick]

God damn.

[Daniel Tosh]

Boom. You see that?

[Rick]

I mean, Half pint's not even in the picture. How'd you get that?

[Daniel Tosh]

Were you forced to watch the Little House on the prairie, Eddie?

[Rick]

100%. I didn't even know it was forced. There wasn't a lot on.

[Daniel Tosh]

I think we were forced to watch it. You know, and I always get confused.

[Rick]

What?

[Daniel Tosh]

Who's the star of Little House on the Prairie? The father?

[Rick]

Michael Landon.

[Daniel Tosh]

Michael Landon. I always say, oh, he was the closeted gay man. But I know that that's not true. I get that. Confused with the Brady Bunch, right? You know he was closeted, right?

[Rick]

Oh, yeah. Robert Reed, who played Mike Brady on the Brady Bunch, was gay and kept his sexual orientation private for most of his life anyway.

[Daniel Tosh]

I always get that. I always got them confused.

[Rick]

I wouldn't fuck Carol either.

[Daniel Tosh]

I was into Carol.

[Rick]

You like Carol Brady?

[Daniel Tosh]

I thought she was all right.

[Rick]

All right?

[Daniel Tosh]

I thought she was all right. She certainly dressed nicer than my wife ever has. Do you like Lassie? I hated Lassie. I'll be honest with you. I don't like a border collie. That fucking weird face. So skinny. Ugh. You know who I liked? Benji. You know why I liked Benji over Lassie? Benji was a mutt.

[Rick]

Mm.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'm just. I'm more of a mutt guy now. You say, oh, Carl's not a mutt. Depends on who you ask. Akc. I don't think they're recognizing Bernal Doodles. I know what I sound like when I talk. Fucking idiot. Sometimes I get nostalgic, these shows. I was cleaning out some stuff, as I always do. I found this photo, and it was a photo I took of a man. Just his face, right? I mean, not like a man man, like early 20s.

[Rick]

Okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

And I was like, oh, my God. I don't remember his name, but I'm like. It just immediately took me back. This guy worked at the Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado, a club. You and I have worked a ton of times.

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, man. Remember, they were always like, we don't put you up in a hotel because we have a really nice condo. Okay, Wendy, that's. That's nice, but some of us would like room service. But that's beside the point. You stay at the condo and you have to walk through a 7 11, which, oddly, at the time was like a. I was like, oh, you know, get some gross snacks at night and head on up to my room and, you know, get rid of this weird faux fur blanket that has been jerked in by every other comic. Anyway, one week I was working there as a young comedian, and this guy was an employee there, and he. And I just hit it off, and I just found him hysterical. And I just remember, like, we, like, went out every night. Maybe we went out during the day for, like, lunch and stuff. All of a sudden, he had, like, a best friend.

[Rick]

He was just doing stuff.

[Daniel Tosh]

We were just hanging out. He was just funny. I was like, this guy is hysterical. And then the next time I worked there, he didn't work there anymore. I just never, you know, it was. You don't ask. When you're a man, it's hard for you to ask for another man's phone number. Like, hey, we should stay and keep in touch and hang out. The point is, I'd like you guys, my fans, to find out who this guy is and where is he? What's he doing? And does he remember hanging out with me for a week? And were his memories fond?

[Rick]

I like it.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'm curious.

[Rick]

This is a mission for the listeners.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, it's a job for the listeners. They can figure stuff out. They seem to have all the answers. I know it sounds. You know, I want to make sure I use the right PC term here. I know it sounds fruity.

[Rick]

I think that's what. Yeah, you're supposed to.

[Daniel Tosh]

I think that's the right way to say it, but I just had a good time with this guy. We had tons of laughs I don't know.

[Rick]

I hope this works.

[Daniel Tosh]

I hope it works, too. That'll be a fun guest.

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Have him on. What if he had. What if he. I would be heartbroken and be like, what if I don't remember. Oh, yeah, I did work there. Oh, we hung out.

[Rick]

I think it's gonna. This is gonna. This is gonna be great.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. Speaking of blast from the past, today's guest, he was with us every step of the way on Tosh zero and now he's here. He's back.

[Rick]

So old.

[Daniel Tosh]

He is so old. He's our oldest friend. He is, isn't he? Oh, he's a good guy. Enjoy. Hi, Daniel. Tosh here. Now, you may know me as a comedian and a podcaster, but I'm also an entrepreneur, so I know firsthand that starting a new business can be overwhelming thanks to all the hats you suddenly have to learn to wear. But lucky for me, we had Shopify to help. Shopify is a commerce platform buying millions of businesses around the world and 10% of all E commerce in America. From household names like Mattel and Gymshark to brands just getting started. When you use Shopify, your company doesn't need to hire its own design studio or marketing team. They take care of everything with ready to use templates, social media campaigns and AI tools for content creation. They have tons of experience in everything from managing inventory to international shipping to processing returns and beyond. If you're ready to sell, you're ready for Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at shopify.com tosh. Turn your big business idea into With Shopify on your side, go to shopify.com tosh that's shopify.com tosh.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Rick]

Fine, sir. Thanks. Thanks for the invite. Daniel, how you been? Living the dream.

[Daniel Tosh]

What dream exactly is that?

[Rick]

My wife's dream.

[Daniel Tosh]

Your wife's dream.

[Rick]

How long you been married altogether? About 40 years.

[Daniel Tosh]

But how many women twice. 40 years to you? How many. How many did you give the first one.

[Rick]

First one is about eight, nine years.

[Daniel Tosh]

How many years was to. Where was the writing on the wall? And you're like, oh, we should have done. We should have got rid of it.

[Rick]

Oh, well, I think it was probably after about seven maybe. It's kind of. We kind of separated, grew apart.

[Daniel Tosh]

That seven year itch. Is that a real thing?

[Rick]

Well, I think it was itchy all the time.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, that might be herpes. All right. Rick, do you believe in ghosts?

[Rick]

I believe in the spirit. I guess you can call them ghosts the Holy Ghost. How about that one?

