May 26, 2025 • 55 mins
Danny Jolles takes Kayla Becker and Vanessa Curry on a hilarious journey through the intersections of comedy and acting, revealing how witnessing Kevin Hart's first-ever comedy special completely redirected his career path. "I went to NYU to be a dramatic actor, studying the Method where Robert De Niro and Al Pacino studied. Then I saw Kevin Hart perform, and the next day, I quit everything else to focus entirely on stand-up."
Currently appearing on HBO's "Hacks" as writer Nate opposite Jean Smart, Danny shares behind-the-scenes insights about his time on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and the surprisingly elaborate preparation behind his small but memorable role in Damien Chazelle's "Babylon." His five-month commitment to mastering an antique typewriter for a brief scene showcases the dedication that's made him a director's favorite.
The conversation takes a fascinating turn as Danny discusses his innovative stand-up special "You Choose" – a choose-your-own-adventure comedy experience where viewers select which opinions they want to hear him express. "I'm so proud of it as an artistic piece. Career-wise, we could call it a failure, but artistically, I stand by it as one of the coolest pieces ever made." This experimental approach to comedy highlights Danny's willingness to push boundaries while honoring comedy traditions, from Jerry Lewis to Dane Cook.
Throughout our chat, Danny demonstrates the quick wit and thoughtful perspective that's earned him spots on the nation's biggest comedy stages. Whether discussing the unexpected kindness of comedy legends like Bill Burr or revealing what it's really like working with difficult co-stars, his insights are both entertaining and illuminating.
Don't miss Danny on tour across the country, and remember his parting wisdom: "Stand-up comedy is like hockey – it's great to watch on TV, but it's so much better in person." Find your local comedy club, look up the next few comics, and experience the magic live.
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
welcome back everyone to milk and honey, the two
ingredients you need for theperfect tea where you're.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm vanessa curry and today's episode is giving
punchlines.
Prestige TV and you know, maybea little petty, petty TBD
what's that about?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We will see.
We are joined for the secondtime in two weeks and we'll
explain that in a minute byactor and comedian Danny Jollett
.
You've seen him in CrazyEx-Girlfriend and now in the new
season of HBO's Hacks, where heplays one of Debra Vance's new
writers, nate.
Now, when Danny isn't stealingscenes or puking in them, he is
taking the nation's biggestcomedy stages.
Danny, welcome back to Milk andHoneys.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
It's so exciting to be here for a second time.
I feel like a better time.
I'm so excited, even though thefirst time was wonderful.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Wonderful it was.
It was only like what sevendays ago.
So what happened was we wereshooting the episode and
unfortunately, technicaldifficulties do happen.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Not going to blame anybody for that but we
absolutely could blame somebody,but we're not going to and we
lost all of the footage.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
But that's okay, that was a trial run, it was
practice.
Not that we need practice forone hit wonders, but or no one
one take wonder, oh no.
But we are really excited tohave you back.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I'm so excited.
I'm so excited to mix up mystories.
I'm excited I've never done asecond one.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's going to be great.
Don't worry, we have some newquestions for you, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
How's your week been since we saw you?
I know you were traveling forsome shows.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
I went to Burlington Co-f some shows.
I went to Burlington CoatFactory.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Love that place.
I was just going to say thatHome of it, I believe.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I do believe that was one of the tourist destinations
I heard about.
They were like you can go tothe original Coat Factory and I
said no.
But I was in Burlington,vermont, and then did some shows
at the Vermont Comedy Club,great club, and then came back
to beautiful LA Been runningaround town and then I fly out
(02:08):
again tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I saw that to New York right.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
No, tomorrow I fly out to Des Moines Iowa.
Oh, that is fancy.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
What do you do in Des Moines?
Is that like?
That's like what happens in DesMoines?
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Like what are you excited to do there?
Besides, you're going there forwork.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
I am, I am going to be performing comedy, but I will
.
What will I do in Des Moines?
You know, it looks like there'sa Dave and Buster's within
walking distance?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, and you know they're different in every city.
I hear.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, they do.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Oh, that was real.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
So I'm a regular.
I will say on the road, becauseyou're alone on the road, yeah,
but Dave Buster's is a goodplace to be alone.
There's a lot of places thatare sad to be alone.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
And Dave Buster's is a good alone place.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
I wouldn't necessarily think that, but I'm
glad that you feel that way.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
There's lots of also games that you can play by
yourself no-transcript.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
No-transcript get away with.
(31:47):
They had one of the.
I think it's one of thefunniest relationships all the
time rachel and aline'srelationship with the, with the
fcc.
Like whoever was in charge ofwhat's it called, something in
practice stands to practice okaythey had a genuine great.
They had such a smart thinggoing where they would just be.
Like it's a game.
Let's play this game togetherand they would go with what can
(32:07):
we say?
And how can we say and, and.
They would work aroundeverything.
I love that they got off suchwild stuff.
I will always say and I don'tin a brag way I will say that
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will go downas many things and one of them
is the most unattractive cast inthe history of CW by a bullet,
but sexy at the same time.
Probably ever, I feel, they makeit so sexy Everybody's like CW
(32:29):
actors, like literally reveredas like the sexiest in Hollywood
.
And then somehow it was also us.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
Well, we're excited to see what other shows you end
up popping up on in the nearfuture.
But we want to talk about whatyou do most of the time and that
is your comedy, and I want totalk about some of your specials
.
You have two, so far six partsand you Choose Both totally
different, but I want to talkabout you Choose.
We totally different, but Iwant to talk about you choose.
(32:57):
We talked about that last time.
How innovative I've never seenanything like that before.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
Thank you, can you tell us again, uh, how you came
up with this idea and how whatthe response has been?
It was a uh, you choose is achoose your own adventure
stand-up special where you getto choose my opinions.
So you get to choose if youlike, uh.
If you like dave blaine, if youhate dav Blaine, if you love
veterinarians, if you hateveterinarians, you pick that,
and then you hear that versionof the joke.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
So cool.
Speaker 3 (33:17):
I'm so proud of it as an artistic piece, so proud of
it, and it lives on YouTube,which is crazy.
The fact that we figured out away to do it on.
YouTube is bananas.
I'm so proud of it and I loveit.
You know, career wise, we couldcall it a failure.
I'm so proud of it and I loveit.
You know, career wise, we couldcall it a failure.
But I would say, artistically,I stand by it as like one of the
(33:38):
coolest pieces like ever madeand I'm like, so proud of it.
And the ending is get to theending comedy watchers.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
You said you were told by someone that people
don't ever make it to the end ofcomedy specials, a comedy
streamer?
Speaker 3 (33:51):
as a matter of fact, people don't make it to the end
of specials anymore.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I make it to the end typically, but I make it to the
end.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
Somebody who curates comedy said people don't make it
to the end and in their defense, somewhat accurate, but also
bananas, that they said it to myface.
I'll never get over that, andby to my face I mean to my reps,
who then relate it to me.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
But you went and did it on your own.
You outwork anybody in the room, Danny.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
I outwork people, baby.
That's all I got.
All I got is I'll work you.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
And you're working on .
You have a current special thatyou're working on now, so
there's one in the can, okay.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
I won think it's really cool the thing I've said
about this special, what I willsay about this special is the
ending of this next one.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
We're doing it again.
Uh, I think very.
I would say almost nobody hasmade it through without crying
at the end.
Speaker 3 (34:45):
Oh, like out of laughter.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
No, oh out of emotions oh, there's a real
emotional quarter.
