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We're just gonna get right into this episode. I'm very excited to share this episode with you guys. Please enjoy this episode of Jeremiah Wonders with MyPow. Ron Funches.
Hey, welcome to Jeremiah Wonders. We just got the old school broadcasting countdown and I'm here with my power on funches. Hi, Ellen. So that's how we're starting, okay?
Yeah. We're starting getting roasted right out of the gate. That was, Ron has called me Ellen on stage a few times and guess what, it kills every single time. It does because people know Ellen.
I know, they do. And they love Ellen. They love Ellen. They love to dance.
Yeah. And you look a little bit like Ellen. Just enough. Just enough.
Just enough to where people are like, this is funny. Yeah. It's the best. It doesn't hurt anyone.
No, it's great. Yeah. I also, I used to wear blazers too. So I was definitely like, you know, that 80s like Ellen looking.
Oh, I used to love Ellen when I was a kid. I had a crush on Ellen. Really? No, I didn't know.
You don't know? Yeah. Still don't know. Yeah.
Who knows? Is there a chance? It's probably the bottom. Yeah.
I remember one of the first times I saw you, you did your skittles joke to close a set. And I was like, who is this comedian? I love him. It was the first time I saw you.
I think it was the downtown independent. You're doing a set. And it's funny. I'm going to tell you my perception of you when I first saw you because I think it's kind of funny for people to hear what they think of you like right when you know you get to know them.
Because now I've known you for years and I'm not much as changed about my perception. It's always been good. But I saw you at the downtown independent, I was like, who is this guy? And somebody's like, I think he's from Portland.
And I was like, oh cool. And then I started hearing your name a lot of places and you had in the industry what people call heat on you. And I started seeing you pop up at the commissants, everything sets there. And I'm like, I like this guy.
And I got to know you off stage and you're such a positive person that I think it's easy for people to gravitate towards you and your comedy because you have a very infectious kind of positivity about you. Thank you. Yeah. I appreciate that.
That was a great compliment. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you.
Yeah. That's one of the people tell me that. I love hearing it. I mean, I think that's the best thing that you can have.
It's like people feel calmer and more relaxed around me. Yeah. I think that's an amazing trait. Yeah.
I mean, it's so good. Yeah. It really was the only thing that made me have sex when I was a lot heavier. What were you at your biggest?
Because you've come down, you look great. You're slimmed down a lot. Yeah, it's crazy. Thank you.
That's some sirens. You hear that? I hear it. Are we recording in Hollywood?
Yeah. Uh oh. It's siren time, baby. That's how you know.
Yeah. I'm gonna bring my dick off in that ass. Don't be any of this, babe. Yeah.
I actually, one of your albums actually owned because they were one of the gifts in the swag bag at Montreal. And that's how I started. I'd already known you for a while. And I was like, I'm just gonna listen to this.
This is cool. And I don't remember which album it is. It was very enjoyable. Welcome to Jeremiah compliments Ron for an hour.
I love it. It's my favorite part. I just got high, but I'm gonna tie that shirt and get complimented. Oh yeah.
It's the best. Yeah. It's a fun part of the show. But yeah, I'm excited to have you on the show because you've done my show Stand Up On the Spot.
Yeah. It's a lot of like, this is just like a loose fun show like that where just like kind of anything can happen. Anybody can call in anytime. Do we get a lot of celebrities to call into the show?
I hope celebrities call in. Yeah. I hope we'll go France call in. Yeah.
I mean, I think that we're definitely, I think there's a murder happening right down the street in Hollywood. I saw a loose shoe. I saw a loose shoe. I saw a loose shoe.
I never had a good thing. You know what's scary is whenever I see different articles of clothing like this one of something like where's the other one? That's the question. What's the story behind this?
Yeah, it's the question. Yeah. I don't know. It's a one beat up or what really really scares me is like an empty baby carriage.
Like on the side of the road, I'm like, where's that baby? I think what's worse than an empty baby carriage is a baby carriage with something in it that's not a baby. I've seen that too. Yeah.
When you have someone, when you go up to it, it's like a cat. Yeah. It's a baby doll. Yeah.
And you're just like, oh, no, you're a parent. Yeah. That's a diagnosis. Pretty much.
A doctor whenever they give you the news, they give you a baby doll. This is the best it's going to get. That's so rough. Me, Baron Barbie.
Yeah. Take it as a left hand. I can't. That's so dark.
For all you little girls out there. Baron Barbie. Going to a store near you. I knew from a tale, Baron Barbie.
