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Now it's like, you see, like, a comic that you just kind of... It's his, like, eighth Netflix special.It's like, is it?What were the others?
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Welcome back to the commercial break.I'm Brian Green, minus one parathyroid.This is Chris and Joy Hoadley, the best friend and co-host of this terrible podcast.Best to you, Chris, and best to you out there in the podcast universe.
So many people do.I get that often.Where's the aliens? After 772,000 different episodes of me pressing that button, I decided to give it a break.But every once in a while, I do miss it.I agree.You gotta hearken back to the days.
I was gonna do... Yeah, boy!But I went with the aliens. as we come back today.Yesterday, our first day back after my parathyroid surgery, and I just got to tell you right now, not the best the commercial break had to offer for sure.
But I was just trying to muddle through somehow, and I'll explain why.So yesterday was Yesterday was Wednesday, Tuesday we had a Best Of.Christina did a great job on the Best Of.Did you listen to the Best Of?
Yes, and they were very good.
Christina did a great job.I laughed out loud.I do love me some Christina sometimes.She was really funny on Tuesday's Best Of.
She replayed a couple of the episodes where I was talking about my vasectomy, pulling my V-card, and also not foliating beforehand. You're telling me that I had to exfoliate my nuts?
But anyway, I got my parathyroid taken out.Yesterday, Chrissy and I, I said, okay, let's try and get back in the studio.My throat's not 100%, but let's try.
When I got my parathyroid taken out, one of the things that they have to do is they have to go behind your actual thyroid.
So they make a slice in your throat where your thyroid is, then they pull your thyroid out and they look for that sick parathyroid, the tumor behind my throat.
when they do that they stimulate they manually stimulate that gland like a lot of glands are manually stimulated they manually stimulate the thyroid in some cases and then you get an additional you know another fun little thing you get to deal with which is called thyroidism a hyperthyroidism and that's like when you get a shot of thyroid hormone which
It feels to me like being in my 20s behind a bar.That's what it feels like to me.It feels like 17 cups of coffee, way too much cocaine, additional speed in your body.I don't know any other way to put it.
Yeah.And you were so tired before, now it's gone the other way.
Now it's going the opposite direction.I can't sleep.I'm jittery.I'm nervous.And so I called the surgeon.The surgeon gave me his cell phone number, which I think is about the dumbest thing you could do to a hypochondriac.
Give a hypochondriac your phone number when you have an actual medical situation. Let's see how that works out.
So I called the surgeon and I said, hey man, I just want to check and make sure that these things that I'm feeling are like normal in the process after a parathyroidectomy.And he said, no, actually they're not.
What I think you have is that we were feeling for nodules on your thyroid and we probably stimulated your thyroid and then it released a bunch of this. thyroid medication.And I said, Oh, okay, well, you know, I haven't slept in a couple days.
Hopefully tonight, I'll get a good night's sleep.And he said, Yeah, probably not.You're probably gonna be dealing with this for a couple more days.
And I was like, Hey, so then last night, I'm staring in the mirror, like because now I'm just totally out of my fucking brain.So I'm staring in the mirror like a crazy person.And I'm like, Oh my god, I just want to come down just a little bit.
I want to come down there a little bit. And I realized that I have no pupils whatsoever, Chrissy.Like pinpoint pupils.I look like the Cheshire Cat in the opposite direction.And so I go, Astrid, look at my eyes.
And she was like, what are you talking about?And then she looks at me, she goes, oh my God, you don't have any pupils.And I'm like, isn't that insane?
I'm like a little possum running around.
I know, after all the possum talk, and then you've got to possumize.
She goes, babe, you really don't have any pupils.I go, turn off the lights and then turn them back on real quick.
So if anybody had this scene in my bathroom last night, it's Brian staring in the mirror for half an hour, and then Astrid flipping on and off the lights.Testing it.Testing my pupils. She's like, you really don't have any pupils.
I go, yeah, it's like I'm 26 again.I don't have any pupils.
Your body is just adjusting, readjusting.
Oh my God, readjusting.I've had enough drama.Now I've got to go in the opposite direction.It's just a fucking nightmare.Anyway, I'm back.I'm feeling a little bit better today.We're so happy.Everything went well.Yeah, generally it went well.
I guess I'll just be sick this way for a little while.It's better than the alternative.I'll be honest.If I'm going to be something, let me be awake and not asleep.
But of course, I have no excuse to take a nap anymore because Astrid doesn't believe me.She's like, yeah.I saw that too.I see your pupils.There's no nap.That is the worst.When you're trying to go to sleep and you can't, it's... It really is.
It's not an insomnia.Yeah, it's your body doesn't even feel tired.I'm just tossing and turning and watching endless amounts of bad British television on Amazon.It's horrible.
So here we are, just a short couple of days from the election.And I don't want to get all political because everyone's stressed out about it.Let this be a break from, let's be a little bit of a break from the politics anyway.
But I do have to mention, because I think we said yesterday's show that we would talk about, I do have to mention, you know, Trump put together this big MSG rally.And yeah, I don't even know, you know, I get it.
This is a game of inches right now for both campaigns.And those game of inches, you need to reach as many people as possible and pull just those few.
First of all, when they talk about these undecided voters, who in the fuck are these undecided voters exactly? Who has been living on this earth?
Who has been living in the United States of America since 2014 and still undecided about who they're going to vote for?I really don't have any clue.But there are apparently a few of them out there, and this is what they have to do.
They have to get out there, make a bunch of noise, get as much free press as they can, and then hopefully pull one or two of those voters aside.At the MSG rally, they put together a who's who of... celebrities to introduce Trump including one
I used to, there was a time, there was a time way back in the 80s, and I think you'll remember this too, Chrissy, when Hulk Hogan could do no wrong.
Hulk Hogan was a hero amongst heroes.He was a man amongst men, women, men, children, old people, young people, everybody had Hulkamania.Everybody, the entire country.If you weren't alive at this time or you were too young to remember,
Hulk Hogan took the world by storm for about four years.And he was just like a God.
He really was like a Greek God here on earth, ripping his shirt, come running at running down, you know, WWF, those WrestleMania is running down, ripping his shirt off.
Now he's at the Trump rally. trying to rip off his shirt.
He was trying to rip off his shirt for like two minutes and he couldn't quite do it.You know, Rudy Giuliani, Hulk Hogan, some other people, they all got together at that Trump rally.And listen, okay, Trump has, cool, dude, put your rallies together.
You know, Harris is doing the same thing.I guess that's just what we do these days, put together rallies and have famous people show up to introduce us.
But I'm sure you have to have your head in a fucking hole not to have heard about Kill Tony, Tony Hinchcliffe and his kind of unwieldy rant.
I want to say he did like a set of jokes, but I saw it and I'm not sure a bunch of it was funny, but he did kind of this whole rant and said some things that were really quite off color and probably offensive to some people.
