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Ali Mckowski is on the show today. We had a lot of fun riffing catching up singing. There's a lot of good stuff in this episode. Without further ado, you guys are going to enjoy Ali Mckowski on Jeremiah wonders.
Thanks for being here. Happy to be here in person in the fresh in the fresh in the fresh in the fresh fresh. Ali Mckowski. How are you doing?
I'm pretty good. I just ate a lot of Jack in the box. What did you get a Jack in the box? Because I saw you come in with, it was a little bit of a statement to be honest.
You came in with a huge, what size is that? Oh, this is only a medium. Are you serious? I thought about going large and I was like toning down, you're going on a podcast.
Isn't it embarrassing sometimes when you do go for a large at a fast food restaurant and you're like, I feel confident about this choice, but then it doesn't fit in a cup holder. Oh, yeah. And then you just feel so gross. You're like, am I the problem or is my car manufacturer the problem?
Yeah. Do I need to talk to Hyundai right now? Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
Yeah. But I thought the key had soul like what's going on here? No soul in that car. Once you put Jack in the box in the passenger seat with the seatbelt on, the soul has left the automobile.
It's left. It's done. But you know, these, these fast food companies, they know what they're doing because they have the little, they have the slim, thick drink cups now. So at the bottom, it's real nice and tight.
Yeah. And then it really gets nice and juicy up at Tom. That's how I like things. Then at the base and then just huge at the top.
Like every PE teacher. Yep. The PE teachers always have the tiniest legs, like calves and then just ripped. Just huge.
You look like a flipped upside down traffic cone. Do you remember your PE teacher's name? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. What was their name? Guy or girl? Okay.
Well, I had a couple, but I have one that stands out. It was a Miss Navarro, I think. Oh, Miss Navarro? Navarro?
Like David Navarro. Yeah. Like, yeah. She was also in the Foo Fighters.
Yeah. Yeah. So she did have kind of a, she did have a Foo Fighters haircut that a little Dave girl. Wait, who's Dave Navarro?
I always got to mention it, but he's not. No, I realized quickly that I fucked up because as soon as I said Dave girl, I'm like different. Yeah. Wait, Dave Navarro, don't tell me.
Did he have a reality show at one point? I believe so. Yeah. And was he married to Carmen Electra?
No. Yeah, I think you're thinking of Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson. No. I'm thinking of, he has a long hair.
Where's Eyeline or Dave Navarro? It's probably. Can I do a quick? Quick quick quick quick quick quick quick quick quick quick quick quick shout out to Mark Norman.
Yep. Do a Goog. Gotta do a goog. Can you do a, can you do a Mark Norman impression?
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Dave Navarro he had a reality show with Carmen Electra. Oh, well, you were dead on them.
I was. Mine is the Foo Fighters. Carmen Electra from Good Burger. I think so.
Carmen Electra from Foo Fighters. Carmeler Taylor. Carmen Electra was everything to me in Good Burger. I was like, who is this woman?
And then I found out his karma lecture later on. Yeah, smoke show. Yep. Real smoke show.
I miss, I was just watching some old reality television. I miss like old school 2005 reality shows. Like bread Michaels and stuff like that. Yeah, rock of love.
But I just remembered this one show that was on MTV. It was called the 70s house. 70s house. I don't know if I remember that one.
It's the worst concept for reality show. What is the concept? I don't remember it at all. Carm or not Natasha Lajero actually was like one of the hosts on it.
Really? Yeah. And the whole first of all, the company, the prize sucks. You get like a Europe trip and also like some like PC games.
Some of those game shows have horrible prizes and people are like stoked, I think just to be on TV more than anything. But like you look back at some of the prizes and you're like, that wasn't even that good. And they're like, like as an adult, you start processing. I mean, the taxes will help that you'd have to pay on that.
Yeah. I don't know if I'd. Well, Andrew, like am I really trying to like do this competition for a PC computer? Yeah.
Like, do I really want to the point of the 70s house show, whatever it is? Everyone just has to pretend like they're in the 70s. They're in this house. There's no modern technology.
They have to get rid of all their clothes that are modern, all their makeup, hair care products, everything they eat has to be like 70s games or 70s. Everything 70s, the lingo, they can't say like, what up? They have to be like, how do you or I don't know how people talk in the 70s? But if if they're caught slipping, they're booted.