That's just a fun voice. The voice does all the work. It does. It does a heavy lifting.
I love that. Look for me too. Yeah. I mean, it depends on how much work I got going on and how serious I take that work.
If it's a little money-making event, then probably not smoking that day. Yeah. Play with the podcast with my friends. Probably pretty hot.
Yeah. Yeah. It's a great part of the job. I didn't know if it was like a motivator or if it's one of those things where it's like a reward.
I tried to do that for a reward, but it's been a struggle before because it's definitely end of again. And it was more like a thing that helped me cope with the fact that my life wasn't going well. Then I had to realize that my life's going well and I don't need that sometimes means that being sober is a fun time. Yeah.
And so I'm trying to find that value. You know how life is. Yeah. Yeah.
Have you ever been approached to do anything in the horror genre? I had one audition when I still lived in Portland for the show Grim. Okay. And I didn't go well at all.
No. No, because I didn't know anything about acting and I didn't know what I was supposed to be scared of. I didn't understand the script. I had never seen the show.
Yeah. I just kind of went there and was just like, oh no. See, I think that if you like, since you are such a calm, positive force, if you take that and copy and paste that into a horror setting, that you would be a great killer in a movie. Oh, I think so.
A regular life. I could do that right now. Yeah. Like you saying, okay, let's see.
All right. Let's set up the scene here. We have, we have, I'm a guy that's running from you in an alley. Okay.
You have a knife in your hand. You're wearing a trench coat. Okay. You're very visible though.
You're very smiley like you are. Okay. And I'm running. You've already cut me once.
You've already cut my Achilles heel. And I'm like crawling and hobbling along and you're chasing after me. And it's a foggy night. Nobody's around.
I'm screaming for help, but you are set on killing me. Okay. Okay. Here we go.
Okay. Please, please. No. What do you want?
Oh, don't worry about it. Oh, no. You're getting yourself dirty. No.
Why are you doing this to me? Well, sometimes people just got to get murdered. Oh, no. Why me though?
Well, because you look like a little bit. I have money about money. Oh, no. I don't need your money, Fran.
What do you want? If anything, I'll just take your money after I'm done murdering. I find my father can transfer your funds. Oh, well, that just means you had a good life.
Your childhood must have been okay. Is there any way of reckoning this with you? Well, let's think about it for a bit. Okay.
Yeah. Let's think about it. What can you do for me? Do you like boat rides?
I do like boat rides. Do you want to go on a boat ride with me? You know why? I do.
Are we slowly becoming friends? I think we just might. Let's go on a boat ride together. It's supposed to be a murder, but it's turning around.
Now it's a friendship forever. I think I think that would be amazing. I love it. I think that's a good movie.
Yeah. Good soundtrack. Can I do my... Can I do my...
Oh, you're playing around with them? Yeah. Oh, that fool. Oh, that fool.
Oh, that fool. Oh, that fool. Oh, that fool. Oh, that fool.
Oh, that fool. Oh, that fool. I love it. Yeah.
You're on a boat ride. Whoa, Kanye's doing the track for this movie now? We went on a boat ride, but I give up the way you went back to show you bro, go to the trailer and go to the trailer, right. I do that boat ride.
I do that boat ride. You got to ride the boat ride. I don't really know why I'm on a boat ride, but it didn't get murdered. Kanye...
Kanye. Kanye... Kanye. Kanye.
Kanye. That's how rappers, when they stop thinking of things, they just say their name and they throw like, ninjas milk in the air. Okay. Then they're out of there.
Then they're done. Yeah, sometimes I'll do an impression of you. Okay. And my wife.
At what time? Sometimes I'll be like, Hey, how you doing? Okay. I'm working on it.
I'm working on it. So I hate my, how you doing? Good morning. Good morning.
I've been watching you sleep. That's where this comes from as I told my wife. I was like, I think Ron would be the perfect star, like lead of a horror film. Cause you can say anything with that smile and laugh.
And like it like in reality, it's just like fun. But like if you turn it, it makes it so dark, so quick. Yeah. You know the two sides of every coin.
That could be one of the lines in the movie. You know, there is two sides of every coin. I love your laugh, dude. I want to do this.
I want to do a new segment with you. I've never done before. I wanted to try it with you. I think we'll have a lot of fun doing it.
Yeah. Okay. This is a new segment that I like to call wig. The stage hand is bringing in this box right now.
