October 23, 2025 • 28 mins
Today on “Happy Hour,” comedian Jared Freid is here to chat all about “The Golden Bachelor” Season 2! The Hometowns regular is back on the podcast to spill all the tea on the iconic roast date this season. We kick things off by catching up with Jared and talking all things comedy; anyone looking to learn the art of a best man speech? Then, we dive into Jared’s experience on the “Golden Bachelor” roast date! We get his thoughts on who did best, some behind-the-scenes scoop, and so much more. How did Mel really handle all those jokes? Tune in now to hear all this and more and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode, including part two with Jared where we get into all things Hometowns — dropping tomorrow!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, everyone, welcome back to Beat your Happy Hour. I'm
Joe and we are here today with comedian and good
friend The Viars Jared Free.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Jared, welcome to Don't roll your eyes when you say
that we're on video Joe eyes. It was just that
that was an eye roll. Good You could just say friend,
I good friend yeh those.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Little far yeah yeah yeah, good friend.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
But fred Fred the virus.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
But I was. I'm friends with you, guys. I don't
know about you guys. I don't know. I'm still we're
still trying to see what this is all about.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I'm still we're still on episode three of our Relationship
US three.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
After that, I roll, but I will be taking a
step back.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Demoted.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
You gave us.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You gave us a sandwich wreck in Toronto Black Camel
that I heard of before before.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Don't take away my recommendation. I will say.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I will say it was incredible though. Toronto's the foods.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
We also went to. I think that was another one.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Anita and Black Camel.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Those are my two like I went to them, loved them.
Those are if you go to Toronto, like I mean, Serena,
you're a Toronto girl, like you've probably been you've heard
of those places, of course.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Yeah, I'd heard of them. I hadn't been to either,
which is wild. I mean I've been to a lot
of the restaurants around Menita because it's on like a
great we went there and I got the burger and
you got like a chicken palm sandwich.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Oh yeah, like a cafe. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I like that place was good.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
That place is good, and it's like in the cool
Brooklyny area, Like that's like everyone knows that area, and
the black Campbell that sandwich will like that. That's a
nap time sandwich. That's a take a nap when you're done.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yeah, but it's so good. I loved it in there.
I would definitely. It's a little more out of the way,
but it makes me feel.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Good that to give out recommendations and have people like
act on them. So I'm happy you guys enjoyed it.
I listen when I go on the road a lot.
I travel everywhere, and I get recommendations from people that
are such garbage.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Recommend Like I like, it's got to be thoughtful.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Like I judge someone based on how they recommend stuff
to me, Like don't like, oh, we have good bagels, here.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I'm like, I lived in New York. What are you
talking about? I know the bagel. I don't need I
need a reason. I need a thought.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Like it's like when someone tries to set you up,
like I don't know if you guys ever, like Joe,
you're around my age, so people probably try to set
you up on dates and they're like, just go out
with that, and You're like, no, no, no, why give me
a reason you thought of that person for me. I'm
not just like some single vessel that has no thoughts
or emotions or opinions.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yeah, I judge people based off of their recommendations. If
you will give me, if you if you if I
end up at like a bullshit chain restaurant and it's
your record, then I'm like, okay.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
I'm volliums.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, I think he's a little less about this person.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Well.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
And I had friends on the set of thing ask
me like, hey, I want you to set me up
with someone because we we set up friends of ours
and they're like they've been together for four years and
they're like, oh, do that for me next, and I'm
like no, no, no, that's not how it works.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Like I have to I have to have.
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Someone intentionally for you. I'm not just gonna throw anyone
your way.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
That's a good friend, Serena.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
And I'm sure you get that a lot because it's
a lot of women that are like active and pursuing
their dating life. Like like listen, I do the UU
podcast with betches, Like all we are about is there's
no men.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
There's no men, there's no men.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
My advice is always hang out with the married couple,
not to get something from it. If you're hang out
with Joe and Serena and you're like, where's the men.
Come on, Joe, We're not gonna like think of anyone.
You gotta be like cool when you hang with the
married couple. So that Joe right, because what Joe's gonna
(03:33):
do is he's gonna be golfing with his buddies and
someone's gonna go, I went on a day last night
and fucking sucked, And then Joe's gonna go, you know
who's actually cool?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
That's the way he's gonna say it.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
And he's gonna say it about you know, one of
Serena's friends that was actually cool, not you know who
bothered me and tried to like shake me down. For
a friend to marry you. No, it's gonna be you
gotta be like like the person.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, what happened doesn't work.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
What happened ever works.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
What happened in this situation was Serenda was on uh
speakerphone phone call with Anna Anna Redman, she was on
Bachelor Too, and Anna was going off about how she like,
she just wants to meet a guy. And that night
I went out to the bar to meet Clay and
Chris Bukowski and I was sitting with Chris and we
were having a drink and he's like, yeah, I'm just
(04:24):
sick of being single.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
I was like, well, I actually go.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Actually and this makes sense, like he loves one, like yeah,
he like.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Like described her like he described like this is who
I want.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
And I was like and he's like, I'm giving up, Okay,
give me someone I got.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Okay, I got another person who's given out. Yeah. I Well,
Clay is the best. He does. Uh he's on TV
with my sister in law.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Oh that's your sister in law.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, Ruthie Bolinski. She's on there on in Chicago talking sports.
They're the best together.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yeah, such a random ye.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, yeah that's cool.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I'll be in Chicago. I'm coming to your hometown. First
week in November, I'm doing a show Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
I'm my Midwest run and this weekend I'm in DC.
So if anyone's out there and you want to laugh
every ten seconds for an hour, that's the promise.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Would you like to laugh every ten seconds for an hour?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
That's my question to people when they're like, should I
come to your show? Would you like to laugh every
ten seconds for an hour? That's my promise. That's my goal.
