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Mar 12, 2018 1 hr 32 min

JW Ep 10- Todd Glass

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Jeremiah wonders... what Todd's first trip to the Comedy Store was like 28 years ago, Todd tells the story of his heart attack and how Jeff Ross saved his life, Xavier the xylophone player calls in, and Dr. Phil challenges Todd to a fight?! twitter.com/toddglass twitter.com/jeremiahstandup This episode sponsored by Speed Weed, Joe's Pizza, and Don Carlos Taco Shop!

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Almost, guys. Welcome back to Jeremiah Wonders. Hope you guys had an amazing week. Hope this episode is finding you well.

Got another weird wacky fun episode today with Todd Glass. This guy is so enjoyable to be around. Every time I see this guy, he's just one of those guys that you want to be around. You want to keep riffing with.

You want to keep joking around with. And the bit never ends with this guy. That was great. So much fun.

I had a fun week. It was some good shows that I had. I want to thank everybody that came out to the show that Red Band and I co-headlined the La Jolla Comedy Store. It was super fun.

We had a great time there. We had a lot of Desquat people that came out to come out show support. They bought Death Squad shirts from Red Band and some CDs for myself. Support us that way.

So thank you guys so much. If you missed me in San Diego and you want to see me down there, I'm actually going to be at the San Diego Comedy Palace on May 11th, headlining there with the wave. Jamar neighbors willy hunter myself. We are headlining there.

And we're doing two shows on Friday, May 11th. So that's going to be a lot of fun. Definitely check that out. And some other dates I've deployed.

I guess I'll plug some other dates while I'm already doing this. April 5th through 7th, Kill Tony Crew is going to be in Phoenix, Arizona. Yeah, I believe it's Arizona. It's going to be a lot of fun.

Cannot wait. The whole band, me, Joel Berg, my boy, Patty Reagan, be a Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Red Band. It's going to be a great time. Full weekend of shows.

Check out Tony Hinchcliffe's website under the tour section to get tickets for that. April 13th through 15th, very excited to announce that we are recording the Reagan Watkins album that weekend. We're recording laying down all the instrumentation with our full band set up. And that's with Chroma Chris on bass, Joel Berg on drums, Pat Reagan on rhythm guitar, lead vocals, myself on lead vocals and saxophone.

And our buddy Joel Rakhowski from the goddamn comedy jam, he's going to be playing lead electric guitar on the album. So that's going to be super exciting. I'll obviously keep you guys updated. On that, when we're going to release that and all that stuff, cannot wait for you guys to hear what we've been rehearsing and working on.

I feel like a lot of you have not really heard the full Reagan and Watkins experience. We've been practicing in the darkness for a long time. So we're pretty excited to get that out there. Also, April 27th through 28th, 27th and 28th.

I'll be featuring for the Golden Pony Tony Hinchcliffe in Salt Lake City, Utah at Wise Guys. So if you live in the Utah area, come out and see your boy, the Golden Goose and the Golden Pony, all in one spot, it'll be a lot of fun. May 10th, I will be headlining the Rec Room, which is in Huntington Beach. Come out for that.

And then the final one that I'm going to plug is May 18th. I don't know if we can get tickets for this or not, but May 18th, I'm headlining a show at Cleveland State University in Ohio. So more details for that to come. Thank you guys so much for supporting the show.

For the nice ratings on iTunes, the five stars, the reviews, all that stuff helps. Get your butt over there if you haven't done that yet. Much appreciated. Don't want to harp on it too much.

But you know, the helps of the ratings helps get this podcast out there, getting in those rankings and stuff like that and whatnot. Yeah, speed weed, loyal sponsor of the show. I want to thank Gene Over at Speedweed. Hooking it up.

Yep, if you need some marijuana delivery and you live in Los Angeles or other places as well, he delivers hit up at Speedweed on Twitter. Go to Speedweed's website, check them out. LA Speedweed, got to do it, especially what's funny, it pairs really well with the other two sponsors of the show. Joe's Pizza, and this week, Don Carlos Tacos in La Jolla, California.

That's right. Go visit my buddy, Ryan Hill over Don Carlos Taco. He always hooks up comedians every time they go there when they're performing the La Jolla Comedy story. He's such a good dude.