Okay. Now there's an assortment of wigs in the box. Okay. Now I would like you to choose one for me.
And I'm going to choose one for you. Okay. Take a look. Oh, this one's fun choices.
Cheer leader. Well, I think this one just sticks out for me right away. That's a fun one for you. Oh, that was for me?
Okay. Okay. Arash, this one for me. Yeah, look like my sister.
Okay. And oh my goodness. You know what? I like this one for you.
Okay. Okay. This is like a strawberry blonde wig. If you're listening on audio right now, I'm.
This is a good choice for audio for me. Okay. All myself was like, yeah, it's kind of a visual kind of thing. But I think it's fun to paint the picture.
Ron is now putting on a, we're going to take our headphones off for a moment. And he chose a braided kind of dread kind of wig for me. Yeah. Well, not a dreadlock wig, but just a very, yeah, definitely braided.
Yeah. I already love this segment so much and we've never done it before. You know what I love is that you immediately get a new vibe. It's a new vibe for me.
I think it goes well with my shirt. I think it goes great with your shirt. And I think you could, you look really good. Like I'm surprised right now, like how good it just works for you right away.
I love it. I love that I get the flip. You never, as a black man, you never get to just like let you get a long dread as you can flip your hair around. Yeah, exactly.
It's fun. It's just good. Yeah. Now, okay.
Now we need to kind of choose the voices that go with these wigs. Okay. Okay. So we'll start with you.
Like I said, it's like a strawberry blonde wig. Very flowy hair. Very kind of. You're feeling kind of surfer.
You kind of feel like Valley Girl. You kind of feeling, I mean, I got you. I mean, I wouldn't call me a Valley Girl. I will mostly say that I'm a girl from the Valley.
Okay. Right. You don't know the label. There's a negative connotation that goes to that.
Then I'm not smart. Then I'm not hardworking, which I am. I own several, several personal businesses that are very success. Right.
I own my own candle shop that I do out of my garage. Ralph, what's your favorite scent of candle that you sell? I go for a more like jokesense. And so, and then we should probably say, well, but my favorite scent right now is, is this one I call grandma's dead.
Grandma's dead. No, could you describe to me like what's in that exactly? Okay. I don't know if you ever been in a situation where a loved one is passing, but you know it.
It's not suddenly. It's just that you kind of get to watch them go through it. It's a gradual passing. It's a gradual passing.
And it is both A, tragic and B, completely boring. But like once you get to the end of it, it has a certain smell of like memories and like passing and also defecation. I'll kind of mix it in one. So it's both like calming and gross at the same time.
And it just takes me back. It's almost like calming and grieving at the same time. It is. Oh, okay.
I like that. We got to figure out a voice for who am I? What would you say? What vibe do I exude when I'm wearing these braids?
Well, you seem like a guy who probably came back from Burning Man recently. Okay. And but you actually work at a tech company. You have a established job.
But you like to cut loose and can't be put into a box. And because you are successful, you can wear your hair as you please. So I did make the Forbes 30 under 30 this year. And yeah, so I can afford to go to places like Burning Man.
Oh my God. I always wanted to go to Burning Man. Oh, you did. I've always wanted to go.
I've never been. You better have your, you want to, I bet you didn't even know they've got sweets at Burning Man. I didn't know, I didn't know anything about Burning Man. The closest I've been to Burning Man is that one time I went on this day and then I woke up and I was in the desert.
Have you ever stuffed a SoundCloud rapper's dick before? Have I? Do you want to? I also.
What's your name? I already have. My name is Trollby. Trollby.
And now he's spelled that. TRO, L-B-Y, Trollby. Oh, I thought you spelled it with a A. If you spelled it with an A, then I definitely had a second dick before.
I felt I was the guy named Trollby, but he's spelled it T-R-A-B-O-Y. Oh, well, I mean, it's kind of a soft O. So it's, you know, all sort of whatever. He, he, he's like my dick.
Okay, cool. So I've got like the sweet, uh, Burning Man. So it's actually like this class kind of screened in porch that helicopter flies in because I don't really want to go out there with the normies, you know? Oh, that's cool.
So it's going to be a week and remember. Like a week and a Bernie? Yeah, but I don't want to die. Well, you only live on.
Wow, this chick is real. Okay, I tell you about a candle that I'm making. Yeah, well, oh, no. Yeah, you told me, oh, I said on your tint profile that you, uh, that you on a candle store, would you recommend for me since I work long hours at this tech company, but I also like to let loose like, you know, well, then I would definitely, uh, I recommend for you because you work long hours and you want to let loose.
