EP95: Lito Cortez + BIG Network Announcement (Comedy, Aliens & Christianity)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: What's going on, y'all? [00:00:00] Speaker B: All? [00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome back to the Corpus Christi Originals podcast. I'm your host, Michael Pena. I mean, Jesus Hilario. Yeah, so. So real quick, I heard word from you guys that I look like Michael Pena. Appreciate you guys. So we got this live episode with Lito Cortez, a comedian from Corpus Christi with unique perspective on humor, creativity, faith, and some life's. Some of life's bigger mysteries. We're going to dive into his journey, his thoughts on aliens, faith and supernatural and the creative process. And later, we're going to talk. So some. Some exciting news that we got for the Corpus Christi Originals. Corpus Christi Originals. But thanks a lot. Thanks for being here. Hey, Leto. [00:00:40] Speaker B: I'm excited to be here, bro. It's been a while. It's been a minute. Yeah, it's been, I think, like 20 episodes. [00:00:47] Speaker A: Right on, right on. [00:00:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:00:48] Speaker A: You know, I was thinking of doing standup, and I was like, man, who. How do I make fun of myself? Because I know most standups do that. Right? Because. [00:00:55] Speaker B: Right. [00:00:55] Speaker A: Is that the thing? [00:00:56] Speaker B: I mean, that's a. That's an easy, dead giveaway. Like, I tell. I like to tell young guys who ask. I don't give out advice anymore unless it's asked now. But you walk up on stage and if nobody knows your name, they're not going to remember your name by the end of the night. But the first thing they can relate with is what you look like, how you look. Yeah, like, so I'll walk up on stage and I'm like, hey, I'm glad to be here, guys. Like, it's. It's been an amazing night. Like, I got new outfit. Like, okay, yeah, nobody cares, right? And they're like, yeah, it's a super expensive. My hat. Like, you. You're not gonna, like, believe how much I paid for this. Had it build a bear workshop. People laugh because I'm five foot nothing. Oh, crazy. Oh, it's a little hat. It's because he's little. [00:01:39] Speaker A: Yeah. I was like, if I. If I go, I'm probably gonna use the mica pinion thing because people know who he is. [00:01:43] Speaker B: Yeah, you'd. You just have to add a funny adjective before that. And then. [00:01:47] Speaker A: Crazy, bro. [00:01:48] Speaker B: Yeah. So it'd be like, people say I look like a South Texas cholo, Michael Pena or whatever. Oh, crazy Michael Pena. If you forgot to shave or. [00:01:58] Speaker A: Dude, how did you. How did you find. How did you figure that out? Like, to use an adjective in. [00:02:01] Speaker B: I mean, adjectives, they describe something. So if you do the. Do the. The grammar, math, it's like. Okay, well, let me describe it in a funny way. [00:02:11] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:02:12] Speaker B: Because comedy is just silly words. Words explain, like w. So like, I was listening to a podcast today, and they were talking about things that don't mix. And one guy says, oil and water, and another guy says Pepsi and milk. And it's like, oh, yeah, those are two different things. But one's coming from, like, a logical perspective, and the other one's coming from, like, a comedian's perspective. Wow. Yeah. So it's just spam words. [00:02:37] Speaker A: Figure out how to use words if you have to. [00:02:39] Speaker B: That's. That's the. That's the trigger. Right. Comedy is a. Comedy is the emotion caused by words that. I forgot how they say it, but emotion caused by words that manifest a sound and a feeling. [00:02:57] Speaker A: Wow. [00:02:58] Speaker B: The sound is, of course, laughing, and the feeling is joy. [00:03:01] Speaker A: Wow. [00:03:02] Speaker B: So, yeah, that's pretty. [00:03:03] Speaker A: So most of it is like. So does most of it have to be, like, truthful for it to be funny? You know what I'm saying? Or. [00:03:09] Speaker B: It doesn't have to. I mean, you can. You can have some creative writers out there. [00:03:12] Speaker A: Yeah, Yeah. [00:03:13] Speaker B: I mean, there's all kinds of. It's. And that's the crazy thing about. About comedy, right? It's like if there's a comedian on stage and you might be dying laughing, and I look and I'm. And I'm listening, and it's. It's. It's. It's a no go for me. Right. Comedy's super subjective. So even though I'm on stage and I'm. I've found that it's easier for me to be on stage until. Jokes about personal life. Right. And when it's more stories than it is anything. Yeah. Right. And how I relate to things, or I do a lot of, like, visualization. Right. Like, I'll see something in a room and I'll. I'll poke fun of it. [00:03:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:52] Speaker B: And we're all thinking it. It's just. Nobody's saying it. [00:03:55] Speaker A: Nobody's saying, wow. [00:03:56] Speaker B: So. So. [00:03:57] Speaker A: And then obviously how you say it too, makes it funny. [00:04:00] Speaker B: Also something that we can relate to, like, even, like, in. In life. Right? Like, something that's happening to me. And I'll. I'll ask, like, four people. Hey, do you do this? And they're like, yeah, I do that. Hey, do you do this? Like, yeah, I do that. And then I asked the next person, if I get three people, like, in a row, I'm like, okay, cool. [00:04:17] Speaker A: Wow. [00:04:18] Speaker B: But people that are, like, my age, people that. [00:04:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:20] Speaker B: Like your audience, I guess. Yeah. Like my demographic, I guess. [00:04:24] Speaker A: Wow, that's cool. [00:04:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:04:26] Speaker A: So. So, I guess. So how did you get started? I guess. Well, the first thing we'll talk about is getting, like. Getting to know you and your journey. So how did your journey begin? Was there a defining moment that you're like, I got it. I'm going to start doing this. [00:04:40] Speaker B: Man. I've always wanted to do it. Right. I've always tried to. Been the class clown, and it's been a blessing and a curse. [00:04:45] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:45] Speaker B: Right. And then I've always thought of something I could say to. To crack the room or make somebody laugh. And like, like I said, blessing, a curse, sometimes it's good. And you, like, you're like, yeah, look at me, guys. Or even if it's like, I'll make a joke and nobody laughs, it's like, all right, I'm not going to try that one. Yeah. Like, this is not the room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But if I get one person to laugh, I'll just turn and look and go. Then I'll turn back around and as long as I get one person to laugh. Yeah. Like a. One person at a room of 30, bro, that's. That's. Yeah, that's 3%. [00:05:16] Speaker A: That's a win right there. [00:05:17] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a win. If I can get 3% in one room. Yeah, like, that's good. And if I can get 3% in corpus. [00:05:23] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:23] Speaker B: Hey, dude, that's. Wow. What? That's 30. 30,000. 3,000. Yeah. So if I can get 3%. If I can get 3% of Texas, it's like, okay. [00:05:31] Speaker A: Hey, wow, that's amaz, man. [00:05:34] Speaker B: But it's just. It's. Man, it's. It's just getting out there. But, yeah, no, I've always had the itch, like, the bug. Right. And, like, that is to make people laugh, and I like the reaction I get. Like, make people laugh and also, like, scaring people. That's the best. [00:05:47] Speaker A: No way. [00:05:48] Speaker B: When you would just, like, jump out from somewhere. Oh, yeah. Scare somebody. Right. Play a good prank on them. But no, I mean, I. I've always enjoyed that. And then one. One day, man, it's been like. I don't even remember. It's long time. It's been like 13 years. [00:06:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:03] Speaker B: I saw a flyer for open mic, and I. I told my wife. I was like, let's go. I'm gonna do it. [00:06:08] Speaker A: Wow. [00:06:08] Speaker B: Yeah. And she's like, you're crazy. I'm like, okay, let's try it. And I went up and I had stories that I wanted to tell and I told those stories and they weren't funny. Right. I think I over prepared. But the stuff I said, like, off the head, like, got chuckles, like got laughs. [00:06:27] Speaker A: Wow. [00:06:27] Speaker B: Which it was like, okay, like, I did get laughs. I just didn't do it right. And then once that happened, I get. Everybody says it right, all the comics. I got bit by the bug. And once you get bit by the bug, it's like, oh, that's it. That's your. That's. That's everything you think of. Like, if you're gonna go back on stage. Because some people do it and never go back on stage. [00:06:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:48] Speaker B: If you plan on going back on stage, that's all you're thinking about. You're like, situation happens with somebody at work. You're like, can I use this on stage? Situation happens with somebody with your wife, like, can I use this on stage? Situation happens with something at the grocery store. Can I use this on stage? It's like it just consumes you. [00:07:04] Speaker A: Constantly developing material. [00:07:05] Speaker B: It becomes a, A man. Like a bad girlfriend that you're not supposed to like, think about all day long. Like, it really does. [00:07:14] Speaker A: Does it get you in trouble? Like with your, with your marriage? [00:07:16] Speaker B: Oh, dude. At the beginning, every comic, it's. Everything's funny. And you try to be silly. 