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What do you mean by a little too high-end? The stores are very expensive. It's kind of sanitary here. There's a lot of money. It's a lot of Microsoft money, a lot of Amazon money. So the stores are, you know, they're nice and they're in there. But if there's not, I wouldn't say there's a whole lot of character. I think back in the day Bellevue had a little more character, not that the east side here in Seattle, the suburbs, wherever like known for, you know, being like Seattle downtown, but I think it's like another... It's lost its feel a little bit. That's all. Now, that's the thing people don't understand is I tell them, when you're on the road, you spend a lot of time just walking around malls looking at people. Yeah, malls are, you know, malls, you know, it's a great place to see people. You know, if you're a comedian, just to be in a controlled environment, not that, you know, you're getting to see people, you got a food court. Right. William, I'm getting a call from my agent. I'm going to let this go through because we're podcasting. I'm getting a call from my agent, but you are more important right now. And I probably just lost $100 gig. Which agency are you with? Century 21? That's very funny. Brody hates when I make those kinds of jokes. I've known Brody for 20 years. And Brody, you actually like it's funny, I'm moving to LA in a week. Well, you are? I am, I'm moving to Los Angeles. Oh, you got that job at Jersey Mike's? Actually, I hate to brag, I'm at Jamba Juice. Oh, nice. Well, you know, the better you can benefit. I think the benefits of Jamba Juice, you get a free boost. Every other drink you get. No, I mean, it's funny like, I'm moving without a job. I don't have a job, I just like have decided to go. And I remember like 10, 11 years ago, you did the same thing. You just were like, New York isn't happening for me anymore. I'm just going to go back to Los Angeles because you're from the 818. You're from Tarzana. You represent the Valley. I certainly do. Well, I, in my, when I began my trek into comedy, when I said, hey, I got to try and make it. I felt like, you know, I had to leave LA. I grew up in Los Angeles, but I played baseball in college in Arizona State, you know, so I never really did. I didn't start comedy until I was done with college. Right. And so I was back in Los Angeles, flat footed essentially, trying to figure out, and I felt, and I knew that I wanted to try entertainment. Right. So I did three years. I just knew to get out of LA. I just knew right away, like having, it's so big. It's so spread out. And if you don't have any, anything going on, it's a really difficult place to start. Right. The open mics and all that. So I left, I mean, my mind, I always wanted to, I knew I needed to leave. And it was either, so I ended up in Seattle. That's where I'm at today right now. Three years in Seattle, three years in New York. I felt, yeah, after, I always had a plan to get back to Los Angeles when I was 30. Right. So I knew I had your 2000 in my head, like, okay, I'm going to go away for six years and really train myself, make myself, get it ingrained in my brain as a performer, as a comedian. So I didn't do any baseball stuff. Just did three years in Seattle, three years in New York, and yeah, our friends started working in LA, you know, so. When you said, you know, baseball stuff, you were doing baseball when in college? Well, I played baseball all through college. You know, I played baseball at Arizona State. So I was always into that. And then my last year in college, I took an acting class because I had extra credits. And I was kind of done playing. My arm was all not working properly. And people said, hey, bro, you're funny. And I always thought about maybe doing something like that. Right. So I did the class and it was really, you know, I was, it was love at first sight. So I did that. And then when I moved, when I started comedy, I just like did it all out comedy. And I knew that I knew that I had to just go away and train myself. So three years in Seattle, three years in New York. And then, you know, our friends started moving to L.A. And I knew, because I would hear stories of people going to Los Angeles. Oh, I can't get on stage. Or, oh, I don't know how to get around or I'm lost. Right. For me, I mean, I know that I went along. I mean, I know when you said like you moved to L.A. without a job or, you know, you're going, you're really not, you're going out there based off, you have these friends. Right. You have these relationships. You have the confidence and you have the connections. When I went back to L.A., I knew I had a place to stay. Right. I knew I had a car. I knew how to get around. I knew that I had