Randy and Jason Sklar began as one zygote and later guest starred in many TV shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Adult Swim’s Children's Hospital, Playing House, IFC's Maron, Better Call Saul, Glow, Roast Battle lll, CNN’s The History of Comedy. They can most recently be seen in FX's What We Do In the Shadows.The Sklars starred as conjoined twins in a memorable episode of Grey's Anatomy, and as warring agents on HBO's Entourage. The Sklars have also appeared in such films as Touchstone's Wild Hogs, Fox Atomic’s The Comebacks, and the popular Netflix movie Teacher of the Year, alongside Keegan Michael Key. They also hosted the History Channel docu-comedy The United States of America and appeared monthly on Showtime’s Jim Rome in their regular segment Sklarred For Life. Their cult hit, Cheap Seats, is on ESPN Classic and they appeared in the regular segment The Bracket on ESPN's SportsCenter. They regularly fill in as guest hosts for Jim Rome on his radio show.They have two half hour Comedy Central Presents specials. The Onion A.V. Club named their comedy album Henderson and Daughters in their Top 10 Comedy albums of that year. They recorded, The Sklar Brothers: What We Are Talking About on Netflix to rave reviews. They later released another one-hour special – Hipster Ghosts – on the Starz Network.Randy and Jason currently reside in LA where they record, View From the Cheap Seats, a podcast featuring guests from Bill Burr to Bob Costas. They also developed Dumb People Town, an animated half-hour comedy with Will Arnett.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, how about this.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
How about we pay you four fifty for the one
that already aired and then we take it from there.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Guys.
Speaker 4 (00:08):
I don't want to get technical on you, but that commercial,
it doesn't actually belong to you. It's the real and
intellectual property of Solid Goodman Productions.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Okay, So I mean it's our face, it's our store, and.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
It's my commercial, and you can't run it without my permission.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Oh okay, okay, I want to play it like that.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
Okay, four hundred and fifty dollars is now off the table.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, and that crew of.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Yours, Yeah, just a bunch of unm students. We can
get those we can't get we get students. Yes, we
can't reshoot the eggs and then run that.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Guys.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Guys, come on now, you wouldn't even be thinking about
a commercial if it wasn't for me.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
We're not going to pay you sixty five hundred dollars
for something that.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
We can do ourselves.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
You got it?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Seriously, seriously, excuse us. Put that camera back up.
Speaker 5 (00:57):
You're not gonna do it.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
N you give me any left, Okay, just roll it,
make sure it's pointed in my direction. Guys, certain interrupts
if you want to make sure there's no wiggle room here.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
We are with customers right now.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Please all right, just go, thank you, Okay.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Well, best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Go goodbye, go. Sorry, I'm sorry about that. It was
drumb stick.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
It was laying loose in the aisle.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Somebody calling ambulance.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
You don't need some I don't need a.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yes, an ambulance.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
That's a good idea.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
You guys have liability insurance.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Right, better call Saul.
Speaker 6 (01:45):
One of my all time favorite shows and the cameo
by our next guest, the Scar Brothers as music store
owners looking to buy television advertisements produced by Saul Goodman himself,
and such a pivotal scene because we see on the
cam maybe for the only time during the series why
they called him Slippin' Jimmy. He slips in the store
(02:06):
and everything turns on a dime.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
From there.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
Joining us now, Randy and Jason, the Scar Brothers here
on Ryan Schuling Live. They're coming to Comedy Works right
here at the Landmark in Greenwood Village starting tonight. Guys,
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Thanks for having a.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
As you reflect on that scene, working with Bob oden Kirk,
you know as well as I do, such a legend
in the business of comedy.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
What was that like?
Speaker 5 (02:29):
It was an amazing experience. First of all, we've known
Bob for so long, and there was a time actually
we were doing a stand up show with him in
la and he had just gotten Breaking Bad and we
were sitting in the green room, which was really just
like the pantry of this restaurant where we were doing
the show, and we were like, what's going on, man,
(02:50):
you've been directing. He's like, no, no, I got an acting gig.
And he started talking about it. He's like, it's not
a comedy, you know, I really don't know if I'm
doing it right, and I don't know if it's going
to lead to it. And that was his role on
Breaking Bad. He's like, he's on the show Breaking Bad.
Like he said it, like, now we're like, are you
putting the episodes on Breaking I mean, you're doing the
wrong thing there. But he was one hundred percent right.
(03:13):
Of course, he nailed it. So people don't realize if
you can do comedy, you can do straight forward drama acting.
He nailed it. He's now killing it on Broadway. In
Glengarry Glenn Robs, and we just were so lucky to
be part of that scene because we already had the
rapport with him. And there was one thing that happened
really cool on that scene. Randy'll tell you the way
they had us rehearse. So so the guy who directed
(03:36):
was a longtime writer on the show and producer, best
name in the business, Tom Schnaz, who actually he had
a small nose. It wasn't a big note, Tom Schnaz,
and he he was just really smart about the way
he directed stuff. So he's like, you know, the guys
are moving cameras around and whatnot, and he's like, just run,
just run the scene a couple of times. So we're
(03:57):
talking with Bob and it's really real. I mean, the
way it should be. You shouldn't. It should not be more,
especially on a single camera shoot like that. And we
ran it like three times and then Tom's like, Okay,
we got it, let's move for another setup. But we
didn't even know he was shooting, and that happened to
be one of the first shots of the whole scene
was like through one of the guitars that are hanging
(04:18):
up on the ceiling. He wanted to get this sort
of creative shot, so it was just a brilliant way
to do it, and it was at the blast to.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
Do Randy and Jason Sklar joining us. There'll be at
Comedy Works Landmark Greenwood Village starting the night. That's a
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Speaker 1 (04:37):
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Speaker 6 (04:40):
Guys, I want to focus on Bob a little bit
more just because you have that rapport, that working relationship
with him. It shined in those scenes that you did
with him. But for me personally, just as a viewer,
I kind of fell off of The Walking Dead because
it was so somber, It was so dark, it was
so depressing, there was no letup, and you know what,
I was kind of feeling some of that with Breaking
(05:01):
Bad too, until Saul Goodman hit the scene and he
changed the game in my view for that series, and
obviously with the spinoff, and just personally speaking, I prefer
better call Saul for myriad reasons to the original, which
was outstanding in its own right. Breaking Bad, If you
guys could take us through your process maybe watching it
as fans, whether it's Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and
(05:22):
just what makes Bob Odenkirk so great at what he
does well.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
First of all, congratulations, I'm properly using myriad. A lot
of people want to say a myriad of ways, and
it's just myriad ways. And you did beautifully. Thank you. No,
I think what happened with Breaking Bad is that it
was at such a fever pitch and the intensity was
so strong that it needed some kind of release somewhere
(05:47):
in there, and Odin Kirk stability has sort of walk
the line and create this character that had a different energy.
You're right, it added just what it needed into that
mix to sort of I wouldn't say it was light
because he was still under pressure too, but he created
a different energy and you felt it immediately. And then
the Saw show, also, like Breaking Bad, was going at
(06:09):
a fever pace, so Better Call Saul was a slower burn.
And if you were able to sort of watch those
two pieces almost like together as companion pieces, like Saul
was sort of the the come down a little bit
from Breaking Bad, but it still was intense, so it
still scratched the itch. And for us, we booked the
(06:30):
roles on the show. We were fans of the show,
and so our first thought anytime, like when we did
It's Always Telling in Philadelphia, or when I did Curb
Your Enthusiasm, or when we both were on Entourage, we
were fans of those shows. So our first thing is
don't screw it up.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Do not screw it up.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
That's our first thing. We can't screw up the show
that we love. And then also, are we still going
to be able to love this show now that we've
been behind the scenes and inside the universe, and good news,
we still love the show.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yes, on all fronts, so fantastic. I enjoyed the cameo
by you guys. It was perfect.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Just take us through that creative process. You're going to
be involved in the show. They're talking to you about it,
and you're going to be the co owners of this
music store ABQ in Tune. How did you land on that?
Speaker 5 (07:11):
So what was great about that is that it was
an audition that came up and it wasn't even for twins,
it wasn't for brothers. It was just for two guys
who owned this music store in Albuquerque, and so we
come into the audition and we see a lot of
great singular actors going in for this audition, and it's
the casting woman reading for the singular actors, both Bob's
(07:35):
role and one of the other two brother roles, and
I'm sure they switched to whatnot. We came in and
we were like, okay, this is going to be the
two shot. On this side, you're looking at the two
of us, and this is how we're going to do it.