Kind of offensive to me and I'm not even Puerto Rican to be honest.I agree. I mean, I'd like to think I'm Puerto Rican, but I'm not.I eat beans and rice all the time, but that's because my wife is Venezuelan.
I do love beans and rice.
Oh, beans and rice is the best fucking meal, I gotta be honest with you.Beans and rice and a good ol' rape every once in a while.But he says these kind of unhinged things that are really... I don't know.I didn't think they were funny.
Did you think they were funny?
And I wonder why Tony Hinchcliffe decided to accept that invitation in the first place.And for those of you that don't know Tony Hinchcliffe, he is a comedian.
He is not, I think, he's not well-known in the mainstream, but he has this show called Kill Tony.And Kill Tony is basically a live podcast.It's kind of a roast battle, so to speak.A bunch of different comedians get up on a dais, they roast
Up-and-coming comedians get up they do a set they do a couple of jokes and then this dais of well-known comedians will then roast that particular comedian They bring up people of all different shapes and sizes all different mental abilities all different caps and handicaps They really kind of are all inclusive.
They bring a bunch of different people up and it's no holds barred No matter who you are gay straight one arm two arms you know Just watch an episode of Kill Tony.
Puerto Rican, not Puerto Rican.
Puerto Rican, not Puerto Rican.Black, white, it doesn't matter.Tony is very inclusive about roasting people, first of all, and second of all, giving people the spotlight.He does that.
So in some sense, when I watch Kill Tony, I go, oh, okay, listen, he's inviting everybody.
He was taking that to the stage.
Yeah, he's taking that to the stage.He's including everybody.He's roasting everybody. But then when you go to a political rally, when you decide to open up for Trump, it doesn't translate.It just seems like trolling.It's not funny.
I'm sorry it wasn't funny.You're not doing a set at the fucking Dania Point Improv. in front of 50,000 people, and then millions of others on television.
And, you know, listen, if the point was to get publicity, well done, you have officially gotten as much publicity as I think you could ever get.Tony, congratulations.
But if the point was to bring kind of that kill Tony vibe to the Trump rally, I think you missed on that point, because it ended up to me at least seeming mean, mean, mean and mean spirited.And I don't think very funny.
And then you did a great job of probably offending a lot of people.Now I've also heard from a lot of Puerto Ricans that they're not offended by this, that they felt like it was just a joke.And if you can't take a joke, go fuck yourself.
Well, that's a I guess that's an opinion too. So I thought, Chrissy, because it's kind of timely that maybe what we should do is we should talk to like an insider, like an LA comedy insider.We have a friend named Doug Bass.
He was in our, uh, in our clubhouse groups a lot back in the day.Back in the day when we were on clubhouse.That was only three years ago, but it feels like it was 30 years ago.Yeah.
It feels like back when I had no pupils.
Right, so much has happened.
Actually, when I was on Clubhouse, I didn't have pupils either.I was up day or night.
You were taking calls, getting in rooms at three, four in the morning.
Oh my God, my wife was about to divorce me.I swear to God, I was close to getting a divorce because it would be four in the morning and that little noise would go off, that little clubhouse bell.Bing bong, you've been invited to speak here.
You're sneaking into bathrooms in the house.
Well, I really think when you start a podcast, you should think of a name first.
What are you doing in there?Not taking a shit.
Let me tell you how to market your podcast.Buy billboards.Buy billboards in Iowa.
If you're a grubhouse, I swear to God.My water just broke.
Well, I realize your water just broke honey, but the 15th funniest comedian in clubhouse just invited me To be on stage and say nothing.So I'm pretty sure this is the big break.I've been looking for Coca-cola is gonna sponsor my next clubhouse.
Uh, Doug was in our, in our, a bunch of our clubhouse rooms.He's a standup comedian.He's an actor, a director.Um, and he has this very funny show that he does out there, this live show and a podcast called I'm a bass hole to play off his name.
And I've been on that show need to tell about one time when you were.
really and ask like the time when you were the biggest asshole in the world you tell that story so he invites stand-up comedians to come do this live and he's kind of the ringmaster of this he's in the know i thought it might be interesting to get his take on all of this so let's do this let's take a short break i'm going to invite doug into the conversation and then uh
We'll get his take on Tony Hinchcliffe.And then I also want to follow up with him.I think I shared this a couple of months ago about the comedy fantasy camp and what a rip-off some people thought that that was.
Doug is the guy who kind of did that investigative reporting, brought people on to talk about the comedy fantasy camp and the misgivings they had.The experience they had.These kind of up-and-coming comics. which wasn't great.No, it wasn't great.
They wanted their money back.So let's do this.Let's take a break and then we'll bring Doug into the conversation.We'll talk about Tony.We'll talk about the comedy fantasy camp and yeah.Okay.That's all I got to say.We'll be back.
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and long-time friend doug bass is with us uh... podcast bass hole he's got a live show called bass hole i was on bass hole yes you are maybe four years ago and then i i said you should come on our show and four years later i'm fine i'm living up to that end of the agreement hi doug how are you hey guys how are you how you been
Great.We're good.We're good.I think it's an opportune time to talk to you.It's like serendipitous that we have had this plan for a month or or so.
Yeah, because I you know, you're at LA, I kind of consider you like an LA comedy insider, you work the improv, you do a lot of work with other comics, you have bass hole where I see a lot of other comics stop by and do the show with you.
I am interested to hear your take on the Madison Square Garden, Tony Hinchcliffe rant that he went on.I see some of your musings on Instagram, but how do you feel about that?I sense that.You want to hear my take real quick?Sure, yeah.
My take is that, you know, I don't have anything against Tony.I've seen the podcast.I've watched the live shows on YouTube and stuff like that.And I think he's got his lane and that lane is very popular.He's got a lot of people that like what he do.
And I find some of it very funny, especially some of the roast stuff that he's done.But, you know, when you're opening for Donald Trump, you're kind of putting yourself in a whole different universe.And sometimes
in an effort to be funny, you just end up sounding like a troll, right?And I'm not, and I don't know.That's just my take on it.I didn't, I don't know.
You know, I, I agree.I mean, I don't know.I don't know whose idea it was to book him to open that whole thing, but they should have.Yeah.I mean, it's, it's kind of like you're getting what you signed up for.I think, you know, I mean,
I don't know Tony personally, but I've watched his show on and off over the years and stuff, and the format's very popular.It's fun.It's great.
His crowd is definitely an insider comedy open mic crowd, and they're rowdy, and I'm guessing they lean more Republican.I don't know.I didn't even know he was in the Trump wheelhouse until the other day.
So when he opens that show with these you know, racist jokes and stuff, you know, coming off the Tom Brady roast, you knew what you were going to get pretty much.
He's in a tough position because if he didn't do that, it's like, you know, it's like, they'd be like, why, why are you even here?First of all, why, why are you speaking?