Wow. I don't remember the show. I've been rewatching it on YouTube. It's on YouTube.
Is that do you go and deep dives on YouTube? Always. I have so many times open. How did I get here?
Oh, yeah, it's dark. I call it a YouTube K-hole. My buddy would send me links to videos, bizarre videos, and they would have 38 views. And I'm like, dude, how did you find this?
He goes, I don't know, man. I went down rabbit hole and I thought you would enjoy this video. I was like, that's 38 views. How are you one of the people that found that?
Yeah, you're like, this is a decapitation video. I don't want this. Yeah. That's why I like TikTok because the rabbit hole is just provided for you.
The whole thing is a rabbit hole. Yeah. Well, I know people who scroll on TikTok or they just watch it for hours and hours. Oh, yeah.
Cause it's easy to get sucked in on something like that when it's just like, here you go. Here you go. What about this? No, you don't like that.
We're going to fix this until you like every single video that's being thrown your way. Well, that's my favorite. Cause every once in a while, most of the time I always get flummy after I eat a big meal. Does that happen to you?
No one I know gets flummy. I give flummy after pasta. Oh, interesting. I give flummy after anything.
Really? Yeah. If I have like a like a decent sized meal afterwards, I'm always like, what if it's something like that's a dry? Do you still get flummy?
I guess not. I guess it has to have a little bit of some sauce to it. Some sauce. I get flummy after salad after Jack in the Box.
Oh, you know, my two staples salad in Jack in the Box. My burritos. I do love salads. I mean, I had more on the latter side of Jack in the Box.
And there used to be Jack in the Box right by where I lived. I mean, they're everywhere. I just want it. But oh, you went to the one.
Okay. All right. I see you. I haven't been to that one yet.
And the girl with the drive through her makeup was so good. I love seeing like attractive people at drive through. Cause it makes me feel like if comedy doesn't work out, at least I can be a cute little Jack in the Box girl. I mean, I think that the music video that TI made, whatever you like, I don't know if you've seen that music video or not, I think it's every fast food employees dream who works there.
It's a pretty girl who's working at a chicken joint and TI comes in and gives her like a hundred dollar bill. He says, keep the change in his numbers on it or whatever. And then she calls him and then she's on like private jets and stuff with him. And he just takes her everywhere.
And then like, you know, it goes back to the end of the video. It never happened. Like it was all just like in her head the entire time. Yeah.
That was like me working at any food service job I had. Anytime someone came in at the last food service job I had, if people came in and they were using those like heavy black cards where you like know that they're important. Oh, they're, they're, I used to get them at Starbucks all the time where they sometimes wouldn't swipe because they were so sharp. Yeah.
They're dangerous. They're weapons. Oh, no, you could easily. If you really gripped it.
They're heavy. Throw it slit blood everywhere. You're catching an artery on that. I would always swipe their card for them so I could see what their name was.
And then I would Google them. Did you get any successful results? There was one. Let's just say after I swipe there was some phlegm in my mouth.
It was a lot of blem. And now there's one guy who is related to a celebrity. I guess he's kind of a celebrity, but he would come in all the time. And then it felt weird because I felt like I already knew this side of him that I never told him like, Hey, I know who your family is.
But me and him became friends because he would come in all the time. And then I would like run into him when I was babysitting because he had kids. Then I'd like see him at the park, which was always weird because I'm like, Hey, I give you chicken. I worked at a chicken joint.
I'm like, T.I. T.I. is a little bay. I went there once I visited you with Rick Cossack.
Yes. A long time ago. That was great. I love that job.
I mean, that food is really good there. So good. Shout out to Love Baked Wings on Melrose Avenue. Love Baked Wings.
My favorite food service job. Did they hook you up? Would you get as much food as you wanted while you work there? Kind of thing?
Or did they give you like discounted meals? No, I got hooked up. Heck yeah. Yeah.
Oh, I got hooked up. I became homies with everyone in the kitchen because I speak Pookie to us, Manuel. Hmm. So I'd be like, what's up?
Yeah. Okay, pasta. Chico Blanco. See.
They call me La Wera. What is that? Just like, like, little white girl. Oh, yeah?
Okay. It's like a term of enjoyment, but also like a put down. Sure, you sure. I know your place.
But also it's like, Hey. Okay, sure. So the wings. Can I get some?
Great. Thank you. Yeah. I mean, that's what I would do at the Comedy Store for years.
