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Andrew Santino Explains How Bad Friends Started

- Do you text Robert De Niro or no? - No.
- So after you did two movies with him... - Yeah.
- He played your dad in... What's it? The family...
- About My Father, yeah. - About My Father?
Right, and after the premiere, after all that,
you never talked to him again?
There might have been one exchange of a text message,
but no, we didn't have that type of relationship.
You know, we did the scene.
He sat down at his chair and, I don't know, opened up a Nobu,
and I was learning my life.
So there was never like, "Hey, you wanna grab a bite after this?"
- No. - Wow.
- No. It wasn't like that. - Those guys also are...
The age gap, they're settled in their ways.
They've been doing this for so long.
They probably like a system.
A lot of those guys, they like it their way.
They kinda wanna...
Yeah, but I'm doing... So the pitch today, right?
I was like, they're like, "What actors do you think?"
And I'm lowball, like people I can get.
How about the guy that's on NCIS or whatever it might be, right?
The eighth lead, right?
I mean, for him to go, "De Niro" is insane.
Yeah, it's wacky.
Did you ask him personally, or you went through agents and stuff?
No, the producer of our film had worked with Robert before,
and he reached out to him and said, "Hey, I got a script you might want to like."
He read it.
We got wind from his team that he really enjoyed it,
and he wanted to read it out loud, get it up on its feet around with a bunch of
actors.
So the studio hired a bunch of actors in New York.
We all sat around the tables.
You flew to New York?
Yeah.
For a table room.
No, he walked.
I know, but to fly to a city for a table room, you would do that?
If Robert fucking De Niro goes, "Hey, kid, I need you in the Maldives in an
hour and a half on your own dime."
Yeah.
I'd be like, "I will fucking rent a private jet, Robert De Niro."
What level would you not do it?
Let me throw some actors.
Carrie Elwes from "A Princess Bride."
He goes, "I need you in New York."
I do love him.
He's great.
"I need you in New York, right, right now."
And I would say, "My sweet Wesley, I'm on my way."
You would say yes to Carrie Elwes.
I don't know, man.
Yeah.
What's the project?
It's a great movie.
What is it?
It's a movie about-
Do it in a British accent.
Hello.
It's a movie about-
He's English?
Carrie Elwes is English?
I thought his name's Carrie?
Yeah.
I thought it was a woman.
You don't know who Carrie Elwes is?
No.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's British.
You don't never heard-
He didn't have one in "A Princess Bride."
Oh, interesting.
So his accent was different in a movie than it is in real life.
I've never seen an interview with him, so I don't know.
Right on.
So what if Seb called?
And asked me to do something for him?
And he goes, "I have a table read in New York tomorrow.
Will you fly to New York?"
Yeah.
Come on.
What are we talking about?
That's a no.
No.
It's 100% a yes.
I don't know if I would.
I would do it in a heartbeat.
I think.
Who's in it?
Okay, I'll fly to New York for you.
God, you'd have to think about it.
No, I would.
Fuck yeah, dude.
Anything for him.
So what are you plugging now?
Do you have a movie coming out?
Or what is it?
What's going on here?
So smooth.
No one does it better.
Nobody flows better.
I look at the numbers, and they're fine.
So I'm doing something right.
No, no, I know.
I'm saying it really.
I'm not going to change.
You shouldn't.
I love you so much.
I love you more than you.
How long have you been doing this podcast?
How many years?
Four years?
Four and a half years?
How many episodes?
Four long years.
Four long, long years.
How many episodes are we on, fans?
223.
223.
Has there been, was there a moment in your podcast who was like a tipping point
where
you're like, wow, we're off to the races.
We got a beautiful fan base.
Or is this something that was a gradual build and kept onboarding people?
When did you know you were popular?
Episode one.
The first one?
No.
I would say, I say this was a confluence of, you know, not to give like the
backstory,
but the truth really was Bobby relapsed and his dad had died and I was with him
dealing
with it, filling in for him on his other show with his ex at the time.
And so I did a bunch of fill-ins and then we had a personal situation where I
wanted him
to get help.
And then he was like, when I get out, I think we should start that show that we
had joked
about starting.
And when he got out was like funnier and healthier and happier than he'd ever
been on the heels
of tragedy of his father.
And we started the show in a little bullshit studio, like a piece of shit,
cockroach infested.
Cockroach.
It was fucking gross.
And right away we were having so much fun fucking with each other and then
COVID hit.
And so it was like.
Perfect timing.
Anyway.
No, but it was just like the harmony.
The first episode was wacky, insane.
And when we put it out, people were like, oh yeah, this is, we've been wanting
these
because the fans had said they should, we should get together for years.
Okay.
So there was, but also we, um, I had this YouTube show called talking.
Yeah.
It was an interview show and he was one of the guys.
And I just, I always thought that that one was my favorite one.
The way he just, just hit the, we kind of rode the edge together in a weird way.
Yeah.
If just back then people started being like, why don't these two idiots get
together?
And over the years we joked about something.
And then to be honest, Kalilah, his ex was, she put, she was like, why don't
you guys do
it?
And we were like, I don't know.
I have no idea.
And, and truth be known.
And I'm going to say something that's not funny and honest is, is that, you
know, because
I know about Simon and Garfunkel and wham, they all broke up, right?
It's, it's, it's egos, right?
So for me, it's like, I'm, he's the captain of the ship.
Stop.
No, stop, stop.
I'm being honest right now.
Stop it.
I'm not stopping anything.
Yeah.
It's a responsible one.
No.
Yes.
Well, responsible, but that's.