And of course we added a couple of little moments
here and there that we did that you heard on
the final that you played. But they could see very
easily this is what the scene is going to look like.
(07:56):
Whereas you know, you got the casting woman reading one
role plus Bob's role, so it was a little bit
harder to visualize. And then when we got it, it
was like they said, of course all along, it should
be this, it should be you, it should be as
two brothers. And we walked on the set and Bob
was like, oh my god, thank god, I'm so happy
it's you guys. And as soon as he said that,
at the very beginning, when we were just getting ready,
(08:16):
we're like, oh, this is going to be great. This
is going to be amazing. So that allowed the creative
juices to flow even further. And again, the relaxed vibe
that the directors set up just made it so natural.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
Randy and Jason Sklar joining us. They are the Sclar brothers.
They filled in for Jim Rome going way back. I
think that's why I first heard them as they were
filling in on the Jim Rome Show. But a question
about how you guys determine the projects you're going to do,
because I gotta admit, there aren't any stinkers on there.
You guys didn't file an ishtar in there or anything
like that. You got Kurby, your enthusiasm with Larry David,
(08:48):
you got the gang, and it's always sunny in Philadelphia obviously,
Bob Odenkirk with better call Saul Mark Marin, who I
don't think it's enough credit. You worked with him on
Glow and another project as well. How do you decide
what projects you're going to do? What really rings that
bell for you too?
Speaker 5 (09:04):
So you know, I think it's a combination. Not everyone's
out there thinking how can we work a set of
twins into our show? So either we find shows that
we loved that We're like, man, I want to be
a part of this universe. So we tell our agents
and our reps, hey look for interesting characters that we
could even break into two characters. Like the It's Always
(09:24):
Sunny in Philadelphia role was we played the DJs in
a dance competition and it was originally supposed to be
one DJ and we were going to come in and
an audition against each other, but we started, you know,
improvising on the role and said, what if it was
like a morning Zoo. That would be funny if it
was like the Q crew. And we started like talking
about these two guys. And then when we got the role, well,
(09:45):
we showed up, we auditioned and the casting person was like, Ooh,
I think they're going to like this. Don't audition individually.
We're just going to send in this tape of the
two of you guys, and they liked it. We got
on the set and they're so into improv and they're
just so brilliant, those guys that when we got on set,
we're like, what if one of our characters is going
through like a nasty divorce but he can't, so yeah,
(10:06):
so we're like, what if he doesn't drop the DJ Boys,
but he's going through a nasty divorce. So one of
us is always like, you know, I can't remember the
last time I didn't shower with Motel soap. You crew,
we just kept sliding that in and it was so
funny and it was such a great deleet. We improvised
that and then they just took it and ran and so,
you know, I think we find the shows that we
(10:27):
really loved and if there is, you know, if there
are roles to be had on there other shows. We
did a wonderful show called Playing House that was on
USA with our friends Lennon and parm and Jeff Deska,
Saint Clair but Keege and Michael Key was on that show,
and we have really good people on that show, and
we just told them we watched the first season. We
were like, we love this, Please write something for us
(10:48):
to do on this show, and the guys from those
who can't to bring it back to our shows here
in Denver. This week those who can't a fantastic show
on True TV that three guys the Grolis from Denver,
Ben Roy Andrew Orbital, Adam Caton holland those three guys.
You know, they were friends of ours and we knew
them from the stand up scene, from coming out to
Denver and doing shows out here, and we said, guys,
you got to write something for us on this show.
(11:09):
I mean, you're using everybody that we love. And they did.
They wrote the roles for us as the school doctors,
but only one of us was the doctor. The other
one never went to medical school, and you never knew
which one of us was in the lab coat. And
that's you know, that's just hilarious to us. And they
were fantastic, And of course through them we met great
guys like Bob.
Speaker 6 (11:27):
Kat Goldthwaite, who directed a bunch of the episodes Scar
Brothers joining us. Now for our live listeners, that sound
you heard was idiot me trying to pull up their
podcast on Spotify of You from the chief Seats with
Jason and Randy Sklar and I'm just finding out here guys,
and I enjoyed this over the years. That this came
to an end this past January. What went into that
(11:47):
decision and what were some of the highlights as you
reflect upon doing that podcast.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
So we did a sports podcast called View from the
Chiefs use that really was born out of us guest
hosting Jim Rome's radio show and a couple friends of
ours Chris Hardway, Greg Fitzsimmons, a couple of Doug Benson.
They said, you guys should do a podcast. This is
back in twenty ten, early early in the podcast game.
So we jumped into doing our podcast on a network
(12:12):
called Earwolf, which later became a big network with the
show comedy Bang Bang. We were the first sister show
to that show to sort of build the network, and
we started doing this sports comedy show at a time
when there weren't a lot of podcasts, and it grew
and we had a lot of people on, I mean
with incredible people on. We had John Hammon, We had
Amy Poehler on, We had Jack Black on. We had
(12:35):
Richard Simmons his last long interview that he ever did,
full length interview before he went missing. That was crazy
having him on. He was manic. Who else we had, Oh,
Roddy Roddy Piper we had on the show and days
before he passed, and he was amazing. Roddy Ry Piper
was so cool. He was He got in there and
(12:55):
I think he kind of listened to the podcast a
little bit, and I think he knew who we were
back from our ESPN and Cheap Seats days, and there
was a moment in the podcast where he leaned in.
He's like, I know what you guys are doing, and
I love it. And it came from him enjoying that
role that he played in the wrestling world where he
would get over on a crowd. He's like, you guys
are having fun, taking the piss out of moments and
(13:17):
really just enjoying not taking sports so seriously, which is
really what Rowdy Roddy Piper did as a character. And
he really just he looked us in the eye and
it was so intense and so great and he's like,
keep doing it, keep doing it. I love what you're doing.
And then sadly he passed ten days later, and it
was really special that we got to do that. So
through the years, unbelievable podcast for us, unbelievable experience, but
(13:40):
you know, like all great things, it ran its course
and we're figuring out what we're going to do. Separately,
we still have our podcast Dumb People Town, which is
us just you know, examining dumb behavior, mostly from Florida,
and it's just breaking down why dumb people do dumb things,
and like the woman who vandalized what she thought was
her ex boyfriend's car, but it just out to be
(14:00):
in her neighbor's car that was on this week's episode,
and that just keeps going and we have great guests
on that show. And you know again, what we love
to do really is get out and do live stand up,
coming to towns like Denver, like this weekend at this club,
getting to meet people in person, podcast fans and people
who've come out, people who saw us on the show,
(14:21):
those who can't, and people who saw us on the
show what we do in the shadows, Like lots of
fans are coming onto these shows and it ends up
being a really cool experience because we're working on stand
up all the time. So we just love it. Man,
that's our favorite thing to do.
Speaker 6 (14:35):
And they'll be doing it right here. Comedy Works South
that's Landmark Greenwood Village starting tonight seven thirty pm. More
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are the SCLAR brothers Randy and Jason joining us. You
touched on something and I'm just gonna throw this at you, guys.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
I tried. This is kind of a meta experience for me.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
I tried to explain the term Florida man to my
best buddy, who is a Florida man born and raised.
And I just saw a guy that was crossing in
front of us and pointed to him to go Florida Man.
How would the two of you describe and define Florida man?
Speaker 5 (15:14):
Okay, Number one, he's not wearing a shirt. Number two,
Number two, he hasn't paid child support in years. Number three,
his moult his mullet is party in the front and
party in the back. Yeah. And number four he definitely
talked to alligators. And number five he's getting answers. So
I mean this is there is a certain freedom of
(15:35):
the Florida man that he and many times she too
can the Florida woman feels like they are above lights,
not the law, but life, that they can do things
superhuman anyway. They are the only real life Marvel superheroes
that we have. Can I get out of these handcuffs
and the back of this car by kicking the window out? Yes,
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I can have that ability, the confidence of Florida man
in Florida one, Can I get naked in this bar
and hit people with my pool queue? Yes I can.
