May 9, 2024 • 11 mins
LIVE from Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, Ophira talks with comedian Jeremiah Watkins about ups and downs of fatherhood.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hey everybody, we're back with a mini episode. It's me
Ofira Eisenberg. So recently I did a live taping of
this very podcast over in Austin, Texas as part of
the moon Tower Comedy Festival. It was so fun, and yes,
I did buy my son a keychain at the Austin
Airport that reads Austin because I am an awesome dad.
(00:28):
So on this live show that we did in the festival,
I had many hilarious conversations. If you haven't listened to
the one with Rosebud Baker and Andy Haynes yet, go
check that one out. Also had comedian Jeremiah Watkins, and
we talked about him being an awesome dad. So that's
coming right up. But first I just want to take
(00:49):
a moment to thank a woman named Lisa in Upstate
New York who works at a diner that I was
at this last weekend with my family because we were
on the whole little trip upstate. We had a meal
at this lovely diner, drove home, and when we unpacked
all of the stuff, my son exclaimed, where is pancake?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Pancake is not an actual pancake. Pancake is his favorite stuffy,
and it's a stuffed pancake. Yes, it is like the
size of a ditter plate plush toy with two eyes
and a yellow butter pat for a nose. A strange stuffy,
but he loves it and he travels with it. And
(01:35):
he remembered that he brought his bag into the diner,
as you do with a small kid, right, there's always
a bag full of like seventeen activities, because God forbid,
just eating is the activity. And he pulled out a
book and he remembered that pancake probably tumbled out and
he was crying. So I thought, okay, we have to
(02:00):
deal with this. I mean, truly, this pancake has been
in his life forever. It was given to him as
a gift by his cousin when he was I think
one we have photos, framed photos in our house of
our son holding pancake. So I called this diner the
next morning and got Lisa on the phone and I said, hey,
I know this sounds weird, but did you happen to
(02:21):
find a stuffed pancake in your diner yesterday? And she
said what I said. I know it's a stuffed animal,
but it's not an animal. It's a pancake, and my
son left it there, he thinks, and I was just
wondering if you saw it, and she said, well, just
a minute. Did not sound particularly friendly at the time,
(02:42):
I will add, But then she came back and she said,
does it have big eyes and a yellow butter pat
for a nose. I said, yeah, that's it. She goes, yeah,
I got it. I was like, okay, well, here's the thing.
I live in Brooklyn and am back. I got to
figure out a way to get back up there. And
(03:03):
she goes, you know what, it's my day off tomorrow.
Why don't I just put it in the mail for you.
Give me your address and I'll mail it for you.
Can you believe that, everybody? You know what I just thought.
In this dark, harsh world where nothing feels great and
you feel like nobody cares and everyone is out for
(03:25):
themselves and we just can't get along, there, there's a
little tear in that fabric where people just get the
importance of a little kids stuffy and how much it
means to them, and they will go out of their
way to reunite that toy with its owner. And you
know what, this amazing person, Lisa is taking some time
(03:46):
on her day off to go to a post office
and mail a pancake, a stuff pancake back to my son.
And I just think that's amazing and I wanted to
shout it out, not to say it's arrived yet. So
I guess I'll keep you a post stood there. But
in the meantime, here is a fun bonus live chat
(04:06):
from the Moonterror Comedy Festival with comedian Jeremiah Watkins.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
So wait a second, how your kid?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Your kids are three years old in ten months?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
That's right?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Okay, yeah, so it's the three year old that was
biting I take us?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean I guess.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
The ten month old.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
You know, we let them chew on our knuckles and stuff,
you know, you like his teeth and stuff on you.