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, sure. He's like the top ghost.

[Rick]

Yeah, he is.

[Daniel Tosh]

He's above Casper.

[Rick]

I know.

[Daniel Tosh]

By the way, I want people to know. I thought I was going to be dressed exactly like you because every time I've seen you for just years and years, you have a black T shirt on and a headband. And sure enough, you have a headband on. But today you fancied it up with a Henley. You've got. I didn't know that you were. I didn't even know you owned the button shirt.

[Rick]

My wife dressed me today.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh. I mean, that's as fancy as I've seen you.

[Rick]

I'll pop these buttons.

[Daniel Tosh]

Why do you wear black shirts every day of your life? Well, is it just to work?

[Rick]

It's for work. And if. If we see a reflection, like I was shooting something the other day in a. In a beautiful black piano lacquer, and they say, hey, I can see your jeans. So you don't want to be that guy being called out when they're getting the take number six and they love it. So everyone wears what they call show blacks.

[Daniel Tosh]

Gotcha. All right, so there was a reason that you were always.

[Rick]

There's a reason.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't feel like you could have mixed it up a little bit. Maybe wear like a navy or something like that.

[Rick]

Could have.

[Daniel Tosh]

You were born and raised in Southern California. Tell me about what life was like here seven decades ago.

[Rick]

You could paddle out to Malibu and get waves to yourself. Anywhere you wanted to surf, you could do that. Let me just surf.

[Daniel Tosh]

I surfed yesterday at the Rock. I'll Say, where I surfed, it was overhead, glassy. There's a real swell that was fading out. And I surfed for two people.

[Rick]

Great.

[Daniel Tosh]

I mean, so it still happened. People always say, like, you know, I don't know if it's revisionist history, like, oh, there used to be no crowds. It's like you can still find it. You have to dedicate your life to it. And the reality is we get older and we can't dedicate every minute to surfing.

[Rick]

Exactly.

[Daniel Tosh]

So you were a surfer. When did you start surfing?

[Rick]

I was 11. First board was a Greg Noll 811. Picked it up for 10 bucks from the Greg Nole shop right there off of PCH and Pier Avenue.

[Daniel Tosh]

And you just took to it right away. It was like, oh, this is it. Yeah.

[Rick]

Once when you first stand up, you're on top of the world, Daniel. It's like, wow, that's pretty good.

[Daniel Tosh]

I started in third grade, North Carolina. I was living in New Bern, North Carolina. We had something in common there because I went to a predominantly black school there. You grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood in Inglewood. Where else did you live then?

[Rick]

From Inglewood we moved into Hawthorne.

[Daniel Tosh]

A slight notch up, would you say? Or is that lateral?

[Rick]

The neighborhood was called Little Watts.

[Daniel Tosh]

Little Watts.

[Rick]

And all my schools were blended. So what is your ethnicity?

[Daniel Tosh]

I've always been, I'm Italian. You're an Italian. Did you guys know he was Italian?

[Rick]

Yes.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Rick]

My mom was a Russian Jew.

[Daniel Tosh]

Russian Jew.

[Rick]

So I say we're a Jewop.

[Daniel Tosh]

Uh, oh, I don't say that.

[Rick]

I can say it. Eddie's that okay?

[Daniel Tosh]

Please don't go to Eddie, Rick. We're all in trouble if he's the barometer. You don't do drugs, but look like the biggest hippie I've ever laid my eyes on.

[Rick]

I'd say I fit right in that mold. You didn't bring her any patchouli oil today? But I'm an old hippie.

[Daniel Tosh]

Did you ever. Did you go through a big drug phase?

[Rick]

No. Never did marijuana? Well, yeah, I did a CBD once in a while, but, you know, but not, not. But any of the other stuff, I.

[Daniel Tosh]

Mean, you know, are you still a hippie at heart?

[Rick]

Yeah, I'm still a hippie at heart.

[Daniel Tosh]

Daniel, did you go to college?

[Rick]

A little bit. Not much. I was more of a hands on guy. I was doing metal welding and stuff like that. And then Malibu was ten foot and I didn't want to do arc welding in the summer and in the leathers when so I just quit and then started surfing and then I became a landscape contractor.

[Daniel Tosh]

Surfing took you around the globe, though?

[Rick]

Kind of. Yeah, I guess you could say.

[Daniel Tosh]

I mean, you never considered living someplace that you couldn't surf?

[Rick]

No, I had to be by water.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's the problem. I've always said that's the problem with surfing. It ruins you in that you'll only live by water, which happens to be the most expensive areas to live.

[Rick]

Right.

[Daniel Tosh]

Ah, it's so bad. It's a bad thing. And then being like, if you really dedicate yourself to surfer, that doesn't coincide well with making a good living.

[Rick]

Exactly. I learned that when I was doing contests.

[Daniel Tosh]

You were a competitive surfer in California and Hawaii. Describe what that was like.

[Rick]

Well, I was a competitive. I did one year. I surfed pretty well. I was out of high school, probably 17, maybe 18, and I got to the Huntington Open. It was WSA back then. So I won the first heat. I kept winning the first, and then I moved to 2A and then 3A, and I just kept winning. And then I got an invite to surf Malibu. A4A contest with all the pros. Well, I surfed Malibu quite a bit. I knew the break, I knew the tide.

[Daniel Tosh]

So this was that first point.

[Rick]

Well, actually, here's what they did. They put everyone out at third point, and we had it to ourselves. Four guys in the water. Double eliminations. From second point all the way to. And was lining up all the way to the pier.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's a good day.

[Rick]

Talk about hooting and hollering.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's a good day.

[Rick]

That was a good day. And then I just kept winning and winning because of double elimination. And then I had to go the final. I served seven times that day. And I had to go up against Mike Purpose. He was like the best guy around. Roundhouse cup action. I studied him quite a bit. He was a South Bay guy. I go, I can't even paddle out because you gotta go out. Well, he won anyway. But that was a claim to fame. But like you said, there's no money in the business.

