Our next guest built a career by being completely himself, loud, honest, hilarious, a comedian, touring juggernaut, a podcast legend. He's a lone wolf, the talent at the moon from the top of the mountain, always swinging part of the no shirt gang. Now he's the star of a Netflix brand new comedy series called free bird. He's America's favorite party boy comedian. Ladies and gentlemen, Bert Kreischer on the show. What's up, Bert Genji with that your intro. That was, I mean, I just did it for you. That was my intro. You're amazing. Yeah, that's in that is so nuanced and so cool. I can't thank you enough. Hey man, I thank you for coming on. I'll tell you when I really liked this show. I probably was one of the first to see it. I first thing this morning I got up and binge watched all six episodes of free Bert. But I knew when I was going to like the show very early on Bert, it said nudity, language, sex, smoking. You had me right there, brother. I was in from the beginning. That's, you know, when I told this to Netflix, the first thing I said is like, I want to do it like a real take on my family, 100% me. I'm a comedian, my wife's Leanne, my daughter's George, George, and I that we live in LA. And I said, but I wanted to be like, and then this is a weird call, but I wanted to be like slow horses or black doves. And they're like, what do you mean? I was like, I want you to watch that first episode and get hooked. So you watch the whole arc. You watch all six episodes. And they were like, I don't, because they were just doing episodic like tires at the time was episodic. And so was Leanne Morgan show. And they're like, I don't know if that'll work for comedy. I go, just let me try. So you saying that means the world. And just hearing your intro with pause, cross, talent, the moon. I was like, no shirt gang. I was like, come on, baby. That's what I'm talking about. Fuck. Yeah. You know, I watched it, Bert. And he had some big stars, man. T pain is my boy. He had fucking Pac man Jones. And how the hell did you land Rob low for this show? How that conversation goes? He's a buddy of yours. I'm assuming. Yeah, I met Rob. He did a guest bear as two bears. And we hit it off. And, you know, we had a lot of similarities other than the fact that I drank and, um, and I told him, I was like, y'all, I'm going to be in Santa Barbara in two weeks when you come to the show. And he showed up to the show. And he was like, just hung out backstage. And we just kind of chopped it up and talked. And then, and then he was like, he was like, Hey man, I want to come out on stage. We do. And we sang the national anthem on stage together. And then all of a sudden I became friends with Rob low, like legit friends. So when we had this moment, I said to the writers, I go, I can get Rob low. I think I hit him up. And Rob was like, didn't ask for anything. I mean, got paid scale and was like, was like, yeah, man, if you can do it in Santa Barbara where I live, that's an easy lift for me. And then all of a sudden I'm acting with Rob low. I was like, shut up. Yeah. That had to be a little intimidating, but I'd like to go back to the origin 1997 Rolling Stone magazine finds you at Florida state. You're not a comedian yet. You're just a student, a six year senior, but you are coined the top partier at the number one party school in the country. I'm sure you have not many brain cells from your days in Tallahassee, but what do you remember from them approaching you and what was your immediate response? Do you remember that moment? Yeah. I remember they called our apartment, my roommate Blair answered and I was in the middle of taking a ball and yet and they handed me the phone and the guy did this pitch. My name is Eric Hedegard. I'm from Rolling Stone magazine. I'd love to come down and spend a week with you and, and, you know, get kind of a broad perspective of the school. And, and I, and at the end of the pitch, I actually held the ball and hit and I was like, cool. And he goes, were you taking the ball hit? I was like, yeah. And he's like, Oh, I think I found the right guy. And then, and then he stayed with me for a week. And, and you know, I tried to ditch him off on other people because I was spending so much time with him, but no one wanted to be alone with him. So it was just me and him for one week. And then when the article came out, they switched it to be less about the school and more about, and just about me. And it, it changed my life. And I, and I tried to keep that at arm's length when I got into Hollywood. So I was like, I don't want to be known as the party animal guy. And now I just embrace it with both arms. And I'm like, you know, that's who I was. That's who I was. And that got me to where I am. And if you told that kid that day, that he's have a TV show streaming on Netflix along with six specials in a movie, I'd be