100. [00:07:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:22] Speaker B: And I mean, so I'm sure my family gets annoyed, right? I know my wife gets annoyed. But after, after so many years now, I like, if I'm joking with my wife, it has to be really good. Oh, wow. Because that low hanging fruit, like, it's, it's like not gonna work. So it has to be like a deep cut. [00:07:41] Speaker A: Wow. [00:07:41] Speaker B: Like something that she sees and I see and then I bring it up or I say it and she like dies laughing. [00:07:48] Speaker A: Wow. [00:07:49] Speaker B: Anything cheesy or corny like me, like just being silly. Like low hanging fruit. [00:07:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:54] Speaker B: She like, like, just stop. Try harder. Yeah. This isn't a time for jokes. There's always a time for jokes, right? If. If it hits. If it hits, it hits. But so if you go up and you, you do. Well, I did. I mean, I did. All right. I can honestly say that there were other comedians there who I don't even think they're in town anymore. That didn't do so well. And I'm like, well, they've been doing it for a while. [00:08:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:08:20] Speaker B: And I just like, this is my first time. [00:08:21] Speaker A: Wow. [00:08:23] Speaker B: Okay. Like, I, I feel good about this. Wow. And since then I was like, all right. Let's go back. Let's go back. At the beginning, it was like, let's go back. Let's go back. [00:08:31] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:08:31] Speaker B: And I went back the next week and dude, just totally ate it. [00:08:35] Speaker A: Yo. [00:08:35] Speaker B: I just ate, like, a turd sandwich. [00:08:37] Speaker A: The second time. [00:08:37] Speaker B: The second time. [00:08:38] Speaker A: The second time around. [00:08:39] Speaker B: The second time I just bombed. Dude. [00:08:41] Speaker A: Dude, how did you not. Okay. Yeah. So how did you not, like, wanna quit? Because some people, even the first time, they're like, nah, I'm done with this. [00:08:47] Speaker B: Yeah. You know what I mean? No, you were like, yeah, I was like, okay, well, I'm gonna do it again. I'm gonna do it again. I'll do it again. And then you. It. It. This happens with everybody. I see it all the time. You start new, the community start new. And for the year, they're, like, strong, like, going good. And then they get to, like, a year, a year and a half, and then they just hit this mental block. And it's just like the same jokes they started with that were working. Like, they don't hit right. Weird. And I don't know if it's. Because when you start saying those jokes, like, there's a. Like a. Like a. Like a creativeness that's. That's like. How do you say it? Like, you're do. Oh, you're excited about telling these jokes, right? [00:09:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:09:25] Speaker B: And then after you've been doing them for a year. [00:09:28] Speaker A: Oh, that makes sense. [00:09:29] Speaker B: You. You're. You're sitting back on those jokes and you're like, yeah, I know this works. So I'm gonna say it and not tell the joke. [00:09:35] Speaker A: So the delivery changes. [00:09:37] Speaker B: The delivery and the attitude change overall. Right. The attitude changes towards the joke. [00:09:42] Speaker A: Right. [00:09:42] Speaker B: So then. And so I hit that. I hit. I hit that wall, dude. I think everybody. [00:09:46] Speaker A: So you hit it yourself. [00:09:47] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I hit the wall, like, hard. [00:09:49] Speaker A: Oh, shoot. [00:09:49] Speaker B: And even, like, I got to the point to where I would bomb so hard. Yeah. I would stand there, or I would. I would want to deactivate my socials. I want to do everything, like, just crawl under a rock and be like, all right. It's good for me. Like, wow, nice knowing you guys. I'm never going to be social again. But you have to remember one of the comics coming through town. He's like, how do you feel? I was like, that was horrible. He goes, yeah. He goes, don't worry. See all these people here? I said, yeah. He's like, you think they'll be back next week? Like, they won't. Like, some of them might, but you'll have new people. [00:10:22] Speaker A: Oh, interesting. [00:10:23] Speaker B: You have new people to tell those jokes, too. So go back, rearrange those jokes, add some. Add some funny in there, cut the fat, then come back and do it again. [00:10:34] Speaker A: Wow. [00:10:34] Speaker B: And then do it again, make it better, do it again, do it again. [00:10:36] Speaker A: Wow. Yeah, so you got to practice your crap. [00:10:38] Speaker B: Yeah, you got to practice. And I even got to the point to where I had it scripted, right? Like, say this, then do this. Say this, then do this. And it worked at the beginning, but then like three, four months into it, that same joke, it was so scripted, it felt fake. It felt robotic. [00:10:53] Speaker A: So what? Like, don't be over prepared, but don't be under prepared. [00:10:56] Speaker B: Yes. Right. So now. So I do bullet points. Like, here's my joke. I know this is the beginning. I know this is the end. If something hits or I can think of something off the top of the head, I'm going to say it. If it hits, I'm going to, like, hit the gas a little bit, and then I'm going to go back and finish the joke, right? So I'm going to play with it. I'm not going to, like. I know this is. My point is to tell you I started here, and then this is. Look at where I ended. Like, that's the. That's my focal point of. Of the joke. [00:11:27] Speaker A: Wow, that's amazing, man. [00:11:28] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah, it's. It's. I mean, and some. Some guys just get up there and. And wing it. And I've gone up there sometimes open mic and just be like, all right, let's. Let's play around. What are we doing? And I'll just talk about, like, whatever and just to see if the funny bone works. Yeah, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. [00:11:43] Speaker A: You know what, man? I was listening to a clinic with a Ralphie May, and he was. He had this kind of. I don't know if y' all have this attitude, but like, he was saying, he's like, if he's just here, like, doing it as a hobby, he's like, get out the way, basically, because you're taking their time. You're taking their time. Yeah, the. The serious guys, they want to. You know what I mean? So is there that type of, like, attitude, I guess, with you or with other comics? Do you see? Like, how do you approach that? [00:12:09] Speaker B: I don't think so. I mean, back in the day, right, And I always say back in the day because I think there was a shift in. In culture, Preco and postco. So preco, it was like if you're not gonna be serious about it, like, stay out of the way, like kind of something like that, right? [00:12:26] Speaker A: Yes, yes, yes. [00:12:26] Speaker B: Like, you have to be all in. And now post Covet, it's like, oh, you can be funny. [00:12:31] Speaker A: You can. [00:12:32] Speaker B: Yeah, you can be funny. [00:12:32] Speaker A: It's more acceptable. [00:12:33] Speaker B: You can like just like, I know, guy. I see guys on Facebook and Instagram that have a hundred thousand followers just by saying something silly, like, just by posting something silly, crazy. Like words like actual. Like, like, so, wow. [00:12:45] Speaker A: So the landscape has changed. [00:12:46] Speaker B: Yeah, so the landscape has changed now. I mean, if you want to do it as a full time job, like, of course that's something different, right? You either have to go viral or you have to be able. Excuse me. Or you have to be able to do an hour off the top of your head, like nothing, right? Or an hour 20 right in. In every room in the US and make it work. Holy smokes. Whether it's material, we're just going with the flow. Just using your funny bone and knocking it out. So it's. I mean, it's. [00:13:10] Speaker A: That's. [00:13:11] Speaker B: It's a crazy game, right? [00:13:12] Speaker A: Wow. [00:13:12] Speaker B: But if you're, if you're. If you go viral and you can monetize it and you can make two, three grand a month, I mean, I know somebody that was making like 1500 bucks popping pimples on Tick Tock, popping their own pimples on Tik Tok. And I'm just like, dude, what happened? Like, oh, they went to the dermatologist. The river dried up. So it's like, it's like, you can, you can make the money, right? Like, you can, you can make it happen. But like, also, I always say this too, right? And this is just the old man in me. If the Internet goes down, oh, if you're. Why you lose your WI fi, Like, can you convert that wow into a live performance? And at the end of the day, people want to reach out to you and touch you, right? People want to see, like, people. They'll listen to you every single day, right? And they'll watch all your reels and do all your stuff if they like you, right? But if you're coming to their town, like, how much? 40 bucks, 50 bucks? Yeah, I want to do it to be. Be in the same room with them, right? Oh, hey, we're doing a meet and greet for everybody, right? Meet and greet. 