¶ Mic Check and Comedy Cellar Chat
Welcome to Andy's Modi .
Hi , I'm Taylor . I'm talking in the microphone . Oh my gosh , are you judging my mic ?
check I hope you record . Did you record this ? Yes , oh , that was the worst mic check . That was the most nebche mic check I've ever seen in my life .
I could leave right now .
No , but why would you ? Where are you going ? You're sitting here with a nine gallon Starbucks you just bought .
I have a spot at the comedy cellar at 1.15 tonight and I don't need this 1.15 is amazing .
She booked them at 1.15 . That is the worst thing you could have said . That means she's really doesn't . Oh my God . By the way , some of the best spots ever A 1.15 spot at the comedy cellar . You are sitting in front of Die Hard fans . They are the best at the comedy cellar . So we recorded his we record . I'm just checking with our engineer .
We recorded his mic check .
This is we're rolling . You might as well hi . Welcome to the show the worst mic check ever .
Ladies and gentlemen , welcome to . And here's Moe D . We are here with Taylor . Hi , I'm Taylor Williamson , how are you ? And we're here with comedian co-host . Co-host comedian Perrielle Period no , Ashton brand .
He's trying to make me get rid of my last name .
All us is yeah , this is like a Madonna motive , vibe .
Yes , yes , that's what we're going now .
I'm still mad at you , by the way , but we're moving on .
I thought it was very cute actually my mic check , thank you , I thought it was respectful to the microphone .
To who To ?
Wolf , your favorite producer ? I don't . I didn't find it to be like that . I was just talking about can I tell you what's great ? I was just like , yeah , I've done some of these podcasts . They're kind of like negative , dark vibes . No , and I was so excited to come on the love Jewish .
Before , before he came on the podcast , he was talking about Positive energy . I've been doing all these , all these podcasts that are so dark and everybody's so mean , I go no , no , no , no , no , we're not mean and no one's dark . Our audiences love us . They always just send love and love . And then I was like I'm how , I want to do Jim Norton's podcast .
Every time I get there even before , I get the people already crapping on me before I even get there and over here it's not like that . And then he does a mic check and I crap all over him . I'm so sorry .
Many . How do you say it ?
I don't think that was . You know that you're absolutely right , but but let me show you how we can change it . Okay , people are going to be laughing because of that , oh , and now it's going to make the laughter . Oh , now that creates machine energy .
Well listen , if my pain can bring joy to the world , then that's a mitzvah , yeah .
Now that the Jews are in enough pain . Listen , the funniest thing happened when I walked in here because Modi goes how did you get to us ? And Taylor goes , I walked .
That's like when you're the comic up . Where are you from the outside ? Where are you coming in from Outside ? Listen , you're an LA guy .
I thought you were like . You came from LA . You take a cab . Did you take a train ? Did you walk ? Did you rent a car ? I thought you were trying to get to know . How did you ?
just ask how did you get to ?
if your publicist reached out to us . What I love is like amazing about all of this is like there's so many layers , but like why are you here ? I guess you're on my show , why are you here ? And then , how did you get here ?
I DM'd you and then you , leo wrote back the fact that you're here sitting with us is I don't even question it who's screaming . Periel's never brought me a bad guest . So , first of all , I'm so happy that you're here . I'm so happy to get to know a comic I haven't met yet . I'm so happy that you have a 115th spot at the Comedy Cellar .
And are you crazy ? I love anytime Periel suggests a guest . I'm like yes , cause she knows , she knows the vibe and you're definitely on vibe with us and welcome .
Thank you . So , first of all , Ladies and gentlemen , Taylor Williams here . Now we're starting .
First of all , I had nothing to do with this .
Leo gets all the credit .
The guy can I tell you I may have checked you .
Is he ashamed of . He's like he regretted looking at me . No , no , listen , listen . I was going to say what I said was save it for the show .
You made it through a very vigorous screening process Leo on monitor Because he's you can pitch , I can pitch Leo people and he's like no , no , he's easier than Leo . Leo is like so if you made it through Leo is .
Leo is . I will tell you a few things about Leo . Who's not here ? Yeah , my husband , manager , producer , soulmate he one of the things is vibe checking people . He is amazing . Yeah , airbnb , he can look at a house on Airbnb and through the pictures , through comments , he can .
He can tell you right away what's wrong or not wrong with the house or if it's good or not . Yeah , and the Airbnb we've ever done has been a 10 , 10 , 10 across the board . Wow . So if , if he like said , check you out , boom , you nailed it , you're , you're , he's the door guy .
He's the hot door guy . I'm the hot one , he's the funny one .
Didn't we discuss that already ? He's the funny one , I'm the hot one .
¶ Comedy, Jewish Jokes, and Florida Anecdotes
I wish he booked the comedy seller tonight . That would have helped me out why .
It's a great spot . You're going to be like David's house . He's been so good to me . I'm really grateful , isn't that when ? David's house goes on Like isn't that David's house been trying to get earlier and doing cleaner jokes , kind of like it's in his head this whole thing .
but I saw him there at a 9 30 spot it was . I was like wait , what time am I late for my spot ? He was , he's the funniest comedian around today .
I think everybody says he took this audience and I was , and of course every comic sees on the monitor that he's downstairs and every comics downstairs watching his set and he was the funny , he's the funniest comedian ever . Um and , but he usually does the 115 spots , yeah and um . When we say 115 , it's about 115 am people . It's not an afternoon show .
My audience is like oh , a matinee , nice matinee audience , which , by the way , from our agent , michael Greenspan , has told us the matinee business has been killing People are like on a Sunday , four o'clock you go to dinner . Afterwards you're in bed , you're great . I love a matinee show for my audience . I love that for them . Completely off track Back to you .
I love it . You're a comedy store guy .
Yeah , I get . Yeah , sure , yeah , you live in LA . I lived out here for a couple of years but , yeah , I've been in LA for most of my whole deal , from San Diego and , uh , san Diego . You know you probably performed the La J , c , c . Perhaps I'm a Jewish man .
And cut . Ladies and gentlemen , I have a few seats left at the Balboa .
Yeah .
Oh Balboa theater March .
I'm going to be there for the third . I'll be there . There's a few seats left . Hopefully they'll be gone by the time this airs , and I cannot wait to go to San Diego . What's the vibe there ?
