Episode 130: On location, Asheville, NC! (Ft talk w/ Comedian Jeff Allen and more!)

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This week's episode of Uncle Dad Talks. I'm Uncle Dad, and with me as always

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is the ever so handsome Mike Hampton. Mike, if you can hear,

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I'm very excited right now. Yeah, why are you so excited?

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Because we are doing an episode featured on something that I have never experienced,

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and you talk about this place a lot.

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And whenever I get to experience anything that you love, it's amazing.

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So we are here live, quotations, in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Raise up, put your shirt off, and swing it like a helicopter. Isn't that Petey Pongo?

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Yeah, from North Carolina. I know Petey Pablo. Very good. Do you know him personally? Look at you.

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We did a song together back in 2005. Really? Yeah.

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Everybody go Google that. Actually, everybody tweet Petey Pablo. Hey, you know Cap.

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Mike, so this is kind of our opening banter here, and we have a very interesting

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show planned. Probably one of our most unique ones we've done in a while.

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We're pretty much exploring Asheville and talking to different creators,

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comedians, who are either from here, travel here.

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I don't know. We're going to talk to an actor, breweries, hopefully.

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Like, what do you think about this eclectic episode?

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Well, like all things, we have a trajectory set out.

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Whether or not that actually happens is to be seen.

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But, you know, the intention's there, you know. And Asheville is a place that

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brings a lot of people in.

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I think I've heard anywhere during the peak of its tourist season,

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there's 20,000 extra people here a day just for tourism.

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And the town itself, there's about 100,000 residents that live in Asheville

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proper. So we'll see how it goes, right?

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Yeah, you know, and it's one of our first stops. And you guys will hear this

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soon as we're going to, and correct me if I'm wrong, like the Omni?

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Omni Grove Park Inn. Okay, that's where we're going. And apparently it is a

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pretty big establishment here.

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It's a beautiful building. We'll take pictures, post it, all that good stuff.

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And we are going to see something a little different for us.

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We're going to see a clean comic, the legendary Jeff Allen. Alan. Yeah.

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I mean, there's other big comics that do clean comedy, right?

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Most notably Seinfeld, which, you know, we've heard him on the Stern show a

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few times and he talks about sometimes using dirty words is just a cheap laugh.

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And so maybe, you know, I think Jeff's reasoning for doing clean is different

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than Jerry's, but nonetheless, it'll be interesting to see and hopefully we laugh.

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I believe we will. I believe we will. And for those who don't know,

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Jeff Allen's the one who pretty much kind of coined the term happy wife,

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happy life. And we all know that term. Ain't that right, Mike? Yeah.

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I've heard of that term. I don't know if it's actually true.

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Oh, it's true. Sometimes a happy wife still is unhappy life. It depends on the wife.

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You know what? There might be some... Depends on what number of wife you're

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on. Do you have any experience with that? Maybe.

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Yeah, so I'm really excited for this. And Jeff Allen, what's really interesting

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about what we're doing here is that we haven't really talked to too many comedians.

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I think we only had Suli, I think.

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I think you're right. I'll have to look at the list, but I think you're right.

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There's too many people to name.

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We're over 100 episodes in. No big deal, right? But yeah, Sully was great.

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I think comedians offer such great perspectives of life. I mean,

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that's why we like stand-up, right? Is that they offer their own perspective of life.

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And so Sully's story obviously is different than Jeff's and vice versa.

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So it's exciting to see what Jeff is going to offer and see.

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And also on top of all that, we have a weekend full of Asheville fun and we

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may be even talking to your sister. Is that true?

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We may be able to book my sister who manages a fine establishment here in the

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Biltmore Village part of Asheville.

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So hopefully we can book her. She's busy.

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Hopefully we can nail her down. Because she's busy. She's a super stud.

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I know. She's always getting out there, making things happen,

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shaking hands with presidents. I know, right?

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Yeah, she's shaking hands and making calls and, you know, walking downstairs

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and doing moves. Doing moves.

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I don't know where she gets it from. It must run in the family.

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I think so. I think so. But fun fact, everybody, this is good.

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If we do book the elusive Monica, I'm going to say it.

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This will be her second appearance. Do you remember that, Mike?

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Yes, because the first one was at our brewery. Yeah. Our beer release at Clandestine Brewing.

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Which you should all visit because they still sponsor this show,

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and that is Clandestine Brewing in San Jose, California.

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So be sure to go check them out, right Mike?

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Please do. Please do. All right everybody, enough talking for us.

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We'll be right back and when we come back we'll either be talking about our

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experience of the Omni or we're going to be talking to Jeff Allen directly.

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So get ready for a fun show everybody and remember to follow us on Instagram

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Hi, everybody. Uncle Dad here hanging out with Just Mike. Mike, say hello.

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Hello, hello. know we have a very special guest

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sitting right next to us arguably a legend

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in comedy he laughs he laughs but i

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believe it's true let's give it up for the

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man himself jeff allen what's up

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man nothing a legend my gosh that means i'm on my deathbed is that what it takes

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to get to be a legend i guess i don't know it's years been around long enough

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jeff so right out the gate my question question to you is it's a very simple

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question but i hopefully you will be you'll find this fun,

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what is or what does comedy truly mean to you oh obviously it's it's my livelihood

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and uh at times it's a job but it's it's soul fulfilling at this point in my life i enjoy it so much,

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that i at some point i don't know how many years ago it was but i realized this

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is what i was meant to do, you know, but it, it's been a long path getting there

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to that, but, you know, I started in 1978,

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so, uh, but yeah, legend, you know, but, but I figure at this point, it's just all gravy.

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I love that. Mike, you had some pretty, an interesting question.

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I think you wanted to ask him.

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Well, it's all gravy and we do love gravy here in the South,

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right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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So your book and kind of like your moniker through this tour is, are we there yet?

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You know, the journey from a messed up to a meaningful life.

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Is that something that you haven't found yet? Or is that something that like

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you're constantly, is there's never an ending to that?

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Like it's a it's a it's a search that continuously goes

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on i believe it's a search i think that i

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wanted the title are we there yet if we lived here we'd be

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home now you know like you've seen that and to me it had a double meaning you

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know for a christian and i'm a christian that we know this is not our home this

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is not our final resting place and then you kind of wrestle with what your life

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on earth should look like.

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And until I get buried, it is a constant search.

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And I talk about it in my show where you got to remember the first time you

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laid eyes on your wife, because if you forget what that felt like or what you

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felt like, then you're apt to get bored and sidetracked.

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But if you can just take those... Somebody told me in an interview recently,

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he said, life is just mundane and and boring.

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And it's these occasional flashes of just joy and wonderment.

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And it's those flashes that have to sustain you through the mundaneness and the boredom.

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So I think as a believer, Sartre said that in order for something finite to

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have meaning, it has to be connected to something infinite and fixed.

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So my infinite and fixed is God. So if I connect my life to that source.

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Then i know that this one is not my final

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resting place and two i'm just trying to get up and do what's supposed

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to be what i'm supposed to do that's in front of me and and

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then it it it really isn't difficult you know ice cream dr pepper cheesecake

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you know i'm going to enjoy that piece of cheesecake i really am and that's

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one of the pleasures in life somebody was gifted enough to cook something like

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that and make something like that.

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And I told my kids, if whatever you do in life, if you do it for the glory of

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God, you'll do it better.

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You really will. I mean, whether you're a janitor or whether you're a surgeon, you know?

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Yeah, you know, in a lot of your show, you talk a lot about your wife, Tammy.

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And I'm curious, when you were originally, like, doing your show,

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was that ever a challenge to talk about your wife without having her be upset

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about it? Or was she always like, yeah, this is great, do it?

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No. Early on, and I write about this in the book, that I was so angry and bitter

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that she would leave in tears.

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And so she knows the difference between the heart

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delivering the material today than it was 30 years ago

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so she gets it i mean you know because

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people ask her all the time especially in a church are you okay with that and

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she always asked her to check clear you know that's all she cares yeah you know

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but no she she knows how bad it was and what the difference is now and if i

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i I challenge anyone to find any malice in what I say about her. It's just all.

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I mean, I could stand up there and tell you all the things I love about her.

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And you'd think it was nice, but you wouldn't laugh a whole lot.

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And it's the commonality of just human relationships. That's what I talk about.

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There's no such thing as a conflict-free relationship. And I'm really pushing

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the 20 and 30-year-olds now because they've been raised to think that if you

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disagree with me, you hate me.

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I mean, really. I mean, it's like there's no room for disagreement with a lot of the young people.

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And I'm thinking, my gosh, Tammy and I, we've voted in I don't know how many

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elections and probably half of them she voted for the other person.

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You know, I mean, you can sleep with, make love to, and have a conversation

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with someone who doesn't agree with you.

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And as long as you're civil and you love and respect each other,

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then it's fine. So that's...

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I don't think she, I can't think of the last time I, there was one routine I

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did that I was worried about how she would take it.

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And it was, she came out of the bedroom with her hair up.

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She had all these creams and oils on her face and she was wearing this flannel

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thing that she's owned and these sweatpants that she's had so long,

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they're almost see-through. They're kind of sexy now.

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And this is, this is 30 plus years of marriage lingerie.

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You know, it's, it's just wore out sweatpants, you know, you get her in the

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right light, you go, Hey, that's kind of, anyway, Anyway, she walks out of the

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bedroom and she says to me, I just want to say this and don't get upset,

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but you don't touch me at night like you used to.

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And I look at her and said, well, I don't know how I missed it.

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That outfit screams touch me, you know?

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And I was worried about that one because, you know, how she would take that.

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And, but that's, yeah, I said, look, you want my attention, come out with nothing

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on, but one of my dress shirts and I'm yours, you know, and it doesn't work the other way.

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If I just come out with one of her, one of her blouses on, it's just the black

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sock, hairy leg blouse thing just doesn't work you know socks and just the top don't work.