50 bucks. And all you have to do is wait in line, shake your head, take a picture. Yeah, let's do it. So if your Internet dies Like, can you convert that to a stage? [00:14:19] Speaker A: Yeah, that's. [00:14:21] Speaker B: That's. [00:14:21] Speaker A: Some, some may be able to. Some might say maybe. [00:14:23] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, some. Some and some have and some haven't, which is crazy. Wow. Oh, before we dig any deeper, I know we got a lot to talk about. [00:14:30] Speaker A: Go for it. [00:14:30] Speaker B: November 7, we are doing comedy benefit for an organization called Stand up for Her. It's going to be at the USS Lexington. I didn't even send it to you, but I want to get that, get that out the way. But yeah, it's at the USS Lexington. It's going to be me and Bob Smiley. Bob Smiley is a clean comedian. He's been around for 25 years. He's legit dude. He's a lot of fun. So it's a, it's a benefit for this organization called For Her Ministries. And they, what they do is they help women get off the streets. And what they've also been getting into just by, I guess, by the way of the Lord, is they. If a kid goes missing, like, you see this kid is missing or this kid got kidnapped or whatever, they've been dabbling into that and helping kids, helping parents find those lost kids that have gone missing. So, yeah, that's Friday, November 7th, at the USS Lexington. So I'll post the picture in the comments. [00:15:28] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll clip. We'll definitely clip that portion also, man. That's awesome. That's amazing, dude. [00:15:31] Speaker B: Yeah, it's gonna be fun. This is the third one we've done, so we're gonna. [00:15:34] Speaker A: And congrats, man. [00:15:36] Speaker B: Yeah, it's. It's gon the building. They have a facility. It's undisclosed. And is it here in town? Yeah, it's here in town. [00:15:43] Speaker A: No way. Wow. [00:15:45] Speaker B: Yeah, so it helps fight human trafficking, helps girls get off the street. And then now they've been helping parents, individuals find, find the kids. But also it also like, I'm sure they do pro. They have programs set up to where they put women in houses and give them, like, the opportunity to get rehabilitated and get back on their feet and jobs and all that fun stuff too. So, yeah, so I'm opening up that show. It's going to be a good one on the USS Lexington. [00:16:14] Speaker A: Oh, that's nice. [00:16:15] Speaker B: Like. [00:16:15] Speaker A: Yeah, that's nice. You, you been on, like, have you ever done a show out there? [00:16:18] Speaker B: I have, but not. Oh, no, no, I haven't been there. [00:16:21] Speaker A: Oh, wow, that's cool. [00:16:22] Speaker B: It's going to be, it's going to be. I'm trying to think of Some jokes when. Think about, like, how we're raising money for, like, these women in this battleship already. Yeah. [00:16:33] Speaker A: That's awesome. [00:16:33] Speaker B: I'm trying to think of jokes, man. It's hard, dude. I don't have any. I don't have any battleship material. [00:16:39] Speaker A: So, like. Like, yeah, spe. Real quick. So do y'. [00:16:42] Speaker B: All. [00:16:42] Speaker A: Do you comedians, like, research? Cuz I watch like, Theo Von. [00:16:46] Speaker B: Right. Yeah. [00:16:47] Speaker A: And it seems like they research all kinds of stuff, bro. [00:16:50] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I'm sure. I'm sure a lot of them do, right? There's a bunch of history majors, right? A bunch of history guys. Yeah. Like, I mean, you look at Shane Gillis's last special, his biggest. His closer was a joke on George Washington and how he went to George Washington, the plantation George Washington owned in. In that special, right? So it's like, yeah, these. These guys are. They study history, but also, like, Shane is a guy who knows history, so what you know is what's going to spew out. [00:17:21] Speaker A: Right? Right. [00:17:21] Speaker B: That's what you're going to be more familiar with. Not going to be like, funny. Right? [00:17:25] Speaker A: Yeah. That's cool, man. Wow. So we just. That was a cool brief. The next section, we're talking about aliens, bro. [00:17:31] Speaker B: I do. [00:17:31] Speaker A: I didn't know you were into aliens and stuff like that. [00:17:34] Speaker B: I. People say. People ask me, like, like, why do you, like, why do you believe? I was like, because it's fun. Why do you not believe? Like, right. Number one, like, I've been to some national parks in. In. In the US and you just sit there and you look around, you stand on top of this mountain and you're just like. You look down and you see a bus passing by, and the bus is like, smaller than an ant. You can just see his little gray speck. And then I think, I thought I would think to myself, like, dude, we're so small compared just to the Earth. [00:18:06] Speaker A: Wow, that's amazing. [00:18:07] Speaker B: Like, here in Corpus, it's just flat. The only hills you see are. Only hills you see are the landfills. Right? [00:18:12] Speaker A: You can drive into San Antonio. It's boring. [00:18:14] Speaker B: Yeah. You drive to San Antonio. It's the most boring drive ever. But if you get out and you see some of like, Utah and Denver and all that stuff, and you see these like, amazing hills and mountaintops and all that stuff, and you sit back and you. You analyze and you're just like, dude, we are so small. [00:18:31] Speaker A: Wow. [00:18:31] Speaker B: Even at night when you're staring at the stars, like here in Corpus, I mean, you can see stars when you're at the beach. [00:18:36] Speaker A: At beach. [00:18:36] Speaker B: But when you're. When you're 60 miles out of Grand Canyon and there's no city lights anywhere, and you just look up at the stars and you're just like, all right, that's pretty wild. And you see every single speck. And to me, it's just like, there's no way that. There's no way that we're the only ones in this universe. Wow. [00:18:58] Speaker A: I don't know. I'm a skeptical bro. Like, so have they been here before? Do you think there's some here? [00:19:04] Speaker B: You know what I mean? I think there were some before us, and I think there's gonna be some after us. But I don't know if they're humans, like a humanoid type, or if they're spirits or if they're, like, sentient, like if they're like, artificial intelligence. [00:19:19] Speaker A: Wow. [00:19:20] Speaker B: Right. So there's a documentary that I watch, and I tell everybody, you gotta watch this one. [00:19:25] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:19:25] Speaker B: And it's called A Point of Contact. I don't know who the director is. I forgot who it is, but it's called Point of Contact. And it's about a. A spaceship in Brazil that crash lands. And they go back, and the guy. The guy sits on a street corner, and he holds up a sign, and it. In Brazilian, it says, do you know about the craft? Or something like that? Like. Like. Like a generic question, right? And he puts the date or whatever, but everybody knows what he's talking about. So it'd be like somebody sitting at the cena statue and says, do you have a memory of Selena? And everybody walks up. It's like, oh, yeah, when I was a little girl. So he does that with the. With the sign at the street corner at the. At the. Like, the most popular spot in the city. And all these people start coming, oh, well, my aunt or my uncle. [00:20:13] Speaker A: Oh, wow. [00:20:13] Speaker B: And this person and that person. And somebody walks up, and they're like, oh, this is the family you talk to. And so they go and talk to the family, and then it's three young girls. And then the three young girls say, oh, and this and this. And he starts pulling all the records and close your ears if you don't want to hear a spoiler alert, but spoiler alert. Apparently in the. In the documentary, what happens is a spaceship crashes and two aliens walk out, and one is, like, hiding from everybody, and the other one's, like, injured. And they pick him up and they take him to a hospital. The two. There's two cops that took him to the hospital. And within 24, 48 hours, the cop who picked him up, he. He contacted some type of. Like, a skin virus or some type of infection, and, like, they couldn't save him. And he died because he got, like, aliens blood on him. Yeah. And then the other guy, like, disappeared. Like, he disappeared. And they end up finding him, and they. They, like, try to question him, and he holds guns to their face. And, like, not guns, their face. But he, like, tells them, don't come over here. Like, stay away. I don't want to talk about it. I know what y' all are. I don't want to talk about it. So it's like. And it's. It was, like, 30 years ago, like, in the 90s, early 2000s. So just. Just. You see this guy who's like, no, I do not want to talk about this. Like, it's ruined my life. Yeah. And they interview a bunch of other people, but it's pretty wild. Yeah. It's called point of contact. [00:21:45] Speaker A: Hey, what's going on, babe? Thanks a lot. That's my wife right there. You're doing a good job, babe. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks for the threads. Also got a new shirt, finally. You guys probably noticed, man. Hey, Mike, can you play that video? There's a video of Corpus, right? [00:21:58] Speaker B: Yes. It's the Corpus dude. And I don't know who I ripped it from, and I apologize, but I ripped it off of somebody's page. But you can see it if you look on top. That's the. I guess one Shoreline Plaza, right? Or the tower. Three. Three. Three. News covered it, baby, and it says September 11th. That was 20. 