Nice , fun , la Jolla it's perfect , like it's magical , it's like a good zoo too Great zoo If you support animals being held in cage .
I don't .
I don't like zoos .
Can I tell you I don't like the idea of zoos , but then like I go to the zoo and I'm like this is nice .
Would you rather have them walking around the fucking ?
streets . Is that the ?
end . No , but they should be walking around in their forests or in their jungles . Where are they from ?
Have you been ?
to Florida Good .
Yes , but like the non-Jewish part of Florida , like Tampa I was just in Tampa , can I tell you like I was in Tampa and I'm like any other Jewish people here . They're like that's the other side of the state . Then I'm like is that why you all live here ?
Because there's no Jews here , and then they're like , and I'm like , I make the joke when the Jews hang out on this tree , nothing .
Oh my .
God , but there's no but .
You wanted to talk about Jewish stuff . Yes , I'll go down .
Tell me what was it you said . You came here with an agenda . There's a lot of allegations .
I'm dying to hear Alligators , but can I tell you , tampa Florida , this is not a joke . No silliness I go . Who here has had an alligator in their backyard ? Don't be silly . 90% of the crowd claps every night . All of the alligators roam Like something's saying . Without zoos we'd have alligators .
Leo grew up in Florida and they know how to deal with alligators .
But it's like oh , we have a bird in our backyard sometime . They're alligators .
Funny story . There's a place in Kokachobi . Kokachobi is a place in Florida now that's like right by the swamps , and there's a big Hasidic community Not Hasidic , it's a very ultra orthodox community , like Lakewood is . It's moving over there . They're building homes and Yeshivas and making the whole Jewish community .
And the first thing , Leo goes , those alligators are going to eat those kids right up . When you grew up in Florida , you have to be trained not to go near this , not to go near that . When you do see one what to do and he's like they're going to eat those kids right up .
Do you know what Jews ?
do with alligators . Do you know what Jews do with alligators . Make bags and shoes Exactly .
It's also disgusting , that's exactly , we make Birken bags Give a great laugh and smile .
I watched a little bit of your special , your , your , your . It's a very endearing laugh and smile . Oh , thank you . I never laughed or smiled during my special .
What's your special called ? Tell our , tell our friends A very creative name .
It's called Taylor Williamson . Live at the Comedy Show on YouTube .
He can't , he can't stop thinking he's a cunt , you said it , I never brought it up .
I never brought it up . I , I , I . This is the darkest podcast ever built up . What are you talking about ? This is the most negative vibe I've ever experienced in my life , maybe .
Oh my God , I've seen that just with a Bobby Lee clip of yours , you're telling me that this is , this is we're giving you nothing but love . We're giving you a platform and letting Jews know that you're around , and so you can stop going to Tampa .
Yeah , please help me , never have to go to Tampa again .
I like I had a nice time .
Don't just say no , I had a nice time . You know what happens in Tampa . I mostly wonderful people , but like I just I'm , I'm , I'm , I'm probably just like I mentioned . I talked about you just two minutes in my act . It's not my whole thing , and then , uh , everything .
I missed that you talk about .
Jewish for two minutes .
It's not my whole thing .
But probably Jewish right Same , but then people ever had . You've gotten this before . But then after me , this happened to me two weeks ago , me and great , hey , you want to hear a Jew joke . And I'm like , oh good Lord , a Jew joke . Have you never heard this in your life ?
A Jewish joke . A Jew joke and Jewish joke is very different to say to somebody but yeah , so then .
But I've learned .
What was the joke ? Was it good ?
I'm no , but I'm like I've heard like really offensive Jew jokes , you know . And then this one was just I've learned what was it , what was it ? So I go like I'm good , thank you , buddy , have a great night , you know , but anyways , but then when he's like he really wanted , he wouldn't stop and I'm like what is your joke , buddy ?
And then , uh , forgive me for not remembering the setup . The question was like why do Jews get circumcised ? Whatever ? Because they like 30% off or something ?
It's 10% off the top right . They want to have that horrible .
And I was just like you know what that could be the way worse you have to when someone says to you do you want to hear a joke ?
I've learned first of all , just say yes . Sometimes they are jokes that are insanely good that you've never heard . Don't forget I'm working with a Jewish audience .
So they have jokes .
Yours was just a horrible guy that read that on some God knows what . But I've gotten amazing jokes from people who have jokes that I've changed around and brought into my act and , like you know , joke jokes like a cat skill joke joke and I always say yes .
My problem is that when I do Jewish events , there's like sweet loving people who , like when I have a joke , they don't ask me . Though these Jewish people just go . I got a joke for you and he just go . Well , I got paid a bunch of money to be here and I think part of it is hearing your joke and these Jewish people's jokes are like seven minutes .
What did you say ? Are we what ?
Jews might one of your Jewish events ? They don't go . You want to hear a joke ? They go . I have a joke for you , right ? So you they don't ask permission .
I will tell you . I think I spoke about this in the podcast once I did this event . It was a chastitic it was a chastitic show . It was a show for chastitic people , period , all men . It was on a boat . Some guy who's making crazy money took all his employees and friends out on this boat . The boat never left the dock and no one ever noticed .
They had me and a singer doping my cells on and he was amazing . And I'm doing my act and in my act I have this whole thing about a shiver and I see this . I see everyone's face and I see one guy all of a sudden just stops laughing and his focus like this , and the rest of the show he's like this and I go what's it ?
Because I have a joke for you and he gave me the joke and it's in my act , it's in my special he had a tag for me and he couldn't stop thinking about that . The rest of the show , all you could think of . I can't wait till this show's over so I can tell him this tag and it was a killer , killer tag , Killer tag . Yeah , so that was so .
I always listen to a joke .
So the only problem with the Jewish people's jokes is they're seven minutes long too , so you have to control control , control .
And you can always say to them they usually hit you with them , did you hear the one about ? And then they start ay ay , ay , ay , ay , ay , ay , ay ay . You just cut them off and let them . But sometimes they come in , they zap , zap and pull out . Yeah , so I always listen to the joke . So your act only has a .
So you are a comic who's Jewish , not a Jewish comedian .
If you want to do that .
That was not a question .
Oh , okay .
That was a statement Cause you just said that maybe 2% of your act is talking about Jewish . So you're a comic who's Jewish .