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Mike yeah you know jeff like you know

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you've you've come up in an age of so many comics like

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you know rodney dangerfield and george carlin

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and like you know and seinfeld like all these different comics

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and and you used to be able to just do comedy and

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comedy was comedy you know know right and like it

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wasn't so to the point where if you

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say the wrong thing you're offending someone it's in trouble

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but watching your watching your routine tonight

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how fun is it for you to just do what you're doing and kind of make fun of the

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fact that everything is so sensitive now like do you have fun with that just

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let it rip yeah because it seems like it yeah i don't i i don't spend five minutes

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thinking again we we go through it i'll call my manager and say look i got this

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thing i'm thinking about.

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Is it worth the blowback?

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You know, the problem I think I, what I have with X or Twitter,

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what it used to be is the fact that you, you get, it's just seems to be the

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lowest brow and the lowest form,

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which is just ad hominem. They call you names until you just give up.

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And my question when I was engaged with it was always, what is your end game here?

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I mean, if you're trying to change my heart and mind, calling me a nasty name

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is, is going about it the wrong way.

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I'm open, you know, what's your point? And so that, you know,

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again, it's just, it really is a, it's a very large scale form of bullying to

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the point where they're destroying careers.

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And that's when I ask myself, when I see somebody's career destroyed,

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was what they did worth the destruction of their entire livelihood?

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And I have yet to find one.

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That said or did anything that

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was worth it. So to me, it's just a very large, overt form of bullying.

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And I'm fortunate. The people that are coming out to see me,

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they know me. They know what I am.

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And I don't really have that issue. I bailed tonight a little bit on the Biden

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stuff because I figured it's Asheville.

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I probably had a handful of people here.

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So there was no point in it. I mean, I could have made some comments.

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And in my head, I'm thinking it wasn't worth it. So I just went into something else.

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I did the Gunsmoke and Ice Cream line. And if you've got a problem with that, you've got problems.

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Gunsmoke. Yeah, Gunsmoke was a great reference. It's a great reference.

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I think one of the reasons why we do this show is to connect with people from

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all walks of life, right?

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And our audience is so diverse. And I wonder how much of our audience is going

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to get the Gunsmoke reference.

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But if they don't, they need to go search that because— I was out on tour with

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a guy. It was 15 years younger than me.

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And I brought up Gladys Kravitz from Bewitched.

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And he goes, Gladys Kravitz? What decade is that from?

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So we had jokes. He had fun poking at me, all my references.

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And again, my audience, if you don't get it, then look it up.

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But yeah, that's my father-in-law. When he left, every television in our house,

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as soon as you turned it on, went right to Gunsmoke.

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You know i feel like comedy should

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be like that safe zone right and they're like you just like it

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should be a place where like we can all just laugh and it

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doesn't have to mean anything other than we're just laughing in the moment right

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you know and or get up and leave i mean you know that was the line in the clubs

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remember they go there's no anchor on your rear end you know just you can leave

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i'm again my goal is not to offend but if you're offended i can't there's six billion people,

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Am I supposed to lie awake at night and worry about all $6 billion?

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You should. You should, yes. Yes.

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And the beauty of the internet, which it made my career was the internet,

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is that it will cull like-minded people.

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People who share my videos, they share them to people they think will enjoy it.

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And tonight I had at least four husbands who brought their wives who have never seen me.

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You know and that then you always

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wonder you know because tammy and i have different ideas

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of what you know i always thought jim carrey was funny in those

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uh pet detective movies you know in earnest

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i used to take the boys to see earnest you know

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loved earnest by the way of course you know but tammy

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thought it was sophomoric and and just you know and i said of course it is yeah

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of course right pull my finger and shut up you know speaking of film and stuff

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i wanted to ask you a question So are you a massive lover of Star Trek because

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you were in a short fan film?

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in that? Holy cow, you did your research.

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No, I am not. I don't know. I never. I watched the William Shatner.

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I watched those when I was a kid. But no, I'm not a sci-fi.

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And they reached out to me to do that just based on the comedy.

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And I auditioned. I had to do an audition. There was probably 20 of us.

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we just got a new script from some screenwriter in Chicago.

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And the first thing Tammy said is, this is going to be another one of those

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Star Trek things where nobody sees it, you don't make any money.

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And I go, I don't know, actually.

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But I enjoyed doing it. You know, I mean, it looks fun.

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I mean, I think, uh, I think, you know, when you love doing something,

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whether it's comedy, film, whatever, right.

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You just love to be in that moment and entertaining really, I would say,

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right. Like entertaining is everything, right?

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Like when you get to entertain people, even if you entertained,

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let's say 10 people with that movie, that's okay.

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I think that's a win. Oh, again, yeah, you can't get into the numbers, you know.

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And I've done shows for 15,000 people. I've done shows for 15,

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you know. And again, I enjoy what I do.

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So I think that's contagious, you know.

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When I stop enjoying it, I hope I'm in a position to, because I did not enjoy

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it in the 90s much, but I wasn't in a position financially to get out.

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And that was frustrating and I hope I'm in a position now when it just runs

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its course that you know I can go visit my grandkids and and live the rest of

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my life you know I keep forgetting I'm.

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At 67 you know because i

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i love it when you young guys come out you know because it's

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like holy cow man you're under 50 how'd you get in you know

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i thought we were checking ids at the door

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you know i love that like i

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uh we do have to wrap it up but what's your question there sir well first of

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all yes time flies right and what you also coined one of the most famous phrases

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happy wife happy life so thank you for that and i think the most of the world

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thanks you because because it's a global phrase we all use,

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but for those that didn't hear your set tonight,

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does that still hold up years later? Happy wife, happy life.

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Well, the line itself, I had to drop because people thought I stole it.

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You stole it from yourself. Well, it became so ubiquitous that they just hear it.

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Matter of fact, I just saw something the other night. Tammy and I were watching

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some reality show and the woman said, happy wife, happy life.

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She goes, well, look at that.

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And I go, yeah. Yeah, so anyway, when I first started saying it back in the

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90s, you know, it would get laughs and applause and things.

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And then eventually it just got nothing because people go, oh,

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yeah, we all earned that.

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So I just stopped doing it, you know. And then we had a flood in the basement,

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and I found 300 Happy Life T-shirts.

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So I'm bringing it back until those shirts are gone, you know. Yeah.

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That's funny. Jeff, it has been an absolute pleasure. But one of the things

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we've got to mention before we wrap up is you are on tour and can you give a

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couple of dates coming up in the next couple, if you have a couple,

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a couple of weeks. So what you got going on in March?

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Yeah, I would just say go to the website and we got a brand new website.

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We just put it up and that's really cool, but it has all the dates.

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And then if you sign up for the Facebook page or the Instagram page,

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the feed, we post the calendar that they probably 10 or 12 dates coming up in

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the nearest, but we're hitting the whole country.

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So all the way, we're going to Hawaii in March and I got, you know,

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a Milwaukee on Sunday. I don't know when this will air, but,

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Florida. We've got a nice Florida run. Boca Raton and Palatka and Naples and Tampa.

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That sounds like a fun time. Yeah, I'm going to bring the golf clubs. That's for sure.

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Now, can you just tell our audience what that website is? JeffAllenComedy.com

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And do you have an Instagram as well?

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It's jallancomedy. Nice. Everybody, please go check him out.

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He is so funny. And I love it because it doesn't matter. I'm 34.

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I'm a young man, I guess. and I feel like it doesn't matter your age.

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There is something in your comedy that you can relate to and I absolutely love

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that about what you do and it was just, I honestly had a great time.

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So thank you for having us and thank you for allowing us to interview.

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Thank you for that. That really is nice and it means something when the younger

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people say it because it's like, you know, you just, you know,

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you walk out and go, it's this crusty old guy, you know.

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So I golf with a lot of young guys and every time I come home crippled.

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Tammy says you think you're one of them you know and you're

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not your body can't take it so i take the cart now thank you again jeff it's

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an absolute pleasure and a huge shout out to tammy because you know yeah hopefully

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she's still awake all right everybody we'll be right back after this break again

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go check out jeff allen uh thank you guys so much.

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Hey everybody uncle dad here hanging out with just mike just mike we just had

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a great time last night for those who don't know it's now the future in our

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time we are in the future in the present and they're listening to the past what

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does that feel like wow that sounds so meta,

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we're we're currently in the future of the past but when you're listening to

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this this happened in the past but you're listening to it in the present crazy

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wow wowie wowie indeed uh yeah so So we just got done talking to Jeff Allen.

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That was such a great experience. Mike, I'm curious, you know,

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we've talked about it off mic, but for our audience, how was that experience for you?

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And I mean, I'm sure we both agree that Jeff Allen was amazing to talk to,

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but yeah, what was your thoughts on everything?

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Well, first of all, Einstein, eat your heart out. And I thought it was fun.

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I always enjoy talking to comedians and they just.

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They just have really great responses and they know how to talk.

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They have great stories and, you know, and obviously he's a seasoned veteran, so he was no different.

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And it's great to see his routine and then to, you know, sit and talk with him

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in the what room did they call it?

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That's right. The name of the room we went into was called the Coolidge Room.

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Not a green room, but the Coolidge Room. It's where you cool off to,

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you know, and think about Jennifer Coolidge. Thank you.

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Thank you, Kelly. Jennifer Coolidge.

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You know, and where we were at, we were at the Omni Grove Park Inn,

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and that hotel was stunning.

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But Mike, I think we should tell the audience a little fun story of how we got

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lost for probably like an hour, right?

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What do you think, Mike? I would say it was an hour, yeah.

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Yeah, I felt like we might get lost when we were walking to the part of the

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Grove Inn that had the comedy show.

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And sure enough, as we were walking back, we got lost because that place is

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huge and there was no real direction for us.

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Yeah, it's hard to describe it without actually seeing it, of course,

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but there is, I'll do my best to do so. When we parked, we parked, we're with our party.

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We leave, we go to the one flight of stairs, we'll go to the elevator.

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We then go downstairs, down an elevator to go through what's called the spa level,

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level walk through the spa level which is beautiful by the way it's like a bunch

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of cavernous it's like walking through batman's bat cave would you agree with

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that yeah if batman's bat cave was a spa for well if.

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Treatment, yes. So you're walking through that, and then when you get to the

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end, you take another elevator going all the way up to the eighth floor.

