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Jeremy Piven at Raleigh Improv THIS Weekend!! · The Erica Show

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  Speaker 1: Do you want to five? It's the ear because show y'all.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited. Jeremy Piven on the phone right now. He's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be at Raleigh improv the second and third, so
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow and the next night, write and Carrie. Great spot
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  Speaker 2: for a date night, Jeremy, what you doing?
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  Speaker 3: I am. I'm just happy to be here. The weather
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  Speaker 3: is stunning, and I'm from Chicago, so you have to understand.
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  Speaker 3: I grew up watching Michael Jordan. So I'm just happy
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  Speaker 3: to be where he's from.
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  Speaker 1: Are you a fisherman?
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  Speaker 2: Because he's always on his yacht at the beach like
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  Speaker 2: two hours from here, and so you can often catch
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  Speaker 2: him on his yacht fishing. So maybe you can we
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  Speaker 2: can hook that up for you next time you're in Raleigh.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely come me in. You know, I it's so funny
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  Speaker 3: you say that, because growing up, I was a stage
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  Speaker 3: actor and and you know, no one really knew who
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  Speaker 3: I was, but we all had a tight crew in Chicago,
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  Speaker 3: and MJ was accessible as accessible as a superstar can be.
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  Speaker 3: And every time, you know, people like MJ's here and
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  Speaker 3: I would show up and they'd be like, you just
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  Speaker 3: missed MJ. And I thought it was like like everyone
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  Speaker 3: was playing a prank on me. And then you know,
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  Speaker 3: finally that day came. But by then, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: was a working actor doing my thing, and we you know,
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  Speaker 3: he knew what I did and was incredibly kind to me.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, he's six', six so he put his
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  Speaker 3: arm around, me and it was a million o'clock and
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  Speaker 3: we were out and he was sweating on, me AND
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  Speaker 3: i just wanted, to you, know receive HIS. Dna, yeah
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  Speaker 3: and it didn't make me an elite athlete or any,
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  Speaker 3: TALLER i have to tell.
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  Speaker 1: You, yeah but you're amazing. Though you're a funny.
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  Speaker 2: GUY i, mean of, COURSE i don't know if this
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  Speaker 2: is you or, not IF i was an imposter for,
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  Speaker 2: You BUT i lived In New York city for many
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  Speaker 2: years AND i worked At Radio, city SO i would
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  Speaker 2: walk back and forth to my, apartment and there was
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  Speaker 2: like two or three occasions where it WAS i think
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  Speaker 2: it was, you and you were super kind taking photos
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  Speaker 2: of people just in midtown walking Around. Manhattan if, not
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  Speaker 2: it was a look alike and he was doing a
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  Speaker 2: good job of pretending to be.
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  Speaker 3: You, well don't tell Anyone i'm a nice, person because you,
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  Speaker 3: know the world Thinks i'm an, asshole so we don't
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  Speaker 3: want you, know we don't want to ruin the. Myth
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  Speaker 3: that was one thousand percent in. ME i, MEAN i
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  Speaker 3: was lucky enough to HOST snl and to be In
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  Speaker 3: midtown and Do, broadway AND i lived In tribeca and
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  Speaker 3: went TO, nyu and so that was probably.
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  Speaker 1: ME i love, that And entourage at the time was.
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  Speaker 2: On it was like the biggest show out and everybody
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  Speaker 2: assumed that your character As Ari gold as who you really.
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  Speaker 1: Are but that's not the. Case you're a nice.
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  Speaker 3: Guy you know what's interesting about playing an authentic character
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  Speaker 3: is it stays with. People so there are people that
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  Speaker 3: see me and they immediately start, screaming gonna hug it, out. Bitch. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: well so you know a show like, that it's still
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  Speaker 3: people miss it and there's, unfortunately there doesn't seem to
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  Speaker 3: be a lot that people are gravitating towards right, now
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  Speaker 3: and so you.
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  Speaker 1: Know you never.
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  Speaker 3: Know, listen if you're anywhere near The Raleigh, Improv we're
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  Speaker 3: going to have a. Blast so that's a.
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  Speaker 2: Great spot to grab dinner and then go see the.
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  Speaker 2: SHOW i, mean it really is a great date, night friend.
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  Speaker 2: Night like it's a good time if you're celebrating a
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  Speaker 2: birthday or whatever and you're, Funny, Like i've seen a
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  Speaker 2: lot of your. STUFF i haven't got to see you live,
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  Speaker 2: yet but you're really.
