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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-23-20' from Bill Burr on Comedy Buff. Published 2020-01-23. Transcript available.

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-23-20

All right. Hey, hey, what's going on? It's Bill Burr and it's time for a very
special edition
of the Thursday afternoon, just before Friday, Monday morning podcast.
You know, whenever I have a guest, I always try to make sure that it's going to
be somebody
special. And I don't know how to top this one as far as influence on why the
hell I'm sitting here,
how I even know how to write a joke or where the hell, you know, all these
towns in Massachusetts
in New Hampshire are. Please welcome Boston comedy legend, Don Gavin.
Very nice to be here, Bill. And thank you for calling me special.
You are here to promote. You have a new, what do they call it?
An album.
An audio, digital audio download available. Don Gavin live with a Manhattan.
Live with a Manhattan.
With a Manhattan. Very important. Not from Manhattan.
That's correct.
Okay. With a Manhattan, which is available right now on Sirius and Pandora. And
then Friday
of this week, it's going to be available everywhere. iTunes, Spotify, and any
stream you can find
strawberries, cream or creek or whatever.
Yep. Absolutely. So what's going on, man? I don't think I've ever run into you
out here in LA.
That's because I haven't been out here for quite a while.
What was the last time you were out here?
Oh, man. I did some commercials maybe in the 2002 or 2003 or something like
that.
And I got a $300 jaywalking ticket, so I didn't come back. Which I haven't paid,
by the way.
I don't know what...
Oh, there's a warrant out for you.
I don't know what the statute is.
Where were you jaywalking?
Right down in Hollywood. Right near where there are comedy stores down that way.
Okay.
And the cop...
Wow.
The cop actually pulled me. He says, you know why I'm pulling you over? I go,
well, you're
not pulling me over. I'm walking.
Right.
And I said, I thought this only happened in the movies. $300 ticket. $300
ticket.
$300.
Yeah.
And I had to go in. I was supposed to be doing this commercial. He said, I don't
believe
you because I was dressed in sweatpants and looked like a bum pretty much,
which is like
my normal garb. And so he came in the studio with me to check to see if I was
for real.
Because I had no ID on me or anything like that. So I think he wanted to arrest
me.
Oh, because you didn't have an ID.
Yeah.
Because I was thinking, why does he give a shit what you're doing?
I don't know. But he wanted his $300 at some point, which they haven't got.
Do you ever watch those videos online when there's people who actually know
their rights
and they just start going at the cop? I would still be nervous to do that. Like,
no, I'm
not required to give you an ID. I'm not in a car. I am a citizen.
I'm sure they say, well, we'll just hold you until you produce this or that.
Yeah. I haven't
got the time for that. No, I don't think I'd have the savvy to do that. I don't
have that
law background, as they say.
Yeah. How did the gig go? The commercial shoot?
I didn't get it.
You didn't get it?
Isn't that hilarious? Did they make you fly yourself out here?
I was already out here for a while.
Oh, you were.
I've ventured to the West Coast a few times. I lived in Studio City for a while.
That's
where I was living at that time, I believe.
Oh, you did? Okay. I actually, it took me the longest time to like it out here.
Yeah.
But now I, I, I, I, I, I like it. I, I do definitely get nervous with the whole,
it's a city that does, that exists, but shouldn't exist, you know? And yeah,
sometimes that gets, that gets to me as far as like, you know, the dollar
collapsing and, and, and, and, you know, global warming. I'm kind of like, but
then the other side of me is like, well, it'll be over quick.
I mean, you guys back East, you got all those lakes and shit. You could sit
there and fill
up your canteen, but I'm going to be fucked out here. But with many other
people though,
you won't be alone.
Yeah. I think it'll be all of us self-involved people tweeting about how we're
dying. But, uh, tell me about this album. Where did you, uh, where did you
record? And dude, I, I just, it's such a thrill. I gotta say again, to have you
on here, like, uh,
I appreciate the hours and hours and hours and hours that I've watched you do
stand up with all different kinds. Do you remember that time I showed up super
late?
Yes. In fact, I was telling some friends about that.
Oh my God. I was so nervous.
Let me tell you a listener, this one, this man, Mr. Burr comes in. We were
working at a, uh, in New Hampshire, a place, uh,
I thought it was Mania, New Hampshire.
No, New Hampshire. It was, uh, I think a place, uh, Jonathan's, I think it was.
Anyways, so in those days, a two man show. And in those days, uh, Bill was, was
the opening act.
And I was to close that. And so the opening act, Bill, uh, somehow comes quite
late.
I was at least 90 minutes late.
And so now I, it's the deal is I'm going to have to go on first. You're going
to have to go on second. You came through the door, but you, you had me off for
the, headed me off for the pass.
Instead of, instead of being apologetic, you said, I don't want you in my face.
Leave me alone. You wouldn't believe the traffic. And you went on and on.
And I said, yeah, I wouldn't believe the traffic. That's why I came about three
hours earlier. And then afterwards you apologize.
I remember I was so fucking pissed. And then also, but I was so scared. Yes.
Cause I was like, Don's going to call my clock.
And then that's going to be, I'm going to be out of giggles. And then Mike has
everybody's, all the big guys ears, Lenny, Sweeney, all of, uh, Noxie, rest his
soul, Tony and all of them.
And I was just like, I am just going to, I just, I just, whatever, however long
I've been working, two and a half years of work down the tubes. I got to move.
Bill Burr's career goes down before it begins.
Yes. That's what I was worried about. But you were, I remember you were sitting
at the bar and it was funny. Yeah. You didn't say, all right. You didn't say
anything.