[Daniel Tosh]

What is this?

[Rick]

Steamer's lane in a contest.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's you?

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Back in Steamer Lane.

[Rick]

Boom.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, that water was cold. Cold, cold water up in steamer lanes. You ended up in Australia.

[Rick]

I did.

[Daniel Tosh]

How long did you live there?

[Rick]

I lived there for about a year and a half, but I stopped in Maui for about four months. And then I surfed at Honolulua Bay. Best wave in the world. At least for me. I got in really, really good shape. Because you're Just out there and the waves are bigger and stronger.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't like big waves.

[Rick]

No, I don't either. I'm like six, seven foot waves. And it comes bigger than that.

[Daniel Tosh]

Double overhead is where I say, that's enough.

[Rick]

And you try to stead outside and get the big set wave.

[Daniel Tosh]

You know, you worked in Hollywood for nearly 40 years. How much have things changed during that time?

[Rick]

I'd say when I started, we were burning arcs, which are the old. The lights that were tied, they were like welding rods that were put together and they created this arc in these lenses. And then we were shooting film. The mags would come in. A thousand foot mags, like big things. They look like Mickey Mouse ears. On the old cameras, it cost a dollar a foot to buy it and $2 a foot to process it. And you only get three minutes out of it. So that's changed quite a bit. So you're spending three grand on just three minutes and who knows what's going to take? So then eventually they changed the lights. Now it's all LED and the cameras are little chips.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah.

[Rick]

Star Trek said, here's a chip we found about this planet. And all of a sudden everything's on it.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, for people that always see the title key grip in the credits and myself. What does a key grip do?

[Rick]

I would say the key grip's responsibility is listen to the director. And then you want to listen to the head guy, the head electrician. And then anytime he moves, we go and service his light. So he puts up a light. We go in there and shape it or cut it. Then we put people on the dolly. Sometimes we have a dolly. Sometimes it's just handheld so we stay right next to the camera. A lot of times we see the cranes moving. That's probably two key grips or sometimes it's camera operators.

[Daniel Tosh]

Now explain the difference between grip, best boy grip and key grip.

[Rick]

Okay. The key grip is pretty much the guy in charge. He's in charge of men and equipment. So he makes sure you surround yourself with the best guys. Then the best boy is basically like your wife. You know, you get someone that is brilliant, really good at taking care of the numbers, making sure all your points fit together. And he basically handles all kinds of stuff. Like I say, matt, we need three guys and we're going to be doing this. And here's our order so he'll get it all squared away, get it all sent in. That's our best boy.

[Daniel Tosh]

Can the best boy.

[Rick]

It can be a best girl.

[Daniel Tosh]

It can be a best girl. Do they change the title to Best.

[Rick]

Girl when it's a female sometimes, but I think they stick with the best boy.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. That's got to be a fun credit read. Best Boy, Susan.

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

And then the key grip, and that's the grip.

[Rick]

And then we have.

[Daniel Tosh]

And then. Oh, sorry. Then just a regular grip. Got it.

[Rick]

Right.

[Daniel Tosh]

There's a book titled the Grip Book written by Michael G. Uva. Any relationship to you?

[Rick]

That's my big brother.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is it really?

[Rick]

He taught me.

[Daniel Tosh]

Huh. Did you know that?

[Rick]

Yeah, I was like a silver spoon guy. Started in the commercial world.

[Daniel Tosh]

How good is your grip, by the way?

[Rick]

It's good.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, man, that's a strong grip. What were the glory days of Hollywood?

[Rick]

I think they treated you great. We were doing commercial all around the United States. So our boss, he lived like a block and a half from Malibu Pier. His wife was a producer, so he'd fly us to all these different states. We'd send the trucks out, Grip and electric. He was a photographer, so he didn't use many likes. He liked the sunrise, sunset, the beauty shots, golden hours. And then we'd stay in these great hotels, give us some money per diem.

[Daniel Tosh]

And talk about the cocaine. Was there tons of cocaine back then?

[Rick]

I think I missed that, fortunately. Well, not for you, but not for me. Well, there was a little bit still dabbling around. And then, you know, once the bite came down in cocaine, I don't think he saw it on set, but I heard stories about people would be getting paid in time and a half or double time by Bindles. I mean, that's a rumor.

[Daniel Tosh]

Talk about working on the set for the film Heat.

[Rick]

The shootout scene, unbelievable. We spent a month on the weekend, Saturdays and Sundays with the shootout scene. They robbed the bank of the West. They started running down Figueroa, and there's basically 30 cops and the guys are running away, and you see flames coming out the barrel. It's pretty good. And then we got down by the Omni Hotel Sunday morning, and all of a sudden, boom, boom, boom. Every shooting, cars running back and forth, and you see people look out the window. They hit the deck. Because they thought it was a real shootout.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, right, because you were using.

[Rick]

It was Michael Mann. We weren't using real bullets, but we were using real blanks.

[Daniel Tosh]

Right.

[Rick]

With flames coming out.

[Daniel Tosh]

So just as loud as any.

[Rick]

Just as loud, Just as scary.

[Daniel Tosh]

What are some of the famous movie sets you've worked on?

[Rick]

I worked on Heat. GI Jane was your show was pretty good. And always turning and burning something from.

[Daniel Tosh]

Heat to Tosh zero. Most people wouldn't put those two in the same sentence, but I think I appreciate Rick doing that.

[Rick]

Yeah, they fit.

[Daniel Tosh]

I feel like when you're talking about heat and you talk about Tosh Point zero is two peas in a pod. Was Tosh point zero an easy gig or was that a pain in the ass gig? Where did it fall?

[Rick]

I'd say it was probably the easiest gig I've ever had. And I know because I usually. You never saw me because I always got behind the drapes. But as you're up there rehearsing, I got to hear your life and this, that, and things are going on. And then the rehearsal, of course, I'd be at the drapes making. Looking at my shoes. I see Castro come up.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, all right, Castro.