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Then you have to walk around there, get to the grand ballroom, and there is Jeff Allen.

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So now we have to do all that backwards, and I just don't think that happened.

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Especially after a few drinks. Yes.

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But, you know, it was funny at first, and we laughed, and then we started getting

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frustrated because it was damn near an hour, and we're like,

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how the hell are we going to get out of here?

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And so luckily we figured out, well, if we just walk in the parking garage the

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exact way we came in with the car, we'll find it that way.

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Thank you to my sister who attended the event with us who wants credit for that.

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As she deserves. Okay. Yeah. Shout out to Sister Hampton. Let's do it.

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Who we'll be talking to later on the show.

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I hope so. I hope so. I hope she's ready to be grilled. If we can book her.

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She is a busy body person.

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Busy body indeed. Yeah. Yeah, so everybody, I hope you're enjoying this experience

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with us here in Nashville, and we'll be right back after this little break.

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All right, everybody. Uncle Dad here hanging out with Just Mike.

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Mike, say hello as always.

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Hi, hello, hello. We are at Dissolver Brewery, right? That's correct.

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We're at Dissolver Brewery, and we got ourselves a local rock star.

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We got somebody who's been around and has done some wild things and has been

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able to live a life that I can only dream of.

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Isn't that true, Mr. My Captain? I think so, yeah.

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I mean, judging by his hair, I think he gets a lot of doors open for him. I think so.

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I'm pretty sure somewhere down the line he's related to Brad Pitt.

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Brad Pitt is definitely his uncle, maybe even his dad. I don't know.

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But please introduce our very special guest. Yeah, so here in Asheville,

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there's a band, a jazz band, Brass Band.

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Who I've seen a few times and I love, and I love their name because it's Star

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Wars themed and we love Star Wars, right?

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Yes, of course. We do. The Empire Strikes Brass. And we have the trombone player, Jacob Bruner.

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And the trombone is my favorite instrument, jazz brass instrument.

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So it's a pleasure to have Jacob on the show. Jacob, thanks for coming.

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Absolutely. Thanks for having me, y'all. This is going to be fun.

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Now, Jacob, how do you feel that I think you're related to Brad Pitt?

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It's crazy. We actually are related. He was having me out in California just the other week.

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We were at an award show, the Grammys. We went to the Grammys together.

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You know, I believe it. I mean, why would you lie about that?

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There's no reason for you to lie about that, right? Absolutely not.

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Just I hope Brad Pitt doesn't come see us, but that's a different story.

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All right. So, Mike, I know you had some pretty wonderful questions to ask him,

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so go ahead and kick it off. Wonderful, wonderful.

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Yeah, well, mainly, like, so first of all, you live in Asheville.

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Where are you from originally?

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I grew up in a town called Cary right next to Raleigh. So when I was about one, we moved there.

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And at that point, it was just like small suburbs.

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And then by the time I left when I was 18, it was just like condos and mini

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malls just like kind of exploded in population.

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So that's where I grew up. I saw it change a lot. And then I went to school

431
00:28:19,503 --> 00:28:22,963
in Greensboro, North Carolina. And then I came out here.

432
00:28:23,983 --> 00:28:28,903
With all those moves is there ever a point where it feels like your one is better than the other.

433
00:28:29,943 --> 00:28:33,243
Ashville i would say is definitely my favorite i feel

434
00:28:33,243 --> 00:28:38,903
super at home out here and i it'll only have been three years since i moved

435
00:28:38,903 --> 00:28:45,203
here in may so it's just been an incredible experience so far honestly especially

436
00:28:45,203 --> 00:28:50,643
like joining empire strikes brass and then a bunch of other projects too too.

437
00:28:50,643 --> 00:28:56,943
And just the music scene here is definitely a new family for me that I just never knew I would have.

438
00:28:57,423 --> 00:29:02,083
Yeah, you know, Asheville is a great place for artists, musicians.

439
00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:05,883
You know, I've come to visit here many times since my sister lives here.

440
00:29:06,063 --> 00:29:09,603
And I'm even thinking of moving here just because, you know,

441
00:29:09,603 --> 00:29:13,083
the experience I feel, I feel at home here. It's beautiful.

442
00:29:13,343 --> 00:29:16,663
There's so much great food. there's as you know

443
00:29:16,663 --> 00:29:20,263
there's so much great breweries and and but let

444
00:29:20,263 --> 00:29:23,523
me ask you about empire strikes brass because they're like the the

445
00:29:23,523 --> 00:29:26,743
band i would say uh like the ashville band

446
00:29:26,743 --> 00:29:31,483
and i know you guys don't just play here in ashville but i've been several times

447
00:29:31,483 --> 00:29:36,863
that i've been here coming to see empire is like part of the part of the itinerary

448
00:29:36,863 --> 00:29:40,683
so like how do you get connected like you first of all how long have you been

449
00:29:40,683 --> 00:29:41,863
playing the trombone and then

450
00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:45,963
how do you get into a band that's so well-established here in Nashville?

451
00:29:46,983 --> 00:29:52,123
Yeah, I think with opportunities like that, there's definitely a lot of luck

452
00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:53,543
and timing involved because.

453
00:29:55,118 --> 00:29:59,898
There's a lot of incredible trombonists in Asheville, which is surprising because

454
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,838
not that many people play the trombone.

455
00:30:01,978 --> 00:30:05,698
So for so many to be in one place is pretty unique.

456
00:30:06,598 --> 00:30:11,298
And as far as when I started, I started playing trombone in middle school in sixth grade band.

457
00:30:11,718 --> 00:30:15,998
And I just kind of kept going as my love for music grew.

458
00:30:16,158 --> 00:30:19,838
And I switched instruments a few times doing classical music.

459
00:30:19,838 --> 00:30:24,578
But when I started to take jazz more seriously, I switched back to trombone

460
00:30:24,578 --> 00:30:27,058
and dedicated myself a lot more to that.

461
00:30:27,298 --> 00:30:33,498
So fast forward to when I moved to Asheville, I knew a few people out here.

462
00:30:33,538 --> 00:30:36,758
But no one in really like the funk or jazz scene for the most part.

463
00:30:36,758 --> 00:30:40,338
And so basically what

464
00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:43,518
you do is just go to the jams play with

465
00:30:43,518 --> 00:30:46,698
people learn like the standard songs people

466
00:30:46,698 --> 00:30:49,678
like to play in the area then you can like have that dialogue with

467
00:30:49,678 --> 00:30:53,058
people of like oh we can play the same songs together that was.

468
00:30:53,058 --> 00:30:56,658
Fun and then eventually someone

469
00:30:56,658 --> 00:30:59,718
can't make something life happens and they

470
00:30:59,718 --> 00:31:03,218
need someone to fill in and if you're

471
00:31:03,218 --> 00:31:06,758
in the right place in the the right time there's that luck coming involved

472
00:31:06,758 --> 00:31:10,338
it all comes together and with

473
00:31:10,338 --> 00:31:13,098
the timing of it with me particularly I had

474
00:31:13,098 --> 00:31:16,358
a lot of crazy life stuff happen at

475
00:31:16,358 --> 00:31:19,378
a certain point in time I think about one year after I

476
00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:23,258
moved here and went through that process of like

477
00:31:23,258 --> 00:31:26,318
going to the jams and just showing up in the scene without

478
00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:29,258
being in a band or anything like that and then

479
00:31:29,258 --> 00:31:32,318
a year later I like had quit my

480
00:31:32,318 --> 00:31:35,158
job suddenly and had some other personal stuff go

481
00:31:35,158 --> 00:31:37,898
on and I didn't really have a plan and then

482
00:31:37,898 --> 00:31:40,818
right at that moment was when I got the opportunity to

483
00:31:40,818 --> 00:31:43,578
play my first gig with Empire Strikes Press just as

484
00:31:43,578 --> 00:31:46,658
a substitute but then as they needed someone

485
00:31:46,658 --> 00:31:49,658
to step into that role more permanently I was

486
00:31:49,658 --> 00:31:52,438
well positioned to do it and I had showed up and done a

487
00:31:52,438 --> 00:31:55,978
decent job too so it's like being lucky being

488
00:31:55,978 --> 00:31:58,878
ready and then like showing up and doing

489
00:31:58,878 --> 00:32:01,458
it and also in a band like that that's a

490
00:32:01,458 --> 00:32:06,078
family you know you want to be a nice person to be around too that's kind of

491
00:32:06,078 --> 00:32:10,298
necessary to be in a band you know i want to kind of go back a little bit you're

492
00:32:10,298 --> 00:32:13,938
talking about growing up and stuff and what was the first song you learned how

493
00:32:13,938 --> 00:32:19,918
to play do you remember that oh great question oh my gosh i don't think anyone's

494
00:32:19,918 --> 00:32:20,978
ever asked me that question before.

495
00:32:22,422 --> 00:32:28,542
First song i learned how to play it might have been a piano song or i guess

496
00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:33,182
if we're being like legit it's probably like hot cross buns on the recorder

497
00:32:33,182 --> 00:32:34,862
and like kindergarten really,

498
00:32:35,642 --> 00:32:38,602
what did you call it hot cross ones hot cross buns

499
00:32:38,602 --> 00:32:41,702
i don't think i do do you know that song mike yeah you'd

500
00:32:41,702 --> 00:32:44,662
know it if you'd heard it you would yeah the first song and

501
00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:47,462
beginning recorder quarter kindergarten or whatever

502
00:32:47,462 --> 00:32:50,782
it's like hot cross buns hot cross

503
00:32:50,782 --> 00:32:53,542
buns one of any too many hot cross

504
00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:56,542
buns or something like that i actually don't know that easiest song ever

505
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:59,482
on any instrument so probably that so next

506
00:32:59,482 --> 00:33:02,642
time you play live we should play that honestly you got

507
00:33:02,642 --> 00:33:07,762
me cooking a little bit because in my i i'm a keyboardist too and i have a trio

508
00:33:07,762 --> 00:33:14,482
called sugar bomb and And we sometimes will take classic songs that everyone

509
00:33:14,482 --> 00:33:21,202
knows and then add some kind of stylistic twist to it that's more like our style.