I love that sad comedyemotional emotional comedy.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
The goal of this was I'm an observational comedian.
I want to observe myself.
Oh I can't wait, and that wasthe idea.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
Okay.
So when did you realize thatbeing funny could be your job?
When was that moment for you?
Speaker 3 (35:03):
I don't even know it's so interesting, I mean, I
mean I I go wait.
All right, this is one we willrepeat because I think it's
worth repeating, because it isthe answer.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Yes, that's what we're trying to get at.
I'm trying to make that likehey there's one answer.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
It's not broken.
Don't make it, no, it's becauseit is the story.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
It is like I was doing.
I went to NYU to be a dramaticactor.
I was a serious actor, not hereto tell jokes Studied the
Method Strasburg where Robert DeN, the method strasburg, where
robert de niro studied al pacino, and that's what I was gonna do
.
And I learned it and I'm good,serious actor.
I took a lot of pride in it andas I was graduating, I was like
oh yeah, it's not a fairindustry.
Like I'm an idiot, like youknow, I can't audition, nothing
(35:42):
works, uh, and I was sort ofdoing stand-up but I was like
what are we even doing?
What's the point?
And then, um, right as I wasright as I, as I was hitting the
oh yeah, I'll never get anagent, I'm fucked.
My friend was like this guy isfilming a special at the NYU
theater called Skirball.
(36:02):
They need people to fill seats,they don't.
So we just say she's givingaway tickets.
Like can you go?
I think she worked for thetheater and she was like we need
a favor, can you sit and watchthis guy do a special?
And I was like, and he was in40 year old, virgin.
I was like I was like sure, I'mfree that night and it was
Kevin Hart and it was KevinHart's first special.
I was third row you can kind ofsee me at one point but I just
(36:23):
was like this is the funniesthuman on earth and it was like,
and I was like this guy mightnot have a connection in the
world, nothing but like that'swhat it looks like to be great.
And I just literally the nextday like quit even.
I was doing pay-to-playauditions.
I don't know if you ever didthose pay-to-play auditions
where they like charge you toaudition for casting directors
(36:45):
and stuff oh, I remember those.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah yeah, actors access yes
absolute scams.
Speaker 3 (36:51):
And so, uh, and I was doing all that and I was
because I was like that's justthe only way.
And then it was like I quitdoing that, quit doing like
improv, like everything stoppedtrying to do like equity
auditions.
I was like fuck that I was likeI'm just gonna do stand-up every
night, and that was it allbecause, all because of kevin
hart little did I know he wouldbe as big as he became In my
mind.
I was like this guy's going tobe like a really great star.
(37:13):
I didn't realize he'd be likeliterally the most famous person
.
I feel like now it soundscartoonish when I say his name,
but that is the person.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
Yeah, at the time was he like, like, if you look back
now, like Little Danny who,like watched comedians before
him, who would have been somenames that you watch I was
raised on jerry lewis.
Speaker 3 (37:29):
I'll always say raised on jerry lewis.
When we filmed hacks at thefontainebleau, I was geeking out
because he did the bellboy atthe miami one, which is where he
it's the greatest movie.
In my opinion it's one of thegreatest comedies ever made um.
The main character doesn'tspeak until the last line of the
movie.
Whole movie.
He's just miming it's great,great film he plays too.
(37:51):
He also plays a version ofhimself in the movie to himself
he's like, plays two differentcharacters and he directed it
and he did, and he, because hewas doing all that.
Jerry lewis invented theplayback monitor while directing
that.
That is the reason we haveplayback monitors in hollywood
is because of jerry we love aplayback monitor uh, I mean like
(38:11):
look, carlin made his way to me, obviously like I remember,
ironically, like because now Iknow him, but Gary Goldman was
somehow got me in high schoolreally hard.
I loved him.
Brian Regan, huge, and I'llalways give credit to Dane Cook.
Dane Cook reached me and likeI'll always be like Dane got to
high school me yeah it was.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
He was great we all know the whole saying where you
never meet your heroes.
But have there been anycomedians that you've seen as
like heroes that you've met andwe're like a little bit like let
down, like I bet we think wetalked about this last time, uh,
where I met bill burr and I wasso nervous because he's kind of
intimidating and then he let mecome backstage and talk to him
and we connected.
He was so nice, took a picturewith me, sent me about along my
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way.
I'm like that's gonna be a corememory that he was so kind,
because that doesn't alwayshappen he's done it multiple
times for me.
Speaker 3 (38:56):
Now I'm up to probably five times meeting Bill
Burr.
He remembers me.
Oh, that's so nice.
He's nice, it's yes, he's thebest in every element of comedy.
I think Bill is like the onewho I'm like.
Meet your hero.
Meet your hero of your heroes,bill Burr.
Other people caution, bill Burrmeet him.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Is there someone that you have met where you were
like?
Speaker 3 (39:20):
Yeah, I'm not going to say that that might be in our
game.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
We'll get to that, never mind.
Yes.
Speaker 3 (39:26):
I was like that wasn't quite what I wanted you
to be.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Do you feel like people are just now finding out
more that you are a comedian andan actor, or do you find them
Even around forever?
Speaker 3 (39:36):
Yeah, you've done so much, I feel like people still
are very like I don't know.
I feel like I live in a veryweird place where, like people
know me but they don't, like Idon't think people always
connect the dots with me because, like I, I don't know, I I'm
still like fascinated by howpeople.
I was saying because my friend,I was walking my friend down
the street and while we werewalking in new york, at one
(40:00):
point somebody recognized himand then one point somebody
recognized me.
Cool, but when he gets reallycool yeah, you're in new york so
cool.
but when he got recognized hewas like instagram you know me
from stand up, you know me frommy own Instagram.
And when I got recognized I waslike it could be about five
different things.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (40:16):
And they're all viable.
And all of them are smalllittle pie like crazy x, like
ted is one of the bros if it's abro, I tend to guess that and
someone growing with stand-upnow hacks like these are all
things that you could recognizeme.
I think that's a bigger deal, tobe honest well, but then it's
also, they're smaller, whereaslike he because he's he's super
(40:37):
viral, right like he was, likeno, I know what it is but if you
have a fan from what you'vedone, I feel like that to me
just seems like oh yeah, butit's also so hard to convert
like crazy x, like getting acrazy x fans and being like come
to my stand-up, yeah like rightbut that's not the thing right,
yeah same with ted, same withthat, it's like.
And then the stand-up peoplewhen I'm stand-up, people
actually convert over reallynicely.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
They're very nice yeah, like if I'm on a show,
like I find that they well, Ithink people who pay to come see
somebody live are very easy toconvert to do whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (41:04):
And they're the best.
It also cannot be overstated.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Right yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
If you come and see me live.
How much I love you.
Speaker 2 (41:09):
Oh yeah, do you have like older, new friends that try
and just you know?
Speaker 1 (41:14):
we now.
They see that you're.
They want to connect Now theywant to connect.
Speaker 2 (41:26):
Or do you think?
Speaker 3 (41:27):
your group is pretty much, you know.
I mean no new friends.
No, we're in the new friendsera only if you uplift one
another.
Speaker 2 (41:29):
Okay, that's right, that's it.
Is this a new?
Speaker 3 (41:30):
era for you?
Yes, I think so.
I was in my no new friend.
Speaker 2 (41:34):
It is a personal thing, I feel like the people in
my life currently, right nowyeah they're just yeah, they're
all newer, new ish, and it'sjust like we're all thriving
together.
