#634 - Fiona Cauley

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She has her own podcast called Rampin' Up. And I'm thankful that she's here today. Today's guest is Miss Fiona Cully. Oh, thanks. Yeah, I feel lucky to have a place to live. I got to get a new counter, something. How many times do you sit on a couch to get a new one? What's the thing? They should put a little counter on the side that kind of goes down. I like that. It's like a lollipop question. Yeah. Yeah, like how many sits does it take to... Oh, you're out and then catapult you're out. The springs just activate. Yeah, I like that. No nonsense. Yeah. Yeah, that's what we need now. It's like, yeah, how many sits does it take to get to the center of your sofa? That would be screwed. Really? Yeah, I do. It's... Oh, that's true, huh? You're right here. You're with something we consider a heavy sitter, huh? Yeah, I'm professional. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I got a shit on me. For some of our listeners that don't know, so you live with an ailment, what do people... Do people call it a disease and ailment just because you're already talking about it? Yeah, it's a disease. And disability is called free drinks and taxia. Yeah, what is it? Is it okay to ask you about a yellow pill? Yeah, yeah. It's like a really rare neurological disease and it's progressive. And there are like 5,000 people in the USA have it and one of them. And the only difference between us, the reason you can log in, I can't, is I don't make enough of a protein called frid tax in. And that's kind of it. Like both my parents were carriers didn't know and then they had kids and we're screwed. And do the... And sir, are you the only child that hasn't? No. So if two parents have it and they have a child, any child they have can have it? Can, yeah, but also they might not some of them. But I'm one of three and the middle and we all have, I got diagnosed first so they can suck it, you know. It's like that twin that's born later. Yeah. Like you really can. Did you feel like they were copying off of you at any point? Yeah, I mean, I'm the middle child so it's like I can't have anything to myself. My sister is even in the same wheelchair as me now. Roode. No, same brand? Oh, I know. But is she the younger sister? Older. Oh, that's we're not good. Yeah. Because I noticed my nephews at Thanksgiving were dressing the same as each other but they're like two years apart and I was like, oh, it kind of makes sense the younger one is dressing like the older one. Yeah. It's even more... Well, imagine if like your siblings like got the same car as you. Yeah. It's the same thing. Yeah. Did you have to have a cane? How do you... No, you have a wheelchair. Well, good question. I mean, it's progressive so I used to be an athlete before I knew. And then I walked weird and like kind of like I'm drunk. I spoke still to speak that way because your tongue's a muscle. And then I went into a cane phase when I was 21 because it wouldn't serve me at bars. And I was like, I got a fund away to like show them. It's like I'm not drunk. I was drunk but I was... You know. Did a lot of brothers hit on you when you hit that cane? Oh, honestly, I will go to bars not bring the cane and if a guy hit on me, I was like, that's a bad person because I looked like the drunkest person in this. Right? It was a litmus test. You're just reporting people. At one point did you and your sisters have canes? That's almost like a black prom. I feel like if you guys... You guys had that. I did have like 14 to match every outfit. No, that's kind of high. I have one that was like a sword cane. You unscrew the top and the sword came out. Really? That's the one you definitely need. It probably an Irish bar. Yeah, I took it on every date just to guess. You know, I don't fuck with beverage spray. Just sword gains. Oh, that's the British pepper spray. The sword cane, that's exactly what that's exactly the wildest thing there is. That's unbelievable. Fiona Cully, thanks for joining us. Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it. We got to do a show together not long ago. That was at the lab and that was really awesome. And I saw you're going to be on the kill tony. Are you on the kill tony? The live from Texas, what's it called? Once upon a time in Texas, yeah. The one that just came on Netflix. That's you right there, right? Yeah. How crazy is that to see yourself on like kind of like... Because stuff like this I think is kind of... It's not monumental, but it's interesting in a comics career when they see themselves on like a Netflix poster. Something that gives us some semblance of what we deem as a lot of us deem as success. Was that interesting for you? Yeah, I mean, I'm grateful it put me on the poster, you know what I mean. But yeah, I mean, being on Netflix is actually a second time with Killton Ebbinoen. Oh, nice. I didn't know that. Yeah, the other one was at Madison Square Garden. Dude, that's wild. And they kind of... And they hid your legs too, which is... Which was nice in that. It grows with people out. They don't want to see this. Oh, I bet a lot of dudes. I know some dudes it would. For sure. And also, you think they could have had you sitting on his shoulder or something. That would have been way funnier. I like that. So you've been doing comedy for... About five years. Okay. And did Killton Ebbinoen feel like a big break for you? Like, what does that feel like? Because... Yeah, I would say so. I was, you know, I live in Nashville. So I was really just working Zaneis. And I was starting to feature in whatever. And then I heard about Killtony and Bupa. You should go on that. And I was like, okay. It had changed my life overnight. Wow. Like, fully, you know, from like 30,000 followers and I have like more than half a million. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Yeah. Wow. Kudos to Tony and Reb and it's for making that thing stick and thrive in the years they went through it at the comedy store where there were times when it was big and times where it was kind of like in between buildings and like they were switching it around. Even when they got to Austin, I think they went to three different places and they kept that thing alive. That's unbelievable. Was your first time there? What's it like when your first time there? Did you know you were gonna get up or was it... Yeah. So he basically Bob and was... I didn't know what Killtony was. I heard about it. Yeah, because you're already, you know, you're already having health problems kill Tony sounds. That's like... Right, I'm like out to date with my words, you know. I'm not seeing another surgeon, you know. What's like to kill Fiona? No, I am my... Sorry, and I'm not joking too much or no. No, I like it. Okay. I thought you did. That's the only reason why I'm joking. No, I'll take it too far. You have me now. Okay. Okay. So you go there and for people that don't know, most of our listeners know, but Killtony, it's a show that's run by Tony Hinchcliff and Brian Redban. And they basically bring in kind of newcomers. It's kind of the new tonight show in a lot of ways. And they have regular guests on there. And a lot of people go in there and get their first minute. It's kind of their first minute that's in front of the Killtony crowd. And sometimes those minutes are amazing and sometimes those minutes are very nerve-racking. I think they're probably nerve-racking no matter what. But yeah, take me through that minute. Like what's that first minute on Killtony? What is it? What is that like? It's especially for somebody that's had five years in comedy. Like because you, you know, it's not some of these people that it's their first time ever getting on stage. And some people are just hiding from their wives or some people are hiding from ice for a minute. They're like, this is one minute away from ice, right? They won't find me here. But yeah, can you kind of take us through that? Yeah. So it's very stressful because it's not, you realize it's not just a room you're in that's gonna see it. It's not just a 300 people. The platform is so big. So really everything I do right now is gonna be seen by millions of people and like you're stressed, you know? And also the whole thing is like the panel gets to be mean to you and the crowd loves that. Yeah. Yeah, it's very Roman Colosseum, huh? It feels that the arena shows for Killtony feels so Roman. I say that all the time. Wow. And every time I go out and on a arena show with them, I swear the person very before me gets booed by the entire arena. And then I'm like, that's kind of nice because then if somebody else has taken that L, then you're like, yeah, it could have been me. Yeah, but it was them. I've been through enough. I'm like, before you went on the first time, are you just, are you like waiting in the wings? What's the setup? So I have, because I'm in a wheelchair, I have to like go around the building and get carried up these stairs. And we buy the dumpsters and stuff. Yeah, yeah, it smells real bad. And, but it reminds you of your life, you know? So I'm like, I'm grateful. I'm grateful. I'm grateful. And yeah, they have you waiting back there. You smell like trash. You're looking at Heidi, the best looking woman of everything in real life. How does she work on Killtony? Yeah, I've, you know, the beautiful blonde. Heidi, remember, she's very nice. Look at her. Are you joking? I know, I'm not joking. Oh, wow, she looks like Gina Davis. And she's got strong cheekbones. Looks like Jean Davis too. Who used to play catcher for us when I was growing up. Actually, great kid Italian to guy. I'm like, I don't know. No, she's stunning. I'm just joking. I'm sure she's on Killtony. She can take a couple of jokes. Do they joke about her a lot too? Oh, yeah. She's very funny. Dates jokes very well. Very smart. Yeah, because Heidi. No, well, it is funny that you show a cute girl. I got to get a good girl there. Get back out there. It's like you could show a picture of the North Pole. And guys are like, that looks cold. I ain't doing that shit. And then you show a guy. And you showed us like a silhouette of some tits on the edge of a glacier. So guys like, man, we got to get back. I got to get back out there. Yeah, I got to warm up the old ice pick. But, yeah. It's worth it. And so as you're going along, like, dude, I cannot imagine how overwhelming that feels. It reminds me of, I did a late night set one time for Craig. Craig Ferguson, yeah. And it never aired because I think it was too edgy or something they said. And I was heartbroken, dude. I was like, oh, I'd worked so hard and put the set together. But that was nerve-racking. That was like one of the most nerve-racking moments because you kind of know what you want to do. But you haven't been in this instance where, like, for me, there was like a lot of heat would build up around my neck. And you want to make sure your words get out clearly. That was super frustrating for me. I know you did a late night set. Did you do Fallon? Yeah. Which one, congratulations, by the way. Was there any different feeling between those two things or did one feel easier? I think Fallon fell easier because he's not there to be mean to me. At a good point. But he's not hiding your wheelchair while you're up there, like, red band will sell it on Etsy. Red band just sell my seat cushion on it. Oh, that's good. That's hilarious. And he would, too. That guy, dude, shout out red band, who people are like, what does he look like? You're like, let's say sniff a seat cushion. That's very successful. Sniff's seat cushions for fun. Yeah, that's true. For fun. I don't think he wouldn't maybe do it for profit. No, he doesn't need it. That's good point. He's making good money. Dude, there you are right there. Yeah. And they let me plug the foundation to raise money for my disease and that was cool. What do you notice the differences between doing a set on Killtony and a set on Fallon? Because not a lot of people have probably had that exact experience. Like for me or the way it exists in the world. Just kind of the way it exists in the world. Yeah. I think Fallon impressed my grandparents, which finally they're like, oh, she is a comedian. You know what I mean? That's true. Yeah. So that was like something my mom can send to people and be like, look at my daughter. But with Killtony, they definitely have a bigger reach now. You know, late night is not the same, I think. Yeah, because I think people just, less people have cable. People are more tuned into their phones. Right. Killtony is definitely more divisive. Yeah. You know? And so people make a lot of assumptions about me through that. There was, I don't know. Yeah, it's more divisive. He almost sunk Puerto Rico, remember that? That was crazy. That was crazy dude. That was crazy dude. And then they probably would have got sued. They would have lost the show. They would have changed the name to Kill Puerto Rico, probably. Which would have been a lot of fun. Yeah, I built against Bill Puerto Rico. Yeah. But there is this thing though where it's like, yeah, you do a certain thing and people can see that and that appeases them. That's kind of an interesting thing as a comedian. I think it's kind of an interesting thing almost in anybody's walk of life with work because you're like, oh, if I do this and my dad, he'll understand that, that to him equals success or to my grandparents, that to them equals success. Right. And it's different for everyone. But it's like this, I feel like part of being a comedian is being like, but there's always going to be that one person that doesn't believe I'm doing anything real and I have to prove it. That's just me. Yeah, I wonder if there's always like somebody in the back of a comedian's head that like fuels them. Right. Like one day I'll get that person or... I bet there probably is. I bet there probably is for everybody. I bet it would be pretty fascinating to learn like what really fuels like some of the ways that we operate and the choices that we make. Because it could be like one or two people that said something we were young or one person's look that gave you a certain feeling and you're like, and it's ignited this thing inside of you. No, where's when you hold onto those two words and that looked and they're like, I don't remember that. You're like, that dictated my future. Yeah. You're like, I would have kept walking in. Yeah. I stopped walking because of that. Yeah, that's crazy. Oh, dude, did you see that? What did I see the other day? Oh, they have an autistic barbie now. Did you see that? I did see that. Do people send a lot of that stuff to you like, hey, we hail to a barbie? Or just like, what do we think of this? Like if there's some sort of like... Like I'm like the voice of reason for any disability. Yeah, you're like the... What's it? You're like the show where the chairs turn around. What is that? Oh, you're like the voice? Yeah, you're like the voice for disabilities and stuff. People are like, hey, he's just... I'm not punching my button. Yeah. Oh, autistic barbie, that bitch ain't getting shit. Oh, my guy's butt headphones on her cool. But those aren't headphones. I think those are just noise canceling earmuffs. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. I think those are just those things that help autistic people kind of operate. They used to do earmuffs and now they kind of made them fancy or something. Yeah, made them fashion. Mattel is introducing an autistic barbie as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity developed in partnership with a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights and better media representation of people with autism. I think... I find that kind of weird though, because autism isn't visible generally. It's like how you... It's how you function. And it's a barbie. So couldn't any barbie be autistic? First of all, I've met a lot of barbies in the world and these bitches are missing something. That's true. Okay, a lot of these bitches are picking up odd signals. You know, a lot of times from like an earmbez or something, they're like, oh, I just got to update from an earmbez somewhere or something, which is like a fancy shot. Okay, I'm like, yeah. I show up on Amazon. I'm sorry. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, that would be a bit of reference. Why is she has spanner glowing? And is there his spanic autism? Look it up, who's got the most autism? Feels like a white people sport. Yeah, well white people create any new sport to try and like keep away from having a compete against black folks, have they? Yeah, anything we can do. Yeah, it's like, oh. My disease is only white people. Your disease is only white people? Let's go. I like that shit. And we barely landed that fist bump. But let's go. Oh, it doesn't matter. Yeah. I'm sorry, Barbie. Yeah, they should have, they should, dude. You should have a Barbie. That would be so great, Fiona Barbie. Based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in April, 2025, Asian Pacific Islander Children in American Indian Alaskan Native Children had the highest reported prevalence of autism. So Asians, but they were gonna have it, dude. You can, like a lot of Asians that I knew and that have been known over the years by people. It seems like a lot more is going on inside than outside. And I feel like if you get, you put too much traffic on those inner streets, you're gonna end up bumper to bumper in there. And that's how I feel like where autism really shows up. And that's not a scientific definition of autism. But a lot of Asian people, you just want to go up to them and be like, what are you doing in there, you know? Especially in my generation, because they were very quiet. You would rarely get a word out of an, out of an Asian guy. How many Asian people did you know growing up? We had one, we didn't have, well, we almost had one. We had, yeah. Dude, there was a rumor that there was an Asian guy. Well, here's what happened. There was a rumor that there was an Asian guy in this town near us called Slodell, Louisiana. And it was like 17 miles away. So me and my buddy, Scottie and some other guys, we cut grass for like three weeks and saved up money to go see this guy, right? Because dude, we don't know when we're getting, yeah, we don't know when we're getting another one, dude. And so we get over there and here's what had happened. A pizza hut. Remember they had those unique rooftops? Had burned down to the ground. And people had started saying that an Asian person was living in there. It was like just a myth or whatever. Bring up that pizza roof. Bring up pizza hut, pizza hut, red roof, that one. So imagine that completely down on the ground. Now imagine you don't know a lot of information. Okay. Now imagine somebody tells you there's an Asian living in there. You got me. I'm with you. And that's what happened. That word traveled us and we went over there. And all it was was a burnt down pizza hut. But that's something that happened. It's like you never know what can happen. If there's fire, if there's foul play, what did you think was gonna happen if you found an Asian person in the hut? Like a place. We thought it would be like a place of living. We thought it would be a, I don't know what lean to whatever. We had no idea what an Asian lives in or whatever an egg. You know what I'm saying? We had no idea of what it could be. We just knew if we get there, we'll see him. And we didn't. Fools gold or fools yellow. Oh my. So that's too much. That's too much. I love that. But dude, I wonder with the barbeys, like I wonder if the barbies are low key like the Simpson's where over the years, they've slowly been predicting the future. Like cause they had like, they definitely have a wheelchair barbie. They did? Yeah, everyone sends me that. But I want, oh, everyone sends you that? Yeah. And what do they say? Do you want this for Christmas or whatever? No. That's crazy. I mean, it's been going on since before. It was a comedian like random people would send me. Just thinking of you or something. Yeah, I'm like, thank you. Thank you. My hands don't work. I can't look at them. Are they have Down syndrome barbie? Oh, that's cool. Interesting. I guess you could, I mean, look at the, I mean, look at the group up there. And the black girl does her hair like that to keep it out of the wheels or whatever. It's like, what? What? This is great, right? It's great stuff. But some of this stuff, I just wonder are they, I guess it's just all about inclusion. There are a lot of people that are facing different, like disabilities or handicaps. Do you say handicaps? What do you, what do you, what's kind of a preference to know? So I actually recently learned it's, it's person by person. All people feel different, but for me, I prefer like disability disabled. I think handicaps, it's like a thing, we get handicapped parking spotter stall, you know. Yeah, handicapped placard like that thing that people hang. Like it's like an item, but I'm a person with the disability. Do you use handicapped parking? Yeah. Fuck yeah. Yeah, it's worth it. It's worth it. I've been dealing with a nightmare recently. 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What are some of the things that people don't realize? I'm sorry, if some of this is just like general questions, you probably get all the time. What are some things that people don't realize about dealing with a disability or having an affliction that people take for granted that's super easy? Then what are some things that are nice about it? Because I was at a parade not long ago. This is fucked up and I was like, God, if I were in a wheelchair, I could sit down right now. I totally thought of that because I've been staying for four hours and I was like, oh, and my friend lost his dog at a parade and this is the worst thing. He lost it and it ran in like a gay section of the parade, along the parade route. So we're walking up and I'm like, oh, man. Like I love gay people, but I love them at a, I don't want to be in their love and whatever end up getting coped out or whatever. So, but when that talk ran in there, I'm like, dude, we cannot go, most of the people were shirtless and just like everybody's on ecstasy, right? And I'm with my buddy and he's like, dude, we have to fucking find him. He's like, he's fucking lost in here and his dog's name this the worst part is Benjamin, right? So he's like his Benjamin, he's just yelling Benjamin in this gay raid, dude. And my buddy's kind of like a handsome guy, dude. And he's like, what's going on? Okay. Okay. Okay. Benjamin. And even sometimes even just the men parts, some people wouldn't turn at the Benjamin, but at the men, they would just flip around. Oh, that was a nightmare, bro. And he lost his dog for like a week and then somebody brought it back. Oh my God. That was a blessing. The dog came back gay. The dog's like, he had his bony head, like half of his Pokemon head was butt. He's like, you'll never guess where I hit that thing. That's very better. Dogs can absolutely show same sex, sexual and bonding behaviors, but scientists are cautious about calling that being gay in the human identity scene. I think that makes sense. Some dogs will mildly hump another dog, but it's almost just like two guys at the gym that keep high-fiving or because they don't know how to express themselves verbally. Yeah. That's kind of how I look at that. Yeah. I thought it was just a dominance thing. The sex part? The hum thing. I could see that. Because I guess it's dominant between male and female. It's like a man will get a one point. Men hate when you hump them. Yeah. Yeah, I'll tell you what. What? You can have Celsius? Oh, hell yeah. But does that make like, have you ever had so much you just like, I'm outta here. It's like cooling man myself though. Yeah, sorry. She said I like cool eight man myself out of the room. They're great or whatever. Why did all those cartoons just break down walls and furniture? That was fucking crazy. I don't know. It's fucking handy men watching that like not again. Yeah. The guy said one cup of cool eight and he just ruined mom's kitchen. What is in this? Man. What were some of the first signs whenever like your, whenever Friedrichs attacks you came on, what were some of the early signs and did you misplace it for something else? Oh, it was good. So when I was 15, it started, I started walking weird. I was a volleyball player and I couldn't do like the practices who do suicides, you know what I mean? Yeah. And I would start like falling a little bit, just getting clumsy. My coach was like, you're not taking the seriously thought I was high. Did they bench you? Yeah. And so I, which is where you were going to end up anyway, which is, it's so easy. So it is getting me prepared for my future. They're like, sit down, you should be real good at this. Oh man, that's so good. And did your parents pick up on it pretty quick? I mean, how did that kind of go? You can make you so mad. It is? Yeah, maybe. Why were your parents drinking and stuff or they having a tough time? Oh, well, yeah. Yeah. Um, but now, so 15, I was like something's wrong. My principal was like, smell my breath because she thought I was drunk. Cause I would spill everything, drop everything or talk where I get it. In the red hair too, probably. Yeah, yeah. That's like number one indicator. Yeah. You're saying Patrick's daughter in here. And something was wrong. Yeah. And then, uh, I went to my mom and I was like, I think I need her to the doctor. I don't know what, but something. In my older sister, I'd held that shoes that weren't this, but like different stuff. And so my mom was like, like, acne or whatever. Well, yeah. But like, scoliosis. Oh, god, I'm sorry. Yeah. Wow. I'm just kidding. And that's so, dude, and I'm very sorry. God. And that shows what like, like, that shows what like, somebody who doesn't have to deal with the common ailment thinks of as like, actually, yeah, that's actually so real. Um, no, I love it. Um, but she was like, you're copying your sister. Because my sister was, we're, we blamed it on other stuff. And I had nothing wrong with me. And then, uh, it kind of got in trouble for faking it by my family a lot. And then once I turned 18, it was my senior year of high school. She had to go that long dealing with it. Mm-hmm. And would it always be there? It was just, is it just kind of every now and then? It was getting worse. Yeah, it was always all the time. I didn't know why. I mean, I used to get in trouble because I would, there was like an elevator in the school to