20. September 11th. I. I looked back, so I don't. This is like a. [00:22:17] Speaker A: This is gonna pay. [00:22:18] Speaker B: This is like a. Okay, go ahead. So if you look on the top, this is like storming, right? Clouds. You see something fall, and of course. Okay, cool. Something fell, but then now it takes off in the opposite. [00:22:30] Speaker A: Oh, then it goes up. What? [00:22:32] Speaker B: It goes sideways and, like, flies. So, Bro. Like, it's not a bird. It's not a helicopter. It's not a bug, bro. What are those things behind it, bro? [00:22:45] Speaker A: Really? Play it again, man. [00:22:52] Speaker B: So it goes down and then flies across. [00:22:54] Speaker A: Well, it looks like it disappears almost. [00:22:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:22:56] Speaker A: Or goes further. [00:22:57] Speaker B: Yeah. One of them disappears. One of. There's three of them. One of them disappears, and the other two take off, like on a romantic day. So one, two. So what I'm thinking is these aliens are flying. It's hit by lightning. Oh, crap. We got hit. Falls down. Okay. Like, hey, kill yourself. All right, let's go. They're like, charlie, dude. So, dude, that's. And that's in our backyard. Yes, sir. [00:23:26] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:23:26] Speaker B: So at first I was like, okay, Aiden's cool. Yeah, let's watch these documentaries. Let's do all this stuff. So I watch it and then I see that and man, I. I apologize to whoever I ripped that from, but I ripped it and it was getting no traction. Yeah. And then I put it on my page and it still got no traction. No, man. Here we are. But I think about it, like, all the time, dude. Anytime someone's like, aliens aren't real, I go to my Instagram. I'm like, well, here you go. Oh, nice, buddy. So, yeah, dude, I don't. I mean, can you explain that? What was it? I don't know. I mean, have you ever seen that? That's pretty wild. See, even the guy on the producer. Got the producers on here, man. On the. On the keys. [00:24:10] Speaker A: On the keys back there. [00:24:11] Speaker B: Yeah, it was wild. So he's a believer now. [00:24:13] Speaker A: He's a believer. How does humor play into talking about, man? That's crazy, bro. So aliens. Can you play that other man? I found this clip on Tik Tok. This guy right here. [00:24:26] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He. [00:24:28] Speaker A: He goes to the city council and he wants to talk about extraterrestrial. Let's play it real quick, man. I don't know. [00:24:35] Speaker B: He. [00:24:35] Speaker A: They say he goes in there often and he tries to talk about it and then they. They always cut him off. So hopefully we could get him on here to voices. [00:24:42] Speaker B: Terrestrials, Extraterrestrials, Mayor. [00:24:44] Speaker A: Objection. That's not a matter related to city. This mayor and council also look weak and petty when they cut him off. And then there's another person that came out and she's talking insane. Would have taken if left uninterrupted. [00:24:58] Speaker B: I noticed the silver orbs flying over. [00:25:00] Speaker A: New Jersey and he's talking about silver orbs. [00:25:02] Speaker B: Yeah, he's talking about New Jersey. So he's talking about. I observed silver orbs in New Jersey. Like, was he in New Jersey? [00:25:09] Speaker A: Personal? [00:25:09] Speaker B: Are you saying that because, Mr. Gray Haired Man, I have a video that's. [00:25:15] Speaker C: Going to blow your mind. [00:25:18] Speaker A: There's going to be open contact. [00:25:20] Speaker B: Delusional. I already think there's open contact. Open contact, but not. I think he's got a direct line. Public comment. Praying to their sky. Daddy should pay more attention. Educate themselves. [00:25:30] Speaker A: Public. She. And then she mentions the religious groups that come in and they give them all this time to talk and stuff, but this poor dude comes in and they cut him off. No, this is. It's not relevant. The rule requiring a comment to be about city to the city. Subjective, inefficient, and unevenly applied. [00:25:44] Speaker B: I did not sign up at 4 o'. Clock. [00:25:46] Speaker A: Will I be allowed to. They cut off his mic. [00:25:49] Speaker B: Sounds like me. That sounds like me. At open mic. I did not sign. To the gentleman that has some. [00:25:56] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. I mean, you were talking about this here in our backyard. And there's a dude goes over there, always talks about it. [00:26:01] Speaker B: I know I need to meet with that guy and be like, look, looky, looky, look what I got for you, buddy. [00:26:05] Speaker A: Hey, so did. So it's like, the aliens only speak, like, Spanish or Brazilian. They don't really speak English, dude. [00:26:14] Speaker B: There's another story that's pretty wild, and I wish I would have. I would have sent the video, but I'll send you the video so people can post it. And it's. It's a guy who's operating an airplane and he goes unconscious and he's like, flying, like, near, like, say, the distance. It's in Mexico. I think the distance is from San. And like, from here to San Antonio, right? And he's flying around, like, say, San Antonio. And then he wakes up and his gas. His gas needle hasn't moved and he's already. He's like, at the bay. So if he were like, it's equivalent of flying in San Antonio. And he wakes up in Corpus, and then he hears, like, on his headset, traffic, air traffic control, like, calling him, like, hey, are you all right? And he goes, what happened? Like, I'm. I'm fine, but how did I get near the bay? Yeah, this is all in Spanish, just. [00:26:56] Speaker A: And crazy. [00:26:57] Speaker B: And they're like. And they start telling them all this stuff that he's been saying. And it's basically like an alien took over his body and, like, was sending out warnings. And this is, like, in the 80s, and this was a guy who was like, who just got his pilot license. So they were like, you can't jack up if you just get your pilot license, right? Because then they'll take it. So that was his number one dream, was to become a pilot. And then all this happened. And then, like, he's, like, got depressed because this number one, this thing happened. And because the thing he wanted to do, he couldn't do it anymore because they were like. They, like, banned him for life from flying because of what he said. Like, this guy's a nut. [00:27:30] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:27:31] Speaker B: But he Claims that it wasn't him. He blacked out and. Wow. Yeah, I'll send, I'll send you that video and we can post it somewhere. But yeah, it's pretty, it's, it's a crazy store. [00:27:39] Speaker A: Wow, that is crazy. We, we passed through Roswell. Everything's green over there, dude. [00:27:44] Speaker B: Yeah, I passed through Roswell at like one o' clock in the morning and dude, I was so scared, I had my hat backwards. I was looking at the windshield like this, driving, and I was like, just make it to the hotel. Just make it to the hotel. Just make it to the hotel, bro. That, that was the scariest like, drive ever. And I mean, there's nothing to be afraid of, right? It was literally like one, two o' clock in the morning. Oh, shoot. So, yeah, that was, that was nuts. [00:28:07] Speaker A: Wow. For the mysteries out of space. To the mysteries that touch our lives on Earth. So faith in the supernatural. So you're like, would you say you're a Christian or believer or how would you categorize yourself and like, how does that play into like aliens and stuff like that? [00:28:22] Speaker B: Yeah, well, no, I mean, I, I, I, I am a believer, right? I, I believe that Jesus died and rose again on the third day and all that jazz. So, yeah, man, I mean, it's just, it's something that not a lot. Well, I'm not gonna say not a lot of people, but I don't hear a lot of people saying, but Christianity is a faith based experience or experience based faith, right? So if you don't experience the love of Jesus or a miracle or something miraculous, like, you're never going to. [00:28:51] Speaker A: Wow. [00:28:52] Speaker B: Not, I'm not saying you're never going to, right? Because there's other avenues that you could come to Christ. But even Jesus himself, right, when he, when he did all the signs and wonders, like nobody believed in him, he just walked. He's just going to walk the streets and be like, hey, yo, what's up? I'm the son of God. [00:29:06] Speaker A: They're like, what if Jesus was an alien? [00:29:09] Speaker B: Oh man, I can't say that. [00:29:10] Speaker A: Jesus can't say that. [00:29:11] Speaker B: I mean, what is alien, right? At the end of the day, what isn't alien? [00:29:15] Speaker A: You know, I mean, I saw. So the alien could be because they use alien in the Bible, but it's more like, like a foreigner, Somebody that's outside of, yeah. [00:29:25] Speaker B: Outside of their realm. [00:29:26] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:29:27] Speaker B: So Jesus was a God in the flesh, right? So I mean, what is God, right? It's God, the like the almighty alien. I mean, I'm not saying God is an alien. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm saying he is the source of, of everything, right? Everything that, that we, that we can't, we can't explain, right? Like crazy. Yeah. Like all the unexplainable, like what is out there. Like that, that to me, that's God. [00:29:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:53] Speaker B: And no, but like I said, Christianity is a experience based faith. And the more you experience him, the more you, you realize and you open your eyes to, oh, okay. And I'm not saying, oh, I'm a Christian, I'm, I'm better than, or nothing bad happens to me. No, it's still opposite, right? I just know that, okay, I fall back on the Lord, right? And it's like, okay, where, where am I struggling? Stop, Listen, pray, meditate, exercise. I believe exercise is like number the, like one of the number one ways to get your, your mind, body and soul, right? But if you're not doing all those things, like how can you hear from the Lord, right? Because I, I feel that we were put on this earth not to sit at a computer and look up parts all day. I mean, that's what I do for a living. So yeah, I'm saying that look up parts all day for 18 wheelers, right? Like we're supposed to be out in the field tending the garden, working with our hands, are creating, enjoying life, right? Like we're supposed to be out there. So if we're not exhausting ourselves physically, I think mentally, we end up exhausted. So yeah. So then, so then even though we might pray and we might do all these other things, our mind's still going 100 miles an hour, right? Because we haven't, we haven't exhausted our body. And it's, it's like one works with the other. That's, that's honestly what I feel and that's, that's what helped me. Right? But like I said, I'm, I'm a believer and I've experienced some stuff that is like, okay, that can only be God, right? Like if I hear a voice telling me, hey, go ask this person this, this and that, right? And I, okay, this is weird. Let me go ask him. And I'll ask them and be like, yeah, I'm actually dealing with X, Y and Z and I don't know what to do. And the next thing you know, they're just pouring their heart out, like what I do about this, my kids this or my job this and my job that. And it's like, all right, well, I believe that the Lord has put Christians In. In. To be. Well, the Bible says it too, right? We're supposed to be the light in the dark places, Right. So everywhere I go, like, I could encounter somebody that needs. That needs, like, not to be saved, but an uplifting word, right? Yeah. Or to be, like, an encouragement. Right. I mean, am I perfect? Do I do it all the time? No. Am I grumpy? Sometimes I'm grumpy, sometimes I'm rude. Am I sarcastic? On. Very sarcastic. It's hilarious to be sarcastic to people, but as a Christian, it's like, yo, dude, like, maybe you need to, like, pull back and chill. Right? So every room I walk into, I'm. I try my best to be. Be that light and just be happy and bring joy into the world, right? [00:32:30] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, for sure. Definitely. So, yeah, talking about that, being joyful and stuff like that. Of course, you're a comedian and then Christian. Do the two clash because you. Because around town you're known as the clean comic, right? [00:32:43] Speaker B: Yes. No. Yeah, yeah. So around town, I am known as a clean comic. I'm also known at one of the old heads. That's what I got told the other day. [00:32:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:52] Speaker B: Right. Oh, no kidding? Seriously? [00:32:54] Speaker A: They tell you that? [00:32:55] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, shoot. No, but how did that make you feel? It is what it is. You see what it is? Yeah. Words don't hurt. [00:33:01] Speaker A: You can't hide from your words. [00:33:02] Speaker B: Don't hurt me. Yeah. No, no. I mean, it is what it is. Like, I am a clean comic. Right. And I've. I've strived since the very beginning to. To. To be clean. Right. And to. To. I'm a Christian who's a comedian. Right. I'm not a. Like a Christian comic. [00:33:20] Speaker A: Right. [00:33:20] Speaker B: Okay. [00:33:21] Speaker A: Okay. So is it because of your Christianity that you're. You decide to do clean? Because I've heard, like, it, like, you can't do a clean set. You can't do a dirty set in, like, a clean environment. [00:33:31] Speaker B: Correct. [00:33:31] Speaker A: Right. [00:33:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:32] Speaker A: So if you learn how to do clean, if. Then you can do any. Any environment. [00:33:37] Speaker B: Yeah. But no, I mean, I. I think, like, I think. Yeah, it does have a. It does have a lot to do with me being a Christian. Right. I don't want to get up on stage and talk like a. Like a. Like I'm ignorant or like, I'm not saying dirty comics are ignorant. Right. Excuse me. But I don't want to talk. I don't want to talk about dirty. [00:33:56] Speaker A: Stuff that it's just. So it's part of. [00:33:58] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:58] Speaker A: It's just who you are as. [00:33:59] Speaker B: Yeah. If I can't. If I can't. If I can't say something in the meeting room, right, where it's either gonna make or break me, I don't want to say that. That on stage. Right. Like, I don't wanna. I don't want to portray something that I'm not. Right. And do I curse every now and then? Yeah, I curse every now and get frustrated. Have I gone on stage and cursed every now and then? Yeah. Sometimes I need to let the bugs out, right. I need to get my frustrations on. It's therapeutic. [00:34:24] Speaker A: Interesting. [00:34:25] Speaker B: But I'm not gonna do a whole set where I'm just talking ugly and dirty. And if. If you do that, it is what it is. It's all on you. And it doesn't make you any less of a Christian or doesn't mean that you love the Lord less or you're. You're less than. Like, I mean, that's Right. To each their own. [00:34:43] Speaker A: Well, that's awesome. [00:34:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:34:44] Speaker A: That's interesting. Have you experienced something that you would call supernatural? Well, you. You mentioned that earlier. Like, you just seen God in different. In different ways. So, like, in your life, do you, like, live, like, live to see, to want to see supernatural things or do you. You just. As it comes? You know what I'm saying? [00:35:08] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, I guess the more familiar you get with. With spirituality and Christ and the supernatural, I mean, if you look at it, it becomes a. Like just a normal, everyday thing. Right? And with me, I mean, it's hard to say that out loud because. Not out loud, but in public, because then people think you're crazy. [00:35:29] Speaker A: What do you mean? [00:35:30] Speaker B: What do you mean to say that? Oh, yeah, I believe in supernatural and I see it every day. [00:35:33] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. [00:35:34] Speaker B: Okay. You know what I mean? That sounds crazy, right? [00:35:35] Speaker A: Yeah, it does. [00:35:36] Speaker B: Yeah. So, but I mean, if you read the Bible, right, Jesus. Jesus died, and then he rose on the. On the third day, but he spent 40 days walking the earth, right? So he didn't ascend until the 40th day. Right. And then when he did ascend, he said, I'm going into heaven, but I'm leaving my spirit here. Wow. Yeah. So if. If you. If you read that and you believe it, then you're a Christian. Like, when did the spirit leave? Like, when did the spirit of the Lord, like, the supernatural leave? And it hasn't left. Right. Like, so I believe that if you fully, like, ask the Lord to. To basically possess your heart, mind, your soul, that a little bit of that comes out, like, in Your daily walk. Or it's supposed to, at least. [00:36:23] Speaker A: Right, right, right. [00:36:24] Speaker B: If you're, if you're, like, living to your. Your full potential. [00:36:27] Speaker A: Interesting, bro. [00:36:28] Speaker B: Yeah. So, like, signs and wonders and miracles and all that stuff. I've seen miracles. Like, I've seen miracles at church. Like, I've seen a guy have an issue with his leg, and they. They pray for him, and literally, his, his feet. His legs grow like, his legs were. One was, like, 2 inches longer than the other one. And then just miraculously, like, the foot, like, just literally comes back and realigns with the other foot, and it's like something wild that you never see. And I was actually like, I mean, it was bad. It was probably sin, but I. I got jealous because then I got. I went home, I laid in the bed, and I'm like, all right, Lord, I could use a little help here. Waiting on my miracle. Seeing what you can do, right? Like, I've seen you stretch legs. What about these two? Danny, you're Daddy, I totally, bro. You're. [00:37:17] Speaker A: How tall are you? [00:37:18] Speaker B: For real, bro? On a good day, I'm five, two, five three. But on a bad day, no socks. Hey, I'm shorter than my kids. Damn. Yeah, man. No, I've seen some. I've seen some wild stuff in church, like, the good and the bad. And it's like, I tell people, like, when people are like, oh, I don't get it. Right. Well, I mean, if you, if anybody's seen. What's that show on Netflix with the kids? Stranger Things. [00:37:46] Speaker A: Okay. [00:37:46] Speaker B: Okay. So you see Stranger Things, right? And they have a real world and they have an upside down. Right. So I would picture the Upside down is sort of like the supernatural world. [00:37:55] Speaker A: Oh, wow. [00:37:56] Speaker B: So it's here, it's happening around us, and good flows in and out of it. Right? [00:38:01] Speaker A: Dude, that's so crazy to think about. [00:38:03] Speaker B: And I'm pretty sure the aliens come in and out of Supernatural. I'm not pretty sure, but that's. Dude, like, wow. It's hard not to. Not to. For me not to say yes or no. Right? [00:38:14] Speaker A: Wow. [00:38:14] Speaker B: Like, so I'm gonna say maybe it could happen. Why? Because it's fun. [00:38:20] Speaker A: Because it's fun. [00:38:21] Speaker B: It's fun. [00:38:21] Speaker A: Bring it in the. Bring it into the conversation. [00:38:24] Speaker B: Yeah, it's fun, dude. But yeah. No, I