friends like Alex Sulton and John Goldblatt and all these guys working on TV shows. So I felt like I was connected to them in some way. But also, you had like, I remember you, you were up at Luna Lounge in Patton Oswald was closing out the show. Correct. That show he came up to and he was like, oh my God, you are amazing. I was standing right next to you and he was like, you know, next time you want to go, there's this show out there. It was called Comedy Death Ray at the time. Now it's called Comedy Bang Bang. And he's like, anytime you're in L.A., just hit me up. Here's my number and I'll get you on Comedy Death Ray. No problem. So you had stuff like that going for you too. Yeah. Well, exactly. That gave me confidence. I remember that moment. I remember when Patton came up to me. I think it was Largo maybe. He's very upset. It was Largo. No, it was Luna. It was Luna. Oh, Largo, I'm sorry. No, we did Luna Lounge in New York, but Largo was the room out in Los Angeles. So I knew when I came out to L.A. that Patton was somebody who would, you know, put a word in for me. So that was a, yes, that was a big moment. Doing those, that Monday night show, everybody knew like that was the show to be on in terms of, I mean, think of all the shows. That was a spot you wanted to do that Luna Lounge on Monday nights. Right. So I did it like Todd Berry. I did it like four times. And when I did it with Todd Berry, I did it with Dave Chappelle, Mark Marin, Jeanine Raffalo. I said to myself, look, I'm holding my own with these guys. I'm doing it. I'm doing it. And then I have friends in L.A. I want to go back to L.A. I'm kind of feeling it. It's that 2000. That's why I made, I made the leap. But, I mean, you are always, you're always a fucking powerhouse on stage. Well, thank you. But I mean, it didn't really, I didn't feel it until, you know, there's last few times like at Luna Lounge in there and then also doing my show on Monday night. So Eureka Joe, the festival of laughter. Right. I was able to kind of spread my wings, hosting and, you know, you would help me with that show. You took that show over and that I felt, you know, it was like a booked open mic. And I would do my 15 minute state of the union comedy speech up front for all the comedians. And we had some audience members sometimes. And then the show would start. And I would remember that, you know, I'd have to shuffle the lineup to like make sure the show goes. It was a free show on Monday night in the Flatiron District. You know, so I got to keep the audience. We had dollar beers, but I would, you know, mix in the comedians. I always felt like I was a manager, you know, doing this, picking guys up, playing music, interacting. It was guys like, you know, you know, you helping Victor Bernardo and Colton Dunn and Leonard and Right. Oh, Leonard. Tell people who Leonard was. Leonard Benziger. Leonard was this. Leonard was a, at the time, a 78-year-old Jewish comedian, open micker from Brooklyn. Right. And he was just full of, you know, positive energy, love to laugh and dance and move around. He drove a big Cadillac. And he was 78 at the time and he would come to the show every Monday night and be supportive. I pray him up. Here he comes. Yeah. You were like a walking Howard Stern show. Like you just always had this, this like a crew of characters in your orbit. Yeah, but you know, yeah, but it's, you want to be nice to them. He was never like being mean to them. Leonard really liked it. You never like making fun of the guys. Right. You know, it's always like finding the best in people. And yeah, you don't want to be cruel. I kind of like got that out of my system, like doing my silly show up in Seattle. Right. With Tana. With Tana. You know, we were young and stupid, young and silly. And I was doing some, I just, I just, you know, you just don't want to be mean to them. Plus Howard Stern did all that. I kind of didn't want to be like Howard Stern watching too much of that. Right. You know, that's a lot of, that's why I don't watch a lot of comedy or watch too much of something. You start, you know, thinking like it. Somewhat too. If you watch too much of the same people, you start sounding like them. Right. And that's like, you know, like comics who started in New York. When we started, almost all sounded like David Tell. Myself included. Yeah. Everybody will watch David Tell. Then it's like everybody would watch Mitch Hedberg. Everybody is watching Brody Stevens. You got it. Yes. You know, everyone goes through those phases. So it's either watch a lot of comedians. Right. But if you start watching the ones you really like, like Louis D. K. or whatever, you're going to start, you know, sound like them. And I'm fearful of that at times. Do you find a lot of