Helped us with the flat tire fiasco that I told on the podcast a while back with the wave. Just a good dude. And Joe's Pizza's on Sunset, grab a slice whenever you're by the Comedy Store. Go down there.

You're seeing comedy. You're getting a little hungry whenever you're doing your smoke break or whatever. Walk down, grab a slice, and then go laugh some more. Have some fun.

Carlos is walking distance from the La Jolla Comedy Store. So you have no excuse, guys, when you're seeing comedy. Go get some good eats. Yeah.

And I'm excited for this week, Tuesday, March 13th. Stand up on the spot is in the belly room. And that's a sold out show. I don't even think you can get tickets to that anymore.

But I'm going to do this. I might start making this a traditional monthly tradition. First person email me. I will give a ticket to you, plus one, to the sold out show.

Now, let's say you can't get it consecutive months in a row, just in case there's one person who's this an eager emailer. But email me, the first person to email in. I will give tickets to see. It's an awesome line.

Joe Rogan, Jeff Ross, Jamie Lee, Airelin Ricecob, myself, all in the belly room. Do an improvised stand up comedy. It's going to be amazing. That's on Tuesday, March 13th, 815 in the belly room at the Comedy Store.

Email me at yourboydearmywalkinsajemail.com. Yourboydearmywalkinsajemail.com. That's the same email you can email me with if you want to sponsor the show. Or if you just want to say, what's up?

I enjoy getting your letters saying, what's up? That's the best way to reach me. I'm not the best at DMs on Instagram, all this stuff. But I will email you back.

Yes. And I'm the best at DMs. The old talent coordinator of the Comedy Store. He was back in town and he hosted a show that me, myself, Willie Hunter, Jamie and some other Comedy Store comics were put together on this lineup.

Man, it was very bizarre to see him back in LA. And he was talking about the Comedy Store. And it was weird. He played music at the beginning of the show to open the show.

And he still talked about his imprint on the Comedy Store. And it was just one of those bizarre. It was like seeing an ex-girlfriend. Because there used to be something there.

I talked to this guy for years. He became a friend. And then he got fired and disappeared. And he was not the one who made me a pay regular at the Comedy Store.

It was one of those things that he was promising, kind of holding over me for a long time. So it was just this weird animosity, or ill will, towards him. But it definitely felt like an ex-girlfriend thing. We could have been something together.

But yeah, shout out to the new talent coordinator, Adam Eget. He and Norm McDonald got Norm's talk show picked up on Netflix. So that's going to be amazing. That's super cool.

I challenged you guys last week to do an act of kindness, just to a stranger. I was like, why not? Why not do an act of kindness? I'm going to tell something that I did.

And this isn't to be like, oh, I do this, whatever. I literally was reminded to do this, because I said it on the podcast last week. How crazy is that? I probably wouldn't have done it if I wasn't like, you guys should do something nice for a stranger.

It was raining in LA. I was pouring down rain. And I was going to get gas. I was filling in my wife's car with gas.

And there's this man that was standing in the rain underneath an umbrella with a gas can at the gas station. And usually, I don't know if somebody's scamming if they are asking for money. And then they don't actually put the gas in the car, whatever. But he asked me for gas.

He seemed like a nice guy. And I was like, you know what? Yeah, his gas can wasn't that big. It was a three-gallon gas tank.

So I talked to him. I got to know him a little bit while I filled his gas can in this mobile station. And I think he was just down on his luck. I feel like that sometimes happens, where somebody genuinely just needs help from a stranger.

And I felt good to help out. Got to know him a little bit. His name is Drake, a white guy named Drake. That's very memorable.

And I just wish him the best of luck. And hope that some stuff starts going his way in life. So he's not having to stand outside of a gas station and ask strangers for gas. So anyway, I hope you guys did a random act of kindness to somebody.

And maybe I'll start doing those challenges to myself and this audience more often. It's kind of like, why not? Put some good energy out there in the world. I'm all about happiness, positivity, and being a positive influence on other people's lives.

Another shout out, howdy, Kelsey Cook. She made her late night television debut on The Tonight Show. She killed it. It was great.

