#638 - Kevin James

Today's guest is a comedian and an actor. You'll know him from everywhere, from Grown Ups, King of Queens, Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart. His new movie is out that's right now in theaters. It's called Solo Mio, and it's great if you want to go check it out. But right now, let's get to know Mr. Kevin James. And I will find a song I will sing it That's my coffee cup right there Con Dios todos es posible Posible, it is, yeah What is the middle word? Todo es Todo es Everything is That's cool With God, everything is possible What does yours say? Mine's pretty – I just have no answers. That's what it comes down to. Oh, yours is one of those Mad Lib mugs, huh? Each day is something different. That's not Italian, but that almost sounds a little bit Italian like your movie. It does. It is very close. Deal. Deal? Like Rodney James Deal, like Lock Up the Walls, you mean? Yes, yes, but much different. Lock Up the Walls. Have you ever listened to that? No. I remember him. I mean, he was crazy, right? I'm sure he was yelling, lock up the wolves. Yeah, that's true. You can't not be crazy and yell, lock up the wolves. God, that album. My brother used to beat me to his music. It makes sense. You remember your first concert ever? No. Yeah, it was Kiss. I saw Kiss, and it was like right after, I think, maybe after Kiss Alive. It was after that or Destroy. One of them early, early albums, and I went with my buddy, and I remember my buddy broke his arm, and he wasn't going to be able to go, but we convinced him to go. He was in a cast, so I was there with my mother and his mother, and he was just rocking his cast the whole night to Kiss. It was fun. God, that's good. It was a good one. There was nothing like that time when you were going to a freaking concert. Oh, yeah. When you were just a kid, and so, like, you got, like, if the air hit you and it was dope in it, it just hit you. Everything was weird. Everything was crazy. What was your first concert? I went to, oh, Marilyn Manson. And it was, yeah, they had a guy in our town, and he took us over there, me and the other young kid, dropped us off. You were there just with his? With me and my buddy. This guy dropped us off, this religious guy or whatever. He dropped you off? Religion? Yeah, he had a car. What religion? He had a car. I don't know. Last Baptist, I think. I have no idea what he was. I don't want to know, man. He's dropping you off at Marilyn Manson? Nothing decent. Oh, dude. Did he take off fast? Like, was he like, go? Yeah, he drove in a convertible. Oh, wow. Yeah, he dropped us off. He said he could get us tickets there. And we'd heard a couple of their songs and we were into them. and we were underage when we got in but it was like being in a concert when you were a kid and everything was going on if you were young it was kind of wild because you were kind of free in this place that was caged there was music you know sometimes it was like pot in the air you know it was just like a lot you know people were like a lot of new stimulus yes right a lot of weird stuff that you you know you're a little bit scared right yeah you're a little bit scared but you're excited yes and then if you get you know somebody passes you something or your buddy brought something or whatever, and you're getting lifted. And now, dude, one time we ate something. I don't know what we had. We caught a whiff of something, and we might have brought it with us and lit it up. But whatever it was, it got into us. Not me. And, dude, I couldn't see anymore, right? And I was like, oh, shit. But I still had to pee. Okay. That's one thing I noticed. If you can't see, you still have to pee. Yeah, one doesn't stop the other. Yeah. Right. I don't know. I never got lifted. But if I couldn't see and I had to pee, how did you do it? Did you just kind of walk out with a friend? I remember the direction. Or did you know where you were? I remember the direction of the back of the venue, and I put my hands like this, right? Oh, wow. And I was going back, and I remember feeling like a badge, and I was feeling like a cop. I'm sure he liked that. Oh, dude, I'm so glad he didn't like, you know. Yeah. He recognized it. I was. Yeah. I wasn't doing well. Yeah. Yeah. He saw you in a bad way, and he helped you. Yeah, and I went into the bathroom. I thought I was a raccoon. Whatever, dude. Yeah. That was a long night. Anyway, Kevin James, good to see you, man. Good to see you. Yeah. Nice to be here. Thank you very much. Thanks for coming, man. I appreciate it. Did you guys go? We saw each other last night. You showed me and Nate Bargatze and some other friends here in Nashville your movie. Yeah. We went out to dinner. Y'all did? Yeah, we just hung out and had a good night. Where'd y'all go? Oh, gosh. What was the name of that place? It was Gannon's in Nashville. Is it on a lake? I don't think it was on a lake. I mean, we didn't take a boat to get there, right? We didn't. It was. Sounds nice. Yeah, it was cool. It was a cool place. Yeah, it was nice. They gave us a little room, and we just had fun. It was prime rib. It was everything, man. It was good. Did it have that white sauce with it? It did. It did. What is that? It's like a tartar. Yeah. But it's not. It's got a W. What is it? Or a horseradish. Horseradish. Not a W. Where's the W coming from? but it's white. That's where it comes from. W is white. And it's horseradish. And they give you the chunks of horseradish, which is like, that's like the nucleus of it. I've never seen that. What are you talking about? Now, bring up, but we have a natural horseradish in its natural habitat. Yes. Yeah. And then they have a white, like, horseradish sauce that kind of blends it. See, that's the stuff. Yeah. God, that's good. Yeah. And you spread that over your prime rib. Oh, I love that. That thing, I just, I never know what it is, but they have it, and I love it. What's that? That right there. Oh, the horseradish. Yeah. So you've had it. Oh, yeah, but I just forgot. Oh, what it is. But I know you only see it with shrimp cocktail. No, you see it with shrimp cocktail, too. Oh, that's the same? Yes. It comes out the same way. They give you the chunks of the thing. Do you do shrimp cocktail? Yeah, I do shrimp cocktails all the time when the shrimps are hanging out, showing their legs or whatever off the edge of the thing. Yeah. Yeah, you split them, you pop them, and you dip them in the thing. Dude, I had no idea that was the same thing. That's the wasabi version of whatever it is for this stuff. It's like wasabi. It's like a spicy hit that you do. It's really to get you to forget the fact that you're eating fish. Yeah. Yeah, I guess because some of it doesn't taste great or whatever. Yes. Horseradish is a perennial plant of the family Brassica. It's not a vegetable. Oh, it is a root vegetable cultivated and used worldwide as a spice and as a condiment. Yeah, dude, I like that, man. I like it when I just really – but I only see it with prime rib, and I guess to me that always looked more like a milkier sauce or something different. Well, there's both. There's that. There's like little chunks when you see that, and then they give you like it's like a cool whip, like a mayonnaise style that blends with that. You put them both together. Oh, I haven't done that. And it gives you – yeah, it's a good cover. I'm missing – maybe I'm not looking around when I see that. Yeah. But I love that. You get to talk to the person and they cut it. Yes. It's a lot of fun. Yeah. You know? Oh, yeah. It's a lot of fun. It was a good night, man. We had fun. We missed you, and thanks for coming. Yeah, dude. It was great to come over there and see the film and just see the – had you seen it a bunch already? I've seen it a few times, yeah. I mean I – Did you help edit it? Oh, gosh, yeah. I did everything, you know, helping them all on every step of the way. We've been, you know, babying this thing for a while now. So it's – I'll keep seeing it. I'm going to see it again. And, you know, it's basically just your baby, you know. You work it and you just kind of try to bring it to everybody and you want it to be right. And I don't want to – you know, everybody like you, I want people to see it, to, you know, to see what they think, what they can change. Oh, yeah. But now we're here. He felt the magic of it yesterday, man. It felt good. It was a love. I don't want to give anything away. I mean, it's a love story. It's got some sweet moments that were surprises, I thought. Good. You know? It definitely made me think, like, dang, I got to get – you got to get into love, man. That's what makes you feel hopeful that people are getting into love out there. In Italy. And in Italy. Yes. That it's – I don't say that it's never too late. I found my wife later in life, too. It's one of those things where it's possible for all. People, when they get older, they start gripping the bat too tight, getting worried that I'm not with anybody. So they don't know whether to make that decision, jump, or I'm just going to be alone. And I think when you loosen up and kind of relax and just give yourself up to giving a shot, you do better. Did you feel that ever? Oh, yeah. I was definitely. I got married at like 39, I think, yeah, and I had my first kid at 40. Do you still have your wife? Yeah. I met her last night. Yeah, she was there. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, good. I kept her. I hope that was her, otherwise she wouldn't be happy hearing about this. No, no, no, no, no, no, that's her. Yeah, it looked like. I mean, it's 21 and change now, 21 years. Oh. Yeah, yeah, it's great. Four kids, it's fun. And is your wife from another country or parents might be? Well, she's Filipino and a little bit Alaskan Indian. Dude, I love Filipinos. Yeah. You do? Dude, are you kidding me? How could you not? Right? Dude, they're the smiling people. Yes. Very happy people. Oh. Very fun people. And they make lumpia. And they make what? Lumpia. Oh, I've never even heard of it. Can you look up lumpia? Lumpia is just. What is it, like a dip or something? It's like an egg roll from heaven. And you put it in the dip. And it's nothing like the horseradish one. It's a beautiful, sweetie. It can be a little spicy if you want, but it's a fun one. It's a good – it wowed me. Yeah, I would mule one of those in my ass. I think those things look good, brother. I'll tell you that. But you brought one of those into prison. You could sell it for a lot. I don't know what was going in. A lot went out in my ass. But, yeah. Oh, dude. Sorry. God, no. Those look that good. Yeah, they're good. They're very good. There's not a lot of food you'd put in yet. You know what I'm saying? Yes. Yes. Total reverse route. That's like when you see somebody's driving up the interstate the wrong way. You're like, what are they doing here? How did you get on this road? Yeah. It's real good. God, that's nice. Yeah. See, I think if somebody tricked me enough with a, you know, with some sort of fancy little oriental baklava like that, they were really. Oh, really? Yeah. They could get me to love them more. Right. You know what I'm saying? if somebody had a recipe of something that you just loved, I would give in more. But yeah, Filipinos, dude. I wish we were all Filipino. Yeah, sure. Because I think it would be great. It would be great. Name 60 bad Filipinos. I can't name one. I don't know any. Yeah. I really don't. I don't know one. I can't name one. So are your kids a little bit Filipino too? They have to be, I hope. That's so good. Yeah, they're fun. Oh, I can't even imagine You should see them, you like them Oh yeah, I'd love to see them sometime Yeah, I would love to have Like a semi-Asian or off-Asian I don't know exactly what the term is with Filipino But I would love to have a