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(00:00):
It's quinnycan Terra picks one oh six. The Great Paul Riser joins the program.
Sunny Binghamton, you went to school, right, Paul, I did?
I do? Love? That's nice, nice sentence structure, Sunny Binghamton.
Comma, you went to school.Yes, that's radio structure. Yes,
we'll throw the words out then we'llfix it later. And I was
(00:21):
gonna say Suny Binghamton's own. ButI don't know. I don't know that
you're from Binghamton. Originally you're not. I'm from I'm from New York.
I grew up in the city andin Manhattan and drove the three hours to
Binghamton because I like to. Iwanted to be where there was no sun.
I said, where is it?Just dark for nine months? Ten
months straight? And they said Binghamton. You're gonna love it. And there
(00:43):
you go. Paul Riser coming toPreservation Hall in Saratoga on October seventh.
Paul Riser dot com fer tickets.We absolutely love the name of your tour.
This is the Big Font Tour.You're really speaking to us perfect.
Somebody said why why? Somebody saidwhy is it called Big Font Tours?
Said take a wild guess why doyou think it's like? You know,
(01:03):
sometimes I'll bring on stage, I'llbring my little setlist and my friend saw
the paper. He goes, what'sis it? Like a forty eight font
I said, you know, Ihave to I have to see it from
a distance. I can't really holdit up. So yes, and the
fontages are getting bigger as we aswe go along. It's brutal. You
know what I had to do theother day. I was trying to make
a bet and I didn't have myglasses, so I had to turn the
(01:26):
camera on my phone and zoom inon the spread. Oh you're kidding me.
Yeah, how do you think Iknow what my medication un insurance card
says? So that's the phone photograph. I like, you know EXCEP in
a hotel, they have their littlebottles of shampoo and they decide it's like
a size seven fonts. I'm going, I don't know what this could be
condition or it could be conditional.Yeah, I make it bigger and you
(01:49):
certainly don't have your glasses. Showertrying to find the lotion. Honey,
I can't figure it out. SoPaul like, things must get better with
age two it's not just about losingyour eyesight. Right, things are getting
bored. I'm looking forward to findingout. You know. Well, you
know. The one thing is peoplesay you get you get a little more
comfortable, you get a certain wisdom, and I realize it's not wisdom,
(02:15):
and it's not that we've learned anythingnew. What happens is you get to
a certain age and you realize youjust get comfortable with the fact that you're
not going to learn anything new,and that's what looks like wisdom. You
go, oh, you know,if you wake up one day you go,
honey, I think this is it. I think this is as good
as I'm going to ever be forward. In fact, it'll be getting worse.
(02:35):
It's downhill from here. So enjoyme today as I peak. Well,
no question, we've been enjoying youfor so long. What are your
thoughts on I guess the evolution ofentertainment, whether it's linear TV or whether
it's the streaming stuff. Where arewe going with this? And I feel
like that's got to be in away creating a lot of works. Are
(02:57):
you going to talk about this?Good question? First of all, I
didn't know it was going to bean essay question. I thought this would
be more of a true falls inclass. Yes, the evolution of entertainment
with the Mesopotamian cultures of the earlyfourteen hundred. Uh, I don't know.
I wants a lot of CNBC andthey say that a lot because you're
(03:21):
nicely done, nicely done. There'sa strike going on, like we weren't
sure what you were even allowed.Like you can't call anything. I share.
I share your confusion. Yeah,there's and I'm a member of both
the problem, member of the WritersUnion and Writers Guild and SAG the actors.
So I can't. I can't.I can't promote anything, but I
can certainly talk about stand up becausethere's no union there. It's just me
(03:42):
and uh, a suitcase full ofyou know, socks and underwear. As
I just show up and I tellmy jokes. That's not on stage.
You won't see any of the aforementioned, so that's out of sight. Paul
Riser's not a prop guy. Yeah, no watermelons, no hammer. There's
no problem. Man. I usedto when we used to work in clubs
(04:04):
and and you know, sometimes you'dbe on the show with a prop comic
and you go, they got tobring a suitcase and a trunk full of
stuff, and then they got toclean up afterwards. I'm going, you
know, the only reason we're standup is that we don't want to do
that. If I don't want tohave to bring things and clean up afterwards.