I've just hook up the cooks with some tip money and they'd hook it up with fries and chicken and whatever. Oh, yeah. That was a lot of meals for me. A lot of late night meals where I'd be too hungry to go somewhere before my spot.
And I didn't want to leave. Like, I was like, am I going to go up or somebody else going to swoop in last minute and go on at their actual time or, I don't know. And stressful because when I was working there, I would order food, but then by the time it gets there, you're like in the middle of doing something and the timing never works out and then you have like a big bowl of mac and cheese and you're like, I'll take out the trash in a second. Like a raccoon.
Yeah. I've got garbage hands right now. Can I just can I eat this mac and cheese real quick? How long do you wear this store for?
Think like six months. Six months. Yeah, I was going to say it wasn't like that. Tremendously long.
No, because I so I think Adam had offered me a job a while before I actually started working there because I'd been interested in working there. I really wanted to get a job there. And then by the time that it came up, I felt like I wasn't ready to work there. Just in terms of like my past experience working places, I was just such a shitty employee.
You didn't want to mess it up because it's an important place. Yeah. So I didn't want to go there be a really bad employee and then that have me being a bad employee affect me as a stand up comedian. I've seen it happen to multiple people where they get fired from the store and then it's like, uh, you kind of screwed your path there.
Yes. Yeah. Because now people look at you as a bad employee. They don't see the funny comic.
You're just that dick who screwed them over. Yeah. And I was already like friends with all the door guys. So I'm like, I don't want that to change either where they're like, Oh, Ali's lazy or Ali isn't like, you know, like shows up late, you know, selfish, whatever.
So then she's worse than being ever. You know, I didn't hurt her. Yeah, she should die. So I didn't take the job at the time.
And then when I was finally ready to take the job, I felt like comedy started picking up for me, but not enough to the point where I was like, I don't need a job. Well, I remember when you were starting to go on the road a little bit more, uh, with some different comics and while you were still working at the store, and I feel like that was a very interesting kind of transition, nary phase for you, just because you were doing stadiums on the weekends. And then you were, you know, coming back to the comedy store and, you know, doing certain jobs there, taking that trash, I kind of bathroom, you know, stuff like that. So how did you kind of balance that in your head, like to not like, uh, like let it get to your head while it was going on?
Well, I knew I really wanted to work there and I wanted to kind of be a part of the comedy store in a different way than just, because I'd been going there since before I was even allowed to go there, you know, I was like 19 going to the comedy store. I remember, yeah. And so, and also I was like drinking there, which they could have gotten in a lot of trouble for. So in a way, I wanted to like work there almost, this sounds corny or weird, but it was almost like I wanted to like give back because I felt like the comedy store had already given me so much.
And I felt like it was such a special place that I wanted to be a part of its history in a different way than just hanging out there and like doing random shows. Sure. So I got the job, but yeah, it was like at a weird place where after I got the job, then I started going on the road with these comedians who I looked up to. And then doing like bigger shows and like, I just, I didn't, I didn't think that I was better than working there when doing that.
Yeah. It was a funny like juxtaposition of like flying out with, you know, Joe doing an arena in front of 10,000 people, like staying at a nice hotel and just like getting the coolest experience ever, like literally living my dream and then going to the comedy store like the next Monday, taking out the trash and stuff. But I was like, I haven't made it. Like this is a very cool experience, but just because I got to do that doesn't mean I've like made it in any way.
It's just like part part of the cool journey. Yeah. Yeah. Cause I remember that I'd be going in early to like to set up for Santa from the spot and stuff.
And then you would be like setting up chairs in the belly room, like for the show. And I was like, how's your weekend? Like that like, like, like, because you know, on Instagram and stuff, we see little snippets and stuff. I was like, look pretty crazy.
You're like, yeah, and it's a good time. But like you've always been like, like it was a good time, but I'm back here now. And it's a good attitude to have. I think like in general with, I've been out here now like over 11 years, I came out here in 2009.
So coming up on 12 years of summer, but that's, that's something that I've, uh, have benefited from is not ever trying to get too far ahead of myself. Like, I think it naturally happens to anybody when you're thinking certain things are going to happen. You're like, Oh, this is the thing. And then you're like, Oh, no, not yet.
Okay. I need a chill, like be grateful for what's going on. And then kind of keep on going. And I think having been at the Comedy Store since I started and getting to see other people do those types of things where they start to go on the road or they start becoming the headliners, things like that.