So if I fail, it's a strong pitch, right, Like
what That's what I trained to do.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
It's like you guys.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
You guys trained to go to Tokyo and eat pizza
and go, hey, this is pretty good, and then look
at us at seven eleven. You guys train every day
for that, and I go on stage every night to
try and be funny every ten seconds for an hour.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
So I did my brother.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I had my brother's wedding and I did the best
man speech.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Had to go.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I mean I had multiple people walk up to me
say best best best man speech. Saf I'm not kidding
around now.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
I now it's my turn.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I promise you like it. Was it was pure laughter
the entire time, I'm sure was it not?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
I can't lie.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
And you also hit that sweet spot where like everyone
was like like buzzed by that point in the night
and like ready to laugh, and like the speeches had
been good, but you were the first speech from your brother's.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
They were warmed up. I like that Serena brought you
down to earth a little. They were warmed up.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
In your defense, you'd been workshopping that speech for like
six months straight, so it was like perfectly refined and you.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Crushed when we when we got home, I actually I
I looked at Serena and I was like, should I do?
Should I start doing stand up?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Oh no, don't go see the new brad Pitt Bradley
uh Cooper movie with Will Arnett. My buddy went because
it's about stand up and he's like every guy above
the age of thirty five is.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Going to try and do stand up after they see
this movie.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
They already are trying.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
It's it's it's terrific. And especially listen, if you want
to do stand up, Joe, you'll come with me. You'll
open for me on the road and we'll see how
it goes. And we'll see how the best man's speech goes.
Speaker 6 (07:16):
Let's do it.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I would do that. You're in all right, let's let's
get into the show.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Okay, So The Bachelor, Golden Bachelor is what we're watching.
Males the Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Take you sound real invested? Joe, No, no, no, no speech.
When can you have a little energy? My brothers get
buried his Dave's John. Hi, I'm Joe. If you don't
know me, I'm the brother of the groom. Did you
do that?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I did?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
I hate that opener?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
No, I didn't. I did it. Open was my opener
was me telling the story about me rating reading the
speech to my father and his reaction to it.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I love that, and it.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Was he was like terrible, worst speech I ever heard.
And that's got everybody warmed up.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Good, So you set expectations low. We make fun of
the dad for being too hard on you. This is
all good set up. This is all psychological warfare. I
like the way you went about it. That's good. I
went up I gave the speech to my brother's wedding,
and I was so annoyed because it's like, there's is
there any more pre Like you go up there like oh,
(08:22):
what's this guy was on The Bachelor?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
He doesn't know shit. There is a lot of no
expectations for me. Comedian has to go on stage and.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
You got to crush.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
I have to crush. And I said, and Ruthie my
sister in law.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Here, sister is a literal like uh, concert violinist, Like
she's like a professional violin like she's one of the
best violinists in the world, Like went to Juilliard.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
And I'm like, you didn't make Hava play the fucking
violin up here, like you got I have to, you know,
come up here and you know, crack the funnies.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
So it was me ranting from minute one and angry,
and everyone's like, is this guy okay?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Is he hammered? Okay? Back to the shell?
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Suh thoughts on Melo when he got announced, Like, what
were your thoughts on all that?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
The great reveal of the original Golden Bachelor was Oh
my god, this isn't sad, this is fun.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
They're just like us.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
They look great, like it was all what our minds
I told us was golden our mind's eye.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
It was golden girls.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
It was a stel getty, it was you know, you
know it was the nanny's grandma. It wasn't fun, and
then the reality was, oh, my parents look good and
are fun and are with it. And so I think
he had the same thing as the audience did, Like
the audience doesn't remember back five minutes ago when they
were like cause I got those comments on my dms
(09:55):
and all the on my posts like oh, it's so
sad these old people dating. And then you saw them
and you're like, they're not old, they look great, they're fun,
this is awesome.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
And I think he kind of had Weirdly.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Even though he was cast as the golden batterer, I
don't think he realized how amazing the people are that
go on the show.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
So I will say we did interview a lot of
the women and I brought up like him making the comments,
and all of them said they really appreciated him apologizing
and it made them feel more comfortable.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
So of course he's he had to mention it, but
it was just like I think him saying it to
them is different than to the audience, like yeah, you know,
like like I think the audience, it doesn't matter to them,
they like, look at look at Gary. Gary had one
unnamed source say they used to date, and now if
you bring up Gary, they're like, oh he got canceled, right,
(10:44):
and you're.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Like, no, he's like the nicest guy.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
He was great, Like he was lovable, he like really
like all those women from that season seemingly like enjoyed
his company.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
All the production people liked Gary.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Like. So it's like the way that you can't change
these things you're branding is your branding. It's going back
to Serena bringing up her friend like to fix them up. Like,
if you go and ask your friends to fix you up,
you're annoying. If you go and have fun with your friends,
they want to fix you up.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
It's true. So true. Good point. Good point.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
That's my long winded I think they should have popologized.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
I also thought it was interesting because when I saw
that he'd made that comment, I was like, I wonder
how old his wife was, and I think she was
like fifteen twenty years younger. So it's kind of all
he knew, you know what I mean. In his mind,
he's probably like, well, I've only ever been married in
this age range, so obviously I'm like looking for someone
in this age range. And I think he was also
like yeah, like you said, like stigmatized, Like I think
(11:43):
he was like, no, why would I want someone in
their sixties? But he seems to have like no problem
connecting with women this age. But yeah, I think he
was picturing something that it was.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
I just don't think he fully grasped what he was
going on, which is what he was doing, and just
and made a comment that he didn't even really truly
stand behind.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
It doesn't right and it doesn't even matter like it
like whatever he was gonna say, like you're on the show, dude,
do you still want to do it now that you've
said that? And he's like yeah, and it's like okay,
And the problem is in Serena, you hit a great point,
like that's what like, no man should ever talk about dating.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
No man should ever. That's why men don't tell you
what their their type is.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
That's why men never talk about dating, because you women
have just talked about this way more and have thought
about it way more and way deeper.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Like the idea that you're like what was her ex wife?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Like and you have her like his exes social Security number, like, oh,
she's a lot younger and here's where she was born,
Like it's like like like oh, and like it's just
becomes detective, you know, fodder.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
You know. So I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I I just you gotta be like Gary. I think
on this show like Fuddy Duddy. I look at the
lake and I cry every time I think of my Like.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Gary was truly.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Couldn't be more different than Gary.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Gary couldn't be more different because they are too. I
don't understand. I mean, like, listen, you go to casting,
You're like, oh, were gonna go for next, Let's go
for this ultra confident bro who played football and out
of a divorce seven minutes, Like I don't know. It's
like it's like real took a real shot. I mean,
(13:17):
and he's like. The other thing is he is in
incredible shape and he also knows it and doesn't think
he's older. Every time they bring up what are you
gonna do for the rest of your life, he's like,
I am going to what He doesn't even he acts
like he doesn't know what they mean. He's like, I'm
gonna keep running at one hundred miles per hour.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
That's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Like he never acknowledges an age thing for himself. He
is very adamant that he is going to work until
he's one hundred and three. He even said that.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Well, there's also there's also a big there was a
big age gap between Gary and Mel. I think it's
like a ten year spread, which oh really, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Gary was like seventy one and I think Mel sixty four,
which is like I would say six.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
I think Mel is I'm pretty positive, but like, yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Mel is a young sixty six total, And just ask
him and he'll tell you that.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
He will tell you to look at him on the
horse last date. He's like he's like bragging. He's like, yeah,
and look at me, add enough thing to the list.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Started riding a horse at sixty six, and he's like,
he reminds me so much of my dad. I one
time did a show at a country club in Boca
in Florida, and I literally went on stage.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I made a huge mistake.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I go, I'm here at this retirement community and they
bowed me. They were like, it's not a retirement community.
