Sebastian Maniscalco (Live) on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first

official live recording of Good Hang.

This is the first time we've done it and

we're really really happy that you could

be here. Thank you so much. Don't worry,

I have my lip balm and we're going to be

okay.

Um, we're going to we're going to record

our podcast and I think there's a few

people here tonight that don't know who

our guest is. Raise your hand if you

don't. Exciting.

Um,

it's so great that you came without even

knowing. That's that's a real fan. Thank

you so much. Um, well, we're gonna we're

gonna record our What if I just never

told you? Um [laughter]

Um, no, but we're very very grateful um

that you are here tonight and thank you

to the Gramarcy and thank you to Walmart

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we're very very excited because our

guest tonight who is going to be on

stage who we're going to dig deep and

laugh well with is the one the only

Sebastian Maniscolo is here. [cheering]

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Only the number one grossing comic in

the world I think.

>> I don't know if it's the world. I'll

check with him.

But um we're so excited to have

Sebastian here. And um so I'm going to

go sit over there. Are you ready to get

started? All right.

[music]

[laughter]

We practiced that transition many times.

We didn't get it right.

[laughter]

Um, okay. So, uh, you know, welcome to

another episode of Good Hang. very

excited to be doing this live um with a

band um and uh thrilled to be here in

the Grammy Theater and like I said,

thank you to Walmart and everybody who

sponsored this and we're very excited to

introduce our guest today. We have

Sebastian Maniscolo. Sebastian is

one of my favorite comedians. I find him

to be deeply funny, deeply physical.

He seems super nice even though I don't

really know him.

And we talked a little bit backstage,

but then I said, "Let's stop talking.

If the cameras aren't rolling, then this

ain't worth [ __ ] is what I said." Um, so

we're going to have Sebastian on, but we

always like to start these podcasts by

talking to somebody who knows our guest

so we can talk well behind their back.

It's a little different because

Sebastian will hear everything now, but

um but um so uh uh we are very excited

to introduce a friend of Sebastian's, a

fellow stand-up performer um who also is

the co-host of the Pete and Sebastian

podcast, which has been running now for

12 years and is an amazing podcast. Give

it up everybody for Pete Cory Alley.

Pete [cheering]

>> [music]

[laughter]

>> Pete, we got a play on.

>> This is phenomenal. We've been doing it

12 years. WE'VE NEVER HAD A SETUP this

good.

>> I know. Well,

you're very you're already so good at I

can tell you're you're a good performer

cuz as soon as you came in, you were

like, "Here we go, everybody."

[clears throat]

>> Amy, I've been a performer for 30 years.

Sitting here with you is one of the most

exciting things I've got to do in my

career. I'm not kidding. I am not.

>> Amy was a little nervous backstage.

She's never done a live cast before. I

GO, "YOU'RE THE BEST HOST OF THE GOLDEN

GLOBES THAT ever lived."

>> This is a hiccup. [cheering]

Come on,

>> Pete. If the people in the audience

aren't famous, then I don't know what to

do. It's weird. I just don't recognize

any faces, and it throws me off.

>> That's hilarious. Okay. So, Pete, how

did you and Sebastian first meet?

>> We met doing standup. Um, we met uh

literally about 14 years ago in Canada.

Uh, Montreal Festival put together this

thing where we all stayed in Toronto in

a hotel and every night we would meet in

a van. It was me, Sebastian, and like

four of the comics from other countries.

A guy from Australia. I remember a guy

from, you know, um, Ireland. But then we

would shoot out to little theaters each

night. And the first night I met him,

the first time I met him, we were online

uh to go through customs into Canada and

[laughter] he introduced himself. I

never met him before. Then when we get

to the hotel, I say, "See you later

tonight." We had our first show that

night. And when we all get in the van

and Sebastian's the last one to get in

the van and I'm in the back of the van

and he gets in the van and he's got a

shirt on a hanger

and I'm in the back of the van. Nobody

knows anyone. So we're all quiet and I

go, "Oh, what is that? Your performance

shirt?" And he goes, "Yeah, I get

sweaty." I go, "Holy [ __ ] guy." What?

So, I'm making fun of him because he

gets sweaty. Meanwhile, it's because

he's physical. And then he goes on to

make 10 million gazillion and I'm

standing straight as a boy leaning

against a goddamn brick wall.

>> Yeah. You got to have a [laughter] You

got to have a performer shirt. You got

to have a shirt.

>> No, but that's where we first met.

>> Dress for the job you want, Pete. Dress

for the job you want.

>> Exactly. But we hit it off. Uh, and you

know, like you said, we've been doing it

for 12 years.

>> Yeah. And I bet it's similar to you and

Tina in that like there's just sometimes

you you know we get together to do the

cast and maybe you're not in the mood.

>> So you call it the cast. We call

>> interesting. Yeah.

>> Yeah. Even though we don't have quite as

many viewers as you do, ours is still

the cast. There's a zillion podcast.

>> I don't pay attention to the numbers,

Pete. I just do it for the fun.

[laughter]

No, but it but you guys are so funny on

it together and and I love and I love

watching you two and I mean you guys

know each other really well

>> and and and

can I just ask you like you've done it

now for 12 years. This is my first year

doing a podcast. How do you keep it

fresh?

>> Well, for us it's because we just talk

about our lives. When we first started

to do it, neither one of us knew much

about cast. And I said, we both kind of

agreed, let's keep it consistent. That

was number one. Uh, number two, do you

want guests? And he goes, I'm not really

getting them. And I go, I'm I'm not

getting them either. [laughter]

>> So, if we want to keep it consistent, we

figured no guest. And then we don't do

anything topical. Like you could listen

to any one of our casts and you wouldn't

know what year it's from cuz it's about,

you know, it's about from anything from

going to someone's house and they make

you take your shoes off to so it never

there's always something new to discuss

because it's life.

>> Yeah. You want to be able to catch up,

right? I I unfortunately hold the

newspaper up to the camera on every one

of my

>> Well, that's why yours is also more

popular. [laughter]

>> Okay. Now, you're a basketball player in

college.

>> Oh, well, division three, Amy. So, let's

pump the brakes on that.

What? What college?

>> I just said division three. Once someone

says division THREE, YOU DON'T CARE

ANYMORE.

>> You never mentioned the college.

>> No, Fredonia State is the college.

>> Okay. And what was the name of your

team?

>> The Fredonia. What?

>> We were called the Fredonia Blue Devils.

>> Interesting. I was at my high school was

the Red Devils.

>> Really?

>> Yeah.

>> Can I I want to ask your opinion about

something now you bring that up.

>> Where I live now, I live in a small

town. I'm actually in the process of

moving to Rochester, but I live in a

small town called Fredonia. Okay.

>> By the time this comes out, I'll be

gone. I already bought a new house, but

I've been there 12 years. My daughter is

12 years old. And their our slogan, our

high school logo is the hillbillies.

>> Oh, that's not going to last.

>> And it's a guy. It's not going to last.

It's been there for like 50 years. It's

a guy with a beard and a jug of wine and

a gun.

>> I swear to God. And they don't get rid

of it because IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.

THEY'LL HAVE TO CHANGE THE BASKETBALL

COURT and the uniforms. So, we're just

the hillbillies. That That'll get you

into Harvard, by the way.

>> We got to get into that.

>> Yeah, we got to get into Harvard. It's

important. Well, you got We got to get

into Harvard or we got to get talk about

Harvard.