510
00:33:21,342 --> 00:33:26,362
We would totally do something like that with a song like Hot Cross Buns. I love it.

511
00:33:27,262 --> 00:33:30,502
Hopefully we inspired that for your next session.

512
00:33:31,882 --> 00:33:37,142
So when you're playing with, what's your other band?

513
00:33:37,142 --> 00:33:40,382
Band the trio i just mentioned is called sugar bomb sugar

514
00:33:40,382 --> 00:33:43,902
bone so when you guys play is that your is

515
00:33:43,902 --> 00:33:47,142
that kind of you had had that band and

516
00:33:47,142 --> 00:33:50,242
you kind of steer that ship as opposed to with empire you

517
00:33:50,242 --> 00:33:52,882
you know you're you're part of a i mean there's a lot

518
00:33:52,882 --> 00:33:56,742
of there's a lot of players in that an empire how many are in empire depending

519
00:33:56,742 --> 00:33:59,702
on the show we can operate kind of in different sizes

520
00:33:59,702 --> 00:34:03,022
which is cool because there's so many people in the band but if

521
00:34:03,022 --> 00:34:05,962
it's a big show and we have all hands on deck we'll

522
00:34:05,962 --> 00:34:08,882
probably have nine or ten people on stage that's a

523
00:34:08,882 --> 00:34:11,582
bit i mean and it's great and and it's so fun i'll come

524
00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:14,342
back to that but so so so for your

525
00:34:14,342 --> 00:34:17,262
other band the hot six like is that is that

526
00:34:17,262 --> 00:34:20,522
is that something that you coordinate or or are you is

527
00:34:20,522 --> 00:34:23,542
someone else had kind of headlining that band in sugar

528
00:34:23,542 --> 00:34:28,842
bomb it's i got to give a lot of credit to our bass player eli khan because

529
00:34:28,842 --> 00:34:34,462
he's just so on the ball with like the making things happen side of things and

530
00:34:34,462 --> 00:34:40,822
I can be maybe more of a stereotypical creative and like a bit aloof with that kind of stuff.

531
00:34:41,182 --> 00:34:46,122
So he gets us going a lot, but in the nature of a trio, that's keys, bass, and drums.

532
00:34:47,162 --> 00:34:50,062
Naturally, I have to take a huge lead in that because...

533
00:34:51,202 --> 00:34:56,042
Keyboard kind of is like a lot of the song, you know, I'm like coloring in the

534
00:34:56,042 --> 00:34:58,882
whole picture and then like bass and drums.

535
00:34:59,442 --> 00:35:04,962
It's like very foundational. But Eli is known for his hybrid guitar playing,

536
00:35:05,062 --> 00:35:09,942
which is if you don't know what that is, it's like three bass guitar strings

537
00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:13,322
and four regular guitar strings all on one electric instrument.

538
00:35:13,322 --> 00:35:16,762
So he's an amazing guitar player too and

539
00:35:16,762 --> 00:35:19,622
this is was kind of his first project or so

540
00:35:19,622 --> 00:35:22,462
that he was playing bass on so it's it's very

541
00:35:22,462 --> 00:35:25,202
uh even in that group but then in the past like when

542
00:35:25,202 --> 00:35:28,602
i recorded my own music a long time ago and would

543
00:35:28,602 --> 00:35:32,702
i like to do like big sessions or one time i coordinated

544
00:35:32,702 --> 00:35:35,562
a whole big band new year's eve thing

545
00:35:35,562 --> 00:35:38,222
that i was like the leader of and when you lead a

546
00:35:38,222 --> 00:35:42,222
project like that yeah it's very much more so a dictatorship for

547
00:35:42,222 --> 00:35:47,262
good reason like it just it won't get done if there's not someone that has the

548
00:35:47,262 --> 00:35:50,502
whole list of things that's like this is what needs to be done to make something

549
00:35:50,502 --> 00:35:55,982
happen and then you just like if you can like delegate certain things but at

550
00:35:55,982 --> 00:36:00,042
the end of the day you're still the person that's making everything happen and.

551
00:36:00,542 --> 00:36:03,202
Being in a band like empire it's kind of

552
00:36:03,202 --> 00:36:06,062
nice to be able to share the responsibility with everyone

553
00:36:06,062 --> 00:36:08,882
one i i really wanted to say something for past guys

554
00:36:08,882 --> 00:36:11,602
i'm sorry for that sound in the background we are outside of the

555
00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:14,642
dissolver brewery so i apologize for any certain sound

556
00:36:14,642 --> 00:36:19,062
issues but back to the interview i so when you talk about you know collaboration

557
00:36:19,062 --> 00:36:24,022
and all this stuff for you what is the the most collab the collaboration you

558
00:36:24,022 --> 00:36:27,982
look forward to doing the most do you look forward to like the behind the scenes

559
00:36:27,982 --> 00:36:30,442
collaboration because collaboration is more than just music right?

560
00:36:30,502 --> 00:36:32,682
So what is your favorite part of collaboration?

561
00:36:33,782 --> 00:36:35,282
Another great question.

562
00:36:36,853 --> 00:36:43,473
I guess my favorite part would maybe be just like the moments that don't have

563
00:36:43,473 --> 00:36:46,093
to do with like the task at hand.

564
00:36:46,433 --> 00:36:53,013
Like you say you're recording, you got to go to somewhere, set up all the stuff,

565
00:36:53,133 --> 00:36:55,073
takes a really long time, get it all dialed in.

566
00:36:55,213 --> 00:37:00,213
And then when you're in the process of recording it, it's like kind of high

567
00:37:00,213 --> 00:37:04,033
stress because you're trying to get everything right at the same time.

568
00:37:04,493 --> 00:37:08,913
And that can be high stress. But then say everything's set up,

569
00:37:08,913 --> 00:37:11,333
you're done for the day, maybe you're doing another day the next day,

570
00:37:11,413 --> 00:37:14,993
and there's nothing but time to kill and just like chill out.

571
00:37:15,393 --> 00:37:21,373
And then, you know, those moments, you know, you have a lot of good bonds with

572
00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:23,853
the people that you're collaborating with.

573
00:37:23,853 --> 00:37:26,853
And if you play music with people

574
00:37:26,853 --> 00:37:29,633
i think a lot of the time it works out that you get

575
00:37:29,633 --> 00:37:32,853
along well too and that ideally it

576
00:37:32,853 --> 00:37:36,453
does i think even families fight shall

577
00:37:36,453 --> 00:37:39,653
we say but yeah you

578
00:37:39,653 --> 00:37:42,913
also have a ton of amazing memories with your family that

579
00:37:42,913 --> 00:37:45,873
you wouldn't trade for anything so comes with

580
00:37:45,873 --> 00:37:48,573
both sides yeah you know i like i said

581
00:37:48,573 --> 00:37:51,633
i've seen you guys play you know i've seen empire play a few few times and

582
00:37:51,633 --> 00:37:54,533
i've seen you know your sugar bomb there's a

583
00:37:54,533 --> 00:37:57,353
there's a spot here called the ashville music hall and then beneath it.

584
00:37:57,353 --> 00:38:01,273
Is another spot called the one stop and one

585
00:38:01,273 --> 00:38:04,253
thing i love about those and i so you know

586
00:38:04,253 --> 00:38:07,173
it's very it reminds me a lot of new orleans the style of

587
00:38:07,173 --> 00:38:10,833
the amount of people that play jam and

588
00:38:10,833 --> 00:38:13,693
and brass and just come up and hop

589
00:38:13,693 --> 00:38:16,353
in and hop out it reminds me so much in

590
00:38:16,353 --> 00:38:19,173
new orleans and and i don't think a lot of people even realize that about

591
00:38:19,173 --> 00:38:22,153
ashville is that there's such a scene

592
00:38:22,153 --> 00:38:25,053
like that and and i one of

593
00:38:25,053 --> 00:38:27,933
my favorite memories of coming here was coming to

594
00:38:27,933 --> 00:38:31,213
a funk jam on tuesday nights because you

595
00:38:31,213 --> 00:38:34,513
know otherwise tuesdays suck right i guess which

596
00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:38,013
in new orleans rebirth brass band always plays

597
00:38:38,013 --> 00:38:40,813
on tuesday nights that's like their nights they had many

598
00:38:40,813 --> 00:38:43,533
years running at the maple leaf and now they run at

599
00:38:43,533 --> 00:38:47,253
the rabbit hole but but tuesday night's night so here at

600
00:38:47,253 --> 00:38:50,053
the ashville music hall tuesday night or the one stop

601
00:38:50,053 --> 00:38:52,733
tuesday night's the funk jam like how fun is

602
00:38:52,733 --> 00:38:56,913
that for you like one when you get to play with with empire and one when you

603
00:38:56,913 --> 00:39:00,713
get to just come with with your sugar bum or just yourself and then just hop

604
00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:08,533
in yeah i mean there's definitely a big community aspect to that and i owe so

605
00:39:08,533 --> 00:39:12,633
much to the jams out here because because that's how I ultimately got connected with everyone,

606
00:39:13,353 --> 00:39:16,673
and how you can create that bond with all the other people in the community,

607
00:39:16,833 --> 00:39:18,413
even if you don't play in a band with them.

608
00:39:18,793 --> 00:39:24,273
And it's cool because we're all on each other's team in that way too, where like, I wanna see.

609
00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:31,537
Them succeed and vice versa and i i love that about the one sob too just that

610
00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:36,417
everyone can come together i'm kind of blanking on the original question at

611
00:39:36,417 --> 00:39:40,117
this point sorry be honest i love it,

612
00:39:40,977 --> 00:39:43,857
it's okay sometimes i blink on the questions i

613
00:39:43,857 --> 00:39:46,497
ask so you know when

614
00:39:46,497 --> 00:39:48,697
you're having too much fun out here it's sometimes you just lose track you know

615
00:39:48,697 --> 00:39:53,497
so you know before i want to wrap up soon but before we do i want to ask you

616
00:39:53,497 --> 00:39:56,617
now that you've been doing this and being part of this movement and obviously

617
00:39:56,617 --> 00:39:59,737
you're part of a you know you're part of a band that is as a theme but star

618
00:39:59,737 --> 00:40:06,477
wars right so what is your favorite star wars death scene favorite star wars death scene,

619
00:40:09,297 --> 00:40:15,157
well i guess the end of three doesn't really count as a death scene because he doesn't die.

