Name: Bill Burr "Sebastian Maniscalco is Amazing"
Uploaded: 2023-12-28T16:00:30.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr "Sebastian Maniscalco is Amazing"' from Fans of Bill Burr on Comedy Buff. Published 2023-12-28. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr "Sebastian Maniscalco is Amazing"' from Fans of Bill Burr on Comedy Buff. Published 2023-12-28. Transcript available.

Did Sebastian really live below you, meet you?
No, lived on the same floor as me.
And that's how he got into comedy?
He asked me how to, he did the hardest thing in comedy.
He came to L.A. and started at the store in the late 90s.
Wait, what year were you in, was this when you were shooting?
Well, no, that was over, but I can't, it was like,
It's got to be 98.
98.
You came back in 99.
99.
99, you came up to me, I was on.
That's when Patrice told me, like, wow, at least I feel like I'm moving forward.
99, I was walking down 3rd Street and you said, West 3rd, and you said,
Hey, I heard you're funny.
I heard you got a deal.
Listen, you should go.
Don't be embarrassed to tell Esty that you got a deal.
They don't know about Hollywood stuff.
And if you got something going on, it's okay to say that.
And I went, really?
And you're like, yeah, yeah, you know, it's whatever you can do to get spots.
I told you to say that.
You said, whatever you can do to get spots.
And then.
Did that work?
No.
And then.
I know.
Yeah, I didn't think that's bad advice.
It did not work.
And then.
My heart was in the right place.
I was listening to that advice.
I'm like, that doesn't work.
Yeah.
And then Geraldo.
Geraldo, I said to Geraldo, I said, so Bill said this.
And Geraldo was like, if I were you, I'd just keep getting on stage.
Just get on stage as much as you can, buddy.
And I was like, okay.
And what did you learn?
Listen to Greg.
Don't listen to Bill.
So wait.
Sebastian came up to you, you live on the same floor, and he was like.
It was so funny.
He came up to me, he goes, uh, yeah, so you're already, uh.
By the way, he was still Sebastian then.
Yeah, he was still Sebastian.
He's like, um, you're a comedian, right?
You're a comedian.
And I was all excited.
Oh, my God, somebody knows, you know, what I do.
I'm like, yeah, yeah, I do.
Come here.
And he goes, yeah, I've been, uh, been thinking about trying it.
You know, I felt like we were doing like a drug deal or something.
And I was like, he goes, how do you get it?
And I was going like, yeah, you go down to the store.
And I was, and as I was telling him what to do, he was just going to go like.
Like I was boring.
I felt like I was boring him with it.
And we just became friends.
And he had some crazy neighbor that was living across from him that used to
walk around naked.
It was, I'm not, I'm spared the fucking details.
It was some dude that was getting off on.
Other people seeing him naked?
I think other guys seeing him naked.
I've been that guy.
Keep going.
So I became friends with him because we were hanging out and we were spitballing,
trying
to figure out, because he was calling the cops and like, unless you got like
video, we can't
get you.
So I was spitballing how he could entice this guy to get naked.
I go, you got to walk around the apartment, just be a little frilly.
And we were just laughing.
And then I moved back to New York.
And then like five years later, I was out and I'm like, I'm never going to L.A.
again.
They're all so phony.
You know, just stupid shit.
Because I couldn't get stage time.
I was blaming a city.
Stupidest thing you can do, right?
So five years later, I come out and I see this guy on stage.
I'm like, how the fuck do I know this guy?
Because I knew him very briefly.
I knew him for about six, seven months.
And then five years went by, you know, and I was back out there doing some
showcase, probably
bombed, right?
And I saw this guy on stage.
I'm going like, how the fuck do I know this?
And the outro, you know, when he was just going by Sebastian.
And I was just like, oh my God, that's that fucking guy down the hall.
Look at him.
He's getting spots.
And I wanted to say hello, but like, you know, bullshit.
I had to, you know, go somewhere.
And then the next time I came out, he was like one of the guys.
Yeah.
And I walked up to him.
We both, hey, do you remember?
I got, yeah, I remember you, right?
And then fucking last year, he was getting comedian of the year.
And he had just sold out Madison Square Garden four fucking times.
It's one of the coolest stories I have as far as like, I lived down the hall
from a guy
who asked, how do you start?
And now here I am presenting him with this award and he fucking-
You presented the award to him?
Yeah.
I almost got choked up.
It was fucking crazy.
But he said, I want Bill to present it because he's-
I almost got, I was like, I was worried how I'm not good at those fucking
moments.
And I was like so proud of him.
And I was just like, and it was such a cool fucking story.
It was really fucking amazing.
What did you say?
I don't remember.
I kind of told this story and I was trying to be funny and all fucking cool,
whatever.
But it really like, it was a big thing that he asked me to do it, I felt.
It's a perfect-
Yeah.
Like full circle kind of thing.
And I kept saying to Nia, going, I got this fucking-
He was right there and his wife was there.
I was like, he was down the hall and she was laughing.
I was doing the impression.
Like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He made me feel like I was asking him how to start.
Because he's like, cool guy, you know what I mean?
I'm like this fucking orange-headed shithead, you know?