I'm a Florida one. That's right. So there's a yes
I can attitude that they have that to us. You know,
you can point at it and say, these people are
really dumb? Am I fighting my own reflection in a
mirror at a bar? Yes I can? So like there
(16:19):
is that sort of can do attitude that for us,
I think is really funny. And we celebrated so much
that you're kind of making fun of it and celebrating it.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
I love how when I asked that you had already
made answer. And if it's not a part of your
act already, it needs to be Randon, Randy and Jason
Scar joining us.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Now you might not remember this, but I do.
Speaker 6 (16:39):
A year ago when you were visiting, you took questions
from the crowd, and I asked.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
I think what was kind of the obvious one?
Speaker 6 (16:44):
But maybe you give it a different, different answer this time,
And that is, in what ways Randy and Jason are
you most similar?
Speaker 1 (16:51):
And in what ways are you absolutely the most different?
Speaker 5 (16:55):
So I think We're similar in that we feel our
best when we are creating something new. We feel the
most alive when we're creating something new. And I think
we're also similar in that we have a love hate
relationship with being parents. Like we love being dads so much,
(17:15):
it's what we want to do all the time. But
we also constantly are getting punished by our kids because
that's what kids do. They just beat you silly with
their nonsense. And so we love being dads, We love
being creative, and we love trying to merge those two worlds.
How we're different. I think Randy tends to bottle up worry.
(17:36):
What's interesting is Randy has been meditating for longer than me,
and yet he is more stressed up, way more stressed up.
I let things roll off my back in a way
that he doesn't. But then again, Randy may say that
I also don't do enough work in the relationship. Yeah,
so I would say that, you know, Jason, this is
such a good question and a deep question because we've
thought about it a lot. I think I also in
(17:58):
you know, Jay's got a little kid. His life is
a little more complicated than mine. My kids are almost
out of the house, I'm almost an empty mester, which
is just a bizarre concept to think of. And I
just feel like there's a certain level for me, like
I go to burning man. I've been a burning man
a couple times. Like I speak the thing that is
fun out there to do, and then I just go
after it, and that is like a of the utmost
(18:21):
priority for me. And I think in doing that, I
have you know, I got to pull Jason more into
that lifestyle. But you know that's one way that we
are different.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Final question.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
This is from a listener and they texted this in
and they ask, if you would do a remake of
Doctor Jekyll and mister Hyde. You can argue over who
gets to be the monster.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Ooh, that's good. Good. I almost would like change it
to be like the hy Brothers and both of us
are bad and both of us are good. You know
that's so funny? Is I think early on in our
career people kept wanting to sort of place us in
this box. We're like, well, who's going to be the
straight man and who's going to be the funny man,
and who's gonna be dumb and who's going to be smart?
(19:04):
And none of that felt organic. To who we are,
and maybe that's because we're twins and we're sort of
imperfect versions of each other. And I think, you know
what we chose to do and the past people ask
us who influenced you? What you know? There aren't a
lot of comedy teams out there, and there certainly weren't
when we were starting in the nineties. But I would
say the group that influenced us the most was the
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Beastie Boys. Why because they were fun, They seemed to
have this energy, like they were a team. They backed
each other up, they came together and said things at
the same time, and then you got a feeling like
they always supported each other. And from the outside looking in,
you're like, I want to be a part of that.
I wish I had a Beastie Boy brother. And people
have said that to us. They watch our comedy and
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they're like, Ooh, I wish I had a twin brother
or twin sister, or that's exactly how my brother and
I talk, or if you're in a great marriage, they
would say, that's how my wife and I tell a story,
that's how we do this thing, that's how my husband
and I talk. And I think there's a little bit
of I wish ful filming in it. There's a lot
of fun in it, and it goes fast. People say
watching our comedies like listening to a podcast at one
(20:08):
point five speed dents come back too fast. But for us,
it is the most fun thing we can do. And
that's the thing we got from the BC Boys is
that they had fun when they were performing, which we
do too.
Speaker 6 (20:20):
And they definitely fight for their right to party and
there will be no Saamie Brooklyn and Randy Jason, thank
you so much for your time. We appreciate you coming
to Denver. I know these are going to be great shows.
Enjoy your time here. And I apologize for the weather.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Oh all good. Hey, the bad weather means people want
to stay inside. And then if you want to come
inside and laugh, come see it. And thank you for
coming last year, and I hope you come again this
year and we get a chance to say hi to you.
Thanks for having us on. Thanks to all your listeners
who are going to come up to these shows.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
Great guys Randy and Jason scar thank you both. And
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Speaker 1 (21:36):
Name that wrestler?
Speaker 6 (21:37):
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seven thirty nine with an answer to one of those
questions right now, and you'll be going to see the
Sclar Brothers at the Landmark in Greenwood Village.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
We'll take this break.
Speaker 6 (22:33):
We'll come back still a lot to get to a
very special guest next, Corporal Timothy C. Tardiff, Us Marine
Corps veteran who served with distinction in a rock and
was greeted not so much like a hero upon his return.
We'll have his story when we come back on Ryan
Schuling Live. They've've been around for a long time. I
(22:57):
think they're a little bit older than me, but got
that next sensibility. Great stories to tell. I mean, I
didn't even ask them about Bob Odenkirk. You know he
bit it in that scene that I played now you
could only hear it, but there's a lot going on
there that you can decipher from listening. And Bob Odenkirk,
by all appearances, there's no way they could have cgi
to stunt double in, but he sells it on this
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fall slipping Jimmy tripping over a drumstick and just land
an ass over tea kettle.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
On his back. That had to hurt.
Speaker 6 (23:28):
And the part about it that concerns me is and
I didn't talk to Randy and Jason, and maybe I'll
have a chance to ask them I'm going Friday night
is there was a really big health scare, if you
might recall, on the set of Better Call Saul, Bob
Odenkirk almost died. He had a heart attack, a pretty
severe and substantial one. In shooting for that. They had
a delay production by months, I believe was the final season.
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But I go in watching that scene now going home, Bob,
don't hurt yourself. You got a tender heart there, but
he didn't know it at the time. Problem out of
those you know, widow makers, you don't know that you
have a lot of blockage or a problem or anything
like that. But luckily Bob Odenkirk survived and Scar Brothers
worked with him on that show. It's one of my
all time favorite shows. If you haven't checked it out,
(24:11):
better call Saul. It's a must watch for my money,
better than Breaking Bad. Better because Kim Wexler, the female lead,
is desirable, so I'll start there.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
But beyond that, she's awesome.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
She's smart, she's savvy, she's cunning, she's funny. She's a
great pairing with Bob Odenkirk. And sorry, I got a report.
I couldn't stand Skyler in Breaking Bad, and I couldn't
stand Hank's wife. I forgot what her name was. The
female leads in that drove me nuts, and I didn't
like them. I love Kim Wexler and I loved Breaking Bad.
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What a great show you had Michael McKeon playing Bob
Odenkirk's older brother and his idol.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
On the show.
Speaker 6 (24:56):
And it's such a dynamic and tragic relationship. As it
would turn out, there's so much going on, so much
texture to that show. It's dark, it's funny, it's all
the things that shows Bob oden Kirk's range.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
It's a masterpiece.
Speaker 6 (25:10):
It really is a classic, and I think it's Vince
Gilligan's finest work. But the Squar Brothers are going to
be at the Landmark Greenwood Village and we've got a
couple of winners. How about this already? And this is
Michael McAllister, Mike, you're gonna be going Friday night.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
So that's nine forty five show, got your number here,
don't worry. I won't say it.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
But if the answer to our questions as well, and
Kimberly Ensman also will be going, You'll be going Saturday night.
Kimberly and the answers to our question. The pro wrestler
that they had on their podcast who would die ten
days later, but like kind of made their lives with
the commentary he had calling it like a work, and
that behind the scenes wrestler nomenclature was Rowdy Roddy Piper
(25:51):
one of my all time favorite wrestlers. He and Randy
Macho Man Savage are like one A and one B
for me.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
I like the Bad Guys. I thought they were more interesting.
