Waiting by the Phone: Comedy Show!

Adam is confused why Jen won't call him back after a fun night out at a comedy show, find out why he got ghosted!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Ever been left waiting by the phone. It's the Fred Show, Adam,
Welcome to the program. Hello, Hello, what's going on with
this woman? Jen? I gotta know? How did you meet?
Tell us about any dates you've been on, and then
what's happening now and how we can help. Okay, sounds good.
I met Jen on Hinge. I think you've probably heard

(00:25):
of that. Oh, I'm vaguely familiar with the the app Hinge. Yeah,
and I'll be honest.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
I thought she was hot in her photos, so I
was like, let's let's, you know, we chat it briefly
and I set up a date. I'm pretty easy to
get a we want to get some drinks and go
to a comedy show.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Okay, and let's see it. By the way, on the
dating apps, that's what we're doing here. We're hot or
not on the dating apps. I mean, you know, you
can dig into the prompts and the bio if you
want to, but like, no one's looking at where you
went to college really well, and they may see if
you're hot. Like once, if I see some and I'm
attracted to that, I might read some of the words
the profile, but usually no, So you were attracted to her,

(01:07):
and you plan this day with an activity, even a
comedy show.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Okay, yeah, exactly. I felt like it went really well.
She you know, we got along, we have a lot
of things in common. And I even made her laugh.
You know that's always I know, that's always good if
she's laughing. Okay, So everything went really well, and I

(01:31):
just like, I can't. She kind of goes with me
now and I'm like.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Uh wow, I can't really wrap my head around.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
This one because I didn't. I don't know what I did,
made wrong or anything like that. There was no awkward moment.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, I mean, look at this guy. Look at this guy.
He you know, he matches with a woman. He plans
more than just a drink state, which I'm guilty of.
I'm so guilty of that drink state. That's what I did.
Nothing creative, Okay, No, I mean, the first date is
a drink state, but then maybe second date we include
some form of activity. But this guy, like really thought
about a comedy show, drinks. You know, he was attracted

(02:04):
to her, he said, the conversation, the chemistry was good.
But you have not heard from Jen since the date.
You want to know why that would bother most people.
So let's call let's call Jen. We're gonna see what's
going on and hopefully straightened things out and then set
you guys up on another date that we pay for. Okay, Yeah,
sounds great. Let's see what's up. Part two of waiting
by the phone right after this song Billy Eilis Don't

(02:26):
move back in two minutes Fret' Show, Billy Eilich, The
French Show. Is Hi, welcome to Friday. Glad you're here, Adam, Yeah,
welcome back. Let's call Jen. You met on a dating app,
you planned a date, you went, you went to a
comedy show. You felt like the conversation was good. You
were attracted to her, you were excited to see her
again for a second date. But now you can't get
a hold of her. She's not responding to you. You're

(02:50):
not answering the phones, and you want to know why, Like,
what happened? How do we go from a good date
and now I can't get a hold of this person? Yeah?
I don't know. Yeah, all right, let's call Jen now,
good luck at him?

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Thank you? Hello?

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Hi? Is this Jen?

Speaker 4 (03:11):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Jen? Hi, good morning. My name is Fred. I'm calling
from the Fred's Show. The morning radio show, and I
have to tell you that we are on the radio
right now, and I would need your permission to continue
with the call. Can which chat for just a second
on the show. You can hang up anytime? Yeah, okay,
well good? Oh thank you? Yeah again, I'm gonna take
that as a guess. But we're calling on behalf of
a guy named Adam who says he matched with you

(03:33):
recently on a dating app and you, guys went out.
Do you remember a date with him?

Speaker 4 (03:39):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (03:39):
I agree?

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Okay, Well, he called us and he was describing he
thought you were very attractive, and he thought that he
planned a great date and he felt like the date
went well, and he said that he made you laugh
and the conversation was good and all these things. But
he says he can't get a hold of you now
and it's bugging him. He feels like he's being ghosted.
Is that what is happening? Yeah?

Speaker 4 (04:00):
Kind of. I mean, look, he seemed fun like before
we met, everything in cool.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
He's been cool.

Speaker 4 (04:10):
I just okay. So basically he said we were to
go to a comedy show, right, which was fine, comedy, Yeah,
But we get there and it's an opening like night
and I was like, okay.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
Then he told me that he was trying to like
perform in it, and then he did. Oh so this
wasn't like we didn't go see Dave Chappelle or something
like we didn't go to we didn't go to that
Nate Brigates or whatever guy we we you know, this
was Sebastian Maniscal. Like this guy he was the comedy show. Yeah,

(04:53):
I'm already uncomfortable. Yeah, and he didn't do well, like
oh no, so he goes out there nobody laughs at him. Well,
it was worse than that because people.