I think even though it only happened to me within like five years, I still had enough time to see like, I think early on, I would get really excited about like doing a guest spot at the Brea improv for one of my friends and there's like 30 people in the audience, but it's like my first real club set. Yeah. And like, you know, now that I look back, I didn't mean to, but like with my friends, I'd be like, I'm going to be a Brea and like I'd be posting all about and kind of being like annoying about it. And so now I try not to be because then other people get things or that's not good enough.
And you know, whatever, I try not to make anything too big of a deal. Yeah. Cause you see it happen to other people where they like get super fired up and like you start to be like, damn, like, am I supposed to like, is that what I want? Or like, am I supposed to do that?
And then I don't know. I think it's better to just kind of be a little bit more lowkey about it. I agree with you. 100% to comment on that as well.
I would say some advice that I would give to younger comics because this is something I did all the time. If somebody that I looked up to or respected would ask me when we were at the clubs, like, Hey, do you mind? How are you doing? I would start foaming the mouth of all the things that I was doing comedy wise.
Yeah. I just hit this mic and I did this and all the stuff because I wanted to prove to them that I was working. Yeah. Where that's not what they were asking.
Yeah. They're trying to get to know you as a person. They're not like wanting to hear how many spots you're doing. They're not what they've been through the grind.
Yeah. Like, and if you're doing the grind, people know it. They know. Yeah.
You don't need to tell people. Like they see it. It's more like the action to speak louder than words. It goes back to something that easy, but that's something that I was guilty of for years and years until I even realized like later on when I started asking comics a couple of years ago, casually I'd asked them and then they were telling me, I was like, Oh, this is freaking annoying.
Yeah. Cause it's a desperation thing. It's trying to prove like, Hey, I belong here. I belong here.
But if you belong there, like people know, like, they get it. You're like, No, no, this person's funny. Yeah. You're chill, dude.
It's all good. We hurt the character, Riley, that the dinosaur, the animal, the animal man sizeable evening, shouldn't be the shows of the Disney Andboard ride. No, it's all good. And so I'm just trying to start making Vanguard films like this and I actually had scans of working at the comedy store.
It's like you do get to talk to comedians that are, you know, more successful. In a way that's different than just the average person hanging out doing mics at the Comedy Store, but at the same time, you're also in work uniform, you know, talking, it feels different in a good way and in a bad way, but I feel like there was one time when Mark Marin was about to go on in the main room and I love Mark Marin. And I'm not the type of person who just like goes up to comics and I'm supposed to be standing in that spot where he was standing waiting to go up. So I'm just like there.
And then I got to ask him a question and then it led into this whole, we were having a conversation he had just done the Joker, so we were talking about that. And it was just so cool because I felt like there was no other scenario where I could have approached him in that way and had that conversation. Yeah, there's got to be definitely more of a safe feeling for comics with employees. I mean, I definitely feel it if they're at the store.
It's like they already have the seal of approval. Not that I'm even, I'm a pretty approachable guy. So I'm usually down to talk to anybody, but it does add a little extra comfort if they're working there. It's like, oh, I'm going to be seeing them all the time.
Yeah. I'm glad I don't work there anymore though. Oh yeah, but then I stopped because I felt like luckily things were picking up more so in a way where I'm like, I don't want to be the employee now who calls out all the time or has to get ships covered all the time. And I kind of told myself when I started, I'm like the only time that I'll leave this job is if I don't have time for it anymore.
Yeah. And that was great. I mean, you know, six months I did it. I did my tour, my run.
Yeah. So what's been your calendar year like this last year because it's been a weird one for a lot of comedians? What's it? What were some highlights and some low lights?
I guess you'd say. So, I mean, the highlight was January 2020, right before COVID, I got to, I kind of worked out perfectly. I got offered to do comedy on a rave cruise. Wow.
And I mean, I wasn't going to do it because I'm like, first of all, who goes on a rave cruise, second of all, who goes to a comedy show on a rave cruise? And I was like, you know what? This will be fun. I get to my like set time, my allotted time to do stand up was like an hour.
And at this point, I hadn't headlined yet, but I knew that I was about to start headlining like the following month. And so I'm like, you know what? If there, there's no better place to run an hour than on a rave cruise. It's the best.