And then like he had a couple of teeth come
in and I was like, okay, we're done with that game.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Did you always want kids?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
No? No, I had to definitely get to a mature
state about it. I thought it was going to ruin
my life for sure, but it's been only enhancing it
and making it better.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
It's amazing.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Yeah, I will tell you that I'm the youngest of six,
and my mother said.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
To dad's pullout game is week.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Oh my god, there's four years between each of us,
so I think it's actually excellent.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Whoa every presidential election? That's cool, that's fun. Yeah, depending
on who one. Yeah. And she told me.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
My entire life, never get married and never have kids.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
They will ruin your life. I know.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
I was like, happy Mother's Day, so she said every day.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Really, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Where your parents always like, oh, when are we gonna
have a grandkids?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah, very much. So, you know, I actually had a conversation.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
With my mom at one point that was very memorable
to me because I asked my mom. I was at
kind of that point in the relationship with my wife,
who I've been with a long time now. I had
a conversation with my mom that I was like, will
you be upset with me as your son if I
don't have kids kind of things? She goes, I won't
be upset for you, but she said, she goes, I'll
(06:02):
feel sorry for you that you'll never get experienced the
love that I have for you, and the love that
will reciprocate towards your way throughout your life.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
I was like, Wow, that's pretty powerful right there.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Wow, And it was you know, it was definitely, you know,
not the thing, but it's definitely all the little things
add up where you're like, you know, it's stuff to
soak in and take in to make those decisions.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Yeah yeah, okay, And but you still weren't sure about it.
But then I guess you know you met the right person.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
What changed your mind? No, I knew that she was
the right one.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Like, like, I'm a unique I'm a very unique case
though I've only the only woman who I've had sex
with is my wife. Really yeah, yeah, I know, shocking, ladies.
I know, man, I know as crazy.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
But when your marriage dissolves, what are you up for?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Some of those core memories stuck in with this one.
Huh kids ridiculous?
Speaker 4 (07:04):
So and then were you married and right away she
wanted to have kids or you wanted to have kids?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I we always it was one of those things where
we both agreed that we wanted kids eventually. But I
kind of got cold feet. I started getting I freaked out.
Like as it was the you know, it was starting
to get closer, I was like, I don't know, I
don't know, She's like This is literally one of the
things that when we got married that like we agreed
(07:32):
upon and uh yeah, we like went the couples counseling
about it, and I figured some stuff out. You know,
it's always the guys who've got to figure some stuff out.
And then uh yeah that's what that that's what happened.
And then ultimately, uh you know she won. No, no,
(07:53):
she sees it too, by the way, No, no, for sure, No, No,
it was something it was it was all what it
came down to. Honestly, it was me being freaked out
that career and stuff that's outside of my you know,
sometimes out of your control, like would be affected by
having kids and stuff like that. But honestly, like it's
truly been just enhancing and like since having kids, like
(08:14):
things have just continued to grow and get better and
stuff to school and yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah you can clap home.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
So when you're on the road or touring or doing
shows at night or just out of town, have you
promised your family anything that you've had to make good on,
Like when dad gets back, we're gonna, I don't know,
go do like for the baby, that's not it, but
maybe for the three year.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Olds, right, Uh, you know, I'm I'm trying not to
build things out too much, like so he gets conditioned
to when I come home. But it's like this big party.
But you know, I was like, you're gonna get playtime
with dad. We're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna play Tiger
for as long as you want when I get home.
(09:00):
And then Tiger is when you act like a tiger
for as long as your son wants. And I literally
chase him around and then uh he roars at me
and then I have to uh and run away and
then I do the same to him, and then we
chase each other all around. And that's literally the only
(09:21):
exercise I get right now is uh is Tiger. It's
a great workout program. I'm going to copyright it soon.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
It's gonna Tiger kwondo. I.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
That is the most like boy man thing I have
ever heard in my life.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Like, I would not play that. My sons have dix.
They're pretty cool dudes, They're they're awesome. Yeah, they just
want to wrestle and like this, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Roughouse, is there any game that you don't You're like,
I don't want to do this with your three year
old or maybe the reading.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Do you like reading?
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Uh don't yeah, the the only thing, well, the only thing,
and I don't mind it. It's it's cute. But so
he's going through a Batman phase right now. And I
voiced the Joker on a Cartoon Network show called DC
Superhero Girls, and we showed thank You, and we showed
(10:18):
my son the cartoon and it blew his mind that
his dad was the Joker. So he like, he's working
on his impressions. Uh, they're not quite there yet because
I'll do my Joker and then he and he wants
to be Batman of course, so he then he like,
after I do my Joker, he just looks at me
and he.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Goes Batman, Batman, Batman, bad man.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Like he just says the word batman like like it's
going to translate as the impression.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Like whoa, what do we have here? And only Batman.