like Brody imitators, a lot of comics who sound like Brody? I see it, but I take it as a, you know, I see it some of it, but. You should do a show. Take it as an homage. You should do a show in the belly room at the comedy store, where it's just you and all the Brody imitators. Just like. It could be something like that before. Have you? We may have had shows like that before. Yeah. The moments like that. I mean, for me, it's like, I'm not tired of it. I'm just used to it. Like people go through their Brody phases. Yes. And you know, I push, you know, they go through it or they'll actually, you know, do that for audience warmup. They'll just freaking like, they'll assume my personality for a warmup because it works. It's a cheerleader guy, you know, but. You're a master at audience warmup. Well, thanks. I'm a master at, I think, basic cable daily audience warmup. Right. You know, when you have, when you're working with a crew every day and you're working with the same host every day, you got to keep it fresh. You got to keep it, you know, that's what I was good at because you, you know, not only when you're doing audience warmup, let's you do a daily show like I did Chelsea lately or I did at midnight most recently and I've done over 3000 TV shows. Right. You know, not only are you trying to get the crowd fired up and do a good job, but the crew guys are there too. You know, you know, they don't have the same stuff every day. Make it fun for them. Make it fun for the producers. Make it fun for the people on the floor. Give everyone a shot in the arm. It's not just about getting the audience hyped, doing your same cornball stuff every day. It's about getting the audience hyped. Make getting them to laugh. Right. Getting to be present in the moment and also the crew guys, you know, that you don't want to bore them. That's my opinion. You know, you can, you can really push and try to create or you can play it safe. You can play it safe and probably be successful. Right. Make money. Have a show that lasts, but it's really not going to make a difference. My opinion. So you go for 100% coverage. Like not just the audience. You go for everybody. You want the janitor in the back laughing. You want the security guard in the booth laughing. Like you want, from the moment you walk into the lot, to the moment you leave, you just want 100% laughter. Well, no. I don't want them to laugh. So these are, these are like, when the crew guys come up to you, that's like at the end of the week kind of thing, or like every couple of weeks, those are just like, they like it when, Brody, we like when you're here. You can tell. I'm not, my goal is not to make the crew laugh. My goal is to be, have the best audience to make sure the audience is laughing and connected with the show. Bringing energy for the show, for the comedians, for the host, for that. Well, that's interesting. The crew. I'm just like, because a lot of comics are about just killing as much as they can, and you know, like picking, like the rest of everybody else can pick up the scraps, you know? I mean, are you about stand up or? I'm just talking about, like comedians are generally pretty selfish that way. Like they want all that positive energy for themselves. And like, you know, like so sometimes you'll get a show, where it's just like, there's not that much energy left over, you know? Well, you mean, you're saying like a comedian before, so except all the positive energy, so when the next guy goes up, it's gone? Yeah. Yeah, well, that's up to the comedians. Yeah. That's life. That's part of being a comedian. It's up to you to, all right, get going. Right. You know, it rejuvenates. But I'm saying, I'm saying you're the opposite, where you're like, you want to create an environment where everyone succeeds. Well, when I'm doing warm-up, I think what I'm doing, I think when I'm doing warm-up, yes. I think in life, I want everybody to succeed. I'm kind of an uplifting guy. It's just, you want success. You want to see people do well. I want to see, you know, records broken. I want to see new people doing new things, inspiring people. Right. Yeah, yeah. When you're doing warm-up, I'm trying to raise everybody. When I'm doing stand-up, I mean, yeah, it's you and the audience. It's not about the comedian before you, it's about the meetings after you. You know, you're professional. You don't want to go over your time. And also, you don't want to like throw off a room. Right. In terms of like being selfish and give me that energy. Yeah. Now, the producer here, Brabha Bruey, he saw you in L.A. What was it last week, Alex? A few weeks ago. A couple weeks ago, he saw you at the comedy store. 