Speaker 6 (26:00):
And then the musical group that they said they drew
inspiration from and informing their comedy duo, the Beastie Boys,
and that was the correct answer. So congratulations to Mike
and congratulations to Kim. Now we take a serious turn
in the show because a veteran reached out to me
and as you know, this is one of my near
and dear causes to my heart, American heroes in action
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being one of them. And anytime we can do anything
on this show to help a veteran, to help a
veteran tell his or her story, to do something for
a veteran, you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm
going to do it. And I want to tell you
the story of Corporal Timothy C. Tartif, US Marine Corps
veteran who was awarded the Silver Star in the Global
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War on Terror in two thousand and three. And I'm
just going to read from this. You can find this
as well yourself. A true Hero Hall of Valor by
the Military Times, and this is his story. During the
Battle of at Tarmia, Corporal Tartif and his squad reinforced
first platoon, which was pinned down in a violent enemy
crossfire ambush. Immediately assessing the situation, Corporal Tardiff directed marines
(27:07):
to return fire into enemy positions in a town. He
identified the location of the enemy and determined the precise
point to assault the enemy. Corporal Tardiff charged across the
road under intense small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire,
inspiring his marines to follow his example. Engaged in an
intense close quarters battle, he received significant shrapnel wounds from
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an enemy grenade.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Refusing to be evacuated.
Speaker 6 (27:33):
And disregarding his own wounds, Corporal Tardiff gallantly led his
squad in an insault on an enemy that held compound.
After securing the compound, Corporal Tardiff received an order to egress,
and he let his reinforced squad in a fighting withdrawal.
After moving one hundred and fifty meters, Corporal Tardiff collapsed
from his wounds, unable to continue fighting. By his bold leadership,
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wise judgment, and complete dedication to duty, Corporal Tardiff reflected
great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of
the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service, and
we're proud to have him join us right now. Corporal
Tim Tartef, thank you for joining me on. Ryan shooing
live Tim Oh.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Thank you, Ryan, I appreciate being on here. I appreciate
you hav any big fan, it's good, it's good to
talk to you.
Speaker 6 (28:20):
Well, I appreciate those words, but I'm a big fan
of yours, sir, and the reason you reached out to
me and I wanted to have you have this platform
to tell your story is not what I just described there,
which was heroism at its finest, and we thank you
for that service.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
And words aren't.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Enough, but what happened to you upon your return, if
you could take us from there and tell that part
of the story, please.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Well, yeah, I mean so I've stayed in the Marine
Corps for a long time after that. I got out
in my twenty fifteen. I was a gunnery sign when
I got out. I think that really kind of you know,
being in the Marine Corps and in the leadership positions
that really helped me kid my sanity. You know. So
(29:05):
once I returned to the civilian world, popped around a lot,
definitely struggled, you know. I went to the VAH. I
got out a little early. I didn't you know, I
didn't do the full twenty at an retire It was
when I mean, I'm sure I'll appreciate this. It was
(29:26):
when Hillary and Trump running the first time, and I
thought for sure Hilary was going to win. So I
was like, there's no way, you know, she's going to
be my commander in chief. So Obama was having one
of these force reshaping the force deals where you get
it early out, going to get a severance and of
(29:47):
course you know the short time period that you have
to jump on that. So I did that. Definitely, looking
back on it, you know, if I knew Trump was
going to win, I probably would not have done that,
and and ended up being a poor decision. But anyways,
you know, so went to the v A. Actually worked
(30:07):
in the court system a little bit as a case
manager and the Samster grant. This is all down and
in Pueblo. When I moved back to Colorado, initially moved
to Pubblo West, there was just a uh there's a
lot more, a lot more bang for your buck down
there at the time. So you know, went to the
v A. I knew something was wrong. You know, it
(30:29):
was just obviously drinking way too much and uh, just
struggling really to keep a job. And I you know,
I was again reaching out to them. I mean, everything
kind of came to the head one night. Uh had
(30:49):
my ex wife, they had two kids, together, was having
kind of a you know, a disagreement with her. I mean,
long story short, I don't get too much into it,
but you know the cops were called at the time.
You know, I was really I don't know if you
ever have if you ever heard of Cooper's color codes.
(31:11):
So Colonel Jeff Cooper, he I mean, essentially, it's these
codes of alertness, right, So if you're living in the white,
that means you're completely unaware that everything around around you.
You know, you're just kind of you know, you're spacing out. Yeah, white, yellow, red,
and then black. I might be missing one in there.
(31:32):
But anyways, you know he's he's after doing started four
deflorm was tyronic one to Afghanistan. And why bring that
up is after studies, you know, you can only live
in these different certain levels of alertness for so long
before it really starts to kind of affect your you know,
(31:53):
your thought process. Anyway, So long story short, I mean,
the cops are called. I decide that I'm not going
to come out of the house, uh as they were
asking me to. But I did have a firearm too,
and I was I was pretty drunk, so you know,
(32:14):
I don't want to play. But I'm a complete victim here.
You know, this is obviously I should not have been
drinking that much. But so finally I pass out. You know,
I'm not going to come out, So I finally I
pass out. They get me, and you know, I wake
(32:35):
up in a Publo County jail and I was I
was in there for about a month and it's a
very surreal experience.
Speaker 6 (32:44):
Now a lot of people are going to hear this
corporal tartiff, and I feel a great deal of empathy
for you the things that you saw over there and
you know, having to deal with that upon coming back.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
And we've heard about.
Speaker 6 (32:56):
The problems with the VA as well, and you mentioned
that had President Trump won, had you known that in
twenty sixteen, you may have stayed enlisted the Marine Corps
and that that affected your decision. Do you feel and
this will be the final question that we have for now,
but I'd love to have you back on for a
part too this conversation of many that there have been
(33:17):
improvements made in the VA to more effectively treat veterans
such as yourself that are experiencing PTSD and everything that
goes along with it.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
I think that the individuals in the VA have the
biggest hearts, A lot of them, do you know. Of course,
there's ten percent like any other population, right as always
a ten percent, it's going to be you know, unsavory
or however you want to word it. But they the
bureaucracy is such, you know, really one of my biggest
(33:48):
you know, to use the catchphrase triggers now as bureaucracy,
because it's really the bureaucracy that stops from that's getting
the help that they need. There's such there are just
such roadblocks there. And you know, you miss one box
on the form you know that you're supposed to fill in,
(34:08):
and then the whole thing is no and void and
that that day that you submitted that is no longer
valid and you have to reasonbit you know what I mean.
And then that really compounds the everything you know, I mean,
just you know, the stress levels come back up. You
still have people to provide for, you know, you're still
(34:32):
trying to do that, but then you're dealing with these
feelings as well, and it's just you know, it's just
the anxiety that builds around that.
Speaker 6 (34:41):
And I can hear it in your voice. Corporate Timothy
ce tard If, a Marine Corps veteran and a hero.
He earned the Silver Star and the Purple Hearts serving
overseas in the War on Terror, Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Tim. I want to keep in touch with you.
Speaker 6 (34:56):
I want to connect you if you're interested to a
group that a friend of mine you have profit runs
is called American Heroes Inaction dot org. I think it's
tailor made for you. I'll send you that link via
text as well. But let's follow up on this conversation.
I think it's important for other veterans to hear your
story as well. And thank you so much for sharing
a portion it with us here today.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
No, thanks, Royn, I really appreciate being honor show. And
you know you guys, you're you're one of my favorites. Man,
you got you're an executive producer, talks host is a
really hard worker. I had a lot of family, I know,
I know if you've ever been to Franken Moose Oh yeah,
oh yeah, I got a lot of family there and
I actually just went to a funeral over there. Yeah
(35:38):
it's great, great little Toms.
Speaker 6 (35:40):
Yeah, I'm sorry for the reason you were there, But
I love Zender's I love Browners. It's Christmas year round
in Franken Move Michigan. Tim thank you so much for
your time.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
Yeah, thanks, Mary, I appreciate it all right.
Speaker 6 (35:50):
A hero of our American military, Corporal Timothy C. Tart
If your thoughts to close out five seven seventy three
nine we return after this.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Oh yeah, that's it. Thirty seconds, that's it. We're done.
Speaker 6 (36:07):
But congratulations once again, Kimberly Endsman Michael McAllister, tell your
friends you won passes to go see the Squar.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Brothers this weekend.
Speaker 6 (36:16):
That starts tonight Comedy Works South and the Snow and
All Landmark at Greenwood Village. My thanks to Cindy RAMERI
Leland Conway for joining us the Squar Brothers themselves in
Corporal Timothy C.
Speaker 1 (36:27):
Tardiff, We thank him for his service. We'll talk to
you tomorrow on Ryan Schuling Live
Okay, how about this.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
How about we pay you four fifty for the one
that already aired and then we take it from there.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Guys.