feel like people had broke their legs or whatever. And I would use it. And I got the attention all the time. Because I would fall down the stair little time. And I didn't know why. Oh, my God. Sorry. I'm not laughing or something wrong with my face and voice box. Oh, that's insane. And did you, was part of you still unsure too? Because I'm sure a lot of your surroundings are like, no, you're just not figuring this out correctly. Was part of you still kind of unsure too? Like, well, I, my, I was guess what? Like crazy. I fully thought I had a mental issue. And I was making this all up. Like, I really, I just might have an answer. I fully believed it was something I could get fixed before I went to college. Like, I did not think it would be this serious. Yeah. So at 18, I went, I took myself to a neurologist. I eventually ended up in a neurologist, but I had to involve my mom in that. And she was like, fine, but like, that's has to be the end of the road for that. Like, they were so sick of me being like something wrong, you know? And then I was right. And then they were like, oh, my God, what's wrong with your sister? They got hurt tested, same to it. And my little brother, like, you're going to have a go got tested and he has it too big and still walks. So you cracked the code, really? Yeah. I ruined our family. Yeah. It's another way of saying that. If you never figured out, you're just a bunch of people who like to invent a weable wobble. You're just a bunch of people who just break out of the electric slide every now and then. No. That's so weird. You're just doing the cupid shuffle. You're like, stop cupid shuffling. Wow. And so was that like, was that almost, was that like a real breakthrough moment for your family? Like, oh, my God, this is what's been going on and for your sisters as well. Yeah. My mom felt so bad. Like, crying and you know, she had been telling me I was wrong. And I was just excited to be right. So I didn't even like hear under 718. I didn't get the seriousness of it. And I was like, thank you for you. You know, like I'm celebrating that she was wrong and I was right. Oh, yeah. You know, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a babe. Did they? Did they think it was that ever part of it? Like, oh, you're just vaping too much or whatever? Yeah. I spoke a lot. We didn't. I was cool. I partyed a lot. And then I got diagnosed and I party them more. I was like, what's the point of all this? Oh, did you go through a point where you were like depressed about life and stuff? For six, seven years. No way. Yeah. Aw. It was hard to like find a reason. I was like, why am I in college now? Like, I don't have a future. Right. Like, I'm not going to be a farmer. Like, no, I'm not. Farmers. But, but I guess you could still think, I mean, do you think looking back on that that there was different ways you could have gone with that thought process or just kind of, that's just where you were? Because it's tough for somebody just to imagine what they would be like in that scenario. I think I'm sorry to go through that. That's hectic. Hey, it builds character if you make it out, you know? And I'm grateful for that. I wouldn't be who I am today. I have more perspective now than I think most 29 year olds do, probably. I don't know. And I think it's important when you're given something that serious and kind of life altering to like allow yourself to mourn. Because I'm mourning really thought I had. Right. And I'm trying to like get accustomed to what I know I'm going to have or not have in the future, you know? And humans, we are, we adapt. I'm fine. People feel bad for me. And I'm like, you brought tickets to my show. I'm doing all right. Yeah. Yeah. I'm happy. Yeah, I've never felt bad for you. I mean, I guess, I guess some people probably could get in a space where they feel bad. I feel bad that you felt that way. I feel bad that such a, that's heart, that's heart wrenching for somebody to, I think, have something that occurs in their life and then feel like maybe when you look back on that feeling, you're able to think like, did you feel like you didn't have like a lot of hope or did you feel like? Was it like, whoa, is me? And all those things are normal. I could imagine it would be very normal to feel. Yeah. Um, I think hope. Because before that, I was pretty religious for a while. I believe in God and not that, not religious. But I was like spiritual. I believe in the higher power and that happened and it kind of took the air out of all that for me. I was like, what did I do? You know, I haven't even had time to like get the karma for this kind of information. You know, I'm sorry. What was the question? I'm really up for God. I think just thinking about like what it's like to have like a prognosis like that and then to think about like, or yeah, what it's like to have something come in your life that's big and that affects you in such a way. And then to look back and think like, um, yeah, what was I thinking at that moment? Was I like depressed? Was I hopeless or did I doubt hope? I thought it was interesting that you said like we mourn things. I know that something that I don't do well these days in my life is take time to mourn things. Like even if it's just kind of like something heavy happens, you know, it's like I'll just get back on my phone where I'll find something to distract me. Yeah. I'll distract myself, even just my eyes and my focus. I'm distracting my ability to process through through through some of those things, you know. But yeah, to mourn something is like that. It's almost like driving by an old house or something. I drive by a place you used to live at or like even a snake when he shows his skin. I bet he probably looks back at least once and is like damn nice to be that. There's the old view. That was cool. Just like that. So the goal of wheels here is the door. It's like, yeah, he looks back. He's like, oh, I can't believe I used to wear a sketchers. You just keep moving a lot. It's within time. When you would have, and are we talking too much about your ailment stuff? I don't get it. Okay. Because I think it's fascinating to me. I know that you had a series that was called or that had a series on YouTube and it's called capable. Yeah. Right. How have you been able to grab comedy out of some of these different moments and things that you see because you probably have such a unique perspective on the world that that's probably something that's honestly kind of amazing is like your perspective on society and the way that we operate is going to be super interesting. It is weird. That's funny. I did keep up all before comedy. And so like writing that and like, it wasn't even writing it. I just feel like this happened the other day. I want to re-enact it. Like all of it's true. Like in my comedy, it's all true too. Like I don't have to make stuff up. But like, it's hard because you don't want all your jokes to be like wheelchair, wheelchair. But it's like, I experience everything from this vantage point. You know, you talk about like, I walked into the room. Stop talking about walking. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. No, you're right. I think it's also, it is a fascinating vantage point though because it's a vantage point that a lot of people don't get that a lot of people don't experience or probably until they get older or certain or some, most people probably don't. Yeah, has there ever been like an Uber that like they see you and they kind of shake you off like a picture like a picture that gets like a pitch called in from the catcher or whatever? And he just kind of like, we're not doing it. I've had so many Uber drivers now. I'll like hide and have my Ableboy friends go to the cart open the door and they'll be like, I don't know. Because those are drive-off that have been so much. Sometimes I do, but I wait. It's crazy. I forgot about that. Okay. I did it. Okay. There used to be a show or maybe still because it's called Stungle's Sober and it's like teams of three comics against each other and one of you was drunk once, Stungle and Sober. Right? So I'm on that show and it's like four years ago. And which one are you on it? I'm the drunk one. Okay. I'm pretty good at that. And but because I knew I was drinking and they don't give you food during so I drank at my house before I Uber there. I get the lady Uber driver. Her trunk is full. So we have to put my turn her back. See my knee breast come to us. She won't do it. She's like, whacked out. She's an autistic Barbie that I can't. Where's so much worse? She, I don't know. She was like on drugs. I could not recognize kind of thing. Oh, that's always kind of fun. Yeah. I'm like trying to Google smell. It's real. You're like googling bath salts. I'm like, I'm like, holding JPEGs up to. I decided to send the passengers, friendsy. She's crazy. Car smells worse. She's swerving. It's not good. And I'm like stressed out. And she's ranting. I'm kind of just like pushed up against the side of the car trying to ignore it. What, what something was wrong with the vagina? You think she was talking about Jesus sent her to Nashville from California to save all of us from the liberals. Ooh. Yeah, so thankful for her. No, I'm glad she's here. Yeah, I'm glad. I'm glad, oh, fucking, Christopher Columbus. I'm glad. Yeah, fuck, I was going to try to make a joke for my brain isn't work good anymore. Anyway. I'm rubbing off on you. It's not good. Dude, if I catch this, I'll be so bad. Oh, no, take us to the story though, because that is unbelievable. When you get in a thing, you're like, oh my god. Now I'm at the whims of it. If this lady sees one person dressed up in a civil war outfit, she's going to hit him with a vehicle, you know. And okay. So she's ranting about that. She's swerving. I mean, we're still in my neighborhood. And she's almost hitting parked cars. I'm like, hey, girl, please look at the road. I'm just yelling at me. You're trying to use female associated turns. Yeah, and girlfriend. What you doing? Hey, queen, there's a car. And queen, red light. No, she's talking about how the liberals are trying to take her guns. Oh, yeah. Well, that could be true, but yeah, not the time to discuss it. I think everyone's trying to take your guns. That's true. I don't think that's. Oh, that's true. She's crazy. Yeah. That's a great point. Everybody's trying to take it these days. But then I'm not. I'm literally just like, you know, and we're on the interstate. And she is ranting about the gun thing. It opens the glove box and brought me pulls the gun out. Sorry, this is so embarrassing. And again, remember, I'm drunk. I'm drunk. And this woman, Swerven. She's like a Leangel O'Ball fan or something. But like, she's not like threatening to shoot me. It's more like, see, I they can't take it, like, making a point. Right, they'll never find it here. In this glove box, which is probably just an extension of her. Right. Whatever. No, and then I'm like, not looking at her. I'm crying all that. You know, it's just girl stuff. And she's like, oh, are you on your theory? And you're like, no, I'm not on my theory. There's an insane. She was like, oh my god, where it sings up. She's like 11, 11 make up with. Did you wish for more ovulation? This is getting insane. Oh, she's like, I'm being such a Scorpio. Oh, man. But I'm not, I'm not looking at her because I don't want her to say I'm panicking. And so she pokes me in the arm with the camera. No. Oh my god. That's probably, did she know that you couldn't feel it if she poked you in the legs? She wanted to make sure I got it. She wanted to make sure you could feel it. And then, so I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm told that story in so long. Do you tell this on stage? No, I told on stage once. You've got to tell this on stage. This is one of the best stories ever to me, but go on, sorry. Oh my god. Okay. So I'm begging, she's got the gun. And she's still driving? Yes. She's just kind of waving around. Hey, look at me. Hey, yeah. Boo. Again, not threatening to shoot me just. Right. Just got it. Got it. Yeah. Yeah. That mommy's strapped that she got that Draco on her. And are you, and what are you all listening to? It's quiet. Oh, yes. Yeah. I'm just listening to her rant. I hadn't even thought about that. It was totally quiet. That's the best. When people play too much music or, and this is an all called, this is from me, and it's just my thoughts. These are my thoughts. If you're a newbie driver or somebody that works in like operating like transportation, that sort of thing, if you keep that thing on, that's like, right turn. In seven seconds, I will never tip somebody if they turn that thing off. Have just, at least it just look at the drawing. The worst is when they ask what music you want to just do, turn it on, and then that interrupts every 20 seconds. And you're like, the music does? No, the, they interrupt it to talk. It sounds. Oh, yeah. It's all, anyway, I ruined your story. Let's go. So you guys are really together. Okay. So I'm trying to be chill because I don't want to freak her out. Yeah. You know, for sure. She is again. Yeah. Yeah. I'm really good at driving you somewhere. Yeah. You don't want to freak out your, uh, captor. I guess that's exactly what you, so I'm, there's like a group text for