It's great.
So I'm here for new friends,but not if you're just trying to
like.
You know, I don't think I'msuccessful enough, I don't think
I'm successful enough, andthat's really the case.
So no, I think it's fine.
Speaker 3 (41:56):
Uh, I think that maybe someday I'll be that I
think on, I have a lot of famous.
I have a lot of very, veryfamous friends.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
I definitely got some of those where it's like they
want to get.
They want there the tickets.
Speaker 3 (42:08):
Can I get the tickets to this person?
Can I get the?
You know, the one that'llreally get me is if somebody's
like I've got an idea for a show, would you pass it on to Boba?
No-transcript.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
You know, though, closed mouths don't get fed, so
I guess you got to give peoplecredit in some way, that's true.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
You got to try Speaking of mouths and getting
fed.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
I think it's time for our little segment.
Danny, you've played it before.
It's called Sip or Spill.
You know the rules.
You answer honestly or you sipthat whatever's in the cup.
I'm going to tell you what itis, because they do not sponsor
us.
It's water it's tea, agua it'stea.
That's what it should be.
Speaker 3 (42:55):
It should be, but then it's got to be alcohol.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, we're actually working on something.
Speaker 3 (42:58):
Yeah, yes, okay.
We'll have to have you back fora third time.
That's when we're going to hitour spot.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
All right, here we go .
Let's kick things off.
Sip or spill Danny.
Name the actor you've workedwith who you'd never want to
work with again.
Speaker 3 (43:13):
No, okay.
Speaker 2 (43:14):
I'll take a sip with you, sip in solidarity, okay,
okay.
Speaker 3 (43:19):
No, yeah, everybody's been very, very.
Most people have been very nice.
There's always yeah, you know,but what's what?
What's interesting is theamount of people who you were
like, who you're like oh, thisperson's gonna be tough and it's
like they're great, yeah, andthen it's, it's the people you'd
least expect of course it's thepeople tends to be the people
who are the loudest about howgreat they are.
(43:40):
Yep, that you show up on setand you're like really, you're
the one that's a tough Yep.
Yep.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
I've seen that firsthand.
Speaker 3 (43:47):
Versus a Bill Burr who's like he seems rough but
it's like no, it's exactly whohe is.
Speaker 1 (43:51):
And he's like the light.
Speaker 3 (43:53):
And then there's people who are like I'm one of
the good ones, and then you meetthem and you're like you're,
like boo, you're horrible.
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Yeah, Okay.
Next question Ever thought I'mfunnier than this guy and he's
getting Netflix specials?
Name him.
Speaker 3 (44:09):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:11):
I'll never name him, but we know the answer, we know
the answer yeah, you were makingthese a little bit spicy, all
right.
Speaker 3 (44:17):
Yeah of course it's funny.
Speaker 1 (44:18):
On the way here I saw a big billboard of Jimmy Kimmel
and I was like oh, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, are they buddies
, I don't know and talking abouthow long they've been in the
business, and blah, blah, blah,blah.
Which late night show do youthink gives the worst interviews
?
Speaker 3 (44:29):
Gives the worst interviews.
Well, I'll say this Peopleforget, so I'm not really
answering the question.
Speaker 2 (44:41):
Oh wow, we really got what I will say.
Speaker 3 (44:43):
What I will say is this People forget about Carson
Daly's old show.
Yeah, that was a spectaculartime In Late Night Host, because
he was Really that was a wildshow.
People forget about the CarsonDaly one.
Speaker 1 (44:53):
Would you ever want to be A Late Night Host?
That used to be a dream of mineWas to be a Late Night Host.
Speaker 3 (44:56):
Right, That'd be so much.
I would do almost anything if Igot to do it.
Speaker 1 (45:03):
My way, your way.
Speaker 3 (45:03):
There's very few things I would say no to.
Speaker 1 (45:05):
Like Debra Vance.
That's basically what the wholething is about.
Speaker 3 (45:09):
I would do anything if I got to do it my way.
Speaker 2 (45:11):
What is one joke?
You've told that you knew wouldpiss someone off and you did it
anyway.
Speaker 3 (45:21):
Now that's a solid let's see.
I mean, I'm going after davidcopperfield pretty hard right
now on stage.
Okay, so that one, so david'sgetting david copperfield, won't
love it uh is it a long joke?
okay, pretty long joke uh, butyeah, I don't david copperfield.
David copperfield isn't goingto be my best friend.
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This, uh, when he sees this,when he sees that joke who else
have I said something about that?
I'm like, because I'vedefinitely said things about
people on stage where I'm like.
Yeah, I said that.
I said something about TonyHinchcliffe at a.
I hosted a Hollywood event andI said something about him that
was a little harsh.
Speaker 1 (46:01):
Yeah, did he.
Speaker 3 (46:02):
No, he never saw it, but I was like and I was like,
but I also.
It was a good joke.
Speaker 1 (46:07):
It's all right when comedians you know talk about
other comedians, maybe in aninsulting or jesting way.
The comedians still get hurtabout it, which is funny,
because I feel like Absolutely ajoke, but we take it.
Speaker 3 (46:24):
But we take it when we're friends.
I think the issue is is like iftony did get mad at that joke,
I'd be like he has some value,he has some validity, because
tony and I are not friends.
We're acquaintances but we'renot friends.
So I would understand why he'dbe like, yeah, right now I'd
have an answer to that, but Iwould say that, um, yeah, like
that was definitely one whereI'm like man, I didn't need to
do that.
So yeah, but no, I don't goafter too many people too
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harshly.
I would say that the chooseyour own special, though that's
one that constantly gets me introuble, because people will
just see a clip of one side andthey'll be like like, like
Kreischer, right, like Kreischer, but also like yeah like
Kreischer, but also like buteven, like you know, I'll have
like the veterinarian sidesRight, so, like sometimes, I'll
(47:08):
post the like anti-veterinarianpeople will just be like you
piece of shit.
You don't even understand howhard their jobs are.
You stupid piece of dumb, andI'm like you would love if you
watch the full special and youknew even how dumb you sound.
Speaker 1 (47:21):
That's social media.
That's people who don't go readarticles.
Speaker 3 (47:24):
They read headlines, the whole point of the special
was that this is the problem,right, and then people would
take it this way and then mostpeople would watch the special
and collapse.
Speaker 1 (47:34):
Guys, go watch the whole special damn it, From the
beginning to the end Stay to theend Okay.
Speaker 3 (47:46):
Have you ever had a fake laugh at a co-star's
terrible improv?
Just to keep the scene going.
So who was it?
No, but yes tons.
Speaker 2 (47:50):
All the time you gotta give us Okay.
And which co-star needed themost takes to get through a
simple scene and it drove younuts.
Speaker 1 (47:58):
I think we're making this too, we're about to get
drunk.
Speaker 3 (48:00):
Why are you saying names?
Why do you need names so badly?
We won't say names anymore.
Speaker 1 (48:04):
We'll say drunk, why do you need?
Speaker 2 (48:05):
names.
So bad did it happen absolutely?
Speaker 3 (48:06):
as a dancer.
Speaker 2 (48:07):
For some reason the easiest moves are the hardest to
remember.
Sometimes most intricate onesare the easier ones, so
sometimes the easiest lines, I'msure well, crazy x, crazy x was
like a nightmare in that.
Speaker 3 (48:19):
But then, uh, yes, I've had a couple where, like
someone couldn't get a line outin a thing.