>> When you want to talk about things with

Sebastian.

>> Talk about Harvard. Sebastian didn't go

to Harvard. [laughter]

>> I know that.

>> No, but when we went when we played

Boston Yeah. When Sebastian played the

Boston Garden, I was open for him on the

tour. We went to Harvard and that whole

thing that you and Tina went through.

>> Oh, I'll talk to him about that. That's

how

>> we can never talk about that. And I

said, Amy and Tina talked about it. I

think you can.

>> A bunch of aggressive nerds shouting

jokes at you.

>> But I mean,

>> a bunch of validictorians,

>> but you take it cuz it's Harvard, right?

If it was Jamestown Community College,

you'd have been out of there in 10

minutes, [laughter] right? because it's

hobbies. Just take the punches.

>> Okay. So, let's start this um I'm going

to start this podcast with Sebastian,

but I need to know um Pete, do you have

a question you think I should ask?

>> Uh yes. One question I think is

Sebastian loves to entertain.

>> However, he also loves for people to

leave when he's done entertaining.

>> Yes.

>> It's a very bizarre thing. It's like I

love to entertain and now go home.

>> Yeah. And you know, you might want to

ask him, um, what is it about, you know,

why is there an end to when people come

over? Why does that bother you so much?

And the other thing, Amy, I love this

guy so much for so many different

reasons. He's a warm-hearted guy, good

guy, but uh, one big hang-up he has is

noises. It's called he's self diagnosed

misophen. How do you pronounce that?

>> Uh, misophonia.

>> Misophonia. Yeah. Yeah. Self diagnosed.

She's never done anything about

[laughter] it, but like you know you

could chew gum around them and then like

a half hour later he'll tell me I you

got to stop at the gum. [laughter]

So, but I he has not gone and done

anything about it. He always just likes

to say self diagnose. So perhaps you

might want to ask him why don't you take

it any further and find out.

>> I think it's cuz his comedy lives in

irritation.

>> Yes. Yes, I know what you mean. I these

are great questions because I know I

know a little bit about misophonia and I

have a really hard time with mouth

sounds in general like on the microphone

I'm looking at you NPR

[laughter] lot of a lot of water has a

lot of people have to drink water

>> it's very stressful so I'm going to talk

to Sebastian about that yeah very very

good okay well we're going to get

started Pete you've been amazing thank

you so much for coming

>> thank you Amy thank you all have a

wonderful Everybody check out the Pete

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All right, we are ready to introduce our

guests. Thank you so much again for

coming and give it up. Let's keep the

momentum going for Sebastian Manokco

everybody.

[cheering]

[music]

Oh, SEBAST

[music]

want to tell you that I had a different

shirt on and I changed when I saw what

you were wearing.

They they told me backstage

>> I had a t-shirt. I was like I wanted to

be like, "Hey, who cares?" You know,

like we're all just I just walked off

the street. And then I said, "You know

what? You're a professional, Amy, and

you need to treat this show [laughter]

like

Well, this is the first live show, so

I'm like, "All right, this is like a big

deal. Let me dress it up." I have

another outfit just in [laughter] case.

But I felt like this was appropriate to

wear a suit. Apparently, you thought you

were going to go to a Te- Bowl game.

>> [laughter]

>> Well, I would much rather be

underdressed than overdressed, but I bet

you'd rather be overdressed.

>> Yeah, I am typically overdressed for

occasions. I I don't know. I always

growing up, my mother always used to

tell me, "We're going to church. Put a

put your nice slacks on. We're going out

to dinner." So, I always thought when we

were leaving the house, you should look

presentable.

>> But nowadays, if you take around,

particularly in this city,

It's you roll out of bed and then you're

at the at the Walgreens. So, I don't

know. I just feel like you should

>> You're trying to tell me that you don't

wear sweatpants and bring your own

pillow on the plane. That's what I'm

hearing.

>> No, I don't. I've never understood the

whole pillow thing.

>> I don't like that pillow thing. That's a

No offense, Gen Z, but there's a lot.

You guys are dragging around a lot of

pillows. It's intense.

Okay, we have a lot to talk about,

Sebastian, because you and I were both

in Chicago. You grew up in Chicago.

Where exactly did you grow up?

>> I grew up in the northwest suburbs of

Arlington Heights, Illinois. So, I

wasn't in the city of Chicago.

>> Right. And then you were you h how what

years were you there?

>> So, uh I was there 1973 to 1998.

>> Okay. Yeah, I was there the same time.

>> Okay.

>> I mean, just for a few years. [laughter]

So when were you there? What?

>> Well, I I went to uh I did Second City.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. And Yeah. And um and like you know

a lot of people wanted to take class

there and I moved to Chicago and I reme

like I just the weather the weather in

Chicago is the thing you remember cuz it

just it's punishing.

>> Yes.

>> When is when is the coldest you've ever

been in Chicago?

>> The coldest temperature? God. Um I don't

know. There's always like a wind chill.

So, [laughter] I don't know. Minus I

think it was like minus5

one year. So, yeah. What do you Why do

you have a do you have a record low 10?

>> No. I was just curious like people that

live in that area. You're doing this

just you're proving my point which is

they don't really talk about the weather

that they don't care that much about the

weather. They don't make it a big deal.

>> Yeah. It's not a big deal when you're

living in it.

>> Yeah.

>> It's just like the way of life. So we're

not like, you know, we're not sitting

there going, "Oh, this is really cold

today." I think this is a record. I

don't know. We just It just [laughter]

It's It's brutal. It's brutal.

>> And do you remember um a restaurant in

Chicago in the Chicago area? Did you go

Did you like to go into the city? Did

you go into the city a lot?

>> So we went into the city uh early on in

my teenage years, 17 years old. I had a

fake ID. We'd love to dance. We used to

go to this place called Aapokco Bar.

[laughter]

Uh

alumni club. So yeah, we were we were

big dancers growing up. So we used

>> there was a lot of good clubs in Chicago

at that time. Really? It was a good club

scene.

>> Did you ever go to Baja Beach Club?

>> Yes.

>> Okay. So yeah, you were

>> Yeah, maybe that's all you

[laughter]

go to Baja. Did you ever go to a

restaurant called Carluchi?

>> I have. Yeah.

>> Okay. I used to be a waiter there.

>> Oh, really?

>> Yeah. And it was I I was I was thinking

about our our prep for today. And for

people that don't know, Sebastian's um

dad was a Sicilian immigrant is a

Sicilian immigrant. And um Carluchi's

was the first time I learned about

Italian fine dining in any way. Like I

didn't know anything about it. Auntie

pasti and semifredo and bread sticks,

[laughter]

>> those kinds of things.

>> That's a course.

>> But were you waiting tables when you

were living there? Were you working in a

restaurant there or or only after you

came to LA?

>> Funny you say fine dining. I started my

waiting career at Olive Garden.

>> Oh yeah,

>> great place to start.

>> Great, great place to break in. And uh

[laughter] Hey, did you ever go to a

place in Shamberg called the Living

Room?

>> Oh yes,

>> I worked there.

>> That was a that was a very hot club like

bar.

>> I'm surprised we didn't cross paths.

>> Who what kind of famous people came

through the living room? Uh, do you

remember?

>> Not really. Not a lot of fame walking

through the living room. Uh,

>> but I remember it being kind of a cool

club.

>> It was a cool club. I It just not a lot

of celebrities came through there. Maybe

Dennis Rodman because this is the the

year where the Bulls were hot.