If you already have the gig, it's like, you're not going to, it's a cruise. If you're not going to get fired while you're out out in the middle of the ocean, it's like they're going to keep working either the rest of the week and then just not use you again. So the stakes are low if you think about it that way. Yeah.
So it was nice and it ended up being the most fun I've ever had and the shows were great. And it like, it really made me feel confident going into those headlining gigs because you know when you get like your first headlining gig, you're like, I can't do it. Sure. Yeah.
I know it's going to be funny. Yeah. I can fail the time. Yeah.
So I was really nervous about that and like very low confidence in myself. Like I don't know. Like I don't want to do my first headlining weekend and then have them like call my manager agent and be like, actually, at least not that good, you know? Yeah, that's scary to be like, to get a call like a not ready call.
Yeah. Because then that, you know, obviously would mess up work in the future. Yeah. So it ended up being super fun.
Did the shows on the rave cruise, had a great time and then did my first headlining weekend, tried to do my second and during my second after the first show, I canceled the rest of the weekend, had to come home because I heard LA was going to be on lockdown. And I didn't know what lockdown meant. So I'm like, I don't want to be stuck in Denver. Gotcha.
So I just came back home and I'm sure they're understanding that though. I mean, it's a weird time. Yeah. And this was like right at the start.
So it was very like confusing, weird time. So I just went home. But so that was like the highlight was the headlining and then the low light was after doing one full weekend of headlining, having COVID happen and then just being like, I guess I'll do it another time. The last show that I did right before the pandemic started was the Huntington Beach rec room and I did like, I had a handful of comics with me.
Because I had a feeling that it was going to be all of our last show for a while. So like we packed the lineup. It was like William Montgomery and Joel and and gauge and C day Landry and we all went down to the rec room and Williams opening line. He said something like, I'm not going to lie y'all.
I feel a little sick and people were already like hearing about it and stuff like that because everything shut down on Monday and that shows on Saturday. So like people like, I had to take himself out of a huge like after people were just cheering for him. So excited to see him. He immediately dug a hole and then like he got out of it immediately.
So funny to watch us dying laughing in the back. That's what I love about William. I mean, I love pretty much everything about William, but that's what I love the most is that he just like knows what he's going to say. Oh, yeah.
And he doesn't care. He doesn't change based on who's in the audience. What's going on in the world. He's like, I got to talk about Go first too.
Oh, yeah. I saw him. We did a show. He did a guest spot on my show in Austin at the Vulcan Gas Company.
He's did that one. That's awesome. By the way. And William in the middle is that he was telling somebody to shut up like he and then we find out he was talking to the waitress telling her to shut up and the owner's like, is there a heckler or something down there?
And somebody's like, I think he's talking to the waitress. And he's just like, I'm just kidding. But seriously, your orders are loud. Oh my God.
Shut up. And that was just, it was great. William makes me feel like I'm a child with my alcoholic parent and I'm like, it's fine. I swear.
Like he's okay. He doesn't do this all the time. He's good. Trust me.
He's fine. He's just a little bit loud. Yeah. It's very cool for me.
I mean, I've had literally nothing to do with your journey, but I've just been like somebody who is a friend who's just kind of watching along. And I like seeing growth and accomplishments that are happening to good people. So it's always, it's cool to see me, to see you go to have me see you in a different light entirely where essentially we're doing a show that is like an open mic panel kind of show Kiltown where you're regular and to see you do a minute every weekend to see work on different minutes and then to piece that together and restructure it into an actual act, start hosting for people, start featuring for people. Now you're headlining.
It's a pretty awesome arc to do in the last five years. So like if ever you're feeling down or whatever, like take a step back and take a moment and be really proud of what you've already accomplished like in this time. It's awesome. For sure.
I'm very grateful. It is crazy. You have seen it all. Literally like the very beginning.
Yeah. Yeah. Wow. It's kind of it's I was thinking about it before you came over to I was like, this is probably one of my friends that like I can think of where I've seen the whole trajectory because you see a lot of people coming from other cities and other towns and stuff like that.
Yeah. But I saw you do some of your first handfuls of sets at the comedy store and then you weren't allowed to do sets there because they found out that you weren't old enough, which is that's a pretty punk rock story by the way. Pretty cool. Oh, sorry.
You caught me for being too young. All right. I'll come back a little bit later. And then I came back on my birthday.