¶ Identity and Comedy
Jerry Seibel is a comic who is Jewish . He's not a Jewish comedian . I'm a Jewish comedian . Once I walk on stage it's like Comne Dre services Can .
I tell you I did a Jewish , I did a cause . I don't even know what he's talking about . That's oh , I guess not . I guess you proved the point . You just said that you were Jewish Also .
you don't read immediately Jewish .
Absolutely not , and your name is not Jewish . But when he talks , when you start talking , 100% yeah .
But after a little bit though .
I mean , I don't look Jewish by acts Jewish , which is a little offensive .
I just said that yeah , no , you're in clinic , you're like I do this a lot , so you get a . Give us the Irish Shafir .
Yeah .
So he stands when he speaks . He speaks like a rabbi in Yushiva . This is a specific type of rabbi . The rabbi is the teach in Yushiva . He talks like this Shiba'en doi . You know , if you're not , it's a different time . You have this . You speak like a Jewish guy . Thank you , I love that .
It's a type , it's a hard option to come with . Yes .
But you probably , people probably say anti-Semitic things around you .
Because they don't know I'm Jewish .
Oh sure , that's a question .
Oh sure , yeah , they do . I mean not all the time . I was backstage at the show once and some guy was like this , like I just overheard the conversation , like where'd you get this jacket ? And then I go , some Jew gave it to me , oh wow .
And then I go , I went up to him he's like a comedian that people know and that is doing well and stuff and I went up to him and I was like what did you say , dude , you know ?
And like- . Maybe he was he like so confident with Jewish people that he could say that .
I don't know , but it's . It was not cool , you know , like I didn't find it like appropriate , you know , and I said , hey , man , like you know , that's not cool . I gave him the better of the doubt that you might not know better and I'm not like super , like whatever , but it was like it was bizarre to me , it was not cool .
What did he say ?
And then I said hey , man , you know that's not cool to say he's like I don't care . You know I don't think he's full of Jew hate , but I- .
Is he a well-known comic ?
He is doing . Yeah , but you know it's funny . Yeah , I don't know , but you know .
Why aren't we publicly shaming the- . No , no , no , no . Why aren't we making excuses ? I don't think he's a Nazi . I think he's just a tough guy . You know what . You don't have to be a Nazi , but he's married .
I'm just trying . He's married a Jewish person later in life , though , so that's why . I'm trying not to identify the person .
You know I'm being- .
So okay , no , no , no . So I think he was ignorant and just a tough guy in a douche bag and he feels he's married to a Jewish person , so he can say these things , but right , I think there's Lisa Lampinelli , Lisa .
Lampinelli was married to a , or dating a , black guy , so that gave her full reign of making black jokes . That , like you know , so it was . It's that type of a thing , it's complicated .
I hear you if it was like a thing .
Listen , I'm gonna tell you something . After October 7th , I am fucking done with all of it .
But she's definitely not done with cursing . That she's not done with . She can still drop an F-bomb for no reason . No , okay , I can't wait . So we have footage of . I've taken Perri on . I've you know I was Eric Newman at the comedy seller . I didn't see him . I haven't seen him in a while . Eric Newman used to open for me and I love him .
He's like a son . They were like a son to me . He's like a son to me . I'm not kidding . How could I be his father ? He's too old .
You could have been like a really cool Anyway I was you were like a teen dad .
Yeah , so he's on the road and I take him , I make sure he wears suits and I make sure he does . And gets a watch . That's worth something . And I think under my I've recently taken Perri on . This is my daughter now . She got dressed , finally , she got for the pop of the last podcast and now we're changing .
I'm getting rid of her last name , can I tell you ? I want to tell you right now . We did the 92nd StreetWide podcast and so they have this big screen behind us and I don't know what happened that they used my last name .
So you see Modi Rosenfeld and Perri-El Ashton Brand , whatever Whatever it is , it's every syllable and letter in the alphabet and that's all you see . And it looks like what's her name ? That show where they spin the letters . I want to buy a vowel the Wheel of Fortune . I put it on the looks . It's so many letters . It should be Modi and Perri-El period .
How amazing , how easy would that have been for everybody in the world .
He's not wrong . I think you can I approve of this .
But for Shem , thank God , we have you approved on this .
But I listen , I'm an outsider , you know .
Like I care about you . It's not like so pretentious .
But you're not like you're not . It's not like your name's , kelly .
No , but it's like Madonna , Cher Right , no , no , no , he's got a point .
It's not Kelly or Perri-El , you're also paired with Modi . Yeah , and by the way it's incongruous .
I think it's disrespectful to keep your last name . Actually , it's just trying to overpower you , but it's no .
but it's no it looks like it on the screen . Yeah , you were good till then . You were good till then . Then you lost it .
You went Okay then you guys have to come up with a new Instagram handle for me .
That's Leo , leo , leo , leo Leo . Help you out with that Is there- .
Just Perri-El Ashenbrand .
Horrible , there's no one to spell the T , no , t , yes , m N N doesn't matter .
You could just change the spelling of your first name to make sure that you're the only one .
Not changing the spelling of my first name . I care about your career .
I think Just be like like spell it weird and you're the only one you brand it .
You know who has a good Instagram , who is Rich Aronovich ? Because it's Rich Is Funny .
Yes , that's great . Yeah , he's hysterical . By the way , we can get him on to dance a little bit for us .
Yeah , he's great . He's hysterical , oh my .
God , he's so- .
He is first of all . I live for him . He is so out of his mind .
He's out of his mind right . I love him and he does these dances . I watch him on Instagram . I can't get enough of it .
Oh my God , he's so funny .
Because you know who he is . Of course he does these dances and you know , whenever I do a filming of something I'm on , just hey , everybody I'm gonna be . Whatever it is Him to be in the middle of a public place dressed the way he is doing those dances , please get him on .
Okay , we'll get him on .
Okay , wait , wait , wait Back to you .
Maybe I can see- .
So it seems like your main thing is that you're a comedy store comic .
I know , I just really suspect- .
Which is a brand , which is a brand .
No , it's not my main thing . I mean , I just I perform there a lot when I'm in LA , but and I'm grateful to the place , but who booked that room ? Now Emily LaFord is the booker out there , and but when I'm here , I do the seller , though , you know . But I just don't live here , but I perform at the improv too , like I was an improv guy .
I don't know the difference .