[laughter]

>> Um, but yeah. Um, so I worked there. I

worked as a waiter in the uh fine

dining. By the way, this is the best lip

balm I've ever Are you kidding me? Are

you joking? I have to tell you.

>> Cuz this is a sponsor.

>> Oh, it is Lanz.

>> And they're not sponsoring this, so

we'll probably have to cut this out. But

>> I I use that all the time. It's the

best.

>> Okay.

>> You like your products.

>> Well, it's my wife likes products. And

while I'm in bed one night, she's like,

"Here, you got to put this on. I I'm

going to bed." She put it on. Hello, new

lips.

>> Incredible. In fact, you're reminding me

everybody who has lip balm. Let's take a

lip balm break while we just for a

second

because it's too much, right? It's so

dry out.

It's too much. Okay.

So, but you worked you you've done

you've talked a lot on stage about how

people should act in restaurants. And I

really relate because as an ex-server,

as we like to call ourselves,

>> um, you learn how to treat people in

restaurants. You have strong opinions

about how people should act in

restaurants.

>> Yeah. I mean, if you go to a restaurant,

you should have some, you know, manners

and, you know, be kind and not like um I

don't know. I I I put a napkin on my

lap. I don't know if that's out of style

or if anybody's doing that anymore, but

you know, just just, you know, you

should be polite to the server and vice

versa, but I I got a problem with

servers nowadays.

>> Tell me why.

>> Just the way they come up. They come up,

you know, and you're like, "Excuse me,

can you think?" And already the eyes are

rolling,

[laughter]

>> you know? It's like nobody wants to be

there. I don't know. It just seems like

people are detached or disconnected. Do

you like when a server um this happens a

lot in LA where you live um where we

both live uh where someone will duck

down and get the same level as you?

>> I don't like that.

>> You know what I'm talking about.

>> Like they're right here.

>> Yeah. They get right there. They get in

real close. [laughter]

>> I don't like that. I don't like that

move. I just rather have them above in

and out. Maybe a little talk here and

there, but nothing like, you know, I

don't want to know. Like sometimes the

waiter will go, "Oh, you know, I I don't

normally have that because I'm lactose

into." Hey guy, guy, [laughter]

we don't need to know your your your

medical history. Just bring out the

burger. [laughter]

>> Okay. And you talked also about which I

loved and um I should I should point out

like you know as as as well as you being

the the most success you're having the

most successful touring year of your

career would you say this year.

>> Congratulations.

>> Thank you. Thank you. [cheering]

>> And you've got a new special coming out

in November and you you made a a

beautiful film about your dad with

Robert Dairo playing your dad.

>> Yeah. Crazy.

>> Well crazy. Um, and you were on the show

Bookie and you've got all these things

going on. When you talk to your

audience, I still feel Sebastian like

you're living a regular normal life.

>> Yeah,

>> that's not always the case. Sometimes

when you're when you see people on

stage, they feel like they're like

talking about their koi pond or

something like that's their but it does

feel like you are still in it. You have

little kids.

>> Yes.

>> And you one could argue you're a little

old for that.

>> [laughter]

>> You got little kids?

>> I do. I'm 52 and I have a six-year-old

son. So, that's a Okay, don't don't

[laughter] relax.

>> No, I'm only kidding because I love you

on Instagram when you talk about how

tired you are.

>> I'm exhausted.

>> I know you're exhausting now.

>> Exactly. No, I I I waited a little, you

know. I waited to have kids and now

um

just come on.

>> No clap. No clap.

Um but your wife seems amazing, Lana.

And you talk about her a lot and she's

I've seen her on the gram. She's a hot

piece. Lana,

>> she's she's 10 years younger. So, uh

yeah. So, I'm trying to keep up with her

[laughter] and she's an ex gymnast, so

she's always doing flips and she's, you

know,

>> she's always doing flips. [laughter]

>> She She walks down the stairs on her

hands.

>> No way.

>> Yeah. I've never seen that before, but

that's what I'm dealing with. So,

>> [laughter]

>> uh,

>> does she do that when she's angry? When

she's upset?

>> No, she's she's never rarely upset.

She's one of these like always got a

smile on her face walking around. I'm

the one that's constantly upset.

>> Uh but no, she's a ray of sunshine and

uh she's a doll and and uh yeah, she's

very athletic, very strong, and uh I am

um almost has I almost have my ARP card.

>> I'm the We're the same age. We're the

same age.

>> Yeah, we're we're getting

>> Are you What are you enjoying about your

50s?

>> So, I'm glad I had kids this late in

life just because, you know, you know,

I'm stable. I have a we could provide

them with uh you know a life that uh not

I'm not one of these guys oh I want to

give my kids a life that I never had. I

had a good you know I have a middle

class upbringing and whatnot but as a

entertainer or performer you want to get

to a place where you're stable

financially before you start bringing

people into the world and you know it's

you know this just business you know it

could be here one day gone the next. So

you know I got to a place where I'm like

all right uh let's start a family and

and I like being in my 50s. Um, I just

wish I was a little bit more I don't

know. I like I went to go play

basketball the other day. I'm like how

you know I haven't played basketball in

a while

>> and I'm like I don't remember the rim

being this high.

>> So, um, [laughter]

but it's nice. It's

>> that's an ACL nightmare though. Be very

careful. There's nothing worse than a

bunch of guys in their 50s going back to

play basketball.

It is just tear after tear. [laughter]

>> I'm taking a little offense to this.

>> I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

>> Just because you just If you didn't know

how old I was, could you just Would you

look at me and go, "Yeah, no, he

probably he probably runs."

>> You're in terrific shape, by the way.

>> I'm not. I'm really not. I'm hiding a

lot with the suit, but I just don't feel

like I'm 52.

>> Well, I get it. But I have to say I

remember having younger kids. My kids

are teenagers now and the and the amount

of play

>> they have to do with kids is exhausting.

>> It's exhausting. Yes, it is.

>> Play is a nightmare.

>> Yeah.

>> And when your kid the the worst things

to hear in the world is, "Daddy, can we

play?"

>> Yeah.

[laughter]

>> Did you have a favorite play? Did you

have like a Oh, this is I could

>> I can I remember having existential

moments of true despair

when I would come home from like

shooting a long day and my kids would

come up to me with um with a Star Wars

lightsabers and be like, "Yay, now we

can play." And I was just like, "Go, oh

fuck." Like, "Oh, no. I have to play

Star Wars."

just like it was

>> it was the worst

>> and I and I miss every second of it.

[laughter]

>> But Lana, did she come to your shows?

>> Yeah, I mean she comes but I mean it's

>> Is she here tonight?

>> No, no, no. She's playing with the kids.

>> Yeah.

>> You've played huge stadiums. You sold

out um was it Madison Square Garden?

Like how many nights in a row? Five,

six. Incredible.

Yes.

>> Thank you.

>> And what's it like playing a space that

big?

>> I my act is kind of tailor made for a

large space. Obviously, comedy is better

enjoyed in a in a room like this, I

believe. But once once you start getting

into arenas and whatnot, you know, I

like to fill the room. I like to get up

there and be physical and and kind of

prowl the stage. I'm not one of these

guys that stands behind the microphone

and tells jokes. Nothing wrong with

that. But for me, especially nowadays,

you know, you got to light yourself on

fire up there for people to like pay

attention.

>> That's so true.