Yeah it since you have a roughset, you're over there cleaning over
(04:25):
pick and some up put into abox. And there's a there's a club
here in La is one of theactually one of the best clubs in the
country is called the Comedy and MagicClubs Comedy Magic Club in Hermosa Beach,
and they always have a magician onthis show. And if you go on
after the magician, invariably you gotto clean up because of the leend with
a big finish with sparkles and confetti. You're going, now I'm working like
(04:48):
like it looks like a Mary andNet just grew up here. It's like,
I don't want to go after theanimals or the or the magician.
Preservation Hall. October's seventh is itis it cliche to say that stand up
your true love? It's it's notcliche, It's true. You know when
I started, that's all I wantedto be and I just wanted to be
(05:10):
saying other than I got lucky andI got to do all these great shows
and movies and stuff, and peoplethat must be really fun. I go,
yeah, but it's not as muchfun as telling jokes and making people
laugh live. That's that is indeedwhat I love doing. It's a beautiful,
beautiful theater in the Preservation Hall.I'm looking forward and you know,
we're also looking forward to maybe wearinga sweater. I'm so tired. It
(05:30):
was like one hundred and forty degreesthis summer here, and I'm looking forward
to being back east yea in thefall. Beautiful. Well, so you
are you a California full time guy? I am. I have been here
amazingly. I've been on the WestCoast longer than I was. I was
like in my late twenties when Imoved out here. I think, my
(05:56):
here's one thing that mystifies me.But I'm proud of both my boys.
I have two kids, and theyboth grew up here in LA and they
both have New York accents. SoI've done I've done nothing else, yes,
exactly. My younger son just movedback east. He moved, he
moved, he lives in Brooklyn now, And people said, why do you
move from California to Brooklyn? AndI said, because that's as far as
(06:18):
the country goes. That's how farcan I get away from these people who
raised me. Is it true thatyou had to go check with one of
your sons about the show The Boysto make sure it was disgusting on purpose?
It was my son. Yeah,this was my son, my younger
son, who was my cultural canaryin the call. He knows everything and
(06:42):
I had not. I had notseen The Boys. I didn't know anything
about it. And I sit tohim, you know about the show they
invited me to be on The Boys? He was, Oh, it's great
comma and you'll hate it. Well, that doesn't sound good at all.
But you got to play such agreat character, right, You were like
a superagent to this, to thisyou hear, Yeah, it was a
great show. Once I watched,I was, I know what he's talking
(07:02):
about because it's so over the top. Yeah. But wait a minute,
I can't talk. I can't promote, I can't talk. I got in
trouble. I should say that.I should say this though, Like you've
been around doing that line of work, you'll be real vague here for so
long, and I say this everytime. Yeah, there's a I saw
Beverly Hills Cop and no wander.That's all I'm going to say about that
(07:24):
with my father, the first movieI ever went into with my father.
And now it's coming full circle andI'll leave it there. And I'm I
mean, an amazing career. Youhaven't even like, you haven't even picked
a ton of turds, you knowwhat I mean? Every stretch you pick
is awesome, all nice work.I am. The ton of turds is
coming, believe me. And infact, and that's the name of my
next tour. I'm looking forward aton of Turds tour. Well, I'm
(07:48):
not going to line up to seeit falls nicely after the big font tour.
Yeah, it's not probably inaccurate becauseyou know, later in life you
can't control all everything. It's like, oh, that's a ton of turd
store. We really have to thankyou because the suits are in town today
(08:09):
and it has a big meeting herewith iHeart, and you got us out
of it because we're like, wecan't not talk to Paul. We really
are. Anytime I can spare itfrom a meeting with the suits. I'm
happy to help, thank you.No, But the truth is the truth
is we spoke to you like twoweeks apart last time he did, because
we love talking. You see,you can call any anytime. Well,
(08:30):
I appreciate that guy. Always apleasure. And I'll see on October seventh
at the beautiful Preservation Hall. Yeah. Gravitates a Paul Riser dot com.