like, dude, I, I guess they did it. Yeah. And then after that article comes out, it did, like you said, opened up opportunities for you. And you got that first comedy gig at the legendary party place in Tallahassee potbellies. But you actually wanted, you wanted to cancel that show. Why would you want to cancel a big opportunity like that at potbellies? Oh, I was terrified. I didn't, I had never done stand-up before. I was supposed to do 20 minutes at the end of the show as the last guy going on. And I didn't know, I mean, only someone that's done stand up a few times would understand, even just once would understand this really. But I didn't know what a joke was. And I didn't know how to write a joke. I knew that I could be funny in a room full of people, but I didn't know how to start funny. And I was like, get me out of this. And then when I got to the bar, I went to get a beer and there's this guy, Christian Harloff, and he went, Hey, man, I don't know you. And I'm not going to tell you how to live your life. But he goes, I wouldn't do that if I were you. If you want this to be your job, then you should do it sober so that you never need alcohol to do it. And I didn't drink that night. And I've never had drinks since to do stand-up. Here with Bert Kreischer, no shirt, no shame, no problem. New Netflix series, free bird. It premieres today available as of today. It's cinematic. No holds bar comedy that only my man, Bert can pull off. I recommend you stream it now on Netflix. I love the fact that this thing is a sitcom, but it's shot like a movie. Whose idea was that? That's, it's very rare to see a comedy shot like a movie. That's our director and our DP Brandon Cox, Andy and Jared and Brandon kind of said, when, when I came to them and I was like, I want this to be an arc. I don't want it to be episodic. I want it to be an arc. I want it to feel like, like really like a big long movie that you can tap out in an appointment, pick it up tomorrow, you know, at the end of every episode, but I want every episode to lead into the next episode. They were like, well, then it should look cinematic. And so they kind of did it. And I got to be honest with you. I think the thing looks beautiful. Like, did it's such a great job that I watch this and I go, so do we just make like a three hour movie and just tell everyone it's a TV show? It's, it's fucking great, man. I was, I was rolling around and my favorite actress in this thing is the little girl who plays your youngest daughter, Isla absolutely crushes man. Her comedy to me pops off the screen. I think she's a star. Oh dude, we're trying to lock her down for season two. I mean, I, I have a movie that I sold to a group of people and the last meeting I had, they were like, Hey, we just saw your TV show. I was like, Oh great. You want to talk about what a great actor I am? And they're like, no, no, no, no, no, no. How do we get that little girl in this movie? And I was like, Oh, I'd work with Lulu again. She is the best. She steals the scenes anytime she shows up. She is a sniper. She is a sniper that murders everything she touches. Yeah, it was great. And have your daughters, your real daughters, have they seen the show yet? And if they have, what was it like watching them? Because some of their lines maybe embarrass a young teenage girl, possibly. I'll tell you, they tried to kill the project. And if she never liked it and want me to do it. And, and then, and then we shot the pilot, we showed them the pilot. And that first episode when we're at the dinner table and Lulu comes over and gives her monologue to me, as soon as that was done, they hit pause and they're like, all right, we love this. They're like, this is who we are as a family. And they, and they, you show you screwing up. We're good. That way you can do it. To me, I think it was the moment that you're discussing with your daughter about hand jobs and then the word, you know, hand job and jerking off comes up. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. We're hanging with the one and only Burke, Christcher, America's favorite party boy, comedian, brand new Netflix series, free Bert. It's out today. It's raw. It's hilarious. I recommend that you stream it. And this is, I believe your first scripted Netflix series. What was like the biggest surprise for you creatively? Was it harder than you expected? You know, I gotta be honest with listening. Like I have a lot of listening scenes and I'm not like an active listener. If you've listened to my podcast, you know, I don't listen well. And so the listening scenes were like, I'm good at like delivering lines and trying to be funny and talking. Cause that's what I do, but very seldom do I listen. So like the scene where in an episode two where the dad's telling me his conundrum, I was like, I was like, I hope I'm doing this right. Is this how people