And also I give you a lot of the decision making.
I feel like.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
So my point being is, is that.
I have to, cause you're sleeping.
I know exactly.
You're right.
But you know what I mean?
But it's like, sometimes I'm awake.
Sometimes.
And even in those times I'm awake, right?
I go, let Andrew do this.
You know what I mean?
And so I think there needs to be like my ego.
You know what I mean?
You know what I mean?
So if you're sleeping with us, I think that's what's helped.
Like when he's, when he did that movie, you know, with the Pier, the Fairley
brothers
movie or the Fairley movie, I filled in with him.
And I was the first time in my life.
I was like, so happy for somebody and going, yeah, you know, I'll, I'll take
care of our
home until you come back.
You know what I mean?
So it's like, it's the first situation where I like, there's no ego and I'm
just happy.
We're happy for each other and we get along for the most part.
I think.
Well, when you, you know, you and Pete are old friends, right?
Well, well, yeah, it kind of, I didn't know you guys were that tight.
First of all, I didn't know that you fell off the wagon.
That's several times.
I only have two and a half years now.
I've put him in rehab.
What?
Three times.
Yeah.
Three times.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah.
I almost died.
Wow.
Just FYI.
For your information.
For your information.
For your information.
I mean, so anyway, yeah.
Yeah.
We've got, yeah.
We've been through kind of the, I guess, the ringer.
So there's a history there.
Yeah.
No, Pete and I have known each other for 12 years and kind of same thing.
There was no tragedy or anything like that, but we, uh, it wasn't meant to be
funny.
I like it.
It was a tragedy.
But, uh, yeah, we started our show years, years ago, and I've just always found
it interesting
how these things become what they are.
Yeah.
And, uh, it's always nice to start it with somebody that you already have kind
of like,
nobody put you two together and said, you guys, you kind of.
Well, I will say, I think that this is, but this is things that, you know, from
standup
that like the show kind of exemplifies is like the fans.
It's so much fun to fans send it.
All this is fan art.
We interact with them a lot.
It just becomes kind of like this family.
And whenever we do the live shows, he kind of reiterates that, that it's like,
it really
is feels like a family.
It's fucking weird.
They feel like we all know each other.
It feels like it's.
No, I've seen the videos.
Like you guys are out there.
It's wild.
You're in the crowd.
You're interacting.
I think that helps the rhythm of it a little bit.
And you, you also meet them before the shows.
We do like a meet and greet and stuff like that.
And it's like, it, it's shocking to see the, the age range.
And, um, we have people bring their like 13 year old sons.
Yeah.
The walk of life, you know, are different.
Like some people are affluent.
Some people are more like us.
You know what I mean?
Gritty.
I mean, it's just, it's a, it's a great combination of people.
It's, it's shock.
Old ladies.
When we get, when we get someone who looks like they would go to your show.
Yeah.
Meaning someone that's like well dressed.
It's like, yes, we got one.
Yeah.
When we get like a well dressed.
Well dressed.
The one that we know like valets.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We always go, holy fuck.
A Sebastian fan is here.
That's how we've seriously.
Yeah.
Let me ask you this.
I've been wanting.
Cause you know, lately I've been doing, I'm not headlining these things, but
you know,
you do these big amphitheatery kind of shows.
I know you're used to that, but like, you know, I did one with Burton Tom was
like 15,000
seats, you know what I mean?
And then I'm going out with fully loaded this Thursday.
They're pretty big arena, you know?
And when I, even when I'm on stage, it doesn't, I don't feel like it's a club.
I feel like it's not as fun really.
Do you like the bigger rooms?
Do you like the bigger rooms?
Because it seems, it's not that fun.
You like it?
I mean, if I had a nice small theater, 1500 seats.
I like the Wynn hotel where I perform in Las Vegas, 1500 seats.
Nice, intimate is a nice room.
I love that room.
Yeah. Comedy club.
Yeah. You there.
Yeah.
Comedy clubs. Great.
I love comedy clubs, but you get into an arena.
It, you know, it loses some of the, you know, intimacy that you would, that you
normally
see at a smaller place, but, but it's exciting.
You know, there's another feeling that you get when you don't do a theater or
in a club.
It's like the energy of, you know, 15, 20,000 people screaming.
But in your head, are you, I mean, for me, sometimes it's like, I'm on stage.
And for that many people, I'm like, um, do I belong?
You're like, what the fuck is going?
Like, I don't even accept that.
Like, this is even a real thing.
Do you, do you know how big you are is what I'm asking you?
That's a weird question probably.
But, uh, if anywhere I feel comfortable.
Yeah.
Being on stage in front of three people or, you know, 20,000 people.
To me, it's, it's, that's the one place I feel like I'm, I'm comfortable.
Have you ever done a show like that for three people?
Like, like, like, like a corporate?
Not, not, I love corporates by the way.
Yeah.
Uh, but I've done those, those shows at the comedy star to speak to what Bobby
was saying.
When I first came there, I got like these, you know, 12:30, one o'clock spots.
So that, that terrible, terrible spots.
Yeah.
I did a corporate for five, five adult, five people.
Is that, was it planned for five or five showed up?
Now he had a, there was a day.
I can't mention the names, but I'll tell you afterwards.
But he had a tough day, canceled the party and decided to keep just the three,
four other confidants with him.
And I still had to perform.
And I couldn't say no because the check cleared.
So I was like, okay.
Good money.
Huh?
Pretty good money.
Yeah.
He did it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Was this at a home or a banquet hall?
It was at a resort.
Wow.
In a banq