620
00:40:16,717 --> 00:40:20,117
Yes revenge of the sith so favorite death

621
00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:24,177
oh well can

622
00:40:24,177 --> 00:40:27,297
i say that is kind of the death of of

623
00:40:27,297 --> 00:40:29,957
anakin and the birth so it kind

624
00:40:29,957 --> 00:40:32,597
of is a death and a birth so you could you i

625
00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:35,857
would say that it's fair the death the death of anakin skywalker

626
00:40:35,857 --> 00:40:38,717
yeah i like i actually think i think you're dead on

627
00:40:38,717 --> 00:40:41,377
right mike because i think people argue about that like well yeah technically

628
00:40:41,377 --> 00:40:46,197
anakin died at at that point yeah but then people argue anakin came back at

629
00:40:46,197 --> 00:40:50,557
the end of jedi technically because remember he became his original self and

630
00:40:50,557 --> 00:40:55,297
he was there for luke so he's like jesus he just came back yeah pretty much

631
00:40:55,297 --> 00:40:58,437
pretty much uh he was just trying to get on god's good side real quick.

632
00:40:59,497 --> 00:41:03,637
You know so i have to tell you mine real fast so mine is actually there's all

633
00:41:03,637 --> 00:41:08,517
this hype for this character on i think it's is it is it it's either jedi or

634
00:41:08,517 --> 00:41:13,117
it's strike or strikes back and And it's where we first see Boba Fett, right?

635
00:41:13,417 --> 00:41:17,437
You finally see Boba Fett, and then that motherfucker dies, right?

636
00:41:17,577 --> 00:41:19,917
He gets into the sandpit monster, and he's dead.

637
00:41:20,517 --> 00:41:26,277
Do you remember that? Yeah. Yeah. And it's just like a little anticlimactic

638
00:41:26,277 --> 00:41:28,897
in that way. It's like, wait, he just rolled up.

639
00:41:29,557 --> 00:41:32,857
Exactly. And then he's gone. So I don't know. That's just how I feel.

640
00:41:33,137 --> 00:41:35,237
What is your favorite, Mike? Well, but then he came back because,

641
00:41:35,337 --> 00:41:37,517
you know, now we know that he crawled out of the Sarlacc pit,

642
00:41:37,597 --> 00:41:39,137
and now we have Boba Fett series.

643
00:41:39,857 --> 00:41:42,817
Sure. but at that time that

644
00:41:42,817 --> 00:41:45,657
was never a thing for many years we all thought he was dead yes

645
00:41:45,657 --> 00:41:48,877
rest in peace for many years r.i.p r.i.p all

646
00:41:48,877 --> 00:41:51,697
right so before we wrap up where can our audience connect with you

647
00:41:51,697 --> 00:41:56,437
and learn more about you and the band so you participate in probably just instagram

648
00:41:56,437 --> 00:42:00,897
that's the easiest i uh kind of connect everything through that my handle is

649
00:42:00,897 --> 00:42:06,177
nice and easy to remember it's i am jacob i play music one word yeah all one

650
00:42:06,177 --> 00:42:09,437
word okay i am jacob i play music Wow.

651
00:42:09,757 --> 00:42:12,637
That's fun. I love that. And that all, all platforms?

652
00:42:13,157 --> 00:42:17,457
Yeah, pretty much. Okay. And then do your, do the bands have a Instagram as well?

653
00:42:17,877 --> 00:42:23,957
Yeah, I have all the bands I regularly play on, like in my bio. And then I think that.

654
00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:28,180
Handle also works on band camp to find like my own

655
00:42:28,180 --> 00:42:31,080
music that i put up there and stuff i love that now mike do

656
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,360
you have any last words before we wrap up well yes will

657
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:38,420
we hear more of the star wars orchestrated

658
00:42:38,420 --> 00:42:42,080
music translated into jazz and brass from

659
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,480
empire going forward well honestly empire

660
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,740
really only plays like one star wars

661
00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:53,260
thing and it's just this really really badass

662
00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:58,740
like ending tag we like to do so we'll play whatever the last song is and then

663
00:42:58,740 --> 00:43:04,960
just in the key of whatever song we just played our drummer nick will just hit

664
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:09,220
the clicks of whatever ending we're about to do and when he does it for we call

665
00:43:09,220 --> 00:43:11,820
it empire we just all together go.

666
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:24,340
So that's really the the one star wars thing we actually play but there's uh

667
00:43:24,340 --> 00:43:28,860
i feel like there's definitely potential for something there and i i love star

668
00:43:28,860 --> 00:43:34,180
wars music i think we maybe should i i would love to hear the cantina song at

669
00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:38,600
least like in between two other songs that you guys play maybe do a quick little,

670
00:43:42,980 --> 00:43:46,420
I guess I'll just have to come to the show and see that's it that's it alright

671
00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:49,760
buddy thank you guys so much for listening we'll be right back with more Asheville

672
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,460
content please go support our act

673
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,640
all the people who've been on the show we're so thankful for your time and thank

674
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,000
you again Jacob appreciate you so much absolutely thanks for having me take care.

675
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:48,080
Music.

676
00:44:48,494 --> 00:44:53,394
What a great week this has been so far. It's been full of fun, fun, fun.

677
00:44:53,894 --> 00:44:59,174
And we just got done talking to Jacob Bruner of Empire Strikes Brass.

678
00:44:59,894 --> 00:45:04,014
I'm curious, Mike, I know you were very excited to talk to him because I know

679
00:45:04,014 --> 00:45:06,354
that world of jazz means a lot to you.

680
00:45:06,434 --> 00:45:11,454
So what was that like to talk to somebody who's also passionate about the music you like?

681
00:45:12,194 --> 00:45:16,034
Yeah, I feel like it's kind of been a theme this month is talking to

682
00:45:16,034 --> 00:45:19,054
jazz and jazz players and

683
00:45:19,054 --> 00:45:22,814
so yeah it's interesting to talk to someone who's not

684
00:45:22,814 --> 00:45:26,094
in the new orleans jazz brass scene and

685
00:45:26,094 --> 00:45:32,974
who comes up in the suburbs of raleigh north carolina and found his way here

686
00:45:32,974 --> 00:45:36,714
in nashville by just you know following that it's the same thing we always talk

687
00:45:36,714 --> 00:45:41,354
about you know you follow that thread of your passion and see the doors that

688
00:45:41,354 --> 00:45:43,494
open when you when and you give yourself up to that.

689
00:45:43,714 --> 00:45:46,174
And this seems to be working out for Jacob. So it was cool.

690
00:45:46,554 --> 00:45:49,834
Yeah, that is a constant theme of this show, I feel.

691
00:45:49,934 --> 00:45:54,134
It's like we talk to people about passion and how it leads them to that certain

692
00:45:54,134 --> 00:45:57,454
moment that gets them to that point to allow them to unlock,

693
00:45:57,854 --> 00:46:01,414
maybe not necessarily their full potential, but their beginning of their dream

694
00:46:01,414 --> 00:46:02,934
or the end of their dream, whatever it is, right?

695
00:46:03,454 --> 00:46:07,654
And what I find really interesting about Jacob's story was that you can tell

696
00:46:07,654 --> 00:46:10,214
he's still relatively young, or pretty young, I would think,

697
00:46:10,254 --> 00:46:15,054
right? and he's in two bands, and you can tell he's so creative,

698
00:46:15,134 --> 00:46:17,074
and it was exciting to talk to him and see his process.

699
00:46:18,174 --> 00:46:22,194
And I haven't seen them live yet, but I hope I get to.

700
00:46:22,554 --> 00:46:26,034
Next time I'm out here, please let me join you, and we'll go see them live. What do you think?

701
00:46:26,314 --> 00:46:30,754
I think we'll try and coordinate when you come back out in the summer that it'll

702
00:46:30,754 --> 00:46:31,594
be when they are playing.

703
00:46:31,854 --> 00:46:35,734
I think that would be a good idea. I think so. We'll do an actual summer edition. How about that?

704
00:46:36,674 --> 00:46:40,054
So when we talk about this show and what we've been doing this weekend,

705
00:46:40,394 --> 00:46:43,974
We have another trip or another special guest lined up next.

706
00:46:44,374 --> 00:46:47,494
And that is the ever so wonderful.

707
00:46:48,503 --> 00:46:51,583
Monica, your sister, your blood.

708
00:46:52,343 --> 00:46:57,023
But wait, we forgot to mention the fact that we were at Dissolver and it was

709
00:46:57,023 --> 00:46:59,523
Twin Peaks Day while we were there, right?

710
00:46:59,883 --> 00:47:02,263
You're right. I don't know why we even talked about Dissolver,

711
00:47:02,323 --> 00:47:03,163
Mike, and I know I forgot.

712
00:47:04,163 --> 00:47:08,663
Yeah, that's right. Before I announced the special guest, spoiler alert.

713
00:47:09,803 --> 00:47:13,303
Yeah, we were at Dissolver and part of the reason we were at Dissolver was because

714
00:47:13,303 --> 00:47:17,723
I wanted to go or I wanted us all to go to be a part of the Twin Peaks Day celebration.

715
00:47:18,503 --> 00:47:22,123
Because for those who don't know, when we recorded this, it was February 24th.

716
00:47:22,123 --> 00:47:27,963
And February 24th is the first day that Agent Cooper arrives to Twin Peaks and

717
00:47:27,963 --> 00:47:32,183
begins the story of Twin Peaks. Now, Dissolver did a special brew.

718
00:47:32,323 --> 00:47:35,903
And I can't remember the name of the, or what was inside the beer.

719
00:47:36,043 --> 00:47:40,163
But what I can tell you is they did a special release for the Twin Peaks day of the beer.