child like that It's a cute mix And they're so good They seem like such good That's beautiful, dude I know that you grew up over in New York Oh dude, I forgot to even tell you this I saw the movie When I first saw your movie solo mio it's called yes i thought it was salami oh i thought it was a oh that would be you know yes like a marvel character you're the way i could do that one next yeah that is not salami oh is a that's what i thought i was like dude what is he doing i thought not doing salami oh how did you guys not think of salami oh i just thought it was like oh this is his like superhero type of guy you know did you think it was like just one word and it was an italian word or did you think it was the the meat oh i thought i thought it was like the like the like the the master like the like like like salamio yeah like salamio shows up and rescues like the um like uh the italian parade or something happened at the italian parade but is the italian meat involved or is you no that's just his name okay does he have a cape yeah he may have a cape yes he has a cape like maybe a fine pressure or whatever yeah salamio is insane yeah so anyway i thought they had my glasses on when i saw it so yes salamio that's crazy i was like but it's awesome and it was like i could see it being super exciting you know i'm regretting every choice we made now that we did not go with salamio it really is hitting me salamio is i don't know i hope from the land of mortadella yes yes your backstory could have been sick but But when I got there and I saw the image and it was like, oh, solo meal. Yes. And it was good. Yeah. It was cool, man. Yeah. And it just made me think about love and made me think about that kind of stuff and like, yeah, just the choices that we make. I think I've watched a couple of movies recently that kind of like got me in like certain things. So you're single now? Yeah. Okay. And you're looking or you're just like, I'm looking, you know, I got to get married at some point. Right. You want kids? Yeah. I think I want to have some children. I love it. Yeah. Did you always want to have them, you think? I did. You did? Yeah, I did. I always wanted kids. And, again, I was getting worried. I was, you know, 39. It was later for me and then four. But you have so much time. You can have them. You know, you're great. You can go as long as you can, and then you adopt or do whatever. It's amazing. Yeah, some of the adopt. There's a lot of returns over there. You know what I'm saying? I'm at no judgment, and some of those are Russian. But people know it. It's on a chart. But yeah, dude, I do think – I know I would like to. I think it's just making sure I can get into that place. Go ahead. Of myself and knowing, okay, I can do this, and I have to really fine-tune my behaviors and what I need to be doing and how I kind of put myself and take care of myself and everything. It's like because this is going to be a thing. Right. Right. You want to stay in it. Right. So you want to are you putting yourself out there, though, to to in the right places to see these people, to meet these people? Because now you're I mean, it's something because you're so famous now. It's like it's a different take. You got to be careful. Right. So I guess. I mean, I still probably date the same types of gals as when I wasn't popular, you know, I think. So that I don't know if that changes, but I wouldn't date somebody. I think I would know if somebody was like, you know. Right. I hope so. You definitely would. After me for my podcast outtakes or whatever. but yeah i thought it was a great movie it was really sweet it had some good surprises so yeah i'm glad that i've i left feeling glad that i went i saw it that's good and it made me think about some things that's when i noticed something's nice for me is if i leave and it makes me like you know kind of think about myself in certain certain situations or something yeah and and hopefully uplift uplift uplifting if you know i'm saying if it feels uh you know that uh you can that there's possibility out there. You know? Oh, dude. And the singing, the part where you guys were singing, dude, I thought it was going to turn into one of those like at the crescendo. Yeah, yeah. I thought at the crescendo it was going to be like, there was going to be one of those four 4K theaters or whatever, like the 4D or whatever. Yeah. And it was just going to like a huge thing of like pasta sauce was going to fucking hit us all in the back of the head. That's what I thought, dude. If that would have happened, bro. Dude, that and Salamia. What's his name? Salamio. Salamio. Salamio. Okay, so it's Salamio. That's what I thought. Oh, dude. That's a guy? How do we not do Salamio? Bro, I'll tell you this. I want the leg muscles. Oh, you got those. No, I don't, man. I'm losing them. When you get older, you start losing the leg muscles. Abs, I got. Obviously, you know I have the abs and the biceps and all that stuff, but the leg muscles. That's a lot of leg. It is. Spotty fat. He's got a lot of clogged arteries. I like it, though, man. I'm in with this guy. I think he's just – his only thing he does is just go to the doctor to get his levels checked. Just panels of blood. Dude, those are your muscles. That's just a chunk of gout. Yes, that's all gout and cholesterol. I like it. But no, dude, it was cool. So thank you so much for inviting me, man. It's enjoyable. It's a nice – you could take your lady. You could take your lady. You go with your family. You go with almost anybody, really. Right. It was sweet. Good. it was sweet and good man um did um you grew up in mineola oh no i was born in mineola i grew up out yeah i i bounced around long island for a little bit in new eyed park and then but you know you don't know this stuff we just had a fireman on this is how i know this we just had a fireman on and he mentioned that you were from that area because i said well uh kevin james might be coming on he's like oh he's from new eyed park yeah and uh we had this guy tony bonfiglio he was there he is right there he was a firefighter during 9-11 he did 22 years on ladder 34 wow which was washington heights and he just had the best stories about growing up in new hyde park and where he went to like interview to be the fireman and him and his buddies just screwing around in the area and just going to like different music clubs and listening to cover bands and stuff like that oh i love it what a dude but he's from neola it was great yeah that's that's a lot of good people from there really yeah it's it's really cool experience feels like that it is it was it was fun growing up man which for me like helped in in stand up and helping everything i just had a good fun childhood it was really really cool funny people we have was your brother funny or something you got a sister my brother was funny uh first he he yeah we're all funny like we always it's all the dinner table stuff and you know putting on little shows when the relatives come over that type of stuff and then uh eventually i was playing football in college And I realized the dream when you're when you're not starting in Division three. Were you at Oneana? No, I was at Cortland and I never finished. I was I was drinking a lot like we were partying up there. It was crazy. It was by Syracuse and all that stuff. And Cortland, Ithaca, Ithaca, isn't it? No, it's near Ithaca. Oh, yeah, there I am. That was me playing football in. Yeah, I think that that's high school. But, yes, that was what I played. And then once I realized there was a guy so much better than me, I go, I'm not going to do this anymore. What do I do? Did you have a nickname on the team or not? I think it was the Hydrant. I don't think it was because of what you think. I think it was just a different reason. I'm not sure of the reason. The Hydrant, huh? Yeah, because I was low. I was low to the ground, and I wet myself a lot. Yeah. So, I mean, it was just a weird thing. but uh no i mean once i realized that wasn't going on anyway i never finished courtland too i got out of college did they give you an honorary thing like that in the mail they would give it to me now but i don't want to go back now i don't want to i'll get your degree man really should i go back i mean i wouldn't say i'm not going to tell you not to get your education yeah maybe i should right no i shouldn't for what what am i going to use it for i don't know i got urban planning that's mine you did you go to do you finish college yeah i finished college with me almost 11 years where'd you go? I went online. 11 years for college? I went offline also. Oh, you did? Yeah. I went to a lot of schools. I went to Arizona. I went to Santa Monica college. I went to university. Why did you not finish at one? LSU college, Charleston. Uh, I don't know why I just, Oh, I started doing comedy. So, and I would hit the road and I'd be like, and then I'd have to pick back up and do a semester and like, it was just piecemeal. Did you get into like through improv or just right into standup? Just got into stand-up. I was just like, you know, I think I – Mark Gross, I think, was the first comedian maybe I ever saw. Bring him up. Bring up a picture. What year did you start? I started in 2005. Oh, my goodness. That is so crazy. I saw this guy perform, and I'd seen – like Chris Rock is my favorite comedian growing up. I'd seen like – you know, I'd seen comedy, but I'd never seen it live. Right. And we went to college where it was like at LSU, they'd call you and be like, you got 30 free tickets tonight. Right. Right. What? Because there's paper in the room. But you get so excited. Yeah. You just get a gift. Yes. So you go. And I went and I saw him and I was like. It changed you. Yes. I was like, oh, this can really be like a thing that you wanted to do right away. Or you thought. I don't think I knew I wanted to do it, but I just I'd like to be in funny. And then I was like, oh, this can like there's a this is a real path. I just never connected the dots. I need like dot to dot to dot. I need dots between the dots to connect them, you know? And yeah, so that made me like start to, I think, have the bug. And then I got to L.A. and then I started just going up, you know? Dude, I was in Vegas when I saw you and heard about you. You know how I heard about you or saw you? Your face was the whole side of the hotel. Oh, yeah. That's it. You remember? Did you see that? Yeah, I did. It was badass. I was like, who's this? I was like, my goodness. I know. I checked you out, dude, and that was awesome. That's really cool, man. That was cool. That's crazy. That's it. Just to think that you saw that. Stoned. That's cool. I was like, whoa, I don't get that. I never got that. That was big, man. No, no, no, no. I'm serious. That was cool. Yeah, some of that stuff is pretty cool. It's like impossible to live up to that kind of hype. That is, but it's still, man, that's cool. You know? Yeah, stuff like that's kind of interesting sometimes, I guess. Yeah, there it is. See, it is. yeah look at that man that's exactly what i saw and i was like whoa this guy looks like solomio yeah you look at that look right that's a hero i'm looking for the shooter from that shooting they had a few years ago that's right that was rough yeah that was a surprise um anyway i can really ruin that compliment you were giving me but thank you it true it true i remember seeing that being there vegas and i was like whoa you know it it it an instant uh bit of like who this guy Like a little bit of fear I always like oh my gosh this new guy I'm trying to fill this room. I hope I do well tonight, and this guy's got the side of a building. I'm like, good for him. Because we needed that much advertisement. That's what it was. True. We started small. We started on thimbles. We're just