mean, I, I, I try my best to, like, I guess, show Jesus and everything. I do, man. Can I do better? I mean, what. We all could, right? But, like, I'm here. [00:38:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:39] Speaker B: So everybody knows. I mean, it's God first. On all my stuff, so. [00:38:44] Speaker A: Yeah. That's cool, man. Well, I, I, it's almost like you have to live it out like that. I mean, I don't come out and say it because I don't want to be seen as a quote unquote hypocrite. I want my life to, to, to show it. [00:38:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:59] Speaker A: To where people are like, why is he like this? [00:39:01] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:39:02] Speaker A: Which people never really ask that, but I can tell that they're kind of like, this is kind of strange, you know? [00:39:08] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:39:09] Speaker A: It's not the. No, it's not secular, I guess you can say. It's not. He's the way, he's the way he's approaching stuff or whatever. He doesn't cuss or whatever, you know, all this stuff. So that's how I always. [00:39:19] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, I'm just, I'm the same way. But I also, like, I have friends that are drug dealers. Like, I have friends that are thieves, robbers. Right. And I love them just as much as I love my friends that are pastors or worship leaders are all the above. [00:39:33] Speaker A: And. [00:39:33] Speaker B: Yeah, you. I mean, honestly, you. I've had people come to my shows, and it's two totally opposite, Opposite sides of, Of, I guess, the good and the bad. Right. And yeah, I say good and bad, but that's, that's because that's how the world. That's how the world sees things. Right. [00:39:47] Speaker A: Well, see, see, like talking about supernatural. Because supernatural could be good and bad. I mean. [00:39:52] Speaker B: Yes, I know. I honestly believe supernatural can be good. I mean, it is. Right. So you have. It's like saying people believe in witches. Right. They believe in witchcraft. [00:40:01] Speaker A: Right? [00:40:01] Speaker B: Right. And they'll tell you the same thing. Well, I've seen it. Right. Oh, right. And I've seen this happen or that happen. Yeah. You see? Yeah. So they, they're operating on a level, on a, On a spiritual level that, that is dabbling in something else. Right. So are they, Are they spiritual? Yes. Are they tuned to the wrong frequency? I believe so, yeah. And it'll torment them. I believe it'll torment them for a long time. Whoa. Until they come to Christ. Right. Or they just live with it and stick with it. [00:40:30] Speaker A: Oh, man, it's. [00:40:31] Speaker B: Yeah. So it's, it's tough. It's. It's two. It's two. [00:40:34] Speaker A: One or the other. [00:40:35] Speaker B: It's. Well, I mean, you could dabble in both. Right? I mean, you could be fighting your demons, everything, every single day. Right? And even in the Bible, there's a, there's a, there's A man. I was going to look up the verse, but there's a lady who says she's talking about Jesus and she says he, she basically says he is the Lord and this is what's going to happen. And nobody knows what she's talking about. I, I'll find it. I meant to find it earlier, but she's basically speaking things that, that are not up. So she's basically prophesying and she was, she was right. But she's a witch, so how can she prophesy if she doesn't know the Lord? You know what I mean? Wow. So. Yeah, no, it's wild, bro. So that's what I believe. I mean, if you don't believe it, that's cool, right? [00:41:15] Speaker A: Right? [00:41:16] Speaker B: If you want to believe. [00:41:17] Speaker A: See that. See that's the thing. One of the things I really want to talk. Cuz there are people then in the Christian world or whatever that scold you or say bad things about. You know what I mean? Like, if you don't believe this, then this. You know what I mean? But I don't think God meant for us to be like that. [00:41:36] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:41:36] Speaker A: You know, like for instance, my. What I have here on my platform, you know, how, how I am and what I believe and stuff like that. And I've had all kinds of people in here, you know what I mean? And to give them to still let them be heard even though they believe something different than I am, that I do. And I want that to be shown and seen by the listeners. Like it's, it's okay. You can still talk to somebody and still believe this. Yeah, but this is what I believe. [00:42:00] Speaker B: Yeah, right. Yeah. No, no, no, I agree. I mean, that's the same. At the end of the day, if, if I can't win a soul. That you can win a soul, what's the difference, right? Like if you can love on somebody and then they, they realize like, hey, what's, why are you so chill? Why are you so always in a good mood? Why are you all so monotone? Why aren't you ever stressed? I'm like, oh, I have peace. Why do you. Oh, why do you have peace? What brings you peace? Well, I, I'm a Christian, right? I read my Bible, I do this, I do that. [00:42:28] Speaker C: Right? [00:42:28] Speaker B: And I've had people like tell me and my family that, like, how come you and your wife have such a good relationship? [00:42:32] Speaker A: Yeah, dude, for real. [00:42:33] Speaker B: And it's like, well, because I see my wife as Jesus sees my wife, right? So I mean, sometimes I want to jump in the flesh. [00:42:46] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:47] Speaker B: In the Christian scene. No, but I mean, at the end of the day, it's like, it's not right for me to talk to my wife like that if I know that that's the woman that God has given me. [00:42:55] Speaker A: Oh, man. [00:42:55] Speaker B: And she. She sees it the same way or she better. [00:42:59] Speaker A: Yeah. No, dude, I. I was talking about. On my personal podcast about that, like, how come couples don't stay together for a long time. Our society is so crazy. But I. The conclusion is there's. There's a good and a bad. [00:43:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:12] Speaker A: There's an enemy. [00:43:13] Speaker B: There's a. Yeah. And a lot of the times, things don't. Things don't. Something I've heard said over and over, things don't go wrong. They start wrong. Right. So if you don't sit down and know who. Exactly who you are as a person, and your spouse doesn't sit down and know exactly who they are as a person, what they believe in, and where they're at financially or spiritually, like. So you're starting off in love, right? Because you fall for someone and then that's all you want to do, and that's. It's the only person you want to be with. [00:43:39] Speaker A: Right. [00:43:39] Speaker B: But then once reality sets in and the bills come. [00:43:42] Speaker A: Whoa. [00:43:43] Speaker B: And the drama comes, then you. And the frustration comes, and it's like, oh, I'm a whole nother person. [00:43:49] Speaker A: Oh, right. [00:43:50] Speaker B: Yeah. Because being married is fun. Right. But that first day when you live with somebody, it's like, yo, who's this weirdo? Brushing. Brushing their teeth with. With the wrong side of the toothbrush? Like, oh, my God, why you brush your tongue so hard, my guy? You know what I mean? Hey. [00:44:08] Speaker A: So blended humor and hope feeds into. Right. Something that we deal with. The creative process. So you wanted to mention the creative process. [00:44:16] Speaker B: Oh, dude. Yeah. [00:44:17] Speaker A: But did you. Did you want to talk about anything specific? [00:44:20] Speaker B: No, No. I mean, just. Just. I wanted to get. I want to pick your brain. Oh, really? Because you're. This is what, episode 95. [00:44:27] Speaker A: Oh, damn. Come on. [00:44:28] Speaker B: So episode 95. And what keeps your juices going? Right? Like. And I think I know what it is because I've known you. [00:44:34] Speaker A: What do you think it is? [00:44:35] Speaker B: I've known you for 20 something years. People don't realize that, but we've known each other for. Yeah, we don't talk about it, but we've known each other for 22 years. 20 years. 