720
00:47:40,383 --> 00:47:45,623
And it was based on a coffee, which makes sense. because Agent Cooper was always,

721
00:47:46,223 --> 00:47:50,543
he was obsessed with the coffee at that little diner in Twin Peaks.

722
00:47:50,723 --> 00:47:56,123
So Mike, I'm curious, do you remember Twin Peaks very well and did you love Twin Peaks?

723
00:47:56,223 --> 00:47:59,403
As you know, I really love this show and I was schooling some of you guys,

724
00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:01,443
but I love, love, love this show.

725
00:48:01,683 --> 00:48:08,063
My memory only has so much space now and the space that Twin Peaks took up is

726
00:48:08,063 --> 00:48:13,003
kind of gone, but I do remember parts of the show and I remember enjoying it.

727
00:48:13,003 --> 00:48:18,923
And honestly, the whole experience, they had a costume contest, they had props set up.

728
00:48:19,143 --> 00:48:23,963
You'll see pictures of it on our Instagram, but it makes me want to rewatch it.

729
00:48:24,363 --> 00:48:28,263
And then they were showing clips of the final episode.

730
00:48:28,483 --> 00:48:32,383
I guess not just the final episode, but anyways, just how crazy that final episode

731
00:48:32,383 --> 00:48:34,823
was. It makes me want to go back and rewatch it.

732
00:48:35,495 --> 00:48:39,055
I think it's, Twin Peaks was David Lynch and it was one of those,

733
00:48:39,175 --> 00:48:42,495
it was so crazy when it came out.

734
00:48:42,555 --> 00:48:47,935
And that was like, you know, was it mid-90s or late 90s? Do you remember? It was more mid-90s.

735
00:48:48,515 --> 00:48:52,695
Again, the memory is just, it's fleeting me at this moment.

736
00:48:52,695 --> 00:48:56,975
Your mind is twin peaks yeah you

737
00:48:56,975 --> 00:48:59,755
know and i think when we when you talk about twin peaks like you

738
00:48:59,755 --> 00:49:02,615
can't talk about the atmosphere like can't like

739
00:49:02,615 --> 00:49:05,475
the atmosphere is so incredible and it was

740
00:49:05,475 --> 00:49:08,955
great to see the like they had a band there playing tunes

741
00:49:08,955 --> 00:49:11,675
from the show i don't know if you noticed that mike did you notice that i

742
00:49:11,675 --> 00:49:14,935
noticed that thank you okay just making sure just making sure and funny

743
00:49:14,935 --> 00:49:17,775
enough i don't know if jacob told you this but jacob knew half the

744
00:49:17,775 --> 00:49:20,655
band did he tell you that yeah and i think that's that's the

745
00:49:20,655 --> 00:49:23,875
that's the music scene out here which is also similar to new

746
00:49:23,875 --> 00:49:26,935
orleans and it's it's it's kind of interesting the parallels

747
00:49:26,935 --> 00:49:29,835
of of of how the two

748
00:49:29,835 --> 00:49:35,955
cities completely different still have that that commonality of of musicians

749
00:49:35,955 --> 00:49:40,235
rotating through bands they kind of all know the scene they know each other

750
00:49:40,235 --> 00:49:45,755
and yeah just fun to see that in a whole different type of way yeah and one

751
00:49:45,755 --> 00:49:48,715
of the things i want to mention before we move on from the the Twin Peaks days,

752
00:49:48,895 --> 00:49:53,415
there's this really dope art that was made by this artist would you say his name is Ake?

753
00:49:54,515 --> 00:49:58,555
If he pronounces it the way it's spelled, it says Ake. Okay.

754
00:49:58,775 --> 00:50:03,415
He did some really cool art and we'll post that too as well and I'm sure his

755
00:50:03,415 --> 00:50:05,135
Instagram is at Ake, if anything like that.

756
00:50:05,535 --> 00:50:12,055
His artwork was so sick. It's Laura and you just got to see it. Her eyes are all crazy.

757
00:50:13,735 --> 00:50:18,615
It's really cool and I love that you can say, there were so many There were

758
00:50:18,615 --> 00:50:22,515
way more people there than I could have expected celebrating Twin Peaks.

759
00:50:22,595 --> 00:50:23,455
Didn't that surprise you?

760
00:50:23,735 --> 00:50:28,675
Yeah, I was. It was packed. There's a huge lineup just to get the limited edition

761
00:50:28,675 --> 00:50:31,255
merch that you were lucky enough to get.

762
00:50:31,715 --> 00:50:37,035
I was very lucky enough to get. And I think it's crazy because these cult shows,

763
00:50:37,235 --> 00:50:42,015
you don't realize the power they have until you see something that does something for them.

764
00:50:42,095 --> 00:50:45,355
You know what I mean? Like an event or even a convention. and then you're

765
00:50:45,355 --> 00:50:48,375
like oh man this still has so much traction

766
00:50:48,375 --> 00:50:53,095
in people's life like it's so crazy how we we just don't those shows mean so

767
00:50:53,095 --> 00:50:56,855
much to people so i don't know i thought it was a great time and i'm so glad

768
00:50:56,855 --> 00:51:02,955
we got to go so now may i announce our special guest now is the time yeah it

769
00:51:02,955 --> 00:51:07,795
seems your memory is fleeting you as well yeah well it's also been a long weekend you know.

770
00:51:09,235 --> 00:51:13,475
So I am so excited to announce that we will have her on for the second time.

771
00:51:13,975 --> 00:51:18,335
Your sister, Monica, who runs the, remind me again?

772
00:51:19,575 --> 00:51:24,155
The Biltmore Village Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.

773
00:51:24,515 --> 00:51:26,895
We're going to talk to her about this place because I believe this place,

774
00:51:27,055 --> 00:51:31,835
and we're going to find out, is a historical, I don't know, monument,

775
00:51:31,915 --> 00:51:34,555
is that the right word? Is that the right word? No. It's a historical building.

776
00:51:35,612 --> 00:51:38,232
Meaning that it has history here. It's been here a long time.

777
00:51:38,652 --> 00:51:43,712
And the person who it was built for was a prominent person back in those days.

778
00:51:43,792 --> 00:51:47,212
So I'll let her talk about that. But it's really cool that during your stay,

779
00:51:47,312 --> 00:51:53,652
you were able to stay in the top suite of the Baltimore Village Inn. How does that feel?

780
00:51:54,052 --> 00:51:58,812
You know, I felt like a 19th century president.

781
00:52:00,252 --> 00:52:03,492
19th century president. It was. I think you did have the presidential suite.

782
00:52:03,492 --> 00:52:08,132
I think I felt like, you know, I was there, you know, we were just getting done

783
00:52:08,132 --> 00:52:09,152
working on the railroads.

784
00:52:09,512 --> 00:52:12,572
And, you know, after a long day of telling people what to do,

785
00:52:12,732 --> 00:52:15,712
I was hanging out in the presidential suite.

786
00:52:15,812 --> 00:52:23,592
No, it was honestly great. I think this whole house, it's such an interesting

787
00:52:23,592 --> 00:52:26,832
energy to it because it feels very positive in here.

788
00:52:26,932 --> 00:52:30,732
It feels very, you know, but also very unique. And when you go to that,

789
00:52:30,752 --> 00:52:35,172
the top suite that I was staying in, it was, it's one floor, multiple rooms.

790
00:52:35,552 --> 00:52:41,192
It feels very cozy, but also very vintage, but in a great way where I felt,

791
00:52:41,352 --> 00:52:45,372
I just, when I, again, like I feel like I was sleeping in the Victorian era

792
00:52:45,372 --> 00:52:49,872
and it was something I will cherish very much.

793
00:52:49,952 --> 00:52:53,212
And hopefully when I come back, I'll be able to stay there again or in this

794
00:52:53,212 --> 00:52:54,192
room too that we're recording in.

795
00:52:54,712 --> 00:52:58,692
Hopefully you took some pictures. I did take some pictures I took a lot of pictures

796
00:52:58,692 --> 00:53:03,112
I took bonus pictures too well let's post those online we'll see we'll see.

797
00:53:04,232 --> 00:53:07,252
I made a joke with somebody recently that we should make it only dads,

798
00:53:08,352 --> 00:53:14,372
you start it and then I'll see how it goes if I join that party yeah,

799
00:53:15,112 --> 00:53:19,212
so we will have Monica on and talk about what she does here and why you should

800
00:53:19,212 --> 00:53:22,832
come visit this lovely building so we'll be right back after this everybody

801
00:53:22,832 --> 00:53:26,632
and thank you guys so much for listening and remember remember you need to follow

802
00:53:26,632 --> 00:53:31,472
us on instagram to see all the content that we have coming out and we're working

803
00:53:31,472 --> 00:53:35,072
on getting our youtube channel finally out and that should hopefully be out,

804
00:53:35,552 --> 00:53:39,992
very soon i don't know when exactly but very soon and we'll be sent we'll start

805
00:53:39,992 --> 00:53:43,752
posting the full interviews we do all right but we'll be right back.

806
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:50,600
All right, everybody. We're finally here with the elusive, the legendary,

807
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,220
the original innkeeper.

808
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:56,840
No, I'm kidding. She's not the original innkeeper, but she is an innkeeper and

809
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,480
general manager of the Utmore Village Inn.

810
00:54:00,260 --> 00:54:03,900
Let's give it up for Mike's sister.

811
00:54:04,660 --> 00:54:08,260
Monica, how are you? I'm great. And I'm so glad you didn't say little sister,

812
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,360
by the way, because, you know, I'm an adult too.

813
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,300
Mike, what if I would have called her that? How would you feel about that?

814
00:54:15,300 --> 00:54:16,580
But I would have felt powerful.

815
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,640
I bet, I bet. Well, you're just Mike, so there you go.

816
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:26,180
So Monica, you know, this building is a historical, is it a historical landmark?

817
00:54:26,940 --> 00:54:32,500
It's historical landmark, yes. It's a registered historical place on the National Register.

818
00:54:32,860 --> 00:54:36,860
Really? It's amazing. So if you can, before we dive into the experience here,

819
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:41,320
could you tell us a little bit about the history of the building and your role here?