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  Speaker 1: Funny now was the?
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  Speaker 3: Chance? Yeah, man it's you, know it's funny because WHEN i,
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  Speaker 3: leave people all say they didn't KNOW i was that
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  Speaker 3: funny when they see me do stand up and that's
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  Speaker 3: a real shot in the arm for me because you,
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  Speaker 3: Know i've done over eighty movies and been around, forever
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  Speaker 3: SO i love.
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  Speaker 1: That how do you keep up with?
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  Speaker 2: Jokes is it just like you have a rolling list
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  Speaker 2: of life experiences that you turn into a joke or
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  Speaker 2: do you sit down and write for a while that
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  Speaker 2: you have this when you're meditating every?
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  Speaker 3: Day?
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  Speaker 1: Like how does it work for?
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  Speaker 3: You i'm, SORRY i can't answer that. Question Bill belichick's
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  Speaker 3: girlfriend just told me to not answer that. Question oh my.
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  Speaker 2: Gosh so she AND i have. SPOKEN i want to be, like,
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  Speaker 2: girl what's? Up do you think it's a word?
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  Speaker 1: Relationship?
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  Speaker 3: NO i can't hold on one. Second i'm. Sorry, yeah
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  Speaker 3: she's not allowing me to answer. That, okay, yeah, yeah
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  Speaker 3: she's not allowing. That was you know what your tough.
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  Speaker 3: AUDIENCE i have to, say you're very. Tough you don't
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  Speaker 3: even admit a courtesy. Giggle not, you who else somebody's
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  Speaker 3: talking to who? Else i'm.
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  Speaker 1: Laughing i'm laughing for. Sure. Okay how do you do? That?
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  Speaker 2: Though when you're not having like a response from the?
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  Speaker 2: Audience do you pivot or you just keep?
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  Speaker 3: Going no matter, what you gotta crush. It if it
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  Speaker 3: doesn't for whatever land you, gotta you gotta. Not you
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  Speaker 3: either draw attention to it and, say oh my, God
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  Speaker 3: i'm gonna workshop that joke and be back in eleven,
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  Speaker 3: years or just come back on the twelfth of never
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  Speaker 3: that's not ever going, in or you pretend it never
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  Speaker 3: happened and just crush the next joke and they never.
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  Speaker 2: Know now you've done shows IN uk and THE. Us
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  Speaker 2: is the audience better in THE uk than they? Are
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  Speaker 2: are we tougher in THE us as opposed to THE?
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  Speaker 1: Uk?
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  Speaker 3: No, There it's interesting BECAUSE i don't want to say too,
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  Speaker 3: Much but no matter what the audience, is no matter
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  Speaker 3: it's your job to get them, right no matter how
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  Speaker 3: tight they, are you better get them by the end
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  Speaker 3: of the. Night AND i you, KNOW i don't start
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  Speaker 3: with the standing. Ovation BUT i end with one and
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  Speaker 3: watch this. Transition if if they come out to the
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  Speaker 3: rally improv tomorrow And saturday, night let's give them a
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  Speaker 3: free meet and.
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  Speaker 2: Greet if they mention, You oh that's, Amazing, yes y'all,
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  Speaker 2: SAY i might be there.
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  Speaker 1: Too i'll just mention my own name and come.
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  Speaker 3: SEE i love. It but this is not about you right.
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  Speaker 3: Now it's not about.
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  Speaker 1: Me it's about our audience and we're.
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  Speaker 3: So, No, no it's about. You you feel very. La you.
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  Speaker 3: Know there you. GO i made.
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  Speaker 1: IT i gotta lab you gotta laugh, absolutely you know.
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  Speaker 3: What you remind me of every woman In. La enough about?
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  Speaker 3: Me what do you think about?
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  Speaker 1: ME i, MEAN i think.
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  Speaker 3: You're a siland SILENT i love.
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  Speaker 1: It now you have a movie that also was just.
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  Speaker 2: Released it took fifteen years In, january and you did
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  Speaker 2: it with your. Family was inspired your mom gave you
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  Speaker 2: the story, like, YEAH i saw somewhere where you're, saying,
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  Speaker 2: like it's not about money for, you it's about the
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  Speaker 2: passion and your. Character so can you elaborate anything.
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  Speaker 3: On that it's all about the.
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  Speaker 1: Money, no it's it's.
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  Speaker 3: Not it's, not, no it's.