Thanks man, Thanks Paul. Takecare
It's quinnycan Terra picks one oh six. The Great Paul Riser joins the program.
Sunny Binghamton, you went to school, right, Paul, I did?
I do? Love? That's nice, nice sentence structure, Sunny Binghamton.
Comma, you went to school.Yes, that's radio structure. Yes,
we'll throw the words out then we'llfix it later. And I was
(00:21):
gonna say Suny Binghamton's own. ButI don't know. I don't know that
you're from Binghamton. Originally you're not. I'm from I'm from New York.
I grew up in the city andin Manhattan and drove the three hours to
Binghamton because I like to. Iwanted to be where there was no sun.
I said, where is it?Just dark for nine months? Ten
months straight? And they said Binghamton. You're gonna love it. And there
(00:43):
you go. Paul Riser coming toPreservation Hall in Saratoga on October seventh.
Paul Riser dot com fer tickets.We absolutely love the name of your tour.
This is the Big Font Tour.You're really speaking to us perfect.
Somebody said why why? Somebody saidwhy is it called Big Font Tours?
Said take a wild guess why doyou think it's like? You know,
(01:03):
sometimes I'll bring on stage, I'llbring my little setlist and my friend saw
the paper. He goes, what'sis it? Like a forty eight font
I said, you know, Ihave to I have to see it from
a distance. I can't really holdit up. So yes, and the
fontages are getting bigger as we aswe go along. It's brutal. You
know what I had to do theother day. I was trying to make
a bet and I didn't have myglasses, so I had to turn the
(01:26):
camera on my phone and zoom inon the spread. Oh you're kidding me.
Yeah, how do you think Iknow what my medication un insurance card
says? So that's the phone photograph. I like, you know EXCEP in
a hotel, they have their littlebottles of shampoo and they decide it's like
a size seven fonts. I'm going, I don't know what this could be
condition or it could be conditional.Yeah, I make it bigger and you
(01:49):
certainly don't have your glasses. Showertrying to find the lotion. Honey,
I can't figure it out. SoPaul like, things must get better with
age two it's not just about losingyour eyesight. Right, things are getting
bored. I'm looking forward to findingout. You know. Well, you
know. The one thing is peoplesay you get you get a little more
comfortable, you get a certain wisdom, and I realize it's not wisdom,
(02:15):
and it's not that we've learned anythingnew. What happens is you get to
a certain age and you realize youjust get comfortable with the fact that you're
not going to learn anything new,and that's what looks like wisdom. You
go, oh, you know,if you wake up one day you go,
honey, I think this is it. I think this is as good
as I'm going to ever be forward. In fact, it'll be getting worse.
(02:35):
It's downhill from here. So enjoyme today as I peak. Well,
no question, we've been enjoying youfor so long. What are your
thoughts on I guess the evolution ofentertainment, whether it's linear TV or whether
it's the streaming stuff. Where arewe going with this? And I feel
like that's got to be in away creating a lot of works. Are
(02:57):
you going to talk about this?Good question? First of all, I
didn't know it was going to bean essay question. I thought this would
be more of a true falls inclass. Yes, the evolution of entertainment
with the Mesopotamian cultures of the earlyfourteen hundred. Uh, I don't know.
I wants a lot of CNBC andthey say that a lot because you're
(03:21):
nicely done, nicely done. There'sa strike going on, like we weren't
sure what you were even allowed.Like you can't call anything. I share.
I share your confusion. Yeah,there's and I'm a member of both
the problem, member of the WritersUnion and Writers Guild and SAG the actors.
So I can't. I can't.I can't promote anything, but I
can certainly talk about stand up becausethere's no union there. It's just me
(03:42):
and uh, a suitcase full ofyou know, socks and underwear. As
I just show up and I tellmy jokes. That's not on stage.
You won't see any of the aforementioned, so that's out of sight. Paul
Riser's not a prop guy. Yeah, no watermelons, no hammer. There's
no problem. Man. I usedto when we used to work in clubs
(04:04):
and and you know, sometimes you'dbe on the show with a prop comic
and you go, they got tobring a suitcase and a trunk full of
stuff, and then they got toclean up afterwards. I'm going, you
know, the only reason we're standup is that we don't want to do
that. If I don't want tohave to bring things and clean up afterwards.