the show I'm headed to. And so I'm like, I'm scared. Is anyone at the venue? My Uber driver is a gun. I'm like a live taxing. All the gods are like, sorry, not there. I don't think you know, believed me. Yeah. And there was one girl in the group taxa. I didn't know at the time. And she was like, oh my god, I'm hurrying to the venue. I'll try to meet you there. And I was like, please, please, we're three minutes away, two minutes, you know. Oh. Yeah. There are no one's there. Um, I am so panicked. And again, my wheelchair is in the back. See, no more. And she was like these with the yields. I mean, you make that sound. I'm in. Yes. Sorry. I was in saying your husband's in here. And I, I think my body is to know what sound it do. Those are nice. Carry on. You're going to be a good, a top body. The body didn't know. Well, I think it just picked the wrong sound. It's been a tough, it's been a tough year. Okay. I'm like, damn. I'm like, damn. Okay. Okay. Tell us what happens. No, we pull up. No one's there. I'm bringing out. I know what he's there. So now she thinks, oh, this bitch got me running around his circles. I swear. I'm so full of adrenaline. I jump out of the car and pull my own wheelchair out. Wow. So like, gun to my head, I can walk. You can make it happen? Yeah. Oh, gosh. That's a lot. That's crazy. Pull that drako out that glove box. Yeah. Like, really insane. That scared me. And then I got weirder though. You have weirers in there? Same night. No. Well. Do you want to go there? Carry on. Okay. So I do, I show up at the venue. I'm like hyperventilating crying. You know, like, I'm inside. I'm safe, but I'm pain-a-yang. I'm very scary. Yeah. And everyone's like, oh, my God. And I go to the bar because that's how it would be up. And I'm, I don't know. I was like, I'm going to get drunk. I don't know what's happening. Yeah. I don't know what else to do. I'm a human. Right. Yeah. I'm freaking out. I'm alone. I was single at the time. So I didn't like have anyone to be like, please come get me. You know. And so I go to the bar at third ghost and this married couple who I had met at the airport in Las Vegas a couple months back were there because I had posted online. Oh, and they came to the show. Oh, that's pretty cool. And they were like, I told them because they were the only ones I knew kind of. And they were like, oh, my God. And they're buying me a banger drink. So I do the show. I bomb. And I, you had, you had, you had freaking Stockholm syndrome. What do you mean you bombed? You were basically the Elizabeth smart of comedy that night. Like, you didn't bomb. You did your best. I feel like after being held hostage and what kind of car was it? Do you remember? Oh shit. Like a Nissan ultimate. Oh, dude. Nissan ultimate. Because people have given birth in those more than any other vehicle in the past 10 years of this country. I was given death then. Yeah. White one. Yep. That is the purgatory of existence, dude. If you're in a Nissan ultimate, things are headed up or down. You're not doing great. You're at a, you're at a confluence in your life. You're at a fork in the road. Oh my God. Okay. So a couple's buying you shots are from Vegas. So I do this show afterwards because I had told them about the, I was scared to Uber. You know, and so they were like, we'll drive you home. And I was like, okay, thank you. And they get me in their car, but, you know, and they go, hey, before we take you home, we want you to come to this bar with us first. And I was like, okay. And so we go to some bar. I'm pretty you drunk. Okay. And I get carried up stairs to a VIP area by some security guy. It sounds almost like Cinderella. Oh, Rapunzel. Yeah. All of them. Well, you might have to repel down too. Yeah. The repel is just falling. It feels a nice way to the, no. And then I don't know. I'm just sitting in my wheelchair and not approaching anyone just kind of drinking like quietly. I'm freaked out. Ever it's a private party. I don't know who anyone is. They all face tattoos. Like it looks like a by-girl gang. Maybe like I didn't care though. It might have been Jell-E-Roll doing one of those booty boot camp classes or whatever. He does some of those halfway house booty boot camp classes, I think. But go on. Oh, my God. I'm ruining your story. No. And, you know, someone's just giving me a new drink every time mine's gone. It's a Kennedy dream. Yeah. The Kennedy treatment. And I realized there's one guy everyone's like trying to talk to. So I'm like must be his party. You know, when he comes up to me at like 2 a.m. And he's like, hey, we're having an after party at my like apartment or whatever. If you want to come, what's your name? I was like, I'm f you know, what's yours? And he was like, you can call me Michael. And I was like, okay. And so Michael. Biblical name. Good sign. Michael has his. Michael Myers. Yeah, it was the wearing a man. Is that Michael Myers? Yeah. Hell yeah. I get stuff. He cares. He has his security carrying me down. And we're all. It's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. And we're all. It's like his posse in me and Michael. I'm he goes on Instagram story. I'm in the video. And the merry couple is being weird to me. And the wife keeps trying to like get on my lap. And Michael didn't like that. And so we had a security kick them out. And so we get to his apartment. The elevator opens to his apartment. Oh, that's rich money. And I had never seen that kind of money. That's rich. There was like motorcycles inside. It's huge. And he has like a chef and a bartender. Is it Michael's straight hand? Mm hmm. Huh. And there we are. So I'm in there. I have two more guesses. I'm in there. I'm in there. And there is one guy that was at the third ghost show that was tagging along for some reason. He was like a ballerina. He's like, oh, he sounds like, let's go on. Sorry. I know your husband's in here. I hope everybody's with God. He's a ballerina. Is a male ballerina. Oh, yeah. I used to live with a guy. He was an ballerina. What was he? Like one of those frozen ballerina. He was an ice skater. I'm frozen. He was fucked. This dude was a mix dude too. He was a mix. This guy was a mix. This your guy was Mexican? Yeah. My guy was mixed. Black and white. Black and white and something. Okay. Yeah. But he would every now and then he would have a couple of drinks and he would take us outside. He never wanted us to see his craft or whatever. That's what he would say all the time. So he wouldn't invite us to any of his performances or whatever. But every now and then he'd get drunk and he'd take us outside and he would jump sideways over a car. And it was pretty amazing to watch him do it. Anyway, carry on. That's just some mix guy that I shared in a part with for a month. Let's go. Sorry. Let's go. I'm enjoying the story. So you're there. It's nice. There's like fancy stuff outdoor stuff that should be inside. That's when somebody's rich when they have like a car in the living room or they have motorcycles. Right. Right. I'm like, how does it get up here when they make you think about it? Yeah. Yeah. And all the girls there are very good. They're getting. I was like, what the fuck am I here? Like blonde, big, big boobs. Like everyone beautiful covered dead. And this is unnatural. Wow. And I'm like, I still don't know where I am. And Michael Sweden, we drank soup. But he was like, are you hungry? And he had someone make me pasta and pizza. There's like a video of him feeding it to me. And then he put his number in my phone and then I had the bell ring that drive me home. Wow. And then the next morning I wake up to like 60 missed phone calls from my friends being like, are you alive? Because apparently I was all over this guy's Instagram story and stuff. Do you know yellow wolf is? It was him. Really? Yeah. He saved me that night. He saved you from the swaners? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that was sweet of him. He made sure it was a guy who was very nice. I have not seen him since then. Wow. I saw him. We hung out one night in Los Angeles. I got to check in with him. I haven't talked to him in a while. We kind of, I think he lives in Nashville. He did. Yeah. At that time. He's having great songs over the years. Yeah, dude. We used to jam his shit heavy. We used to definitely, oh, dude, be in white and be in like, fuck them. And then just replace, just anybody could be them, you know? Dude, we would fucking listen to his shit a lot, dude. Most of it was against like rich people or whatever. Yeah, fuck him. Yeah, I never was, I never really liked the rich, really. You know, because we had a ditch in our yard, right? And it was an R yard or whatever. I think the government owned it. Somebody owned it, whatever. We didn't. But in our neighborhood, people would burn trash. That's how they got rid of trash, you know? So people would just burn trash in the ditch. Because a lot of times people would forget to get it out to the curb or sometimes people didn't have the cans or whatever, you know, so people would always be burning trash in the ditch. And we'd be running and jumping through the soot all the time, right? So we, so from 50 feet away, we looked like a young African American children, you know, were blacks. Yeah. And anyway, that's not even part of the story. That's just something that happened a lot. What happened was rich people, there was a rich guy who was a veteran area and whatever, and he would drive through our neighborhood and he would take like dead animals and stuff out of the trunk and he would throw their bodies out in our like ditch. And like just like getting rid of them on the way to like some other rich area or whatever, you know, because our our street was like a pass through between like a couple rich areas kind of. And so they would just that like so it always made me angry at rich people because it was like a dead animal. Dogs things that had died, I think of just that had been put in jobs. Sorry. And that's the worst one is. Oh my God. Oh, dude, I could have said any other one. And hold on, he wasn't, he wasn't like some dogster or whatever like or like a dexter I mean, sorry, but he wasn't, he was a youth and he was a veteran area. And I think he was having to put these animals to sleep and some of them they would dispose of, you know, this wasn't a time when people would keep their dog. This was a time when a lot of dogs weren't in inside. I feel like you're aligned to me like I'm a little kid because you like know what they're at the farm. Oh no, yeah, they're safe. They're all alive now actually. They're in a special area. But they were getting rid of some of the carcasses and stuff in our neighborhood. And I think when I was a kid, that was like a rich guy because it was a nice car. So I think I associated like, oh, rich people are like that. Like they just throw out the junk for poor people to deal with, you know, and we're out here fucking and then we ended up throwing bones at each other and shit after it was like decay or whatever. That's so good. Well, we didn't know. We didn't, we didn't have it. Nobody in our neighborhood had a dog. We didn't have a dog. We had like a couple of dangerous dogs that would travel around the neighborhood and attack people for no reason. No, see yeah, like dog. Well, we didn't have any like semblance of, yeah, none of my friends had dogs. They had a dangerous doberman. Nobody. I knew I had a cat growing up. There were some cats that lived outside and we're up to very bad things. Okay. And obviously worked for the Satan. Okay. There's no denying that they worked for the Satan. Yeah. So yeah, people were not. Nobody was anti-Anna male in our area, but that wasn't something that people had on a regular basis. And the first time I went to my friends house and they had an indoor dog and it was a golden retriever, which first of all, how nice that you have so much gold, you can have an animal, just go get some of it for you. Like that blew my mind when they told me what it was. I was like, this is unbelievable. 