Speaker 4 (05:06):
Were like brewing him and heckling him.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Like.

Speaker 4 (05:12):
It wasn't just it was bad, like it was offensive, like.

Speaker 1 (05:17):
In what way? It was like sexist? It was racist? Whoa,
oh cool, first date. I'm going to do the comedy.
I'm going to run the chance that I bomb, and
then I'm also going to be racist and sexist in
front of this woman who I'm for whom I'm trying
to make an impression. Wow. And you said people were
booing him.

Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, yeah, they were booing him.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
Somebody were throwing food at him. Wow and not great. Yeah,
let me bring Adam And I forgot to mention that
Adam is here. I'm extremely forgetful and I'm sorry about that. Adam.
You said you went to a comedy show. You didn't
mention that you were the comedy show.

Speaker 3 (05:57):
I'm here, Jim, this.

Speaker 4 (06:00):
Is this is Are you doing your seat now?

Speaker 1 (06:04):
This is an overreaction.

Speaker 3 (06:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
Absolutely, I was working on a new set, so like
I was just practicing my crowd work. Yeah, it's it's
just my might have not landed.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
It wasn't working with the crowd. I mean, dude, so
you go up there and tell racist and sex's jokes,
you get booed, and this is all in a first date.
I mean, I look, if you guys were married or like,
knew each other and she knew what she was getting into,
that's one thing. But do you realize you embarrass her too?
I again, overreaction.

Speaker 3 (06:37):
This is not my fault that the crowd her, or
you don't have a good sense of humor.

Speaker 1 (06:42):
Like dark humor, this is good, Jane. It's your fault.
It's your fault, it's the audience's fault. Look, when I
say something, if you don't last, it's your fault.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
Everybody knows that what I said was I kind of
regret saying all this when I get a Netflix deal.

Speaker 3 (06:58):
This is just like how Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Chappelle
had to practice.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
Before they got really good. So I don't see the problem.
Do you think they took women to their practice sets? Maybe?
I mean, maybe they didn't. They're they're funny though, Yeah,
I don't know. That's a very it's a very bold
thing to do, especially if you're if your approach he's
a little bit controversial.

Speaker 3 (07:22):
This is just normal stuff that people do these days.
I don't understand you, just Jen, Why do It's just
a character?

Speaker 2 (07:29):
Like I was just putting on a character.

Speaker 1 (07:32):
It's just a character, Jen, listen to this guy.

Speaker 4 (07:35):
Oh the character?

Speaker 1 (07:40):
Wow? Why are we playing characters on the first date
to know someone? That's what I mean? Yourself, right, Like,
you plan this date Adam to be the center of attention,
and unfortunately you took a big gamble and you lost.
Because maybe maybe if you had gone up there and
killed it, she would have been impressed. But I allus
would argue that the first date is a chance to

(08:01):
like sit down and talk and make it about the
other person, and you made it about you and it failed.

Speaker 3 (08:08):
I didn't just get there and go up on stage.
That's the thing, Jen, you're overreacting like you had fun.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
I saw you laugh.

Speaker 1 (08:16):
I mean, were you laughing at how are you we
laughing out of misery? Out of discomfort? Were you laughing
at him? If I was laughing at alder and it said,
it was because it was incredibly uncomfortable, like it is,
not because I thought it was funny. Yeah, that's a
that's a pretty wild, wild move. All right. Look, I'm
gonna ask the question, Jen. I think I know the answer.
But would you enjoy going out with Adam again? Let's

(08:37):
say we don't do that. Let's say we actually do
like a like a dinner and you know, we don't
do another comedy show, don't go or something? Yeah, right right,
we don't do another wacky stand a bit. Yeah, I'm good. Adam,
by the way, a racist and sexist? I mean, like,
why would you Why wouldn't she assume that you're not
racist and sexist if you're up there doing this stuff.

(08:57):
It's just a shame.

Speaker 2 (08:58):
And she's not aisticated enough to get my humor.

Speaker 1 (09:01):
That's what it is. It's a sophistication issue. It definitely
is not a hurrying though Okay, I would ask you
for a joke, but I'm not. I'm not going to
do that. No, we really, I'm afraid. Actually I'm not
going to put Jen through that again. So all right,
Jen's not interested, Adam, Look good luck out there, man.

(09:21):
I can't wait for the special. Let me know where
it airs.

Speaker 2 (09:24):
I will definitely send you an email.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
The Entertainment Report is next nine hundred and fifty bucks.
You can wait if you can be Kiki at five
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