25 years, maybe. [00:44:45] Speaker A: Yeah. I don't know, man. I can't think that far back. 2000s. [00:44:48] Speaker B: 2000S yeah, I would say early 2000s. Yeah. So 21, 24, 25 years. But anyways. Yeah. So, I mean, but I've seen you grow, right? And I've seen you get all these. All your degrees and go through school and. Oh, knock it out. And. And process and then do the. Step out in faith. And you did the line. You did the. The. Your shirt company. Oh, yeah. And all that's creative. Right? And then with your degrees, you were being creative with. With music, and then now you're doing. Now you're here, right, and you're on episode 95, which is. How long is that? How many years is that? It's two years, at least. Yeah. [00:45:22] Speaker A: So then the end of COVID Yeah, probably. [00:45:24] Speaker B: Oh, that's five years in. It was the end of COVID I mean, 21, 22. [00:45:29] Speaker A: No, no, actually, it was a little bit. Maybe 20, 20, 23. [00:45:32] Speaker B: Yeah. And I think. I think we're the same, but I think where we're different is like we both enjoy when we. We create something and we, like, we're done. Like, here's a finished product. Here's the finished product. [00:45:43] Speaker A: Right? [00:45:43] Speaker B: Look at it. Enjoy it, everyone. Or don't enjoy it. I don't care. But I made this. Like. [00:45:47] Speaker A: Yes. [00:45:48] Speaker B: Our creativeness. Right. But I think that I've seen you and I think you like how, like, putting, like putting the gears together, right? Like putting a transmission together and then watching it all. Like, I think you. I. From what I've seen, I've seen you like to put the pieces together and make it work and then be like, okay, this works now let's fine tune it. [00:46:09] Speaker A: Yeah. So, yeah, I don't know if that's definitely. No, definitely. I like to put it together and then see that it works. And then I like to show other people. Look, check it out. Look at how it works. Yeah. [00:46:17] Speaker B: So we want to read my rock. [00:46:18] Speaker A: Some people. Dude, my son collects rocks, bro. [00:46:21] Speaker B: I stack these rocks. Oh, my God, look at my stack of rocks. [00:46:25] Speaker A: Yeah, but I want to show it. You know what I mean? Some people were interested. Some people were like, dude, what are you talking about? No, but some people aren't. I mean. But yeah, definitely the creative process. And I've always. I've always been a creative person, and I've always been like a kind of like an introverted person. Right. And. And the creativity helps me come out of my shell because I have to show it to somebody eventually. [00:46:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:45] Speaker A: You know what I mean? [00:46:45] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:46:46] Speaker A: So definitely I feel the. [00:46:47] Speaker B: I feel the same way. I feel like, if I'm not creating or I'm not doing something, like, I'm dying inside, like, I'll get depressed. So I don't know if you feel that way too, but it's crazy because I'm not some famous comedian. Actor, writer. [00:46:59] Speaker A: Right, Right. [00:46:59] Speaker B: I mean, I can write. Like, believe me, I've read. I've read screenplays. [00:47:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:47:04] Speaker B: Like, I've read the whole. [00:47:05] Speaker A: Well, no, dude, you wanted to write. Didn't you want to write, like a. Like a movie or something? Didn't you mention that last time? [00:47:10] Speaker B: I've written a few scenes, but I've read. I've read, like, scripts like Pulp Fiction and stuff like that. So it's. Dude, once you start digging into that area, it's like, holy smokes, this is legit it. And I'm sure now that with AI, if you just tell it what to do and what you need, it can pop out a script like that. [00:47:24] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, for sure. [00:47:25] Speaker B: Yeah. So it's just. I mean. But yeah, no, I want to. Like, I've been wanting to. I just need to find the time and really press into it. [00:47:33] Speaker A: Right. [00:47:33] Speaker B: And then present it to. To people who I know. Like, okay, I think this will fit. [00:47:38] Speaker A: Yes. [00:47:38] Speaker B: This demographic. Or give it to somebody who knows what. What. What they can do with it, right? [00:47:42] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, for sure, man. We got an announcement, you guys. We're gonna pronounce that in a few minutes, but, yeah, definitely. [00:47:47] Speaker B: 47 minutes. Jesus. [00:47:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:47:49] Speaker B: Almost short over here, I see. It's my bottom of my head. [00:47:51] Speaker A: Yeah. The creative process, man. Definitely. I mean, I think I got to a point one time where I was just working. I didn't have any instruments in the house. I was just working, coming home, like, really not being creative. And then I was just, like, thinking, like, man, I need a guitar so I can pluck. You know what I'm saying? Get those creative. [00:48:12] Speaker B: Does it help you think, like, when you're. [00:48:13] Speaker A: When I'm playing. Yes. I mean, it calms my mind because I have all, like. It's like running or exercising, you know, you got it. Your mind is just in turmoil, and. And then you. So to a point where, like, I need to exercise my body, like you said. Because if you're not exhausted and then there's nowhere for that nervous energy to go. [00:48:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:48:31] Speaker A: You know, so definitely it helps me to, like, relax and calm and stuff like that. Yeah, definitely. And. And then, I don't know, it's like when I come here and do this, and then I'm thinking, like, man, am I really successful. If it's not being monetized. You know, then I start thinking in the terms of that. You know what I mean? And then it's like, well, I mean, I don't know. I'm still creating some. Still. I'm still going and. And having the pro. I've had sponsors. I have. I've had a couple of sponsors that, you know, they wanted to sponsor, you know, so that's kind of like. Oh, okay. Some people actually want to. So. So with this new announcement that we're doing, it's kind of like it's morphing into a bigger idea. [00:49:13] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:13] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? Which is good. So I guess we announce it right now. What do you think? [00:49:17] Speaker B: Yeah, I would cover everything else. No. [00:49:19] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. So the creative process. So. [00:49:22] Speaker B: So I'm having a baby. [00:49:25] Speaker A: Do you want to play? Do you want to play the video? [00:49:26] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, yeah, whichever way you want to do it. Yeah, man. I'm excited. Like, it's. It's something that. Yeah. You can just run the video. [00:49:34] Speaker A: Run the video, bro. [00:49:35] Speaker B: Let it rip. [00:49:37] Speaker A: All right, well, I guess I'll just announce it real quick. So my friend here, Leto, actually real. Before I say that. Go ahead. So the. The Corpus Christi Originals, it's no longer. It's gonna be like a network, right. To where I'm gonna have other creatives under the Quarter Corpse Christie Originals umbrella. And my friend Lito here. But we got. He's got a video that he's gonna play to announce what he's gonna be doing for the Corpse Christy Rituals Network. [00:50:10] Speaker B: I haven't even seen this. No. [00:50:15] Speaker A: Did you. So you made it with. Go for it, bro. [00:50:20] Speaker C: Greetings, visitors. This is the inaugural transmission of. Respond, if you please, a new podcast broadcasting live from the Produce Media Studios. The directive is simple. To analyze, catalog, and attempt to comprehend the perplexing, paradoxical, and often hilarious specimens collected from the third planet of the Sol system, what the locals bafflingly call Earth. Our primary subject for this cycle is the curious life form designated Leto. Subject Leto is a fascinating confluence of cultural markers. A Christian, a follower of the fascinatingly complex spiritual doctrine known as the Good News, and a comedian. A life form whose primary function is. Is to induce involuntary percussive exhalations of air for the purpose of social bonding. It is our mission to deconstruct how these two seemingly disparate operating systems coexist within a single terrestrial unit. What we call faith and what they call jokes. Join us as we attempt to laugh at the truly illogical. And to ultimately understand the peculiar earthling art of finding joy and meaning in the face of universal absurdity. Prepare to have your perception of reality mildly rearranged. Let the cosmic analysis begin. [00:51:30] Speaker A: Respond, if you please. [00:51:31] Speaker B: Yeah, there it is. Respond, if you please. So that's podcast about nonsense. Just nonsense in my head. [00:51:37] Speaker A: So, yeah, y. Yeah, so he's going to be heading. He's going to be. Be a part of this, be the host of this podcast. Respond, if you please. Under the Corpus Christi Originals Network, I've also got another stud doing a podcast for. It's called the, uh, Unshuck Yourself. There's another podcast under the network. So it's basically because whenever I was doing the podcast and actually another announcement real quick, I. I'm suck at announcing. There's a book that I'm coming out with after 100 episodes. This is the draft right here. I put a lot of my thoughts on paper and I'm trying to. I'm figuring out where this thing is going from where it started to where it's at. So this is basically. It covers like the journey, how to start a podcast. You know, all the different ins and outs. Do all kinds of stuff, man, the journey, running a podcast, struggling with growth, building a community. I mean, there's all kinds of stuff in here. But when I did this, I was like, dude, I need to make this into a network. And then, okay, I need to have other podcasters in. In the. In town that are interested in doing what I'm doing, but in their own area. Like Letho here is a comedian. This is his area of expertise, you know, having that podcast. And then I got another one with Ben De Leon from the Unshock Yourself who he does a self help which I think is part of the community that what our community needs for the corporate Christie Originals. Because certain people like it and some people, Some people don't might not like it, but there's a group of people that enjoy it. And I think that people need comedy, they need self help. I've got another guy in line who wants to do like interview style like me. So basically other creatives like us. [00:53:14] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:53:15] Speaker A: To have us under the, the, you know, the Corpus Christi Originals, you know, thing. You know what, what this is. So that's the announcement, guys. Sorry about that. Sorry if it was a little