>> You know, if they just if you're not

funny for, you know, an hour and 15

minutes, you could lose, you know,

someone could just go back into their

phone or slip out of consciousness or

what have you. [laughter]

But, uh, I like to keep the people

entertained, not only by telling the the

the story, but also maybe acting out the

story. It's not all physical, but, you

know,

>> you're such a funny physical performer.

You're so I love watching you and and I

read something that was really cool was

you designed your stage a certain way in

your last special. Can you talk about

that?

>> Yeah. So, normally uh I do uh in the

round and I had a round stage uh

previously and then this time I designed

a triangular stage which I could hit the

points a little bit more. When you're

doing a round stage, you kind of don't

know where you're at sometimes in

relation to like, have I been here for a

while, you know? But with the points,

you kind of like know, okay, you know,

I'm at this point, I'm at that point. I

feel like I could service the room

better just by using the triangle stage.

Plus,

>> you know, I made the the the screen

above me triangle. I like production,

too, when I do standup. So, I like to

like pay attention to lighting is big.

How is this lighting? I think this is

beautifully done.

>> All right.

>> Do you like the people over? We got

people kind of on the side.

>> I do. I noticed that.

>> I don't mind that. It It's a little

disconcerting cuz you guys are the same

height as us.

>> Yeah.

>> So, it's It looks like they're on a

ride.

[laughter]

>> And then we got people in the back that

are all We can't see you, but we know

that you're the real fans back there.

>> Oh, yeah. All right. It goes deep. It

goes deep.

>> It does go deep. By the way, and I don't

know if you know this little trivia

here, and I don't know if anybody in the

audience knows,

>> we did a movie together.

>> Okay, we did a movie together. And you

know when it came out, you know what it

what the percentage of it was on Rotten

Tomatoes?

>> No, I didn't check the percentage. Was

it bad?

>> Is 7% bad. [laughter]

>> That's right. That's the first time I

met you. Um, in 2014, there was a movie

called The House with just a young and

upand cominging guy named Will Frell,

you know, and I picked the one [ __ ]

bomb that he made.

I was like, "Sign me up for that one."

No. Him and I were in a movie that was

so fun to make cuz he's the best called

The House. And there was a scene where

>> Yeah. I was uh, by the way, I I

shouldn't say we were in a movie

together. She was in the movie and I

came in for a day.

>> So I think we made the house like a like

it was like a Vegas and I was one of the

performers in the living room performing

to one I think it was Rory Scoville.

>> Yes.

>> Andor Yeah. It was just a day of work

and that uh was early on. It was like

one of my first movies I've ever done.

Yeah.

>> Really. Would you What was your memory

of it? Did you have a Was it a good

experience or do you

>> Yeah. No, it was it was a day I came in.

I never met you or Will or any of those

people. So,

>> it was nice.

>> Yeah, that was a lot of fun. I mean,

[laughter]

I I I I feel like uh like I I I remember

that time and also uh it it it you have

been you had been performing for a while

like you're not an overnight success.

You've been putting the time in for a

very very long time and you've been

working very very hard. What is it in

the same way we talk about fatherhood at

at an age where you feel like you were

ready and mature for it? Do you feel

that same way about your fame and

success?

>> Same. Yeah. 1998 I started doing

standup. So for me, you know, I worked

at the Four Seasons for 7 years getting

my feet wet with standup comedy and I

didn't have a movie or a TV show or

anything that really propelled me into

the mainstream. I I feel even now too,

you know, I have a great fan base and

what have you, but um I still like feel

like there's room for growth. Uh but it

didn't it took a while. I mean uh what

what is this two about 2015 shortly

after we hit the house 7%. Uh

>> I got to say I just looked it up before

and it's up to 20%.

>> Oh, okay. We're moving up. We're moving

up. So

>> with inflation and everything.

[laughter]

>> Yeah. Um but no, it's a slow burn for

me. Nothing nothing comes easy in my

life. Uh so yeah.

>> Why why why doesn't things What do you

mean? It's just, you know, uh my father

and I often discuss this like the

manuscal family always has to take the

long road to get there, right? There's

no shortcuts, which I'm not looking for

shortcuts, but you know, every once in a

while it' be nice to, you know,

>> get a pop. Uh

>> what how does your dad feel like he's

taken the long road? How would he say

he's taken it?

>> I mean, he he immigrated here when he

was 15 years old and, you know, he had

to learn a new language. She's still

learning the language. Um, it's fun

hanging around with like an immigrant

father who just doesn't know like the

words. Uh, [laughter]

>> is there a word still that you that

really makes you giggle that he

>> he Oh, he goes, "Oh, you know your

cousin, he's going to uh miss."

>> What? [laughter]

Old miss. That not ollie miss. So,

there's a lot of that.

>> That one feels okay.

>> No, that's fine.

>> Yeah, that feels okay. That's like the

hillbillies [clears throat] or

something. Um, but he but he he is an

amazing story and and you wrote a film

based on on his story and can you tell

everybody how I mean I'm sure you've

answered this question before, but it's

pretty awesome to work with Robert

Dairo. I imagine

>> I was very nervous. Uh, basically wrote

a movie, never thought it would get, you

know, you write these things, you never

think they're going to do anything. But

this one got picked up uh in Dairo's

hands. He loved it. Wanted to read it

out loud here in New York City with a

bunch of actors. So we read it read it

out loud at a table. And after the table

read, I went up to him and I said, "Uh,

so he's like

and he left." So I'm like, "All right,

it's the end of that." And uh two weeks

later got a call that he's interested

in, you know, playing your father. And

I'm like, you know, this is a guy that

I,

>> you know, good fellas, good casino

posters on my wall. And now he's going

to play my dad in a movie. And then

subsequently called my father

>> down to Oklahoma where he was shooting

the movie because he wanted to get to

know my dad.

>> No way. So you're like, "Dad, he wants

to hang out with you."

>> And my dad's like, "How much am I

getting for this?

>> [laughter]

>> So like uh I no I go you're going to go

for 3 days. He goes yeah well you know

he still cuts hair. He's still cutting

hair at 79 years old. He's like well I

got to readjust my clients and I'm going

to lose money if I go down there for 3

days. And I said just don't worry about

it. Just go. So [laughter]

he went he spent 3 days with Dairo and

Dairo is like you know taking notes. How

do you wear your hat? How do you hold

your cigar? and you know tell me how to

say this in Sicilian. So then he came

back and then

>> Dro wanted him to come to the set and my

dad's like I ain't going to the set.

[laughter]

>> He didn't you know this is like you know

a a movie right with Dairo we grew up

watching and my dad's like I ain't so I

said

[laughter]

>> just come to the set and hang out. So,

my dad was on set. Wow.

>> Teaching Dairo how to do blowouts and

dye jobs. So,

>> we should make it clear that Sebastian's

father does hair

and uh and was a was a hairdresser for

your whole life, right?

>> Yeah. So, he cut my hair until I left

the house at uh I think 23. And

>> does he still give you does he still

want to cut your hair now? He cut my

hair about four years ago and I uh said

that's it.

Um no, he's falling apart. I mean, he's

he's [laughter]

falling apart. He's the shoulders

falling off and [laughter]

>> it's not easy getting old at all.

Especially at that age now, every time I

talk to my parents, it's like, you know,

I'm I am not being right. Okay.

[laughter]

Is it true that Sicilians have great

hair?