Speaker 4 (00:08):
I don't want to get technical on you, but that commercial,
it doesn't actually belong to you. It's the real and
intellectual property of Solid Goodman Productions.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Okay, So I mean it's our face, it's our store, and.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
It's my commercial, and you can't run it without my permission.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Oh okay, okay, I want to play it like that.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
Okay, four hundred and fifty dollars is now off the table.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, and that crew of.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Yours, Yeah, just a bunch of unm students. We can
get those we can't get we get students. Yes, we
can't reshoot the eggs and then run that.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Guys.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Guys, come on now, you wouldn't even be thinking about
a commercial if it wasn't for me.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
We're not going to pay you sixty five hundred dollars
for something that.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
We can do ourselves.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
You got it?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Seriously, seriously, excuse us. Put that camera back up.
Speaker 5 (00:57):
You're not gonna do it.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
N you give me any left, Okay, just roll it,
make sure it's pointed in my direction. Guys, certain interrupts
if you want to make sure there's no wiggle room here.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
We are with customers right now.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Please all right, just go, thank you, Okay.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Well, best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Go goodbye, go. Sorry, I'm sorry about that. It was
drumb stick.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
It was laying loose in the aisle.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Somebody calling ambulance.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
You don't need some I don't need a.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yes, an ambulance.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
That's a good idea.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
You guys have liability insurance.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Right, better call Saul.
Speaker 6 (01:45):
One of my all time favorite shows and the cameo
by our next guest, the Scar Brothers as music store
owners looking to buy television advertisements produced by Saul Goodman himself,
and such a pivotal scene because we see on the
cam maybe for the only time during the series why
they called him Slippin' Jimmy. He slips in the store
(02:06):
and everything turns on a dime.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
From there.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
Joining us now, Randy and Jason, the Scar Brothers here
on Ryan Schuling Live. They're coming to Comedy Works right
here at the Landmark in Greenwood Village starting tonight. Guys,
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Thanks for having a.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
As you reflect on that scene, working with Bob oden Kirk,
you know as well as I do, such a legend
in the business of comedy.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
What was that like?
Speaker 5 (02:29):
It was an amazing experience. First of all, we've known
Bob for so long, and there was a time actually
we were doing a stand up show with him in
la and he had just gotten Breaking Bad and we
were sitting in the green room, which was really just
like the pantry of this restaurant where we were doing
the show, and we were like, what's going on, man,
(02:50):
you've been directing. He's like, no, no, I got an acting gig.
And he started talking about it. He's like, it's not
a comedy, you know, I really don't know if I'm
doing it right, and I don't know if it's going
to lead to it. And that was his role on
Breaking Bad. He's like, he's on the show Breaking Bad.
Like he said it, like, now we're like, are you
putting the episodes on Breaking I mean, you're doing the
wrong thing there. But he was one hundred percent right.
(03:13):
Of course, he nailed it. So people don't realize if
you can do comedy, you can do straight forward drama acting.
He nailed it. He's now killing it on Broadway. In
Glengarry Glenn Robs, and we just were so lucky to
be part of that scene because we already had the
rapport with him. And there was one thing that happened
really cool on that scene. Randy'll tell you the way
they had us rehearse. So so the guy who directed
(03:36):
was a longtime writer on the show and producer, best
name in the business, Tom Schnaz, who actually he had
a small nose. It wasn't a big note, Tom Schnaz,
and he he was just really smart about the way
he directed stuff. So he's like, you know, the guys
are moving cameras around and whatnot, and he's like, just run,
just run the scene a couple of times. So we're
(03:57):
talking with Bob and it's really real. I mean, the
way it should be. You shouldn't. It should not be more,
especially on a single camera shoot like that. And we
ran it like three times and then Tom's like, Okay,
we got it, let's move for another setup. But we
didn't even know he was shooting, and that happened to
be one of the first shots of the whole scene
was like through one of the guitars that are hanging
(04:18):
up on the ceiling. He wanted to get this sort
of creative shot, so it was just a brilliant way
to do it, and it was at the blast to.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
Do Randy and Jason Sklar joining us. There'll be at
Comedy Works Landmark Greenwood Village starting the night. That's a
seven thirty pm show, and stay tuned for your chance
to win passes to one of the late shows either
Friday night or Saturday night at nine forty five pm.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
You can find out more at Comedyworks dot com.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
Guys, I want to focus on Bob a little bit
more just because you have that rapport, that working relationship
with him. It shined in those scenes that you did
with him. But for me personally, just as a viewer,
I kind of fell off of The Walking Dead because
it was so somber, It was so dark, it was
so depressing, there was no letup, and you know what,
I was kind of feeling some of that with Breaking
(05:01):
Bad too, until Saul Goodman hit the scene and he
changed the game in my view for that series, and
obviously with the spinoff, and just personally speaking, I prefer
better call Saul for myriad reasons to the original, which
was outstanding in its own right. Breaking Bad, If you
guys could take us through your process maybe watching it
as fans, whether it's Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and
(05:22):
just what makes Bob Odenkirk so great at what he
does well.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
First of all, congratulations, I'm properly using myriad. A lot
of people want to say a myriad of ways, and
it's just myriad ways. And you did beautifully. Thank you. No,
I think what happened with Breaking Bad is that it
was at such a fever pitch and the intensity was
so strong that it needed some kind of release somewhere
(05:47):
in there, and Odin Kirk stability has sort of walk
the line and create this character that had a different energy.
You're right, it added just what it needed into that
mix to sort of I wouldn't say it was light
because he was still under pressure too, but he created
a different energy and you felt it immediately. And then
the Saw show, also, like Breaking Bad, was going at
(06:09):
a fever pace, so Better Call Saul was a slower burn.
And if you were able to sort of watch those
two pieces almost like together as companion pieces, like Saul
was sort of the the come down a little bit
from Breaking Bad, but it still was intense, so it
still scratched the itch. And for us, we booked the
(06:30):
roles on the show. We were fans of the show,
and so our first thought anytime, like when we did
It's Always Telling in Philadelphia, or when I did Curb
Your Enthusiasm, or when we both were on Entourage, we
were fans of those shows. So our first thing is
don't screw it up.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Do not screw it up.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
That's our first thing. We can't screw up the show
that we love. And then also, are we still going
to be able to love this show now that we've
been behind the scenes and inside the universe, and good news,
we still love the show.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yes, on all fronts, so fantastic. I enjoyed the cameo
by you guys. It was perfect.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Just take us through that creative process. You're going to
be involved in the show. They're talking to you about it,
and you're going to be the co owners of this
music store ABQ in Tune. How did you land on that?
Speaker 5 (07:11):
So what was great about that is that it was
an audition that came up and it wasn't even for twins,
it wasn't for brothers. It was just for two guys
who owned this music store in Albuquerque, and so we
come into the audition and we see a lot of
great singular actors going in for this audition, and it's
the casting woman reading for the singular actors, both Bob's
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role and one of the other two brother roles, and
I'm sure they switched to whatnot. We came in and
we were like, okay, this is going to be the
two shot. On this side, you're looking at the two
of us, and this is how we're going to do it.
And of course we added a couple of little moments
here and there that we did that you heard on
the final that you played. But they could see very
easily this is what the scene is going to look like.
(07:56):
Whereas you know, you got the casting woman reading one
role plus Bob's role, so it was a little bit
harder to visualize. And then when we got it, it
was like they said, of course all along, it should
be this, it should be you, it should be as
two brothers. And we walked on the set and Bob
was like, oh my god, thank god, I'm so happy
it's you guys. And as soon as he said that,
at the very beginning, when we were just getting ready,
(08:16):
we're like, oh, this is going to be great. This
is going to be amazing. So that allowed the creative
juices to flow even further. And again, the relaxed vibe
that the directors set up just made it so natural.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
Randy and Jason Sklar joining us. They are the Sclar brothers.
They filled in for Jim Rome going way back. I
think that's why I first heard them as they were
filling in on the Jim Rome Show. But a question
about how you guys determine the projects you're going to do,
because I gotta admit, there aren't any stinkers on there.
You guys didn't file an ishtar in there or anything
like that. You got Kurby, your enthusiasm with Larry David,
(08:48):
you got the gang, and it's always sunny in Philadelphia obviously,
Bob Odenkirk with better call Saul Mark Marin, who I
don't think it's enough credit. You worked with him on
Glow and another project as well. How do you decide
what projects you're going to do? What really rings that
bell for you too?