You know, if you're not going to do roasts or, but, but you'd be like, who are you roasting?Like, you know, it's like, If Trump was there and you're roasting him, okay, that's one thing.
But you're roasting potential voters or the people of Puerto Rico and Latinos and stuff.It's in the middle of the day.It's not a comedy club.It's a very serious political rally that's going to decide our next president. Yeah.
I just think he, you know, I mean that, that job is, is not a, you're walking into a disaster.I think as a comedian taking that kind of job, I think.
Yeah.I mean, listen, Tony can fill the Madison square garden three nights in a row.So I'm not, so he's done a great job, right?He's very successful at what he does and he's got his lane.I agree with you.
I think his crowd is more of like an insider standup roast battle kind of crowd.And we know Brian Moses, we've had him on the show, but
Brian and and and Tony work together for a long time And so I don't have anything against that kind of comedy and I think you should be able to say whatever you Want to say like I I don't believe in censorship in the least say whatever it is You want to say but I agree with you when you're opening for Donald Trump at a very serious political rally I think the Trump camp had to have known what they were getting them.
So it's like it's like, you know I mean, I'm sure him and his team wrote a bunch of jokes for this thing and And I'm pretty sure that was like, you know, presented to them because it was probably on the teleprompter.
So someone had to look at it and be like, OK, this is fine.Or like, you know, or take this out or don't say that, you know.So, like, it says this, you know, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is a floating island, a garbage joke.
And then they retract their statement and saying, like, we don't agree with anything Tony Hinchcliffe said on part of the Donald Trump campaign.You know, it's like it's like, well, you kind of you approved it.You know what I mean?
Like, yeah, yeah, yeah.I'm sure he had to submit what he was going to say.
Of course, he's not going to go up there and do 15 minutes and not have somebody at the campaign take a look at that.And if he did, then shame on the campaign.
I mean, at the same time, you watch the opening, you know, I mean, some of these speakers on this thing, it was kind of a madhouse.It seemed like he was like, trying to rip his shirt off.Giuliani's back.I'm like, like, why even?
Like, after everything he's been through, like, why is this helping you at all? Yeah, I mean, seriously, I have to listen, you know, if you listen to our show, we generally stay away from politics.We've made our we've made our point of view known.
And if you listen to the show, then you know, the one time an election cycle, we talk about politics we did last week.But like, take all politics out of it, objectively, why put that crew together?Like, it seems a little
I don't know, if you're trying to win a campaign, why bring Giuliani, Tony Hinchcliffe, Hulk Hogan?
I mean, why bring those guys up there if what you really need to do is court women and minority voters, and then they bring kind of this bro-tastic... Yeah, I don't know.
I mean, of course, each side has their celebrity endorsements or whatever.Of course, I think it's... But then you have like Dr. Phil saying it's not about celebrities, and he isn't a celebrity.So it's like to each their own. Yeah, I don't know.
Tony, Tony's Hengecliffe.I mean, like, you know, I mean, he's, he's, he's under the fire right now.You know, it's like, is this going to cancel him?Like, I doubt it, you know, because that's the way, you know, he runs his show and stuff.
And, you know, his show is very successful.And, you know, I mean, I wish, I wish my show was half the success of what's going on right now, you know, but it's, uh, it's, it's their own.It's like, you know, people are going to cringe at what he says.
I don't think he should have said that.He definitely comes off as a little racist, whiny kind of bitchy comedian a little bit, but, um, You know, I don't know.
I mean, yeah, it wasn't the right place for him to do that, and he should have known better, I think.
I do have to say this, and I told, I was talking to someone earlier today, and I do have to say this.Tony does not lose one listener because of this.He doesn't lose one viewer because of this.He gains them.
And for him, there's going to be a lot of people who choose not to, you know, everyone's going to say canceled, canceled, canceled, but only canceled to a certain segment of the population.
And that segment of the population probably wasn't watching Kill Tony in the first place.So it doesn't really matter to him.
It's interesting because I don't think he'll lose fan base.I mean, he might lose some, who knows.
But like, you know, it's a weird position because like you have like his agency is like, I don't know if he's with like UTA or something like that or management or whatever.
It's like these kind of situations in the past, they've dropped people, you know, during the Me Too moment or whatever.Like they've dropped someone who's like been racist or accused of sexual allegations or whatever.
Dropped them from their roster, they're done, they're fired from their agency. It's like will they do this with Tony Hinchcliffe?You know what I mean?It's like it's kind of under the same thing It's like oh, he's a racist.
I don't I don't know you know like right now.He's under a lot of fire And then UTA is carrying him.It's like, well, why did you, you know, drop, you know, say a Kevin Spacey, who is innocent, really, I guess, you know, under law.
But, you know, I mean, it's a whole thing.You can get into an argument, you know, forever about it.
It is very interesting.He got dropped by WME years ago, right?And I think UTA picked him up.It'll be interesting to see what the fallout is.But, you know, I think for me,
At least if I'm a stand-up comedian and a political campaign asks me to get up and do 15 minutes, I'm probably saying no to that.I'm probably saying no to it.
I think in this day and culture now, it's become like those gigs. You know, I mean, first of all, everyone's talking about Tony.So I'm sure he loves that.He wins.He's on CNN.He's on Fox.
Half the people didn't know who he was until this thing, like a lot of political people.So any presses, good press, bad press, he's going to ride the wave.And it's like people are talking about his name this week.
And I'm sure he's secretly loving that.So it's good.But any of these gigs, I would say, yeah, the political thing, even the Oscars, people don't even want to host that anymore.
Everyone throws you under the bus if you make an edgy joke that's too, you know, too much or whatever.So it's like these gigs that used to be, you know, fun for these comics, like the White House Correspondents Dinner, like all this stuff.
It's like, you gotta walk into that and be like, is this really worth it?Like, wouldn't I just rather have my Netflix special and do my shows on the road or my talk show or whatever, you know?It's like, I don't know.It's scary territory now.
But isn't there a segment of comedians?Isn't there a segment of entertainers?I guess it's probably a more broad word to use.Isn't there a segment of entertainers in 2024? That's their brand like that's on brand for them.
It becomes political because it gets clicks and it gets views and the you know, I think the edgier the the more extreme I can get with the Comedy or the words or whatever it is the more views I get and the more clicks I get Yeah, then that it's just kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy you become political because it is what's driving
It's what's driving the views, it's what's driving the clicks.
And it's interesting because when these organizations decide to hire a comic for hosting the Oscars or hosting a political dinner or whatever, it's like there's two choices they can make.
There's a host comedian, like a Jimmy Kimmel or something like that. He's not a traditional stand-up, but he's funny, and he's a host of a show, and he knows how to control that kind of audience.
And he's going to go one way, but he's not going to be too edgy, but he's going to be funny.Or they hire a Ricky Gervais, or a Tony, where it's going to be off the wall, and it's going to be jokes that may not be okay, and edgy, and scary territory.