>> I don't know. I'm losing a lot of my

hair. It's it's it's a lot of dust up

there. It's a lot of I use a pepper.

>> Yeah. That's called a fiber. [laughter]

Do a lot of pepper before I come up

there. Like

>> I got I got someone back there

with pepper.

>> Like the par the parmesan grater and

just like a little bit more.

[laughter]

But you know that I do want to talk

about um the you on stage because I do I

love I love watching you perform because

as we talked about earlier you are

physical and a lot of people you know on

stage are kind of like neck down or

disconnected from their body when

they're telling jokes. They're like

telling it from their head and you

really do tell it from your body your

whole body when you perform. [snorts]

Did you always like to move as a kid?

Like were you like are you a physical

guy? Like do you like I know you like to

dance. I've seen you dance a lot. Like,

do you I mean, not to get too, you know,

you don't you don't know what I'm

talking about.

>> Well, I I know what you're talking

about.

>> You shake it out.

>> I I

>> Come on. Everybody knows you shake it

out.

>> I shake it out, but it's not I don't

think it's because I have like an

anxiety for anything. My shaking out is

a little bit more just

>> just for the performance. I do like to

move my hands and be physical and have

facial expressions when I'm talking. I

just it took that and just made it a

little bit more grand when I'm on stage.

So,

>> do you have any people that when you

were growing up like physical comedians

that you love?

>> John Ritter is my

>> I was just saying

>> are you kidding me? I just said

backstage we were talking about physical

cuz I was talking about you and I was

like I love how physical Sebastian is

and I said to me John Ritter was he was

my favorite

>> right company for you young you young

you young you young you young you young

you young you young you young you young

you young people [cheering]

>> go watch Thre's company

yeah unbelievable like a master of

physical comedy even though John wasn't

a standup but I took a lot of what he

was doing I used to watch Thre's Company

like game tape

>> growing up over and over and over again.

There was a scene where he was on a

hammock trying to get on the [laughter]

hammock and he fell off. So all those

little movements and and then he would

hit himself and come up and have this

dazed look on. So all that stuff I

really incorporated. So he was a big

inspiration for me. But yeah, the

physicality for me is it's just it's fun

to do. It's like a fun thing for me to

do and I got to keep myself entertained

up there as well.

>> Yeah, I bet because you did what 80

whatever shows this year. Yeah, it was a

lot about 84 shows I think I did. Um,

but yeah.

>> Do you ever do two a days?

>> I used to, but no more. No more. Just

too tired at the at the end.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, Tina and I were were on tour and

we would do, you know what our favorite

thing was? A 4:00 show.

>> Incredible. [applause and cheering]

[laughter]

>> You never do a four.

>> No, I didn't. I didn't do it for the

day.

>> You got to do a four. It'll change your

life.

4:00 show. You're done by 6.

>> No, I like the concept. I just I'm

wondering if my audience would look at

the ticket and go, "Wait, 4:00? We ain't

going."

>> I got to tell you, every single person

at that 4:00 show was pumped.

[cheering]

Am I wrong? They wanted to They wanted

to go to bed. They want to go to sleep.

>> I listen, that is nice for the audience.

Come home and go,

>> right? You're done with your snack in a

little [laughter] bit.

How do you feel about sleep? I always

like to talk to people about sleep on

Good Hang. What is your sleep routine

when you're on the road and is it

different than when you're home?

>> Yes. Uh it's it's difficult on the road

just because I just came like last

night. I had the worst sleep cuz 3 hours

and the plane and I got to adjust and

whatnot. But when I'm home, I am

starting to go to bed sadly

after I tuck my kids in. [clears throat]

I love this. Talk to me about the time.

>> So, I'm in bed about I'd say about 9:00.

>> Incredible.

>> Sebastian, this is my audience. We We

love bedtime. [cheering]

We love bedtime.

All we think about is bedtime. I love

bedtime. 900 p.m. is a winner move.

>> Oh, it is. I try to be consistent with

the sleep just because if it starts to

vary and then it gets screwed up on the

other end because generally speaking I

get up around 6:00 regardless of what

time I go to sleep. Right.

>> Are you doing any sleep eight sleep

mattress ring?

>> No, I I have a CPAP machine because I

have um

>> you you're wearing a a breather or

whatever the hell that is.

>> A breather

whatever the hell it is. I thought I

thought only like that.

>> I know. It's usually

like a man thing,

>> right? No, lucky for me, it's not just a

man thing.

[laughter]

>> You're right. It usually is a man thing.

>> Have you ever heard a woman going, "I

got to travel with this thing." I never

heard of that. I I [laughter]

I never I'm sorry. I not a lot of women

are are doing that.

>> Well, I've always I've always been ahead

of my field.

[cheering]

>> No. Yeah, it's pretty sexy stuff. It's

pretty sexy stuff. But yeah, I have I

have a sleep apnnea. So, I wear the

sleep a machine. And I got to tell you,

I love it. It's changed my life.

>> I love it.

>> I would ne I would never change it for

the world. I I I love it so much. It's

It's totally changed my life. Anybody

who's thinking about it

>> just for fun. Anybody who wants to try

it for fun, do it. It's great.

>> I know. I've heard it. It It's very

beneficial. Right.

>> Incredible.

>> Do you do it consistently every night?

>> Of course.

>> Okay.

>> Got to do it every night and and it puts

you right to sleep. It's It's like

the sound [laughter]

and it has air. Um, excuse me, water.

So, it's like hydrated. So, you never

ever wake up with dry mouth, bad breath,

nose, any of that stuff cuz you're

always hydrated.

You put your lip balm on, your creams,

you hydrate, and then you go and then

you look like a fighter pilot. You go to

sleep. [laughter]

But what's your bedroom bedtime routine?

Tell me about your lotions cuz I bet you

have a skin care routine.

>> I do. I do. I do have a skin care little

toner, little face cream, and

[clears throat]

I put a little cologne on before I got a

little nighttime cologne.

>> Different than daytime cologne.

>> Yeah, I shower prior to bed,

>> of course. do a full lo [laughter] I say

the last two years I've been doing a

full body lotion from head to toe.

>> Oh, very good. All right.

>> What kind of brand you got going there?

We'll cut it out. Don't worry.

>> Brand.

It's a variety of different brands. I

can't recall because again my wife is

just giving me stuff like here. Use this

lotion. Okay.

>> Smart. You don't want to give them free

stuff. I get it.

>> There's one. A lot of them I can't

pronounce. Some of them are French.

>> Okay. So, and then I I've been doing

this cologne routine where I do five

sprays in my palm. I get it hot and I

neck it

and I go to bed. And then in the

morning, what I've been doing, and this

is something maybe you guys should try

tomorrow,

I've been doing two different colog,

one on the front and one on the back. So

you get one cent coming [laughter] and

one cent going. It's a beautiful

technique.

>> Wow.

>> Are you in the men with cologne?

[clears throat] I mean

>> Yeah, I love I sure. And also the the

the front and back is genius

>> because it's like

>> it's beautiful.

>> I thought I knew him, you know, like

[laughter]

>> he's still a mystery to me.

>> [laughter]

>> I mean, you're on tour all the time.

Who's making you laugh right now? Like,

do you watch comedy? Do you like to go

>> No.

>> No, I know. I don't either. It's just

holiday to go.

>> But like, do do what do you what do you

what how do you do you watch stuff to

make you laugh? Do you watch videos? Do

you

>> you watch other comics? What?