You should check it out. Kelsey Cook, she's a very funny comedian that tours with Jim Norton. And she's passed at the Comedy Seller in New York. She's just a very funny working comic.

So check out her stuff. Guys, I got another letter in the mail. And this is another hard copy letter that I'm worried about. Our buddy Stan, who keeps writing into the show.

So without further ado, here's the latest letter from Stan. Dear Jeremiah, I'm in the infant stage as a starting a hot sauce company. I've just recently perfected the recipe, Tengy Haafanero. So the next steps are going to be dealing with all the legal matters, coming up with a name, licensing, et cetera.

But for now, I want to send out samples. I listen to all your work every week, and I respect you all. That's why I'm sending these to you. I'm giving back to the countless laughs and entertainment over the years.

What I'm looking for right now is just on his feedback, really. The sauce has got to kick to it. It was fucking delicious. I hope you enjoy it.

This is Stan. JK, with love, Josh Boggs. Thank you to Josh Boggs for writing into the show. I really appreciate it, man.

He sent a bunch of his own hot sauce that he bottled himself and created the recipe for and sent it to the Comedy Store to me, along with other comics who he listens to, their podcast, Sam Trippoli, the Kill Tony Crew, Brendan Shob, Andrew Santino, Theoban, a bunch of us. So it was like a crate of hot sauce. And I tried it. It's really good, man.

It is a Tengy Haafanero. And I thought I could use a little bit more spice originally. But then I let it sit one more time after I used it. And it was perfect.

I'm a hot sauce connoisseur, so I freaking love it. His Twitter handle is at JoshuaBoggs4, or you can check it out on Instagram at saucewhisperer. There it is. Appreciate the love.

Yeah, anytime you guys send me stuff, I always check it out. I appreciate the love, any letters, all that stuff. The guy came up to me in La Jolla, the Comedy Store. And he said that, Reben and I helped him get through his week.

And he was deploying to Korea the next day. And that's what we do this for. Whenever I hear stuff like that, I absolutely love hearing that these podcasts are influencing people's lives in a positive way. I just hope that it helps give you some laughs and relieves any pain or whatever through the week.

It gets you through your week just a little bit easier. And I think this episode is going to do that today. So let's get into it with Todd Glass right now on Jeremiah Wonders. I really like that pizza.

It's going to be easy to talk about. Perfect. Jenny, are we recording? Yeah, she just said we were.

And she said, you could decide where you started. Listen to Jenny. You know what, Todd? Oh my god.

I don't know if I started you. Well, I thought we were going to get along. All right, let's reset. You want to hear something sad?

Yeah, OK. Real quick. Actually, let's get as dark as possible. Right out of gate.

On the way here, I saw the standard sign on the hotel and it's upside down. And every time I see it, I go, they must be running. You can't get it. It's upside down.

No one is embarrassed about that organization. No one is flip or sign. We're crazy. We're saying here, sign's upside down.

Like, I think that's probably what the band Corn, you know, that backwards K. We got to be different. Yeah, just a backwards K alone. Let's people know.

Thank you. Oh, you do that every time I tell a really funny joke. I guess so. Yeah, I guess that's what's going on here.

Wow. I think it's that funny. Well, I guess so if you're giving me those bell rings. Dude, I'm so excited to see you.

It's been actually like, it's been a minute since we've hung out. And it has been a while. The last time I was over at your place with our buddy Blake. Blake Wexner.

Yeah. I think that was the last time we hung out. I know. And you know how it is.

You're always like, I got to call Jeremiah. I got to call this. And even to hang out or just do the podcast. Oh, yeah.

You're a pure joy on the podcast. If you haven't heard Jeremiah on my podcast, don't go find the episodes because it's a lot of fun. You know, Blake Wexner saved. It's a little plug, but he saved every message.

I met him when he was 16. And about a year ago, he came over my house. He goes, I have every message he ever left me. He said it, but I never really believed it.

And then he had every one. So we put out a CDS. And let's just keep it simple. It's 10 years of voicemail from Todd Blaft of Blake Wexler.

And it's on iTunes. And it's pure because it was just for him. There was only three we didn't put on. Three we didn't put on because I thought out of context, it was a little harsh.