Like they like like these boots the whole room. Like
I was like minute one, they're booing me. I'm like,
oh my god, I'm I'm in trouble. I'm gonna look
like Joe giving his you know, best man speech up here.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Oh, going back to going back to night one, was
there any of the women that stood out to you?
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Uh, you know, Peg is always gonna stand out. You know,
that's an easy answer, just because she's gone far like
Peg is like, yeah, like kind of like a bolt
of lightning on this show. Obviously, Carol stood out because
she just looked barbieish, you know. Diane, who who looked
like nothing like Carol, stood out just because like and
(15:31):
you're like just the fact that they're on the same
dating show.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
You're like, like, this is amazing.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
And Diane was like so fun and funny, like I
like wanted to like have another cup of Diane.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
I'd say Amy was fun.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I knew what she was like coming on to make
a scene like they I liked everyone. I like the
you know, and also Carla who comes on and is
like talking about like orgasming like you're like.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
You know, like I'm like, I like I I kind
of again, the women are the show, Like he's not
the show, you know, like the show is.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
And that's why I got a little frustrated with all
the apologies because it's like it took away time from
let's meet the women. Let's go on this, you know,
Thelma and Louise adventure with them.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
That's what we want from it, you know.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Yeah, let's get into your date. You made a guest
appearance on the show.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
When you walked out, when you walked out, and I
was like this, this this fits, this is actually this
actually works really well.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
It makes sense. It was so it was great.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
It was great. We really I remember we watched it.
We really enjoyed it, Like this is.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I really APPREI I was. So that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I when someone's on the show, like I was happy,
like this is like the best thing that ever happened
to me.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
You could tell, like you could tell that was that
was you could tell that you were truly like great,
like so happy.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
I mean I listened to like Art and Mirrn she
has a podcast about the Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Yeah, and she was nice to me.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
But her cohorts her, Yeah, her co hosts were like
we're like, they were like, look at this bro. I
was like, I can't be just like like they totally
like tossmians.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
The comedians too, Wow, comedians are going Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
It was weird. It was weird. I was like, oh,
this nice guy who likes the same thing as you.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
They were like all weirdly, you know, weirdly affected by
me for some reason. But then they were like, you know,
one guy was like, I don't like a roast, so
it wasn't funny.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
It's like, well, that's not my problem.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Like I I'm not a roast guy, Like like I
watched the show and make fun of it, but my
hope is that I'm making fun of it in the
way I would have.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
Fun with friends. So like, yeah, that was the thing
with like a roast. I'm not really a roast guy.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
So like getting invited on there was a lot of
pressure because like roast jokes very like Nicki Glazer, she's
so good at it because she's so good at like misdirection,
like that's like her act, so it like fits into
what she does so well. So it's like I was
so excited, but I was so nervous and then like
I had to like have a talk in the mirror.
I'm like, just do what you do, have fun, like
(18:18):
enjoy this moment. And I came out and like it
was there was so much and there was so much
of like I came with so many jokes. So like,
first I meet him and he's like, I know you
because I've watched your videos.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Oh and he's like, you're the reason I almost didn't
do the show.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
Oh no, right, Not not that he called a bunch
of women old me idiot is the reason he didn't
almost do it.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
He's like, you just make fun of people.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
I go, I, well, I like to think that the
people who I make fun of enjoy it. Like every season,
you know, I end up, like you know, becoming like
you know, acquaintances with some of the people, and so
they must see that, like it's with a good heart
and like all that stuff. And he's like, well, I go,
don't worry. Today, we're gonna have a blast. So I
come out and I'm like, mell, great to see you,
(19:10):
and I'm like performing all these jokes but I had
so many, and I'm just like I start going into
him and I just see his face just like, oh
my god, what the hell did I sign up for it?
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Because like I just.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Had like six one liners that I wanted to make
sure got on camera.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I didn't forget.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
And the women come out and they're like kind of dead,
and he's like and one of the production people was
like he was making out in the pool with Nicole
before this is kind of the drama, and I'm like, oh,
like I you know, I had like am oh, like
I never you guys have been on the set, Like
I was like, oh my god, like I'm eating this
up like I'm a Bachelor super fan.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
I'm like, really, who's he making out with? Like I'm
like so into it.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
And then they they go come on, they tell the
ladies like more energy, come out, more energy, and they
come out. They're like whoa and then I run out
and they're like Jared Freed. I could see like a
couple of them seem to maybe have seen my stuff.
A couple of them were like who like what and
(20:12):
there like.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
There's nothing worse for your confidence. Stead of walking out
onto a stage and people being like who's this guy?
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Like why who's this who's this guy?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Is? I'm about jokes like they're like very famous comedian.