handing them out on guitar picks. yeah yeah that's a great idea this episode is brought to you by pepsi and we've actually got their super bowl commercial that premiered last night let's take a look at it right here oh blind taste test my whole life's a blind taste test this bears in therapy or bear-opy i think they call it i don't even know whatever this is about I'm in. Cheap furniture. Tell me about your mother. Oh, yeah. Mother longing. Is this me? Staring at women through windows. Yep. Oh, that's sweet. That's nice. Let's go, Bear. With your lady at a concert. Oh, that's a pretty cold play right there. me and this bear are really similar drinking games therapy cheap furniture and longing for a woman through a pane of glass peeping tomming we call it but i guess in the animal kingdom it's more of like a acceptable pastime all right moving on uh but actually kind of staying right here um some of my friends bug me that i choose pepsi over coke but there's actually been blind taste tests that prove that Pepsi Zero Sugar tastes better than Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. There's even a name for it. It's called the Pepsi Paradox. It's the idea that once bias and labels disappear, cola drinkers prefer the taste of Pepsi Zero Sugar. Yep. Pepsi first showed this 50 years ago with their iconic Pepsi challenge when they had people try Coke and Pepsi without the labels and And the results were clear. When you take labels out of the equation and you just focus on taste, people choose Pepsi. I mean, that's what the Super Bowl commercial was showing. There's a blindfolded, cola-loving polar bear, and he chooses Pepsi. Zero sugar. Dude, my freaking blind cousin chooses Pepsi. He just emailed me. How can he email? Maybe he could Pepsi for a second. Hey, quiet down. Bad joke. It's the question that Pepsi is putting out there. Is your Cola choice actually about taste? Because they redid the Pepsi challenge in 2025. And guess what? 66% of people chose Pepsi Zero Sugar over Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. And it just makes you think, if nobody told you what you were supposed to like, what would you actually choose? The public has spoken. and Pepsi Zero Sugar tastes better than Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. If you're curious, go try Pepsi Zero Sugar. Let your taste decide. When your comedy first started, was it just something you wanted to do? Do you know it kind of? I know it's such an old question, but you and I don't really know each other. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I knew when I got out of college, I left college. I didn't finish. I went home for the summer and my brother started doing improv. and I was like, I was bouncing at the time and I didn't know what I wanted to do but I didn't want to do this. I just wanted to try something and I always follow him into other things so he'd be like, you're coming into, you know, whatever it is, you know. So I ended up doing a small community theater play and I said, you know, then I started doing an improv group with him and their buddies and I fell in love with it and then it just progressed into stand-up. Now, I did my first stand-up, First night was in 1989, July 26, 1989. That's how long I've been doing it. Fuck yeah, boy. And no, I loved it. I mean, and I crushed the first night I ever did it, which I'm thankful for. Yeah. Because the second night, I ate it so bad with the same material. And I didn't know, you know, and if I would have ate it first, I think I never would have done it again. But so I'm thankful that I did okay. And then, no, I love it, man. I love it. And then, you know, just. Was your brother weird about it that you came in and liked his thing? No, you know what? I got to say he was really cool about it. He actually he would tell me, you want to do this? OK, if you want to do this, come and do it. And I would start to do it. You know, back then we would buy these calendars completely empty. And I was working at Granger and it was like my last day job. I was like, I wanted to get the equipment. Yes, that's what I did. I was in the back. It was hot as can be. And I had to fill orders and I hated everything about it because it was miserable. I was just trying to work my way up to the air conditioning. There's hella mice in there, too. There's everything in there. So I'm just driving a forklift, and I'm working hard, and I'm trying to fill my calendar with these stand-up dates. And it would just be like once a week or whatever it is. And then my brother called me one night, and he goes, what are you doing tonight? And I go, I'm staying home. He's like, what? Because you have to sign up for open mic nights. Yeah, you've got to sign up sometimes in advance or that sort of thing. You've got to get there early. He's like, why aren't you out of the club tonight? And I go, I didn't get a spot. He's like, that doesn't matter. So what? Why aren't you going out there making something happen? Go look. And, you know, somebody falls out or you meet somebody or talk to somebody. And I'm like, all right. And I went that night and I met somebody and I became like my first agent. And so he was right, man. He helped me, you know, a lot in that. And he was cool with helping me out. And he was the funny one, you said? Yes, he was. I mean, we're all funny. The whole family was funny. He was the first one to start it, like, to get going that direction. It's interesting how, like, that happens. And I was like, yeah, like my brother was a funny guy. And so I think that's why, like, you know, I think I'm why I wanted to be like that. Yeah. I think you're just trying to like. Did your brother do stand up? No, he was just like probably just desperate for attention like me. But he was also, you know, he was a funny guy. Right. There are a lot of funny guys in school that were like. He didn't get a stand up. Oh, dude. Right. That would be. I'm like the best. You didn't. That would be the best. I'm so glad you didn't do it. Oh, dude. My friend Scott was like the funniest kid to me. And I'm like, I am. Some of the people are like, Dio, you're funny. never really just went and did it yeah because yeah i mean honestly being funny with your car and and making that leap to doing it in front of people and developing it is a different thing though it's like you've got to create it and kind of get used to it's a different animal right when you're oh yeah i know my my buddies are so funny i got a buddy who's so funny but when he doesn't i go do that impression in front of someone else he can't do it he folds like a house man oh yeah he's just it's rough it's rough and i look bad oh dude the worst is when oh sometimes you do look bad because of other people i remember this i dated this girl she didn't know how to stand out of the way of where people were walking oh see that would drive me that would that would drive me nuts oh i would have to go hide in the bathroom no that's that's brutal that's we'd be talking she would like take a step back i'm like this is where all the people are walking and it It was like – and people would bump into her and then guys would like – and then it's just like – I dated a girl who would take five seconds before she would realize that a waiter is there asking her for – and every time. And I'd have to go – he's looking – and she'd just be like this in a daze every time, five seconds. And then she'd come out of it and I'm like, I can't go on. I can't go on. I couldn't be married to that. So it was like there's no use in me being here. It's the little things. dude i dated a girl that i was in love with and then we kind of like canoodling or snuggling whatever they used to call it i think they don't i don't know why they don't call it that but um we're canoodling i guess now it's called and then but her head was really small she had big hair and her head was so small yeah and i was like i i did you like that though or did you just was like it was like a it was a point where you go i want to help her and be with her or you know Or is it like that small or like – No. Like how small though? Like a ballpoint pen or are we talking like – You know that day when you only knew about baseball and then one day you're at PE and they show you softball? Yes. Okay. And you get that ball and you're like, what the – what is this? And you're like, oh, this is like a baseball with like intestinal issues or whatever. Right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, it's a baseball with inflammation and – Yes, yes. It's a baseball that has, yeah, that has not had proper dieting. My heart melts for the physical things more, but I dated a girl once who would just say the phrase, rattle your cage every time. She's like, hey, and I'm like, what are you doing? And she's like, I'm just calling her rattle your cage. And I'm like, I can't go on. That's a buddy of mine. It's a joke. Oh, it is? It happened to a buddy of mine. But that is a thing that I would literally get out of. Yeah, I'd be out. Wouldn't that be something like that? She goes, hey, just call to rattle your cage. I would fucking rattle my phone against the wall. I would rattle my freaking head off a balcony. I love it. Dude, yes. Also, I dated a girl. We would be sleeping. She'd get up in the middle of the night, put a bunch of M&Ms and chocolate in her mouth and come right back in her fucking bed. she said like sometimes i can't fall back and sleep unless there's chocolate in my mouth and i was like that's crazy yeah there's a lot of problems with that but it was that was crazy dude i had a girl who made me roll her up in a blanket so she could go to bed at night like yeah or like lumpia yeah no way it was like the lumpia yeah i had a girl just i didn't even realize that till just now did you have to unroll her in the morning or you just left him no you just leave her dude i didn't even know her that well you can't get out yeah yeah well She doesn't have claustrophobic issues, though. You know that. So if you're ever stuck in an elevator with her, you're the one you want to be with. She's dynamite. Yeah, you're right. I need to look at the other side of the coin. Yes. Like, definitely. There's always a bright side. Yeah. I sometimes get stuck on the other side. And I'm like, I know it's brighter over there, but let me mill around over here. Yeah. In the shadows. Well, look at both. I mean, Little Head, you know, Burrito Girl, all these things can be there. There is a positive side to it, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, dude. I mean, I just, yeah, that was a lot for me. But then also I'm like, I don't know. But there's a lot of things that I think have probably kept me kind of single over the years. You know? Yeah. Did you ever travel to those matchmaking services or no? Because I get approached by those all the time now. I was before them, I think. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe they existed. But, I mean, I was before the, I think, the internet and all that crap. You know, I got married in 2000. What is it? Three or four? Is it what was going on? 2004, I got married. Was that, what was around then? I don't even know if anything was around, but I never used them anyway. Yeah, how would you even be able to do it? Loitering or whatever? Yeah, we tried. I mean, I met my wife on a blind date. Someone set me up because Leah Remini, who was on my show with me, the King of Queens, she saw that I had nobody, and she set me up with. No, so it was one of her good friends. No, it wasn't her. She didn't set me up with a girl. She did over the years. She tried to. But she set me up with a house decorator because she came to my – when we had the King of Queens, I got my first place in, and she saw how it was decorated, and it was terrible. I had, like, prong lamps and posters. Like, I was living with my brother, and it was like – she's like, you can't do this. You can't decorate a half-forward. Yes. So she got a decorator for me, which I never knew about or anything like that. It wasn't me. And this decorator came into my life, and she was a horrible decorator. But she set me up. She really was. She wasn't great either. I didn't like it. but she, she saw that I was lonely and like I had nobody. And she, she set me up with somebody she knew. And then it was like, uh, it was amazing. Did it change like that for you when you kind of realize like, this is something. Cause it's funny how you people go from a moment. I have a friend, she's a comedian. She was like, I don't know what's going to happen. You know, I'm going to sell my eggs or my barium over here or whatever, you know? And, uh, and then out of the blue, one day I called her, she's like, yep, I'm moving to Florida. We're getting married. And it's just like, it can turn on a dime. That's the thing. It can. That's the thing you got to remember. And by the way, I think most of the time it does when you're not trying, right? I mean the thing where you're not looking. Yeah, that's what they say. Right? I don't know. I think for me it did. I was just kind of – and she was like, try. And I was like, oh, I'll give it a shot. Never thinking anything would come of it. And then I never left her. That was it. Did you – were you kind of a romantic guy? Are you kind of like that guy? No. I don't think so. I had to fake – like she wanted to go out and we went to a sushi restaurant the first night and I didn't – I never ate sushi. So she's like, do you eat sushi? I go, yeah. I lied right out of the gate just because, you know, I wanted to make things smooth. And we got there, and it was just a rough. It was everything you don't want to eat at a sushi restaurant made an appearance. She was ordering. It was rough. And I had to fake it and get through it, but I was drinking a lot of beer to get through it. I was taking it like a pill, you know, like I would take the sushi like a pill. Yes. And I got through that night. You're holding your nose. I was lying about everything. She's like, do you jog in the morning? I go, I jog every morning. I never jog. We started jogging. I was like, what the? I got to keep it up. And finally, we were close enough where I go, I got to tell you some things here. I don't do a lot of the stuff we've been doing. I sit a lot more than we have been sitting. And that was it. I was like, and she, you know, I was in enough of the relationship though there where she was like good with it. You know what I'm saying? Like we knew each other. So she's like, okay. And then the active things kind of fell off and it was fun. That's cool, man. Yeah. You got it. Yeah. I mean, how hard are you looking right now? Right now I'm actually trying to need to get back into it again. I know you don't want to. Yeah. No, I'm actually just trying to take a step back right now and I'm just going to like spend a little bit of time with myself and see what's kind of going on. You working out, you taking care of yourself? Yeah. I'm doing pretty good, man. I'm fasting today. Actually. You fast. I fasted yesterday. Did you? Yes. Let's go. Let's go, baby. Dude, yeah. I fasted today. I fasted. Let me see. I did like three days last week. I just got into it this year, and so it's been interesting. I feel super dehydrated today, but it's like some days that happens. That's the biggest thing. You've got to replace the water. And by the way, if you do fast, the next day you don't go to Nashville. It's just Nashville. I just went to the deli here and crushed it. It was great. Oh, yeah? Well, that's the thing. I bounce back and forth. I can do a day fasting, and then the next day you should just kind of, Be good on your body because it's like it digests it. It's feeling good, and then you can't put crap back in. So I've got to stop doing that. That's obviously the battle for me, the food. But that's awesome that you're fasting. Yeah, I like it. What do you fast for? Because you don't need to lose weight. So you're fasting for? Just for health reasons, just because they say like autophagy your body gets into. And then it helps fight like cancer cells and things like that. Like your body starts taking care of itself. And because my brain gets clear, I have noticed. It's funny. I just noticed this the other day. I think I'm having dreams that seem more relevant to like direction in my life and like some sort of like information, not all the time, but a little bit more than just like dreaming that I'm like attacking somebody with a net, you know, like, you know, writing a neighbor. Exactly. Regular shit or waiting in line or whatever. Yes. Yes. But you have dreams of waiting in line. Oh, yeah. Oh, dude. Lou Ferrigno's in a lot of them. No. Yeah. You and Lou Ferrigno are waiting in a line. Yeah. At the post office and his wife's mad at him. No, at him or you? At him. Are you in front of him or behind him? I'm behind him. Yes. Yeah, and I know it was him. So you see it going on. Yeah. You see the whole relationship. And then is the lady behind the counter going like next or you never get there? No. You never get there. We never get there. Dude, that is the greatest dream of all time. Dude, I probably had it 300 times where I finally was able – you ever had a dream so many times? You're just on the edge and when you wake up, you're like, what? Yeah. I've had it so many times. What is it? You know? You know, like it's horseradish. Yes. Dude, yeah, that's one of a big one for me. I love it. But recently I've been getting, I've just been getting a little more information. Anyway, I just think it's, I feel clear in a lot of ways. It's helping me feel a little bit more inspired, I think, to take care of myself. Because I think it starts to show me that I'm willing to make some sacrifices, even in little ways. That's what it is. Yeah. Have you done it? Yeah. Yeah. I did fasting. I do it every once in a while I'll do it, but I did a really long one. And it was great. And then I got fat again. I told Rogan this. I did 41 and a half days. Damn. Just water. But honestly, I didn't rid myself of, like I was doing it for like different, like spiritual reasons. Like I wanted to clear out everything. and because the whole journey I was watching like food, pictures of food and going, this is what I'm going to eat when I'm done. I can't wait to get back there. I never really broke the habit of going, I don't eat food. It doesn't matter. I would feed, you know, I would cook food for my kids and the smell of food. I'd be like, hey, can I make you a sandwich? Because I was living through that and I wouldn't eat it and I was fine with that, but I needed to see the food and hold it. I'd smell it, you know, and then I'd hand it off. and it didn't break the real bind. You know what I'm saying? The cord of being detached from stuff. And that's what I got to do in my life with everything because I'm an addicted guy. I'll just be like, oh, I got to cut it off. That's it. Yeah, I think that's what I'm trying to do with dating right now is just like, let me take a break from like, because if I put myself into a moment over here and I'm in this over here and then I'm going on maybe a date that I'm not interested in But maybe over here, somebody I am interested in, but now I don't have time because I'm kind of dividing it up. And then I'm like, let me just see what's going on here at the factory. Yeah. By the way, I had a dream that I was on the ledge of a building, and I'm falling. I've had this one a few times. I'm falling, but I never leave the ledge. I'm just yelling the whole time like I'm falling down. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, ah! But I never jumped. I'm just looking. Yeah. And then I wake up. That one comes back. Anyway, I just want to throw that in there. I'd be so pissed if I'm down there. I'm like, what is this? Yeah. Look at this poser. Yes, exactly. You're looking like, is he doing it? He's just yelling. He's got all the accoutrement, but no fall. Dude, the weird guy at a suicide dump is the guy who's just waiting down there for the guy to jump. Yes, just like this, not doing anything. Arrest him. Yeah, that's what you should do because this guy's not either helping or pushing. You know, either one. He's not doing anything. Either run upstairs, do something, make a move, but he's just waiting. These are the people in life we don't need. Eating and the guy that's eating and waiting. Eating. If you get nachos and you're pulling up and you're waiting for a guy to jump. Yeah, you're like, hey, hey, hey. No, I can't. Give me 30 seconds. Let me grab this nacho. Ledge. To dream of standing on a ledge represents being on the verge of something. Is it? Yeah. Someone else may be very close to finally making a big decision. and you may be feeling tense or experiencing anxiety about a difficult change. Alternatively, a ledge may reflect how close you or someone else isn't close to going in a far-sitch. Wow. Shit, I messed up the sentence. That's okay. Because you know what? It still kind of hits the area. You know what I'm saying? I kind of got the gist of it. Yeah, thanks. Yeah, Rogan's crazy. Have you been on his show before? I did Joe's show. I've known Joe for maybe more than 35 years. Oh, wow. What's 1990? No, maybe 34 years. What is it? 1990 is 36 years, right? 26. That's so wild. Yeah. Yeah. He's the one who got me, I mean, really with my manager. And he's just, he's always been the guy that's just like, go follow your own path. And, you know, he was the one who got me out of. Yeah. He got me out of. Did he always seem so confident? Yeah. He did. He just did. He was the one who got me out of. I was the stand-up comedian behind the mic with the sleeves pushed up and the bolo tie. I don't know if you remember these comics. These comics were the jackets, the funny jackets, the color. And he just wasn't that guy. He was just a hat backwards guy and just go out there. And he always tells me, like, don't. I was always, like, so desperate to get laughs and trying so hard. And he was like, you know, don't give them your jokes on the platter. He was the one who told me, like, basically make them comfortable in knowing that whatever you say you know is funny. And if they don't know, like they got to catch up and be part of it. You know, right. Don't make it about the jokes. Make it be you. Yes. Yes. Yeah. He was such an influence. So was he did other people see him? Because now people see him. I mean, and I certainly do like as a, you know, I don't know if it's a pioneer as much, but like, I mean, he's the best in his space, like in podcasting. His standup is just I mean, he's just a killer. Like he's always been, you know, he's always he just was like he's super, super intense in anything. he, like, once he locks on doing it, I think he just seems so confident. I told him I think, like, when he I think God's going to make him one of the greatest saints of the 21st century. I really do. I think this guy, and I keep saying, because God's going to use him. He's like, I don't know what the hell you're talking about. He just goes and he seeks truth. And he's a guy that's just like, when he seeks it, he knows it's true. He's unrelenting. Like, he just doesn't stop. Yeah. And it's like, that's who, like, he'll go social. He's crazy. Like, I knew it was martial arts. is jiu-jitsu we started jiu-jitsu together by the way i'm a blue belt i'm a blue belt 30 something years he's crazy black belt he's beyond you know he's dark black belt dude he's so he's he's a cafe de negro he is badass he is the real deal he really is and uh and he was getting into the internet before anybody and just searching these things in truth and that