>> I don't I don't look at entertainment

for the comedy of it. I look like at

documentaries.

drama.

>> If I want to laugh, I got a friend back

in Chicago. His name is George. I'll

call him.

>> Tell us about George.

>> He just he's one of these guys that just

he's he's funny. He's like we could talk

about daily life and he just makes me

laugh. So George is kind of my go-to for

for comedy. But as far as standup

comedy, I don't like watching it

generally just because I don't know. I

[clears throat] mean, I like to laugh. I

like to see what people doing. Maybe a

special will come on. I'll see five

minutes of somebody and then I'll and

I'll just turn it off if I really like

it. The last one I I I watched from from

front to back was Giannis Papus.

>> Yes.

>> Couple couple specials ago I thought was

really really funny and he caught me on

a night where you know I was so like

giddy and laughing. So

>> generally speaking though I'm like

documentary ser I laugh at serious

serious. I love serious.

>> Um do you watch anything like do you

watch reality TV? Do you care about

that? My wife got me into Love is Blind.

Um, [cheering]

sort of now and then. What are you

laughing at?

[laughter]

>> I guess the question is, do you believe

it is

>> this show? I mean, come on. The concept

of it is cute. Oh, I'm going to fall in

love with somebody and then on the

inside and then, you know, but that's

half. You know, you you know, you got to

eventually come out and look at the

person. If they got no teeth, you know,

it's a problem.

They got to walk down the stairs on

their hands for them to be worth worth

their salt.

I mean, love is blind is for me, like

for people who are listening who might

not know, you know, they talk and then

they finally see each other after they

meet each other just from talking. And

my mirror neurons like I get so

codependently stressed when those doors

open. And the body language was so

stressful when they're like, "Hey,

>> [laughter]

>> when they go from like arms open to just

like pat pat pat. Oh yo yo. And the way

that [laughter]

like the body never lies like when the

way when they go in for the kiss and

it's just like

they just turn they just turn they turn

their mouth away and give him the cheek

and

>> it's brutal.

>> Or she could be that too but it's

brutal. No, I can't handle that. All

right. So you like dark stuff.

>> Well, I mean dark. just like I like I

don't know serious moments I tend to

laugh at and find funny. Like my wife

will be telling me a serious story

>> and I'll just bust out laughing. She

what the what's wrong with you?

[laughter]

>> I I don't know. I'm thinking about

something that's funny pertaining to

what you're saying. So

>> yeah, I know what you mean. Okay. So

you've got a new special coming out.

>> Yeah.

>> Another hour plus of material. It takes

you how long to get new material?

>> I don't know. It's been averaging out

three three years. Every 3 years I come

up with an hour. It's difficult cuz what

you want to do going into these specials

is you want it to be equal to or greater

than the last one. Right.

>> Yeah.

>> And it's difficult because you know a

lot of comedians have a lot of their

best material coming out of the gate

because they've been working so long and

now they're going to you know and then

you know people expect a certain level

from you. So, I'll take it very serious

to make these specials kind of special

because I felt like my last one I was

going through um injury. I had um

sciatic pain on my right leg.

>> No way.

>> And it was very hard for me to move

around.

>> Too much play. Too much.

>> Too much play. A lot of play.

>> And I felt like I couldn't perform like

I normally would perform just because I

was in pain. I couldn't move. Plus, I I

dressed [clears throat] in a tuxedo. I'm

like, I'm going to try something

different, right? Yeah,

>> I'm going to bring Vegas back to Frank

Sinatra. So, I wanted the audience to

dress up and this 20 people dressed up

and

>> [laughter]

>> uh and I felt very hampered in a tuxedo.

I couldn't move in a tuxedo.

>> So, I I wanted to like kind of correct

that with this special and uh I have no

more sciatica and no more tuxedo. So,

>> you do a good Do you have a good

sciatica stretch?

>> Um

>> do you keep up on that?

>> I do. I I take a ball. Yeah. and

>> tennis ball, lacrosse ball. What kind of

ball?

>> It is a It's like a a ball that you

would buy to roll out your legs.

>> Okay.

>> And I put it right here in my soaz.

>> Yes.

>> And I

>> You guys know what that is, right?

>> Yeah. I feel like this is like a like a

health related

section. We're doing sleep now. We're

doing sciatica.

>> Uh we got sleep apnea. We

>> We got to keep we got to we got to get

all the tips. Okay. put it in your soass

>> in your so and roll it like so you get

on the floor and then you basically

stomach yeah you lay on it and roll a

lot of I I believe from my research uh

which is Instagram

>> [laughter]

>> um a lot of the sciatic pain is coming

from the front side of the body uh

particularly in the soaz and I have a

very tight soaz region

>> not to brag

>> I got a big soaz

>> [laughter]

>> Okay. So, what I've learned, you got you

and Pete have been doing your podcast

for 12 years. What What do you like

about doing it? What have you learned?

Like, what what's the best thing about

having a podcast? Like, what what do you

like about it?

>> What I use it for is long for

storytelling. So, Pete and I are like,

you know, he's a beer and peanut guy.

I'm a wine and cheese guy. We're very

opposites in the way we kind of conduct

our life. And he's so funny and so

quickwitted and he's a great listener

and like a lot of times when you're

telling a story, you know this that you

know like story has beats to it and you

know if somebody tells Amy tell that

story about D I'll look at the crowd and

I don't know if you do not a crowd but

like a group of people and I go I'm not

telling that story cuz I know the

attention span of where we're [laughter]

at, right? I know the story needs to

breathe and whatnot, but Pete allows me

to really kind of

>> go off on a tangent with a lot of the

stories and he adds great commentary.

So, we're not guest driven. We don't

really have a lot of guests just because

we have so much fun talking to one

another,

>> but we've been doing this for 12 years.

We we basically it's like phone it's

like a recorded phone call and uh and we

have a ball and that's kind of what I

get out of the podcast. it, as Pete was

saying, we don't really have I mean, we

have a loyal fan base. I mean, nothing

like like this this army you have that

comes out to see. Um,

[cheering]

but it is I mean, if you're looking for

like really just storytelling and

comedic storytelling, uh, that's what I

believe podcasting has done for us is

just give us an opportunity cuz, you

know, when you do standup, you need it

to be tight. You need it to be hitting

it all cylinders. with the podcast. You

know, you guys or whoever's listening to

it could be in, you know, your bathroom

getting ready, you're working out and

whatnot. So, you know, you chuckle here

and there. It's funny,

>> but uh yeah, it's been been a pleasure

working with him and and we plan on

doing it. Uh I mean, you know, it's it's

it's just like a it's a labor of love

for us. Yeah, that's great because and

the best thing about it I feel like is,

you know, with these like longer

extended conversations, you can figure

out your like you can figure out how you

feel about things in real time. Like you

you can hear people kind of sort through

their like value system in a way, but

also just like they like figure out life

in real time with someone else. Like

it's kind of cool to hear that. And um

and because of that, I want to throw out

some things and I just want to get your

take about how you feel about them.

Okay. So, we're going to do a little

speed round.

>> Oh, good.

>> Okay.

Shoeless households.

>> Okay.

>> It's a big debate.

>> Yeah. cuz I do a joke about going over

to somebody's house and they ask, "Could

you please remove your shoes?"

>> And I'm like, you know, I'm a grown man.

I don't I don't feel like I should be

walking around somebody else's house in

my socks.

>> Yeah.

>> Right. I just don't feel confident. Once

a man loses his shoes,

you can't really debate any other man.

