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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Chad Daniels, how are you, my man?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm doing great.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
How are you?
Speaker 3 (00:03):
Congratulations on the new special Empty Nester on Netflix already
dropped a couple of weeks back there. I just this
is an awkward way to start an interview, but I
just want to let you know, Chad, I will not
be watching it. I'm not going to be watching this comedy.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Spe quite all right? Yeah, quite all right.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I mean that's not you don't want to hear.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
It's not why, man, you ask me why you're just rolling?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
You must know why I'm saying that. I don't.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'm on the verge of it myself. My man, I
got two kids. It's been just the three of us
against the world. And I'll tell you, I know there's
a lot there's got to be a lot of great
material in.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
That, but it's hard. It's you know, I walk around
the house, I mope around. I haven't adjusted yet. Is
it is it based on or am I just running
with the title? Is it based on something you're actually
going through? Or where'd you come up with Empty Nester?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
My son's twenty five, he just got married, my daughter
went to college, and those are my only two. So
I'm a divorced guy, but I started started dating once
my daughter went to school because I was like, well,
now I can really focus on it. And so that's
what the whole specials about, you know. I mean, I'm
with you at a lot of these parents I talked to, Oh, man,
(01:24):
I can't wait, and I go, I don't know. Yeah,
because when I dropped my daughter off, I flew back
to Minnesota. I dropped her off in California from school,
and I called my mom and I'm like, so, what's
the deal. Am I just like done being a parent now?
And my mom goes, well, you just called me idiot,
And I was like, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
That's pretty good stuff, right all right there.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And I think the key is what you and I
are saying right here, Like that that person who said
to you, I can't wait for it, they're probably still married,
you know. You and I not be got the house
of themselves. The mom's getting ready to turn a bedroom
into a little gym, a little exercise room, all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, that's right, I'll tell you.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
So mine are eighteen and twenty one, so I should
have a little bit more time. And it's not full
on emptiness. I shouldn't position it that way. My son's
just never home and that's abrupt, that's sudden.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
That came with him starting college. He's just never home.
And my daughter, you know, she did the semester abroad
while he's never walking around. That The only good thing,
Chad is I'm walking around the house naked.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, that is a good thing. You gotta have some
free time for yourself, I'm telling you, man, the silence
is definite. Oh, absolutely definitely. And my daughter she's going
to study abroad this semester and she came home and
she was so excited. She's like, you know, hey, I
got such good grades. You're not going to have to
pay for tuition this year. I was like, oh, you're
(02:50):
going to another country, so I still might have to
pay for ransom. We just don't know what's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
But where is she going.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
She's going to Costa Rica, so she'd be a pretty
good deal.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
That's a crazy thing. Yeah, my daughter did. Believe it
or not, my daughter did Liverpool. It was kind of
it was awesome. Now things are crazy in Liverpool, but
she she had a great time of it there.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
How did your.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Daughter do with dad? Chad the dad dating. I'll tell
you when I first started turned over that engine again,
my daughter hated the first girl that she just hated her,
and I actually thought, Chad, is this how you're going
to be like with everyone? And I realized, no, it's
just her, and you're right, you're right to either.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they have good radar. They kind of see,
you know, they're I think they go into protection mode.
We've been in protection mode for so long. True, and
then all of a sudden they see you doing something
you haven't done in a while, and they're like, listen,
you old man, let me help you with this.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, So it's the same way because she didn't she
didn't do great either. I mean the first so I
got divorced seven years ago, and the first girl I dated,
she kind of became chummy chummy with, which is great.
But then this this new girl, she's like, you know, now,
they're both are both technically adults, and so it's they're
vying for time, and it's a it's it's an interesting dynamic,
(04:14):
but I think they're they're starting to get along.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah. My daughter said to the first one that I
brought around, she.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Goes, she looks like a Disney villain, and I'm like, geez,
she's a knockout.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
I don't know how I pulled it off. I'm like,
she's a knockout. She goes, yeah, they all are, but
they're Disney villains, you know. And I don't know that's
a generational thing because it's snow White, the Disney villain.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
There. She was not a knockout.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
But I think today's Disney villains they.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Sure as heck are like, oh yeah, you know, played
by Angeline Yeah, yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
So it's a it's a different beast. Now you've been around.