I'll be there on the with . Sold Out In Hollywood , sold Out in one day , yeah , two shows one day , can I tell you I worked with you with the improv years .
When I first met you because I know you from as like I know you as just a funny comic from like Tough Crowd back in the day you know , like my first instruction to you was , as a guy who happens to be a stand up who probably Jewish , I don't know , you know what I mean Like as a stand up on TV it's . You know . Then we did the .
I did some Jewish benefit show and it was one of those like hardcore Jewish crowds where , like a woman went on stage and people turned their seats because they didn't want to see a woman on stage . It was like At the improv , yeah , it was like a charity thing .
Anyways , I was just like this crowd is not and I did my thing and it was fine , but like it was like a weird .
¶ Discussing Comedy, Judaism, and Relationships
But then Modi goes up there you're talking . They were in heavy but you got them .
It was like Jesus came back to Jerusalem .
You were speaking Yiddish , hebrew , talking about all these things . I don't know what you're talking about . Like probably like a quarter of the time I'm like I don't even understand the references . They were so in heaven and it was beautiful to watch and like- .
I know exactly what it was . It wasn't that Orthodox . It was for Sharia Tzedek , a hospital in Israel . Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah . That's the only thing I performed at the improv a few times . I know every single one . One of my performances there was a hot . In my career I've had three bombs .
In my career I've had three bombs , only three , only three , really Only three hot bombs , wow . One of them was at a showcase at the improv . It was years ago , I'm talking way back when I was first doing comedy . It was a showcase for APA . I don't even know if they're around anymore . It's an agency and they put me up and I was .
You know who I followed Fallon . Oh , wow , and he had a guitar act and I could have killed if I did my act . But I wrote a whole new thing just for that set and it was a big , fat , hot bomb . Oh my God , my agent was like what the ? I forgot his name is big APA . Are they even around anymore ? They ?
just rebranded To what I'm not sure their name , IAG or something like that . They just changed their name .
Okay . So anyway that was that improv . And then I was a laugh factory guy . That was my club . I served three years in LA and the laugh factory was my spot . Jamie just put me up nonstop and it was great stories there and I still love that club . Never I did the store . I did the comedy store twice . It was always for a benefit that brought me in .
It was never cause , I had never connections to anybody there and I never chased it . What years were ?
you there .
Oh , seven to 10 .
Yeah , yeah , yeah 2007 to 2010 . Oh , it's funny . Oh , that's why I lived in New York those years . That's why I didn't know you out there .
Yeah .
But that's literally when I lived in New York .
Okay funny but where are you from ? San Diego ? San Diego , san Diego , right , and what's your ? You married .
No , I have a girlfriend .
Okay .
Jewish , not Jewish . Okay , I was going to ask you about that . Do you get like ? Do you get like I did accidentally did a Habad birthright ? When I went on birthright , I went to sign up for the non-religious trip and then my friend was like , oh , you got to do a Mayan note tag lead , you got to do this one . I was like , okay , and then I get there .
I'm like , oh , this is the most religious trip possible . Right , and I was . This is not the one where we just go hiking and they give you condoms and you have fun . You know , and that was the one I thought I was doing and but I'm so happy I did . It was such an amazing , meaningful experience , you know , and like before , this is 10 years ago .
Before it , my mom's Jewish and before I would say I'm half Jewish , you know . But then after that , I was like , oh , I'm Jewish , yes , and like it was really like good , transformative or whatever . But the rabbi's wife was I put , injected this hardcore guilt into me , right , and I was this is I had a different girlfriend and she's like I go visit them .
And she's like you have a girlfriend , yeah , oh , good , I thought she'd be like , are you happy , you know she goes . Is she Jewish ? And I go ? No , and she's like I saw such pain and concern in her soul and she goes . But how can he be someone who doesn't have a Jewish soul ?
And like this , always like in the back of my head , I'm like , oh my God .
That's what she said , that . Yeah , I could be with someone who does not have a Jewish soul .
Yeah , what's your perspective on that ? Um , I don't wow . Like a sweet kind person who cares about me , who like she's not being mean , she like really has that perception of your girlfriend . No , my , my , my friend , who's uh uh ?
the one who said that to you yeah .
How could you be with somebody who does not have a Jewish soul ? Yeah , um , I don't know what to tell you . I don't , um , you're screwed . Maybe it's a Jewish soul and somebody who's not Jewish , maybe it's , uh , it's the right soul , for that's the part of your soul . I don't , I don't have the answers for that .
Yeah , um , I , I personally believe , um , for , for , uh , you have to be with your soulmate , and that could be anybody that you can bring light into the world with . Yeah , if this is a person you can help the world with , that's what it's , that's , that's the right person . Yeah , if it's uh , you know , I don't know .
I don't have the answers for this . You don't need my father too . That's what he was saying .
No , no you don't have a more like rabbinical . Take on that .
The rabbinical takes on , it is not like , listen , there's many people who , who are Jewish , that date somebody who's not Jewish . This is my favorite phenomenon is guys that date like a girl who's not Jewish and she converts and all of a sudden she starts to become so religious and he's like why , what ? What ? No , no chicken parmesan .
Are you kidding me ?
I'm not going anywhere until Friday night . We're sitting , we're going to the no , we're not , we're sitting at home and she's like , she bings like yeh-yiddish-kite into the home . Mashiach-hen-o-ji , you know , it's that kind of stuff I love .
I love that . So that's really . I think that you can have a quote unquote Jewish soul without being religiously Jewish .
Yeah .
I mean , I know , I mean , I think we all know people who have Jewish souls , who who are married , so like Juanita , has a Jewish soul .
She never Juanita just has a Jewish husband .
No , she also . She is more Jewish than many Jews that I know .
Juanita is the is the wife of the owner of the comedy seller , noam , and Juanita is to Jewish soul she's . She's the most Hispanic soul I've ever seen in my life . You have not , or Latina , whatever , whatever the right way to say that is .
She's Puerto Rican and Indian , but she pass over Hanukkah like every Jewish holiday and like , so invested and making sure , and she like which is the phenomenon that I was just talking about .
When , when she so she was told Noam , I guess in this situation says make , we're making , pass over , so she gets the on the internet . This is what we need , this is what we do , this is the custom , this is the prayers no , no .
She's like Noam , we're doing Passover , okay , and then she , then she gets the whole thing down .