Yeah it since you have a roughset, you're over there cleaning over
(04:25):
pick and some up put into abox. And there's a there's a club
here in La is one of theactually one of the best clubs in the
country is called the Comedy and MagicClubs Comedy Magic Club in Hermosa Beach,
and they always have a magician onthis show. And if you go on
after the magician, invariably you gotto clean up because of the leend with
a big finish with sparkles and confetti. You're going, now I'm working like
(04:48):
like it looks like a Mary andNet just grew up here. It's like,
I don't want to go after theanimals or the or the magician.
Preservation Hall. October's seventh is itis it cliche to say that stand up
your true love? It's it's notcliche, It's true. You know when
I started, that's all I wantedto be and I just wanted to be
(05:10):
saying other than I got lucky andI got to do all these great shows
and movies and stuff, and peoplethat must be really fun. I go,
yeah, but it's not as muchfun as telling jokes and making people
laugh live. That's that is indeedwhat I love doing. It's a beautiful,
beautiful theater in the Preservation Hall.I'm looking forward and you know,
we're also looking forward to maybe wearinga sweater. I'm so tired. It
(05:30):
was like one hundred and forty degreesthis summer here, and I'm looking forward
to being back east yea in thefall. Beautiful. Well, so you
are you a California full time guy? I am. I have been here
amazingly. I've been on the WestCoast longer than I was. I was
like in my late twenties when Imoved out here. I think, my
(05:56):
here's one thing that mystifies me.But I'm proud of both my boys.
I have two kids, and theyboth grew up here in LA and they
both have New York accents. SoI've done I've done nothing else, yes,
exactly. My younger son just movedback east. He moved, he
moved, he lives in Brooklyn now, And people said, why do you
move from California to Brooklyn? AndI said, because that's as far as
(06:18):
the country goes. That's how farcan I get away from these people who
raised me. Is it true thatyou had to go check with one of
your sons about the show The Boysto make sure it was disgusting on purpose?
It was my son. Yeah,this was my son, my younger
son, who was my cultural canaryin the call. He knows everything and
(06:42):
I had not. I had notseen The Boys. I didn't know anything
about it. And I sit tohim, you know about the show they
invited me to be on The Boys? He was, Oh, it's great
comma and you'll hate it. Well, that doesn't sound good at all.
But you got to play such agreat character, right, You were like
a superagent to this, to thisyou hear, Yeah, it was a
great show. Once I watched,I was, I know what he's talking
(07:02):
about because it's so over the top. Yeah. But wait a minute,
I can't talk. I can't promote, I can't talk. I got in
trouble. I should say that.I should say this though, Like you've
been around doing that line of work, you'll be real vague here for so
long, and I say this everytime. Yeah, there's a I saw
Beverly Hills Cop and no wander.That's all I'm going to say about that
(07:24):
with my father, the first movieI ever went into with my father.
And now it's coming full circle andI'll leave it there. And I'm I
mean, an amazing career. Youhaven't even like, you haven't even picked
a ton of turds, you knowwhat I mean? Every stretch you pick
is awesome, all nice work.I am. The ton of turds is
coming, believe me. And infact, and that's the name of my
next tour. I'm looking forward aton of Turds tour. Well, I'm
(07:48):
not going to line up to seeit falls nicely after the big font tour.
Yeah, it's not probably inaccurate becauseyou know, later in life you
can't control all everything. It's like, oh, that's a ton of turd
store. We really have to thankyou because the suits are in town today
(08:09):
and it has a big meeting herewith iHeart, and you got us out
of it because we're like, wecan't not talk to Paul. We really
are. Anytime I can spare itfrom a meeting with the suits. I'm
happy to help, thank you.No, But the truth is the truth
is we spoke to you like twoweeks apart last time he did, because
we love talking. You see,you can call any anytime. Well,
(08:30):
I appreciate that guy. Always apleasure. And I'll see on October seventh
at the beautiful Preservation Hall. Yeah. Gravitates a Paul Riser dot com.
Thanks man, Thanks Paul. Takecare
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