Speaker 5 (09:04):
So you know, I think it's a combination. Not everyone's
out there thinking how can we work a set of
twins into our show? So either we find shows that
we loved that We're like, man, I want to be
a part of this universe. So we tell our agents
and our reps, hey look for interesting characters that we
could even break into two characters. Like the It's Always
(09:24):
Sunny in Philadelphia role was we played the DJs in
a dance competition and it was originally supposed to be
one DJ and we were going to come in and
an audition against each other, but we started, you know,
improvising on the role and said, what if it was
like a morning Zoo. That would be funny if it
was like the Q crew. And we started like talking
about these two guys. And then when we got the role, well,
(09:45):
we showed up, we auditioned and the casting person was like, Ooh,
I think they're going to like this. Don't audition individually.
We're just going to send in this tape of the
two of you guys, and they liked it. We got
on the set and they're so into improv and they're
just so brilliant, those guys that when we got on set,
we're like, what if one of our characters is going
through like a nasty divorce but he can't, so yeah,
(10:06):
so we're like, what if he doesn't drop the DJ Boys,
but he's going through a nasty divorce. So one of
us is always like, you know, I can't remember the
last time I didn't shower with Motel soap. You crew,
we just kept sliding that in and it was so
funny and it was such a great deleet. We improvised
that and then they just took it and ran and so,
you know, I think we find the shows that we
(10:27):
really loved and if there is, you know, if there
are roles to be had on there other shows. We
did a wonderful show called Playing House that was on
USA with our friends Lennon and parm and Jeff Deska,
Saint Clair but Keege and Michael Key was on that show,
and we have really good people on that show, and
we just told them we watched the first season. We
were like, we love this, Please write something for us
(10:48):
to do on this show, and the guys from those
who can't to bring it back to our shows here
in Denver. This week those who can't a fantastic show
on True TV that three guys the Grolis from Denver,
Ben Roy Andrew Orbital, Adam Caton holland those three guys.
You know, they were friends of ours and we knew
them from the stand up scene, from coming out to
Denver and doing shows out here, and we said, guys,
you got to write something for us on this show.
(11:09):
I mean, you're using everybody that we love. And they did.
They wrote the roles for us as the school doctors,
but only one of us was the doctor. The other
one never went to medical school, and you never knew
which one of us was in the lab coat. And
that's you know, that's just hilarious to us. And they
were fantastic, And of course through them we met great
guys like Bob.
Speaker 6 (11:27):
Kat Goldthwaite, who directed a bunch of the episodes Scar
Brothers joining us. Now for our live listeners, that sound
you heard was idiot me trying to pull up their
podcast on Spotify of You from the chief Seats with
Jason and Randy Sklar and I'm just finding out here guys,
and I enjoyed this over the years. That this came
to an end this past January. What went into that
(11:47):
decision and what were some of the highlights as you
reflect upon doing that podcast.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
So we did a sports podcast called View from the
Chiefs use that really was born out of us guest
hosting Jim Rome's radio show and a couple friends of
ours Chris Hardway, Greg Fitzsimmons, a couple of Doug Benson.
They said, you guys should do a podcast. This is
back in twenty ten, early early in the podcast game.
So we jumped into doing our podcast on a network
(12:12):
called Earwolf, which later became a big network with the
show comedy Bang Bang. We were the first sister show
to that show to sort of build the network, and
we started doing this sports comedy show at a time
when there weren't a lot of podcasts, and it grew
and we had a lot of people on, I mean
with incredible people on. We had John Hammon, We had
Amy Poehler on, We had Jack Black on. We had
(12:35):
Richard Simmons his last long interview that he ever did,
full length interview before he went missing. That was crazy
having him on. He was manic. Who else we had, Oh,
Roddy Roddy Piper we had on the show and days
before he passed, and he was amazing. Roddy Ry Piper
was so cool. He was He got in there and
(12:55):
I think he kind of listened to the podcast a
little bit, and I think he knew who we were
back from our ESPN and Cheap Seats days, and there
was a moment in the podcast where he leaned in.
He's like, I know what you guys are doing, and
I love it. And it came from him enjoying that
role that he played in the wrestling world where he
would get over on a crowd. He's like, you guys
are having fun, taking the piss out of moments and
(13:17):
really just enjoying not taking sports so seriously, which is
really what Rowdy Roddy Piper did as a character. And
he really just he looked us in the eye and
it was so intense and so great and he's like,
keep doing it, keep doing it. I love what you're doing.
And then sadly he passed ten days later, and it
was really special that we got to do that. So
through the years, unbelievable podcast for us, unbelievable experience, but
(13:40):
you know, like all great things, it ran its course
and we're figuring out what we're going to do. Separately,
we still have our podcast Dumb People Town, which is
us just you know, examining dumb behavior, mostly from Florida,
and it's just breaking down why dumb people do dumb things,
and like the woman who vandalized what she thought was
her ex boyfriend's car, but it just out to be
(14:00):
in her neighbor's car that was on this week's episode,
and that just keeps going and we have great guests
on that show. And you know again, what we love
to do really is get out and do live stand up,
coming to towns like Denver, like this weekend at this club,
getting to meet people in person, podcast fans and people
who've come out, people who saw us on the show,
(14:21):
those who can't, and people who saw us on the
show what we do in the shadows, Like lots of
fans are coming onto these shows and it ends up
being a really cool experience because we're working on stand
up all the time. So we just love it. Man,
that's our favorite thing to do.
Speaker 6 (14:35):
And they'll be doing it right here. Comedy Works South
that's Landmark Greenwood Village starting tonight seven thirty pm. More
information online Comedyworks dot com. If you'd like free passes,
we'll be giving those away for the nine forty five
shows on either Friday or Saturday upcoming this weekend. They
are the SCLAR brothers Randy and Jason joining us. You
touched on something and I'm just gonna throw this at you, guys.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
I tried. This is kind of a meta experience for me.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
I tried to explain the term Florida man to my
best buddy, who is a Florida man born and raised.
And I just saw a guy that was crossing in
front of us and pointed to him to go Florida Man.
How would the two of you describe and define Florida man?
Speaker 5 (15:14):
Okay, Number one, he's not wearing a shirt. Number two,
Number two, he hasn't paid child support in years. Number three,
his moult his mullet is party in the front and
party in the back. Yeah. And number four he definitely
talked to alligators. And number five he's getting answers. So
I mean this is there is a certain freedom of
(15:35):
the Florida man that he and many times she too
can the Florida woman feels like they are above lights,
not the law, but life, that they can do things
superhuman anyway. They are the only real life Marvel superheroes
that we have. Can I get out of these handcuffs
and the back of this car by kicking the window out? Yes,
(15:56):
I can have that ability, the confidence of Florida man
in Florida one, Can I get naked in this bar
and hit people with my pool queue? Yes I can.
I'm a Florida one. That's right. So there's a yes
I can attitude that they have that to us. You know,
you can point at it and say, these people are
really dumb? Am I fighting my own reflection in a
mirror at a bar? Yes I can? So like there
(16:19):
is that sort of can do attitude that for us,
I think is really funny. And we celebrated so much
that you're kind of making fun of it and celebrating it.
Speaker 6 (16:27):
I love how when I asked that you had already
made answer. And if it's not a part of your
act already, it needs to be Randon, Randy and Jason
Scar joining us.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Now you might not remember this, but I do.
Speaker 6 (16:39):
A year ago when you were visiting, you took questions
from the crowd, and I asked.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
I think what was kind of the obvious one?
Speaker 6 (16:44):
But maybe you give it a different, different answer this time,
And that is, in what ways Randy and Jason are
you most similar?
Speaker 1 (16:51):
And in what ways are you absolutely the most different?
Speaker 5 (16:55):
So I think We're similar in that we feel our
best when we are creating something new. We feel the
most alive when we're creating something new. And I think
we're also similar in that we have a love hate
relationship with being parents. Like we love being dads so much,
(17:15):
it's what we want to do all the time. But
we also constantly are getting punished by our kids because
that's what kids do. They just beat you silly with
their nonsense. And so we love being dads, We love
being creative, and we love trying to merge those two worlds.
How we're different. I think Randy tends to bottle up worry.
(17:36):
What's interesting is Randy has been meditating for longer than me,
and yet he is more stressed up, way more stressed up.