I've had a couple where, likesomeone couldn't get a line out
in a thing.
I've had a couple where likeyeah, people just like yeah.
I had one show where this girlcouldn't get a line out.
I've had another where, likethe dancing on crazy x, like
there were just times, theywould just be like you know yeah
, they'd just be like dannyyou're killing us yes, you
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simply must.
Yeah, we would do group numberson crazy x and that was that
might lead to this next question.
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (48:45):
The next question Ever, silently celebrated when
someone else got cut from aproject.
Speaker 1 (48:51):
Have you seen someone get cut because I couldn't cut
it, you know.
Speaker 3 (48:55):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (48:56):
Well.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
We all have a little hate in us.
Here's a fun story.
Speaker 3 (49:00):
Yeah, this isn't, I wouldn't say this is, I wouldn't
say this is entirely.
But so when I did babylon book,babylon big movie, damien
giselle, brad pitt oh my god anddanny jollis, so excited.
Five months before I get thisemail from this guy and he's
like I'm in charge of props, youhave to type in this scene, can
I bring you a typewriter topractice on?
(49:21):
And I was like sure, dude, okay, yeah, this guy brought me a
typewriter.
Speaker 2 (49:23):
For five months I have this typewriter to practice
on, and I was like sure dudethis guy brought me a typewriter
.
Speaker 3 (49:25):
For five months.
I have this typewriter in ourhouse, this old typewriter.
I practiced quite a bit.
I was very good at it.
You learn it.
It's easy.
You actually have to poke andlike you learn.
You have to poke and stuff.
You learn to put a thing Easy.
I show up to set and it's likeI'm so nervous.
(49:49):
I'm like just trying to likeplease everyone, and olivia is
damien's uh, is one of theproducers and damien's uh wife
and she's been so and she comesup to me.
It's like the first person whotalks to me because I'm just
like sort of trying to like stayout of the way.
And she's like hi, we have ahand double here who can type,
but if there's any way you couldtype on this typewriter, oh my
goodness, and I was like what if?
I told you I've had a typewriterfor five months and she was
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like what?
And she's like, damien, getover here.
And then him and all theproducers were like she's like,
say that again.
I was like I know how to typeon the typewriter and they were
like, oh, amazing.
And so this hand double did getfired because I could do it,
but it was the best way to startmy experience on that set,
which was everyone thinking Iwas this hero, even though this
prop guy is the king.
(50:32):
He's the one who set me up forsuccess because he gave it to me
yeah.
But yeah, they all thought I waslike the greatest actor on
earth because I knew how to typeon a typewriter.
And he was like no, this otherguy is a hero, we hope that
you're.
I think even Brad was around.
Speaker 2 (50:45):
Brad was like nice, that dude that is hilarious.
Speaker 1 (50:49):
We'll do a couple more, Okay, Okay Okay.
She didn't want us to ask names, Although this is like you know
we can.
All this is no one that youmaybe worked with.
Speaker 3 (51:02):
An A-lister that you think has no real talent, just
great.
Speaker 2 (51:04):
PR.
Speaker 3 (51:04):
Someone who could hurt your career?
Would that?
Speaker 2 (51:06):
be someone you could attack publicly.
Speaker 3 (51:08):
Here we go.
Speaker 1 (51:09):
We'll have to rephrase these.
I'm not getting him to bite.
Has there been a recent comedyspecial that you had to turn off
halfway through?
Speaker 3 (51:19):
Like a big one.
Speaker 1 (51:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (51:22):
Some of them are terrible.
Ever bombed an audition andblamed the material when it was
clearly 100% your fault?
Speaker 3 (51:28):
Oh yeah, I mean I would say that, yeah, I would
say that I mean, obviously, like, commercial auditions are
famously like.
You're just like what do youwant me to do here?
But yeah, I bombed, I did oneaudition.
I did one audition.
I did one audition maybe like ayear ago and it was for a
project I was really excited toaudition for.
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I was so excited about this one.
It was a Zoom audition we dream, of course and it was like five
different characters and shewas like which one do you feel
the best about?
And I was like one of these Ifeel very good about.
I was like this one.
She was like let's do that onefirst and I do it.
And I had a practice, I had areally good take, and we say, do
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it and I do it and I finish.
And I was like I feel goodabout it too, I go and she goes.
Well, that was a choice.
And I went, oh no, the worstthing, you could say she was
like that was a big choice and Iwas like I thought that was it.
Speaker 1 (52:27):
Did you like it?
Speaker 3 (52:28):
So I guess you hated it, sorry, yeah.
Yeah, that one was bad.
That was definitely a bad one.
I remember there's a castingdirector she's the best so I'll
even say her name, nicola Vieira.
I think she changed her lastname, but I used to audition for
her all the time.
She used to work with JeannieMcCarthy and she I went in for.
I would go in for her all thetime.
I'm kind of famous for bigchoices.
Speaker 1 (52:48):
That's kind of my thing and I think at some point,
and so I went in.
Speaker 3 (52:51):
At one point I did an audition for her.
I don't remember what theaudition was.
I thought it was pretty goodand she was like and she was
like that was great, that was'slike.
She's like, let's do it again,like just a little bit smaller,
just a little bit smaller.
And I go, uh, oh, that's crazy.
Nobody's ever said that to mebefore and I thought that was a
little funny.
Speaker 2 (53:11):
She like fell over laughing after you made it
smaller, and no, no, just that.
Speaker 3 (53:16):
I was like no one's ever said that before.
She was just like.
And then I was like oh well, Iguess I do really overact.
It was so yeah, she like fellover.
And then I was like oh well, Iguess I do really overact.
It was so yeah, she like fellover.
Speaker 1 (53:30):
Oh well, I don't think we're going to ask any
more of the sip or spillquestions, because I think it's
not going to get us anywhere.
But you did survive this round.
Speaker 3 (53:35):
I thought I did everything but name a specific
name.
Speaker 1 (53:38):
You actually did a great job, thank you so much, we
would never put you in thatposition.
But next time we're just goingto hook you up to a lie detector
.
Speaker 2 (53:43):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that would be it I
answered, though I was like yeahthere's tons of specials.
Speaker 3 (53:47):
There's tons of specials that are terrible.
Speaker 1 (53:50):
Off camera.
We'll talk about it.
Speaker 3 (53:51):
Yeah, yeah, I'll tell you off camera.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
Well, thanks for being a good sport and thanks
for coming on.
We know you got some travelingcoming up.
Anything you want to say toyour fans where they can catch
you next, where they can findall the information out?
Speaker 3 (54:06):
So you can catch me in.
Where am I going next?
I'll be in, so I'm going to doa show.
So New York City I got UnionHall, I got Portsmouth, beverly,
massachusetts we got ourselvesa bunch of Texas dates.
We got ourselves San Francisco.
(54:26):
We're going to do a big LA one.
Speaker 2 (54:28):
We'll be there.
Speaker 3 (54:31):
We're going to do a bunch of really nice dates.
And then the other thing I sayis watch my specials on YouTube
you Choose.
In particular, I really standby.
It's like such a cool piece,find it, you'll love it.
Watch the end.
And then the last thing I'llsay uh, stand-up comedy is like
hockey it is great to watch ontv, but it is so much better in
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person.
So if I did not say your townand you do not, uh, you do not
think I'm coming to your city.
Just find your local comedyclub.
Look up the next four comics.