[Rick]

And then let you out. Get out the door and then let the people out of the stage. It was fun. We had it down.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, no, it was. That was. It was a well oiled machine, and I appreciate that you made sure everything ran smoothly and quickly. How many layers of green screen paint were on the wall by the time my show ended?

[Rick]

Oh, I'd say probably about an inch thick.

[Daniel Tosh]

That was a lot of green paint. That was a wall that was so huge. That green screen wall was so huge. Talk a little bit about ramboard.

[Rick]

Ramboard's all right. Ramboard's good for protecting your floor. Cause you always had.

[Daniel Tosh]

We always had Rambo. Everywhere I looked, there was Rambo.

[Rick]

Two layers of it.

[Daniel Tosh]

Throw them a plug, man. Ram board. I don't think you're a sponsor of the show, but, man, you really should. We really loved your cardboard that we would roll out everywhere. I think I stole a few rolls of that Ramboard at some point.

[Rick]

Good to have.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, it's amazing. If you're working your garage, you can roll that out quickly, especially if you're doing ding repair. I loved it. What's the most insane thing you were asked to do on Tosh zero?

[Rick]

I'd say one year, we did these tracking marks up in the ceiling. Remember, you had cameras and we put all these weird looking things up in the ceiling. We had to clamp them up there because they were trying to get kind of like what they do now, like volume stages where you can see all around. But they were trying to track all these marks so you could almost get a lid over the top of you. That was kind of tricky. But we had. First we had to build those things, and then we had to clamp them and then C stand arm. So it was like a Whole day to set it up and like a half day to take it down.

[Daniel Tosh]

Did we use it?

[Rick]

I don't know. We put them up, but they were up there.

[Daniel Tosh]

I think they were up there forever and we don't think we used them. I think they're still probably up there.

[Rick]

No, I know where they're at.

[Daniel Tosh]

When I switched our schedule to start at 7am every day, did you hate that or.

[Rick]

I loved it.

[Daniel Tosh]

You loved it?

[Rick]

I loved it. I'm up early. I was up at 3, 4 in the morning all the time. But I remember you said you wanted to get into the business because you wanted to surf. Yeah, because you go two or three hours in a commercial in the lineup. Plus if you knew the tide, you come in later, surf in the morning.

[Daniel Tosh]

I liked surfing. I always. The whole schedule got moved early so I could like just. We could, we could work in the morning. Fine. I'd rather, my. I'm not a morning person. I'd much rather surf right before dark. So.

[Rick]

Afternoon glass.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, man, that's my little heaven there. You like. Everyone hates the traffic in Los Angeles. But you say, you know what, here's my workaround. I'm going to leave, you know, before the butt crack of dawn, four in.

[Rick]

The morning and get off by six, right.

[Daniel Tosh]

But you get wherever you need to get and then you get there. What, you just sit in your car.

[Rick]

Every day and read books you enjoy? Yeah, I read, you know, read a few. Little bit of get my bowl of manna, you know, because if you can.

[Daniel Tosh]

Avoid the traffic, it's really just a lovely city.

[Rick]

I put it on cruise control all the way from my house. It's 99 miles to my boat. I'm taking up like.

[Daniel Tosh]

Let's talk about that for a second. Now, yes, we say you live in Escondido, but you also, for the majority of the time when you're working in Hollywood, a lot of times you live on a boat, right?

[Rick]

I call it my floating condo.

[Daniel Tosh]

A floating condo?

[Rick]

30 foot sailboat, Catalina.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you ever. Do you take it out?

[Rick]

No, don't take it out.

[Daniel Tosh]

Have you ever taken it out?

[Rick]

We took it out when we moved it over into the bay into. We were in. We got it in Santa Monica and then we moved it into Redondo.

[Daniel Tosh]

Are you a proper sailor?

[Rick]

Nah. But I was thinking about doing it.

[Daniel Tosh]

Are you competent? Well, I'm not getting in there with you.

[Rick]

No. No, I'm not competent. Before I take that thing out, I'm gonna have someone teach me. Plus, I thought about fixing up the boat. But you know what boat stands for? Break out another thousand. And at this point, I don't have a whole bunch of thousands to get it in top shape.

[Daniel Tosh]

What's it like living in a boat?

[Rick]

It's comfortable. You sleep like a baby in that boat, like you're still in the womb. It's great.

[Daniel Tosh]

I don't know that I slept well in the womb. I'm gonna be honest.

[Rick]

Well, it's like a giant waterbed.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, well, a waterbed is horrible. That's the worst night's sleep ever.

[Rick]

Well, if you get the baffles in them, it's much better. And the heated.

[Daniel Tosh]

I didn't get the baffles or the. A heated waterbed.

[Rick]

Rick, you have to have a heated waterbed.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's the grossest sounding night sleep I've ever heard. A heated waterbed. Good. All right, hold on. So how long have you been in this boat?

[Rick]

This one? Probably about 13 years, I guess. We've had this boat, and I share it with a guy that lives in Arizona. He's a sound mixer.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Rick]

So we split the rent, and it's now gone up to about 400. Just under 400amonth. That's your slip fee? Well, each of us. So it's about 800 with bottom cleaning.

[Daniel Tosh]

How often do you clean the bottom?

[Rick]

They come about every month, month and a half every month they take a piece of carpet and wipe it down.

[Daniel Tosh]

The ocean's brutal.

[Rick]

It's hard. Then you got to replace zincs in it every now and again.

[Daniel Tosh]

How often are you doing the boat now?

[Rick]

Well, I was there this morning, and usually I'm there. I book up in the morning, do my job, and then I'll go crash on the boat. And instead of going home in the afternoon, I wait till early in the morning and reverse course and do the same thing. But there was a time when I was working with you before the pandemic. I was punching in over 200 days a year.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's a lot of time.

[Rick]

I was bouncing off a lot of different shows. Well, I stayed on the boat maybe 150 days.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you remember when Eddie got hammered at a bar called. What is it? Naja's Place at the Redondo Pier and called to hang out because you were living on the boat.