820
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:45,800
Yeah, so the building is amazing. amazing. It's a Queen Anne Victorian,

821
00:54:46,220 --> 00:54:48,740
which is a beautiful form of architecture.

822
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:53,340
And it's first of its kind here in Asheville, not Nashville,

823
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,160
Asheville, North Carolina.

824
00:54:55,840 --> 00:55:01,300
We are in Western North Carolina, and we have beautiful mountains surrounding us.

825
00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:09,400
So this house is perched right on top of a hill and has a beautiful turret, two level turret.

826
00:55:09,780 --> 00:55:12,440
Just look it up. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful architecture.

827
00:55:12,700 --> 00:55:15,580
And the house is 135 years old.

828
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:21,680
So it was the first house in Asheville with indoor plumbing as well. So they say. Wow.

829
00:55:22,260 --> 00:55:28,380
That's amazing. So, and then your role here is to be the overseer. I oversee.

830
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:34,540
Yes, it's, I'm the innkeeper. So if you've ever seen the movie Innkeeper,

831
00:55:34,700 --> 00:55:37,040
that's kind of what I do. It's kind of funny.

832
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:42,880
But no, I've been running the inn for 13 years and it's a lot of fun.

833
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:44,760
I get to meet people from all over.

834
00:55:45,060 --> 00:55:50,380
The farthest I think I've had guests say from is Australia, which was pretty, pretty fascinating.

835
00:55:51,420 --> 00:55:55,880
And they're here on anniversaries, honeymoons, girls getaways.

836
00:55:56,660 --> 00:56:00,400
They're here just to get away from their children after 10 years.

837
00:56:00,620 --> 00:56:06,460
I mean, you name it. And Asheville has, you know, a great, a great tour.

838
00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:09,360
It's a great tourist destination so and we our hope is

839
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:13,180
to provide a beautiful comfortable place

840
00:56:13,180 --> 00:56:16,180
for them to stay where they have you know they sleep well

841
00:56:16,180 --> 00:56:19,240
and they eat well and then get some great recommendations on

842
00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:22,340
what to do that's amazing like i'm sure you have plenty of

843
00:56:22,340 --> 00:56:26,800
questions because you're new to asheville yes i'm i'm a new i'm a new newville

844
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:32,980
new viller well there's actually some interesting facts that that monica has

845
00:56:32,980 --> 00:56:39,080
told me as my younger sister who is the general manager of this fine establishment

846
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:41,120
here on the top of the hill in the biltmore village,

847
00:56:42,202 --> 00:56:45,962
And correct me if I'm wrong, but you said there are about 100,000 residents

848
00:56:45,962 --> 00:56:49,402
in Asheville proper. Is that correct? That is correct.

849
00:56:51,322 --> 00:56:56,922
And at the height of the tourist season, there's an extra 20,000 people here

850
00:56:56,922 --> 00:56:58,362
on any given day? Is that correct?

851
00:56:58,782 --> 00:57:04,082
About 10. So sorry, you weren't correct. But 10 to 12,000 extra people.

852
00:57:04,142 --> 00:57:10,482
We have about 10,000 probably give or take lodging rooms per night in Asheville.

853
00:57:10,482 --> 00:57:15,762
So when I first started running this place 13 years ago, we had about 3,000.

854
00:57:16,002 --> 00:57:19,562
So growth spurt in Asheville for sure.

855
00:57:19,762 --> 00:57:23,822
But yeah, I mean, the Biltmore Estate, if you're not familiar with that,

856
00:57:23,922 --> 00:57:26,962
is the largest home in America built by George Vanderbilt.

857
00:57:27,042 --> 00:57:32,322
And actually this house, the bed and breakfast that I run was his attorney's home, Samuel Reed.

858
00:57:33,702 --> 00:57:37,842
But the Biltmore estate brings most of the tourists to Asheville.

859
00:57:37,922 --> 00:57:39,942
It's a beautiful, beautiful property.

860
00:57:40,162 --> 00:57:43,202
8,000 acres, hiking, beautiful gardens.

861
00:57:43,642 --> 00:57:46,962
Wow. Yeah. We'll be going there too. Mike, do you have something else you want

862
00:57:46,962 --> 00:57:51,382
to ask? I know you do. Oh, I always do. Yes, yes. So-

863
00:57:52,132 --> 00:57:59,532
One thing I'd like to ask is, what's it like dealing with, what are some of

864
00:57:59,532 --> 00:58:05,312
the fun type of people that you get to deal with here? Yeah, fun.

865
00:58:06,532 --> 00:58:10,292
In Asheville in general? Or do you mean specifically at the B&B?

866
00:58:10,592 --> 00:58:14,852
I was referring to the B&B, just being in the hospitality industry.

867
00:58:15,132 --> 00:58:18,732
I'm sure you deal with some interesting folks. folks.

868
00:58:19,372 --> 00:58:23,692
I mean, I don't want to put anything on air maybe, but you know,

869
00:58:23,712 --> 00:58:30,032
I will say I wish I had a lot of funny stories for you, but honestly, I'm pretty lucky.

870
00:58:30,332 --> 00:58:34,412
These guests are generally very kind and thoughtful.

871
00:58:34,652 --> 00:58:40,792
I do believe bed and breakfast visitors are different than your average hotel visitor.

872
00:58:41,032 --> 00:58:44,152
They want to stay somewhere historical. They want to stay somewhere with more

873
00:58:44,152 --> 00:58:46,012
more character, that's more personalized.

874
00:58:46,072 --> 00:58:50,692
And they're just generally very kind and appreciative of all the thought that

875
00:58:50,692 --> 00:58:52,172
goes into every detail here.

876
00:58:52,432 --> 00:58:58,132
But I can tell you, as the event planner, the mother of the groom,

877
00:58:58,392 --> 00:58:59,592
she's always interesting.

878
00:59:01,012 --> 00:59:04,452
I believe that. I believe that. What do you think, Mike? I think we'll have

879
00:59:04,452 --> 00:59:08,672
more off-the-record conversations about such people.

880
00:59:09,052 --> 00:59:15,732
But what about this house? You know, it's an old house. Is there any hauntings here?

881
00:59:17,312 --> 00:59:18,692
Anybody get shot in here?

882
00:59:20,652 --> 00:59:25,672
I don't think so. But, you know, when guests ask me that, I always say, do you want it to be?

883
00:59:27,452 --> 00:59:32,772
I don't want to scare you. I mean, it's – so before I came here,

884
00:59:32,892 --> 00:59:35,752
I was definitely not a, I don't know, quote unquote believer,

885
00:59:35,952 --> 00:59:37,712
if you will, in the supernatural.

886
00:59:37,712 --> 00:59:41,452
Natural but i've had a couple experiences here that

887
00:59:41,452 --> 00:59:44,592
have changed my mind so you know

888
00:59:44,592 --> 00:59:48,012
i won't maybe get in those are some long stories but we

889
00:59:48,012 --> 00:59:51,152
don't have time for that it doesn't seem like but i will say it's an old house

890
00:59:51,152 --> 00:59:57,612
it's how it was housed it housed many people throughout its existence it's if

891
00:59:57,612 --> 01:00:06,052
the walls could talk i guess yeah i imagine during that time era i you know How do I say this?

892
01:00:06,212 --> 01:00:10,632
I feel like people were different. I mean, obviously they were different, but they were...

893
01:00:10,632 --> 01:00:16,072
I would just be intrigued to see if I could pull the energy and see the visual

894
01:00:16,072 --> 01:00:21,752
history of the things that happened here 135 years ago to now. I mean, it must be...

895
01:00:22,416 --> 01:00:25,956
Quite interesting the things you would see probably mostly good

896
01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:29,616
there might be some things that could be a little crazy right like especially

897
01:00:29,616 --> 01:00:34,296
if you're like some high power lawyer i don't know you know what's what was

898
01:00:34,296 --> 01:00:38,476
the what was uh abraham lincoln's lawyers name do you remember yeah but you

899
01:00:38,476 --> 01:00:42,936
should tell them because i know but i just want to see if you know well i don't remember so.

900
01:00:44,196 --> 01:00:46,956
But you know it's funny because what i was telling him when

901
01:00:46,956 --> 01:00:49,836
i was staying here and thank you again for being so gracious on

902
01:00:49,836 --> 01:00:53,336
hosting me it has been quite the experience the the the

903
01:00:53,336 --> 01:00:57,036
level of detail in the room the comfort of

904
01:00:57,036 --> 01:01:00,416
the room is truly something i think people need to experience and

905
01:01:00,416 --> 01:01:03,236
you know i didn't get to try the breakfast but i imagine the breakfast is

906
01:01:03,236 --> 01:01:09,936
just as incredible because it smells amazing so what do you do any like do you

907
01:01:09,936 --> 01:01:16,516
decide hey this week we're going to plan x menu out or x experience out or is

908
01:01:16,516 --> 01:01:21,756
it more just about you kind of catering to what their needs are. You mean for the food?

909
01:01:22,276 --> 01:01:26,356
Overall experience. Yeah. Well, I mean, every year, this time of year when it's

910
01:01:26,356 --> 01:01:31,376
slower in the winter, we do sort of an evaluation of the guest experience, if you will.

911
01:01:31,636 --> 01:01:36,636
So we'll actually stay here and pretend like we're a guest and decide if,

912
01:01:36,676 --> 01:01:39,616
hey, you know, this doesn't work or that doesn't work or this could be better.

913
01:01:40,176 --> 01:01:45,596
And I try to travel myself and stay places and get ideas from other wonderful

914
01:01:45,596 --> 01:01:47,636
places that I've been able to go to. too.

915
01:01:47,956 --> 01:01:52,636
As far as the food, so we try to be seasonal and local as much as we can.

916
01:01:52,776 --> 01:01:55,576
Asheville has a great community for that, so it's very supportive.

917
01:01:56,596 --> 01:02:03,036
But I have a chef, so I have a chef that I stole from the Biltmore Estate, and he's wonderful.

918
01:02:03,256 --> 01:02:09,596
He's been here for almost six years, and he takes a lot of pride in the food and the quality.

919
01:02:10,036 --> 01:02:15,516
As he should, because food is conversation on a plate. Shout out to Ted.