They're like Sebastian Manoscalco's here, and I'm like, it's like.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
No, chubby jew and then they bring me out and.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I basically I'm like listen, I'm a huge fan of
the show. I'm here to you know, I'm forty, which
is the age Mel wishes you were. And like when
I said that, that kind of like made everyone kind
of like, oh, he's on our side, which is what
I want. And I am, and I'm like, we're here
(20:54):
to have fun, make jokes. I'm like, listen, you.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
Don't even want to be with Mel.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
He's divorced, he has no money, he's a high school
football coach, he has nothing, Like there's no nothing here.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
And then I'm like, and if it doesn't work out,
you can go with me. We're gonna go to the bar.
We'll have a martini.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Like you guys are all hot, like i'd do you,
you know, Like it's like like I'm like the piece
of shit. So like I go into that and they're fun,
and then like we go to write and that's where
it's like a full day. So like I'm trying to
help them write their jokes. So like we were like
helping the women, but like they were like really good
and fun and like I liked them all, you know,
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like and I just.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Had a good time.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I remember Carol's joke was my favorite joke out of
all of them.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Which one was that it was. It was.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Like, mel, I know you wanted to date forty year olds,
Like so.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Do I that was hers? Or maybe she got that
that might have been I think that was hers.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Like she's on the broadcast, like yeah, I like I
think she she's It seemed like she kind of came
up with that idea.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Yeah, yeah, that definitely felt like it was hers, and
she definitely she did forget her glasses. And then we
had this moment at the end and they kind of like,
you know, the editing, they gotta do what they gotta do.
And the moment at the end with Amy was like
she was like going on for like twenty minutes.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
And I was wondering.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Actually, I was like, you know, watching it, we know
how much gets cut. And when we were watching, I
was like, I wonder how long this has been going
on for because you were jumping in and I was like,
there's no way he's just like cutting off her section.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
This must have been happening for a minute.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
It was.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
It was basically that's you're right, because I was like
when we got to the performance, I was like pretty
happy with it. I'm like I got my jokes in.
I like these people. It feels like it's going well,
Like I got what I wanted out of it, and
I come for my own you know, I have my
own incentives of this too, And also I like these
I like the show, and I want to be a
(22:52):
part of it, and like, I want to make sure
that these people, everyone here has fun. I don't want
anyone feeling badly. And it's Jesse next to the stage.
It's the two women on stage, and then it's me
and mel in.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
The middle of the room. And I remember we were
sitting there.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
So basically a woman would go up and do her
her bit, who she would do her roast, we'd all clap,
we'd laugh and.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Have fun, like three to minutes, that's it.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
And then we all had mics, so then we'd go
around the horn Jesse, you know, Jesse be like what
do you think?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
And I would make fun of something, or make.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Fun of the room or like whatever, like or like
and tell them how great they're you know, I would be,
as I again, complimentary, like I think it takes a
lot of fucking balls to get on stage with jokes
you wrote an hour before.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Well, like they're forced to do this.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Surprise, You're gonna go and stand coming.
Speaker 5 (23:47):
Yeah, do something that you potentially hate and are terrified
to do, and like and on camera and make it good.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Some people's biggest fears are of public speaking, like something
Harry Seinfeld joke where he says, uh, like like ninety
eight percent of the people's biggest fair is public speaking.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
That means they rather they rather be in the casket
than give the eulogy.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
That's hilarious. Yeah, that's like that's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
And so then we'd get on the mic and we'd
go around the horn, like Jesse would say something, I'd
say something, Mel would say something that I'd make fun
of Mel, and then we'd go to the next contestant.
We get to Amy, she's like eleventh out of twelve,
and she's like, I don't need these notes and like
rips them.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
Up and then like immediately terrifying.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Right, and we're like, what's this gonna be?
Speaker 2 (24:37):
And she starts complaining about all the women and how
much she has to cook and clean, and like it's
one of those moments we're all looking around like and
she's not bombing, she's just being herself and being fun,
Like she is fun and she is funny, but you're like,
and she's like and she keeps going, fuck this, fuck that,
like it's.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Like swear after swear, like it was like unkeepable.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
You know, like we can't swear here, right, And.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
I think she would admit that, Like it was just
so many swear and it kept going and going, and
like finally at the end of it, she goes, Jared,
you get it you're Jewish, And that was like my
invitation and it doesn't look like it looks like I'm
just like, shut up, bitch, like let me get on
the mic, like I'm not doing that.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
So I was gonna wait, but then she goes, Jared,
you get.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
It your Jewish, and I pick up the mic and
I'm like, you are making me so anxious right now,
like you are.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
I was like, this is like talking to my mom.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Like I'm like, you keep going on and on about
like and I do the cooking, do the cleaning, and
I'm like and honestly, I have to say, like I
was having so much fun.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
The room was like swirling.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
People are laughing so hard because the setup was really
her swearing and complain about everyone. And then I got
to complain about her. Yeah, like twenty minutes and we
were in so like it's killing and like when I
got a bone to chew on, I'm like, I'm gonna
keep going. So I did like three minutes of this
bit and it's like the room is swirling, like I'm
(26:06):
like getting chills as it's happening.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
I'm like, oh my god, this is the biggest moment
of my life. Like I am like, and I turned
to mel and I go, do not.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
Marry yeah, like and I and I'm like, oh my god,
I just told the Bachelor not to marry one of
the women.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
I was like, this is gonna be the commercial.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
This is gonna be like like it's gonna be like
next week on The Bachelor, and me going don't marry her.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
And I'm like and I'm like, I put down the mic.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
I'm like shaking, cause like like in a comedian's mind,
we're just like we're always about to kill, like we
like you know, it's just like you I came there
to do a job and like the job just got done,
and I'm like I put the mic down and we
get done with the episode and I go to my
man and his mom were there, and like she comes
(27:03):
up to me.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
She was like, You're the funniest person I've ever seen
in my entire life.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Like like it was like like I was like, this
is amazing. I was like cloud ever, best day ever
and like and so I just kind of had to
hold onto the story until it aired, and I'm like,
I'm wondering what it's gonna I was like, it's either
gonna be okay and good and it's like or it's
gonna be like I'm gonna get like DMS forever about this,
(27:27):
and it was somewhere in between. Like it was like
it was definitely like I'm definitely happy with it, and
I was like happy because you.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Might see me again.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
I don't know if we can keep this in, you
might see me in another episode.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Hint hint, you know, little tease.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
As they say in the business, you're gonna want to
tone into the some people telling all.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
So I've never heard anyone.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Okay, I think that's a good place to stop Part one. Jared,
thank you so much. We'll be back with Jared for
part two. Make sure you download and subscribe to that
Jeff y'all, we.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
Will have new some interviews every single week. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Bye
Hey, everyone, welcome back to Beat your Happy Hour. I'm
Joe and we are here today with comedian and good
friend The Viars Jared Free.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Jared, welcome to Don't roll your eyes when you say
that we're on video Joe eyes. It was just that
that was an eye roll. Good You could just say friend,
I good friend yeh those.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Little far yeah yeah yeah, good friend.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
But fred Fred the virus.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
But I was. I'm friends with you, guys. I don't
know about you guys. I don't know. I'm still we're
still trying to see what this is all about.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I'm still we're still on episode three of our Relationship
US three.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
After that, I roll, but I will be taking a
step back.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Demoted.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
You gave us.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You gave us a sandwich wreck in Toronto Black Camel
that I heard of before before.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Don't take away my recommendation. I will say.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I will say it was incredible though. Toronto's the foods.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
We also went to. I think that was another one.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Anita and Black Camel.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Those are my two like I went to them, loved them.