1130 in the, now, is the original room, is that the smaller room or is that the big room? That's the medium room. All right. That's the medium. So he saw you in the medium room, 1130. Yes, that's the all-around workout room. Yeah. He said it was really bad. He said, no, I'm kidding. He said it was great. But that's, that's like I've seen you. We're going to be negative there for sure. Go ahead. No, he said he saw you. I mean, I'm not trying to like kiss your ass on this podcast. I just, he said he saw you and he said you, he said you killed. He said he killed Alex. What would you say? Yeah. You don't have a mic. All right. I did fine. Okay. You did great. He said you did great. He said it was like watching you, watching you in your element, you know, because you're engaging the audience. I was holding my breath. I thought you were going to say, I did okay. Or I could have done this. Yes. Yes. The comedy store is, you know, I get the spot. I get spots there. If I can get, you know, two to three spots a week, I'll take it. I'll take that. So imagine if I got more spots. Right. But I think it's just like anything. If you get thrown up there enough, you're going to get comfortable. You're going to be in your element. Comfortable. Yes. Same with doing audience warm up. I've done 3,000 shows. Put me on a basic cable comedy thing. I got it. Right. You know, doing the road here. I don't do it all the time. It's a pattern. It's a rhythm. It's reps. The last time I went on the road, like I am here in a weekend, was back in April. Yeah. So I really haven't done it. So I'm a little, that's what, four or five months ago. Right. So I'm a little out of my element, slightly stressed, whatever. And that goes for standup. You know, it's like, I'm lucky I get those spots at the comedy store. I'm lucky I just get this, you know, it's putting the time in. There really isn't a shortcut for standup. We know that. It's putting the hours in. It's getting the reps. And then if you're lucky, getting quality stage time. Right. Ideally, you want to get to that quality stage time. Now, how does, how does a comic like Brodie Stevens, who's a fresh daily, how does he get past to the comedy store? Well, a part of that was doing those shows in New York, because I did Lunal Lounge. And Naomi and Jeff and Joanne, they ran, they worked at Comedy Central. Right. So, Lunal Lounge was booked by executives who had Comedy Central jobs. Right. So, when I went out to L.A., I knew I was going to be on, I knew I'd be on premium blend. I had a feeling I was going to get on that. I think I did. Anyway, so, Yeah, we did the same year. I got on premium blend and then, so it's a TV credit. And then I also, because Sulk and all these guys were at Craig Kilborn, I'd send them tapes, they knew me. Boom, I got on the Late Late Show. So, in the year 2000, when I moved to L.A., I knew I was going to get on Kilborn. I had a feeling. Right. I knew I was, I was hoping I'd get maybe a Comedy Central premium blend. I don't know. And I got those right away and those got me past at the clubs. And then based off that, I got an audition at the comedy store. And I think I did it once and Mitsy passed me right away. And I didn't have to go through. I was so lucky. I didn't have to go through, you know, the torment of like coming back week after week. Bobby Lee liked me. Right. The very funny Bobby Lee. He saw me somewhere and he told me to come down to the comedy store. And he got me, he got me an audition on a Sunday night and I got passed. Mitsy liked me. That was back in 2000. So, I kind of got in right away. And then, same thing with the other clubs because I had a TV credit like Nick Schwartz and recommended me at the improv. So, that helped. Right. So, and then also Pat and helping with Largo and then later on doing stuff with Zach help, but I was already doing things before that. So, you know, comedians are great. You know, I think they're really supportive. They like you. They can help you. And that's always nice. You got hooked in with Zach Galifianakis. That's who you were talking to about Zach. And you did, you were in a couple of his movies. Yeah, he was in a couple of my movies. Three, we did three together. Three buddy movies. It's great hanging out with, it's great hanging out with Brody. Like you'll go to Starbucks and they'll just tell the counter lady, like I was in the hangover and you'll start, you'll start like doing your dialogue from the hangover. That's not true. That's, I don't see that's a thing. Liam. You did that. We were all, I probably did that. I did that for you. That's a thing. Well, that's what I'm saying. I have to put this on a podcast. It was fun hanging out with you because you did that. I'm not like, Okay. It's not a problem. I know that, but I understand, but I have to fight this people. Listen to this