Make sure you can find 10minutes uninterrupted of one of
them doing stand up, not crowdwork, actual stand up.
If you can find 10 minutes,then buy a ticket and just go
see them live.
You'll never stop going.
Sam, comedy is the best artform life.
Speaker 1 (55:13):
Yes, all of that.
So you heard him.
Make sure you follow Danny,support his shows, support other
comedian shows.
If he's touring, get yourtickets.
And that's a great message andI know your fellow comedians are
going to really appreciate thatAbsolutely and it is really
important.
Speaker 3 (55:27):
Yep, it's huge.
Speaker 2 (55:27):
And we'll be back next week with more Unfiltered
Takes and uninvited opinions.
Speaker 1 (55:32):
That's right.
And until then, stay bold, staycurious and keep sipping that
tea.
Yes, see you guys next time.
Thanks, dani, thank you.
welcome back everyone to milk and honey, the two
ingredients you need for theperfect tea where you're.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm vanessa curry and today's episode is giving
punchlines.
Prestige TV and you know, maybea little petty, petty TBD
what's that about?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We will see.
We are joined for the secondtime in two weeks and we'll
explain that in a minute byactor and comedian Danny Jollett
.
You've seen him in CrazyEx-Girlfriend and now in the new
season of HBO's Hacks, where heplays one of Debra Vance's new
writers, nate.
Now, when Danny isn't stealingscenes or puking in them, he is
taking the nation's biggestcomedy stages.
Danny, welcome back to Milk andHoneys.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
It's so exciting to be here for a second time.
I feel like a better time.
I'm so excited, even though thefirst time was wonderful.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Wonderful it was.
It was only like what sevendays ago.
So what happened was we wereshooting the episode and
unfortunately, technicaldifficulties do happen.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Not going to blame anybody for that but we
absolutely could blame somebody,but we're not going to and we
lost all of the footage.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
But that's okay, that was a trial run, it was
practice.
Not that we need practice forone hit wonders, but or no one
one take wonder, oh no.
But we are really excited tohave you back.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I'm so excited.
I'm so excited to mix up mystories.
I'm excited I've never done asecond one.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's going to be great.
Don't worry, we have some newquestions for you, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
How's your week been since we saw you?
I know you were traveling forsome shows.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
I went to Burlington Co-f some shows.
I went to Burlington CoatFactory.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Love that place.
I was just going to say thatHome of it, I believe.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I do believe that was one of the tourist destinations
I heard about.
They were like you can go tothe original Coat Factory and I
said no.
But I was in Burlington,vermont, and then did some shows
at the Vermont Comedy Club,great club, and then came back
to beautiful LA Been runningaround town and then I fly out
(02:08):
again tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I saw that to New York right.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
No, tomorrow I fly out to Des Moines Iowa.
Oh, that is fancy.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
What do you do in Des Moines?
Is that like?
That's like what happens in DesMoines?
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Like what are you excited to do there?
Besides, you're going there forwork.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
I am, I am going to be performing comedy, but I will
.
What will I do in Des Moines?
You know, it looks like there'sa Dave and Buster's within
walking distance?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, and you know they're different in every city.
I hear.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, they do.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Oh, that was real.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
So I'm a regular.
I will say on the road, becauseyou're alone on the road, yeah,
but Dave Buster's is a goodplace to be alone.
There's a lot of places thatare sad to be alone.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
And Dave Buster's is a good alone place.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
I wouldn't necessarily think that, but I'm
glad that you feel that way.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
There's lots of also games that you can play by
yourself no-transcript.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
No-transcript get away with.
(31:47):
They had one of the.
I think it's one of thefunniest relationships all the
time rachel and aline'srelationship with the, with the
fcc.
Like whoever was in charge ofwhat's it called, something in
practice stands to practice okaythey had a genuine great.
They had such a smart thinggoing where they would just be.
Like it's a game.
Let's play this game togetherand they would go with what can
(32:07):
we say?
And how can we say and, and.
They would work aroundeverything.
I love that they got off suchwild stuff.
I will always say and I don'tin a brag way I will say that
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will go downas many things and one of them
is the most unattractive cast inthe history of CW by a bullet,
but sexy at the same time.
Probably ever, I feel, they makeit so sexy Everybody's like CW
(32:29):
actors, like literally reveredas like the sexiest in Hollywood
.
And then somehow it was also us.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
Well, we're excited to see what other shows you end
up popping up on in the nearfuture.
But we want to talk about whatyou do most of the time and that
is your comedy, and I want totalk about some of your specials
.
You have two, so far six partsand you Choose Both totally
different, but I want to talkabout you Choose.
We totally different, but Iwant to talk about you choose.
(32:57):
We talked about that last time.
How innovative I've never seenanything like that before.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
Thank you, can you tell us again, uh, how you came
up with this idea and how whatthe response has been?
It was a uh, you choose is achoose your own adventure
stand-up special where you getto choose my opinions.
So you get to choose if youlike, uh.
If you like dave blaine, if youhate dav Blaine, if you love
veterinarians, if you hateveterinarians, you pick that,
and then you hear that versionof the joke.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
So cool.
Speaker 3 (33:17):
I'm so proud of it as an artistic piece, so proud of
it, and it lives on YouTube,which is crazy.
The fact that we figured out away to do it on.
YouTube is bananas.
I'm so proud of it and I loveit.
You know, career wise, we couldcall it a failure.
I'm so proud of it and I loveit.
You know, career wise, we couldcall it a failure.
But I would say, artistically,I stand by it as like one of the
(33:38):
coolest pieces like ever madeand I'm like, so proud of it.
And the ending is get to theending comedy watchers.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
You said you were told by someone that people
don't ever make it to the end ofcomedy specials, a comedy
streamer?
Speaker 3 (33:51):
as a matter of fact, people don't make it to the end
of specials anymore.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I make it to the end typically, but I make it to the
end.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
Somebody who curates comedy said people don't make it
to the end and in their defense, somewhat accurate, but also
bananas, that they said it to myface.
I'll never get over that, andby to my face I mean to my reps,
who then relate it to me.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
But you went and did it on your own.
You outwork anybody in the room, Danny.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
I outwork people, baby.
That's all I got.
All I got is I'll work you.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
And you're working on .
You have a current special thatyou're working on now, so
there's one in the can, okay.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
I won think it's really cool the thing I've said
about this special, what I willsay about this special is the
ending of this next one.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
We're doing it again.
Uh, I think very.
I would say almost nobody hasmade it through without crying
at the end.
Speaker 3 (34:45):
Oh, like out of laughter.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
No, oh out of emotions oh, there's a real
emotional quarter.
I love that sad comedyemotional emotional comedy.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
The goal of this was I'm an observational comedian.
I want to observe myself.
Oh I can't wait, and that wasthe idea.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
Okay.
So when did you realize thatbeing funny could be your job?
When was that moment for you?
Speaker 3 (35:03):
I don't even know it's so interesting, I mean, I
mean I I go wait.
All right, this is one we willrepeat because I think it's
worth repeating, because it isthe answer.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Yes, that's what we're trying to get at.
I'm trying to make that likehey there's one answer.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
It's not broken.
Don't make it, no, it's becauseit is the story.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
It is like I was doing.
I went to NYU to be a dramaticactor.
I was a serious actor, not hereto tell jokes Studied the
Method Strasburg where Robert DeN, the method strasburg, where
robert de niro studied al pacino, and that's what I was gonna do
.
And I learned it and I'm good,serious actor.