But some of them are three minutes. Some of them are 20 seconds. That's so fun. And we put a beat, bit, and post because there's no beat, really.

Because it's like the rim shot of every message. Yeah. So there it is. 10 years.

10 years. It's a chronicle of our friendship, too. Because in the beginning, they're pretty generic. I met him after a show in Philadelphia.

He had a kind of stow get a sweatshirt on. So that's where I went to high school. Yeah, right away. Yeah.

And then there we go. Yeah. You were telling me before the podcast that it's been over 20 years since you performed in the original rim stage? I know.

I'm almost positive. Now I've since done the, what's the other room called? The main room. The main room.

Right. And the belly room I've done. Yeah. Oh, excuse me.

But the original room I did, I came out here. And I think it was 90 maybe, 89, 90. And I auditioned. And I had to say.

Yeah, for Mitzi. And everyone has the same story I'd imagine. I was so nervous. So still, I come into the comedy store now.

And I'm not nervous anymore. But five years ago, when I started coming here more, I would come here with Sarah Silverman a lot. And she was getting ready. And she would bounce from room to room.

And I'm like, I just love this place. It was like coming. It was like, when I lived in Philadelphia, we went to bars all around, you know, where we lived. Because that's how you do it.

And every show I've done would go into the city. And it felt like it was an event. So whenever I come here, even though it's not often, every time it's exciting. What's going on in that room?

I'm going to, you know, you split off with who you came with. I'm going to the belly room and watch this. Oh, I'm going to be in the original room. And I'm over here.

And then the bar, I feel like I'm the only one that explains that bar that they built properly. Like I feel everyone else goes, yeah, they have a bar for the comedians. But it makes you sound like you go into a room and there's just a bar in there. It's not, it's a room within a room where they've created a bar that would be like a New York City.

Like, you know when you're going down New York City and you can look down and you see some windows and there's a window air and AC unit that's going on. They even have a little AC unit in there. So to me, that's the best way. It's a room that they built within the room.

And you go in there and you feel like you're in like a, just a cool little bar in New York City, just that holds like, not that many people. I love it in there. Yeah, it's super exclusive. And then it's also a way for people to, the comics that kind of collect their thoughts if they want before they go on stage.

So it's kind of cool. It is. Zen out. But that room, you know, that room I haven't done it in 20 years.

You know, more. So 90 even would be what? Whatever that would be 90. 20 years.

28 years. 28 years. Yeah. Wow.

So when you were showcasing, do you remember any other comics that were showcasing along with you? I mean, I remember back, no, I mean, by that time, I think like, I knew a group that came out here at the same time. You know how you all come, it was a group, you just coincidentally. Sometimes you come out here with two people who both left Philadelphia at the same time.

It wasn't really like that. But it was like, I remember the comedians that were just seemed to all be new to LA, you know? And it was, you know, John Appetel and Adam Sandler and Alan Colvert. And of course, now I'm not going to be able to think of any names.

But the big acts, like there was already Sam Kinneson, who was here in, you know, and Andrew Dies Clay. And, you know, he did all the music stuff. He would come out from under the table cloth and with a candle. He'd do the different movies with, I'm forgetting his name.

Harry Bezos? Harry Bezos. Oh, there he goes. Harry Bezos and Tom Wilson.

And, you know, it was exciting. And I would go to the main room and see those shows. And, you know, it was pretty exciting. It was overwhelming.

It is. It's overwhelming coming to the Comedy Store. And on Sunset, you know, strip and just right in the heart of the polls. Especially as a new comic.

You're coming to your hometown or whatever. And you're looking around and you see all the headshots and the wall and everything. You're like, oh, I'm on. You did the same thing, right?

Yeah. And where'd you come from? I came from Kansas. Wow.

Yeah. Sounds like, oh, we had a good run. I'll shut it since I tried. No, I tried to keep the door open.

Oh, sorry. There you go. They were trying to keep the door open for me, because I didn't want to be hot. But it seems pretty comfortable.

It seems all right. So yeah, like that sounds like coming from Kansas. Oh, yeah. I mean, before I even.

Did you come here? Because back then, real quick, things changed. I think they changed for good. But back then, it was like, if the improv didn't take you or the Comedy Store didn't take you, you know, as a regular, you felt like, what did I move out here for?