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I'm not saying I'm not alone. I'm not saying I'm not alone. I'm not saying I'm not alone. talking about the Renee Good shooting. Let's put the ice shooting that happened. And this is one clip of it, we'll show this clip. I know there's different angles of clips. I'm not gonna get into a lot of the angular stuff, that sort of thing, but I do wanna cover this a little bit because we haven't talked about it on here. That's fine, I'm not mad at the way. Show your face. I'm not mad at the way. Okay, we don't change our plates every morning. Just so you know, it'll be the same fight when you come talk to us later. That's fine. You have status in former Texas. And this is a lady and her girlfriend, you were out. And they're protesting these ice agents. Renee Good was involved with an activist group called Minnesota Ice Watch. Acting as a legal observer, documenting what's going on, et cetera. Okay, play it up. I think I'll get yourself some lights, big boy. Now the car. Get out of the car. Get out of the car. Oh! And then there's three shots. And the woman's deceased, right? Yeah. Okay. I mean, this is just baffling. What are some of your first thoughts? Do you even wanna talk about this? Yeah, no, I think it's important. Well, okay. So I found out that the defense I keep hearing for this ice agent is that he six months ago or so was dragged to a hundred feet or something by a vehicle. And I'm like, he shouldn't have been working. Yeah. SPDSD. It says the immigration and customs enforcement agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee, Nicole Good and Minneapolis on Wednesday was dragged by a car in the line of duty last summer according to court records. So there was documentation that that happened to him. Ross needed more than 50 stitches and had abrasions on his knee, elbow, and face according to court papers. So obviously he has PTSD in this situation. I don't think there's any way that you couldn't, right? Yeah, like he's gonna be trigger happy if you're telling me as trauma related to vehicles. For sure, this is the last place that he should be. Right. My thoughts on I think nobody deserves to lose their life in an instance like this, right? Like the guy shouldn't have shot the woman. He could have shot the vehicle. Should he take tires? Yes, or let the vehicle go and deal with it later and find a way to deal with it later on. Those are some of my first thoughts. I have a couple of others. You know, I think as far as like the agitators go, which I think is what it's safe to call them. Like at a certain point, you have to recognize that people are just people, right? So if you, if someone's a doctor, they're wearing a doctor's coat, if they're wearing a police uniform, a fire uniform, a principal, they're just people. So they're still like flawed, right? They're still just a regular person like you and I. And we know what it's like to be a person, it's hectic. And it's hectic more than ever. I know you want to have an effect, but this just felt like, you know. Yeah, it's just there are so many other ways to go about it. For sure. I doubt she had ever been based a vase with someone that had a gun like that because I'd be scared, right? Oh, I'd be super scared. I'd be super scared. A guy pull, because if an officer pulls his weapon out, they don't usually pull it out unless they're going to use it. Right. Or unless they're probably, they fear the threat of death. I think that's supposed to be why they pull it out. When is an officer supposed to pull their weapon out? Can you look that up for me, Trevon? That's kind of interesting. Because I feel like I watched a ton of police spot again, but they always pull out their taser first. Yeah. Oh, well, I don't think anything should have been pulled out here. It's like, I just don't know if, if this had happened six other times down this street where this woman is moving their car and then blocking in front of them. You know what I'm saying? I'm not saying anything justifies it. I'm just saying, at a certain point, it's a bad idea to mill around somebody that has a gun and be doing anything. Like, I'm the kind of guy, when people show up with guns, I'm out. I'm out of the room. I'm out of the room. I'm out of the house. If somebody like, I'm at a party, somebody wants to show somebody a gun, I'm out of here. If I'm at a hunting camp, and somebody pulls out a gun. I'm out of here, dude. I'm out of here. A police officer, a reasonable belief of threat. The primary justification is the officers, reasonable belief that there is an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to themselves or other persons. From my look of view and from the videos I've seen, it seemed to me like he wasn't going to get run over. Yeah. But when you factor in the fact that that had happened to him, I'm not surprised that he would... He believed it was reasonable. That he would overreact. It's just a stupid situation that really felt like it didn't have to happen. Well, also, the scary part about that is this is someone that's like a government person. And so her being, you know, annoying or aggravating or whatever. I mean, in the US, I think there's a certain level, maybe not anymore, but there was a belief that, I'm safe and I'm an American. I can talk her. I can express my beliefs, that sort of thing. And if this goes unchecked, it scares me for what that means, what is reasonable after this. Yeah, I get that for sure. It's hard to know if this had been going on for two hours before this or if this had just all happened in like 30 seconds. That's a tough thing to know. But to your point is, we're going to get into a place where there's a lot more, I feel like this like vigilante journalism type of thing where even with the guy Nick Shirley who went and... Oh, yeah. ...and tracked down the... The Somalian... The Somalian Healthcare Fraud. You're going to have more of that. You're going to have more people out here who want to go out and contest the police. Yeah, it's overall, in the end, for me, it gets weirder and weirder that we're just getting to these more comfortable places. Like, you weren't able to sit here and watch a video where somebody got killed. We don't see the bullet hit them and stuff like that, but we know what happened. And we're in a place now where like... Yeah, let's talk about it. Yeah, that's terrifying. That's pretty scary. One of the things that's happened that's caused a lot of this is they let so many people into the country without proper documentation and without proper checking in. Like, we had some Border Patrol agents on where they would... When people were coming across the border, they would have to meet later with an agent at a certain point, like because they were so overwhelmed, they'd be like, okay, you have to meet with an agent at this point. And so many people were not making those appointments and so people were just in America undocumented, right? And I just believe that everybody should have documentation. I believe there's fair ways to be in the country. I believe that we need a proper immigration in and out. I'm a huge believer in that. Pew Research Center reported 14 million undocumented immigrants in 2023, a record high that likely peaked further before declining in 2025 under stricter enforcement. But what I'm saying is this is one of the reasons why there's so much of this ice stuff, why there's so much ice going on, because there's so many people that are up to no good, that don't want to have any laws that want to hide from documentation, that want to hide from being here legally. And then, what's wilder from there is the process of becoming an ice agent. Have you seen some of this? No. So, US citizenship is required. What's required, Trevner, you on mic? So, US citizenship is required. No felony convictions or misdemeanor, domestic violence, offenses are allowed. You have to pass drug tests, medical exams, background checks. It says here for entry-level positions, you typically need a bachelor's degree, but some, there is reports of some recent ice recruitment stating that under regid degrees are not always needed. So, it's kind of like a gray area as far as that goes. Go back up. What's the age restrictions on? It didn't they change that recently? Let me see, applicants must generally be referred for selection before age 40. The recent college seat changes under secretary Nome have removed strict age limits to attract more candidates, with waivers available for veterans in prior federal law enforcement. So, you can be getting a lot of different types. What, what were some of the, like, did you see some of the posters though? And some of the campaigns, can you show some of that? See if you have some of that. Oh, my God. So, it's like, why is he trying to, like, that's like a thirst trap? You know, man, thirst trap. Well, for sure, because I think they opened up the age restrictions. In an effort to hire more ice agents, the federal government has lowered the age limit. This poster is part of the Department of Homeland Securities, pushed to hire 10,000 ice agents. Previously, agents had to be under the age of 40 now that has changed. This is like, hey, you want this ice baby girl? It looks like he's not wearing pants. Yeah. And he wants you to know. Yeah, you want this warm ice? You know, he looks a little bit like is Josh Dumell a little bit. Can you see that a little? A little bit. Josh, and he might be upset that I said that, but no. He's a ghost like a motherfucker. Dude. Oh, my God. I honestly, I know him some. Is he hot and rarer? Dude, he's so handsome. And he knows, he doesn't honestly. He doesn't act like he's like, he doesn't act like he's the most handsome guy around. Really? No, not around me. I'm a man. But, but he might in other circumstances. But, dude, he's so handsome. Oh, my God. Dude, he's so handsome. I'm okay. I'm married. Take him off the screen. Thank you. Please God. The woman's already dealing with a lot. You're keeping that up there. He's so handsome. Sometimes I don't even want to go back home after I'm like, I can't keep living like this. Like what visual squalor or the rest of us living in. Dude. If this man gets to operate like this. Imagine I feel, I'm in a fucking wheelchair and he gets to look like that. Yeah, but you're still, you're hot, though. For now. Yeah, well, look. I'm a pumpkin, brother. But that's just because of that. You're right, I think. You can change that. You can change that with a box of VO5, honey. But no, that's one of the posters, Trevin. Yeah, posted by DHS. It almost has like a baseball. Like you get like the baseball umpire. You could umpire whether somebody should be in the country or not. The type of people this is for or not the people that should be doing this job. And like I feel like they're like, Hey, there's no one in respect you at home. Come on out here and like, what?! I bet you do get some of that energy where people, that's the thing. It's like in the end, the people who are officers, plead anything. They're just people like they're taking those feelings of whatever's happened in them at home, in the rest of their life, whatever else has occurred, and they're taking them out there. And we also expect like guys to also be, I mean, I think this poster is kind of crazy. I do think that they like just kind of expanded to try and just get more people in. This feels like it's like, oh, you're the umpiring, you're calling safe, you know, you're calling safe and out. You can decide who's safe and out of America, you know? I think that's the kind of energy I get from this poster a little bit. But, but yeah, everybody takes whatever it is into the world with them. You know, and it's like even though we put on certain uniforms or certain like costumes or certain name tags, like whether you're the principal or a teacher, like, it's still just a person. And that's why I feel like to be out there, like just taunting a person, whether the person's a police, anybody, it's like, it's the danger, especially these days, it feels dangerous to like engage in stuff in public. It feels like, but this poster does say ice hiring 10,000 agents with a $50,000 hiring bonus. That's wild. Now that makes me want to dust off the old umpire uniform. Let's look at this. Somebody caught this. A nice agent was caught slipping on ice. Woo! Let's go! And you know what's the craziest thing these days? We don't even know if this is a real ice agent. There's so many people out there that are just cosplaying and getting involved in shit. You, it's like you just don't even know what's real anymore. And the government could create or the government or different entities could create videos like this just to get us agitated. It's a wild time. Yeah, in the AI of it all. That could totally have been AI. We had no idea. It's getting really scary. We'll say there have been a couple of AI videos of me, but they can't make even AI me walk. And I find that disheartening. You think? Just one more protein. My come. Was it prolaxing? Is that what you said it was called? Protaxing. You have a good memory. I do? Has there been um like, was there ever times where you tried like alternative methods of medicine? Like did you ever go to like Honolulu or something? Like was there stuff like that? I would. It's I've never been to Honolulu. They'd never took you to like an exotic place to get a new medicine. No, they took me to New Jersey during COVID. They locked me in a hospital for a month because we were normally okay. That's on. Usually people get to go, you go to like New Zealand or you're going to you know somewhere in the Amazonia. Yeah. You got new Jersey what part? Uh, what's that one? Not Trenton, huh? It's like it's like 45 minutes from New York. New work. Yes. Yes. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. During the winter. Oh. Oh. In the name there. Yeah. And you think walking in snow is hard? Try to have your husband drag you through it. Yeah. And every two seconds I'm like, are you mad at me? What? What therapies did you try or what was something that you tried? That's kind of novel or new. There's the thing that the reason I'm like like emotionally okay now. I do have a lot of faith that medicine will catch up. Like the one I did out there was a for tax and replacement therapy. So they're trying to figure out how to get it back in your body. And then at that point it would be me relearning how to walk. They do believe they'll cure me in my like, but then the next 10, 5 or 10 years. You're not going to like me as my trike walk. Whoa, that's going to be crazy. So was there a time when you felt like there would be no cure? Yeah. Well, when I got diagnosed I was like, all right. Now we know. So what do I do? And they're like, there's not then. And they were like, well, your life expectancy is 40. Yeah. And how is like fuck? And they're like, you're going to lose the ability to walk, doxie here like all of it. So I'm having a killer. Yeah, it was pretty fucking dark. Now I am on a med called sky clearest, which is the only treatment out there for FAA what I have. And I mean, it hasn't been around long enough to like have like long term research done. So it's a little bit of being a guinea pig in it. I'm yeah, my whole life has been elaborate. That's yeah, and I'm okay with it. You know, but it's just three pills every day. And it's supposed to like pause the progression, which I am a okay with like if I can stay this way and not turn into Stephen Hawking, you know, that's my, he did get to go to cool places. Did he have this same thing? No, he did. I lost, which is way worse. Oh, it is. Yeah. And are you guys ever at odds with like that kind of stuff? Or is there is it? It's probably very similar like type of experience. Um, I think it's worse because it's quicker and you're definitely gonna pet. He lived for a long time, but he was also kind of a guy. He's a poster wasn't good. No, kind of a deck. Was he? Yeah. He was on Epstein's fly log. Did you see that? But some people deserve to go over there. He was cheating on his fucking wife. Yeah, you can't, you can't tube with the help. That's crazy. Oh, that's a good point. So somebody else is. So grabbed his hand. Those teeth are crazy. It's like a mean little dog. Oh my god. That's so sorry. We're gonna go to hell for, uh, yeah. No, but it definitely, yeah, it reminds me of my, my step that had a dog. I don't know if he was my step that or not, but, um, he had a dog named Muffy. And at the end, it was just blind to whatever it had these teeth. And he would always brush him in front of us. And I was like, what are we doing? What are we doing? You know, he brush them like 40 times today. He'd brush that dog's teeth. I think he felt like, because it couldn't see. When we mouth, kiss and it. What the hell? He probably was, dude. And the dog had like kind of those brown like marcher on his mouth. You know, that let him get this kind of the tire burns. Like those little white, uh, poodle dogs. Yeah, it's like, I can't put the gator in. Yeah, I can't put the gator in with, yeah, it's like brown all around their mouth and stuff. They get that. Yeah. Oh, that actually looks cute. That makes me so muffy. Muffy was all right. I think I don't know. My mom knew her a little bit better. I didn't know where, I don't know. She was a female. Sounds like she had better bread than me 40 times a day. Oh, he would brush that dog's teeth. God, he would brush them bitches till they were just fucking shining. I mean, just fucking just like. I just just look like a belt buckle right out there. Not the front of his mouth. I mean, yeah, anyway, what are we talking about? So that has to be totally wild. So there was a time of your life when you went, you were like, wow. So my life is only going to be so much longer. And then there's a time now where you feel like it will be different. Yeah. And it's weird being given sort of a death sentence. Like, you know, did you do some things? You were like, I'm treating myself some crazy beliefs. Yeah, there's no reason for me to care about anything. And now I'm like, fuck, I'm going to be here longer. You know, like I was a slut for a long time because I was like, me too. One's, I'm in a wheelchair. It's over. You know what I mean. So I'm like, oh, yeah, that's a good point, dude. Right. So I'm like, I'm going to fuck everyone. I came like a walk into. Sorry too much. I'll pull back. Edit that out. No, no, that's fine. I just, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, people get out there. You got to. Did you, um, did you feel like you would ever find love? Did you, was that a fearful thing? I fully, well, it's the scariest part is like people meet you while you're walking with the gain. And then you have to explain to them. It's going to get worse. So signing up for that says a bad idea. And so I would try to avoid that conversation and avoid telling the name of what I have. And that wasn't fair. So what would you just try to play it off or whatever? And not a big deal. Yeah, I'm just clumsy. I come myself clinically clumsy. You came up with that? Mm-hmm. That's interesting. Yeah, well, Lisa gives you your own ownership over it too. But, you know, I mean, Matt and I got together before the medicine came around. So he signed up for me, I think, and I'd look like Steven. But also he signed up thinking if he gets 10 more years of, I mean, you are a beautiful lady. If he gets 10 years of this beautiful lady, that's a good deal. I feel like was that what he was thinking or was it, was it hard for you to get to believe that he was in like, what was that like? Was it hard for you to believe like really at some point? Did you ever realize for yourself? Because I think at some point all of us, it's hard for us to believe that somebody would love us. A lot of people, especially probably comedians. Oh my god. But you've been a comedian and having this ailment, do you feel like that was ever like an about-face? You're like, wow, I just, I have to believe this. Yeah, I think in the beginning it was hard because he, like my husband, is a really good person. So I- And Matt's comedian as well. Yeah. So that's how you guys met? Yeah, we met at an open mind care. But he's a good guy. Oh yeah, that's all. Oh yeah, he's sad down. Look at Matt taking it easy. I can't wait to see him. He's so long. So long. Oh, that's beautiful, huh? Yeah, he always got a chair with me. Who are you dancing with there, Matt? His mom. Oh, that's nice. What does your mom do, Matt? He looks like Oliver. Oh, wow. That's cool. Yeah, it was very sweet. He proposed me outside of Zaini's. He had the marquee say, well, you married me. Really? Yeah. Oh, did you know? His mother fuck. Um, I guess like I had to have known. Because we actually booked the venue before Lovering. Okay, so you guys were hoping it could happen. Oh, really? Dude, that's so cool. I didn't even know that. And were you proposed right out there in the front? Yeah, well, they, he took me to dinner at a place I did not like. Yeah. And the name of it is called Bad Idea. So I was like, there's... So good husband, bad date or bad dinner guy. And then I get a call from the book or at Zaini's and they're like someone's here, they want to meet you, like hurry up. It's a big deal. And I'm like, what? And so we close at our tab and we are driving over to Zaini's. He's being nervous. And I think he's nervous because I'm nervous. People's a gun out of the glove box. He's poking you in the arm with the... Oh man. And then I thought he was like, maybe it's Nikki Glaser. And I was like, oh, because I had never met her at that point. And I was like, oh my god. So I'm rolling real quick top speed around the corner. And the man goes, wait, come back. And I was like, Matt, we gotta go. And I look up and he got him one knee. And I don't think I even said yes. I think I just kept saying I'm gonna throw up on you. But that's an Irish yes. Oh, that's a beautiful story actually. It makes me think so much differently of this place now when I'm there. I didn't know that people were falling in love right outside of there and playing in their futures. And they let us have our, we have like an after party, after the wedding and reception. Yeah, it was very sweet. Oh, that's cool. Wow. So that must have been, yeah, because I guess like, yeah, I guess you did, yeah, were there feelings like, do you feel like I'll net like, because I think comics in general have a tough time finding love and figuring that kind of stuff out, you know. And the lifestyle of being a comedian, that's really hard to negotiate with love, right? So I mean, I feel lucky that we're both we travel and now we're starting to travel together. Matt features for me a lot on the road, which is like, you know, a dream come true. We're starting to do where he's had planning the Sunday and I'm doing Friday Saturday. Dude, that's awesome, bro. Congratulations. Just the ability to be able to do that together. That's pretty cool. Yeah, it is cool. I'm lucky. Is there points for you like, um, has it felt weird having a having this ailment that you're not even going to have that much longer, which is going to be really fucking weird? You're just bad. Everything that that dumb bitch was fake in it. And I don't know what to do. I want to do a special now called before. And I'll do my call to after. I think that's a great idea. Was there a part like, I guess you have what's that relationship like with comedy and with, um, obviously, people have to joke about what they know the most, right? And I think people are people that a lot of times are, I think they look at people, I think sometimes people look at people that have a nail man or something, either as like a good luck omen or like as like something that they're almost fearful of, right? Because they don't want to imagine it. You know, they don't want to think like, oh, that could be me or I could be in that situation. Well, that's a weird part about like this sympathy. Oh, well, some of it truly is that just symbols sympathy. But a lot of the times I can tell when people feel bad for themselves because they've created a whole story of like, how terrible their life would be if they were me. And I don't like that. You know, because like we all have shitty things. I'm lucky for a lot of reasons. You know what I mean? I'm lucky are the most people. Yeah, that's interesting. I think it's interesting to think like, yeah, like, how we relate to people sometimes and in the end, it's a reflection of something about us or some way we view ourselves or some way that we're afraid to imagine ourselves or there's an ego in that or a selfishness in it. That's stuff. It's hard to kind of figure out exactly what that is, but that's really fascinating. Yeah, it's like, you know, I've been now diagnosed disabled for 11 years. And you figured out the worst part is people doing shitty things. And everyone doesn't want to call it shitty. They are like, hey, they had good intentions. It is not my job to figure out what your intention was. You know what I mean? Like you mean people saying mean stuff? Yeah. You people say mean stuff to you a lot? Yeah. Really? And is it just Kill Tony fans trying to show affection? Probably. I'm not my god. The Kill Tony fans. They are corporate, not all of them, but a lot of them. What are they like? The DMs I get would blow your mind. I get this a lot. It's people men asking if I'll roll over their days. Oh, with the wheelchair. Yeah. Or like, show us your boobs before you die. I guess that a lot. Yeah. It's fun. I'm having a good time. I mean, I bet it's added a lot of color just to your life. I think things like that are just, I mean, yeah, some of that stuff's insane. Is there ever stuff that does kind of pain you a little bit? That's like, are you able to just kind of... There's... Yeah, you know, it's whenever someone touches on your real insecurity. And you're like, for me, it's my voice. Because I let go of the fact that my body is not functioning a long time ago, but my voice is all I have. So I recognize I speak slow, it's because I'm trying to pronounce it, you know. Or a non-seeate. Did you used to be like loud or not a different voice at all? It was more annoying. It was more valid, girl. Oh, thank God. I think I read it up. Now it's kind of deep. The whole damn really deep valley girl. Oh, now you say, now it's kind of deep. Now it just seems like... It just, I don't know. I feel like you want everybody... I kind of always feel like you're like a kindergarten teacher. You want everybody to sit on the rug and listen to a story kind of. It's okay. It's almost half time. Everyone's sit down. Wow. Wow. Are you ever like, do you have moments where you're also in via so the fact that you get to have such a perspective of life? Because you like... Not many of us have this thing where there's a possible timeline on our lives, you know. And you know what that's like. But also are able to have a voice like you have like able to be a comedian whose job it is to articulate things in the share thoughts and feelings. Is there ever moments you're like, wow, this has been... You know, if I don't get to do life again or if we do get to do it a hundred more times, this has been a pretty special experience. Yeah. I feel very fortunate because I... Before the diagnosis, the things I cared about did not matter. And no one could tell me they didn't matter. It just took them. Once things are taken away, it kind of strips down to like the truth and the core of like, what is important. Right, I was very vapid, very like whatever like, I didn't care about my relationships, I'm like, you know. But all you have is connection. So like the more you can connect with people, the bigger the impact you leave. You know what I mean? And all I want to do now, which I never first saw any of this is like, yeah, give a voice to the voice a little