I took a lot of pride in it andas I was graduating, I was like
oh yeah, it's not a fairindustry.
Like I'm an idiot, like youknow, I can't audition, nothing
(35:42):
works, uh, and I was sort ofdoing stand-up but I was like
what are we even doing?
What's the point?
And then, um, right as I wasright as I, as I was hitting the
oh yeah, I'll never get anagent, I'm fucked.
My friend was like this guy isfilming a special at the NYU
theater called Skirball.
(36:02):
They need people to fill seats,they don't.
So we just say she's givingaway tickets.
Like can you go?
I think she worked for thetheater and she was like we need
a favor, can you sit and watchthis guy do a special?
And I was like, and he was in40 year old, virgin.
I was like I was like sure, I'mfree that night and it was
Kevin Hart and it was KevinHart's first special.
I was third row you can kind ofsee me at one point but I just
(36:23):
was like this is the funniesthuman on earth and it was like,
and I was like this guy mightnot have a connection in the
world, nothing but like that'swhat it looks like to be great.
And I just literally the nextday like quit even.
I was doing pay-to-playauditions.
I don't know if you ever didthose pay-to-play auditions
where they like charge you toaudition for casting directors
(36:45):
and stuff oh, I remember those.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah yeah, actors access yes
absolute scams.
Speaker 3 (36:51):
And so, uh, and I was doing all that and I was
because I was like that's justthe only way.
And then it was like I quitdoing that, quit doing like
improv, like everything stoppedtrying to do like equity
auditions.
I was like fuck that I was likeI'm just gonna do stand-up every
night, and that was it allbecause, all because of kevin
hart little did I know he wouldbe as big as he became In my
mind.
I was like this guy's going tobe like a really great star.
(37:13):
I didn't realize he'd be likeliterally the most famous person
.
I feel like now it soundscartoonish when I say his name,
but that is the person.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
Yeah, at the time was he like, like, if you look back
now, like Little Danny who,like watched comedians before
him, who would have been somenames that you watch I was
raised on jerry lewis.
Speaker 3 (37:29):
I'll always say raised on jerry lewis.
When we filmed hacks at thefontainebleau, I was geeking out
because he did the bellboy atthe miami one, which is where he
it's the greatest movie.
In my opinion it's one of thegreatest comedies ever made um.
The main character doesn'tspeak until the last line of the
movie.
Whole movie.
He's just miming it's great,great film he plays too.
(37:51):
He also plays a version ofhimself in the movie to himself
he's like, plays two differentcharacters and he directed it
and he did, and he, because hewas doing all that.
Jerry lewis invented theplayback monitor while directing
that.
That is the reason we haveplayback monitors in hollywood
is because of jerry we love aplayback monitor uh, I mean like
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look, carlin made his way to me, obviously like I remember,
ironically, like because now Iknow him, but Gary Goldman was
somehow got me in high schoolreally hard.
I loved him.
Brian Regan, huge, and I'llalways give credit to Dane Cook.
Dane Cook reached me and likeI'll always be like Dane got to
high school me yeah it was.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
He was great we all know the whole saying where you
never meet your heroes.
But have there been anycomedians that you've seen as
like heroes that you've met andwe're like a little bit like let
down, like I bet we think wetalked about this last time, uh,
where I met bill burr and I wasso nervous because he's kind of
intimidating and then he let mecome backstage and talk to him
and we connected.
He was so nice, took a picturewith me, sent me about along my
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way.
I'm like that's gonna be a corememory that he was so kind,
because that doesn't alwayshappen he's done it multiple
times for me.
Speaker 3 (38:56):
Now I'm up to probably five times meeting Bill
Burr.
He remembers me.
Oh, that's so nice.
He's nice, it's yes, he's thebest in every element of comedy.
I think Bill is like the onewho I'm like.
Meet your hero.
Meet your hero of your heroes,bill Burr.
Other people caution, bill Burrmeet him.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Is there someone that you have met where you were
like?
Speaker 3 (39:20):
Yeah, I'm not going to say that that might be in our
game.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
We'll get to that, never mind.
Yes.
Speaker 3 (39:26):
I was like that wasn't quite what I wanted you
to be.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Do you feel like people are just now finding out
more that you are a comedian andan actor, or do you find them
Even around forever?
Speaker 3 (39:36):
Yeah, you've done so much, I feel like people still
are very like I don't know.
I feel like I live in a veryweird place where, like people
know me but they don't, like Idon't think people always
connect the dots with me because, like I, I don't know, I I'm
still like fascinated by howpeople.
I was saying because my friend,I was walking my friend down
the street and while we werewalking in new york, at one
(40:00):
point somebody recognized himand then one point somebody
recognized me.
Cool, but when he gets reallycool yeah, you're in new york so
cool.
but when he got recognized hewas like instagram you know me
from stand up, you know me frommy own Instagram.
And when I got recognized I waslike it could be about five
different things.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (40:16):
And they're all viable.
And all of them are smalllittle pie like crazy x, like
ted is one of the bros if it's abro, I tend to guess that and
someone growing with stand-upnow hacks like these are all
things that you could recognizeme.
I think that's a bigger deal, tobe honest well, but then it's
also, they're smaller, whereaslike he because he's he's super
(40:37):
viral, right like he was, likeno, I know what it is but if you
have a fan from what you'vedone, I feel like that to me
just seems like oh yeah, butit's also so hard to convert
like crazy x, like getting acrazy x fans and being like come
to my stand-up, yeah like rightbut that's not the thing right,
yeah same with ted, same withthat, it's like.
And then the stand-up peoplewhen I'm stand-up, people
actually convert over reallynicely.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
They're very nice yeah, like if I'm on a show,
like I find that they well, Ithink people who pay to come see
somebody live are very easy toconvert to do whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (41:04):
And they're the best.
It also cannot be overstated.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Right yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
If you come and see me live.
How much I love you.
Speaker 2 (41:09):
Oh yeah, do you have like older, new friends that try
and just you know?
Speaker 1 (41:14):
we now.
They see that you're.
They want to connect Now theywant to connect.
Speaker 2 (41:26):
Or do you think?
Speaker 3 (41:27):
your group is pretty much, you know.
I mean no new friends.
No, we're in the new friendsera only if you uplift one
another.
Speaker 2 (41:29):
Okay, that's right, that's it.
Is this a new?
Speaker 3 (41:30):
era for you?
Yes, I think so.
I was in my no new friend.
Speaker 2 (41:34):
It is a personal thing, I feel like the people in
my life currently, right nowyeah they're just yeah, they're
all newer, new ish, and it'sjust like we're all thriving
together.
It's great.
So I'm here for new friends,but not if you're just trying to
like.
You know, I don't think I'msuccessful enough, I don't think
I'm successful enough, andthat's really the case.
So no, I think it's fine.
Speaker 3 (41:56):
Uh, I think that maybe someday I'll be that I
think on, I have a lot of famous.
I have a lot of very, veryfamous friends.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
I definitely got some of those where it's like they
want to get.
They want there the tickets.
Speaker 3 (42:08):
Can I get the tickets to this person?
Can I get the?
You know, the one that'llreally get me is if somebody's
like I've got an idea for a show, would you pass it on to Boba?
No-transcript.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
You know, though, closed mouths don't get fed, so
I guess you got to give peoplecredit in some way, that's true.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
You got to try Speaking of mouths and getting
fed.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
I think it's time for our little segment.
Danny, you've played it before.