podcast. David Feldman's a good guy. He's funny, smart people. They're going to think that I walk into Starbucks and do my lines. I don't do that. I may have done that the one time for you possibly. But that's one thing. I kind of, people think like, Oh, he's always on. He's always high energy. No, I'm not. I'm actually shy. And I don't walk around telling people, I'm going to move it. But I also know that show business. When you look at somebody's flyer coming to a show or somebody has an intro from, you know, from Daniel Tosho from Kroll, from the hangover. You know, all I'm doing is promoting myself. Of course. I don't have a poster, but I don't walk into Starbucks doing my line. I'm very shy. But if specifically somebody, you know, for something, yeah, maybe I'd prefer to do it. But I'm not that guy because I think people feel like, Oh, you must be a riot to hang out with. You're always like that. No, I'm not. You're not always a riot to hang out with. But you are, you are a blast. When you're feeling it, you are a blast to hang out with. I've driven through. I'm a Gemini. Yes. I'm a Gemini. I could be funny. You can be on. You can be on. We once drove around LA in your car. You were drumming on the steering wheel. We went to barbecue. Yeah, I remember. You had your car clean. That was, that was a, that was a fun day. That was, it was interesting to see you because like, I knew you from New York. That was the first time I'd come to LA. We hung out for a day. And I was like, wow, Brody is really in his element in Los Angeles. Like this is a guy who like some people, they go to LA and you see them and they're like just kind of miserable because they have to be there to work. But they, you know, because they want the money, but they don't like the lifestyle. It was a hundred percent about the lifestyle. Yes. I like the lifestyle. I like the weather. I like the mountains. I like the topography. I like, I like most of the people, you know, there are good people in LA when you can find them. But you know, there's a lot of, you know, riffraff now, like just people flocking there for different reasons. But, you know, LA gets a bad rap. I agree. When you're there, you can find, you can find your, you can find your people. You can find your way. You can find your like-minded types. You can find your art. You can find your, so, plus, I mean, I grew up there. I was born there in the San Fernando Valley, you know, so I, I just have a natural connection with there, you know, in the being there. So, I like the weather. I like that I can, just like, it's more peace, it's peaceful. I don't like the craziness of Hollywood. Like, during the afternoon, it's just a horn honking and desperation. You know, you go up to the, the valley, you can breathe. Right. And then you're still 15 minutes from Hollywood at night. You know, I can get the comedy store in 15 minutes. Now, do you still have, like all the porn girls living in the valley? Is that still a thing? They're all around. Yeah. Because I think there are more beautiful women in New York than Los Angeles, based on my experience. Um, I think New York, there's more, a lot of models there. Uh-huh. You know, print models. You see them on the N and the R train, of course. I would say that, you know, out in New York, you know, it's densely packed. They're just jammed in there. So, you might see them. I think they're both. You get both. Right. I think, I think New York, I think Montreal has beautiful girls. I think Miami has beautiful girls. I think Seattle has beautiful girls. Right. I think Phoenix has beautiful girls. I think, you know, there's a lot of, a lot of pretty people out there. Um, but New York is, uh, you know, I'm so glad I spent time in New York. And I think for you to come out to LA to finally make this, I mean, you're, you're ready for it. You've done, you've done your, you've done your training. I'm not sure if I'm emotionally ready for it, but professionally, I'm, I should have come out like 10 years ago. I mean, that's just the, that's just the fact. But, you know, I'm doing it now and it's the right time for me. Are you, here's my question. What's the dating scene like in Los Angeles? I don't even know. I don't even try. Really? No. I mean, yes, really, I'm not, I can barely take care of myself. Right. You know, and I can't deal with guilt or those, maybe I'm not finding the right girl. Maybe I'm not putting myself out in the right, you know, situations. But again, I'm a 46 year old single blue-collar Jewish Gemini male. And I have to do a lot of things on my own. And it's hard to relax. And I also have an opportunity, you know, through doing my periscopes and I have to prepare for my stand-up shows. And there's a lot of, I'm not saying that a girl or