When I tell Leah would make we make Passover in our house , he's more focused on making sure everybody's feel comfortable . Then my parents are happy that they're coming , that their grandkids are there and everybody's there and he's . I bring in the spirituality of it . What we focus on with the prayers mean that's a .
But , there .
You need both of it .
You need both Absolutely .
You need both .
I think it's really sweet when someone's partner like gets into it .
Yeah , it's like that .
Yeah , that's beautiful .
So hold on . So now you're what's your , you have a special out , Congratulations .
Thank you so much .
So my my like I did America's Got Talent several years back I got running up on that thing and like that oh wow , that's amazing . Thank you , that's a top show to do . What did you ?
lose to .
I lost . What did I lose to ? That's exactly perfect wording . Um I I didn't lose to a dog . I lost to a Japanese robot dancer , or human , who's like a robot . He's an amazing dancer . There's goofy stuff in that .
So who what comment Tom Carter ?
Tom Carter lost to dogs .
Tom . Well , I knew America was finished . I knew America was finished , finished when Tom Carter was on . Uh , yeah . What's that , what's that what's ?
that show AGT .
AGT , america's Got Talent , and Tom Carter , a decent comedian , a funny guy like a great guy , loses to a dog with a dress . The dog had a , had a . Uh , what's it called the tutu Tutu ? What a sick the dogs were amazing though what a sick the dog I met the dog .
What did the dog do ? Who ?
cares .
If the dog's not talking .
I can't do a flip . The dog can do flips .
No , that is so outrageous , that is even like Even even the people of that show should just let the dog not win , because this guy is going to make a career out of being , uh , a comic . The dog's going to die in three weeks , three years , whatever . How long did dogs live now ?
Seven years , the most . I just have a dog . I hope she lives forever , good Lord .
She's not going to your , your dog . What Good Lord , what my Jewish dog . She's not going . She's not going to Jesus .
He's like you're like a Woody Allen meets Larry David meets um Someone who's not canceled with people .
I'm one out of two so far , so like Like Weinstein .
Yeah . So , like Weinstein and Epstein , it's Bill Cosby . I'm Bill Cosby . I'm not going to say it , but you're opening your special open up with a Bill Cosby joke .
Oh yeah .
We have this great . Don't pretend , you don't know what your opening joke is . Oh , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , you dummy , you know you rehearsed it this is like this is like Are we done , usually not this aggressive .
I do pretend , because I like you .
That's why we're like , oh , like , like , no , but he's sitting here .
Oh , yeah , yeah , I hope you know what your opening joke on your , on your special .
No , but I'm being , I'm a humble cool guy , but I watched and I said Thank you for the platter that you .
Yeah , and it was short , is it only 38 ?
minutes . 30 minutes , yeah , 30 minutes .
I minus four hours and 20 . Mine is literally Colm Nedre services . He stills know what that is .
I get , I get , I get the intention of .
I've been to a long I couldn't cut anything out , I don't know , but , but , but , but it was like your how long is it ?
It was a funny joke .
It's an hour and eight minutes . Thank you it was . It was a fine but . But it's like I was thinking myself because I'd never seen you and I go oh God , he's still a great comedian , even though he's canceled as all hell , but he's right . He's not . He's not . I don't tell the joke , but it's . It's great . I hit . Are you criticizing my joke ?
No , no , no , but it made me think it turns your head to things . So it's a good joke . I was like is it . Is it ? It's like a good , that's a good thing .
Thank you , yeah , so good Are we fighting .
You are . I don't fight with people .
I don't .
I don't have the kohyek , I don't have the energy to fight with people . I don't , I , even we don't fight .
Or you don't have to was a word you don't have . You don't have the what Kohyek , the energy to fight .
Strength , it's Yiddish for strength .
All these words that he says to I know I learned after 100 episodes .
After watching all 100 episodes and you'll be speaking fluent Yiddish as well . What you got ?
Kohyek , it's strength . Yiddish for strength OK , Kohyek . In Hebrew it's kohyek , yeah , yeah , yeah . So Larry David meets Woody Allen , meets Bill Cosby means Harvey Weinstein .
Thank you so much .
Welcome to the stage .
Taylor , how are ?
you .
That's my favorite compliment I've gotten today .
That's amazing , I know , yeah . What's going on with Bill Cosby ?
A good friend of mine .
Clearly he's my biggest inspiration , and if he's still like out and about that guy , or is he in jail ? He's out of jail .
He went to jail . He got it . He went to jail , got out of jail . He has . He did like a year ago he was saying he's going to go back on tour .
Oh , that's right . Oh , that's right . I will say this is going to be a crazy statement , but I think God , I think God Hashem gives comics a big leeway . Not that anything he did was right , but the fact that now he's like he's not dying in a prison cell .
Let me ask you something . Would you have him as a guest on the show ?
100 percent . If you can get Bill Cosby , bring him right here .
Bring him right here I think he would do it honestly . Is he all there ?
Is his capacity all there ?
Was he ever all there ?
Yes .
When he was like drugging and raping , like hundreds of women . That's all there .
That's all . That's a sickness , all there . But on stage he was very , very funny and he brought a lot of laughter to a lot of people , which gives him yes , yes , yes , yes . Listen , bill Cosby did , was horrendous , was horrific , was awful , as , offstage , on stage , he did magic . And he did not do magic , cosby .
He did amazing comedy and he brought lots of . I remember watching his specials over and over and over and over .
Okay , so this actually does bring us to an important question , which is that there are many brilliant artists who , in their non artists part of their life , are horrible people .
Yes .
Who was the who does boss ? Hugo Boss designed Nazi uniforms .
Well , it's not Hugo the company . Okay . I don't know the state has made the ovens , but that's a .
Coco Chanel was a Nazi sympathizer
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I mean , there are there's a spectrum of like bad , like I mean like Bill Cosby's , possibly genuinely , possibly the most serial rapist of the last hundred years . Like literally , because he got away with like he truly might be Most people get hopefully in trouble after the first one , obviously , but he did dozens and dozens , yeah , yeah , I just anyway .
So that that's pretty bad than there's people who like don't like , I don't know , like people eat at Chick-fil-A but then they fund anti-gay causes , which is not good , but then I don't know , it's complicated .