Now, there's so many venues. You don't need just those two beds. There's so many hours. Good things.

Great. Which is a great thing. But did you still come here? How soon after you moved here?

Did you come to the store? So I started coming to the store. I came once for the open mic after I moved to Los Angeles in 2009. But I came to the open mic in 2010, felt I could feel that I wasn't ready for it yet.

And I backed off and I didn't come back for a long time. I came back basically like a year later. In the summer of 2011, I built up materials. I want to be able to do different bits and have different stuff.

So I'm not doing the same three minutes. If I get up every week on the open mic. And summer of 2011, I started going every week until I became a paid regular in September of 2016. Wow.

It's also like, once you start talking about it, then there's something else I thought of, which is crazy. But I think, I don't know if this wasn't a joke. It was a weird fantasy that I would do. But I knew I would never do it.

But it was that I would flatten Mitzi's tire and then help her fix it. And I wouldn't even know who she was. I could all be in my face. I was like, oh, you know, and then she'd be like, oh, and then I would get spotted.

That's a pretty good gun. I'm surprised somebody didn't try it over the years. Maybe. That's how I'm.

But if Mitzi, like, somebody goes, wait a second. Like, Paulie's like, wait, my mom used to get flat tires for 30 years. Well, it wasn't just me thinking about it. Like, people were all going, oh, I had Mitzi's tire.

Then I'll help her. There's this famous story of I think that's how Sam Kennison got spots was Argus and Mitzi. We're romantically involved. Argus Hamilton and Mitzi, so the story goes, we're romantically involved at the time.

And I guess he got a little bit drunk. He got a little handsie with her and physical. And Sam Kennison came out roaring and like, you know, hitting Argus. And after that, Sam started getting spots.

Wow. I'm glad because let me tell you something. Wow. You know, seeing that was just, even in hindsight, I don't agree.

You know, some things you agree with certain things, you know, it doesn't get in the way of what I thought about him. Yeah. Woo. That was powerful.

Wow. I remember just sitting here. We left with my friends and we had all watched him. And it was like, what the fuck?

That was amazing. There were so many acts I forget. What's it like seeing Sam Kennison for the first time being kind of like Neward LA and that being like an eye opening experience, I'm sure, seeing a comedian like that, who we haven't seen since. It was, I mean, it was just so everything, you know, all the crochet words like raw and just from his gut and visceral, is that the word?

Yeah. And it was amazing. I'm trying to think if I saw him on Roddy Dangerfield HBO special first, but then it was you think, well, then why was it so cool to see him live? If anyone thought that because now you're seeing him live and he wasn't talking about the same stuff, but it was with the same passion.

And that's the, I always say do that. You don't have to scream like that, of course, but do be passionate. Have passion or go the fuck home. Same thing with musicians.

When I watch a musician perform, I'm like, yeah, do that or go home. Yeah. Well, that's what I love about watching you is you are dialed into every single moment and you get super passionate and you might start screaming about a topic and you might get fully invested and just earned super red in the face and it's so enjoyable to watch. It's fun.

Sometimes I get so overheated. I go, is this healthy? You know, but I think hopefully it is healthy because I feel pretty cool. Well, you know, it's a good outlet.

Maybe, maybe the other thing is bottling it all up, but I try to split the difference sometimes with it. With his screaming was different. His was like, I wouldn't be surprised if he screamed like a singer saying like he screams, so he's not going to get laryngitis because I don't think he did. I think he, yeah, I think he is screaming the right way.

Yeah, from the diaphragm maybe. Maybe. Yeah. I don't know how you do that.

Well, how would he do that every single night and not have laryngitis because I could scream one Friday late show and then in the next day go, wow, I screamed a little too much. Yeah, you feel it. Yeah, I can throw it. And by the way, the real screaming doesn't always come out when I'm angry.

Mostly, probably overwhelmingly never that screaming. It's when I'm saying something and I see the audience agrees and I can go, now I can go nuts. Like they agree. They're on board.

And I'm bored. Yeah, I can really scream. But anyway, oh, thank you, Jeremiah. Wow, I'm really enjoying this.

When's the pizza? When's the pizza talk? You know what? This brings us to our next segment, Pizza Party.