a, you know, dating wouldn't relax me and help me. And maybe, I don't know, maybe it would. But, I know for me, it's just tough to have, like, to invite a woman into my life like that, because there's so much going on, where there's just like, always the same anxiety about my career. Always this like, uncertainty about where I'm going to be next. All this like, you know, like, just for me, there's a lot of like emotional, emotional instability and uncertainty. And it's hard for women to kind of like thrive in that environment. Exactly. Exactly. I'm, I'm, you know, I don't know what's going on. I don't know where I'm going to be in a year from now. I don't have my house. I'm not all set up. I don't have my enemies. I'm fricking scratching. Right. And I've always been scratching and clawing. I can't sit back and relax. It's rare. And when I do am relaxed, I kind of like, okay, when I jump back in and push and, you know, like I said, I'm a Gemini. I'm, I'm sensitive. It's a hard business. And I don't want to, I mean, honestly, I don't want to have a heart attack. I don't want to stress, stress kills. Right. And I enjoy, I enjoy periscoping, meeting, helping people. I get it. I, I'd rather inspire, but that's what I'm into right now and helping people. But yeah, I mean, of course, I, well, I wish I had a girlfriend or a girl I was attracted to who would be attracted to me, but it was never that case. It was never that case. So I said, I just shut it down and I'm on, I'm on brazzers. I do a lot of, you know, online, do a lot of online pornography. It's great. Pornhub, not to, we're not, we're not sponsored by anybody, but ex hamster is a good one. If you like to just a down and dirty porn. Um, but I don't even do that to be honest. I mean, I don't even, my mind's on it. I just, I feel like this world is so, I think so backwards. It's like, I just, I've become like, you know, I'm living the woods by myself, not playing, but, you know, it is a kind of crazy. It's just a undertaking. And having kids, you know, imagine having that pressure. Right. And having to be in the position that we're in right now, doing podcasts in a mall. Right. I mean, you know, we don't have a pension plan. Right. We don't have crazy benefits. What do we, what do we have? So what do we have? I mean, unless you want to struggle with some girl, let's do the struggle together, or you get some girl who's made it. And I don't know. It's just, I'm not being negative. I just keep pushing positives. I get more, that's the best, it's the best I can do. The best, I mean, the best comedian relationships always seem to be where the comedian does his or her thing. And then they're like married to someone who's a professional who actually makes money. You know, and, and so that's kind of like what your retirement plan is. Like just trusting that you're with someone who has their shit together. Yeah. But it's, it's tough to sell a woman who has her shit together on this lifestyle. It's the problem. You know. Yeah. I mean, if you want to call it a lifestyle, I mean, what traveling around doing shows, or getting up on a mic, or going out late at night in LA, is that the lifestyle? But you're, you're someone I consider to be successful. You had a TV show, like you had your own TV show on Comedy Central. It was about you. You had a special. You work constantly, which is like something that 99% of comedians don't do. Like with the warm-up stuff, like, and all the other stuff you do in comedy, you, you make a living and 99% of comedians can't put together a living. Well, yes, I have made a living. I've been lucky to work in Hollywood for 15 years. Right. I've had a 15 year run, but they're not like major high paying gigs. They're not major network gigs. They're, these are chip away, badler accumulation gigs. And yes, I would say I'm successful. People know my name, but am I raking in the money? Am I getting, no, I'm not. No, I'm not. Not yet. I don't know. Not yet. I don't know. Not ever. Who knows? But people go, your success. Yeah, I know that I invested in myself. I went all out. I didn't nickel in diamond. Right. I was towards being the best comedian I can be. Just like I try to be the best pitcher I could be. And I made it to Arizona State where I won three games and pitched 25 innings. And I got everything out until my arm fell off. I got everything out of audience, basic cable warmup. Right. I got everything out of hosting shows. I got everything out of doing a late. I mean, I think I've squeezed everything out, but there comes a point where you've got to work smart. Right. You've got to work smart. You know, like, hey Brody, maybe if you, instead of buying a hundred dollar pair of shoes, if you gave, you know, an intern a hundred bucks, that