This is your tenth comedy special. Uh do you bass?
Is this what you do too? It's like, this is
what I'm going through right now. You know, like the
next one could be Yeah, I hate to do it
to you, it could be you know, Father of the Bride.
I mean, you based it on your real comedy is
derived from what you're living.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, it's basically the year or two before the special
comes out. That's what I'm talking about, because I don't
have that bandwidth like some of these guys to be like,
oh when I was when I was fourteen, this happened
like I don't. I got to keep it real fresh,
or I get bored myself when I'm on stage.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah yeah, and I can't believe. I mean, you've done
all of the shows. It even says that you manage
to get on with Conan, who I miss, although he's
doing his own thing. He's got his own podcast that's
making a lot of noise.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Right now. You got two yourself, two podcasts.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Yeah, I have one with my buddy sti Onsen, he's
another comedian and just kind of we're on the phone
one week and chatting about some stuff and we were
just laughing like crazy, so we go, hey, why don't
we just record this since we do this every week anyways.
And then the other one is with my girlfriend Kelsey Cook,
who's also a comedian, and that's called Pretend Problems, and
that's more of like, you know, we go through our
(06:07):
relationship stuff and then you know, make it funny and
then answer listener questions so that they're different so it
keeps me focused. Like I said, I gotta I gotta
have something new and shiny, or I get bored very quickly.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yeah, well, I'll tell you. It looks to me like
you're killing it especially. I don't even understand all the
Pandora stuff, but with over one million listens on Pandora,
over a billion total streams of your content to date,
obviously you know what you're doing. I wish you the
best of luck with Empty Nester. It's probably performing well
on Netflix right now, and you know I will check
(06:43):
it out. I think it's just gonna it depends if
you get melancholy. I hope maybe you talk about how
the house is actually cleaner, there's less laundry. Maybe it'll
be uplifting. Maybe I should look at that one.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I think you should watch it because listen, mister Love's
Company and I'm your guy.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yeah, sounds it sounds good to me. And again it's
Chad Daniels. The comedy specials Empty Nester on Netflix right now.
Thanks for taking the time today.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Mommy, Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Take care of
Chad Daniels, how are you, my man?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm doing great.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
How are you?
Speaker 3 (00:03):
Congratulations on the new special Empty Nester on Netflix already
dropped a couple of weeks back there. I just this
is an awkward way to start an interview, but I
just want to let you know, Chad, I will not
be watching it. I'm not going to be watching this comedy.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Spe quite all right? Yeah, quite all right.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I mean that's not you don't want to hear.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
It's not why, man, you ask me why you're just rolling?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
You must know why I'm saying that. I don't.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'm on the verge of it myself. My man, I
got two kids. It's been just the three of us
against the world. And I'll tell you, I know there's
a lot there's got to be a lot of great
material in.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
That, but it's hard. It's you know, I walk around
the house, I mope around. I haven't adjusted yet. Is
it is it based on or am I just running
with the title? Is it based on something you're actually
going through? Or where'd you come up with Empty Nester?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
My son's twenty five, he just got married, my daughter
went to college, and those are my only two. So
I'm a divorced guy, but I started started dating once
my daughter went to school because I was like, well,
now I can really focus on it. And so that's
what the whole specials about, you know. I mean, I'm
with you at a lot of these parents I talked to, Oh, man,
(01:24):
I can't wait, and I go, I don't know. Yeah,
because when I dropped my daughter off, I flew back
to Minnesota. I dropped her off in California from school,
and I called my mom and I'm like, so, what's
the deal. Am I just like done being a parent now?
And my mom goes, well, you just called me idiot,
And I was like, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
That's pretty good stuff, right all right there.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And I think the key is what you and I
are saying right here, Like that that person who said
to you, I can't wait for it, they're probably still married,
you know. You and I not be got the house
of themselves. The mom's getting ready to turn a bedroom
into a little gym, a little exercise room, all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, that's right, I'll tell you.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
So mine are eighteen and twenty one, so I should
have a little bit more time. And it's not full
on emptiness. I shouldn't position it that way. My son's
just never home and that's abrupt, that's sudden.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
That came with him starting college. He's just never home.