Wow. Pizza, pizza. See, you hear the crunch? Hear the texture?

And that is good and fresh. Yum, yum, yum. Todd's digesting right now. And just look on his face is pure ecstasy.

He's floating. He's left hitting right now. Todd, Todd, come down. He's all the way up on the ceiling.

Jeremiah. Todd. Jeremiah. Todd.

Don't get me down. OK, guys. I don't want. Jeremiah.

Todd. OK, he's floating all around the studio. I'm, let me, here. Let me throw some rope your way.

OK, let me try again. That was murder. OK, sorry. I've never tried to get somebody down who's levitating for eating pizza.

OK, one, two, three. Seriously? That pizza's really good. I'm not a guy who's, you know, some people won't argue about social issues at all.

I will. But they'll argue about pizza. And there's where I go. It's OK if we like different pizza.

I'm not going to get an argument. That pizza's wrong. That pizza's good. But for me, this pizza, it's great.

It's fantastic. It's perfect. It's really like it sounds like I'm bullshitting, but the crust is perfectly, you know, it has that crunch to it, but it's not too much. Right.

Everything's perfect. And it's wow, now you do want to eat the whole slice. But I won't eat into the mic. You can't.

Perfect. I'll eat it later. This is really good. This is Joe's pizza in West Hollywood.

Oh, yeah. It's really good. I'm going to have one more bite. I'm sorry.

Yeah, I'll actually tell the pizza story while you're chewing on that. Oh, I love that. I have a great, I have a couple great pizza memories with you, actually. One of the first times that I did Moon Tower in Austin, with everybody just on shows, there's no food that's like, that's like close, that's open.

We didn't want to leave the hotel hangout area. We're all hanging out in the hotel lobby. And you ordered eight large pizzas and fed all the comics. And it was just the coolest surprise.

And it was the first time that I ate. I think this is your flavor that you always get. Is sausage, black olive, and pineapple. Is that correct?

Exactly. Yeah. I told you, it impacted me. It was such a fun, happy moment for all the comics, because everybody was kind of hungry, but we were all having fun hanging out.

So we knew that if we left, then then the hang would kind of disperse. And we were like, no, we got to keep it here. And you made the call. You're like, somebody calls.

I'll order as many pizzas. That's my thing. I'll pay, but I don't like ordering pizzas. It stresses me out.

Yeah. It's a lot of pressure. Do you remember who complained? Todd Barry.

He was eating the pizza. It's OK. All he Todd Barry could do that. And I'm like, Todd, you're really not going to complain about the pizza.

He goes, I guess I am. But someone buys you a pizza. You can't go. Yeah, I'm a big fan.

It's OK. I think it's interesting. I think we have our first caller on the show. I think Todd Barry is actually calling in to the program right now.

Hey, Todd, Barry, thanks so much for calling in to Jeremiah Wonders. Did you want to ask Todd a question? Yeah. No, no.

Sounds like Henry Phillips. Henry Phillips is here. He wants to talk to you. Todd, it's Henry Phillips.

Oh, Henry. Yeah, hey, I really enjoy your movie, Punching the Clown. Yeah, you know the thing is, and I liked it, but I should probably say thank you before. But I had a great time.

Sometimes I get stuck in the line. Wow, I didn't know that Todd Barry and Henry Phillips were roommates. That's crazy. Yeah, we live off of a browser.

Bronson. Bronson and Willoughby, right? Yeah. We share a mansion.

We don't seem like you're doing bad. No, no, we really do. My impersonations are really not that good. Thank God for that phone effect.

Oh, thank you. Wow. Wow. Todd, you're killing.

Can someone play a song on that if they were really good, that you would understand like sweet Caroline? Do you want to try to do it? Well, I can't do it. And so pick the song, you know the best, because that would be.

Well, you're actually looking at the keys to figure it out. Like that's crazy to me. Oh, it's not my first time. Try Happy Birthday.

How about Jingle Bells? Is that easier? Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All The Way. Oh, what fun it is to ride on a lawn horse open sleigh.

Hey, Jingle Backwood. I can only do it because I'm singing the melody. I'm not curious about the Happy Birthday. Rockabuy and Baby?