Those are if you go to Toronto, like I mean, Serena,
you're a Toronto girl, like you've probably been you've heard
of those places, of course.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Yeah, I'd heard of them. I hadn't been to either,
which is wild. I mean I've been to a lot
of the restaurants around Menita because it's on like a
great we went there and I got the burger and
you got like a chicken palm sandwich.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Oh yeah, like a cafe. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I like that place was good.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
That place is good, and it's like in the cool
Brooklyny area, Like that's like everyone knows that area, and
the black Campbell that sandwich will like that. That's a
nap time sandwich. That's a take a nap when you're done.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yeah, but it's so good. I loved it in there.
I would definitely. It's a little more out of the way,
but it makes me feel.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Good that to give out recommendations and have people like
act on them. So I'm happy you guys enjoyed it.
I listen when I go on the road a lot.
I travel everywhere, and I get recommendations from people that
are such garbage.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Recommend Like I like, it's got to be thoughtful.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Like I judge someone based on how they recommend stuff
to me, Like don't like, oh, we have good bagels, here.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I'm like, I lived in New York. What are you
talking about? I know the bagel. I don't need I
need a reason. I need a thought.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Like it's like when someone tries to set you up,
like I don't know if you guys ever, like Joe,
you're around my age, so people probably try to set
you up on dates and they're like, just go out
with that, and You're like, no, no, no, why give me
a reason you thought of that person for me. I'm
not just like some single vessel that has no thoughts
or emotions or opinions.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yeah, I judge people based off of their recommendations. If
you will give me, if you if you if I
end up at like a bullshit chain restaurant and it's
your record, then I'm like, okay.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
I'm volliums.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, I think he's a little less about this person.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Well.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
And I had friends on the set of thing ask
me like, hey, I want you to set me up
with someone because we we set up friends of ours
and they're like they've been together for four years and
they're like, oh, do that for me next, and I'm
like no, no, no, that's not how it works.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Like I have to I have to have.
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Someone intentionally for you. I'm not just gonna throw anyone
your way.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
That's a good friend, Serena.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
And I'm sure you get that a lot because it's
a lot of women that are like active and pursuing
their dating life. Like like listen, I do the UU
podcast with betches, Like all we are about is there's
no men.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
There's no men, there's no men.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
My advice is always hang out with the married couple,
not to get something from it. If you're hang out
with Joe and Serena and you're like, where's the men.
Come on, Joe, We're not gonna like think of anyone.
You gotta be like cool when you hang with the
married couple. So that Joe right, because what Joe's gonna
(03:33):
do is he's gonna be golfing with his buddies and
someone's gonna go, I went on a day last night
and fucking sucked, And then Joe's gonna go, you know
who's actually cool?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
That's the way he's gonna say it.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
And he's gonna say it about you know, one of
Serena's friends that was actually cool, not you know who
bothered me and tried to like shake me down. For
a friend to marry you. No, it's gonna be you
gotta be like like the person.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, what happened doesn't work.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
What happened ever works.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
What happened in this situation was Serenda was on uh
speakerphone phone call with Anna Anna Redman, she was on
Bachelor Too, and Anna was going off about how she like,
she just wants to meet a guy. And that night
I went out to the bar to meet Clay and
Chris Bukowski and I was sitting with Chris and we
were having a drink and he's like, yeah, I'm just
(04:24):
sick of being single.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
I was like, well, I actually go.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Actually and this makes sense, like he loves one, like yeah,
he like.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Like described her like he described like this is who
I want.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
And I was like and he's like, I'm giving up, Okay,
give me someone I got.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Okay, I got another person who's given out. Yeah. I Well,
Clay is the best. He does. Uh he's on TV
with my sister in law.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Oh that's your sister in law.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, Ruthie Bolinski. She's on there on in Chicago talking sports.
They're the best together.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yeah, such a random ye.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, yeah that's cool.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I'll be in Chicago. I'm coming to your hometown. First
week in November, I'm doing a show Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
I'm my Midwest run and this weekend I'm in DC.
So if anyone's out there and you want to laugh
every ten seconds for an hour, that's the promise.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Would you like to laugh every ten seconds for an hour?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
That's my question to people when they're like, should I
come to your show? Would you like to laugh every
ten seconds for an hour? That's my promise. That's my goal.
So if I fail, it's a strong pitch, right, Like
what That's what I trained to do.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
It's like you guys.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
You guys trained to go to Tokyo and eat pizza
and go, hey, this is pretty good, and then look
at us at seven eleven. You guys train every day
for that, and I go on stage every night to
try and be funny every ten seconds for an hour.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
So I did my brother.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I had my brother's wedding and I did the best
man speech.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Had to go.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I mean I had multiple people walk up to me
say best best best man speech. Saf I'm not kidding
around now.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
I now it's my turn.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I promise you like it. Was it was pure laughter
the entire time, I'm sure was it not?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
I can't lie.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
And you also hit that sweet spot where like everyone
was like like buzzed by that point in the night
and like ready to laugh, and like the speeches had
been good, but you were the first speech from your brother's.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
They were warmed up. I like that Serena brought you
down to earth a little. They were warmed up.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
In your defense, you'd been workshopping that speech for like
six months straight, so it was like perfectly refined and you.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Crushed when we when we got home, I actually I
I looked at Serena and I was like, should I do?