I let things roll off my back in a way
that he doesn't. But then again, Randy may say that
I also don't do enough work in the relationship. Yeah,
so I would say that, you know, Jason, this is
such a good question and a deep question because we've
thought about it a lot. I think I also in
(17:58):
you know, Jay's got a little kid. His life is
a little more complicated than mine. My kids are almost
out of the house, I'm almost an empty mester, which
is just a bizarre concept to think of. And I
just feel like there's a certain level for me, like
I go to burning man. I've been a burning man
a couple times. Like I speak the thing that is
fun out there to do, and then I just go
after it, and that is like a of the utmost
(18:21):
priority for me. And I think in doing that, I
have you know, I got to pull Jason more into
that lifestyle. But you know that's one way that we
are different.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Final question.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
This is from a listener and they texted this in
and they ask, if you would do a remake of
Doctor Jekyll and mister Hyde. You can argue over who
gets to be the monster.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Ooh, that's good. Good. I almost would like change it
to be like the hy Brothers and both of us
are bad and both of us are good. You know
that's so funny? Is I think early on in our
career people kept wanting to sort of place us in
this box. We're like, well, who's going to be the
straight man and who's going to be the funny man,
and who's gonna be dumb and who's going to be smart?
(19:04):
And none of that felt organic. To who we are,
and maybe that's because we're twins and we're sort of
imperfect versions of each other. And I think, you know
what we chose to do and the past people ask
us who influenced you? What you know? There aren't a
lot of comedy teams out there, and there certainly weren't
when we were starting in the nineties. But I would
say the group that influenced us the most was the
(19:25):
Beastie Boys. Why because they were fun, They seemed to
have this energy, like they were a team. They backed
each other up, they came together and said things at
the same time, and then you got a feeling like
they always supported each other. And from the outside looking in,
you're like, I want to be a part of that.
I wish I had a Beastie Boy brother. And people
have said that to us. They watch our comedy and
(19:45):
they're like, Ooh, I wish I had a twin brother
or twin sister, or that's exactly how my brother and
I talk, or if you're in a great marriage, they
would say, that's how my wife and I tell a story,
that's how we do this thing, that's how my husband
and I talk. And I think there's a little bit
of I wish ful filming in it. There's a lot
of fun in it, and it goes fast. People say
watching our comedies like listening to a podcast at one
(20:08):
point five speed dents come back too fast. But for us,
it is the most fun thing we can do. And
that's the thing we got from the BC Boys is
that they had fun when they were performing, which we
do too.
Speaker 6 (20:20):
And they definitely fight for their right to party and
there will be no Saamie Brooklyn and Randy Jason, thank
you so much for your time. We appreciate you coming
to Denver. I know these are going to be great shows.
Enjoy your time here. And I apologize for the weather.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Oh all good. Hey, the bad weather means people want
to stay inside. And then if you want to come
inside and laugh, come see it. And thank you for
coming last year, and I hope you come again this
year and we get a chance to say hi to you.
Thanks for having us on. Thanks to all your listeners
who are going to come up to these shows.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
Great guys Randy and Jason scar thank you both. And
I will be there tomorrow night Friday night, and you
can be too. Your chance to win passes, you can
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(21:09):
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Speaker 1 (21:12):
We'll give away two pairs of those.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
And if you can answer, you just had to be listening,
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Speaker 1 (21:18):
You have two questions. You got to answer just one
of them, not both, just one.
Speaker 6 (21:22):
What pro wrestler was one of their favorite guests on
their podcast, which just ended sadly in January? What pro
wrestler did they revere and who had the most fun
on their podcast?
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Name that wrestler?
Speaker 6 (21:37):
Or the musical group that they just cited as the
inspiration for their.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Duo as a comedy team. What group was that?
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Text either answer to five seven seven three nine along
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Speaker 1 (21:52):
I won't give it to anybody, just myself.
Speaker 6 (21:54):
You get a text from me personally, actually, and please
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Send that along along with which show you want to attend?
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They started at nine forty five. If you want, like
I do, you can make a dinner reservation at Lucy
about an hour and a half beforehand. Works out just
about right. But your name first and last, your phone
(22:16):
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Sclar Brothers at the Landmark in Greenwood Village.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
We'll take this break.
Speaker 6 (22:33):
We'll come back still a lot to get to a
very special guest next, Corporal Timothy C. Tardiff, Us Marine
Corps veteran who served with distinction in a rock and
was greeted not so much like a hero upon his return.
We'll have his story when we come back on Ryan
Schuling Live. They've've been around for a long time. I
(22:57):
think they're a little bit older than me, but got
that next sensibility. Great stories to tell. I mean, I
didn't even ask them about Bob Odenkirk. You know he
bit it in that scene that I played now you
could only hear it, but there's a lot going on
there that you can decipher from listening. And Bob Odenkirk,
by all appearances, there's no way they could have cgi
to stunt double in, but he sells it on this
(23:20):
fall slipping Jimmy tripping over a drumstick and just land
an ass over tea kettle.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
On his back. That had to hurt.
Speaker 6 (23:28):
And the part about it that concerns me is and
I didn't talk to Randy and Jason, and maybe I'll
have a chance to ask them I'm going Friday night
is there was a really big health scare, if you
might recall, on the set of Better Call Saul, Bob
Odenkirk almost died. He had a heart attack, a pretty
severe and substantial one. In shooting for that. They had
a delay production by months, I believe was the final season.
(23:51):
But I go in watching that scene now going home, Bob,
don't hurt yourself. You got a tender heart there, but
he didn't know it at the time. Problem out of
those you know, widow makers, you don't know that you
have a lot of blockage or a problem or anything
like that. But luckily Bob Odenkirk survived and Scar Brothers
worked with him on that show. It's one of my
all time favorite shows. If you haven't checked it out,
(24:11):
better call Saul. It's a must watch for my money,
better than Breaking Bad. Better because Kim Wexler, the female lead,
is desirable, so I'll start there.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
But beyond that, she's awesome.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
She's smart, she's savvy, she's cunning, she's funny. She's a
great pairing with Bob Odenkirk. And sorry, I got a report.
I couldn't stand Skyler in Breaking Bad, and I couldn't
stand Hank's wife. I forgot what her name was. The
female leads in that drove me nuts, and I didn't
like them. I love Kim Wexler and I loved Breaking Bad.
(24:47):
What a great show you had Michael McKeon playing Bob
Odenkirk's older brother and his idol.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
On the show.
Speaker 6 (24:56):
And it's such a dynamic and tragic relationship. As it
would turn out, there's so much going on, so much
texture to that show. It's dark, it's funny, it's all
the things that shows Bob oden Kirk's range.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
It's a masterpiece.
Speaker 6 (25:10):
It really is a classic, and I think it's Vince
Gilligan's finest work. But the Squar Brothers are going to
be at the Landmark Greenwood Village and we've got a
couple of winners. How about this already? And this is
Michael McAllister, Mike, you're gonna be going Friday night.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
So that's nine forty five show, got your number here,
don't worry. I won't say it.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
But if the answer to our questions as well, and
Kimberly Ensman also will be going, You'll be going Saturday night.
Kimberly and the answers to our question. The pro wrestler
that they had on their podcast who would die ten
days later, but like kind of made their lives with
the commentary he had calling it like a work, and
that behind the scenes wrestler nomenclature was Rowdy Roddy Piper
(25:51):
one of my all time favorite wrestlers. He and Randy
Macho Man Savage are like one A and one B
for me.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
I like the Bad Guys. I thought they were more interesting.
Speaker 6 (26:00):
And then the musical group that they said they drew
inspiration from and informing their comedy duo, the Beastie Boys,
and that was the correct answer. So congratulations to Mike
and congratulations to Kim. Now we take a serious turn
in the show because a veteran reached out to me
and as you know, this is one of my near
and dear causes to my heart, American heroes in action
(26:21):
being one of them. And anytime we can do anything
on this show to help a veteran, to help a
veteran tell his or her story, to do something for
a veteran, you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm
going to do it. And I want to tell you
the story of Corporal Timothy C. Tartif, US Marine Corps
veteran who was awarded the Silver Star in the Global
(26:42):
War on Terror in two thousand and three. And I'm
just going to read from this. You can find this
as well yourself. A true Hero Hall of Valor by
the Military Times, and this is his story. During the
Battle of at Tarmia, Corporal Tartif and his squad reinforced
first platoon, which was pinned down in a violent enemy
crossfire ambush. Immediately assessing the situation, Corporal Tardiff directed marines
(27:07):
to return fire into enemy positions in a town. He
identified the location of the enemy and determined the precise
point to assault the enemy. Corporal Tardiff charged across the
road under intense small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire,
inspiring his marines to follow his example. Engaged in an
intense close quarters battle, he received significant shrapnel wounds from
(27:29):
an enemy grenade.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Refusing to be evacuated.