[Rick]

Yeah, I remember that. They got 135 beers on tap.

[Daniel Tosh]

Eddie, were you trying to. What were you trying to do? Find a place to sleep that night or something?

[Rick]

Let's go hang out. Rick's got a boat here. Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Were you going to take the boat out. Oh, that would have been a great idea. Is that the key to a happy marriage? You guys just like to separate. You live on a boat half the time and she's.

[Rick]

Well, it's just our lifestyle. But I think if you want to stay married, you should have some air gap between you guys. So. Because, you know, people get a little picky about certain things and you get that space. It's nice.

[Daniel Tosh]

I just worry if I, if I get space that I'm just gonna kind of keep drifting farther and farther away.

[Rick]

Nah, you won't do that. Well, you got the kids, you know, you want to hang with the kids.

[Daniel Tosh]

I love the kids.

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

You know, and I love the wife. I'm really.

[Rick]

That's why if you want to keep it, it's nice to have some space.

[Daniel Tosh]

I have no space. It's just, it's all about just on top of each other at all times.

[Rick]

That's hard.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. Well, I didn't start till later. I'm on my second marriage, but it's just my first marriage.

[Rick]

Yeah. Right.

[Daniel Tosh]

So I feel like, yeah, I got to act like a knucklehead earlier.

[Rick]

Right.

[Daniel Tosh]

And I'm good. How many different Comedy Central shows have you worked on?

[Rick]

Probably a dozen. Jim Jeffries. I started out with Norm MacDonald sports show.

[Daniel Tosh]

Uh huh.

[Rick]

Then I did the Byrne. Then I did Anthony Jeselnik. The Jeselnik Offensive. In the meantime, I was taking care of your show. Then we did Lights out with David Spade. Then we did another one with David Spade. That was after Party. That was a fizzle. It didn't last that long.

[Daniel Tosh]

And then a third one with David Spade.

[Rick]

I didn't do the other one with David Spade. And then I did another one with Anthony again called Good Talk. That was pretty good. And probably a few more.

[Daniel Tosh]

And then the pandemic happened, wiped us all out.

[Rick]

Although we had pandemic money, so it wasn't so bad.

[Daniel Tosh]

Was I the only show that ever paid you after the show was canceled?

[Rick]

Daniel, I want to say thank you for that. I mean, I could mention the numbers, but then again.

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, that doesn't seem appropriate.

[Rick]

No, it's not appropriate.

[Daniel Tosh]

But were they good?

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay, good.

[Rick]

You could say it was the best tip I have ever gotten.

[Daniel Tosh]

No, that's nice to hear.

[Rick]

And it was. And you know, I mean, didn't need to. We all made decent money working for you. And a lot of times I'd be sitting there and waiting and waiting and then Bill say, hey, go home. And you know, some days you just Weren't ready to shoot or things weren't right. So I go either go to my real, real testy.

[Daniel Tosh]

Just be. I refuse to come out of my trailer.

[Rick]

I tried to make sure your. Your house was clean, Daniel.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, my God.

[Rick]

My goal was I tell everybody I was your best bitch. Kept your house clean. And I didn't say a word. And we never talked.

[Daniel Tosh]

Sure. Biggest asshole you ever had to work with. You don't have to name names, but say who it was.

[Rick]

What's his name? Steven Seagal.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, was he bad. That's a shame. Yeah, it sucks because he loves headbands, too.

[Rick]

Yeah. But, you know, it's the attitude and, you know. Now the nicest. I would say cowboy guy. He does all the voiceover for Ram Trucks.

[Daniel Tosh]

Sam Elliot.

[Rick]

Sam Elliot.

[Daniel Tosh]

Sam Elliott was the nicest guy you've worked with?

[Rick]

Nicest guy in the world. We were doing something pretty close in Ventura. So he walked back through the riverbed, sat down at the table, talked about his wife and the vegetable garden. And he was just like. Just a guy. Just a sweetheart of a guy.

[Daniel Tosh]

Makes us all look bad. Acting like a normal person. By the way, are we in the All Valley contest later today? This reminds me of the Karate Kid. Is that a tosh point zero dot on there?

[Rick]

Yeah. It's not actually your dot. This is a cloth dot. But I do have some of those things. I brought some of those dots, which you might want to.

[Daniel Tosh]

You brought gifts for me?

[Rick]

Well, yeah, I got gifts for everybody. I'm like, you know, my brother Michael G. Uba is now Santa Mike. He's been Santa Mike forever.

[Daniel Tosh]

Let's see what you brought. I'm excited to see some of this stuff.

[Rick]

Okay.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Rick]

This one for your dog.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, Carl gets a gift.

[Rick]

Carl gets a gift.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, a headband. Oh, man. Let me tell you something about dress. I'm not.

[Rick]

I don't know. If you have to put it on him, you could use it to throw it away if you want.

[Daniel Tosh]

I won't.

[Rick]

Well, but he'd look pretty cool running down the beach.

[Daniel Tosh]

What else you got? Come on, let's see some stuff.

[Rick]

Now, you've taken your kid out in the water yet?

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah.

[Rick]

Oh, here's my first wetsuit.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's your first wetsuit?

[Rick]

No, I'm not. Just kidding, but I thought that'd fit him well. And then if he grows out of it, then you give it to the daughter.

[Daniel Tosh]

Here, Rick, I got you a gift. I got you a wetsuit for my gift.

[Rick]

There you go.

[Daniel Tosh]

All right.

[Rick]

Don't want It.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's very nice of you.

[Rick]

There you go. Something that.

[Daniel Tosh]

What are you doing? Oh, just give me a Nike hat. But then I see on the side of it, it says Tosh point zero. I was like, I can't wear this. This hat is horrible, Rick.

[Rick]

I thought you'd get a kick out of it.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you wear these?

[Rick]

No, no, they're still brand new. They're just sitting hanging.

[Daniel Tosh]

That is not brand new. That looks like we've worn it. I don't know what I should never wear. What's this?

[Rick]

Here's a Comedy Central hat.