So , Kaka Kate , one thing I love about you is you speak , you know I think ahead of where I am . Your hand gestures are ahead of where you are , so you're hand gesturing for three lines ahead of wherever you're speaking . So you're already in the I'm gonna be going to . I'm gonna be going to the house . So you're already in the house .
You're doing the house already . I'm in that house , but your two sentences behind . It's very funny that your hand language is very Jewish .
The last thing is you were thoughtful before you talked and I start talking . Then I go oh no , what am I doing ? How do I fix this ? Yeah , you gotta take it this way .
If you watch yourself on podcasts , you realize you shut your mouth and take a hot beat before you say what you think . So you're saying that you're new to the podcast world and you had a crazy experience with Bobby Lee .
No , no , no , no , but yeah . But you know it's funny doing podcasts how people can take one part and then put it out there and then that's the part that's out there , and like Right , that's what we're gonna do with the Bill Cosby part .
Well , like .
I'm proud of what I said about everything so far .
So far , I'm okay with everything , but you don't know , bobby Lee is a comedian and he's I guess he's big , he's really big yeah yeah yeah , yeah , he sells out whatever .
I did his podcast and we had a lot of fun and whatever , but there's a part where he was goofing on me and then they just cut out that part and they didn't show the other part where I got him back .
So it just showed me being like the victim to his they could quote mean comedy and then I was just and that's the clip that caught millions of views and I'm just like , is this good for my career ? I don't know , but it's funny .
This time period I talked to people like I was like I'm kind of bummed by it , but then no , millions of people saw your face .
Maybe people see you on and they click on one of your on review your bits and they could follow you . That's why it's so important to to yeah .
It's a funny because I've been focusing on selling TV shows and stuff you know and I've . I've sold a couple of shows and I've gotten a couple of pilots in the last several years , but none of them hit across the finish line . So then if you look at my resume , it's like , oh , he hasn't done anything since America's got talent , like no .
I've been like hustling my ass off , but You're a showrunner or writing shows ? I , I've been , I've sold a few unscripted shows like a goofy travel shows hosting , and I sold a creative show for another person and I'll be like an EP and creator of them , you know , and then .
But I've been shopping shows that I would would have been , I've , I've shopped , I've shown the production companies to Ningen across the finish line , whatever , but but like that , I watch with you . I'm so ridiculously inspired by you .
Oh , thank you . I could go on . And why ? What inspires ? Oh , here's the subject .
Really like . I'm , like , I was a fan of you . As for when you were , when I didn't see you as the Jewish guy , you know , I just saw you as a funny guy .
You know what I'm saying ?
Yeah , I hope you get that .
When was I ever not the Jewish guy ? But ?
you on tough . You were like a comedian . You're just another comic . Who's funny that I would watch and be inspired by you know .
I know you're .
Jewish but like . But like I don't know . I've been doing Jewish events and like , and especially since October 7 stuff . I'm like , I'm so like . I love that you talk about .
Like you inspire like adults who like everything you talk about , like people who are Like a lot of people I think about , like when I did America's Got Talent , I like kids say it to me like you made me feel cool to be weird and that kind of stuff so especially you know .
But I look at you and I'm like you inspire adults who like might be gay or might be Orthodox and not be cool with some parts of it , like just being yourself and speaking loudly about being yourself . I've trouble being genuine for too long without saying something silly . This is very hard for me to just be a human , you're doing a great job .
Thank you , yeah .
But , like I love , I think it's really important what you do and like you make it cool to be Jewish .
Yes , it's cool to be Jewish . It's sexy , it's hot , it's masculine , it's good , it's a good thing .
But I love that and like and I've done a lot of Jewish events . But I love that you talk about like some of these events suck . You know some of these Jewish cuts can be amazing , but I love that you also go like they can .
They can be bad crowd sometimes and you joke about , you're honest , you're authentic and like and I've done a lot of Jewish shows and something that can be hard , but then , like , I just did my end up something that can be really fun and special and point end the stories .
After October 7th I did a show like a week or two later I was at JNF , jcc thing and in Tucson and I didn't know there's a huge , wonderful Jewish community out there .
In where ? In Tucson Arizona . Tucson Arizona , of course .
So random to me and it was immense , it was so meaningful to me , yes , and I had like , like birthright was like a switch for me of being more like leaning and proudly Jewish , you know . But then , like after October 7th , I'm like it's like I see how important it is to like . It's a special feeling , it's a very special listen .
It's like this past week . I did shows at the cellar the whole week , which is a mixed crowd , and you know the 855 spots , the 930 spots , the 9th spot , oh , what's that like . And it was amazing . But and you connect with this audience , you connect with a comedy audience .
Yeah , when you connect with your Jewish audience , it's another level , it's another level of connection .
Yeah .
It's , it's , it's , you're so . You're so blessed to be able to connect with them . Yeah .
Yeah , it is true , though , but I've said this to him too , I don't know , maybe it resonates now more , but like that , by like the sheer fact of like him , being who he is , gives certainly , I think , young Orthodox boys and girls also , and girls yes , and girls Sure .
Anybody who's gay and Orthodox , or Jewish or not Orthodox , no , no , no , I'm , I'm , I'm being specific . I always say be a proud Jew and be you .
Yes , that's it , you do always say that , yeah , I'm being very specific here , I think that I'm , I'm sure , and girls too , I have no doubt but that did not exist for these kids , yeah , until you came along and we've heard it , we've heard it from people who run the organizations , we've had them as guests on the show , and it is .
It's really , it's really amazing
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Yeah , like , what are you doing now ? What's your , what's your next moves , where are you performing ?
What are you performing ? No , no , no .
I'm going to sit here Everybody listening how great I am . A horrible feeling this putts sits here with his , you know .
I , I , I'm on a tour . I'm on tour right now .
What's the name of the tour ?
I , I , I . What did I call it ?
I hope it's not called I , I , I , I . What was it I'm trying to ?
remember I think I call it . I have a picture of me with my little Chihuahua . I call it good dad tour and that's a picture of me and my Chihuahua and I have a schedule on my way .
Why do you take me so long to get there ?
Cause I could remember .
I asked you what's the name of your tour . This is the most .
By now no , but I'm asking for .
I'm dying to know that , but that's like a Woody Allen thing . Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah . No , but you .