And my daughter, you know, she did the semester abroad
while he's never walking around. That The only good thing,
Chad is I'm walking around the house naked.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, that is a good thing. You gotta have some
free time for yourself, I'm telling you, man, the silence
is definite. Oh, absolutely definitely. And my daughter she's going
to study abroad this semester and she came home and
she was so excited. She's like, you know, hey, I
got such good grades. You're not going to have to
pay for tuition this year. I was like, oh, you're
(02:50):
going to another country, so I still might have to
pay for ransom. We just don't know what's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
But where is she going.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
She's going to Costa Rica, so she'd be a pretty
good deal.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
That's a crazy thing. Yeah, my daughter did. Believe it
or not, my daughter did Liverpool. It was kind of
it was awesome. Now things are crazy in Liverpool, but
she she had a great time of it there.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
How did your.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Daughter do with dad? Chad the dad dating. I'll tell
you when I first started turned over that engine again,
my daughter hated the first girl that she just hated her,
and I actually thought, Chad, is this how you're going
to be like with everyone? And I realized, no, it's
just her, and you're right, you're right to either.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they have good radar. They kind of see,
you know, they're I think they go into protection mode.
We've been in protection mode for so long. True, and
then all of a sudden they see you doing something
you haven't done in a while, and they're like, listen,
you old man, let me help you with this.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, So it's the same way because she didn't she
didn't do great either. I mean the first so I
got divorced seven years ago, and the first girl I dated,
she kind of became chummy chummy with, which is great.
But then this this new girl, she's like, you know, now,
they're both are both technically adults, and so it's they're
vying for time, and it's a it's it's an interesting dynamic,
(04:14):
but I think they're they're starting to get along.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah. My daughter said to the first one that I
brought around, she.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Goes, she looks like a Disney villain, and I'm like, geez,
she's a knockout.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
I don't know how I pulled it off. I'm like,
she's a knockout. She goes, yeah, they all are, but
they're Disney villains, you know. And I don't know that's
a generational thing because it's snow White, the Disney villain.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
There. She was not a knockout.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
But I think today's Disney villains they.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Sure as heck are like, oh yeah, you know, played
by Angeline Yeah, yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
So it's a it's a different beast. Now you've been around.
This is your tenth comedy special. Uh do you bass?
Is this what you do too? It's like, this is
what I'm going through right now. You know, like the
next one could be Yeah, I hate to do it
to you, it could be you know, Father of the Bride.
I mean, you based it on your real comedy is
derived from what you're living.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, it's basically the year or two before the special
comes out. That's what I'm talking about, because I don't
have that bandwidth like some of these guys to be like,
oh when I was when I was fourteen, this happened
like I don't. I got to keep it real fresh,
or I get bored myself when I'm on stage.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah yeah, and I can't believe. I mean, you've done
all of the shows. It even says that you manage
to get on with Conan, who I miss, although he's
doing his own thing. He's got his own podcast that's
making a lot of noise.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Right now. You got two yourself, two podcasts.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Yeah, I have one with my buddy sti Onsen, he's
another comedian and just kind of we're on the phone
one week and chatting about some stuff and we were
just laughing like crazy, so we go, hey, why don't
we just record this since we do this every week anyways.
And then the other one is with my girlfriend Kelsey Cook,
who's also a comedian, and that's called Pretend Problems, and
that's more of like, you know, we go through our
(06:07):
relationship stuff and then you know, make it funny and
then answer listener questions so that they're different so it
keeps me focused. Like I said, I gotta I gotta
have something new and shiny, or I get bored very quickly.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yeah, well, I'll tell you. It looks to me like
you're killing it especially. I don't even understand all the
Pandora stuff, but with over one million listens on Pandora,
over a billion total streams of your content to date,
obviously you know what you're doing. I wish you the
best of luck with Empty Nester. It's probably performing well
on Netflix right now, and you know I will check
(06:43):
it out. I think it's just gonna it depends if
you get melancholy. I hope maybe you talk about how
the house is actually cleaner, there's less laundry. Maybe it'll
be uplifting. Maybe I should look at that one.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I think you should watch it because listen, mister Love's
Company and I'm your guy.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yeah, sounds it sounds good to me. And again it's
Chad Daniels. The comedy specials Empty Nester on Netflix right now.
Thanks for taking the time today.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Mommy, Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Take care of
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