i mean he was crazy about it and i was just like i never i'm always behind the curve way behind it well we need sleep i think he's like the kind of guy he's like i don't know he always just seems to me like he's so and he and i know he and i know each other pretty well now um but he just has always go he's always go and he's so curious and he remembers everything that's the craziest thing you can't lie to him because he remembers everything yes so you're about to lie and you're like oh shit no he and he call you that what i love about it like you know even me like I known him for 36 years now Even doing his podcast it like you got to be careful because he be like what What do you mean And it like a dog It a dog that caught you and you like and you got to come But I love that because there's such an innocence behind that. He just wants to know the truth. He's like, that's not true. You didn't say that, or you didn't do it. So you've got to be careful. He's kind of an oracle. I don't know if it's an oracle, but he's kind of like a mirror of something. You know what I'm saying? There is something about that. I think it's super. I totally believe it. Some people give him a hard time, whatever. But to me, he's always seemed very altruistic as just to who he is, you know, or trying to be the best of who he is. That's it. And it's not everybody falls. Everybody makes mistakes, you know, and does things wrong. But I know this guy is searching for truth. And he's always just calling it out. He's an astronaut, man. He's everything. Dude, yeah, I was at the UFC the other day. And he brings these big bags of beef snacks, and it's just beef and salt that's dried out beef. And he brings – Because he wants to get down from 2% to 1% body fat? Is that it? Yeah, he's doing something. Wow. He's always over there fucking, you know, drinking fucking bat saliva or something, doing something, trying to get an upper. Yeah. But anyway, yeah, there it is, carnivore snacks. So he has three bags, and he gave one to Daniel Cormier. And then Daniel traded one of his and – traded for what i had a tub of popcorn and he couldn't keep away from oh i love it he's like my hand just keeps ending up in there dc yeah but anyway that was pretty great too but i got to eat a whole bag of those beef snacks how are they myself you know what they're really good they're not too salty so you don't get like um like chip fatigue you know right yeah yeah yeah well some of them it's like you're chewing on a the top of a shoe and it's just tiring it's exhausting for the teeth oh and it's not like jerky jerky to me sometimes at a certain point seems like what are we doing yes it's a give up you give up yeah but this is nothing like that that's cool yeah and it feels kind of carnivorous i guess in a sense yeah i enjoyed it right but um it's fun just seeing them over there with their snacks but sometimes you'll see daniel corney over there he'll have a thing of summer sausage yeah yeah and it's freaking february he dips and he's over there just slicing it off you know i I love it. He's a good man. He's like me in that he loves his food. He likes snacks. I golf with him. Yeah. Are you golf with him? I did golf with him and Chris Wybin. Chris Wybin loves you, too, by the way. Chris Wybin is a cool guy. Yeah, he loves you. I know Chris for Long Island guys. Oh, yeah? Yeah. So whenever you were training, was he training, too, then? Always training with him in their group. Ray Longo and over there. Dude, that's cool. Yeah, they're fun. They're a fun group. Long Island is tough guys, man. A lot of good guys came out of Long Island. yeah so uh no but it was it's you know fun him and dc we all went out and golfed and had a blast and uh oh does that mean next to wyman yeah why is that you wyman is hilarious dude he's got the best energy bro yeah he's a great guy he's he's incredible and uh yeah he uh they have a great show now that they do too yes he was just telling me that they're doing more and more with him he's and i said man i'm so happy that he stopped fighting i i want them all to stop fighting because I don't want anybody to get hurt. You get to know all these guys. You're like, please don't fight anymore. That's why I stop watching. I don't go anymore. I used to go all the time. Oh, you did? Dude, I would go to these fights before anybody was even there. Oh, wow. I would hear the stomping on the canvas. There'd be nobody there. That's when I go. Yes, I love that. I go in the beginning. It's quiet and you hear a crack of a fist into a jaw or something. I loved every moment of it, but I just couldn't do it anymore because I would get to know these fighters, and I was like, I couldn't. Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, those fights. I saw Chuck Liddell. I thought he passed away, and I was like, holy shit. Yeah. No, I couldn't. You're alive. Oh, look at you. You are there early. Oh, dude, I go early a lot. Dude, I love that. Last time I got there, too early. I love that, man. So you're not showing up at the main event, going in there, sitting there? No, dude. I love it. I think this is amazing. These are like these people that are doing the thing that they love the most. Right. And some of them in the earliest, they're coming out for the first time into this UFC. Like, and they come out and nobody's there. It's like, yeah. And, but dude, yeah, sometimes you see some of the best fights early. Yep. Yeah. I love it, dude. Good for you. Yeah. That was it. And then I would start to know these fighters and I couldn't watch them anymore. I was there with Rich Franklin when he got knocked out by Anderson Silva. And it just, I was, there was his wife, you know, watching this and just like, you just stunned. And I'm like, I can't do this anymore. So I stopped going. I couldn't do it. I didn't want to see these guys. I was telling him that I wanted to say that I wanted to get Chris out of fighting because I was like, he's had so many surgeries, broken leg, all these things. And it's like, he's a good-looking guy, man. Get on TV, and he's funny, and he's personable. So I'm glad to see he's doing TV stuff. Yeah, there's a lot of great guys over there. Angry Girls, it's been fun. Yeah, being associated with that whole thing has been just so exciting, just to get to go watch it. Do you train? No, I trained for a little while, and then I just kept getting hurt. Yeah, it's tough. Like my ribs, and I'd be having like some fucking huge guy would be rolling over on me or something. And it was just like it was a lot. So I think I'll do it again whenever I don't have so much responsibility. I got to do it when they work out the smell. You know what I'm saying? The smell of the room. Oh, yeah. I just – I can't do it. Not at 60. Like when I was younger, I was like, hey, you got to be – it doesn't matter what it is. At 60, you go, I don't need to smell this anymore. You hit 60? Yeah, I hit 60. Can you believe that? No, not at all. Yes. You're a baby. I'm telling you, I've been around a long time. So what I'm saying is I don't need the smell of a jujitsu room anymore. Yeah. I'll do it privately. I'll do it like that way for a while. And once, you know, because a wet gi, I don't think there's much worse than that, going up against a guy with a wet, right? And you're in there, and he's got your face, and he's cranking it, and all you got is like wet gi and chest hair. That's past gay. It's past like a gay feeling. I think a gay feeling. It's beyond romance. Yeah, it's a control thing. And it's just not good. And he got wet and then got cold and wet. Yes. That's the thing. If somebody's warm and wet, at least you're like. It's actually a bath. Yeah, that feels a little bit more like a bath would feel. Cold and wet is just bad. And the smell. Yeah, that's tough stuff, dude. Not my favorite. Nope. we've got another segment now brought to you by Pepsi you saw the bear the myth the legend in the Super Bowl commercial where he chose Pepsi zero sugar and now we've got him in studio here what's up bear first off thanks for coming I don't even know how you got here well actually we just had a huge freeze here so oh you can't talk Okay, I think what will be easiest to get to know you, I think, is if I ask you questions and you just use these paddles, this or that. Does that make sense to you? Okay, let's get started. Okay, I got to ask you out the gate, big dog. 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Okay, that's not edible. I don't care. We have another one. So this, the first sip, or that, the last sip? Okay. All sips. All right, this is the last one. This is a big one. This Coca-Cola Zero Sugar or that Pepsi Zero Sugar? It's the truth. Pepsi Zero Sugar tastes better than Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. That's his take. That's my take. But let your taste decide. Hey. Yeah. Jeeps, where are you going? Oh, wherever you want, I guess. Where does a polar bear sit? Wherever he wants. Was it hard for you to adapt to married life once you got married? No. No. Once I found her, it was like, I remember I went away. I was with her for a while. You know, it's like this is it. I knew this was it. And it wasn't because, oh, I got to get married or anything like that. I could tell because I just didn't want to be away from her. And I had to do, I think, a couple gigs or whatever. I was on the road for a while, and she couldn't go. And I just hated being away from her. I was calling her every night, and I was like, wow, I got to get back there. Had you had that feeling in a long time? I hadn't. You know, not with who I was dating and going out with. So, no, it wasn't there. It was totally different. You just click on so many different levels, and it just becomes apparent. Like, man, I need this person in my life. They make me better, too. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That's it. So she's amazing that way. So that was it. I was like, I'm done. I'm happy. Gosh. Oh, that's a great thing to say. Yeah. No, I am. It's amazing. Yeah, when you see your wife, you get excited, you give her a hug? Yeah, I'll give her a hug. but sometimes it's not crazy romantic all the time it's life you're tired you just pass each other sometimes it's a fist bump it's like get out of here but I miss her this morning she left this morning we were out last night I was like wow you know you're going to have all those feelings all the emotions and everything and all the cooking or this, that, the things that you love them so much about, it's a bounce of them all. It's everything. It's the good. It's the bad. And you just realize overall, it's like, I never want to be without them, you know, even in the worst moments. So you know that and it's real. You think you can fall on like a different type of love when you're like in your late 30s or as you get older than you can when you're younger, you think? First, for me, I think I matured. I'm still not that mature. You know, I'm 60. And it's like, so I still think like a kid, like an idiot. So for me, I'm glad it happened later. You know, some people are able to know what they want when they're younger and much more mature. I was not there, you know. Yeah, I think, and your career might not have happened the same. Yeah, that's for sure. I needed to be kind of by myself and get it going. Because you might have left your family all the time to go, it would have just been really different. It would have been rough. For sure, yeah. So I'm glad I got the grind out. Now I take them with me if I'm, you know, doing a movie. You know, I'm never away from them for that long, which is good. Do you miss some of those days, like the road days back in the day? Like, do you ever – are there any of them that you kind of romanticize a little bit? I still do them. You know, it's like the days – But I