Can I tell you I I thought about doing what we talked about , where I think , before I talk , I thought about that , but you can't , I , I , I , you gotta hit it . Watch the ask ask me .
Hey , what's the name of your tour ? The name of the tour is Alzheimer's . But you know I would have that would have been , that would have been the worst . I think no , but what ?
But you listen , I'm on tour and I know the name of the tour , I know the posters , I know where it is , I know everything about how the words fit into into into the advertising . You know the name of your tour .
Listen , can I tell you what I'm jealous of ? What do you call it that you have with you , with you and Leo ? What's it called that ? You the word for that you have like your partner that helps your partners that help you . B'sharet Sommeit Well but you have like a comedian , needs like a .
I'm sure . But yeah .
I don't got that Pal you do have that what you do . Have that whoever's booking your tour , whoever's helping you do your comedy , whoever's helping you get asses into seats when that's on the bed .
I don't know what the world is like out there , but I know very well what the world is like out there . I don't know if you know . I don't know . It's a little hard to listen with different tax brackets here in the in the what makes you think ? That it's a lot of like different tax brackets .
Where's you ? You're so Jewish . Oh , my God , oh .
God , yeah , I do . Like you don't look at your . Like you don't do emails . No , like I do , I have to do . I do all of the things you know and like , but I don't . I make my poster and I make no , you don't . Yeah .
You , you do your own posters .
Oh my God , look at me . I don't know what the world is like .
I do know what the world is like . The world . Listen . Let me help you with the word he doesn't know . Let me help you with the world . Let me help you .
How old are you ? I'm 37 .
You , your life changes when you realize that you cannot do everything , when you realize you should not be doing your own poster . You realize you should not be answering emails that you do not know how to answer and God , that's a big one Not answering emails when you do not know how to answer an email and getting people to be on your .
You have to build a team . Yeah , you have to build a team .
How much to get you to join my team in fire mode ? She's currently busy . No , I can't tell you .
I'm producing this podcast and she'll be at the Paramount Theater Periel Periel , can I ?
¶ Discussion on Comedy and Career Development
tell you what I feel like he's bullying you into losing your last name . And with me , darling , with me , you keep your last name .
That's what . That's how my husband lured me in . He's like you can keep your last name .
I don't care what your name is .
My husband's like I don't even know your last name .
Yeah , it's so , it's so , it's so hard . Yeah , but but um .
But I mean I'm being silly , but yeah , I mean it's a lot of like like who's your agent .
What agency with ?
the Gersh agency . Gersh , it's a huge , it's amazing agency .
Yeah , yeah , yeah . So that's your auntie , but you get to , they also helping you . That they , they don't , they don't . They . Make you get somebody who's like your public system . Make you get somebody who's like your social media team .
He's trying to get me to lose my agency . If we have this conversation , I love , but they don't do these things for people in my category of you're doing great .
What are you doing ? What are you talking about ? I'm doing great .
They don't , they don't , there's no , nobody's going to give you a social media . Social media for you .
Neither does mine . No , no , no , you , you have my agent did not . My agent does not do my .
So you just suggest it . You just suggest it . Don't think you use someone for your social media .
Don't they say to you , hey , you should have a social media person . Yeah , hey , you should have a publicist . Yeah , hey , you should have a . But it works . This is kind of how .
I want it . I should get all those things to now . I'm like wait , why don't I have any list what ?
Why Wait a ?
second , what is going on in my career .
I mean you my bank account .
No , do not show me . I don't want to ever see your bank account . Probably you'll never show me your bank account .
But I'm on a tour right . I'm going around the country and I just got hit up by La Jocé JCC yesterday so I'm very excited about hopefully doing a show out there . But anyway , taylor Williamson dot com and at Taylor comedy on my tour dates and stuff . And I have a TV show development with the company that make British bake off .
But if it's silly , amazing really cooking show , we're amazing Pitching . So I have exciting things and I'm excited about what do you have for me ?
I want to know . I want to . I want to focus on your being . I want to your your show pitching . I'm beginning to do like him now . I want to focus on you want a ? Tv show . You see how I did the hand signals before . So we with our people , trying to figure out what is the unscripted show for Modi .
I will make you a show . I sold a show with .
I got it , sell it .
I met it , I got a pro wrestler and I sold a show to TNT with them two years ago . I will create you the best Modi show .
I will create you . That means already he's becoming Jewish .
I'm becoming Jewish . He's .
Yiddish . I will create you Now . I will go for you . I will create you . I'm going to explain . You is a Jewish thing .
Modi , I'm a fan and I get you .
That's .
that's what it is , by the way , we have the whole thing in written form too , that you ?
just you sit with these people who are on their card or whatever their title is . On their email it says creator development for unscripted shows .
Yeah .
Period . That's the name of the , that's the guy's name in either the agency or the TV network . That's his name Creator , developer of unscripted shows . And they turn to me what's ?
your idea for the show .
Here's my idea I'm going to go to the creator , developer of an unscripted show and ask him what's your idea for ? They want you to come with the idea for them . Then who needs you in there ?
That's right . That's like what happens when you go to like parent teacher conference and the teachers like so what do you think ? And I'm like I have no idea .
What do you think ? It's your kid .
Am I in the classroom ? Like you're the teacher , you tell me what do you think is going on . I'm like I don't know . Do I ask you to write my jokes for me ? Like you're the teacher , you're supposed to know what's going on with your kid .
Yes , yeah , but , but your teacher needs to . They have to know what's happening at home .
I don't know what's happening at home . I'm never there .
It's like the therapist Wow , this is , I hope , your son later on in life when he sits with his therapist . Just has that on repeat . I repeat my mom was never there .
The therapist he's . Your kids are going to show this clip to the therapist . Like oh my God this is all you need to know . Let's talk .
My son is a little ball of magic .
That's that's all you fixed it .
No , I'm serious .
That's wonderful , your kids not going to be comedian because you talk like that .
He's actually quite funny , I don't . Yeah , I don't know what he's going to be .
He's going to be one of these people that you meet in life who's like really funny , like I bet my hairdress is the funniest guy . And then I'm like why don't like you're so funny , you should have a YouTube . But then I realized people are just allowed to be really funny and healthy you don't have to .
You don't have to be on YouTube or do stand up just because you're funny , because he has too much love and he can be a really funny , healthy person . I'm sorry I apologize , but I don't think he's going to be at the comedy cell or when I am with me . That's to go on stage .