bit. But with them telling me my voice was going it feels so ironic that I'm doing that. But it feels good. That would be the scariest thing. Yeah. Yeah. It's like all we have, especially like I think it was work if you work in a comedian or in some place where you speak or some place you have to like communicate with others regularly or probably just for anybody. It's just like, man, my voice, I can't tell you how I feel. Right. Yeah. You've done, you were doing public speaking. Do you still do that? So I did. I think you're talking about the Ted dog. It did like a Ted. It's talk. Yeah. Why I'm so worried to come out. But yeah, um, that was really crazy because that was the first time I did. I publicly spoke and it wasn't comedy. And not like getting laughs because I wasn't being funny. Was really stressful. Hell yeah. That's cute, huh? I'm so happy that you guys have each other. It's nice to have somebody, is it? Oh, yeah. It's really nice. I went a long time with that. I also didn't think I'd ever get married. It wasn't really. I wasn't someone that was seeking that. All my friends were kind of falling into that. And I was like, cool. I can't imagine that. And when I met him, I was like, oh, fuck. Fucking honky. He got me honky from Alabama. Oh, he's from Alabama? Yeah. Oh, I know. It's fuck. You're already. I've been through a lot. I told you. Feeling with an ailment. No, no. Not your Marion Wow. And shout out Alabama, dude. That's all people say is a yeah, shout out Alabama. What part though? Tesco Luzo. That's a great part. You're a Bama fan? Oh, it's so cool. Rolltads. I know. Yeah. We get the red hair. They're ready for you. Yeah, and the wheels. They're roll. Yeah, it's true. That's hilarious. You seem to be on your period when you show up over there. They should have a roll tide section is just women on their period during the game for the game. In wheelchairs. I love that. That's great. Red Bam will be snipping all those days. Red Bam will judge a seat sniffing competition. That's where you got the red part of his name. Wow. So all the people who throughout this episode were like theos doing too many jokes. Just know that that's where we're at here. That's the level that we're at here. I heard you talk about Nikki Glazer. How great is she? She is a queen. She's the best. She just did the awe. She hosted the golden globes. Let's see some of that. Do you have any of that, Trevin? And congratulations to her. She's fought so hard. She was an opener for Amy Schumer for a long time where Amy was like the biggest thing in the world. And here she is as just like the absolute queen. Yeah, she's crushing. And the award for most editing goes to CBS News. Yes. CBS News. America's newest place to see B.S. News. She's awesome. She is so good. She actually, I had never had anyone take me on the road. And I understood pretty quickly that probably was not going to be part of my commuter journey because taking me on the road, you got to comfort Jair and blah blah blah. I deemed her out of nowhere because I saw she was coming to the right man. I was like, I'm a local comedian. I loved to do a guest spot if you ever and she replied within a couple hours. And was absolutely loved and had me on both her shows and then took me on the road. No. Yeah. And she was, she's the only person that's taking me on the road. That's incredible. And she paid for an extra ticket for Matt because she wanted me to have someone there. That's sweet. Yeah. She's the best. She's so funny. I'd love to have her back on again. Every time we sit in chat, we have a great time. Dude, imagine that you're sitting there. You get to joke with lean order to caprio. That's got to be crazy. Oh my god. Toggin shit, Talia. You've worked with every great director. You've won three Golden Globes and Oscar. And the most impressive thing is that you were able to accomplish all of that before your girlfriend turned 30. I mean, it's just insane. Yeah. Leo, I'm sorry I made that joke. It's cheap. You know what? I tried not to, but like, we don't know anything else about you, man. Like, there's nothing else. Like, open up. That's a good point. I love it. He's starting to look like Jack Nicholson a little bit. Oh my god. Go back to him right there. You're totally correct. Pull up Jack Nicholson at his age. Oh no. You did it. We cracked the code. A little bit. The hairline. The hairline's better on, uh, you don't think Leonardo has any hair implants or anything? Well, here's the thing. I think he has a great hairline, but I bet he also could have easily had that done. It wasn't available in Jack's time. I mean, if you're only, if you're only dating young girls, you gotta. You gotta keep it fresh. And you gotta keep it until you get a wife. I've had hair put in here. Oh hell yeah. I didn't know if I needed. I was just dealing with a ton of stress. He is bald and you gotta wife. Type shit. I gotta change my head. I just can't see the top of his head. That's it. Dude, that's a great point. You're like, yeah, what do you care? What are like some of the toughest things about being, having this disability that people do not realize, you think? Are there some little things that are kind of interesting? I think there's a general assumption that like, I am mentally disabled because of how I speak. I've, oh my god, I do have a joke about this, but it's like a real story. Do you remember that bar kung fu? It was in Nashville. It shut down. It was on Broadway. Yeah, I've heard about it. So I went, there was some friends a couple of years ago. And we ran him on that. It was a friend's birth. They just like six girls, you know, drink and whatever. And long story short, I watched my friend get re-revealed. But again, nothing bad has happened to any of my friends that they just take drinks from people and, you know, whatever. So my friend is getting real sick and starting to pass out. It's been like 45 minutes. My able-bodied friends will go to the bathroom together. Dude, I saw a, give her the drink to try to come in. She's passed out and he's like, hey, that's my friend. She asked me to dig her home. And I was like, no. And I just rolled over and put my foot on the door to close it. And he's shoulder to do. And they kicked him in the winter. And I started yelling for help because he's fighting me. And I can't do much. And finally, security comes over. And the guy goes, hey guys, I'm so sorry. That's my girlfriend, my friend, Basta. And this is her mentally retarded friend that doesn't remember me. And I had to convince these security guards that I was not mentally disabled. And I couldn't do it. It is so much harder than it's. Yeah. How do you even- It's like trying to convince someone you're from the future. You can't do it. Oh my God, that's hilarious. Yeah, trying to get away from the accusation. Pete, I can't beat those guys. No, we got kicked out, but the guy didn't get my friends. So that's the one. I can't believe he had such a plan too. That's a crazy part that he was saying that. It wasn't his first time. Yeah, I was like, oh my God, kind of genius. Kind of funny. Just crazy. There's sick people out there like that too. Yeah. What would you say to people, other people that have- A lot of people don't have the same ailment, right? Mm-hmm. You said it's so few. Yeah, but they have some similar. And in school, at my shows, a lot of disabled people which that success to me, I would love one day just like for the club to have to take out every chair because everyone has their own. Yeah. I think that'd be sick. I love that. BYOC, huh? That's great. And where there are people that had ailments that you looked up to at certain points, or do you find like- That isn't where people just look up to. There's one that comes- And I know there are more, but like kind of the like Godmother of disability. Her name- She's dead now. But her name was Judy Human. And she helped pass the ADA like actor or whatever. Yeah, Judy Human. She rocked basically- Yeah, the black panther has helped to get the ADA passed. Wow, Judy Human, born in Philadelphia, was an American disability rights activist and is a mother of the disability rights movement. She was recognized internationally as a leader in the disability movement. In 1970, Human was denied her New York teaching license because the board did not believe she could get herself or her students out of the building in case of a fire. She sued the board of education. Local newspaper in the headline, you can be president, not teacher with polio. The case settled with the trial. Wow. Human received much more from disabled people around the country due to press coverage. Ever lawsuit, many wrote about the experience of discrimination because of their disabilities. Based on the outpouring of support and letters in 1970, Human and several friends found at the disabled in action. An organization focused on securing a protection of people with disabilities under civil rights laws through political protest. Wow. Do you think- Do you think there is a common like- Energy where people feel like you can't do something? Yeah. I think people think Matt is my caregiver and not my husband. Which makes me very mad. Yeah, you're like my caregiver to keep taking advantage of me. My caregiver keeps grabbing my boobs and that, right? Yeah, I guess there's part of you I think you're like as someone that doesn't have an ailment like this right now. That you feel like you want to be helpful and you don't know how to do that really. That is a question. People always are like, well, how do I know when you need help? If it's an innocent question, I understand that but like, I'm an adult. I know how to ask. You know what I mean? So unless I'm like, hey. Can you do this for me? I'm fine. Yeah. You know, I, learning how to ask for help was one of the toughest parts about like, I wasn't disabled. Now I am. Oh, wow. You know, I was very independent. Oh, that'd be so hard. I hate asking for help. Yeah, it's a nightmare but like, there is so much power and being able to. And I know disabled people that are bad at it and they hurt themselves and I ask for help and they'd rather that. And I'm like, what? Good are you to yourself or others if you're hurting yourself. Yeah. You know. Yeah. I mean, you'll sit there forever and be in pain because you just don't want to speak up. I think it goes back to you. And sometimes it's like how you, how even like some, how like those law officers feel. I think there's a code of human where it's like, I want to be able to take care of myself. I should be able to. I don't want somebody to know I'm having a tough time. I don't want to feel like I can't do this. Yeah. I think a lot of that probably comes to surface. What is something that you see like walkies or I don't know what you call like people that are. Day walkers. Day walkers, yeah. What is something you see? Day walkers do that just blows your mind. Is there anything that like comes up like that? I think able body men are dumb as fuck because I see them do the dumbest shit. Like I'm like, your body can break. What are you doing? Oh, this crazy shit. They do. Yeah. Like the jackass stuff. I'm like, yellow or so lucky. But like anything bad can happen to anyone. The disabled minority is the most inclusive minority. It's a good point, huh? Anybody can show up here. Yeah. You feel bad for me today, but you could be sitting next to me tomorrow. Yeah, we'll save you a C. Yeah. I like that a lot because I like a threat. Is there, are there like AA meetings for people that have different types of ailments or like that have like mobility ailments? I know there are disability support groups. I've never been to one which is probably not good. I'm sure there's something in Nashville, but it's hard also because I feel disability. It looks like so many different things. That's true. You don't want to get in there with somebody to just have the neck brace on or something. Right. They're like, I have ADD. I'm just like you. I hear that a lot. Yeah, dead ass. See, that's another place we've gotten with these autistic barbs. It's like making everybody believe that there's something that they have. And it's like it might be true, but you're fine. Yeah. Well, we're also blessed. I mean, I think there's like, you just don't even realize the blessings that we have every day. I was just this morning. I woke up with a good amount of gratitude for the first time. I haven't had that in a while and it felt pretty good. What was I seeing in the news? Something else. We'll finish up in a few minutes. Oh, did you see an Iran that they cut off or I ran? People call it different stuff. But did you see that they cut off all the Internet and the phones over there? No. Nationwide unrest in Iran right now is being driven mainly by a severe economic crisis that has quickly turned into a broader anti-government movement. What's what causes Iran's currency is plans to record lows with the real. That's what they use. Losing a large share of its value and pushing up prices for food, fuel, and other essential items. The initial economic anger morphed in a political slogan like death to the dictator and calls for the end of the current system. So inflation above 40% in years of sanctions, mismanagement, and corruption have left many Iranians unable to cover basic living costs, prompting