That's kind of like what people want, maybe, but then they don't want it.So it's really confusing, I think.Because you can go with a safe bet, like just a host, like a Jay Leno or whoever, and you're going to get what you get.
But then if you hire someone that's off the wall, it's like you better be prepared for some kind of repercussion of social media outrage or cancellation or whatever.It's weird.It's a weird kind of territory right now, I think.
It is a tough position, I think.And I think it's also a tough position for comedians, especially, to be in.Who were we?I can't remember who we were talking to.We were talking to a comedian.I'll think of his name in one second.Sam.Sam Murrell.
We were talking to Sam. And Sam is, you know, I don't like to use the word edgy, but Sam is kind of a no-holds-barred kind of comic, right?He says what he says, and it's for the laughs.Sam is funny.He gets the laugh.
But he was sharing with us that sometimes he'll start a joke, and before he even gets through the joke, right, there's people protesting, they're like screaming, oh, um, ah, you know, don't go there, whatever it is. And he's like, I'm a comedian.
You realize there's a punchline coming, right?And he is funny and tactful, and it's satire, and he gets there, and he gets to the point, but at the end, there's always a laugh.
And then I think there's this other brand of comedy, which is, I'm just saying it to get the reaction. I don't care about the laugh.It's the reaction that I want because the reaction speaks to a certain point of view.
And then that certain point of view will then feed my clicks.It'll feed my views.And, um, yeah.
And that's, and that's what it's all about now.It's it's like, who has, you know, how many Instagram followers, how many views on Tik TOK, whatever.
It's like, you've got comedians that are, you know, comedians, if you want to, you know, that are just tick tock people that are, you know, have millions of views.
And they're gonna headline the improv, or they're gonna book out the club, or whatever, and they've never been on stage before in their life.
And they're like, okay, go ahead, do it, because the club's like, we're gonna sell out, we're gonna make money.And they don't know what they're doing, but they have a crowd there that likes them.
So it's like, comedy has definitely changed over the past... five to eight years here, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's an interesting time right now.
And, and comics really need to embrace like, you know, podcasting, social media, tick tock, all this stuff.I know so many comics that are like, I don't have a podcast.I don't want to do it.You know?
And I'm like, well, I think I almost think that's more important than, you know, doing the A, B and C show and you know, whatever barn club and you know, South LA or whatever, you know?Cause like how many people are going to see that, you know?Yeah.
You're going to work on your jokes, whatever.But it's like,
Get on the podcast, get on Instagram and then do stuff, put your reels up, you know, because like that stuff, that stuff takes off, then you will be booking more shows, you know, it's easier to get booked then.
Is there a divide, because you spend so much time at comedy clubs and inside that world, is there a divide with comics when you see someone that has a million TikTok followers and they're doing some five second punchlines, you know, and they're getting billions of views and then they sell out the improv and then you've got a traditional comic who's working the ropes, getting up there every night, crafting the jokes, you know,
bombing and, you know, bombing, then dusting themselves off and doing it again an hour later and, you know, doing another five minutes.Is there a divide?Do people get upset by the TikTok quote-unquote comedian, or is it just part of the game?
I mean, there's probably definitely a divide with different generations of comics, like the older comics definitely are probably like, what is this shit?How do I compete with this?I don't even know what a TikTok is, that kind of thing.
So it's almost like a job where it's like, oh, you need to know all these skills in order to do this now. you know, proficient in AI to do this and this.
And it's like, you know, these older people are going to be like, I'm not learning that, you know, I'm 50, 60 years old, you know, whatever.
And it's like, but then there's the people in between where it's like, the millennials or whatever, it's like, we're young enough to really adapt to the new technology.And we use it every day.
So it's like, we're young enough to like, learn it and adapt to it.Like,
You know, yeah, there's definitely people that are probably pissed off about it and bitter or whatever, but it's also like you got to adapt with the times and the future and stuff, I think.
And, you know, for me as a comic performer, I'm pretty tech savvy with all this stuff anyway, and I've always considered myself an entertainer.
You know, with that, if you're a comedian, an entertainer, an actor, a host, whatever, like you got to adapt to whatever's going on, you know, and it's, it's your job to kind of like, I know how to do stand up comedy.I know how to act.
I know how to improvise and do all that stuff.So it's like, these are all tools in my bag.And like this new stuff, it's like, okay, yeah, I'm going to make a tick tock.I'm going to do a podcast.
Um, you know, that's just, these are just new tools that you got to use. And, you know, once you get the opportunity to be on stage, that stuff I've been doing since high school.So it's like, that's fun and I know how to do that.
So it's like all this other stuff you got to adapt to to get you on stage again.Sure.So yeah, I think I think people that aren't willing to adapt to the new
Kind of way to do it is is they're hurting themselves in the long run There's always gonna be the way to you know craft your joke and work on that stuff But like it's a business too and you got the business part is almost more important than the performing part sometimes sad to say especially nowadays
I think, you know, I would never call myself a comic.I'm not a comic.I don't get up.I don't do stand up, right?Chrissy and I get in here, we muse.That's what we're doing.We're entertaining people.If they find it funny, they find it funny.
If they don't, they don't.But I'm not a comic.I don't craft jokes.I don't get up on stage.I don't bomb in front of people.I don't even talk in front of people.I talk in front of Chrissy.And that's it.And so, you know, I, when we
talk to comics, and we've talked to so many of them, we've talked to these stand-up comics, it's just like, it's a new world, it's a new frontier.
But one thing most of the comics that we've spoken with have in common is that they understand that the internet, social media, podcasting, it's a new way to reach an audience, it's a new way to garner an audience where you don't have to stand up, and I'm not saying this is good, bad, or indifferent, but you don't have to stand up and beat your knees up every, you know, night, twice a night,
Whatever it is, you can get on there and you can say something funny or you can muse or entertain or whatever it is.
You get 100,000 people to like your shit and you didn't have to do anything but turn on press record and try out jokes and stuff online instead of like slipping around to like open mics or whatever, you know, it's sure go on you put a video up of a joke or you go on a zoom show or
I don't know, like chat with someone.There's a million ways where I'm like, I'm not gonna leave my house, but I'm gonna try, this is a virtual reality show.You can go do open mic and not leave your living room.No way, really?
Yeah, there's those on the VR goggles.Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.Yeah, you do that.You can do an open mic from your living room and not leave the house and do five minutes and test out stuff there before you go do a set at the improv or whatever.
There's all these new things where you don't have to drive around and wait and then hope to get picked for an open mic or do this or that.So yeah, it's adapting to the new technology and I think the new technology is helping people.
How many of these comics are releasing Netflix specials every two months, three months? Like, you know, you'd have a special like once every three years.Yeah, like they'd be working on that for three years and then they do the special.