mean like clubs that weren't – just like, you know, I'm talking about like – Staying in the condo and all that stuff. Yeah, yeah. Like, did you ever stay in Mishawaka? Did you stay in condos? Oh, yeah, dude. You did? You ever stay in Mishawaka over there? Where's that? Indiana, like right outside of – Notre Dame's right there no but I've made crazy crappy condos and stuff like that but it was exciting it was me, my brother, a couple other guys comedians that were you know Rogan but never went on the road with Rogan but yeah it was great it was fun you know you stay at I used to play the Tropicana in Vegas and I never gambled I'd never been to Vegas And I remember losing my week. You go there for a week. You do two shows a night for seven days, man. You have to eat downstairs with the staff. Yes, exactly. And sometimes there's no food, and they're asking you for food. Yes, yeah, exactly. It's rough. But you're excited to be there. It was like 103 degrees. This is what I remember when O.J., when they were chasing O.J., I was in Vegas at the Tropicana, and we were drinking. You're staying in your hotel. I think you're getting maybe, I don't know how much money you're getting, but I lost, in the first night, I've lost my entire week's worth of money. I'm not kidding. So we got a case of Bud Light Ice, which was the beer that it was so good and frosty at a gas station. Oh, I remember that beer. Do you remember that? Yeah, they discontinued it. It was great, though. Yes. I liked it. I did, too. God. Bud Light Ice. And, uh. Bring up a picture of it. Can you please? Something would it look like? And they had, there was something, Dog, at the same time. Oh, yeah. Red Dog. Red Dog. Yes. thing i love that you know that was disgusting it's supposed to be for like disabled bud light eyes there you go we got a case of that we sat in my uh in my hotel room and we just pounded it and it was like still 103 degrees at night i remember that and oj was being chased or whatever it was just crazy dude i remember i would be in my hotel one i remember this one hotel i stayed at i think it was in or outside of syracuse in like liberty new york or something and they gave you a cup of water and uh and it was filled up when i got in the room it was like a cup of water i was like it wasn't even like a bottle of water and i was like oh that was for you if you're a hotel yeah if you're thirsty we poured you a cup of water and put it in there did you stay in some rough places yeah just places where you like would have to walk on the interstate to get there whatever like a highway to get there just some places that were a little bit like what is going on here i drove eight hours to a a gig that i had to do one gig it was one night i was making like no money I get there early before the gig, and it's a crappy motel-type thing. I pull the bed back because I'm tired. I just drove eight hours. I could take a nap before the show. There's a roach in the blanket. I mean, I don't even know. It was this big. I literally just put the blanket back. I went to the show. I just sat in my car in the parking lot until the thing was ready. Did the show. Drove home eight hours, man. I'm not staying with a roach. Couldn't do it. There's some miserable places. Yeah, dude. I remember we were, to save like $100, you'd fly into a city that was like four hours. Like if you could figure out the math. Yes, yes. And then drive here and get a ride. Then you're like, oh, I'll just finish a show. I'll drive and catch a flight out of Indianapolis at 5, 8. It's just like everything was like. Did you have a buddy, like a comic buddy that you go with or you were by yourself? I didn't. I was out there and I'd always pee in the bed. I'd always pee on my cell phone once it came out. so I'd miss certain calls or wake-up alarms. Back that up. Wait a second. What did you say? I would wet the bed. You would wet the bed? Yeah, I'd wet the bed, man. First of all, let's start with this one first, and then we'll back it in there. Why is your cell phone in the bed? Can you put it on the counter? No. I'd fall asleep. You put it on the counter. That's not that close. You shouldn't have that close to you anyway. Put that on there. By the way, you won't pee on it then, but why are you wetting the bed? I was wetting the bed, man. Were you drunk or just letting it go? I was drunk, and I wet the bed for a long time. Okay. I was in it. Just because you got used to it when you were younger and you're like, let's just keep going with this. I can't remember, dude. I just think I just was always so nervous. Yeah. And whenever I was asleep at some point, finally, I wasn't nervous. And my body's like, well, this is when we got to urinate. You know, you seem like a guy that operates from a place of fear, right? Everything. Like, I'm that way. I don't know about you, but I get worried about everything or you're not worried about everything. Oh, I would get worried. Like if I'm with a girl and there's like a moment of silence, it makes me so fucking. You got to feel that. I get so scared. Yeah. I'm like, I just don't want to give her room not to like, it was almost like, if there's any space here, she'll not like me. I don't want to give her room not to. So you got to fill that space up. Yeah. And I would do it with one word for the next set. So it's like, if we were talking about, yeah, when I went to the, uh, the other day, the game with my brother and it was a lot of fun and then it gets quiet and I would go because, uh, and I would say, because, uh, to give you moments to start. Yes. And, but I don't know what I'm saying. And she's like, what do you mean? And I'm like, because now I'm like, in my head, I'm like, Hey, because it has to follow you got to follow with something if you say because of it. So I was like, because, you know, we just like the team that was playing something. And then it's like dead again. And I'm like, I do another one. So and it's just those little words like just shut up, man. Sit in the pocket. I can't sit in the pocket. I can't sit in the pocket. Dude, it's the same with baseball. I would get up there. I would swing three times before even fucking through it. And I would go sit down. Yes. And if they had a problem with it. I love it. I'm going home. I like it. My mom would sit in the distance. She would be in the van. And she would honk. She's like, if you don't hit it, we're fucking leaving. I love it. And she'd be gone, dude. I never hit it. Dude, I love that. I never hit it, dude. But yeah, there's something about that moment where it's like, I just can't. And especially if it's like looking at a woman in the eyes, too, that's always been like super tough. It's just like something that's like, yeah, I just always had a tough time with that. But I can't let there be a thing. Well, I couldn't. If the woman didn't in high school or even beyond, I had to know the girl. She had to come over to me. I could never be one of those guys that go up. I'd be like, ask my friend. She's like, she likes you. Go talk to her. I couldn't talk to her. I'd walk around her in a big circle. Oh, gosh, yes. That's funny. That's great, though. That's insane, though. That's marking your territory, and you're trying to go in, and you don't even know how to do it. Yeah, I would need her to come over, and I would need confirmation of, yes, I like you. Yes. Let's go out. I couldn't. I'd be like, you sure? I'd give her every out. We don't have to do this if you don't want to go out. Are you okay? If anybody hangs out with me, a lot of them are always like, are you okay? I don't even do it on purpose. There's a part of me that just asks them that. It's a sweetness, man, but it's a worry that you're not good enough, right? Oh, I'm sure. I think it's not even on the front of my thoughts anymore, but it's still just this old thing that's just built in me. I've had it my whole life. But that looking in the eyes, like, yeah, I couldn't look a woman in the eye. I just like – I don't know what it is if they – I don't know what I'm afraid they're going to see. They're just going to see that something's wrong with me probably or something – or I'm going to see them. Here's what I think it is too. I'm going to see them see that something's wrong with me. Right? You would look for signs. She saw me just like – she knows I'm weak. Right. I'll know the look in her eyes. Yes, yes. I'll know the look in her eyes when she sees that, when she realizes that there's something wrong with me. so I got like I don't know so I don't want to lock out something like that I don't know what it is anyway sorry for talking you don't want no no it's the truth I'm the same way you don't want to give yourself the the possibility of failing so it's like you kill it before it happens yeah you go I'll self kill it before then I didn't fail it just went down yeah I don't know then did life gets but then life gets along you're like what kind of what theme park am I living in here with myself I'm gonna tell you get out of it I'm out of it now I'm coming out of it I really am I don't let those things that scare me anymore. I don't care anymore. I do it. It's been helping a lot. Just by just doing. You figure it out. You go, I don't care. She said, no. This one, this, whatever. I don't get this. This doesn't do well. I don't care. Moving on. What's next? Let's go. We know what we got. God is good. Go, go, go, go. I get stuck so much on the thinking side. Yeah, you got to get out of your own way. I'm the same way. That's interesting, dude. But yeah, that would be a lot of it. god yeah that would be a lot of it but yeah that thing i'll be i'll be like um what else is going on i'll say that all the time yeah if things get real quiet that's a weird thing huh but i think that's what makes you your brain is like we got to come up with something what are we doing here boys you know yes yeah and i i'm telling you you look calm outside but inside it's like there's a fire. What do we do next? She's not like it. I remember it all. I remember it. It's over. It's cortisol shooting out of your face. It's like, ah! I don't know what to do. I can't control myself. When you think back on it, it's so insane. It is. It means nothing. It meant nothing. Don't worry. Just calm down. Sit in the pocket. Spade does a good job of that, man. He's always been that guy right he's very cool and yeah i've never been the cool guy cool yeah my friend was the cool guy yeah all my friends were the cool guy like it was never me i was never that guy no but even at times when i thought i was that guy i was like ah that's insane that you thought that dude you know because it just doesn't fit right yeah yeah i don't i don't i don't and that work for me to not be that guy then it's like when you admit it yeah once you realize i'm not yeah yeah once you're not trying to be something yeah it feels better right and it's like it's all right that's why it happened it makes things every a little bit better did you feel like a little bit of like your character uh matt taylor matt taylor that the guy name which is so funny because i know three matt taylors but everybody does maybe that why they picked the name it a lot of them There a lot of them out there How many are there Bring that up Please How many Matt Taylors are there I know three. There's got to be 14 or more in the world. I bet there's 140,000. I know. I'm joking. Oh, sorry. Matt Taylor's great. There's no precise global account for the name Matt Taylor. A comprehensive worldwide name database do not exist. estimates can be derived from available national data and name frequency tools. So if you're in the public records about 3,700 times, that's it? Yeah, there's no way to figure it out. There's a lot of them, though. Matt, as a first name alone, has an estimated living population of 207,000. I