No, that's what I recognize it. Oh, you recognize it. I was going to say, that sounds more like, and I couldn't think of a song, but that was a song. You were playing that.

You told me you were going to try it. I guess that's my go-to on xylophone. Is it a rockabuy and baby? That's called a xylophone?

That's like it has all these different colors on it. Are there professionals xylophone players? I think that they probably are. I wonder if there's got to be a band that we know of that uses one.

Oh, I think we're reading a card right now. Hello, caller, who's this? Zadu Zaskei, if there are professional xylophone players, oh, my name is Xavier Rogers. So you play the xylophone?

Am I saying it right? It's xylophone. Some countries call it a xylophone, but American is xylophone. Xylophone, yeah, it's like, you know, but there's another word that I'd say.

But how long have you played? Oh, since I was in the womb. Oh, you played for a young? You playing a band or do you play like just for the...

I'm just trying to get a grip on like... Oh no, I'm a solo artist. I tour exclusively a low. Oh, wow.

Xavier Rogers. Xavier Rogers, can we find some of your stuff on YouTube? Oh, of course. Maybe we could leave a pause in here and maybe Jeremiah.

Can you like, put like, you know, a little sample of his work in post? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, and that would be so cool. Here it is.

That was... I didn't think you could do all that. Like I recognize that song obviously. Yeah, of course.

Well, is he still in the line? Hello? I'm still here. We're all going to go around.

If you don't mind if I ask, you'd do tour and you'd do tour and what type of venues do do? Oh, I do the Denver circuit. OK, cool, cool. So you just have been doing it a long time?

Also, Little Rock Arkansas. Oh, wow. That's cool. And people come to your show with what type of venue would it be?

Lots of library. Oh, and they... dirt houses, also kind of a county for opening. OK, so they invite you to play?

They invite me. You know, whenever they're about to cut the ribbon and state fairs. You, they do. Like, what would you...

Can you show... I don't know if you'll hear it. Do you have one at your house? I'm gorgeous.

The the the hostile Okay, could you could you play something? Oh, of course There's a difference Right Can you just hit one key over and over and over again? Oh, we just lost Xavier. I don't know what happened Xavier Is he dead?

Feeling the weirdest children's I know the type of children show where the parents find out and they go maybe we maybe not watch that on Saturday morning Yeah, maybe there's something a little dark. They tried to kill that Xavier character. Oh Hey, villain, it's in my ears. Hmm.

I don't keep thinking. I wish I had a funny idea What if I put my name upside down like the like the um standard sign like on my posters? I don't know why I went back to that you could you could be or you could do a backwards T And it still be the tea wow People still see it One time I bought some show it was like a daytime, you know Those talk shows were there and they were twins on it couldn't like more pole-vage, but they were the topic was twins Mm-hmm whatever was it was like 20 years ago But me and my friends still remember it and they took the two girls They were they they go sometimes and they tried to talk together But they were just doing what we could do right now like like you know What do you guys do during the day? Well most of the time we go to the mall Oh my god, we finished each other's sentences They were pretty close to that.

Yeah, we're sitting there don't shut the shut in case kids are listening. Yeah, shut the front Well, I think we have a couple twins that are going in right now. Oh, yeah I think that they wanted to talk about their favorite pizza. Oh, they do.

Yeah. Oh cool. Hello are the pepperoni twins Wow you guys are like those twins from the TV show exactly that's weird now you guys aren't reading a script I will admit and Jeremiah you could probably that is a little crazy Yeah, it's weird that they are able to talk at the exact same time without a teleprompter or anything I think that's what the maybe they're talking about with twins that there is some Connection wait. Oh my god.

Wait. Wait. Are you and I now? twins oh my god, oh, sorry, we just got a little excited that this is really getting crazy Yeah Funny you go sentences, but you say sandwiches.

Yeah, no, we finish each other's San sense sense and sense and I'll say okay. No, it is crazy because sometimes we'll finish each other's And then sir, sir, sir, and we'll be back when you're depressed. Where do you want to go? Nowhere, what do you feel like seeing?

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Yeah, wow you do it once a week. Mm-hmm cool. Yeah, you always have the pizza. Yeah, it's a new segment This is the third time doing it.