person can help you out and get things done. You know, so you've got to be smart with that type of stuff. You got it. I mean, and you know, like it's all about, I mean, you have a lot of friends who are in powerful, to be powerful positions, too. I mean, you know, it's like, you have, you have a really good friendship network out there. I do, but that still doesn't mean they're not going to stop you from sleeping in your car. Yeah. But that, I don't know, I'm not saying that's going to happen and I'm being negative with that. But I also, I mean, I spent, you know, 10 years doing this warm up stuff, putting my energy into that. And yes, I've met all these contacts and, you know, built up, I built up a good, you know, following with it on that side of the camera. But now it's the last five years is like taking, it's, I'm the guy, they're not, oh, I'm not the warm up guy that took them by surprise. It's like, we're here to see Brody. So you have to like change, it's new to me. I don't, I don't not like it, but it's new to me when they expect it. And then when you have, you know, big crowds expecting it, or, oh, let's see what this guy, he's popular, I don't know him, but I, I've heard about him. You know, it's, that's the part of like getting the new audience, just members. I wasn't in, I was never the class clown. I was never a guy who loved crowds. Right. You know, it's funny to my people. And then the more popular you get with comedy, you get more people coming out. So like every show you go out on the road, you got, it's like, you got to like, not, I feel like I'm, I pick up on people like their arms crossed negative. Who is this guy? Or they're not laughing at me. I feel like my back's against the wall. I get to explain to them. And then I end up getting worked up. It's like not fun. You're working as opposed to like being yourself. Right. You know, I have that going through my head. And that's not fun. You get in your head. And it's hard. It's hard to be funny when you're in your head, you know? Yeah. It's hard to be funny when you're in your head. It's hard to be funny when you know, you're in your head and you, you haven't eaten properly. You're not on a regular schedule. You've got, you know, there, you've got so many things going on. People don't understand how difficult comedy is. Right. And, um, you know, I know, I just, but again, it's having the jokes. Right. You have jokes. Well, I have jokes, but it's about accessing those jokes, rolodexing those jokes. You know, sitting there and breathing so you can remember and relax. It's like test taking, you know, some people get nervous taking a test or, and they forget, they can't, they don't do well. You got to be able to thrive under those pressure situations. But if you, it's not pressure. If you, I mean, I'm never feeling pressure doing warm-up. I don't feel pressure doing periscopes. Right. I don't feel pressure drumming. I'm having fun. Right. But when you're doing the road and they're coming in, it's this every week. It's like, I, that to me is pressure. Well, it's pressure because Brody, welcome to work. Welcome to the real world. Right. So then you, then you say to yourself, okay, how can I be most productive? You know, you're supposed to follow what you like, what you're good, usually what you're good at you like. But I mean, you have a, so you, well, let me ask you this. So you're in Bellevue, Washington. I'm guessing you're performing at the parlor. Two shows tonight. Yep. Eight and 10. Two shows at the parlor. Who are you opening for? That's funny. No, maybe you have these crowds. Like it's a hometown crowd too. Like these, I would say there's some home crown, some home crowd benefactors. Yeah. A little bit. Do you have people coming out who remember you from like the Brody and Tana show? There's a handful. Yeah. I would say I'd have about say about 30, 40, 35% of the audience is know me. Right. And what are the other audiences? Like what is the rest of the percent? Like just people who are coming for comedy? Coming for comedy. Yes. Coming for comedy. Maybe they've seen me on Chelsea lately. Right. Maybe they recognize my face. Or coming for comedy in the other half are fans. Or the other third or whatever. What is your line from the hangover? My line. So I walk in. I'm one of the police officers given the kids a tour of the station. Right. So I walk in. Zach is their handcuff to a bench at Zach. It's Bradley Cooper and the guy from the office. I come in. They're handcuffed to a bench. I'm a police officer giving kids a tour of the police station. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Officer Volts and this is the hangover. Background. Speeding. Lights. Sound. Action. So after we take their mud shots, we're going down here where they wait to be interviewed by the arresting officers. Trust me kids, you don't want to be sitting on these benches. We call this place Loserville. Follow me. Yes, and that my friend is the scene. Anything you got coming up you want to promote Brody? I will be in Scottsdale, Arizona this coming week. So I'm going from Bellevue, Washington to Scottsdale, Arizona. So this weekend, that's where I'll be. And then two weeks after that, I will be in Washington DC. What's the club in Scottsdale you're going to be performing at? Standup Scottsdale. Standup Scottsdale. Scottsdale, come see Brody Stevens there October and then where else are you going to be? Washington DC? I'm going to be at the draft house in DC. Oh, very hip. That's very hip venue. I'm doing some very hip stuff recently. Marina Franklin in the house recently. Oh, she's a bartender there. Marina's blown up, man. I know. She's doing real good, actually. I keep track of everybody. She's too busy to hang out with me. That's all I know. She doesn't come out to LA very much, though. Oh, yeah. Well, you know, I mean, when you're in New York, you don't really, I mean, it's just such a pain to fly out there. And I didn't say, LA, you know, she was New York, now she's LA. Is she really, she's in LA? Because like, I think so. Amy Schumer's keeping it New York. Amy Schumer's not still New York. She's still New York. Sarah is LA. Sarah is LA. Feinstein, Rachel Feinstein's in New Yorker. Lisa Lampinella is New York still. Right. Some people have an LA, you know, some people are, Louise might be half and half. Right. Zach is LA. Zach is LA. But I already doesn't drive. This one. Really? That's the room. That's what someone Zach? That's what a friend of ours told me was that Zach doesn't really drive. Any more back then? This was last year. This is what he told me. You used to always, I mean, you say he stopped driving? I don't know. He's talking to friend. He's like, Zach doesn't really drive. I'm going to find out. Okay. This is just strictly what someone else told me. I don't find out if that's true. I don't know Zach, obviously, the way you do. I mean, I know him, but I don't know him the way you do. Well, people change. Maybe he doesn't drive anymore. Is that breaking news? Because I'm going to tweet it. Feel free to tweet it. Just leave my name out of it, man. You got it. So, Brody, you're going to be at the Alamo October. Yeah. Brody Steven, star of the Hangover and Due Date. And also, Brody Steven, is your show, your show is available on I watched it. It's on iTunes and on Amazon. I watched it on Amazon Prime. People seem to like it. It's critically acclaimed. It's critically acclaimed. It's got a following. And you can, do you get a chunk of money whenever someone, someone like buys or rents it? I don't think so. Alright, then forget it. We don't, we don't need to talk. On, on those kinds of things. And of course, you can see Brody in Los Angeles and you'll be able to see me in Los Angeles. And we'll be doing, we'll be doing all kinds of shows together, I think. I mean, not, not when I hit town. We'll do shows together, not when I hit town, but. Well, I don't do, you know, you know me. Right. You don't do shows at UCB or, you know, like you do the big, the big shows. Yeah, I'm doing big stuff, you know, I'm doing big shows. Yeah, I'm doing shows over at the Tappan Zee Bridge. No, no, no. I don't know. Well, you can see Brody this weekend on Venice Beach. Doing the show. In the drama circle. Doing it in the drama circle. Selling, selling some of that good Kush. You got it. Selling it and embracing it. Listen, Brody, thanks for taking a minute out of your time in Bellevue, Washington to talk to us. I highly, I cannot recommend this enough. If you have a chance to see Brody live in your area, run, don't walk to your computer and buy like 20 tickets for you. And don't show up. And don't show up. But pay the money so Brody gets the money. But don't go. Yeah. That's the way to do it. We don't have a plan. Whenever I'm getting paid to do a show, like at a club or on the road or something, I always sit there and watch the audience go in and pray for like a bomb thread or something so that I still get paid but I don't actually have to do the show. Let's keep it positive. You got to get that out of your head. We have to stay positive. We have to stay positive. Keep IP, keeping it positive with Brody Stevens. Keep it positive. Yes, keep it positive. Let's go. Positive energy. Push, push, push, push, Can you say positive energy for the people? Positive energy. We finish on strong imagery. Yes. No bomb threats. Let's go. All right, Brody. Thanks so much. I'll see you soon. Okay, Liam. Looking forward to it. All right, brother. Me too. Have a good one.