shopkeepers, workers, and students to launch strikes and street protests. Is there any video from that? I mean, it's unbelievable. Like the Internet is, imagine if they shut the Internet down here. Look at this. That's wild. And this is in the capital, Tehran. There's this protest against the regime there. I think at a certain point you see when things get bad enough that people will take action. Which I guess is still nice to see that people, you know, you want together to make something different. Because it starts to feel like an America. And I was like, We're all for itself. See, yeah. And as long as somebody's mailing me some tostitos or something, and I can't have government dip that I'll be fine. You know what I'm saying? Like I just think we've gotten very comfortable here, you know. Yeah. I mean, what would happen in America if the government was down? We'd have to write letters to each other. I can't even write anymore. I have to get a typewriter assumption. Oh, that would be unbelievable. In the slide. My chair would stop working. Your chair would stop working too, huh? Probably. You'd be stranded. I'd be screwed. You'd be like one of those waymos that just went in a circle or whatever. And it got commandeered. Do we have anything from just somebody like boots on the ground over there? I know they're having. Oh, what's this? This is Masi Alinijad. This is, please help us. The situation here is horrific. It is a full-scale war. The regime's forces show no mercy. They shot protesters in the head and hard and even finish off those already wounded on the streets. And hospitals are wounded are being kidnapped and killed. Wow. This is Nikki Haley says at least 12,000 Iranians fighting for freedom have been murdered by the regime. Wow. Is that true? Possibly thousands more. Okay, the death toll and growing protests in Iran is believed to be in the thousands within Iranian official putting the figure at 2,000. But human rights groups estimating those numbers could be far higher. Wow. Have been killed in protests of Iran now in their third week. Iranian officials have called the protesters terrorists and accuse them of rioting. I mean, it's interesting to see how quickly a republic will call someone a terrorist. Iran International Al-Lundan-based Persian Language News Channel wrote in an editorial on Tuesday that it believes 12,000 people have been killed. They called it the largest killing in Iran's contemporary history, taking place over two nights between January 8 and January 9. Wow. I mean, this is a revolution. This is a revolution. Demonstrations began in late December over economic hardships, but have grown into widespread anger against the regime of the Islamic Republic. Yeah, prayers for the people in Iran that are dealing with that, that are dealing with just like I can't even imagine it's like not to be able to have a voice to feel like you don't anyway. It just goes to show like in the old days when they didn't have the internet and they didn't have cell phones, you still had a voice, right? But I think this is almost, this feels like proof to me that those things create what a voice is nowadays, right? Because some of those companies will be like, well, it doesn't matter how we act or how we behave or what like rules we allow or don't allow on our platforms because if you don't have this, you still have a voice. But you really kind of don't. You know, it's like it's hard to know what's going on somewhere. Yeah, well, it's like we began the so-called untechno thing stuff that we don't know how to have a voice without it. And that was by design because it's something that can be taken very easily. 100%. I don't know we can go down those roads. Well, if we go down those roads, no, it's good. No, I think the same way. It's like, oh, well, here's a voice, but it's for lease, really. Right. Yeah, yeah. It's like a voice you are no longer allowed to own. Yeah. Interesting. And what's the president saying about this? Trump said, Iranian patriots, keep protesting, take over your institutions, save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have canceled all meetings with the Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters stops. Help is on its way. Make Iran great again. President Donald J. Trump, that's insane. Effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America. Wow. So they're not playing around. Who knows if they are. I mean, half of the stuff they say is means nothing. But they're definitely sticking their heads out. Man, it's just so it sucks so much that people, the regular people have to suffer the the whims of their politicians. But then also it's brave that people are willing to get out and protest and speak up for things that need to happen in their community. You know, if your government is just ruining the value of your currency and you're sitting there, you can't afford to feed. Like I saw I've read some of the price of eggs over there going up like seven times. And that they have oil and that they reframe the prices of gasoline over there to make it more expensive. At a certain point you have to stand up for yourselves. You know, it can be hard for some. Yeah, can. See if you have a one video of Iran before the in the 1970s before the. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Dude, they were getting it. They were getting it. They were putting lotion on. How's that? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Another motorized person. You know, I like that. Corn wheels. I mean, it's just wild. It's crazy to think to live in a grow up in a place where you're not free. You know what I'm saying? And it's not you just are a soul put on an earth. You're supposed to be free here. Like if anything you're supposed to be free. Like whether you're supposed to live in the woods or whatever we're supposed to actually be. It's weird that just by happenstance here, they're free or you're not just depending on where you were. Yeah. Born. You know, and like not to like make it all about disability, but like being disabled and a country that's not free. Oh, I mean, even here before Judy Human did her thing, there were signs like in the 90s on like windows of like private businesses and some of them wouldn't let disabled people in because it made their other customers uncomfortable. No way. Disabled people have been left behind forever. Even now, I think as a minority, even though we are the largest minority, we have the least amount of progress. It's because all we're asking is for accessibility and no one wants to spend money. And when money is involved, you're going to see change real slow. Like I can't even afford to really make a where I live completely accessible. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, people don't even think about that. It's really. I'm a, yeah, I mean, I don't ever, I don't ever even think about that a lot of times. Like is this place accessible? Could somebody live here? What would this be like? Yeah, I didn't think about it before I was disabled. You know, I never thought this is all I would think about. Yeah, yeah. And like, think about New York, like you can't even like half of the living, more than half of the living, you can't even probably doesn't even apply to you because you can't get it. I want to talk to a disabled person that lives in New York and be like, how? What are you doing? I've been in a few times now, but not from more than two days because getting around is a nightmare. Like so many like restaurants are just stairs. And so I'll wait on the sidewalk and Matt will go in and like send me a picture of the menu. Dude, that's why you don't even think how many comedians who are disabled comedians probably haven't even had a chance to shine because of how just because of maybe what a place like New York is, just the fact that it is stairs to get in a lot of places. Even the name of the seller. Come on. Come on. I can't think about it, guys. I have been able to get not side-room. They have a little elevator, but not the main one. Like there are so many clouds. I remember when I started comedy. I had never seen, I've seen like Josh Blue. He was a big inspiration. Yeah, that's when I was starting out with Josh Blue. Oh. He was so great. Dude, I'm so funny. I met him once before, way before I was a comic. What's that? I paid money to go to a show with Zane. I got shit face and embarrassed myself and running him and the leader of that man. Are you sure that's what happened to you? It sounds like you were just an alcoholic. I said, I can't. You shouldn't get a drunk driving accident. I can't remember. You went to see Josh? Yeah, I knew he was doing a little meet and greet. And then I was like, I'm not there. And he was like, I'm good. That's so cool. Really embarrassing. I tried to jump a curb in my wills here that night. No. I fell out and give him a love of black. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they just put some speed bumps in our neighborhood. And it's a nightmare sometimes. I mean, it's different. Kind of keep the disabled out. It's like a moat in my room. Every now and then, I'll see a disabled person just stalled out of there at the speed bump. You're like, well, they didn't ask for help. So I'm not helping. Any other news? Was there anything else? Beth the new Drusky skit where he rips on mega church pastors. Let's take a peek at it. I love Drusky. I haven't seen him in a while. Let's see. Let's see what Drusky says here. Let's watch it and we'll get out of here. Who do you want to revolution? I'm going to have Wanda stand up here. Wanda, please. Wanda told us earlier this month that she cannot have a baby anymore. So I impregnated her with the word of God. I'm going to impregnate everyone with the word of God. You won't be pregnant with the word of God. You won't be pregnant with the word of God. You won't be pregnant with the word of God. Impregnate. Oh my god, he can do that. Somebody in the congregation has why I'm wearing a crayon. I know he can slip and slide. That's just me trying to do stand up. That worm. No, with those. Dude, why don't you get those? God's act with the club. You're like, look, if they're not putting a ramp in, they're certainly not putting in two cables that I can hang from the ceiling. I just want to be puppeteers. That'd be so crazy. If you had a whole musical and it was people that are in wheelchairs and they're all being puppeteered though, and they have them like as if they're not. I love it. It feels great. I can't walk but I can fly. Fiona, thanks so much for joining us. I appreciate it. And thank you for having me. I know you and Matt have a podcast called Rampin' Up. Yeah. And is it out every week? Yeah. Every Monday at 430 Central. Okay, great. That's beautiful. How long have you guys been doing it? Christina was on? Yeah. Oh, she's the best. Yeah, she rock. She's my favorite. Do you know Derek's troupe? I don't know my forever. Oh my God. He's unreal. He's the maybe the funniest working comic I've seen a long time. He's from Nashville? From... He's in New York but he's from Alabama. I got a touch base. Maybe I do know him. I bet I've met him here. I don't know. I think I had an aneurysm last year but we'll see. I'll probably see you. I'm saving your seed. That's going to be a new merch saving you a seed. Fiona Cully, you can see her live coming up in Chandler, Arizona. San Antonio, Texas. Nashville, January 21st. That's this week. Next week. Next Monday, right? Or Sunday. Sunday. Out of NLA, January 27th. I might be out there. That's going to be cool. Yeah. San Diego. Comedy works Denver. Have you been there? No. It's my first time. Dude, it's so cool you're getting to go to all these places. It is very cool. I'm nervous because I assume it's snowing in Denver right now. Yeah. And I think there's one downtown and there's one that's on the... South or whatever. I'm doing that one. South one. Mm-hmm. South one's good. It's got a good place to be right around there. Oh, and the room is super cool. I've actually never done the downtown one. I've only done the South one. I think downtown is new and it's more like a fence. It's what I heard. I'm not sure. Well, you're going to be in NLA. Yeah. At the same time. Well, off to come one. I have a show at the Bellroom. You do? If I'm there at the same time, I'll do it. You didn't invite me to do it. No, I want you to do it. That's where I was going. I thought we were all slow. Oh, sorry. I was like, God, this is getting really... You're like, she put me, it is, nap time. Holy shit. Do you get a nap time? Uh, I'm... If Matt lets me. At perverted, I'd let anybody. He just watches. Well, Matt was in the background here. So, Matt, thanks so much for being here. Taylor, that's your last name? Matt Taylor, Fiona Cully, thanks so much for coming in and hanging out. Today, I'm glad we got to chat and just laugh and think about some stuff together. And best of luck. And you guys go see or check out wherever she is. It's great. It's really, really great. This is one of the funniest episodes I've had. And I mean, probably two years, probably some of the most out of life. So, thank you. It's a thank you for having me. Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll share this piece of mine that I found I can feel it. In my bones. How do I know it's gonna tell you?