I love it. I'm taking it home. Good. I can eat so much.

It's so good You know what I like about it. I don't like I like pizza look you know when people say I'll eat a pizza if it's thick I you know if it's I'm gonna eat pizza if I'm starving, right, but I prefer this Yeah, I don't want lasagna pizza, you know, I mean I want it to be like thin I like it like this. Yeah, you're more of a New York guy Right, but again, I'm not gonna argue with somebody that likes you know, I like Chicago pizza. What are you crazy?

Chicago pizza most people know what they're used to so that's why you hear people say the only place you can get a good burrito is Southampton, Tennessee. All right, is that where you grew up? No, but that's not that guy who you were just talking to He sounds like a burrito expert like his his accent like where he's probably from he sounds like he's had a lot of burrito The only place listen the only place the only only the only argument argue with me Are you know I'm not gonna argue with you the only place you get a good burrito. Okay, good con Yeah, yeah, yeah, the thick thick big big juicy juicy And you gotta have red pepper cheese in there.

Oh, totally. Oh, also some cream cheese. Thank you. Yeah, right Cream cheese with the super authentic.

Thank you the way it was meant to be it. Can I tell you something serious about a burrito? You know what twice grill means? It's when you wrap it you roll it.

Mm-hmm. Usually they put the tortilla on the grill Yeah, they get it cooked a little and they take it off the grill and they take it over not the grill But you know wherever they're they lay it down on what's called the flat of the surface where cooks yeah And then they'll get it and then they'll pull it over to where they make it in the roll it after it's rolled There's either sometimes a press they put it in where they can put it back on the grill And to me it's a game changer because it binds the burrito. I don't want a burrito falling apart as I eat it You know what someone says no no you can eat it Yeah, if you're real careful and the meat is spilling out and you get one bite I want to be able to eat it with the I love when they twice grill it because you like the grilled stuffed burritos at Taco Bell And that's how they do it when it comes to you know not the you know you're eating them what I called jump No, listen, okay the authentic that I like is Bell by the way one night we want to talk about tacos and I think this could be a big ad campaign Maybe I have to change the verbiage, but I'm being totally honest You have to change the verbiage a little bit before I say what it is like you know member dominoes did that thing We know our pizza is not good. Yeah, that was dangerous.

It was I think you know somewhere in house had to go the story could have been Whatever happened to dominoes like pictured someone today goes Dominoes a big change I can't pay that they did and someone that knows about business goes well Remember that campaign they did and I think it was 2012 You just you just fix your food You don't admit that people are hating it and they did and they went out of no So maybe this could be the same type of thing so we all wanted like Taco Bell tacos, right now again We said it a certain way you could change the verbiage a little but this was the sentiment of it Somebody goes oh no you got to go this place on Melrose they make their own things and they go I'm just in the mood for a Taco Bell Taco I think someone said I'm just in the mood for shitty Taco Bell tacos and everybody was everybody we didn't want a gourmet Talker we don't know maybe another time we just wanted a little crap, you know I think one of the people from the Todd glass show is calling in right now. She's a very upset customer service lady. Hello Hi, what's hi? Hi?

I'm issues with them. You're talking about Taco Bell despair. It's only oh Well, I don't think we were really talking about it disparagingly I mean there was an essence in what we were saying, but we're saying we crave it just a good old Taco Bell taco Yeah, okay. Why is that bad?

Well, I'm sorry. What is your name? Linda Linda okay, Linda and you what you're you do what it's all good. Sorry.

It's pronounced Linda. Oh, okay. I was saying the full name Well Linda the way you're saying my name wrong. Okay, it's a Linda well, okay Say my name.

No, no, I will Linda okay, so Linda what is your last name? I hope it's not well You can't think of your own name Okay, can you say it again well, it's um Green bird well, um, it's um green bird. I mean, you know, but a little more pizzazz on it. That's great Well, um, it's um Well, um, it's um green bird.

You got it well. Um, it's on green bird. Yeah, so let's get to this taco yes, okay, so mmm, uh Linda well, um, um, green bird. Well, I'm it's um green bird.

No, I'm it's some green bird. Mm-hmm Linda well, I'm it some green bird. Wow. Okay.

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