Now it's like, you see like a comic that you just kind of, it's his like eighth Netflix special.It's like, is it?Where were the others?Two came out this year.It's like, oh, okay.
So it's like, you know, it's like these people just have hours of stuff or They burn through it because they put it up there, and then they start over again.
Or they got stories that they interweave with the stand-up storytelling and that kind of stuff.So it's like it's a whole new world with this stuff, and it's kind of crazy, but it's interesting.It keeps it fresh.
Do you still enjoy the, is your first love stand up?Do you still enjoy getting up there?
I mean, I definitely enjoy stand up.Yeah.I mean, my first love has always been acting and directing.Um, I really love directing stuff.Um, but yeah, hosting has become, um, one of my, you know, first loves now, I would say.Stand-up and hosting.
The podcast, definitely.I love interviewing people.I think that's definitely a skill.You guys do that well.And then that's the other thing.There's different types of comics, I'd always say.
There's stand-up comics, there's host comics, there's podcast comics.
You guys run a comedy podcast, so you're not traditional stand-ups, but you guys are funny, and you could definitely get on stage and entertain people in a different way for an hour or whatever. and interview someone or that kind of thing.
Well, you know, it's, you know, it's interesting is so, you know, a couple months back or at the beginning of the year, someone approaches us, a promoter approaches us and says, Hey, we'll pay you go out there, do some live shows, right?
Which is something that Chrissy and I had talked about doing.But when you think about it, it's like, I have jokes, like, I'm not gonna get up and I'm not gonna do 15 minutes of yuckles, right?I don't know.I don't know how to do that.
I don't have a set. But then when it comes to fruition, when you sign the contract, then you have to start thinking about how am I going to entertain people for an hour or two or two and a half or whatever it is.
And so Chrissy and I went and did the hard work of crafting a show where we think people can be entertained because, you know, I don't know if people really want to watch me talk on a microphone like this for an hour and a half.
They don't want to pay $35 to go sit there and watch that.It's a skill.It's an art.It's something that you have to do.But what we do is much different than what you do or what Sam does.
And you're right, like hosting is a different kind of comedy, right?You have to have a different skill set than getting up there and killing for an hour.
I would say even with my live Basel show, I don't get to do much stand-up comedy on that show, I'll be honest.It's me hosting it, and I do maybe a couple jokes at the beginning or some crowd work, and then I'm right into the show.
It's hosting the show of having these other comics come on, doing a little bit of time, and then telling their asshole story. And then I jump in and improvise an interview with them on stage along with the judging panel.
And we go back and forth and riff and that kind of stuff.And that's the show.And there's like six or seven comics that do that.But there's a lot of improvising for me as the host to keep it going and interviewing them and that kind of stuff.
And that's a different skill as a host.So I don't get to do my act, I would say, ever on that show.And that show takes up a lot of time.So when I do do regular sets, that's when I'm honing my 15, 20 minutes, whatever. On a regular show.
I when I get booked I'm really you know, I feel relieved because I'm like, oh I can actually work on my stand-up right now and not worry about the Basel show because when I do that show it's just it's a circus and I'm the ringleader and
Tell us more about the live show while we're talking about it.This show has become quite a thing, or at least, you know, from what I'm seeing on social media.It's become an event.You got a little thing going on.
It's become an event, especially at the Hollywood Improv.We do it once a month there.The live show, you know, branched off of the podcast, Basshole, back in the pandemic when I started the Basel podcast, I always wanted to do a live show of it.
And then as soon as things started opening up from there, I started to develop it at a couple like little theaters here and there with the format and whatnot.And then once I thought it was ready enough, I brought it to the improv.
And then we've been doing it there for about two and a half, almost three years now, I guess. So yeah, it's become a great event when we have it there.
We have comics come on, they do a three-minute set of whatever they want to do, regular material, crowd work, whatever, and then they have to Segway into their asshole story.
It's a funny crazy time that they were an asshole that they have to explain and Then we judge the story we pick it apart We roast them a little bit and we kind of go back and forth with them and it gets a little rowdy sometimes Everyone's drinking have a few drinks.
We've had and then we have a celebrity judging panel that we have like a combination of comedians, sometimes actors.We've had a lot of porn stars coming on lately, which brings a whole other element to it.And it gets a little rowdy with that.
So, so yeah, it's become like a big party.And, uh, you know, I mean, it's, it's people like, people are like, Oh, it's kind of like kill Tony, but it's like storytelling.
I'm like, I'm like, yeah, it's, it's, it's a little more, I mean, I feel like we're nicer than kill Tony.I would say it's not a roast show.I mean, we will do a jab here and there, but like, That's not the focus of it.
It's more of like, you know, storytelling is a big part of it.And like, people like telling stories.And they don't always have time to do that in their stand-up sets sometimes.
Or it gives them an assignment where it's like, oh, I've never thought about that.A time that I was an asshole.Okay, let me think.And then they write a new, you know, piece that they've never thought about before.
And it gets a lot of laughs and it's interesting. And it's a story.So it gives them something else to work on and then a new piece for their, you know, comedy, you know, repertoire bag or whatnot.And yeah, people really enjoy it.
And it kind of goes off the walls and you never know where it's going to go.No show is the same.And then we also have the audience involved.We have them
on an anonymous piece of paper, write down a time that they were an asshole, and then we collect the forms, and then I read them throughout the show.Oh, that's fascinating.Yeah, that's great.Involving the audience.
Sometimes people will, like, be like, oh, that was me, you know, and then, like, I'll interview them on stage, and we'll get into their story a little bit.And that keeps them involved, and we give out prizes and all that stuff.So, it's a fun night.
It kind of goes all over the place, but it's a fun night, yeah.
Okay, so tell me some of the celebrities that you've had on judging.
Some of the celebrities we've had on Judging.We've had Tom Arnold.Oh, I saw that.Wow.I love Tom Arnold, man.
I think he's pretty fucking funny.
Tom's great.Tom actually came to Tulsa, Oklahoma with me with the show.Oh, really?Yeah, we went there for the weekend and we did the show and then he headlined and I featured for him for the weekend.
So that was a lot of fun having him on board and he's done the show a couple times.We've had him.We've had Mindy Sterling from the Austin Powers movies.Oh, yeah, yeah.We've had Mary Lynn Rice Cub from 24.
We've had Jason Nash, who's like a big YouTube guy.Okay, I know Jason.Yeah, we've had who else have we had?Jamie Kennedy has been on.I've had a lot of people.
I think Jamie Kennedy is fascinating to me.Yeah.Yeah.Do you know him personally?Yeah, I know him.Yeah. Yeah, he's fascinating.Like he's, I've, you know, followed him on social media for a while.He's, he's out there sometimes.
He sticks to his guns on his stuff.And he's very funny and entertaining and sometimes controversial, which is great, you know.But he's a great guy.Yeah.
