Bad Friends

Happy New Year 2026

35 min
Dec 29, 20254 months ago
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Summary

The Bad Friends podcast skipped their regular episode to share behind-the-scenes footage from Andrew Schulz's comedy special taping in San Diego nearly a year prior. The episode features the hosts and guests preparing for the show, casual conversations, and candid moments at the venue and surrounding areas.

Insights
  • Content repurposing strategy: Using archived footage to maintain audience engagement during holiday breaks when hosts are traveling
  • Community building through behind-the-scenes access: Sharing unpolished, candid moments strengthens parasocial relationships with listeners
  • Multi-show event strategy: Comedy specials often involve multiple performances in the same location to maximize venue utilization and audience reach
  • Guest coordination complexity: Managing multiple personalities and schedules (Bobby's selective attendance) requires careful logistics planning
Trends
Holiday content strategy in podcasting: Repurposing archival content during travel periodsBehind-the-scenes content as audience retention tool during production gapsComedy special taping as multi-day event with multiple performancesParasocial relationship deepening through unfiltered, candid footageCross-promotion between podcast and comedy special releases
Topics
Comedy Special ProductionPodcast Content StrategyBehind-the-Scenes EntertainmentEvent Logistics and CoordinationAudience Engagement During BreaksMulti-Performance Comedy EventsSan Diego Comedy SceneGuest Scheduling and Management
Companies
Monzo
Financial services company featured in mid-roll advertisement promoting investment and money management features
People
Andrew Schulz
Comedian whose special taping in San Diego is the primary subject of the behind-the-scenes footage shown
Bobby
Co-host/guest who selectively attended only the second show due to travel fatigue and personal scheduling
Fancy
Co-host/guest mentioned as waiting to arrive at the Pensacola Hotel for the comedy special event
Zach Town
Guest comedian brought as special surprise performer during Andrew Schulz's comedy show in San Diego
Quotes
"Thank you for being a bad friend"
HostOpening and closing remarks
"We are skipping this week's episode because we are all over the world"
HostEarly in episode
"I have feelings and I'm not gonna be able to get her and I like the pain"
Unidentified speakerMid-episode conversation
Full Transcript
Hey, bad friends. Here I am in the Bahamas. Just wanted to say happy holidays, happy new year. I hope it's a good one. Can't wait to see you guys next year. Thank you for coming along for the ride. We've had such a good time with you. We love you and most importantly, thank you for being a bad friend. Happy New Year and bad friends family. We are skipping this week's episode because we are all the Sky-R around the world. But we didn't want to leave the year without showing you something that you guys haven't seen yet. We shot the following footage almost a year ago when we went down to Sandy, I got to support Andrew's special. The features are a lot of embarrassing moments for myself, so enjoy. Happy New Year and I'll see you all in 2026. Thank you for being a bad friend. We're here at the Pensiony Hotel. We're waiting on Fancy and Bobby. I believe Andrew's here. My course right there next to the port. Yeah, we're feeling good. We're hungry. We made it an hour at a time and we'll see what happens. I need to go pee now though. I'm going to go to the fucking mattress. How did it? Good to see you. Good to see you. Good, good. Yeah. This is what it's going to be like. Oh, great. This is what you want. This is what it's like. Yeah, the closer the better. The closer the better. I thought we would make a comparison over a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a spends a I'm a manhouse, he does... That pisses me right off. Bobby's meeting us there. Okay, he'll be here in probably 25 minutes. I'm going to take a look for you already. We already ordered steak, yeah. Hi, you said you're going to be a little chained back here. I'm doing your fucking data from Doni's impression today. What the fuck are going on here? Chains, yeah. Where do you smoke at the johns? Let's say that. Very good. That was thanks. That's like out here inside the tree. That's open, so it's going to be okay. We need to place this. This is open. This is open. Yeah. He's already doing it. I'm not getting more. I don't want to come on. Come on, guys. You know what he said to me. He said he lied and said, we're going to come back here. You know what? You guys want another cut of meter now. Is anybody need more food now? I'm really like better cheese though, right? You're so many of us. Are you still hungry? Are you still hungry? Are you still hungry? I'm good. I got that. He's going for it. Yeah. What? Bobby's not going to the first show, because he needs to jerk off and just kind of hang out. He barked at the wrong hotel. And, yeah, waiting for the car now. We're back as a family. Waiting on the fucking car. Hi. What are you doing? Where's the load? Watch this. There we go, fans. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. One shot. One shot. Oh, watch that. What's that belt? I love it. What are you? I love it. What are you? Good. Nice day. Come on, go. That's my only choice. That's my only choice. That's great. Okay, cool. Thank you, guys. Thank you for running out. Where's the little body? He's going to come for the second show. Oh, second show. He went to the hotel. He's tired. He wants to go hang out and take a shit in the piss. Okay. Are we leaving without you? Yeah. All right. I mean, let that production know that we're not having Bobby at the first show. No, he's not going to come to the first show. Just he'll be here for the second show. All right. Thank you. Bobby Bargain. I didn't know that though. I didn't say what I called him today. I was like, there's no way you're going to do both, huh? Yeah, yeah. I asked me last night about it. I was like, dude, I was. No, no, no, no, no. I know he didn't want to do both. I don't blame him, dude. Driving all day. I mean. He's probably in the top. Yeah, I got a lift. I'm going to go. I'm going to go. He's probably in the top. Yeah, he's probably in the top. He's got us. He was supposed to be a winner. You know that I have to cut some stuff right now that escapes my radar because of you. Winner is like, he's in top. All right. Unfortunately, no. We were $40 for this. Are you serious? That's a lot of crazy. I hope you got that out of your shit. Thank you. Thank you. No. And everybody's going to. Everybody's going to. Don't pull that out of my head. That's fancy. Yeah. I'm going to begin. I'm going to make my head. I don't really know. Last year we saw the... The epic ones. Yeah. Calm before the storm. That's what it feels like. I was about to say something. Run that back, turbo. Yeah. I ain't so. I'm scared. No, if you want to. I want to see you. Go out there. What do you do? No, I want to see him. He's saying he wants to go sit in the audience. Oh, I can also pitch you in front of him. Any way where I can see him. Give him a seat. There are single seats for sure. Yeah. You're too much. Shit. This ain't good. This is not good. Say that, revenue, you know what I'm saying? I got a shit. That's ain't good. He's in gentlemen. Hello. Hi. Hi. Hello. Very good. Hola, San Diego. Hey, Kappa Sosa, San Diego. You ready for a good show, baby? I can't wait to come on. See you guys. I brought a special friend with me. Don't start the show. Let me jump. Put your hands together right now. For Mr. Zach Town Day. Alright, guys, don't zap down to thank you so much. 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I was expecting that. Because I don't know that all the jokes that that one is make out of me. Did we go down this way? We can go on the stairs. That was it. Yeah, that was the order for sure. Yeah. Yeah, like he doesn't always spend any time with us. Bobby wants to get picked up right before that actual like just chill with us for a second. It's kind of... Why is Mary from the office on this hallway? I like that. I like that. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, that's true. That's it. It's close. It's a little bit too long for me. It's a little crazy. I'll tell you all about yourself in a week or two. There's some bad house. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. Yeah, do you make sure you get this shit? This is the cool. This is where the cool shit happens. This is the moment that we can have some fun with Ford this. And at least to bring out the car. Oh wait, Bobby said the hotel. Oh, he's walking now. Hey, Bob. Yeah, I am. What time though? 9.30, right? Okay, I'll see you then. That Andrew wanted me to tell you that. You, Andrew wanted me to ask if you were awake. No, don't walk here. Don't walk here. There's too many people. The hotel. Don't walk and I know you just want to see girls. I, Caw, come get you. All right, I'll come here. You're such a silly good play. I said, come on, I said, come here. One shot, one opportunity. The next one. The Carlisters is going to make a love to me and Miami. What? Yeah, what you see you're me glad to me in Miami. No, you brought that up and then ask me if we would I'll tell you I won't have a second deal. What you're fucking brought, dude Bobby, this is so bad right now, then I Vapemouth did you hear smells bread from there, right? It's my god Not I would never tell It could help paint off of a house Dude that shit is like dude that's like wait I do have a question The pen the poo is Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We don't say like that in America, but I think I know you mean the skunk Yeah, all right Why did I come down here is his wife am I coming down here? We're celebrating I know, but