It's called Sip or Spill.
You know the rules.
You answer honestly or you sipthat whatever's in the cup.
I'm going to tell you what itis, because they do not sponsor
us.
It's water it's tea, agua it'stea.
That's what it should be.
Speaker 3 (42:55):
It should be, but then it's got to be alcohol.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, we're actually working on something.
Speaker 3 (42:58):
Yeah, yes, okay.
We'll have to have you back fora third time.
That's when we're going to hitour spot.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
All right, here we go .
Let's kick things off.
Sip or spill Danny.
Name the actor you've workedwith who you'd never want to
work with again.
Speaker 3 (43:13):
No, okay.
Speaker 2 (43:14):
I'll take a sip with you, sip in solidarity, okay,
okay.
Speaker 3 (43:19):
No, yeah, everybody's been very, very.
Most people have been very nice.
There's always yeah, you know,but what's what?
What's interesting is theamount of people who you were
like, who you're like oh, thisperson's gonna be tough and it's
like they're great, yeah, andthen it's, it's the people you'd
least expect of course it's thepeople tends to be the people
who are the loudest about howgreat they are.
(43:40):
Yep, that you show up on setand you're like really, you're
the one that's a tough Yep.
Yep.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
I've seen that firsthand.
Speaker 3 (43:47):
Versus a Bill Burr who's like he seems rough but
it's like no, it's exactly whohe is.
Speaker 1 (43:51):
And he's like the light.
Speaker 3 (43:53):
And then there's people who are like I'm one of
the good ones, and then you meetthem and you're like you're,
like boo, you're horrible.
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Yeah, Okay.
Next question Ever thought I'mfunnier than this guy and he's
getting Netflix specials?
Name him.
Speaker 3 (44:09):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:11):
I'll never name him, but we know the answer, we know
the answer yeah, you were makingthese a little bit spicy, all
right.
Speaker 3 (44:17):
Yeah of course it's funny.
Speaker 1 (44:18):
On the way here I saw a big billboard of Jimmy Kimmel
and I was like oh, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, are they buddies
, I don't know and talking abouthow long they've been in the
business, and blah, blah, blah,blah.
Which late night show do youthink gives the worst interviews
?
Speaker 3 (44:29):
Gives the worst interviews.
Well, I'll say this Peopleforget, so I'm not really
answering the question.
Speaker 2 (44:41):
Oh wow, we really got what I will say.
Speaker 3 (44:43):
What I will say is this People forget about Carson
Daly's old show.
Yeah, that was a spectaculartime In Late Night Host, because
he was Really that was a wildshow.
People forget about the CarsonDaly one.
Speaker 1 (44:53):
Would you ever want to be A Late Night Host?
That used to be a dream of mineWas to be a Late Night Host.
Speaker 3 (44:56):
Right, That'd be so much.
I would do almost anything if Igot to do it.
Speaker 1 (45:03):
My way, your way.
Speaker 3 (45:03):
There's very few things I would say no to.
Speaker 1 (45:05):
Like Debra Vance.
That's basically what the wholething is about.
Speaker 3 (45:09):
I would do anything if I got to do it my way.
Speaker 2 (45:11):
What is one joke?
You've told that you knew wouldpiss someone off and you did it
anyway.
Speaker 3 (45:21):
Now that's a solid let's see.
I mean, I'm going after davidcopperfield pretty hard right
now on stage.
Okay, so that one, so david'sgetting david copperfield, won't
love it uh is it a long joke?
okay, pretty long joke uh, butyeah, I don't david copperfield.
David copperfield isn't goingto be my best friend.
(45:44):
This, uh, when he sees this,when he sees that joke who else
have I said something about that?
I'm like, because I'vedefinitely said things about
people on stage where I'm like.
Yeah, I said that.
I said something about TonyHinchcliffe at a.
I hosted a Hollywood event andI said something about him that
was a little harsh.
Speaker 1 (46:01):
Yeah, did he.
Speaker 3 (46:02):
No, he never saw it, but I was like and I was like,
but I also.
It was a good joke.
Speaker 1 (46:07):
It's all right when comedians you know talk about
other comedians, maybe in aninsulting or jesting way.
The comedians still get hurtabout it, which is funny,
because I feel like Absolutely ajoke, but we take it.
Speaker 3 (46:24):
But we take it when we're friends.
I think the issue is is like iftony did get mad at that joke,
I'd be like he has some value,he has some validity, because
tony and I are not friends.
We're acquaintances but we'renot friends.
So I would understand why he'dbe like, yeah, right now I'd
have an answer to that, but Iwould say that, um, yeah, like
that was definitely one whereI'm like man, I didn't need to
do that.
So yeah, but no, I don't goafter too many people too
(46:46):
harshly.
I would say that the chooseyour own special, though that's
one that constantly gets me introuble, because people will
just see a clip of one side andthey'll be like like, like
Kreischer, right, like Kreischer, but also like yeah like
Kreischer, but also like buteven, like you know, I'll have
like the veterinarian sidesRight, so, like sometimes, I'll
(47:08):
post the like anti-veterinarianpeople will just be like you
piece of shit.
You don't even understand howhard their jobs are.
You stupid piece of dumb, andI'm like you would love if you
watch the full special and youknew even how dumb you sound.
Speaker 1 (47:21):
That's social media.
That's people who don't go readarticles.
Speaker 3 (47:24):
They read headlines, the whole point of the special
was that this is the problem,right, and then people would
take it this way and then mostpeople would watch the special
and collapse.
Speaker 1 (47:34):
Guys, go watch the whole special damn it, From the
beginning to the end Stay to theend Okay.
Speaker 3 (47:46):
Have you ever had a fake laugh at a co-star's
terrible improv?
Just to keep the scene going.
So who was it?
No, but yes tons.
Speaker 2 (47:50):
All the time you gotta give us Okay.
And which co-star needed themost takes to get through a
simple scene and it drove younuts.
Speaker 1 (47:58):
I think we're making this too, we're about to get
drunk.
Speaker 3 (48:00):
Why are you saying names?
Why do you need names so badly?
We won't say names anymore.
Speaker 1 (48:04):
We'll say drunk, why do you need?
Speaker 2 (48:05):
names.
So bad did it happen absolutely?
Speaker 3 (48:06):
as a dancer.
Speaker 2 (48:07):
For some reason the easiest moves are the hardest to
remember.
Sometimes most intricate onesare the easier ones, so
sometimes the easiest lines, I'msure well, crazy x, crazy x was
like a nightmare in that.
Speaker 3 (48:19):
But then, uh, yes, I've had a couple where, like
someone couldn't get a line outin a thing.
I've had a couple where, likesomeone couldn't get a line out
in a thing.
I've had a couple where likeyeah, people just like yeah.
I had one show where this girlcouldn't get a line out.
I've had another where, likethe dancing on crazy x, like
there were just times, theywould just be like you know yeah
, they'd just be like dannyyou're killing us yes, you
(48:40):
simply must.
Yeah, we would do group numberson crazy x and that was that
might lead to this next question.
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (48:45):
The next question Ever, silently celebrated when
someone else got cut from aproject.
Speaker 1 (48:51):
Have you seen someone get cut because I couldn't cut
it, you know.
Speaker 3 (48:55):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (48:56):
Well.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
We all have a little hate in us.
Here's a fun story.
Speaker 3 (49:00):
Yeah, this isn't, I wouldn't say this is, I wouldn't
say this is entirely.