Okay.I want to ask you about something.Yeah, you.So, Chrissy and I have talked about like rock and roll fantasy camp, right?And everybody knows what rock and roll fantasy camp is.
Rock and roll fantasy camp, you pay $10,000, you show up and the third bass player from Kiss ends up showing up there and teaching you how to play bass for 15 minutes and then you do a song at the end of the week and everybody gets a videotape that they can share with their friends and on social media.
It's basically a way to go and live out your rock and roll fantasy for a couple of days. There is a comedy fantasy camp also that is out there in LA.And I don't know what it was, a year ago, you started talking about this.Was it Rob that went there?
Rob did not go there, but he had read the advertisement.He was like, oh, that sounds good.This sounds interesting.But a buddy of mine, Rico, he went to it.And he's kind of a newer comic, maybe like two years in, whatnot.Lives in LA here.
He went to it and signed up for it. And he came on and pretty much was like, this was a scam.It was a cash grab.You know, it was so unorganized.
He, you know, he paid five grand for the thing, you know, and it's, and it's pretty much like he would get it.He got an email saying like, only 15 spots in this camp or whatever.He's like, Oh, that sounds cool.
That's like Kamala Harris texting me.I need 15 more people in your zip code to give me $25.Right.
Right, so I mean, he fell for that email or whatever, but like, you know, he's like, you pay five grand, you're supposed to, you know, work out and write with Adam Carolla, Jay Leno, Alonzo Bowden, whoever else they have on this thing.
And then he signs up, he gets to it, and then there's like 80 people there at the Hollywood Roosevelt or whatever, it's a shit show.
And, you know, I interviewed some other guy, this guy Sean Ridgway, who's a writer and wanted to get him to stand up, and his wife got it for him as a gift, and he paid five grand as well.
There was a writing workshop, the writing workshop never even happened.The syllabus that I had was like, one of them gave it to me and it was like, you know, they'd have like open mic from 8 to 8.30.And it's like, how do you have 80 people?Yeah.
You know, it was like shit like that.And then most of it was panels.It would be like Leno up there telling old stories.Corolla kind of rehashing all the stuff that's in his books or on his podcast.Stuff that you could watch on YouTube or whatever.
Sure.And, you know, these people come out here and there was a thousand dollar extra agency dinner that you can have with industry that people signed up for.
A thousand extra dollars to sit with some agents?
To have dinner with a couple agents.And I guess a lot of people signed up for it.And it was pretty much agents sitting there.And they were talking about football between themselves.
And the other thing, it's like, it's like these people, some of these people have never picked up a microphone.Why are they going to meet with an agent?You know what I mean?Sure.Yeah.You're not even remotely close to doing anything like that.
So there was a lot of that kind of stuff.It didn't include, it included some food.Then they, then they have a show at the Hollywood improv in the middle of the day at like noon.It's a three hour show.Everyone's doing three to five minutes.
Um, I was there at the improv.I watched some of it.I saw a guy go up there and say two words and freeze and remember what he was saying.And then you have Caroline Ray yelling off to the side, like, Like, do you want your notes?
Do you want, you know, it's like, that guy should have taken a public speaking course at like a local college or something.Adam Carolla was supposed to host the show.He showed up and just judged the show.
You had Mike August, his agent, hosting the show.I'm like, why is an agent hosting a comedy show? Um, Carolla had shows booked in the, in the, um, San Francisco, the weekend of the camp, you know, and then he, then he shows up late.
It was just, it just seemed like all over the place.It's a cash grab.It's a shit show.It's a cash grab.Yeah.But I get that.Look, it's a business.There's a lot of scams out there.
But the problem I had with it is that they advertised it like, you know, 15 people only.And like, you know, like that's false advertising, you know, a hundred percent.And like, there's a lot of people, this is, this is built, I get it, fantasy camp.
It's built for people in the middle of America, you know, Florida, wherever you get away from your wife for the weekend, you know, whatever.It's built for those people that have, that have a dream that want to hang out with Jay Leno and,
But then there's a lot of people like here, local comedians that have only been doing it a year or two, that got lumped in and took it and really thought it was a serious writing thing and they were going to learn some stuff.
And for $5,000, I would think like, oh, I'm going to have 15 minutes with Jay Leno.He's going to look at my set. And like, go over it with me, you know what I mean?Absolutely.So, that doesn't happen, you know what I mean?
So, and then Corolla's making fun of these people on his podcast, and they got videos of it and all this shit.
And it's just like, it's like, it's like why you do, you know, like, I know why you're doing it, because there's money involved, but it's like, comedy's a big enough scam to begin with, you know? through all this shit to just get on stage sometimes.
And now there's another thing that these celebrities are doing that I don't really think is helping people.I mean, I've heard after interviewing the guy, like I think they're trying to work on it and
Make it better, which I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.They're fixing you interviewed the owner or the guy who started the David David fish off the he's the creator of the rock fantasy camp, which is very successful.Yeah.
And, you know, in the interview, I go over, I'm like, I understand the fantasy rock up. And that's been going on for over 20 years.So that's a success.And I understand that that works because, you know, we've all wanted to be in a band.
These people already play instruments or dabble in instruments or can sing or whatever, you know.
And no one's under any delusion that you're going to learn how to play guitar like Jimmy Page over three days.
It's never going to happen.You need to know how to play it before you go in there or you at least know something about it, you know. Comedy is an individual thing.
You know, it's like, it's just you up there, you know, so like, how do you, how do you, how does that even benefit anyone?It's such an individual experience.
You know, I'm not saying you can't teach comedy.You can definitely teach like joke writing and, you know, performance kind of tips and that kind of stuff.But like for five years,
You felt, and what I took away from it, and what I agree with, and I'm going to put words in your mouth here, you felt, and other people felt, that they were dangling a carrot in front of people.
You're going to sit with some top talent, and they're going to give you some advice that is hopefully going to further your career.
And what it ended up being was just an unorganized shit show, where no one really cared.No one really cared.The people in charge and the people who showed up, you know, Corolla would probably get paid $15,000 just to show up for 15 minutes.
No one gave a shit about anybody's career.All they cared about was clocking in and clocking out. Maybe that's not all they cared about.Maybe I'm saying things that weren't true, but they didn't have any direction.And there was no one.
They probably understood.Carolla understands.Mike August understands.I know Mike.Mike August understands that no one is getting 15 minutes worth of advice and getting a Netflix special.It's not going to happen.
No.And it's like, I don't know Carolla personally or Mike. I've only met David Fishoff, who's the main guy in charge of this thing.So I have nothing bad to say about those guys.But I know Carl is a partner in it, and I get it as a financial thing.
It's probably easy money for him to do it or whatever.But it's misleading, I think.
You know, they're saying that I didn't meet people that took it twice, you know, and I was like, all right, you know, there's definitely people that it's, it's like the people that go to the, uh, the showbiz con or the comic wait in line to get the autograph and the picture is the guy who played the villain in this fucking movie or whatever.