He's like, thank you so much, Joy, thanks so much
for having guys appreciate it.
Hey everybody, we're back with a mini episode. It's me
Ofira Eisenberg. So recently I did a live taping of
this very podcast over in Austin, Texas as part of
the moon Tower Comedy Festival. It was so fun, and yes,
I did buy my son a keychain at the Austin
Airport that reads Austin because I am an awesome dad.
(00:28):
So on this live show that we did in the festival,
I had many hilarious conversations. If you haven't listened to
the one with Rosebud Baker and Andy Haynes yet, go
check that one out. Also had comedian Jeremiah Watkins, and
we talked about him being an awesome dad. So that's
coming right up. But first I just want to take
(00:49):
a moment to thank a woman named Lisa in Upstate
New York who works at a diner that I was
at this last weekend with my family because we were
on the whole little trip upstate. We had a meal
at this lovely diner, drove home, and when we unpacked
all of the stuff, my son exclaimed, where is pancake?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Pancake is not an actual pancake. Pancake is his favorite stuffy,
and it's a stuffed pancake. Yes, it is like the
size of a ditter plate plush toy with two eyes
and a yellow butter pat for a nose. A strange stuffy,
but he loves it and he travels with it. And
(01:35):
he remembered that he brought his bag into the diner,
as you do with a small kid, right, there's always
a bag full of like seventeen activities, because God forbid,
just eating is the activity. And he pulled out a
book and he remembered that pancake probably tumbled out and
he was crying. So I thought, okay, we have to
(02:00):
deal with this. I mean, truly, this pancake has been
in his life forever. It was given to him as
a gift by his cousin when he was I think
one we have photos, framed photos in our house of
our son holding pancake. So I called this diner the
next morning and got Lisa on the phone and I said, hey,
I know this sounds weird, but did you happen to
(02:21):
find a stuffed pancake in your diner yesterday? And she
said what I said. I know it's a stuffed animal,
but it's not an animal. It's a pancake, and my
son left it there, he thinks, and I was just
wondering if you saw it, and she said, well, just
a minute. Did not sound particularly friendly at the time,
(02:42):
I will add, But then she came back and she said,
does it have big eyes and a yellow butter pat
for a nose. I said, yeah, that's it. She goes, yeah,
I got it. I was like, okay, well, here's the thing.
I live in Brooklyn and am back. I got to
figure out a way to get back up there. And
(03:03):
she goes, you know what, it's my day off tomorrow.
Why don't I just put it in the mail for you.
Give me your address and I'll mail it for you.
Can you believe that, everybody? You know what I just thought.
In this dark, harsh world where nothing feels great and
you feel like nobody cares and everyone is out for
(03:25):
themselves and we just can't get along, there, there's a
little tear in that fabric where people just get the
importance of a little kids stuffy and how much it
means to them, and they will go out of their
way to reunite that toy with its owner. And you
know what, this amazing person, Lisa is taking some time
(03:46):
on her day off to go to a post office
and mail a pancake, a stuff pancake back to my son.
And I just think that's amazing and I wanted to
shout it out, not to say it's arrived yet. So
I guess I'll keep you a post stood there. But
in the meantime, here is a fun bonus live chat
(04:06):
from the Moonterror Comedy Festival with comedian Jeremiah Watkins.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
So wait a second, how your kid?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Your kids are three years old in ten months?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
That's right?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Okay, yeah, so it's the three year old that was
biting I take us?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean I guess.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
The ten month old.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
You know, we let them chew on our knuckles and stuff,
you know, you like his teeth and stuff on you.