listen? Leanne was laughing hysterically in video village. She's like watching you listen is like watching a bear roller skate. It is hysterical. If you could have one comedian do a set that would save your life, who would that comedian be and why? Meaning like I guarantee it's going to be funny. Like I'm about to get beheaded in Saudi Arabia, send over a comedian to get me out. Yes. And if he bombs, then you're fucking dead. Oh, okay. Well, won't be a Jewish comedian. I'm going Dave Chappelle Dave Chappelle. You get me out of a Saudi prison. And now you're in the same situation, but you have to have a rapper get up and spit some bars to save your life. Who is the rapper that's going to throw this verse down and save you? I'm going to have to say Eminem. I think Eminem could get me out. I think he could freestyle a moment that would get me out. I also love your podcast, Bert. That's called open tabs. Very creative. When you dig into these random bizarre things that are living inside your Safari browser, can you tell us right now if you were to open up that Safari and look at that last tab you left open? What were you searching for recently? The last tab is a female masturbation and so I'm porn hub. That's the last tab, but only because that's what I was literally looking at right before you called. But no, I, my deep dive right now is a documentary called Vernon, Florida. It was initially called nub city. It's about these, the city where there was an astronomical amount of people who had lost limbs and claimed insurance money for it. And Vernon Herzog did a documentary on them. And, and, and then his life, their life got threatened because they were like, you know, you're going to expose our, our, our insurance scam. And so then he took the footage, they took the footage and they just kind of did this like almost portrait of America of Florida in like 1982. And it's just fascinating because none of it matters, but it's so rich with texture. It's type it into YouTube. It's called Vernon, Florida. And, and you're going to watch it. You go, what is this? But smoke a joint and watch it. And you'll be like, dude, if an actor did this scene, you'd be like, that's the greatest actor ever, but it's just people sharing their lives. It's fascinating to me. It's like fascinating. We'll check it out. Also check out Bert's podcast, the two bears, the Bert cast, the open tabs. Also check out the new show free Bert. I heard you recently say that if you could tickle one person in the world, it would be my good friend, Shaquille O'Neal. First of all, I've got to know why would you want to tickle Shaq and hopefully you don't tickle those size 22s because he's got some ugly ass feet. I don't know if you've ever seen them feet. I've seen the feet. They're aggressive. They're aggressive. Why would you expect him to be perfect? He's been accidentally stubborn and someone alligators in Florida for years. I would, I would, I would kill Shaq, but I need like a, I need like three wrestling teams to hold him down right now. We're holding it down with my man, Bert Kreischer. He's out on the road doing his comedy thing. If you want to see it, it's permission to party world tour. And he's also set for the full throttle festival at the Daytona 500 in February. If you want to get tickets and all the details, hit Bert, Bert, Bert.com. That's three Burt's and then a dot com. You ever been to a race before NASCAR race? I have. I've actually been to the Daytona 500 a couple times. Yeah, I love racing, especially when they crash. That's always a lot of fun. What can we expect at this full throttle festival at Daytona? Oh, this full throttle is going to be crazy. I've teamed up with NASCAR to throw the official pre-party of the day to the 500 the night before February 14th. It's me Leonard Skinner, Diplo and Ernest. It's going to be great music, great American music, including Diplo with a little Americana EDM, great barbecue, great food, great beer. It's going to be incredible. I'm so pumped for it that, uh, that is, you know, look, I'm on blood thinners. I'm not supposed to drink this. He might be the one night. I break the rules. Boogity, boogity, boogity, get your tickets for the full throttle festival at Daytona, Bert, Bert, Bert.com free Bert. It's out today on Netflix. And when people finish the season, what do you hope they walk away with? Is there something deeper than the laughs that you really want to say in this new Netflix show? I hope that, I hope that, I hope that every family that watches this goes, you know what, we're not that bad. I hope it normalizes being a regular parent. I fucking love you, Bert. Congrats on the show, man. That's a pretty big accomplishment to get a series on Netflix. So you're on fire, man. Free Bert. We're big fans and we fucking love you, bro. Thank you, brother. I fucking love you. Peace out, homie.