It's like, you're in your socks, guy.

Come on.

But, you know, there's people out there

that are very adamant. How dare you?

You, you know, come in with shoes on.

You know how much stuff is on the bottom

of your shoes? Going to trapes that into

the house. Yeah. Okay, fine. I get it. I

It's hasn't been a problem for me for

the last 52 years. [laughter] No one's

ever got sick. Like, what the did

somebody come in there with their shoes

on?

So if you come by the house, people will

be kind and go, "Oh, do you want me to

take my shoes off?" And I feel so good

when I go, "Nah,

leave them on." [laughter]

Especially women, man, it's they love

shoes. They come home with a nice heel.

What they go, "Okay, let me take this

on." And now I got to walk around

barefoot. Have you seen the bottom of

some people's feet? [laughter]

What's on what's on what kind of

bacteria?

[laughter]

That might be even worse than a shoe.

>> Now, Pete was talking to us about

misophonia. Are you a germaphobe?

>> I'm not not a germaphobe. I I would

wouldn't say I'm not wiping down the

plane seat when I walk on the plane, but

I'm like I I often look at people and

how they kind of conduct their lives and

go, "How the hell could you be doing

that here?" You know? I just feel like

there's no like, you know, you go on an

airplane and people will take their

shoes off and they're barefoot and then

they walk into the bathroom.

>> Not okay.

>> Wow.

>> Not okay.

>> So I with this misophonia if you don't

know what it is and it's it's um again

Pete said I I was not diagnosed with it.

>> Yeah. His question I think was what do

you when are you going to get properly

diagnosed?

>> Well, I don't think I need to. I just

feel like if you were opening up a bag

of chips right now and eating Doritos, I

have my window of tolerance for that

>> is very small.

>> It could be anything. People want to,

you know, typing uh heavy typers.

>> You don't like a heavy typing?

>> Oh god. I mean, like if you're like

banging on the keyboard and you're at

Starbucks and I'm waiting in line, I

will just hear the keyboard and nothing

else. Like it drowned out all other

sounds.

>> Like a Tom Cruz movie. It's amazing. It

really is amazing. And I don't want to

get rid of this

>> because I feel like not only do I have a

sensitivity to sound, but also just

people in general, their behavior. And I

feel if I if I lose the misophonia, I'm

going to lose the ability or my radar to

detect that that guy hasn't laughed at

all. Right.

>> Right.

>> So that's why I I keep the disease.

>> Yeah.

>> [laughter]

>> Wedding registries.

>> Wedding registries. Oh, that's a good

one. Uh, we had a registry and when we

got married, um, I have no problem with

it. I don't pay attention to it because

again, growing up in Italian family, we

often brought money to the wedding. So,

you put like some cash in an envelope

and then, you know, you don't bring a

toaster or a blender, you know, the

whatever. I just, you know, nice cash.

Yeah. Envelope. I think everybody likes

a especially when you're getting

started. Mar, it used to be, you know,

people got married kind of young and

they needed a start, right? Oh, here's

$500, you know, here go buy go buy

something to get your life started. But

now it's like I don't know, man. It's

like the parents are bankrolling

>> a lot of these kids today. I mean, it's

it's amazing. And it got silent in here

because maybe some of the people are in

here.

>> Yeah. This is New York City. Yeah.

>> Look at how quiet it got. Your mother

paid for the tickets tonight.

>> Yeah. Everybody turned to their mother

who they're with and said, "I don't know

what he's talking about. I

>> Is there a thing? Is there anything at a

wedding that people do that you that

drives you nuts?"

>> Um,

I'm not into taking home food. And this

is big in the Italian culture.

[laughter]

They'll go to the sweet table. Italians

have a sweet table. And they'll they'll

take a styrofoam

to go thing that they hand out,

>> okay?

>> And they'll take the cookies and

[laughter] the stroy. They'll take it

all home. I'm like, come on. What? We

have this for breakfast tomorrow. I just

think it's a tacky move. I don't like

[laughter]

to go at a wedding.

>> I've never seen that.

>> No. Come to one of my weddings. You'll

you'll see it.

>> Pets. Should people have them?

>> Should people have pets? [laughter]

I have to tell you, I've never had a pet

up until uh a year ago. I got I got a

dog. We got two dogs now.

>> So,

[laughter] we got them for the kids. I'm

not a huge animal lover. It's I'm I like

animals, but like I'm not, you know,

coming home and

I don't take it out to get coffee or,

you know, [laughter]

take it on an airplane. I just felt like

we had a we had a pet in the

neighborhood growing up. His name was

Eidalo. They It's the It's It's the male

version of Italy. That's That's the name

of the dog. Eat alo.

>> And it lived in the garage

>> year round. I mean,

>> it would be 13 below and the dog would

be in the garage.

[laughter]

>> I don't know. It just it was just kind

of like there the dog. It wasn't like

the focal point of the home, right? It

was just like, "Yeah, you all right?

Okay." But now the dog's up here and

it's the paddic and it bothers me. I'm

sorry. It's just

>> What kind of dog?

>> Cats. Forget it. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[laughter]

I'm allergic to cats. That's why I I

don't like them. But God, I I I don't

even go to people. I got a good friend.

He's got a cat. He's got two cats. I go,

I can't come to the house until the cats

stay.

>> I can't.

>> Yeah. Amy Miles um has cats and she had

a cat that really tried to almost like

become your lover. Like the cat would

and I was saying I I feel the same way

about cats. Like I feel fine with them

and I think they're great,

but I don't really want I'm a tiny bit

allergic, like just a little bit. So, I

try not to touch them and because of it,

they're obsessed with me.

>> I just ignore them and they just come up

and crawl and they get in your clothes.

And Amy used to have a cat named

Noseratu

who would

try to suck your spirit out of your

mouth.

>> So, I understand. Yelling.

>> Yelling. Um,

>> how do you feel about yelling? I mean, I

don't know. A good yell every now and

then is [laughter] is healthy.

>> Do you yell at your kids?

>> Yeah, I yell at my kids. Again, I'm not

one of these parents that gets on the

same level as their kids and go just

it's tell me what you're going through.

It's it's not that. I think a good dose

of a yell, not a lot because I with

raising kids, you have to act sometimes

like you're psychotic, right?

>> [laughter]

>> And if you lose lose your composure, the

kids will go, "Wow, we don't want to see

that again." Right.

>> So, a good yell, I think, every now and

then sets the family straight.

[laughter]

>> Agreed.

>> Oh, you're getting some applause.

>> I'm surprised.

>> I'm surprised.

>> I'm surprised you're getting applause

from the parents of the people who paid

for their kids to be

Santa Claus. We had a problem with Santa

Claus.

[laughter]

Again, this is another thing I'm not

into. My daughter accused my wife and I

of being Santa Claus. This is when she

was 5 years old. Okay?

>> And I wasn't ready for it. I thought

Santa Claus discussions normally happen

maybe around 8 to 10 to 11. So, I'm

like, "What the five? That's that's

young." So, I came out of the room. I

asked my wife, I go, "What? get on this

text thread that you're with the moms

and find out what's going on at

[laughter] school.

>> Yeah.

>> We found out that a lot of parents tell

their kids there's no Santa because they

don't want to lie to their kids. Right

now I'm thinking that's all I do

is lie to my kids. Right? [laughter] Eat

your carrots. You're going to see

better.