Speaker 6 (27:33):
And disregarding his own wounds, Corporal Tardiff gallantly led his
squad in an insault on an enemy that held compound.
After securing the compound, Corporal Tardiff received an order to egress,
and he let his reinforced squad in a fighting withdrawal.
After moving one hundred and fifty meters, Corporal Tardiff collapsed
from his wounds, unable to continue fighting. By his bold leadership,
(27:55):
wise judgment, and complete dedication to duty, Corporal Tardiff reflected
great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of
the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service, and
we're proud to have him join us right now. Corporal
Tim Tartef, thank you for joining me on. Ryan shooing
live Tim Oh.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Thank you, Ryan, I appreciate being on here. I appreciate
you hav any big fan, it's good, it's good to
talk to you.
Speaker 6 (28:20):
Well, I appreciate those words, but I'm a big fan
of yours, sir, and the reason you reached out to
me and I wanted to have you have this platform
to tell your story is not what I just described there,
which was heroism at its finest, and we thank you
for that service.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
And words aren't.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Enough, but what happened to you upon your return, if
you could take us from there and tell that part
of the story, please.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Well, yeah, I mean so I've stayed in the Marine
Corps for a long time after that. I got out
in my twenty fifteen. I was a gunnery sign when
I got out. I think that really kind of you know,
being in the Marine Corps and in the leadership positions
that really helped me kid my sanity. You know. So
(29:05):
once I returned to the civilian world, popped around a lot,
definitely struggled, you know. I went to the VAH. I
got out a little early. I didn't you know, I
didn't do the full twenty at an retire It was
when I mean, I'm sure I'll appreciate this. It was
(29:26):
when Hillary and Trump running the first time, and I
thought for sure Hilary was going to win. So I
was like, there's no way, you know, she's going to
be my commander in chief. So Obama was having one
of these force reshaping the force deals where you get
it early out, going to get a severance and of
(29:47):
course you know the short time period that you have
to jump on that. So I did that. Definitely, looking
back on it, you know, if I knew Trump was
going to win, I probably would not have done that,
and and ended up being a poor decision. But anyways,
you know, so went to the v A. Actually worked
(30:07):
in the court system a little bit as a case
manager and the Samster grant. This is all down and
in Pueblo. When I moved back to Colorado, initially moved
to Pubblo West, there was just a uh there's a
lot more, a lot more bang for your buck down
there at the time. So you know, went to the
v A. I knew something was wrong. You know, it
(30:29):
was just obviously drinking way too much and uh, just
struggling really to keep a job. And I you know,
I was again reaching out to them. I mean, everything
kind of came to the head one night. Uh had
(30:49):
my ex wife, they had two kids, together, was having
kind of a you know, a disagreement with her. I mean,
long story short, I don't get too much into it,
but you know the cops were called at the time.
You know, I was really I don't know if you
ever have if you ever heard of Cooper's color codes.
(31:11):
So Colonel Jeff Cooper, he I mean, essentially, it's these
codes of alertness, right, So if you're living in the white,
that means you're completely unaware that everything around around you.
You know, you're just kind of you know, you're spacing out. Yeah, white, yellow, red,
and then black. I might be missing one in there.
(31:32):
But anyways, you know he's he's after doing started four
deflorm was tyronic one to Afghanistan. And why bring that
up is after studies, you know, you can only live
in these different certain levels of alertness for so long
before it really starts to kind of affect your you know,
(31:53):
your thought process. Anyway, So long story short, I mean,
the cops are called. I decide that I'm not going
to come out of the house, uh as they were
asking me to. But I did have a firearm too,
and I was I was pretty drunk, so you know,
(32:14):
I don't want to play. But I'm a complete victim here.
You know, this is obviously I should not have been
drinking that much. But so finally I pass out. You know,
I'm not going to come out, So I finally I
pass out. They get me, and you know, I wake
(32:35):
up in a Publo County jail and I was I
was in there for about a month and it's a
very surreal experience.
Speaker 6 (32:44):
Now a lot of people are going to hear this
corporal tartiff, and I feel a great deal of empathy
for you the things that you saw over there and
you know, having to deal with that upon coming back.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
And we've heard about.
Speaker 6 (32:56):
The problems with the VA as well, and you mentioned
that had President Trump won, had you known that in
twenty sixteen, you may have stayed enlisted the Marine Corps
and that that affected your decision. Do you feel and
this will be the final question that we have for now,
but I'd love to have you back on for a
part too this conversation of many that there have been
(33:17):
improvements made in the VA to more effectively treat veterans
such as yourself that are experiencing PTSD and everything that
goes along with it.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
I think that the individuals in the VA have the
biggest hearts, A lot of them, do you know. Of course,
there's ten percent like any other population, right as always
a ten percent, it's going to be you know, unsavory
or however you want to word it. But they the
bureaucracy is such, you know, really one of my biggest
(33:48):
you know, to use the catchphrase triggers now as bureaucracy,
because it's really the bureaucracy that stops from that's getting
the help that they need. There's such there are just
such roadblocks there. And you know, you miss one box
on the form you know that you're supposed to fill in,
(34:08):
and then the whole thing is no and void and
that that day that you submitted that is no longer
valid and you have to reasonbit you know what I mean.
And then that really compounds the everything you know, I mean,
just you know, the stress levels come back up. You
still have people to provide for, you know, you're still
(34:32):
trying to do that, but then you're dealing with these
feelings as well, and it's just you know, it's just
the anxiety that builds around that.
Speaker 6 (34:41):
And I can hear it in your voice. Corporate Timothy
ce tard If, a Marine Corps veteran and a hero.
He earned the Silver Star and the Purple Hearts serving
overseas in the War on Terror, Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Tim. I want to keep in touch with you.
Speaker 6 (34:56):
I want to connect you if you're interested to a
group that a friend of mine you have profit runs
is called American Heroes Inaction dot org. I think it's
tailor made for you. I'll send you that link via
text as well. But let's follow up on this conversation.
I think it's important for other veterans to hear your
story as well. And thank you so much for sharing
a portion it with us here today.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
No, thanks, Royn, I really appreciate being honor show. And
you know you guys, you're you're one of my favorites. Man,
you got you're an executive producer, talks host is a
really hard worker. I had a lot of family, I know,
I know if you've ever been to Franken Moose Oh yeah,
oh yeah, I got a lot of family there and
I actually just went to a funeral over there. Yeah
(35:38):
it's great, great little Toms.
Speaker 6 (35:40):
Yeah, I'm sorry for the reason you were there, But
I love Zender's I love Browners. It's Christmas year round
in Franken Move Michigan. Tim thank you so much for
your time.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
Yeah, thanks, Mary, I appreciate it all right.
Speaker 6 (35:50):
A hero of our American military, Corporal Timothy C. Tart
If your thoughts to close out five seven seventy three
nine we return after this.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Oh yeah, that's it. Thirty seconds, that's it. We're done.
Speaker 6 (36:07):
But congratulations once again, Kimberly Endsman Michael McAllister, tell your
friends you won passes to go see the Squar.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Brothers this weekend.
Speaker 6 (36:16):
That starts tonight Comedy Works South and the Snow and
All Landmark at Greenwood Village. My thanks to Cindy RAMERI
Leland Conway for joining us the Squar Brothers themselves in
Corporal Timothy C.
Speaker 1 (36:27):
Tardiff, We thank him for his service. We'll talk to
you tomorrow on Ryan Schuling Live
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In 1997, actress Kristin Davis’ life was forever changed when she took on the role of Charlotte York in Sex and the City. As we watched Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte navigate relationships in NYC, the show helped push once unacceptable conversation topics out of the shadows and altered the narrative around women and sex. We all saw ourselves in them as they searched for fulfillment in life, sex and friendships. Now, Kristin Davis wants to connect with you, the fans, and share untold stories and all the behind the scenes. Together, with Kristin and special guests, what will begin with Sex and the City will evolve into talks about themes that are still so relevant today. "Are you a Charlotte?" is much more than just rewatching this beloved show, it brings the past and the present together as we talk with heart, humor and of course some optimism.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com