You just were looking at me as I was spewing all this shit out. Yeah.
And, uh, then I just sort of ran out of steam and you were just looking at me
and I just went, I'm sorry, man, I can't. And you just went, it's all right. It's
all right. Just, uh, just sit down. We're going to figure this out.
That was, I had two fuck ups like that. Really? I had another one where I
pulled up to Mike Clark's giggles and saugas. And I, I want to say I was with
Tony V and we thought it was an eight 30 show. And we got there at like 10 past
eight. And Mike is standing outside the club. And we don't know why. So we're
like, Hey, Mike, how's it going?
And he, in his head, he's like, these fucking assholes are showing up 10
minutes late and come strolling in like that 20 minutes early. Cause that was
our vibe. And he goes, listen, pal, you know, I don't mind if you're going to
be late, but you know, I just got to give me a call. And I was just like, yeah,
man, if I'm ever late, I'll give you a call. And we like went back and forth
like a bad sitcom, not understanding each other. And then he goes, pal, the
show was supposed to start 10 minutes ago. And then I was like, Oh no. Oh God.
I pissed off. Yeah. You guys were all so fucking intimidating. You know what I
mean? Cause you guys had like, you were like the generation before me.
So you were even angrier than my generation. So you actually scared my, my lunatic,
uh, generation. So when you made, uh, live with the Manhattan, which by the way,
is that your drink?
Uh, my before dinner drink. Yes.
Your before dinner?
And then I have something else after dinner, but, uh, yes, before dinner drink.
So no, it's kind of a, kind of an older person to drink, which I am kind of an
older person, but I stick with tradition.
Yeah. Classy guy. Manhattan.
Yeah. Yeah. Very classy.
You can be absolutely shit face, but you got slacks on, you're drinking those.
You're fine.
It looks like an adult beverage instead.
Yeah.
It hasn't got a pink straw in it or a flamingo or anything.
Yeah.
I was always a, uh, just sort of a straight, like, well, I was a beer guy first
and then I,
then I switched to like bourbons and I kind of just went that on the rocks or
just straight.
So educate me here.
What is, what is it?
It is.
It is.
It's a Canadian whiskey with a little bit of, uh, a little bit of, uh, bitters,
just tiny bit of bitters and a nice cherry in it and a sweet bournemouth.
That's it.
Oh God, that sounds delicious.
Yes.
They get down rather easy.
At least for me.
So let me just, cause I, I, I've been laying off the booze for a little bit, so
I like to live vicariously through people.
So you have this Manhattan before dinner, which by the way, that's, that's,
that's an America that should come back.
Yes.
You know, okay.
So you have a parrot chief.
Yeah.
After you, well, what, what's, what's your go-to drink?
Don wants a buzz.
Oh, Don doesn't really necessarily want a buzz, but my go-to drink is a lot of
vodka with a hint of a claw, which would be a tan Russian, not a black Russian.
Tan.
Tan.
Oh, you go light.
And I usually put those in a gallon barrels and that's how I drink those.
So that's a lot of ice though.
A lot of ice.
Make sure you.
Ice takes up a quarter of that gallon.
Yeah.
That's right.
But you want to make sure that you're, you're properly lubricated, you know?
Absolutely.
Yeah.
That's the deal.
What is, where did you record this album?
We did it actually at the Portland Comedy Connection.
And you remember that?
Oh, yeah.
Portland Comedy Connection.
We did this thing.
And after I did it, six months later, the place closed.
So that's how effective I was up at that.
Oh, no.
That's not there anymore.
That finally closed?
Yeah.
Well, it was on a pier, you just remember, that was falling apart.
And finally, somebody, one of the dinner guests, actually fell halfway through
the pier.
Not all the way into the water.
Right.
But the place was falling apart.
It was, it was, and it was, it was really a horrible little spot.
But, but the comedy there was, it was terrific.
Yeah.
Do you remember the, the original one?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
So the original one was, was more downtown, Portland.
And I remember doing spots up there for, I swear to God, it felt like half a
year.
And we would be like, what the fuck is that smell?
And they found out a rat had died.
And it was like, it wasn't right above you as a comic.
It was like off to the right on that beam.
The thing just, just, I don't know, had a heart attack or something.
It just died.
It didn't fall.
And it just laid there.
And nobody, you know, close enough to the ocean.
You thought, is it a fucking low tide?
You know, what's going on here?
Yeah.
They had a dead rat up there.
Yeah.
So now I think it's a restaurant or maybe it's a high rise.
I don't know what it is, but it did, did finally close now.
Well, of all the places you've done, your all time favorite room to do stand up
and just
go up where you just knew you were going to, you were going to murder.
Wow.
That's a, that's a good question.
I like the smaller intimate rooms, which is with my fame, that's the rooms that
I work.
So that's, that's probably what I like though.
It's right in your wheelhouse.
When you do these big large auditoriums, to me, that's showing off.
Yeah.
So I keep, I keep.
I've always been full of myself.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I like to keep my cross down.
Usually like double figures, you know, that's hard.
Yeah.
This is, there's an air of mystery about you when you work the smaller places.
An air of mystery.
I like that.
Yes.
It's a mystery, all right.
That's why we're trying to get this album out.
So maybe I'm not a mystery.
Yeah.
I used to see the quotes all the time that I was Boston and comedy's best kept
secret.
I'm going, you know what?
Let's not have that a secret anymore.
Can we change that if that's possible?
People start talking about it.
Yeah.
Well, that's why you're doing the podcast here.
Correct.
You know what's a great one too?
It was the old comedy, the original Comedy Connec