It's like, you know, and I get that the fans out there, it's, it's those people, it's for those people. Yeah, they want to come out here for the weekend.They've never been to L.A.
They want to sit in a room with Leno and be around Brad Williams or whoever's involved in it.And I get that.Was Brad Williams involved in it?They're doing it again in January.
So yeah, it's for those people and that's where the fantasy comes in and I get that The thing I had with David it was like you're advertising this to regular comics as well So it's like you should have a you should have a process where you're weeding those people out and you're being like, you know Talk to them and it's like this may not be for you.
You know, I mean, yes being like, oh, here's my credit card $5,000, you know
Yeah, if you're not a fanboy, right?
If you're not a fanboy or, you know, if you're a struggling comic and $5,000 is like 280 nights, you know, opening up for the, you know, as the 16th opener at the Hollywood Improv on Thursday nights, then maybe $5,000, you spending $5,000 isn't going to be worth your time.
Maybe you should take that $5,000 and, you know, go do some more open mics, right?
And whatever your website, anything else, but it's like, If I had gotten this as a gift when I was like 18 at a high school and I was like, maybe I want to go into comedy.That's appropriate.It's like you don't know anything.You've never done it.
You're a kid.Yeah, go to LA for four days and fucking experiment and just take it in.That seems as a graduation gift or something like that.Or you get it for your husband.Get out of town for a while.You always like comedy.Go try this.
But when people are getting lumped in that are struggling and doing open mics, and then they're trying to get a refund on their credit card and arguing with credit card companies because of the false advertising, that kind of stuff.
And then half of the things aren't being fulfilled.There was no writing workshop like they said that they were going to have.That never happened.They were late to the comedy show because someone was unorganized.
So it seems very unorganized, the first one and the second one.So I don't know.I think they're trying to do better for the third one.We'll see.I don't know.I'm just trying to warn people that may fall into the trap of doing it.
If they are a real comic, it's not for professionals or people that are really aspiring to do it, I would say.If you're a fanboy, sure, go ahead, do it.
I think you're doing a service to the up-and-coming comics, the guys out there, you know, the weekend warriors, right?Who are really struggling, really trying to make it work, trying to find their voice, trying to figure it all out.
You know, I worked in real estate, Doug, and this reminded me a lot of real estate, and I'll explain why. Those who can't teach, right?And listen, Carolla's had a huge career.
Jay Leno, obviously, will go down as one of, whether you like his brand of humor or not, he's a stand-up stand-up.He's still doing stand-up, right?He's still going and doing open mics or whatever he's doing.
So there's no arguing with their success, but there's so many people in the real estate industry that will take your $5,000 and they have, you know, billions of dollars worth of assets under management or whatever, they'll take your $5,000 for the weekend, they'll put 100 people that paid $5,000 in a room, and they will literally talk sideways to them as if they understand anything about real estate.
And the truth is, there's only one way to learn in real estate, and that's to have money and lose it.Those are the only two ways you get to understand real estate. And there's no other way to learn it.
You cannot go to a weekend seminar and understand how to be successful in real estate.You'll never do that ever.And I know that because I worked in real estate and I saw these guys do this.
And so, but however, if you have an extra $500,000 sitting in the bank and you want to get some Airbnbs and you want to start your real estate career and you want to meet some people that might know something, sure.Spend the $5,000 and go network.
That might be a worthy— It's for people that have money to throw away and do it for the weekend.You know, like the real estate mogul that has money to throw away.Like, I love comedy.You know, let me go do it.
You know, and this guy David Fischhoff, he's a great business guy.You know, I mean, I sat down with him.He's a good guy.You know, I just don't agree with what he's doing.
You know, he's the typical character, the Jewish guy that comes in and he's like trying to make deals, do this, do that, you know, running around yelling at everyone. And he's a character, you know, but it's like it's like at the same time.
I know what he's doing It's like it's a it's a smart business thing for him to do sure And and I think the rock and roll thing is definitely do it.
But like this one, I I don't know I don't agree with it and like I I might get some flack for just interviewing him.It's like, you know, it's like Am I throwing Corolla under the bus?Maybe.I don't know.But it's like, I don't know him personally.
And it's just my opinion on it.And David emailed me two days ago, actually, because I reposted the episode because I saw that they were advertising for the January campaign.
I'm gonna repost the interview and I reposted it and I was like, hey, if anyone's thinking about signing up for this, I know they're advertising again.Here's the interview.
Just look at it, you know, and then he emailed me and he was like, Doug, I don't understand why you, why you're bad mouthing our camp. He's like, I came on the podcast to tell my side of the story.Like, what's the problem?
Do you have a problem with me?Like, why are you doing, why are you trying to hurt me or something like that?He's like, you're a journalist and you're doing this.And then I... A journalist?I'm a podcaster.Exactly.
And I was going to, I haven't been back yet, but I was going to say like, yeah, I'm not a journalist.I'm a podcaster.And as a podcaster, I have an opinion already going into something, whatever we're talking about, you know?Yeah.
And you should share with him.I would keep it, you know, like even Stevens and not have the idea about it.
And you should share with him that I didn't repost me shit talking.I reposted our interview.
So it's your words, right?You defended it.And he asked me to come on the podcast.I never reached out and begged him to come on.He emailed me twice trying to get on.He came in.I was like, yeah, absolutely.You know, I have your side of it.Fine.
I, and I don't, you know, I don't, I don't know Corolla personally either.And, but I have to, but I understand, I've listened to enough Corolla to know the guy's a very smart and pragmatic and realistic dude.Like the guy isn't a dumb butt.Right.
And so he probably knows somewhere down in his heart, this is not for struggling comics.This is for dads who, you know, what exactly what you said, right?Someone has some expendable cash and they want to spend the weekend with Corolla and Jay Leno.
And I also don't think Adam knows the extent of, like, what the advertising is going into.You know, that's all David's doing.
So it's, like, if he knows that there's a bunch of comics that are really, you know, getting lumped in there and getting ripped off, he might have a different thought on it.And, you know, I like Adam's comedy in his podcast.
So it's, like, I have nothing bad to say about him.I just think this venture is a little shady with the scam kind of thing.You know, cash credit.
I wonder who has more hours of podcasting.Joe Rogan, Adam Carolla, or the commercial breakers?
Adam's been doing it before it was a thing.I think he takes the cake on that.
Are we lumping in unaired stuff that we just reported?
The technical difficulties?Doug Bass.I think Howard Stern, he took over for Stern and then that got canceled or whatever. He started his podcast.
And you know who else was one of the first podcasters?Adam Curry.Do you remember Adam Curry from MTV?
The VJ from MTV.He is one of the, and I think very few people know this, but Adam Curry is actually, was one of the founding, was one of the people that started podcasting.He's like the grandfather of podcasting.And no one knows that.