I mean, I, yeah. Yeah. That was great. Yeah.
That's so cool. Yeah. One of your talents outside of being a great comedian on stage is you've got a great voice. Oh, yeah.
Did someone say I have a great voice? Oh, yeah. Did someone say I have a great voice? Oh, I guess.
Oh, yeah. Did someone say I have a great voice? Oh, I guess. I was talking to the girl that was actually in front of you, but you kind of jumped into the conversation.
But I guess I'll talk to you. Sure. What's your name? My name is Tricia.
Tricia. Yeah. Okay. Cool.
Well, Tricia, what do you say we grab a bite to eat somewhere? Are you asking me on a date or something? I was thinking about it, but I'm actually starting to not feel the same way I was. The more nothing against the way you...
Your toxic. You're literally gaslighting me right now. Could you explain gaslighting for somebody who... Oh, of course you want me to explain it to you.
You know exactly what you're doing. You're literally gaslighting me right now. Could you explain to me what gaslighting is? I'm an older guy now.
I don't know what that is. Oh, yeah. You're playing dumb to give me to say something and then you're going to say I'm crazy and then I'm lying. Listen, I don't think that you're crazy.
I don't think that you're lying. I'm trying to learn something and connect with you. Okay. Fine.
I'm not saying that you're lying. Gaslighting is pretty much like the worst thing you can do and people are talking about COVID being a pandemic. Have you been on Tinder? Have you been on Bumble?
Gaslighting is the biggest pandemic right now. Okay, Trisha, I'm really sorry that I offended you. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you? Next time before you talk to me, say trigger warning.
Trigger warning? Yeah, because you're triggering me. Oh, I'm sorry, but also I've got to be honest. I'm a little bit grossed out at the same time.
Where are you, Grossed Out? I'm grossed out that you are a person that is real. Yeah, I'm real. I'm from Portland.
You're from Portland? My dad works at Nike if you need a hookup I got you. I mean, that sounds enticing. I'm literally wearing Nike SBS right now.
I love their products, but I will say that I don't think I could handle having a relationship with you to get to your dad. Of course you can't handle it because I'm just a strong female. Yeah, I'm starting to wonder how female are you. Your voice is real all over the place.
And I don't mean to be offensive or anything. My pronouns are she, her and also that bitch. You identify as that bitch? Yeah, I'm a hundred percent that bitch.
Okay. Well, Trisha, what did you, I have to know this. What did you dress up for Halloween this year? Let me guess you dressed up as an indigenous person and thought it was funny and wear a head dress.
That was like 10 years ago. Whatever. Do you still call her? So I'm guessing you don't call it Columbus Day.
Columbus never say the seaward again. I'd rather have you call me a clown. Wait, whoa, that's the seaward he was. Columbus.
Wow. I can smell your breath from all that. Colonizer. You use another.
You use another seaward colonizer. Okay. I'm wondering if you are possessed because are you possessed by a woke spirit? Like, there's this you all the time because it's pretty exhausting.
I'm not possessed. I'm also a witch. Oh, you're a witch? Yeah, I guess.
I see what you say. But like, I don't know. Uh, did you just say, I don't know? I don't know.
And then you're just like, I don't know. I'm asking you if you said, I don't know. I don't know. I don't remember what I said.
Because I can barely understand the consonants because you're slurring all your words together. Because you're not trying to understand me and also I'm on ketamine. Oh, okay. This makes a lot more sense.
Oh, whatever. I'm just timing on. Wait, were you one of the people who attended Ali's headlining set on the rave comedy show on the boat? Um, maybe.
My brain is literally fried. Okay. Well, it sounds that way. Trisha, I don't know how much longer.
Trisha, my name. Was it something else? It was Trisha. I just wanted to trick you.
I'm a witch. You are a witch. Why are you tricking me? Okay.
That laugh was very creepy. It's my real laugh. I practiced in the mirror for 12 hours one day. I don't know how maybe it's because you're a witch that you've kept me in this conversation.
For as long as you can because you're fascinating. Every time everything that I ask you, you spun in a different direction. Yeah, because I'm a witch and I spin waves like spiders. I mean, you do have a witch hat on with spider webs on it.
So Trisha, I think I'm going to have to say goodbye. I'm shocked that I even was attracted to you at the very beginning of this conversation. I don't blame you. All right.