bet it's more than that. 207,000 Matts? There was that Kyle meetup in Texas. Do you see that? I did not. Bring that up. All the Kyles met up. Really? Yeah, bro. If we were to branch out now and go to try to figure out how many Matt Taylors there are currently living in the world, what is the first step? The first step is do I go, okay, if we just decided right now we're doing it, but would I say to my guy, all right, call his agent. We're going to do this thing. What is the first step? Do we book a hotel and we say we're going to talk about it? Or like we need a first meeting of how we're going to go about the thing. Is that it? The first step, probably agreeing that we're going to do it together. Right. And that would take some time though, right? Because we'd be like, are we really doing this? And then it's like, well, we got to talk it out, let's think it. And the logistics of it, like how would we do it? Okay. So then. Getting uniforms too. Searching for Matt Taylor uniforms. Every Matt. That would be sick. Would it be a jumpsuit or is it like two pieces? Every Matt Taylor. I think it's a onesie. A onesie? It's a one piece, like a Carhartt. It's hard work. Yes. Dude, you know how many Matt Taylors are? At least 207,000. I love it. Okay. Searching for the best Matt Taylor. So the uniform would be probably the first thing we're working on. What are we looking for him for? Maybe we got a piece of mail for him. Yeah, just something like we can, yeah. Or just to give them a pat on the back for being Matt Taylor, like being part of the team. Yeah, being in the Army. That's a militia. It is. Bring up that meeting of the Kyles again. What did they do, too? Somebody said that. That is cool. They're all Kyles. Yeah, those were all Kyles. And Sugar Ray performed, I heard. Oh, I love it. 706 people named Kyle got together in Texas, but it wasn't. Enough for a world record. Oh, how sad is that? First of all, let me say something. These guys put together 706 of these people had the dream of becoming a world record breaker with the most Kyles in a certain area. And they missed it. Look at that. By the way, as bad as we feel about everything that happened in our lives, if I had that one, that would tip it. It'd be tough to leave. Come on. No, you're second place for most Kyles? Second place for most Kyles. The crown is currently held by a town in Bosnia. They got 235 people named Ivan in 2017. So it's any name. It's not just Kyles. So it's just a certain name. But this is, I think, one of the largest groupings. What did it say about Kyle? Did it say anything else? Go back to that original article. How does that start? Where is that first meeting? Oh, Kyle. Well, it's right here. It's not the first time the Kyles have come gunning for the Ivans. Last year, the official count at what has become known as the Gathering of the Kyles clocked in at 1490 in the fast-growing Texas city that is about 37 miles of Austin. Oh, the city is called Kyle. So they – They did it in Kyle, Texas. But are they named Kyle? They're all named Kyle. That's got to be crazy, dude, when you see who all the other freaking Kyles really are. And you – dude, you see – But you go door to door. Are you knocking and going – I'm sure they met – I'm sure there was something online that announced it. Okay. And then they all showed up. I guess you have to register. Yeah, that would seem a lot more efficient. Oh, dude, that would be so crazy. You look around and everybody's a Kyle. And you see some, you're like, whoa. Whoa. Or they put one person out there that's not a Kyle. And the whole day – You think there's anybody in that group of 706 that's not a Kyle? Really? That's like Kyle was his nickname. It wasn't even his real name. And he knows it. He's there. It's not on his birth certificate. And he's kind of like getting around, like not wanting to get caught. And people are looking around. And other Kyles know if you're not a Kyle. So they're just kind of like, and you're like, what's your name? And you're like, I'm Kyle, too. And they're like, I don't know if he, you know, and they're like, hey, they go to get his buddy. Like, I want to check you out. And then he leaves. He's like, I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be back. And he just goes to a different area of the field. It's so stupid. It's so crazy. I love it, man. To be a fake Kyle there just to fit in, though. But people have nothing to do. Look at what they're doing. They're just trying, man. I love it, man. I love it. People are desperate for connecting. Yes. This is how it's getting. By the way, this is beautiful to me. But the worst part is, though, imagine it's all dudes. You go there hoping you can meet a chick. There's some chicks named Kyle. Oh, do you think so? Is that? I've met a couple. Okay. I met a couple for sure. Who performed? Who performed? I think Sugar Ray. But that's a missed opportunity. Shouldn't they get a Kyle? Isn't there a Kyle performer? Kyle Canane could have. Yeah. I don't know. That's a missed opportunity, man. It won't try to break the same name gathering record this year. Okay, so Kyle's out. Oh, so they're switching names. By the way, why don't you go with a Bob or something like, you know what I'm saying? Oh, because the city of Kyle, Texas, put it on it, looks like. All right, we'll find a better name. The city has been hosting the gathering since 2017. when you look back this movie what was different about making this movie than some of the others did you find it that it's easier do you have a different like ownership of this film it was something that it came together really quick but it was it's the first movie that like I'm really like proud of that everybody who worked on it was just amazing and it was just different than every any other movie I've done. And the story's not that. It's not even that crazy different or anything like that. But it's a classic. We hit every mark that we wanted to hit in doing this in a different way. I hired, like, we got the best cast, the best crew. And, again, it's not me. It was them. And it was everything coming together in Italy that just made it. I just couldn't believe how great it came out. And it was like, I know, I think, honestly, for the rest of my life, this would probably be the best movie for me. Really? It's the best I've done so far. Yes. Without a doubt. The best you've done, like, even in your acting, you think? Yeah, yeah. Well, it's the most where I'm real. You know, you do different movies for different reasons, right? Like, you know, when I did Mall Cop, you know, I'm doing it for families and kids, and you're being goofy and broad and this and that. And a lot of stuff you're getting that, you know, that's your kind of what they expect from you. but this was one where I was able, there's still comedy yet, but I don't hold the comedy as much as Kim Coates and Jonathan Rumi, these guys, and Allison Hannigan. Yeah, Jonathan was great. Yeah. Which allowed me to kind of play more of a real guy, which was fun for me to do. Did you play Jules? What was that guy's name? Kim Coates. Sons of Anarchy. I've known him for 35 years. I did a movie with him and Ray Romano called Grilled. Yeah. And it never went anywhere. We were meat salesmen. And I met him and he he is he is the greatest. He's an insane, insanely intense actor. I don't even know what he's going to do, but that's why I want him for comedy. Like he looks at you and he's he's just he's just going to go a certain way and you're going to go with him. And he was the perfect guy to play that role. Yeah, that was great, dude. He was really, really he was a good. He has comedy was right on. He's incredible. He's he crushes it. So whenever you made – what's another – like just take me through one more favorite film that you – like an experience that you had. I mean Hitch. I mean all the stuff with Sandler, you know. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. That's kind of a dumb question. No, no. I mean it's like doing stuff with Sandler is the best always. What about like a Hitch reboot today? Would that work you think? I mean I don't know how you do it with me, but yeah. I guess you could do it. I think so. I think it was great. That was my first movie. So, I mean, I was thankful for that one. That started out like I had like one line or something. It was like a very small part. And then Will and I just connected. And he was so nice and given me, you know, some freedom to be funny and kind of try different things. Oh, yeah. And I'll do it in it. It just made everything for me. So I was really excited about that one. Do you feel a lot of pressure when you just have that much of a part to try to make it perfect in some way? and hitch we you know i coming in you know will was a massive you know movie star yeah he's been one of the biggest and movie stars are different then it was like it was just in the theaters it was like they were special you didn't see them much you know and i remember we were doing a big table read in new york and he walked in with his crew and i'm like whoa you know my eyes like whoa that's him you know it's like one of those things and uh just happy to be there you know trying to pitch things but you know don't want to get thrown out of the room you know try you know timing and stuff like that. But he was great. Like we would write after in his trailer, he'd go, come back. And, you know, we'd work on some material and rewrite it as we were doing it. And I was just in it. It was a dream for me. It was really great. And it had that special feeling that I have in this movie, honestly, where you feel things are coming together. Because I've done a ton of movies where you go, man, this is just not working. You know, it's like, you just feel like you're muscling through. You're pushing the comedy too hard. This one felt so real to me. and it was just so much fun to be a part of. Do you have other projects that you already have on the docket, Kevin? Yes. We're working on one with Jelly Roll. It's actually a drama, a country music drama that we're working together. You see that video of him the other night at the Grammys? Were you there? Yeah. No, I wasn't there. He is amazing, man. Yeah, he's great. I got a shirt. I bought a shirt at Walmart before coming here, and I already stained it up a little bit. It's dope. Yeah, let's go, Jelly. He sent me a pair of those shoes. They're like, I don't know what they're called. Oh, yes, yeah. The boots that he wears? Yeah, something like that, yeah. Yeah, they're great. He's an amazing human being, man. I'm so proud of him and so excited to do this. And in this drama, here's the thing. We both, he goes, hey, if we're going to do this, we've got to get into prison shape. Because we go to prison. We're both in prison in the movie, and it's real. Where at? What city? In Nashville. Oh, nice. I haven't been to the prison here. Yeah. It's a whole thing about getting to the Yoppery. And it's a really cool story, and there's a lot of drama in it, and it's exciting. But we said, okay, we're going to commit now to doing this. And he went out and lost like 300 pounds, and I am up seven. I've got to get down. You're up seven pounds right now? Yes. He's down like 300. I'm up seven. Oh, that's a crazy spread. So, yeah, it's a big spread. We went the wrong way. And you already shot him. No, no, we didn't shoot anything yet. We shoot in like – we're hoping to do seven, eight months. We're going to be ready to shoot. Do you think you can get to that? I know I can. I'm going to do it right now. I'm literally – after I promote this movie, which I'm doing, I'm shutting down from everything else, and I'm going into training mode like never before. I'm going to work out. I'm going to change everything. I'm going to be unrecognizable. I have to say it. If I