he's doing his show Yeah, I feel like I was manipulated to come down here You were just asked twice What you were just asking asking like Andrew come to my weekend like why would I do that? Well is he his last one before he tapes oh, that's right and it's just a good celebration of Well, when is he's taping next week? No in a month in a month so this isn't the last show Yeah, yeah, yeah, can you turn the other way? Thank you. He is like Do you are you opposed to breath mince or gum? I do it's a fake do it now. I don't have it. Oh my god Well, it's vaping and also you don't eat enough so it's your stomach acid. Thank you McCone No, I'm not a compliment. Yeah, no not eating enough. It's a compliment. No, I want to do Bobby Can I go to the Jake Paul Super Bowl party with you? Yeah, oh, yeah, why are you not? You're gonna be my guy, right? Yeah Superbowl party You know what you know we're talking to me today on a face time That girl Your friend. Yeah, dude. You're a friend. She's so beautiful She's so beautiful because you think it's gonna turn into something else. Nope. Here's a thing like I have feelings and I'm not gonna be able to get her and I like the pain. I Think that's what it is. It reminds me of when I was early my early 20s. Yes, this is like me or something Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a lot. Yeah, it's a pain. I haven't felt that kind of like it. I know you're longing. I love longing, dude So if she like I want her to break my heart all those people. Yeah, oh my god They don't know you're gonna be here. Yeah, yeah Not yeah, they're all Andrew friends look at they're all better looking when we do it together These are hers good looking fans Oh He's going out smoke Of course, yeah, what is this okay? Oh, yeah, thank you. What is this smoking area? It looks like that door Zach kept going through Yeah I think it's an alley right yeah This is crazy breaking news The mavericks have traded their star To the acres for Anthony Davis that's actually insane. It's happening live on camera. That's kind of cool It's like you caught the first point at the top of my life actually Yeah Well, you want to 15 we want to 10 yeah I want to talk to you about some business Okay, close the store Honestly, please close door please please please are honest and being real close the door. Are you getting me a Teaching a lesson about life they call them life lessons Yeah, this little guy this six What I say earlier man, you said white people are yeah, yeah, you got another thing coming All right everything dude you have fucking no idea You want to see Korean Honda rage? No, don't bow to look at that. Look at your shoes off for you You so good he asked me said do I take my shoes off when he walks in the room. Yeah Our fans are our I bet you 50% of these people are not my friends such a wrong thing It's so insane to say because you have your own fans I know with the wrong at French and everyone's a bad French fan. They're all bad friends It's all literally all if they're my fan. They're bad friends. Yeah And you have you have somebody those belly whatever it is You know, but they all watch that right I would hope so yeah, yeah, so better show Five minutes of it That's that's me street clip was phenomenal what that's that's me street. We're naming what race the Sesame Street characters are all really when we were like What it's a fucking Grover or I mean cookie master was Armenian I'm looking I want to cook is So fine, you know what it is in this you know Sandiego just like it always so many Mexicans Yeah, I know but it's also weird. They're really More into stardom and fanfare or whatever like when I'm walking on a street. It's more of a thing Like when I walked into the American comedy company they couldn't believe I walked in there Like when I walk in a concom they don't want like I saw they don't want me there. No, that's not true I know but you know me they haven't you know why No, like I was smoking in the patio yesterday in the end of the black lady came up to say no smoking here I go where do I smoke she goes out in front? Yeah, I go you know what Johnny close like a set I could smoke in the side The will at the top down I will talk to him and then John you know me like that kind of thing But I want to walk in the American comedy company Oh my god, you know me it's like that respect you get respect everywhere you go He doesn't like you I like Bobby a lot No, he doesn't like you yet. He's learning right now. See he's figuring out I'm good look. He said I was For a white guy We love the same Yeah Not like I know for an Asian guy like there's Steve you right and there's me you have Santino in the view you know me You're like bottom You think he's a bottom Where's Carlos? We're Spanish or Mexican for a Spanish talk Top yeah, yeah, what about fans? Because he's the kind he's the kind of guy that like you know me is in the world. 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