Well, I think I'm just going to leave now. Can you all right? Goodbye. Bye.
I guess I need to oil up there. That arm. The ghost of Trisha's laughter. That's just this is the end of the bit.
That's definitely a real. That's a real person. Oh, yeah. That's happening.
I know them. Full woman. It's a nightmare. What are you going to do?
Ignore them. That's what we got to do. That's fun. You killed it.
Thank you. I'm glad that some people will lean into the effects, Mike. And then some people aren't comfortable with it. Dr.
Water over there. Just freaking vaping. Just killing the game. I like doing stuff.
I like that that's what I like about playing. But that's what you do because I always get too nervous or embarrassed to do characters or whatever. But when I was in college, I did my improv college team for a semester. And I loved it.
It was so fun. But with standup, it's one of those things where I'm like my brain doesn't. I get too nervous, too self-conscious. So I admire you for being able to slip in and out of characters during your standup.
Thank you. It's something that I definitely have to work on for years for it to be a more not annoying thing. If you don't know to dismount properly or get into it easily, then it's just too presentational. And then it breaks the feeling of standup.
You know what I mean? Standup is being natural. I think a lot of times when people do characters, they're focusing more on doing the character than doing the standup. So I think it's nice to be able to focus on the standup first and find a way to add the characters into that.
That way the standup is funny as well as the characters. That's the goal. That's the goal. I appreciate that.
I was mentioning that you have a good voice. And you also are a big fan of Lady Gaga. Oh my God, I love Lady Gaga. I love her.
I have a little bit of surprise for you that I thought. Lady Gaga's here? She just crawls from the ceiling. Go to the ceiling.
I would like to reenact a scene from Starsport. Oh my God, I would love that. Yes, I would love that. I couldn't finish this.
Yeah, Trisha came back. Yeah, the ghost. Yeah, OK, so I have a guitar behind me. Of course.
And I have a if you look underneath your table. Oh, it was like Oprah. There's some lyrics just in case you need a refresher. Oh my God, there's $1,000 in here.
Wait, what? Oh, yeah, we got this. What? I don't need the lyrics.
Come on. All right, OK. Am I doing a filter on my voice? I don't think so.
I don't think you need it. Just waiting for my voice after that Jack in the box. I mean, yeah, I think it'll be better without it. We can always add some reverb or whatever.
Can I just try some of these? Yeah, go for it. Real voice. Gross.
Yeah, I freaking hate my voice. Do you? Yeah, it's just like, I don't know. Yeah, I don't like it.
In the moment I like it, and then if I listen to myself back singing, I'm like, this is bad. Are you talking about singing voice or talking voice? Singing voice. I've come to accept my talking voice.
What does that mean? I mean, I have such a lame talking voice. It's just a little it's just a dry tone. It just sounds like I'm always eating like mashed potatoes or something.
Like I'm just always like working through a high fiber meal. You know, that's alive is going. You know what I mean? All right, let me grab this guitar.
Tell me something girl. Are you happy in this modern world? Or do you need more? Is there something else you're searching for?
I'm falling in all the good times I find myself longing for change. And in the bad times I find I fear myself. Tell me something boy. Aren't you tired trying to feel that void?
Or do you need more? Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore? I'm falling in all the good times I find myself longing for change. And in the bad times I fear myself.
I'm in the day and watching the day. In the shadow, in the shadow, in the shadow, in the light. Oh, far from the shadow now. In the shadow, in the shadow, in the light.
And in the shadow, far from the shadow now. We haven't any accessories. Just a wigganyering? Yeah.
It was real nice. That was a shallow. My name is Ali and I got to switch my mics. Because this one, a lot church baby, but not for God.
Like a church baby. Real story, I think of their time. I'm just going to say, I'm just going to say, yeah, yeah, yeah. Never been finger in church.
Then you didn't go to church. I think that we went to church every kind of church is Ali. I only went to church that fingers you outside of the church room. I don't know if you ever went inside the church or ever.
We're just in and outside the church. Saying that he was a part of the church and saying that he was a pastor. But he was just trying to get past her. And you know what I'm saying, Ali?
I know what you're saying, but it's totally inaccurate. I went to church. Did you go to church? Every Tuesday I...
Tuesday is not a typical day to go to church or not. When you have a little hole in your story. I understand. Wait, now it's not going to do that.
Hello? She went to church on Tuesday. Monday. No, it's fair.