[Daniel Tosh]

I fuck Comedy Central. I'm not wearing a Comedy Central hat. There's pieces of shit, you know. They fucked us, Rick. Why would we. I want to support them.

[Rick]

Although I still work with them.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, sorry about that. Comedy Central. You're still good in short form. That's fine. Okay. Well, so far, Rick, this has been. These have been just duds.

[Rick]

This one you'll like. My buddy's a painter.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, that is pretty.

[Rick]

I figured you'd like that.

[Daniel Tosh]

Uh huh. Why would you figure I'd like this?

[Rick]

Cause you surf?

[Daniel Tosh]

Because I. Oh. Cause it's waves.

[Rick]

Yeah, it's waves.

[Daniel Tosh]

Wait, am I looking at upside down? Oh, Rick, I was looking at it upside down. Yeah, this looks a lot better when it's. Oh, that's nice. Look at that. Look at his artist friend. What's your buddy's name?

[Rick]

Tony Ritter.

[Daniel Tosh]

Tony Ritter. Thanks for that. That's on metal. Yeah, you see that? I know right where that's gonna go.

[Rick]

See here?

[Daniel Tosh]

Good grief. You're just doing the same bit that I do. You're just fucking getting rid of your shit.

[Rick]

I had to empty my closet. There you go. That's a book. That's the original book.

[Daniel Tosh]

The grip book. Oh, this is nice, actually.

[Rick]

You can have that.

[Daniel Tosh]

Look at that. Look at this. His brother wrote this. The grip book. How to become a Motion Picture Film Technician. Look at this. By the way, C clamps. Oh.

[Rick]

I call it the first emoji book. You know, picture and a few letters.

[Daniel Tosh]

A lot of Cs. Tricks of the Trade Collector stands. Oh, cranes. You know, I love cranes.

[Rick]

Oh, yeah?

[Daniel Tosh]

Well, then you're better than sitting in a crane.

[Rick]

Well, you'd probably like this book. Cause it's got all jibs, cranes and arms. This is the sixth.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, he's written two books.

[Rick]

No, six. He's on his seventh edition.

[Daniel Tosh]

Jesus, man, your brother's just a monster. Yeah, look how thick this book is.

[Rick]

But if you look in there, there's just about every kind of crane in there, and he keeps it current.

[Daniel Tosh]

He's also just got a photo of an umbrella, in case you want to know what an umbrella looks like. This is great. This is such a better gig than going to college. Learn this book, come out here, hustle, and then just work on movie sets and for the rest of your life.

[Rick]

You can do it. You can make a good living out of it.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, you can. Good for you. Oh, God damn it, Rick.

[Rick]

Oh, here's one that you might like. Don't have many of these.

[Daniel Tosh]

What is it?

[Rick]

20 year old script.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'll be honest with you, I don't know that I have any. A script from Tosh Pointer. This is a Tosh point. What's that? Good season 827. Yeah, that was a good season.

[Rick]

One of the best.

[Daniel Tosh]

Let me. Let me just. Let me just. Hold on. Let me just go. This is great. Ha. Look at this first page I opened to. Pivot Abortion. Live from New York, it's Saturday night. If a white person wears an Obama mask, does that count as blackface?

[Rick]

Like a mask? We've never answered that question.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, that's funny. Oh, man, look at these jokes. Better have some lube handy before you type in three Asian teenagers. This show is horrible.

[Rick]

It's great.

[Daniel Tosh]

Why would you can't say that stuff. That's awful. By this episode, I just kept screaming, pivot. Pivot race relations. Pivot health care. Oh, wait, was this. Oh, this is the political. Was this the election one? Trump wins the first election episode. Oh, that's funny. The only way to fix the election process is by taking the voters out of it. That's good stuff. Oh, okay. There's another.

[Rick]

Yeah, that's the only two ever I had.

[Daniel Tosh]

By the way. This is leafs.

[Rick]

Oh, yeah. Well, you shouldn't have left it around. But I have to clean the place of that.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's wrong.

[Rick]

I just thought you'd get a kick out.

[Daniel Tosh]

I got a kick out of it. I appreciate you bringing it for the kick part. Is that it?

[Rick]

No.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, good grief.

[Rick]

Here, I brought some dots if you want to put it on your board. And this is some leftover stuff.

[Daniel Tosh]

These are old dots now, so the dots Rick would put on the floor so I knew where to stand.

[Rick]

Right.

[Daniel Tosh]

But instead of just putting a regular mark or a star, since it was Tosh point zero, he always just had these points made up and that's where they would be placed. Oh, come on, Rick. How much stuff do you have?

[Rick]

Well, here's some more.

[Daniel Tosh]

This right here, though. What is happening with it? Here, you put that over on that side just so that I don't accidentally take it. Are you done?

[Rick]

I got.

[Daniel Tosh]

God damn it. I like that. Your bag is a Salvation Army.

[Rick]

Yeah, that's where I went shopping. Oh, shit. I got something for your wife. Does she work in the garden?

[Daniel Tosh]

No, we have a garden, but she doesn't do. But she got. You got her. What the fuck, Rick? You just bought her. You think my wife has a medium hand?

[Rick]

No, no, no.

[Daniel Tosh]

She's a small hand. She got tiny hands.

[Rick]

I bought them for my wife. They don't. She don't wear gloves, so I figured, I'll just give them to Carly.

[Daniel Tosh]

That's exactly what I do. He's doing my bit. He's just.

[Rick]

Hey, here's one. Here's one that she can have when. When she's mad at you, Daniel.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Rick]

Oh, sorry.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. Geez. A mug that says the Jim Jeffries show on it. By the way, what the hell is happening? This. Look, Carly, what's funny about this is not even like a mug that was made for the show. It's just a sticker. There's just a Jim Jeffries show the sticker. Well, that's nice. That's a nice guy. She loves a new mug.

[Rick]

There's one more thing.

[Daniel Tosh]

You brought more things?

[Rick]

Just one thing. You probably won't like it, but I talked to you.