You need a little bit of what's the Jewish word for something I was going to say that . But no , I know that word . But is there something like a little couple , like one screw loose respectively like a couple ?
respectfully . One screws is called Mishogas .
Oh , ok , like a little Mishogas I should have showed off . I know that one .
Yeah he's incredibly well adjusted .
Yeah , yeah , your parents are married . Yes , oh yeah , they came to see you . Yeah , parents are married . You don't pay 60 years , that's amazing , that's rare in this business .
Yeah , well , and why most comics parents are divorced . I think most comics have something .
Yeah , we're not like I'm more aware of this than that ever . Honestly , I think most comedians are really unhealthy people .
Really .
And I think now is worse than , with sincerity , I think a lot of people will like they're not . They're not . The lot of comedians are . A lot of people I think are not evolving anymore .
They're devolving or they're just staying at a level because they're getting audiences from just trash rises to the top , you know , and TikTok is like from China and like they're corrupting our society Because , you know , in China this is not propaganda stuff , china TikTok . They send you science , they send you music playing . They limit like 45 minutes a day .
The kids are , people are allowed to use TikTok . Here the algorithm is sends garbage diarrhea and burn your friend with hot water challenge and I think a lot of that comedy is going into that too and that's appealing . And a lot of people are blowing up right now who are just like garbage monsters and there's a lot of garbage minds .
Your audiences and these people are not becoming better .
People are evolving , they're realizing , oh , people want to hear about these terrible things all the time and I think they're becoming worse and people are becoming worse and I think it's coming to comedy and that's always excited to come on your show because your love and all these things that turns out not too much love , what ?
are you talking about ? We give you nothing but love .
There's a little bit more what my feelings are . Hurt a little bit how , I forgot why .
But you forgot why , which means it didn't make sense .
I'm not to go back . This is what you do . You make us have to watch the show and after watch it again to remember Watch the show and whatever clip you like .
Let her know and we'll put it up . Whatever , you can pick your own clip . I could pick a clip . Pick a clip .
Oh , that's cool .
Watch the whole episode and you say I want this thing with me when I get this big laugh on from Periel and the dot ka-ka . And you can , it's yours .
I think . Thank you , I think the clip is you telling me that you remind me of , you know , you remind me of Woody Allen , larry David Hitler , little mix of Mussolini .
Mussolini . Mussolini got in here , Wait . So we bonded on for an hour and we loved you . We didn't do any of our promos up front , but we're going to do them right now , Doesn't what ?
We're going to actually tape a clean slate for all of them . We can say hi to Arthur right now .
And now I think I'm going to cut this whole craziness .
Tell me what you want .
Tell me what . You , what , what ? How are we doing this ? What's the ?
new . I can say thank you for A&H . I mean we're going to just end it , just let's cut this whole thing and say goodbye , and then we're going to tape the promo . We're going to do a clean read of the promos that we're going to put in the middle .
A clean read of the promos in the middle . That's what . That's how it's going to be now . Okay , all right . So okay , I'm so happy you're our guest .
I'm so happy . You guys are such joy .
Your chemistry is so great and you can stay for another hour if you want . You want to do part two , taylor Williams .
I would love to if you want to .
I think that's not his name .
Taylor Williamson Williamson . Okay , I'm not offended . He doesn't know what the world is like . I don't know . You're in her ivory life .
Bobby Lee . I didn't know who it was until he showed me a picture . I know who they are by face . I'm horrible with names , yeah , but let's say goodbye .
Let's say goodbye . Let's say goodbye .
So hold on . I am at , so where could they ? Where is this tour , Good daddy ?
Good , it's okay .
What was the world ? What's the name of ?
the tour ? It doesn't matter . It matters what's the name of your tour . I don't know why I have a name of the tour . It's the poster I made on my Instagram and no one else . You're the first person to care . You care and I appreciate that . I care what's the name of your tour , a good dad tour . It's a picture of my dog .
Good dad tour sounds like the gayest name ever for a tour . I know .
Daddy , good daddy tour .
When you say it listen , I'm happy for gay people to come to my show .
You want them there , I would want to sit for them . They are such a good audience .
Can we wrap this episode ?
up , can you ?
say something nice about me .
I love you . I said I could not have . What a nice . First of all , two amazing things happened today . We had a great guest which I was . I'd know I'd never met , never heard of , until Cariel told me and this chair , wtf . I want to give you a fat ishokoyek . I've been , I hated every other chair we had in this studio .
I finally get to sit with a posture and comfortable and feel great . Thank you very much . A good chair is so important . Where can they see you Come ?
on Listen TaylorWilliamsoncom at Taylor Comedy and all the social medias and Taylor Williams on Facebook . I'm on YouTube Taylor Williamson Live at the Comedy Store . It's my favorite jokes . I'm on tour doing different jokes and Shabbat Shalom everybody .
That's it . That's very nice . You're doing other jokes other than what you're doing special .
Completely different stuff . Good for you Got to give the people a Give them something new ?
They don't want to hear what they heard . Taylorwilliamsoncom to find out where all your shows are . Right , I'm , I am , this is Airing and Whenever this Airs Boston , the Wilbur on February 15th and 18th at the Wilbur in Boston , then San Diego the 28th and 29th , and then we're going to go to . We have the improv , which is sold out on the .
Personally , you're not in Boston February 15th and 18th and you said the San Diego day was different than what you said before . Modi , can I give you some advice ? Sir , you should think before you talk . Leo does this , leo does all these tours .
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Everybody the Paramount in Huntington on the 15th and 18th , the Wilbur on the 28th and 29th of February . Then I'm in San Diego the 3rd of March and then the improv the 5th of March , and then we have shows in Dallas , at the Kennedy Center , st Louis , glendale , a whole bunch of places somewhere near you . Go to modilivecom .
Look at the dates Then when you're near a friend of yours and let them know there's a show and always get some extra tickets . Be the friend that brings the friends to the comedy show that's Mashiach . Energy . Periel period is going to be with me in the Paramount in Huntington . What else you want to do ?
At Periel Ashton Brands and write in and tell us if you think I should get rid of my last name .
Can I tell you , I like Periel period also .
And then in terms of Periel's having her period .
They don't listen to me .
Thank you all very much for listening and lots of love , thank you .