Should I start doing stand up?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Oh no, don't go see the new brad Pitt Bradley
uh Cooper movie with Will Arnett. My buddy went because
it's about stand up and he's like every guy above
the age of thirty five is.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Going to try and do stand up after they see
this movie.
Speaker 5 (07:01):
They already are trying.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
It's it's it's terrific. And especially listen, if you want
to do stand up, Joe, you'll come with me. You'll
open for me on the road and we'll see how
it goes. And we'll see how the best man's speech goes.
Speaker 6 (07:16):
Let's do it.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I would do that. You're in all right, let's let's
get into the show.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Okay, So The Bachelor, Golden Bachelor is what we're watching.
Males the Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Take you sound real invested? Joe, No, no, no, no speech.
When can you have a little energy? My brothers get
buried his Dave's John. Hi, I'm Joe. If you don't
know me, I'm the brother of the groom. Did you
do that?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I did?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
I hate that opener?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
No, I didn't. I did it. Open was my opener
was me telling the story about me rating reading the
speech to my father and his reaction to it.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I love that, and it.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Was he was like terrible, worst speech I ever heard.
And that's got everybody warmed up.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Good, So you set expectations low. We make fun of
the dad for being too hard on you. This is
all good set up. This is all psychological warfare. I
like the way you went about it. That's good. I
went up I gave the speech to my brother's wedding,
and I was so annoyed because it's like, there's is
there any more pre Like you go up there like oh,
(08:22):
what's this guy was on The Bachelor?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
He doesn't know shit. There is a lot of no
expectations for me. Comedian has to go on stage and.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
You got to crush.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
I have to crush. And I said, and Ruthie my
sister in law.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Here, sister is a literal like uh, concert violinist, Like
she's like a professional violin like she's one of the
best violinists in the world, Like went to Juilliard.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
And I'm like, you didn't make Hava play the fucking
violin up here, like you got I have to, you know,
come up here and you know, crack the funnies.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
So it was me ranting from minute one and angry,
and everyone's like, is this guy okay?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Is he hammered? Okay? Back to the shell?
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Suh thoughts on Melo when he got announced, Like, what
were your thoughts on all that?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
The great reveal of the original Golden Bachelor was Oh
my god, this isn't sad, this is fun.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
They're just like us.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
They look great, like it was all what our minds
I told us was golden our mind's eye.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
It was golden girls.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
It was a stel getty, it was you know, you
know it was the nanny's grandma. It wasn't fun, and
then the reality was, oh, my parents look good and
are fun and are with it. And so I think
he had the same thing as the audience did, Like
the audience doesn't remember back five minutes ago when they
were like cause I got those comments on my dms
(09:55):
and all the on my posts like oh, it's so
sad these old people dating. And then you saw them
and you're like, they're not old, they look great, they're fun,
this is awesome.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
And I think he kind of had Weirdly.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Even though he was cast as the golden batterer, I
don't think he realized how amazing the people are that
go on the show.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
So I will say we did interview a lot of
the women and I brought up like him making the comments,
and all of them said they really appreciated him apologizing
and it made them feel more comfortable.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
So of course he's he had to mention it, but
it was just like I think him saying it to
them is different than to the audience, like yeah, you know,
like like I think the audience, it doesn't matter to them,
they like, look at look at Gary. Gary had one
unnamed source say they used to date, and now if
you bring up Gary, they're like, oh he got canceled, right,
(10:44):
and you're.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Like, no, he's like the nicest guy.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
He was great, Like he was lovable, he like really
like all those women from that season seemingly like enjoyed
his company.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
All the production people liked Gary.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Like. So it's like the way that you can't change
these things you're branding is your branding. It's going back
to Serena bringing up her friend like to fix them up. Like,
if you go and ask your friends to fix you up,
you're annoying. If you go and have fun with your friends,
they want to fix you up.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
It's true. So true. Good point. Good point.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
That's my long winded I think they should have popologized.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
I also thought it was interesting because when I saw
that he'd made that comment, I was like, I wonder
how old his wife was, and I think she was
like fifteen twenty years younger. So it's kind of all
he knew, you know what I mean. In his mind,
he's probably like, well, I've only ever been married in
this age range, so obviously I'm like looking for someone
in this age range. And I think he was also
like yeah, like you said, like stigmatized, Like I think
(11:43):
he was like, no, why would I want someone in
their sixties? But he seems to have like no problem
connecting with women this age. But yeah, I think he
was picturing something that it was.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
I just don't think he fully grasped what he was
going on, which is what he was doing, and just
and made a comment that he didn't even really truly
stand behind.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
It doesn't right and it doesn't even matter like it
like whatever he was gonna say, like you're on the show, dude,
do you still want to do it now that you've
said that? And he's like yeah, and it's like okay,
And the problem is in Serena, you hit a great point,
like that's what like, no man should ever talk about dating.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
No man should ever. That's why men don't tell you
what their their type is.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
That's why men never talk about dating, because you women
have just talked about this way more and have thought
about it way more and way deeper.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Like the idea that you're like what was her ex wife?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Like and you have her like his exes social Security number, like, oh,
she's a lot younger and here's where she was born,
Like it's like like like oh, and like it's just
becomes detective, you know, fodder.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
You know. So I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I I just you gotta be like Gary. I think
on this show like Fuddy Duddy. I look at the
lake and I cry every time I think of my Like.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Gary was truly.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Couldn't be more different than Gary.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Gary couldn't be more different because they are too. I
don't understand. I mean, like, listen, you go to casting,
You're like, oh, were gonna go for next, Let's go
for this ultra confident bro who played football and out
of a divorce seven minutes, Like I don't know. It's
like it's like real took a real shot. I mean,
(13:17):
and he's like. The other thing is he is in
incredible shape and he also knows it and doesn't think
he's older. Every time they bring up what are you
gonna do for the rest of your life, he's like,
I am going to what He doesn't even he acts
like he doesn't know what they mean. He's like, I'm
gonna keep running at one hundred miles per hour.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
That's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Like he never acknowledges an age thing for himself. He
is very adamant that he is going to work until
he's one hundred and three. He even said that.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Well, there's also there's also a big there was a
big age gap between Gary and Mel. I think it's
like a ten year spread, which oh really, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Gary was like seventy one and I think Mel sixty four,
which is like I would say six.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
I think Mel is I'm pretty positive, but like, yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Mel is a young sixty six total, And just ask
him and he'll tell you that.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
He will tell you to look at him on the
horse last date. He's like he's like bragging. He's like, yeah,
and look at me, add enough thing to the list.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Started riding a horse at sixty six, and he's like,
he reminds me so much of my dad. I one
time did a show at a country club in Boca
in Florida, and I literally went on stage.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I made a huge mistake.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I go, I'm here at this retirement community and they
bowed me. They were like, it's not a retirement community.