[Daniel Tosh]

I won't like it.

[Rick]

I know.

[Daniel Tosh]

Holy shit. Hold on. You just fucking stole. Well, basically, the Tosh point. This actually is hysterical. So, Rick, not only is this from. Look, it has. It has the lights that are behind it that light up Tosh zero. But he just fucking ripped this out of the goddamn wall.

[Rick]

It would take hours to get off and when. It's going right to the can. But I do have another one that's foam.

[Daniel Tosh]

This is heavy. This is soft.

[Rick]

Yeah.

[Daniel Tosh]

Did you build this?

[Rick]

No. No. Was you off your set wall?

[Daniel Tosh]

No, I know it was off my set wall. I didn't know if.

[Rick]

I didn't.

[Daniel Tosh]

You didn't put the lights on or.

[Rick]

Anything that came with the lights on it?

[Daniel Tosh]

Stop throwing things on my desk.

[Rick]

I've got the whole thing for that one, too.

[Daniel Tosh]

Where are you keeping all this shit, Rick?

[Rick]

Well, gonna be at your house now, Daniel.

[Daniel Tosh]

There's no. Fucking hell.

[Rick]

I know you wouldn't want to either.

[Daniel Tosh]

I'm not. This is hysterical. Just because it's got bolts sticking out the back of it.

[Rick]

I was thinking about cleaning it up, but I just figured you could make.

[Daniel Tosh]

A whole end table. Eddie. Will you make this an end table for me, Eddie?

[Rick]

Sure will.

[Daniel Tosh]

Thanks, Ed. You were just hoping the show was gonna come back and you're like, hey.

[Rick]

Guys, we had four more years. I figured I would tap out at 70.

[Daniel Tosh]

Are you 70? On the penny?

[Rick]

I'll be 71 in July.

[Daniel Tosh]

71 in July.

[Rick]

Still going.

[Daniel Tosh]

Finish this sentence for me. 70 is the new Year jubilee. Hey, I don't even think I realized you were 70. Do you think you'll ever retire?

[Rick]

I don't want to. I mean, my jobs have been cake. You know, I'm getting paid to laugh, getting music, but I don't really want to go climbing up and down hills in the middle of the night and carry heavy stuff because I know if I do that, I'm going to break up and I want to keep.

[Daniel Tosh]

Has your body held pretty strong?

[Rick]

Pretty good.

[Daniel Tosh]

You had any replacements?

[Rick]

Nothing.

[Daniel Tosh]

Nothing. Good for you. I'm holding out hope that I. That I can live that life.

[Rick]

Yeah. Well, how'd your. Your. How'd your dad and your parents. Grandparents.

[Daniel Tosh]

My dad will be 96 now.

[Rick]

How is your dad, by the way?

[Daniel Tosh]

My dad's. My dad's good. He's. My dad's 80. I don't know. I think he's 80. I should ask him.

[Rick]

A good run.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. Here, I got you for your boat. Flex seal.

[Rick]

Oh, perfect. Yeah, that's great.

[Daniel Tosh]

This is the paste.

[Rick]

I can use that.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. If you get a leak, and I'm told you can make a screen. You know, Phil Swift always says that. By the way, have you seen Phil Swift's face lately? Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. He's done some stuff to it. You ever consider doing any plastic surgery?

[Rick]

Yeah, I'm taking what the good Lord gives me. I don't want anything fixed, you know, I mean, I think for some people it's good, you know, they prefer it. But I just happy to just get up and walk.

[Daniel Tosh]

You happy with your weight right now?

[Rick]

Yeah, I am. I'm sitting around 165, 170, or for a while I was kind of full. Yeah, sorry about that. You know, I was punching close to 190.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, so you've dropped real weight?

[Rick]

I smell bees. Yeah?

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. Good for you. What'd you do to drop it? Just eat it?

[Rick]

Better diet.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do you have a sweet tooth?

[Rick]

Yeah, I have a sweet soup.

[Daniel Tosh]

It's hard on sets to have a good diet because there's just food available at all time, all kinds of food.

[Rick]

As much as you want.

[Daniel Tosh]

I know.

[Rick]

They feed us. They feed us so much on sets.

[Daniel Tosh]

I didn't really care for the food we had on set ever.

[Rick]

Sometimes it was good, sometimes you just ate it and booked on. Crafty was always good.

[Daniel Tosh]

Crafty was fine. But the meals that were catered, like, I tried to mix it up and brought in a barbecue guy one time, and there's just nobody, nobody could nail it. It never was my favorite thing. All right, here's another gift I got you. Okay. Somebody sent this to me, but it's like, I already have. Perfect for your boat. It's a bidet. You use a bidet?

[Rick]

No.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. This I know. And you're probably, you're probably saying, oh, I'm not gonna try. I think as you age, you're gonna really appreciate this, doing the heavy lifting.

[Rick]

I'll put this in the man cave. I'm about ready to redo the bathrooms in the man cave.

[Daniel Tosh]

You go sit down there and you just enjoy it. Just a good clean out. There you go. That's called the Clean Butt Club, by the way. Clean Butt Club sent me that. A luxe bidet. So thank you. Clean Butt Club, they're not a sponsor of the show. They sent me that. It was nice, but I'm not gonna use that. I've got a toilet. It's built in. How dare you? Oh, I have one other thing I wanted you to have. One of my old bandanas.

[Rick]

Oh, fantastic.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay. Just so that.

[Rick]

No, I love that. Appreciate that, dude.

[Daniel Tosh]

There you go. If a kid wants to get into this business, into your business, what do they got to do and what should.

[Rick]

They expect to get in the business? If you ever get on set and you're a production assistant, run hard and always go up to the key grip because you can approach those guys or one of the other grips and say, hey, need anything, I'll help you out. And then on the way out, you say, if you got something coming up, I'll do the next one. I'll work for free for you. Get in someone's pocket. And then after the end of the day, they ask you, hey, what are you doing next week? I got a two day job you want to jump on. So he goes from a buck and a half a day to about maybe five, six. I mean, not bad.