And then like he had a couple of teeth come
in and I was like, okay, we're done with that game.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Did you always want kids?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
No? No, I had to definitely get to a mature
state about it. I thought it was going to ruin
my life for sure, but it's been only enhancing it
and making it better.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
It's amazing.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Yeah, I will tell you that I'm the youngest of six,
and my mother said.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
To dad's pullout game is week.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Oh my god, there's four years between each of us,
so I think it's actually excellent.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Whoa every presidential election? That's cool, that's fun. Yeah, depending
on who one. Yeah. And she told me.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
My entire life, never get married and never have kids.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
They will ruin your life. I know.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
I was like, happy Mother's Day, so she said every day.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Really, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Where your parents always like, oh, when are we gonna
have a grandkids?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah, very much. So, you know, I actually had a conversation.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
With my mom at one point that was very memorable
to me because I asked my mom. I was at
kind of that point in the relationship with my wife,
who I've been with a long time now. I had
a conversation with my mom that I was like, will
you be upset with me as your son if I
don't have kids kind of things? She goes, I won't
be upset for you, but she said, she goes, I'll
(06:02):
feel sorry for you that you'll never get experienced the
love that I have for you, and the love that
will reciprocate towards your way throughout your life.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
I was like, Wow, that's pretty powerful right there.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Wow, And it was you know, it was definitely, you know,
not the thing, but it's definitely all the little things
add up where you're like, you know, it's stuff to
soak in and take in to make those decisions.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Yeah yeah, okay, And but you still weren't sure about it.
But then I guess you know you met the right person.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
What changed your mind? No, I knew that she was
the right one.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Like, like, I'm a unique I'm a very unique case
though I've only the only woman who I've had sex
with is my wife. Really yeah, yeah, I know, shocking, ladies.
I know, man, I know as crazy.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
But when your marriage dissolves, what are you up for?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Some of those core memories stuck in with this one.
Huh kids ridiculous?
Speaker 4 (07:04):
So and then were you married and right away she
wanted to have kids or you wanted to have kids?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I we always it was one of those things where
we both agreed that we wanted kids eventually. But I
kind of got cold feet. I started getting I freaked out.
Like as it was the you know, it was starting
to get closer, I was like, I don't know, I
don't know, She's like This is literally one of the
things that when we got married that like we agreed
(07:32):
upon and uh yeah, we like went the couples counseling
about it, and I figured some stuff out. You know,
it's always the guys who've got to figure some stuff out.
And then uh yeah that's what that that's what happened.
And then ultimately, uh you know she won. No, no,
(07:53):
she sees it too, by the way, No, no, for sure, No, No,
it was something it was it was all what it
came down to. Honestly, it was me being freaked out
that career and stuff that's outside of my you know,
sometimes out of your control, like would be affected by
having kids and stuff like that. But honestly, like it's
truly been just enhancing and like since having kids, like
(08:14):
things have just continued to grow and get better and
stuff to school and yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah you can clap home.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
So when you're on the road or touring or doing
shows at night or just out of town, have you
promised your family anything that you've had to make good on,
Like when dad gets back, we're gonna, I don't know,
go do like for the baby, that's not it, but
maybe for the three year.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Olds, right, Uh, you know, I'm I'm trying not to
build things out too much, like so he gets conditioned
to when I come home. But it's like this big party.
But you know, I was like, you're gonna get playtime
with dad. We're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna play Tiger
for as long as you want when I get home.
(09:00):
And then Tiger is when you act like a tiger
for as long as your son wants. And I literally
chase him around and then uh he roars at me
and then I have to uh and run away and
then I do the same to him, and then we
chase each other all around. And that's literally the only
(09:21):
exercise I get right now is uh is Tiger. It's
a great workout program. I'm going to copyright it soon.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
It's gonna Tiger kwondo. I.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
That is the most like boy man thing I have
ever heard in my life.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Like, I would not play that. My sons have dix.
They're pretty cool dudes, They're they're awesome. Yeah, they just
want to wrestle and like this, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Roughouse, is there any game that you don't You're like,
I don't want to do this with your three year
old or maybe the reading.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Do you like reading?
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Uh don't yeah, the the only thing, well, the only thing,
and I don't mind it. It's it's cute. But so
he's going through a Batman phase right now. And I
voiced the Joker on a Cartoon Network show called DC
Superhero Girls, and we showed thank You, and we showed
(10:18):
my son the cartoon and it blew his mind that
his dad was the Joker. So he like, he's working
on his impressions. Uh, they're not quite there yet because
I'll do my Joker and then he and he wants
to be Batman of course, so he then he like,
after I do my Joker, he just looks at me
and he.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Goes Batman, Batman, Batman, bad man.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Like he just says the word batman like like it's
going to translate as the impression.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Like whoa, what do we have here? And only Batman.
He's like, thank you so much, Joy, thanks so much
for having guys appreciate it.
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