Um, that means you must, like, you know, you have to be burning both ends of the candle. I'm freaking out for you. Um, uh, uh, uh, I said that I call is a mixture of bleach and ammonia and it really keeps you away until it doesn't. Okay, I'm going to that.
Yeah. And then also just okay. Oh, I didn't catch your name. Oh, my name?
Yeah. My name is Kendra. What a C. Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's so hot. When you get the hair out of your face, it's really hot. Oh, thank you. Oh, my God.
Oh, I'm getting so worked over right now. You know, when you look separate, the hairs out of your eyes. It's, it's all, man. Oh, so hot.
All right. Oh, Kendra. Well, I'll pick you up this weekend. All right.
I'll have all the Uber helicopter for queue up. Oh, you better send me back. Cause the last time someone sent me an Uber helicopter and they sent me back in a Uber pool. Oh, well, you call my bluff.
Uh, so this, uh, this might be one of my new favorite segments on the show. It was fun. I had a good time. Wow.
Look at that. Back to it. Stayed hand. We are done with the box.
Stayed hand. Thank you. Um, Pam. How long have you been in Eleno?
Um, I haven't forget. It's either six or seven years. Feel good? Yeah.
I love it. I love it. I've been doing a lot of this. You got here?
Yeah. And I like it. Sometimes you forget because you're always like, ah, I want something else, you know? I know.
But then I just look back at all pictures and stuff and I'm like, Oh man, this has been really fun and I have a house and that feels good. Congrats. That's amazing. I love it.
It's just. I mean, I'm just happy. I'm happy with my life and my friends and stuff is pretty, I feel pretty happy. That's it.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's definitely cool to see like I think we sometimes as comedians get worked up about like a lot of times.
Yeah. I'm working. I also at some point realized that that was kind of a benefit for the people who like work us, you know, because you know, always like that. And it's like, wasn't you going to come and do this or that.
And then I was like, well, if I, if I'm okay with not doing stuff, then I can be like, no, like give me more money. Yeah. And then that's been kind of thing where I was like, Oh, I don't need anything. I'm fine.
Yeah. I did it in my special. I'm in a movie. And I go to the now and like, I'm just going to go back to acting class and go do stand up and like whatever.
And your wasn't your kind of special? Wasn't like the highest rated thing on Comedy Central? Yeah. It's like the highest rated special.
I think so. I've heard. That's a big deal. That's why I believe and it is the truth.
Yes. Yes. Yes. I love it.
Go see a giggle fit. Yeah. Also, Jaxie, the movie. We care out of your head.
No, keep it. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
That's a good luck. We care. Thank you so much. You, uh, you're a gamer, right?
I love games. All right. Let's talk classic consoles. Okay.
All right. Super Nintendo. What are your games on that? Classic.
And we just like jail break it and put like a bunch of those old games on it. And it's literally the best gift I've ever gotten my brother because we grew up playing all those games together. And now when I go back to Kansas, like we're like Giddy like to play it again. It's like it's so fun.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. It takes you back. Yeah.
Oh, I love it. Yeah. Oh, I mean, I was just like a Genesis boy myself, but it's nice to go back and remember the games that my babysitter son had. Oh, okay.
Yeah. Well, you always had friend groups where it's like you would, you in the Genesis side or you on the Super Nintendo side and I had a buddy. My best friend was like, he was a second Genesis guy. So I play like that original Spider-Man game on that.
And like that was one of my favorite games ever. Yeah. Being a state you always felt like you were a second class citizen and a second Genesis kid, but you knew that deep down you had blast processing. You had things you did when Nintendo didn't need it when Nintendo.
And so and we had the better version of Aladdin. And I knew that. Yeah. Why was it so much better?
Because of the blast processing. Don't get me started on the blast processing. Yes. And we had more to combat with the blood.
And you guys had no blood. You had swept. Really? That's the actual thing.
Wow. That was one of those games I wasn't allowed to play grown up because it was too graphic. Yeah. But I played for whatever reason we were allowed to play Super Street Fighter II.
Yeah, I guess it was less graphic. It's like a little bit less. It's like a little bit less. Electrocute someone as it is the spirit that I'm being.
Yeah. I guess. I guess it was one of those games where my brother and I would fight so much because we're so competitive that my dad, he was like one of those dads who he took it to the garage on his work bench and grabbed his sledgehammer and beat it to pieces in front of us. We were like, you're fighting over it?