bumpy, but. [00:53:26] Speaker B: No, it's just perfect. No, I'm excited, bro. I mean, I just. I know it's something we mentioned a long time ago and we kind of like push back and forth about the ideas. But for you to pull me on, it means a lot, man. I mean, I'm like. It's something I've always wanted to do. I felt like I have a unique perspective on a lot of things. Right. And I don't have a voice. And I think this. I mean, I have a voice, right. I just letting it out as much as, like, I'd like publicly. Right. And I think also thinking comedy, it's going to help me, like, narrow in, like, my verbiage and my words and. And different perspectives that I can play with on stage. So it's gonna. I think it's gonna be good for me. And then I'm gonna be updating comedy stuff on there, too, and anything else, like, it's. It's gonna be fun. We're gonna do clips. We're gonna show alien clips like that. Right? And we're going to talk about Supernatural. We're gonna talk about basically everything we talk about today. Right? [00:54:16] Speaker A: Right. [00:54:16] Speaker B: Life stuff. Wow, cool work. All that fun stuff. [00:54:21] Speaker A: Wow, that's good. [00:54:22] Speaker B: Yeah, whatever. Whatever we can come up with. Whatever we can find. I want to do some interesting stuff, maybe throw some skits in there. Do some skits. Or take some calls. Right. I think some live calls would be legit. [00:54:32] Speaker A: Hey, nice. [00:54:33] Speaker B: Or also. Or also even some, like, read comments, reply to comments on, like, on air. Right? Just not. Not as we're doing it, but like, as, like, as per episode. Like, read comments from the last episode. I give people shout outs. But. Yeah, no, no, I mean, I. I had a podcast a while back. I mean, right before COVID Actually, it's been a while and it. It was doing all right. It just. We just stopped doing it. But when you presented this to me, I'm like, yeah, dude, that's wrong with it. [00:55:02] Speaker A: Wow, that's awesome. [00:55:03] Speaker B: And like, I was. I mean, I was kind of telling you before off the air, anything creatively, I really haven't, like, pressed it. Right. So I. I'll do comedy, like, here and there. I don't know. I don't get on stage as many times as I can, which. Shout out to the guys in town, all the comedians. They all run a great room. Joe, Hilliard, Miguelito, my Mexican counterpart. [00:55:28] Speaker A: Yeah, I gotta. I've been meaning to get him on. [00:55:29] Speaker B: Yeah, he runs a. He runs a great room that he's started by himself and so cool. And I still haven't done it because I'm an old man and it's hard for me to leave the house. But it's a great it seems like, man, a really great room all everybody shows up. And then of course, everything Joe Hillier's doing and of course Mesquite street and all the guys there and everything they're doing. You can get on stage a lot, right? You can get on stages as almost every day of the week. But I just, unfortunately for me right now I can't. So I don't push it as much as I, I'd like just because I don't want to trade laps for time with, with the kids right now. [00:56:04] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:56:05] Speaker B: But the creative outlet as making jokes and talking about life on a podcast, I think I can, I can do that. Oh yeah, once or twice a month and, and, and still engage in with people and let them know that I'm here. And so that when it is time for me or I do step back on the stage more often, people know who I am. Right. I mean, I have a pretty good following now. Right? I, I, I can, I can sell 100 tickets, which I'm happy to say, like, it's, yeah, that's. When you say, when you said success, when you say success, I heard you're like, what's the success? Right? Yeah. Where do you, where do you, where do you, like, where's your success level? And you said monetizing, right? And I think success is once people listen to you and they listen to you regularly and you have people coming back or like, for me, I can sell 100 tickets for a clean show if it's promoted, right. And I have a good comic. That's, that's, that's a measure of success, right? Like, that's a, that's a piece of it. Like, of course there are levels to success, right? But right, right. For anybody, and I mean just in locally to have any sort of success, it's, it's, it's good, man. I mean, yeah, like, you have to take our W's, right? Like count our wins and our blessings and, and really like, sit back and soak it in. So, so I want to remind you, like, hey, man, soak it in, dude. You're at 95. Yeah, man, look at all the views and, and all the followers. And it's like, hey, you gotta, you got a good, you have an audience. [00:57:27] Speaker A: Like, yeah, yeah, and, and two, like bringing people on under the tent. I wanted. It's not so much about that the person that's coming in, it's about the community that we're building. [00:57:37] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:57:38] Speaker A: What they're listening to, that's, that's ultimately the the end goal is what they're listening to, how they, how we can make society better. That's one of my main things. Like, because I, I of my faith, my, My journey is into this. [00:57:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:57:55] Speaker A: I don't. I'm not loud about it, but it is into it. You know what I mean? And so whenever I'm. Whatever I'm building and creating, I wanted to be grounded. Grounded in that. [00:58:06] Speaker B: Yeah, for sure. I think. And I really think it has, like, you have a. You have a platform where that invites everybody in and lets them be themselves and, and speak. Speak, like from the heart or speak on. On the topics they truly care about, what they're passionate about. So I think that that's helped out a lot. I've learned a lot about my community from here. Dude, I didn't know. Are you serious? Yeah, I know half of the things that. That serious people come and come in and talk about. It's pretty wild, man. I mean. [00:58:30] Speaker A: Yeah. Welcome aboard, dude. Glad to have you, man. So I guess we'll announce the first episode after. After some. Sometime soon, whenever you get your first episode going or whatever. [00:58:42] Speaker B: When's the tattoo? Do I need to get tattoo or something? [00:58:44] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't know. We're gonna get you the golden sticks, bro. This dude's a drummer, man. You're also a drummer, dude. You can't, you can't let that go, go. [00:58:53] Speaker B: I'm all right. [00:58:54] Speaker A: Yeah, he's the drummer. He's in the pocket for sure, man. [00:58:57] Speaker B: That's where I fit because I'm so short. [00:58:59] Speaker A: Hey, yeah, but thanks a lot, you guys, for joining, man. Is there anything else you want to share, Leto? I know you met before we go. [00:59:05] Speaker B: No, I mean, just, just November 7th, I think that's all I have now. Be on the lookout. All the socials are up for respond, if you please. [00:59:12] Speaker A: Yes. [00:59:13] Speaker B: So it's R I Y P dot podcast or. Yeah, so we can just go on Instagram and Facebook and I don't know if there's YouTube. [00:59:21] Speaker A: Yeah, so. So it's R I Y P. Podcast. [00:59:25] Speaker B: Podcast, yeah. [00:59:25] Speaker A: Instagram, tick tock, YouTube, Facebook. [00:59:29] Speaker B: Yeah. So it's all there. [00:59:30] Speaker A: It's all there. It's already there. We got the inaugural transmission as episode zero. [00:59:34] Speaker B: There you go. [00:59:35] Speaker A: I had to put that up on. [00:59:36] Speaker B: No, no, yeah, you have to. [00:59:37] Speaker A: To get it on Spotify, to get. [00:59:39] Speaker B: Them to get it approved. Yeah. It is going to be a clean, clean podcast. That's what I'm aiming for. So I'm excited about that. Yeah, I'm gonna try and be funny. I'm gonna try and be funny about it, but it is gonna be. [00:59:48] Speaker A: Yeah. So what kind of conversations do you hope to. To spark? [00:59:51] Speaker B: Just basically the same thing we're talking about today. Right. Nice. So one episode might be all aliens. Right. One episode might be. Might be something about spiritual. Right. One episode might be just about life. [01:00:00] Speaker A: Cool. [01:00:01] Speaker B: I'm gonna try and try my best to. Of course, the harder you try to be funny, the. The less it happens. Right. I'm just gonna be me. [01:00:08] Speaker A: Be yourself. [01:00:08] Speaker B: Yeah, be me. And hopefully, like, people laugh and people listen, but I. I believe. I mean, people will listen. Like if you put something out there, I mean, somebody's gonna listen. [01:00:17] Speaker A: Nice. [01:00:18] Speaker B: And they might like it, they might not like it, but. [01:00:19] Speaker A: Cool. [01:00:20] Speaker B: It's gonna be out there. We'll figure it out. [01:00:21] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. I'm hoping to throw it out there, get our community to listen to it as well. Definitely. Which is basically what we're doing. [01:00:27] Speaker B: Hopefully I don't get fired after episode one. I'm excited, bro. Thank you. I appreciate it. [01:00:34] Speaker A: Yes, sir. Thanks a lot. Lito. Shout out to my back there producer producing this beautiful podcast for us. So, yeah, thanks a lot. You guys. Follow us on social medias. I put links in the description everywhere. Stay tuned for the next podcast. I can't remember who's coming on next, but I'll check it out on the social media Corpse Christie Originals podcast. You can find us on there for updates and stuff like that. Thanks a lot, you guys. Have a good one.