[Daniel Tosh]

Do the kids have that type of hustle now?

[Rick]

Some do.

[Daniel Tosh]

Uh huh.

[Rick]

All right, some do.

[Daniel Tosh]

Are you a natural builder? I mean, do you just constantly build ships?

[Rick]

I'm always doing something big property, it's six tenths of an acre. And then I've got one structure that's the Remnant of a burn down. Because my house burnt down to the ground. And 1987.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay, you lost your home in 87. I lost mine in 18. And you rebuilt your home by hand?

[Rick]

Well, the remnant was there, so I kept that as like a landscape office. And then this because I got some land from the city or the county. It gave me six tenths of an acre. So I put a whole new septic system in and built a whole new house. We built a 3,000 square foot Craftsman. I figured I had five kids.

[Daniel Tosh]

Is three with your first wife, two with your second? Is that the right math? I got there and you're almost. Are you an empty nester yet?

[Rick]

Not yet. The youngest one I'm kind of brainwashing. I want him to stick around.

[Daniel Tosh]

How old is the youngest? 17.

[Rick]

He's just. No, no, he just turned 23, graduated.

[Daniel Tosh]

23. He's still in a nest?

[Rick]

Well, he just finished up college.

[Daniel Tosh]

Get him out of the house.

[Rick]

Nah, he's a good kid.

[Daniel Tosh]

Good for you. 23. So you did it. You pulled it off. Were you an old dad? I guess. I mean, 23.

[Rick]

Well, I think I had my first kid because my oldest son is Teague. He's been on set. He's 45.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah. A couple of your kids have worked.

[Rick]

On my show, right? Teague and Shay.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Rick]

And they're doing. They're still doing well, they're making. Still taking care of some business and getting jobs.

[Daniel Tosh]

Wait, wait. How old were you? Do you know how old you were when you had your first one? Your first?

[Rick]

25.

[Daniel Tosh]

25. How old were you when you had your last child?

[Rick]

Well, 23. From 70. What's that? I don't know, 40, 45, 46 maybe.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, man, I'm an older dad than you are.

[Rick]

Kids are great.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, but did you ever get fixed afterwards? You get circumcised?

[Rick]

I like things just the way they are.

[Daniel Tosh]

Did you ever get.

[Rick]

I got that. I had no choice.

[Daniel Tosh]

You never got a vasectomy?

[Rick]

Nope.

[Daniel Tosh]

No. So you could still have children?

[Rick]

Probably could.

[Daniel Tosh]

Oh, good for you. Well, thanks for coming, Rick. And thanks for emptying out all of the trash at your home.

[Rick]

Thanks.

[Daniel Tosh]

You stole my bit, Rick. All right. Thanks for being here, buddy.

[Rick]

Thanks, man.

[Daniel Tosh]

Okay.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Daniel Tosh]

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[Daniel Tosh]

Paw show. Thanks, Rick, it was good seeing you. And Carl, head up, come here. Show everybody that Rick got you a headband, huh?

[Rick]

Loves it.

[Daniel Tosh]

You like it? The rest of his junk. Holy shit.

[Rick]

I mean, that's a wide net of what he brought you.

[Daniel Tosh]

So many just random junk. Could you believe that, Carl? I was like, rick, what are you doing? Just kept pulling stuff out and none of it made sense to the next thing. Here's some gardening gloves for your wife. What? I mean, I put some thought into my gifts. Well, that was nice of him. We got some plugs. You want to hear about them? Tossshowstore.com start selling those headbands. Eddie's tour. Check them out. Come see me on tour. Midwest tour starting this week. Kansas City, Omaha. Let's go. Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago. Do the right thing, come say hi. You ready for the free plug?

[Rick]

Mm.

[Daniel Tosh]

Surprise me with some good music.

[Rick]

Ooh.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, that's not bad. Little Social Distortion knockoff. This week's free plug. Oh, you don't like this, Carl? Is for Off Leash Social. It was founded in 2022, like two years ago.

[Rick]

Wow.

[Daniel Tosh]

This will be the third one. All right. Off Leash Social is an all outdoor bar and restaurant in Johnson City, Tennessee. Hey, Johnson City.

[Rick]

Hello.

[Daniel Tosh]

We did a couple shows there last year. Yeah, we did two shows. We stayed zero nights because I wanted to be in Knoxville because I love Knoxville. So I just stayed in Knoxville, went over and did the shows in Johnson City and stayed in Johnson. Knoxville with my family's there because then we head on over to Pigeon Forge, get some cinnamon toast and go to Dollywood. You know what? I do. Gosh, I'll tell you what, I did not like Johnson City. I loved Knoxville. Johnson City, eh? That's not my cup. Of tea, but this sounds good. Off leash social. It's not like any dog park you've been to. Well, no, I thought it was a bar. They have live music, concerts, trivia nights, movie nights, stand up comedy shows. Oh, man. Here I was shitting on it. Watch parties, yoga and a whole host of stuff. It sounds like it's just a park.

[Rick]

We'll do anything.

[Daniel Tosh]

Yeah, just go there and do what you want. Dogs must be six months or older and need to have their rabies shot. O okay, here you go. Telling us what we got to do with our dog bodies. That's gonna really upset a lot of the anti vaxxer dog people. Admission is $10 for one day or $40 for one month unlimited. This is every night? Kidding me. Ugh. Discounts for year memberships and second dogs from the same household. Wait, wait. Is it per person or is it per dog? Humans enter free. Okay. Do you have to have a dog or can you just show up? What if you like to just pet other people's dogs? I don't like those fucking people. I had a dog. Oh, did you? Everyone has had a dog, right?

[Rick]

Get another one.

[Daniel Tosh]

Right. Get another one. Touch mine. Full bar and food menu available. What kind of food are they serving here? And is there a table to sit at? I'm confused about this. Awfully social. Well, I hope people get there. Johnson City, Tennessee. I love Johnson City. Well, good on you whoever came up with this idea. See you next week.

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