Adam fucking Curry. He actually, and I think if the story goes correctly, that he actually went to Steve Jobs and they had a conversation about being the caretaker of the RSS feed and Steve agreed.
And that's how Apple Podcasts became kind of the, that's what a podcast is, Apple Podcasts, right?Like iPod podcasts.And so, yeah, he did.And so Doug Bass, good friend of the show.Doug, it's so good to see you.Doug Bass, Bass Hall is a podcast.
It's on what, about once a week?
It's on every week.You can follow us on Instagram at Basshole Show.The YouTube channel is at Basshole Show.That's where the full video experience is.
And yeah, once a week and we have the live shows at the Hollywood Improv and hopefully coming to a city near you wherever you guys listen, follow us and support the show.Thanks for having me.Well, that would be great.
And if you ever come to Atlanta, we're there and you're welcome back on the show anytime.We'll catch up with you maybe in a couple months.We'll touch base with you and see how Rock and Roll Fantasy came number three went.
We interviewed Brad Williams.I'm just shouting and I love Brad.Brad was great.He comes back.But I didn't get the sense that Brad was hurting for capital.
I don't know how they spin it to these comics either. And look, at the same time, if someone's like, Hey, we'll give you a five grand to come in for three hours.
I mean, I would do it.Exactly.I'd probably do it.Hey, you want to do podcast fantasy camp?I don't think I'm going to be doing any offers anytime soon after interviewing this guy, but.
Well, listen, I think you're just sharing your point of view and your perspective as a comic.
I like to do pieces that are interesting and, you know, have some meaning to them, you know, instead of just the willy nilly, you know?
I got so fascinated.I got so wrapped up in this little story that everyone was telling.I was sharing it with Chrissy.So Doug Bass, Bass Hall, go see it live.Check it out on YouTube.Check it out on Instagram and check it out on the RSS feed.
Thanks, Doug, for coming in.
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Christina's liner there reminds me that we need to do an Ask TCB because I have quite a few questions lined up.
I always feel like I have the best of intentions to do Ask TCBs, and then I never remember that when we desperately need content, we can always go to the Ask TCB handbook.As we do this episode, as we do this show 50,000 times a year.
Okay, great to have Doug Bass on the show.I appreciate his opinion as kind of a guy with his ear to the ground.I think it would be a fun job to be a bartender at a comedy club.Oh, yeah.
I thought the same thing when he said that he was a bartender.I was like, oh, that would be fun.
I think it would be a lot of fun, especially in one of those LA, like, noted comedy clubs. where you really see a lot of the up-and-coming folks, but then you also see the heavy hitters.
I'm always, I follow that comedy store and the, you know, improv, the Hollywood improv.I follow those, and then I always see that, like, super famous comedians show up in a room full of 15 people and do a four-hour set.
Yeah, they're trying out their new stuff.
Yeah, why am I never the guy that's there when they're doing it?The only guy that I've seen do any kind of workout material was Pete Davidson, and he ended up in rehab directly after he did that.
I guess I wasn't seeing the best that Pete had to offer.Though I will say he was really funny.I found him to be really funny, actually.I didn't know what to expect with Pete, but then when Pete got up on stage, he was like, surprisingly funny.
I laughed through the entire thing.So, great to have Doug on.Yes, thank you, Doug.Thanks, Doug.I think that most comedians that I've seen, at least, and maybe this is just my own personal
like echo chamber that I live in on social media, but most comedians seem to feel the same way.
The ones that I follow at least about this, I was listening to Gian Marco Sorasi, who's going to come back on the show shortly, but I was listening to Gian Marco Sorasi kind of give his opinion on Tony Hingecliff's rant.
And I think he shared a very similar opinion, which is, you're not at a comedy club working this out.You're putting yourself directly in the spotlight. And there are consequences to things that you say in those situations.
Like, you go to a comedy club and you're working out that material and you say something off-color or offensive, I think we can all understand that you're at a comedy club.
The hope is that you're going to be funny, but if you're offensive, well, you know, you're just doing a set in front of... 30 people, right?But then when you stand up in front of 19 20,000 people, it's not a comedy club.
There's no expectation that you're going to do a comedy set.And by the way, the Trump camp knew exactly what they were going to get with Tony Hinchcliffe.
I don't think anybody it's like it's like Doug said, I don't think that he went up there without anybody reading the material that he was going to share.
There's no way I picked him.
Here's my opinion.Here's my opinion, okay?And so I don't want to hear any flack.Actually, our audience is fantastic.They don't give us a lot of flack when we tend to veer off on some of this stuff, but... Let me share my opinion.
Joe Rogan has said on his podcast that he believes that Trump should hire comedians to write jokes for him during his rallies, because in my estimation, Rogan thinks that Trump can kind of go off the handle sometimes, you know, two hour, three hour long rallies where he's kind of, you know.
Muddling about like he says he's doing the weave He's doing the weave for like three hours at a time Yeah, kind of going off and Joe said has said a couple times on his show that I saw in a clip.
He said that He thought Trump should hire some of these comedians like Tony Hinchcliffe to write some jokes for him and do some roasting and stuff like that up during his rallies.
So I think that maybe somebody in the camp thought, let's take that advice.And also, you have Harris who's bringing Beyonce.I mean, Samuel L. Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen.You're bringing all of these
noted celebrities up, and I think the Trump camp felt like, let's lean into the celebrities who appreciate our point of view, which is Hulk Hogan.
Why you would choose to have Giuliani?I know.After all that has been said about Giuliani, all the things that Giuliani, whatever.America's mayor.
God, the mighty have fallen.
Oh man, what a hero that guy was right after 9-11.I remember thinking to myself, like, wow, just what a great job Giuliani is doing after 9-11.Yeah, did he win like a Nobel Peace Prize or something?
And then he said the four seasons, Lance fucking press conference.
Oh my God.Well, thank you to Doug.
Yeah.Thank you to Doug.Thanks for coming in. sharing your perspective.I appreciate it.Doug Bass, I'm a Bassel.You can catch it on the podcast if you're in the LA area and apparently other places.
Yeah, he talked about going to Oklahoma.
Yeah, he was in Omaha or something like that.Omaha, Nebraska or something.He went to Omaha, Nebraska with Tom Arnold.
Tom Arnold's another one who had no pupils from like 21 to 42 years old.But I think he's been sober for like 20 years or something like that.But I heard that guy was fucking wild back in the day.Wild.When he was like married to Roseanne.
Oh, I wish I could get Tom Arnold to come on the show and tell a few stories.
That would be awesome.I actually think they offered us Tom Arnold one time.Really?Yeah.I should have said yes.
Maybe we can circle back.
Maybe we'll circle back on that one. Anyway, go check out Basshole.It's wherever you're listening to this podcast, you can find it.You can also catch him on the socials.And if you're in the LA area or other places, check out the live show.
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