Yeah. So, I got so upset.

>> Yeah.

>> I was at a Christmas party. There was a

Santa Claus there. So, I'm telling

Santa, Generally speaking, when I go to

these parties, you dance. I talk to like

the waiters and the people that are

working in the party.

>> Got it. Got it. I get it.

>> So, I'm talking to Santa.

>> You're going to back of the house.

>> Yeah. Go back to the house.

>> Yeah. Go back of the house.

>> So, I talked to the Santa and I said,

uh, you know, kid don't believe. And he

goes, well, I offer a service where I

could come to the house. So, yeah. This

is in Los Angeles. Can you believe it? I

come to the house on Christmas Eve

and I'll put the presents down, right?

So, 12:30 at night, this guy comes

[laughter]

in my end of my robe in the driveway.

Come, come this way. The tree's over

here. Santa

comes in. I [laughter] wake up the kids.

I go, Santa's here. We come, we look at

Santa,

and then Santa uh then the kids go back

to bed. I peel off 300

for this drunk Santa in my house.

And now the kids have, you know, they

they believe again. So I highly

recommend if you can get a Santa to come

to your house, it's

[applause and cheering] incredible.

>> Incredible.

[laughter]

>> Wow.

And I guess the last question I want to

ask you, Sebastian, and thank you so

much for your time. And again, check out

Sebastian's new special on Hulu and all

the good work that he's doing. It's so

great to have you. Thank you so much for

doing this. It's been so fun. Can you

just talk me through how you cook your

steak?

>> Okay.

>> Because

it feels like what I've read is that you

do a reverse sear and I want to talk

about it.

>> Okay. I like these questions.

So, I found this video. This is about 10

years ago online about the reverse sear.

Basically, what it is is you take the

steak out of the refrigerator, you leave

it set for about 30 minutes, get it to

room temperature. I like to do mine

about 4550 minutes. Just let it get used

to the atmosphere.

>> And what kind of cut are we talking

about?

>> Uh, used to like um ribeye. Now I'm on

to New York's New York strip because the

ribeye got a lot of fat on it and at

this age, you know, I could go at any

minute.

>> So,

I'm doing New York uh uh strip steak.

Um, and I heavily salt it and heavily uh

put pepper on it uh right from the hair.

[laughter]

Uh,

and then I set the oven to 275. I put it

in there for about 45 minutes. After the

45 minutes, I take it out. I let it rest

for 15. All the while, I got a cast iron

skillet, white hot. I do a sear for

about a minute each side. Cut and serve

with a little

rosemary,

lining the serving plate. I like garnish

on a plate

when it comes to the table because a lot

of times when you have steak, there

might be a little, you know, blood or

whatever kind of moving throughout the

plate. And I like the uh the stems of

rosemary. It kind of adds a nice touch.

So,

>> anything else in the pan like no butter?

>> No. I know a lot of people do a little

oil, maybe garlic, and then they they

they kind of base it with the spoon. No,

this is a you don't need it. You snake

here. You want you want us you want a a

shout out and a sponsor for this? Snake

River Farm meat is probably the best

meat

>> that you can get. You got to order it

online though. Uh I've been promoting

these this this meat company for a while

and uh not one free fillet.

>> I'm the guy that gets nothing. Like Andy

probably has a bunch of stuff coming to

the house, right? Swag. Here's this.

Here's that. We understand. You got a

band. Here's a guitar.

>> Right.

>> I get nothing. Nothing is sent to me.

No. Here. Try this. Try that. I got no

boxes.

Like DJ Khaled is constantly opening up

a watch

or shoes. [laughter]

I got nothing.

>> And what's your sides? Before you go, I

need to know what are you serving with

your steak. So, we like to do a

fingerling potato.

>> Wa. Not what I expected.

>> What' you expect?

>> I expected a whipped or a mashed.

>> Funny you say that. I started doing

mashed cuz my kitchen is being remodeled

right now. I can't cook, but I started

doing mashed potatoes prior to the the

kitchen remodel. And, you know, it's

it's a little bit labor intensive.

>> Yeah. It's not easy to get a good

mashed.

>> Yeah, it's not easy to get a good

mashed, but

The fingerling is sufficing for now. And

then I'll take I'll put a green in

there. I'll put a I'll put a broccoli.

I'll put a little asparagus. Um I'm

trying to get the kids to eat, you know,

healthy. Um you know, with this kind of

graband-go stuff that I'm not into the

processed foods, although, you know, I'm

not saying that I'm eating so well, but

you know, you want to give the the kids

a nice

>> No, here's a little tip I tell people

with young kids that I'll share with

you, too. And I learned it from my

brother who lives in Sweden with his um

Swedish wife and family. They do this. I

don't know if it's sweet. It's probably

not Swedish, [laughter]

just what they do. But like when dinner

time is almost ready, like that hungry

time when like you're 5:36 when the kids

are about to eat and food is cooking,

they just put a big plate of vegetables

with like ranch or hummus on the table

and your kid is hungry and they eat a

bunch of carrots and celery just as a

snack cuz it's not part of their dinner.

Like, but the minute you put it on the

plate with anything like pizza or pasta

or anything, they're not going to eat

it.

>> But if you slide it in there before

dinner, when they're hungry, they'll

have a few carrot sticks. They don't

even know they're eating it.

>> You know, it that does sound good in

theory, but how prone are you to, you

know, cut some carrot radishes?

[laughter]

You got this beautiful

tray of vegetables and one one carrot.

And then who's eating the rest of the

vegetables, right?

>> Are you Are you going to knock them out?

No. They're going in the garbage.

>> You're right. Cutting too many

vegetables

is a nightmare. [laughter]

>> But I would take a vegetable over a

fruit any day.

>> What's your What's your vegetable

>> favorite? [laughter]

Well, I love anything in the P family.

So, I love a pee. I love a a you know,

what do you call it? A a

>> snap pee. Thank you. I love a pee. I

love I love an asparagus.

I I I love a potato. Does that count as

a vegetable?

>> Yeah. Does it? I don't know.

>> Mushroom. I love a mushroom.

>> Okay. Mushroom. So, what's your favorite

fruit?

I feel like some kind of like savory

like a like a chicken curry with

mushrooms and rice.

>> No, no, no, no.

Food. Did you hear food?

>> Oh, you said fruit.

>> Yeah, food.

>> You said it like you said IT LIKE THIS.

FOOD. [laughter]

>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? What's your

favorite food?

[laughter]

My favorite fruits.

>> Yeah. Fruit

[laughter]

>> is um I don't know. A plum.

>> A plum. Oh, wow.

>> What's your favorite food?

>> What's your favorite fruit?

>> Fruit is a banana or a strawberry. It's

a tossup.

>> Yeah.

>> And uh vegetable? I like an asparagus. I

I really love an asparagus bigger than

asparagus. But if I had to choose, I'd

go strawberry or banana over a vegetable

any day of the week.

>> You'd go fruit over veggie fruit.

>> Wow. You got this audience. As we as we

wrap up, I guess raise your hand. Are

you uh raise your hand if you'd go fruit

over veg.

>> Wow.

>> Look at that. Look at that.

>> I can't even see the people up the top.

>> That's impressive.

>> The people on the side on the park ride

are all veg.

Nobody's voting fruit.

>> Unbelievable. Well, you found your

audience, Sebastian.

>> Give it up everybody for Sebastian.

[cheering]

>> Thank you so much.

[cheering] Appcate

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