Like they like like these boots the whole room. Like
I was like minute one, they're booing me. I'm like,
oh my god, I'm I'm in trouble. I'm gonna look
like Joe giving his you know, best man speech up here.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Oh, going back to going back to night one, was
there any of the women that stood out to you?
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Uh, you know, Peg is always gonna stand out. You know,
that's an easy answer, just because she's gone far like
Peg is like, yeah, like kind of like a bolt
of lightning on this show. Obviously, Carol stood out because
she just looked barbieish, you know. Diane, who who looked
like nothing like Carol, stood out just because like and
(15:31):
you're like just the fact that they're on the same
dating show.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
You're like, like, this is amazing.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
And Diane was like so fun and funny, like I
like wanted to like have another cup of Diane.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
I'd say Amy was fun.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I knew what she was like coming on to make
a scene like they I liked everyone. I like the
you know, and also Carla who comes on and is
like talking about like orgasming like you're like.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
You know, like I'm like, I like I I kind
of again, the women are the show, Like he's not
the show, you know, like the show is.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
And that's why I got a little frustrated with all
the apologies because it's like it took away time from
let's meet the women. Let's go on this, you know,
Thelma and Louise adventure with them.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
That's what we want from it, you know.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Yeah, let's get into your date. You made a guest
appearance on the show.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
When you walked out, when you walked out, and I
was like this, this this fits, this is actually this
actually works really well.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
It makes sense. It was so it was great.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
It was great. We really I remember we watched it.
We really enjoyed it, Like this is.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I really APPREI I was. So that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I when someone's on the show, like I was happy,
like this is like the best thing that ever happened
to me.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
You could tell, like you could tell that was that
was you could tell that you were truly like great,
like so happy.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
I mean I listened to like Art and Mirrn she
has a podcast about the Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Yeah, and she was nice to me.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
But her cohorts her, Yeah, her co hosts were like
we're like, they were like, look at this bro. I
was like, I can't be just like like they totally
like tossmians.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
The comedians too, Wow, comedians are going Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
It was weird. It was weird. I was like, oh,
this nice guy who likes the same thing as you.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
They were like all weirdly, you know, weirdly affected by
me for some reason. But then they were like, you know,
one guy was like, I don't like a roast, so
it wasn't funny.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
It's like, well, that's not my problem.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Like I I'm not a roast guy, Like like I
watched the show and make fun of it, but my
hope is that I'm making fun of it in the
way I would have.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
Fun with friends. So like, yeah, that was the thing
with like a roast. I'm not really a roast guy.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
So like getting invited on there was a lot of
pressure because like roast jokes very like Nicki Glazer, she's
so good at it because she's so good at like misdirection,
like that's like her act, so it like fits into
what she does so well. So it's like I was
so excited, but I was so nervous and then like
I had to like have a talk in the mirror.
I'm like, just do what you do, have fun, like
(18:18):
enjoy this moment. And I came out and like it
was there was so much and there was so much
of like I came with so many jokes. So like,
first I meet him and he's like, I know you
because I've watched your videos.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Oh and he's like, you're the reason I almost didn't
do the show.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
Oh no, right, Not not that he called a bunch
of women old me idiot is the reason he didn't
almost do it.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
He's like, you just make fun of people.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
I go, I, well, I like to think that the
people who I make fun of enjoy it. Like every season,
you know, I end up, like you know, becoming like
you know, acquaintances with some of the people, and so
they must see that, like it's with a good heart
and like all that stuff. And he's like, well, I go,
don't worry. Today, we're gonna have a blast. So I
come out and I'm like, mell, great to see you,
(19:10):
and I'm like performing all these jokes but I had
so many, and I'm just like I start going into
him and I just see his face just like, oh
my god, what the hell did I sign up for it?
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Because like I just.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Had like six one liners that I wanted to make
sure got on camera.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I didn't forget.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
And the women come out and they're like kind of dead,
and he's like and one of the production people was
like he was making out in the pool with Nicole
before this is kind of the drama, and I'm like, oh,
like I you know, I had like am oh, like
I never you guys have been on the set, Like
I was like, oh my god, like I'm eating this
up like I'm a Bachelor super fan.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
I'm like, really, who's he making out with? Like I'm
like so into it.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
And then they they go come on, they tell the
ladies like more energy, come out, more energy, and they
come out. They're like whoa and then I run out
and they're like Jared Freed. I could see like a
couple of them seem to maybe have seen my stuff.
A couple of them were like who like what and
(20:12):
there like.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
There's nothing worse for your confidence. Stead of walking out
onto a stage and people being like who's this guy?
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Like why who's this who's this guy?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Is? I'm about jokes like they're like very famous comedian.
They're like Sebastian Manoscalco's here, and I'm like, it's like.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
No, chubby jew and then they bring me out and.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I basically I'm like listen, I'm a huge fan of
the show. I'm here to you know, I'm forty, which
is the age Mel wishes you were. And like when
I said that, that kind of like made everyone kind
of like, oh, he's on our side, which is what
I want. And I am, and I'm like, we're here
(20:54):
to have fun, make jokes. I'm like, listen, you.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
Don't even want to be with Mel.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
He's divorced, he has no money, he's a high school
football coach, he has nothing, Like there's no nothing here.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
And then I'm like, and if it doesn't work out,
you can go with me. We're gonna go to the bar.