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  Speaker 1: Not you have plenty of. Money you do things because
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  Speaker 1: you love.
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  Speaker 3: It, OH i, Do thank. GOD i don't even know
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  Speaker 3: why you're asking me. Questions do you know me better
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  Speaker 3: THAN i on? MYSELF i, yeah the film we it
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  Speaker 3: took us about fifteen years to make, it and it's
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  Speaker 3: Called The, performance and it'll be out this, year and
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  Speaker 3: it's definitely the best work of my life And i'm
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  Speaker 3: insanely proud of, it AND i never gave up on,
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  Speaker 3: it AND i can't wait for everyone to see.
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  Speaker 1: It, YEAH i, mean where can everybody see?
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  Speaker 3: It?
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  Speaker 2: LIKE i?
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  Speaker 1: Know that was It? January it was.
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  Speaker 3: Released, no that was just for your, consideration And i'm
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  Speaker 3: not quite sure exactly when it'll be out this, year
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  Speaker 3: But i'll be back and i'll let you. Know.
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  Speaker 1: YEAH i love.
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  Speaker 3: That it's interesting because over eighty movies into, it and
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  Speaker 3: when people see me do stand, up they really say
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  Speaker 3: that they've never they never KNEW i was this, funny
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  Speaker 3: which is a backhanded, compliment BUT i love.
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  Speaker 2: It you're well, rounded you're, funny you got comedy going for.
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  Speaker 1: Yourself when you visit, cities do you.
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  Speaker 2: Try to get out and explore the city before you
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  Speaker 2: get on stage so you can use that in your?
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  Speaker 3: Show, Yeah i'm walking around rally right. Now i'm Gonna
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  Speaker 3: i'm not making this. UP i walk around to the
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  Speaker 3: handout flyers to let people know about the. SHOW i
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  Speaker 3: swear To, god really, yeah it looks Like i'm running
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  Speaker 3: for school. President BUT i hand out flyers and because
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  Speaker 3: a lot of, people for whatever, reason they don't Know i'm.
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  Speaker 3: Here so IF i don't do you, know IF i
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  Speaker 3: don't talk to, you and IF i don't go out
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  Speaker 3: there and hand out, flyers they don't Know i'm. Here
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  Speaker 3: SO i would rather have a full house than eleven,
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  Speaker 3: people and you, know and it be. Awkward so you,
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  Speaker 3: Know i'm going to go out there and meet people and.
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  Speaker 3: Talk And i've ALREADY i got here last. Night i'm
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  Speaker 3: already starting to get a sense of this. PLACE i love.
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  Speaker 1: It, okay very livable when you're, yeah it.
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  Speaker 2: Is super livable when you come. Back you want to
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  Speaker 2: host this, show.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely but you should come and.
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  Speaker 2: HOST i, mean your publicist is, Amazing like he was
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  Speaker 2: hustling you and LIKE i was traveling and he's still he's, like,
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  Speaker 2: no gotta get you on With. Jeremy so he's really.
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  Speaker 2: Great so next time we'll hook it up and.
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  Speaker 3: You host the show bless. Him, well thank you for
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  Speaker 3: slumming it with. Me it means a lot to.
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  Speaker 1: Me, no, Yeah i'm coming to see you this. Weekend you're.
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  Speaker 2: Great, HONESTLY i love, you AND i think that ENCOUNTER
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  Speaker 2: i have with you on the, street at LEAST i
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  Speaker 2: thought it was you and you said it is made
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  Speaker 2: me like you even more because you're so cool and
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  Speaker 2: down to.
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  Speaker 1: Earth thank.
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  Speaker 3: YOU i appreciate. That that means a lot to. ME
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  Speaker 3: i look forward to meeting. You we'll hug it. Out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah all, right So improv probbly last.
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  Speaker 3: This weekend at the. Rally, improv let's give away some.
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  Speaker 3: TICKETS i love, that all, right what you?
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  Speaker 1: Got how many can we give? Away?
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  Speaker 3: Oh let's give away?
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  Speaker 1: Four, okay four. Tickets it's going to be it's date
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  Speaker 1: Night Prov.
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  Speaker 2: Rowley it's going to be the second and the third
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  Speaker 2: and care you can make it a date. Night four
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  Speaker 2: tickets for callar nine nine one nine eight six one five.
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  Speaker 3: One.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah all, Right, well thank you very much for your time.
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  Speaker 3: Today i'll see you this. Weekend