Yeah. Because you were winning or look because you were throwing things better. Yeah. Well, it would go back and forth.
So it would be a big deal if I beat my brother as any brother relationship. Yeah. You know, like, so like we would, like, or if you beat me, I'd get really upset and then like we'd start pushing each other and then, you know, we're starting to play and then it just breaks out and like a fist fight. Yeah.
Would you care? Yeah. I was Ken a lot. Yeah, I like Ken.
Ken was a good guy. Me too. Yeah. You got Ken by.
Thank you. Yeah. I see it from the USA. From the USA.
Yeah. I know, when I was about to be brothers because I know Roy is from Japan. But then again, I look back at him and like, that doesn't make sense. I know.
I think you're thinking like a double dragon. Like everybody's in their minds. I know. I think so, because we always wanted that like three ninjas.
Yeah. Which three ninja are you? Oh, I guess Tom Tom. I guess.
Yeah. I was, I would be either. I'd probably be Tom Tom. I grew up like I was a chevy kid, but I always wanted to be cold.
I think everybody wanted to be cold and then I want to be cold because that's like a real white name. Like, you know, I mean, I didn't have that issue. Yeah. Yeah, I guess that.
I was like, I was like, oh, this is too white. That's a real one. What better name is wrong? You know what's wrong?
Black name, like Ronald Kyle. Yeah. Would you ever get hyped up as a kid playing like, after you watch this movie, you think you can do Kung Fu? Yeah, I got into dislocated my jaw.
What? The other three ninja. What? I never told my mom.
I just dealt with it. And for a long time, any time I yawned, it would crack. Yeah. Yeah, it would be painful.
So how did you get it? How did you get it back? I think it's so cracked. I heard it like that.
We reset it on the show. Like 20 years. I feel like everybody's gonna have a full fight. Yeah.
You're wrestling guy, right? Yeah. Who's your career characters? You ever seen it?
You said it like a person who never seen it. You just asked me who my characters were for Street Fighters. That would be funny to ask you your characters were for us. I get it now.
Thank you. Okay. My favorite wrestlers right now. I can understand why that would sound like disparaging.
Like, I don't know who your character is. Yeah. Who's playing? Who's your role?
Who your make-believe? Yeah. It's like, okay, calm down here. Of all time or currently?
All time. All time like Ric Flair. Don't go see you both then. Eddie Guerrero.
Yeah. Browheart. Nice. Both of my favorites.
Did you watch wrestling? No, not too much. I would watch it occasionally, but it was more like the WCW game on N64 was very impactful. WCW vs NBO.
So I just love Sting. Play Mustang. Hulk Hogan, of course. I played Ultimate Warrior for a historical roast and it's one of my favorite things that I've gotten to do just because like the energy that I got to put into it, like I wore like, you know, like the tassels and everything.
And I just, when I had long hair, just fluffed up my hair and just used that. So pretty legit. They make fun of the Ultimate Warrior. Do they make fun of his racism and being a bad person?
A little bit. Some people got in on that. But like, I got to roast other people like Hulk Hogan and Under the Giant and Esophan Rose. That sounds like a good time.
Yeah. That sounds fine. And it also sounds like it would not smell great because everybody would have like their nipple cell. Yeah.
That's the thing with wrestling. That's your secret rules. And have wet hairs. People can't grapple you.
Oh. Any other secret? You want to, okay, the best parts if you want to be a great wrestler. You got hair wet for sure.
You got to have an outfit that is both like tough, yes, it's kind of sparkly. You got to stick out. You know, you got a peacock for people. Right.
When what's going on? Right. It's good to just be able to have like an animal with you, like a snake or perhaps branch out, bring a bulldog, a ferret, bring something with you. So people know that you have friends.
So you've thought about this a lot, you know, all the secrets. Have you thought of your own person ever? Yeah, of course. Well, what's your name?
Okay. Hello. Hello. Who's this?
It is me. The one that's always been the one who's always been here. That sounds very ominous. I was born with a big bang and I've been the one swinging with the orangutan.
I can't original player from the Himalayas came down to the ground to be everybody down. Who are you? I'm sorry. Your highness.
I've never seen such glory before. Oh, you've always been with you. You know, if I didn't know when you were born. Sure, baby.
You're going to talk today. You wrestling name just turned out to be father. Yes. I didn't say everybody's that.
Yeah. Who's your daddy? I am. I am the one, the only daddy of them all.