don't say it, I'll never be accountable. What will you do? Do you have a plan? Oh, I know what I'm going to do. Yeah, I'm going to do everything. Well, I'm going to go easy, though. You know, it's like that's the one thing. I'm very eclectic when I work out. Like I do, you know, I'll do a little bit of jujitsu and stuff like that. Light stuff, though, now, and boxing and then stretching and a little bit of stuff, bike riding, things like that. Pool is insane. Swimming? Not swimming. I'm not a swimmer. But just getting in a pool and stretching and moving a little bit, if you can do that, if you have access to that. But it's also like a step. You burn a lot of calories. And it's therapeutic because the water holds you. So it's like your body feels good stretching and moving. So doing a lot of that. And no, I got to get on it, though. He's like he's lived up to his part of the bargain. Or are you going to have a trainer? Like what else do you do? I do, but trainers get annoying to me. I got to be honest. Like after a while. Yeah. And you know what? If I'm being completely honest, I've done it before. I know what to do. I know what to eat. I know what, you know, but I am using Dolce. Do you know Mike Dolce? He's got the Dolce diet. He's trained all these UFC athletes. Oh, wait. I have met him before. Yeah. He's awesome. He's going to help me. Yes. He's a badass. He's a really good. So he's going to help. He is going to help. He's frustrated with me because I haven't been doing. He knows I haven't been doing it. Yeah, you're up seven. Yeah. So I don't think he knew that. I guess he's going to know that now. Sorry. All right. Sorry, Dolce. I'm up seven. But I didn't lock in yet. When I lock in, I promise you it's going to be six months I'm going to be a different person. What would be the hardest thing for you to give up, you think? Food-wise or just, I mean. Probably food-wise, yeah. Or is it a beer-wise or what is it? No, no, it's not drinking. I'm not a big, big drinker. It's just food, and it's just amounts of food. Like I could eat constantly if you change the food, like a shark. Like I would just keep swimming. Like I would just keep – I don't get full really. It's scary. It's something in me that I need to stop. But are you a big eater? You look great, man. I like to eat some, but I don't care that much. You don't? I like beef quesadillas and I like smoothie. Okay, but so you're not – that's a great combo. Yeah, those are the two things I eat every single day. Do you really? Yeah, if I'm eating, that's what I eat. I love that. We have seven ingredients here. But you don't think about it. Look at your face. You're kind of like, that's your face. That's not my face with food. I think it's lame to not care about food sometimes. I think like, dude, get some zest in your world. No, I think what you're doing is. Think about a fucking sauce or something. No, I think that's, I would rather be like that. Because, you know, why am I so concerned about what I'm eating for lunch? Like, I'm thinking about it constantly. I'm looking at you right now, but I'm thinking tonight. Like, you don't want to make a mistake. You don't want to go. That's a good point. Right? Nothing's worse than making a mistake. Especially when you're like, we're in Nashville now. Oh, dude. So we got to pop. You got to find something good. Dude, I ordered a steak from this place, STK, last night or something. Oh, STK's great. This was not, dude. Oh, really? STK missed? Didn't they have a few of them, right? They're a chain? Yeah. But not a lot. Oh, it still makes me sick. It tastes like, I don't even know. Oh, STK. Sorry. I'm out then. I'm out. If you had a bad one. Oh, it tasted like. i'm done it tasted like okay if they had one in la i think i went to it and it was good hundreds or whatever like game of really groans dude it was horrible game oh dude i can still i had one bite and i was like oh maybe i got a bad way what was wrong with me or whatever it tasted bad or it It tasted bad and it just had this like aroma or or door or whatever with it. And dude, that or door hit me and I was like, what is it or door? Oh, you're seeing the odor or door or door. Yes. It hit me, dude. I fucking my knees shook a little. I was like, God, but do you think it was like, like just bad tasting or it was bad? Like, like you're going to get sick. I couldn't tell, dude, but I had one more bite because I was like, I was, I was like, dude, I was treating myself to something, you know? I hadn't really eaten all day and I was coming home and I was like, I'm going to treat myself to something tonight. I'm going to order steak because I still have to work. I was going to try to go somewhere to eat, but it was so late. And they sent it and I was like, it made me fucking when you do that kind of shit. Like you turn into your own chiropractor and shit. See, I wouldn't get upset. Once it was bad, I have no problem switching foods. I would go right to peanut butter and jelly and I would make a massive sandwich. Now those are good. I guess they're as good when you're a kid, but I just quit eating them years ago. What? Peanut butter and jelly. Why? You still eat them? Yes, I do. Yes, I do. What is your ratio of peanut butter to jelly? Oh, I used to think, oh, I think I go thick on both. And I'll put, if I'm really going to have one, I haven't had one in years, but I would put butter on the jelly side as well. Butter, jelly, and then the other bread has peanut butter on it. My grandmother used to do that. Toast? Or no? No. Sometimes my mom used to grill them with bananas in them, though. That's insane. I mean, I'm stuck on butter right now. Like my mind is going like a beautiful mind right now. It's seeing all the equations of like why I didn't do it. But I got to tell you, first of all, I go much thicker peanut butter. Like I thick it up. Oh, really? It's a lot. Yeah. You choke a little. Yeah, that's fine. I get it down. And then it's worth it, though. And I get a little jelly in there just to get that sweet going. But it's a big one. And I'll do toast sometimes. But if you do too hot of a toast, I know this is a little bit too much information, but then you get the wet peanut. It melts and it comes right out. It squeezes out the side. How do you feel when peanut butter started doing that thing a few years ago where they put just two parts of peanut butter into a jar? It's like the oil in the part they separate. No, I can't stand that. That's insane. I can't stand that. What is that? I don't want to do the skippy. Yeah, there you go. That's the drip. There you go. That drip is good, but if it goes out of the sandwich, it's useless. And you lose it. You lose it. It's like that could have been in me. Yeah. God. Yeah, I don't like that oil stuff. I don't like that oil stuff. I don't like that oil stuff. I don't like that oil stuff. I do miss those kid foods. I can't believe you. Why did you stop? I mean, when you say kid foods, like I forgot about their foods, they don't. I mean, macaroni and cheese with the craft, like the powder, it never stops. Why? When do you go? What? What age is it appropriate to go? I'm not eating the powder cheese. Something happened to me, I guess. I just I don't know. I just I just started. You know what? I just like working so much. I just don't think about food that much. But maybe this will start. Maybe I'll start falling in love with some new things. I would like to go the other way. I would love to be like that. I wish I had that where I wasn't thinking about it so much. What's going to be the toughest part for you with this coming up change? I know you've got to get out of here. What's going to be the toughest part? It's just going to be the food. It is. It's going to be cutting that out. But once I get into a groove, it's routine. Routine and discipline, man. That's all it is, right? So if you do it a little bit and you do it enough and you don't need a perfect every day, but that's the other thing too. I let the perfect be the enemy of the good, which means if I'm not perfect that day, I go screw it, and I eat like crazy that night, and I blow it. If I get a flat tire, Weibin always says, if you get one flat, you just pop the other three tires. It's like you don't just fix that one. I do. So if I go off my diet a little bit, I go out that night. I'm eating, drinking, having a blast, and I'm like, I'll start tomorrow because it's a fresh start that I'm looking for. Oh. I love that start fresh because I've always been that guy. I've always been the guy to never do the homework when I should. It's Monday morning. I get it done. And then I get it. And it's like because I can do it. That's insane. Dude, yeah, I was always a guy who wrote every answer on my finger. I go in there. Yes. Yes. Like that. Little bitty words on there. Yeah. Cheating. Well, dude, thanks so much for Solo Mia, man. Thanks for all the entertainment of the year. Sorry, I was a little bit tired today. No, I'm sorry. I'm a little weak too. And I said a lot of things that I rambled for a while that if you want to cut out, you can cut out because I was a little bouncy. dude i yeah i don't know i just feel like i didn't have a lot of gasoline in me today but sometimes that's the day man yeah you know it was great you were great but i'm grateful that we got to spend some time together man i really am and thanks for all the entertainment over the years and um thank you for solomio solomio right solomio solomio but thank you it's solomio thank you for solo meal yes okay that's even and there's um there's a there's a musical on something you wouldn't even imagine that this happens in this movie that's great yeah and that guy's blind you know it yeah i didn't know if i'm looking i'm looking at him like this guy's fucking nonchalant you know about everything and then i'm like oh this guy's fucking blind or whatever. My friend's blind. You have a friend that's blind? Yeah. How blind? Like completely? Nothing. It's all. But has he always been that way? Yeah. He's always been blind since he was... Yeah. I mean, he could maybe have vision when he was very young, but he's always been blind. Wow. As long as I've known him, he's been blind. I thought it was amazing. Anytime I met somebody with a deficiency, I always admired it so much in some way. My sister lost her sight. But she just you know she was born with sight she was fine and now you know it's she's got retinitis pigmentosa where it's like it goes away and it's it's and i'm wondering if it's like more difficult to have seen or to never have you know and and just no it's just yeah i'm my heart goes out to all of them we had a blind girl on here one time and she was talking about how she like learns things like it's almost like a video game it's like that's how she kind of remembers things and where to go and different like and so like she can slowly build like spaces to like walk in and things like that she said um and then she said the worst animal that she's she's like petted all kinds of animals except a snake doesn't give any energy back to the blind that's what she said yeah it doesn't give any back to the seeing either yeah that's what i said right yeah 100 percent tonja yeah right there long person wow that's really that's cool man you can feel that she's awesome i gotta check back in with her but um yeah guys go see solo mio uh you'll enjoy it take your lady yeah take your man take whoever you got take your son take your stepson that's who needs to yes take your stepson take your freaking stepson take your stepson that's all i want stepson's in free we should do a whole thing right yeah right stepson's getting free i wonder if angel can work that out and blinds get in free sure absolutely let's do it i appreciate you man Yeah, you too, man. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.