But so when I did babylon book,babylon big movie, damien
giselle, brad pitt oh my god anddanny jollis, so excited.
Five months before I get thisemail from this guy and he's
like I'm in charge of props, youhave to type in this scene, can
I bring you a typewriter topractice on?
(49:21):
And I was like sure, dude, okay, yeah, this guy brought me a
typewriter.
Speaker 2 (49:23):
For five months I have this typewriter to practice
on, and I was like sure dudethis guy brought me a typewriter
.
Speaker 3 (49:25):
For five months.
I have this typewriter in ourhouse, this old typewriter.
I practiced quite a bit.
I was very good at it.
You learn it.
It's easy.
You actually have to poke andlike you learn.
You have to poke and stuff.
You learn to put a thing Easy.
I show up to set and it's likeI'm so nervous.
(49:49):
I'm like just trying to likeplease everyone, and olivia is
damien's uh, is one of theproducers and damien's uh wife
and she's been so and she comesup to me.
It's like the first person whotalks to me because I'm just
like sort of trying to like stayout of the way.
And she's like hi, we have ahand double here who can type,
but if there's any way you couldtype on this typewriter, oh my
goodness, and I was like what if?
I told you I've had a typewriterfor five months and she was
(50:12):
like what?
And she's like, damien, getover here.
And then him and all theproducers were like she's like,
say that again.
I was like I know how to typeon the typewriter and they were
like, oh, amazing.
And so this hand double did getfired because I could do it,
but it was the best way to startmy experience on that set,
which was everyone thinking Iwas this hero, even though this
prop guy is the king.
(50:32):
He's the one who set me up forsuccess because he gave it to me
yeah.
But yeah, they all thought I waslike the greatest actor on
earth because I knew how to typeon a typewriter.
And he was like no, this otherguy is a hero, we hope that
you're.
I think even Brad was around.
Speaker 2 (50:45):
Brad was like nice, that dude that is hilarious.
Speaker 1 (50:49):
We'll do a couple more, Okay, Okay Okay.
She didn't want us to ask names, Although this is like you know
we can.
All this is no one that youmaybe worked with.
Speaker 3 (51:02):
An A-lister that you think has no real talent, just
great.
Speaker 2 (51:04):
PR.
Speaker 3 (51:04):
Someone who could hurt your career?
Would that?
Speaker 2 (51:06):
be someone you could attack publicly.
Speaker 3 (51:08):
Here we go.
Speaker 1 (51:09):
We'll have to rephrase these.
I'm not getting him to bite.
Has there been a recent comedyspecial that you had to turn off
halfway through?
Speaker 3 (51:19):
Like a big one.
Speaker 1 (51:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (51:22):
Some of them are terrible.
Ever bombed an audition andblamed the material when it was
clearly 100% your fault?
Speaker 3 (51:28):
Oh yeah, I mean I would say that, yeah, I would
say that I mean, obviously, like, commercial auditions are
famously like.
You're just like what do youwant me to do here?
But yeah, I bombed, I did oneaudition.
I did one audition.
I did one audition maybe like ayear ago and it was for a
project I was really excited toaudition for.
(51:48):
I was so excited about this one.
It was a Zoom audition we dream, of course and it was like five
different characters and shewas like which one do you feel
the best about?
And I was like one of these Ifeel very good about.
I was like this one.
She was like let's do that onefirst and I do it.
And I had a practice, I had areally good take, and we say, do
(52:10):
it and I do it and I finish.
And I was like I feel goodabout it too, I go and she goes.
Well, that was a choice.
And I went, oh no, the worstthing, you could say she was
like that was a big choice and Iwas like I thought that was it.
Speaker 1 (52:27):
Did you like it?
Speaker 3 (52:28):
So I guess you hated it, sorry, yeah.
Yeah, that one was bad.
That was definitely a bad one.
I remember there's a castingdirector she's the best so I'll
even say her name, nicola Vieira.
I think she changed her lastname, but I used to audition for
her all the time.
She used to work with JeannieMcCarthy and she I went in for.
I would go in for her all thetime.
I'm kind of famous for bigchoices.
Speaker 1 (52:48):
That's kind of my thing and I think at some point,
and so I went in.
Speaker 3 (52:51):
At one point I did an audition for her.
I don't remember what theaudition was.
I thought it was pretty goodand she was like and she was
like that was great, that was'slike.
She's like, let's do it again,like just a little bit smaller,
just a little bit smaller.
And I go, uh, oh, that's crazy.
Nobody's ever said that to mebefore and I thought that was a
little funny.
Speaker 2 (53:11):
She like fell over laughing after you made it
smaller, and no, no, just that.
Speaker 3 (53:16):
I was like no one's ever said that before.
She was just like.
And then I was like oh well, Iguess I do really overact.
It was so yeah, she like fellover.
And then I was like oh well, Iguess I do really overact.
It was so yeah, she like fellover.
Speaker 1 (53:30):
Oh well, I don't think we're going to ask any
more of the sip or spillquestions, because I think it's
not going to get us anywhere.
But you did survive this round.
Speaker 3 (53:35):
I thought I did everything but name a specific
name.
Speaker 1 (53:38):
You actually did a great job, thank you so much, we
would never put you in thatposition.
But next time we're just goingto hook you up to a lie detector
.
Speaker 2 (53:43):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that would be it I
answered, though I was like yeahthere's tons of specials.
Speaker 3 (53:47):
There's tons of specials that are terrible.
Speaker 1 (53:50):
Off camera.
We'll talk about it.
Speaker 3 (53:51):
Yeah, yeah, I'll tell you off camera.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
Well, thanks for being a good sport and thanks
for coming on.
We know you got some travelingcoming up.
Anything you want to say toyour fans where they can catch
you next, where they can findall the information out?
Speaker 3 (54:06):
So you can catch me in.
Where am I going next?
I'll be in, so I'm going to doa show.
So New York City I got UnionHall, I got Portsmouth, beverly,
massachusetts we got ourselvesa bunch of Texas dates.
We got ourselves San Francisco.
(54:26):
We're going to do a big LA one.
Speaker 2 (54:28):
We'll be there.
Speaker 3 (54:31):
We're going to do a bunch of really nice dates.
And then the other thing I sayis watch my specials on YouTube
you Choose.
In particular, I really standby.
It's like such a cool piece,find it, you'll love it.
Watch the end.
And then the last thing I'llsay uh, stand-up comedy is like
hockey it is great to watch ontv, but it is so much better in
(54:51):
person.
So if I did not say your townand you do not, uh, you do not
think I'm coming to your city.
Just find your local comedyclub.
Look up the next four comics.
Make sure you can find 10minutes uninterrupted of one of
them doing stand up, not crowdwork, actual stand up.
If you can find 10 minutes,then buy a ticket and just go
see them live.
You'll never stop going.
Sam, comedy is the best artform life.
Speaker 1 (55:13):
Yes, all of that.
So you heard him.
Make sure you follow Danny,support his shows, support other
comedian shows.
If he's touring, get yourtickets.
And that's a great message andI know your fellow comedians are
going to really appreciate thatAbsolutely and it is really
important.
Speaker 3 (55:27):
Yep, it's huge.
Speaker 2 (55:27):
And we'll be back next week with more Unfiltered
Takes and uninvited opinions.
Speaker 1 (55:32):
That's right.
And until then, stay bold, staycurious and keep sipping that
tea.
Yes, see you guys next time.
Thanks, dani, thank you.
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