We'll have a martini.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Like you guys are all hot, like i'd do you,
you know, Like it's like like I'm like the piece
of shit. So like I go into that and they're fun,
and then like we go to write and that's where
it's like a full day. So like I'm trying to
help them write their jokes. So like we were like
helping the women, but like they were like really good
and fun and like I liked them all, you know,
(21:28):
like and I just.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Had a good time.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I remember Carol's joke was my favorite joke out of
all of them.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Which one was that it was. It was.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Like, mel, I know you wanted to date forty year olds,
Like so.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Do I that was hers? Or maybe she got that
that might have been I think that was hers.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Like she's on the broadcast, like yeah, I like I
think she she's It seemed like she kind of came
up with that idea.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Yeah, yeah, that definitely felt like it was hers, and
she definitely she did forget her glasses. And then we
had this moment at the end and they kind of like,
you know, the editing, they gotta do what they gotta do.
And the moment at the end with Amy was like
she was like going on for like twenty minutes.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
And I was wondering.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Actually, I was like, you know, watching it, we know
how much gets cut. And when we were watching, I
was like, I wonder how long this has been going
on for because you were jumping in and I was like,
there's no way he's just like cutting off her section.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
This must have been happening for a minute.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
It was.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
It was basically that's you're right, because I was like
when we got to the performance, I was like pretty
happy with it. I'm like I got my jokes in.
I like these people. It feels like it's going well,
Like I got what I wanted out of it, and
I come for my own you know, I have my
own incentives of this too, And also I like these
I like the show, and I want to be a
(22:52):
part of it, and like, I want to make sure
that these people, everyone here has fun. I don't want
anyone feeling badly. And it's Jesse next to the stage.
It's the two women on stage, and then it's me
and mel in.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
The middle of the room. And I remember we were
sitting there.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
So basically a woman would go up and do her
her bit, who she would do her roast, we'd all clap,
we'd laugh and.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Have fun, like three to minutes, that's it.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
And then we all had mics, so then we'd go
around the horn Jesse, you know, Jesse be like what
do you think?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
And I would make fun of something, or make.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Fun of the room or like whatever, like or like
and tell them how great they're you know, I would be,
as I again, complimentary, like I think it takes a
lot of fucking balls to get on stage with jokes
you wrote an hour before.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Well, like they're forced to do this.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Surprise, You're gonna go and stand coming.
Speaker 5 (23:47):
Yeah, do something that you potentially hate and are terrified
to do, and like and on camera and make it good.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Some people's biggest fears are of public speaking, like something
Harry Seinfeld joke where he says, uh, like like ninety
eight percent of the people's biggest fair is public speaking.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
That means they rather they rather be in the casket
than give the eulogy.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
That's hilarious. Yeah, that's like that's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
And so then we'd get on the mic and we'd
go around the horn, like Jesse would say something, I'd
say something, Mel would say something that I'd make fun
of Mel, and then we'd go to the next contestant.
We get to Amy, she's like eleventh out of twelve,
and she's like, I don't need these notes and like
rips them.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
Up and then like immediately terrifying.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Right, and we're like, what's this gonna be?
Speaker 2 (24:37):
And she starts complaining about all the women and how
much she has to cook and clean, and like it's
one of those moments we're all looking around like and
she's not bombing, she's just being herself and being fun,
Like she is fun and she is funny, but you're like,
and she's like and she keeps going, fuck this, fuck that,
like it's.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Like swear after swear, like it was like unkeepable.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
You know, like we can't swear here, right, And.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
I think she would admit that, Like it was just
so many swear and it kept going and going, and
like finally at the end of it, she goes, Jared,
you get it you're Jewish, And that was like my
invitation and it doesn't look like it looks like I'm
just like, shut up, bitch, like let me get on
the mic, like I'm not doing that.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
So I was gonna wait, but then she goes, Jared,
you get.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
It your Jewish, and I pick up the mic and
I'm like, you are making me so anxious right now,
like you are.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
I was like, this is like talking to my mom.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Like I'm like, you keep going on and on about
like and I do the cooking, do the cleaning, and
I'm like and honestly, I have to say, like I
was having so much fun.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
The room was like swirling.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
People are laughing so hard because the setup was really
her swearing and complain about everyone. And then I got
to complain about her. Yeah, like twenty minutes and we
were in so like it's killing and like when I
got a bone to chew on, I'm like, I'm gonna
keep going. So I did like three minutes of this
bit and it's like the room is swirling, like I'm
(26:06):
like getting chills as it's happening.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
I'm like, oh my god, this is the biggest moment
of my life. Like I am like, and I turned
to mel and I go, do not.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
Marry yeah, like and I and I'm like, oh my god,
I just told the Bachelor not to marry one of
the women.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
I was like, this is gonna be the commercial.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
This is gonna be like like it's gonna be like
next week on The Bachelor, and me going don't marry her.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
And I'm like and I'm like, I put down the mic.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
I'm like shaking, cause like like in a comedian's mind,
we're just like we're always about to kill, like we
like you know, it's just like you I came there
to do a job and like the job just got done,
and I'm like I put the mic down and we
get done with the episode and I go to my
man and his mom were there, and like she comes
(27:03):
up to me.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
She was like, You're the funniest person I've ever seen
in my entire life.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Like like it was like like I was like, this
is amazing. I was like cloud ever, best day ever
and like and so I just kind of had to
hold onto the story until it aired, and I'm like,
I'm wondering what it's gonna I was like, it's either
gonna be okay and good and it's like or it's
gonna be like I'm gonna get like DMS forever about this,
(27:27):
and it was somewhere in between. Like it was like
it was definitely like I'm definitely happy with it, and
I was like happy because you.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Might see me again.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
I don't know if we can keep this in, you
might see me in another episode.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Hint hint, you know, little tease.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
As they say in the business, you're gonna want to
tone into the some people telling all.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
So I've never heard anyone.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Okay, I think that's a good place to stop Part one. Jared,
thank you so much. We'll be back with Jared for
part two. Make sure you download and subscribe to that
Jeff y'all, we.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
Will have new some interviews every single week. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Bye
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