920
01:02:16,656 --> 01:02:21,416
Ted's great. Thank you, Ted. I love that. Mike, do you have anything else like that?

921
01:02:22,096 --> 01:02:26,856
Well, I just would like to say that Monica does a great job,

922
01:02:26,896 --> 01:02:31,936
you know, and as her older brother, she'll always be my little sister,

923
01:02:32,576 --> 01:02:39,516
but I'm really proud to see how you come into such a leadership role here and

924
01:02:39,516 --> 01:02:46,236
you have people who work under you you are a wedding planner you could have

925
01:02:46,236 --> 01:02:49,916
a movie about yourself as the wedding planner similar to Jennifer Lopez.

926
01:02:51,336 --> 01:02:57,336
So yeah just I'm really proud of you and to see how you run this this place as a business and,

927
01:02:58,578 --> 01:03:03,698
Where's breakfast? Where's breakfast? So before we wrap up, though,

928
01:03:03,758 --> 01:03:05,758
I don't know if I mentioned this or I don't know if we mentioned this.

929
01:03:05,858 --> 01:03:09,318
This is a four diamond B&B, correct?

930
01:03:09,698 --> 01:03:12,878
That is correct. Yes. Four diamond rated bed and breakfast.

931
01:03:13,418 --> 01:03:16,798
For those who don't know what four diamond means, can you tell them what that means?

932
01:03:16,998 --> 01:03:22,278
It's a level of rating that AAA, which everyone's pretty familiar with,

933
01:03:22,518 --> 01:03:24,858
they come every year and inspect your property.

934
01:03:25,118 --> 01:03:29,338
It's not like once you do it, you're in forever. You have to be consistent with

935
01:03:29,338 --> 01:03:33,718
your quality and level of service and detail and aesthetic.

936
01:03:33,978 --> 01:03:39,618
So Four Diamond is the highest that we can get because we don't have a spa or a golf course.

937
01:03:40,258 --> 01:03:45,378
But I will say we rank up there, Four Diamond, the Grove Park Inn,

938
01:03:46,018 --> 01:03:50,018
the Inn on Biltmore Estate, the Grand Bohemian, Boutique Hotel.

939
01:03:50,198 --> 01:03:53,958
Those are all also Four Diamond places in Asheville and we're up there with

940
01:03:53,958 --> 01:03:56,778
them. Wow, really? So you said the Omni Grove, right?

941
01:03:57,458 --> 01:04:01,418
So we were just there and so that place is only a four diamond?

942
01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:04,758
Yes, they could be a five but they're a four.

943
01:04:05,998 --> 01:04:12,238
Wow, look at you. It's like literally a quarter of the size and you won't get lost here.

944
01:04:14,538 --> 01:04:18,438
It's such a cozy experience and I really can't tell people enough to go and

945
01:04:18,438 --> 01:04:21,138
visit this place or at least look at the architecture online.

946
01:04:21,278 --> 01:04:24,898
I'm sure you can find it. Can you tell our audience where they can find how

947
01:04:24,898 --> 01:04:26,618
to book a stay here and all that good stuff?

948
01:04:27,078 --> 01:04:30,018
Yeah, absolutely. So we're bookable online or you can call us.

949
01:04:30,038 --> 01:04:30,978
We like talking to people.

950
01:04:31,398 --> 01:04:37,318
Our website is www.builtmorevillagein.com.

951
01:04:37,858 --> 01:04:40,118
B-I-L-T-M-O-R-E.

952
01:04:40,858 --> 01:04:44,898
So builtmorevillagein.com. And you can find us on Instagram with that same name.

953
01:04:45,138 --> 01:04:49,278
I love that. Go check them out and tell them, hey, what's up Mike's little sister?

954
01:04:50,238 --> 01:04:52,438
Is that okay? I'm fine with that.

955
01:04:53,698 --> 01:04:55,138
All right, we'll be right back after this.

956
01:04:56,157 --> 01:04:59,557
Hey everybody, this is Jacob Bruner from Empire Strikes Brass,

957
01:04:59,677 --> 01:05:02,537
and you are listening to Uncle Dad Talks.

958
01:05:03,117 --> 01:05:08,757
Hey everybody, Uncle Dad here, and we are at the Biltmore Estate here in Asheville, North Carolina.

959
01:05:09,057 --> 01:05:12,377
And for those who don't know, the Biltmore is probably one of the biggest tourist

960
01:05:12,377 --> 01:05:14,837
things here in Asheville. You would agree with that, Mike?

961
01:05:14,997 --> 01:05:18,697
I think it's what brings most people to come here, yeah. To Asheville.

962
01:05:18,797 --> 01:05:21,537
To Asheville, yes. To Asheville, not North Carolina.

963
01:05:21,837 --> 01:05:26,197
Just to Asheville. Gotcha, I gotcha. Yeah. First is the Charlotte Hornets,

964
01:05:26,197 --> 01:05:28,057
and then it's the Biltmore. Right, right. Yes.

965
01:05:28,857 --> 01:05:32,577
So, Mike, we just toured the house. It's a beautiful estate.

966
01:05:32,957 --> 01:05:35,457
It has been here since how long? Do you know when it was here,

967
01:05:35,517 --> 01:05:39,297
started? It started... They started construction in 1889.

968
01:05:39,677 --> 01:05:45,657
And like Monica said earlier in her segment, this is the largest house in the

969
01:05:45,657 --> 01:05:47,017
United States. It's just a house.

970
01:05:47,237 --> 01:05:50,737
It's nothing other than just a baller house.

971
01:05:51,197 --> 01:05:55,237
Yeah, cuz it's not like you're not going to like the Like the Winchester.

972
01:05:55,257 --> 01:05:57,917
Well, I guess I don't even count that but like what's the one you had mentioned off?

973
01:05:57,997 --> 01:06:01,417
Can Mike Hearst Castle that was like wasn't intended to be a house, right?

974
01:06:01,877 --> 01:06:07,557
I can't remember. Okay But you know when you think about houses,

975
01:06:07,677 --> 01:06:11,337
this is probably the most baller house probably at least in the US I imagine,

976
01:06:11,797 --> 01:06:17,537
Yeah, you know, I I remember feeling a similar thing when I visited the Hearst Hearst Castle was I.

977
01:06:18,483 --> 01:06:23,663
So it's just, it's the earliest form of American excess that there is,

978
01:06:23,723 --> 01:06:29,303
you know? And like, I mean, it's great that he Vanderbilt had the money to do

979
01:06:29,303 --> 01:06:31,423
this, but do you really need this?

980
01:06:31,903 --> 01:06:37,943
I think at the time though, property was like how you showed your, not your wealth, right?

981
01:06:38,003 --> 01:06:40,963
That's how you showed you are, were somebody important, right?

982
01:06:41,043 --> 01:06:44,443
Like now we live in a world where people literally make tons of money,

983
01:06:44,463 --> 01:06:45,163
but they live in their van.

984
01:06:45,283 --> 01:06:48,783
You know what I mean? Like, it's just, it's just a different world now, you know?

985
01:06:48,963 --> 01:06:51,163
And I think, and I agree with you, like, did he really need,

986
01:06:51,183 --> 01:06:55,063
I don't know if he really did, but it is still a, it's a marvel of architecture.

987
01:06:55,303 --> 01:06:57,383
I mean, I, I, hopefully you would agree with that. Oh, it's,

988
01:06:57,423 --> 01:06:59,703
it's definitely interesting and fun to look at.

989
01:06:59,803 --> 01:07:03,403
And, you know, once you, once you start learning more about the history of it,

990
01:07:03,463 --> 01:07:06,883
that's almost more interesting than the actual building itself.

991
01:07:07,183 --> 01:07:12,263
You know, like it took six years to make this place and basically a whole town

992
01:07:12,263 --> 01:07:19,803
was, was was created just to have the people who made the house so they could live.

993
01:07:20,283 --> 01:07:25,323
And the whole railroad system, just to get the materials needed to build the

994
01:07:25,323 --> 01:07:30,143
house to come in and for people to come from the Biltmore Village into where

995
01:07:30,143 --> 01:07:30,983
they're working every day.

996
01:07:31,343 --> 01:07:34,523
Yeah, you know, and something I do need to disclaim right away that this segment

997
01:07:34,523 --> 01:07:38,603
is not sponsored by the Biltmore. This is just strictly me and Mike exploring Asheville.

998
01:07:39,003 --> 01:07:42,743
So again, this is not sponsored, but we do recommend you come check it out because

999
01:07:42,743 --> 01:07:47,283
it's quite the event to see.

1000
01:07:47,443 --> 01:07:53,643
The paintings in there, the prints in there, the furniture, the wallpaper.

1001
01:07:53,863 --> 01:07:57,103
You pointed out something that we were in there that kept blowing your mind

1002
01:07:57,103 --> 01:07:58,903
was the silk walls, right?

1003
01:07:59,463 --> 01:08:04,503
Yes, in his wife's room. They had separate rooms, his wife, Edith.

1004
01:08:05,799 --> 01:08:10,679
I believe that was her name. Edith, I'm correct. Yes, her wallpaper was not

1005
01:08:10,679 --> 01:08:12,359
just wallpaper. It was silk.

1006
01:08:13,079 --> 01:08:16,399
Her walls were covered in silk. Now they're protected with plexiglass,

1007
01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:21,959
so we can't get our grubby, oily hands on them. But how about that? Silk walls.

1008
01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:27,579
If I had silk walls, I would be probably the coolest man on the planet.

1009
01:08:27,739 --> 01:08:28,799
I don't know. What do you think, Mike?

1010
01:08:29,239 --> 01:08:33,039
I would feel more comfortable listening to Silk the Shocker than having silk

1011
01:08:33,039 --> 01:08:35,219
walls. I was hoping that you would say that, yes.

1012
01:08:36,419 --> 01:08:39,959
So, do you have any facts you want to throw at us, Mike, since you love this house?

1013
01:08:40,899 --> 01:08:45,199
Since I love it. Yeah. Well, so, okay. So, they started construction in 1889,

1014
01:08:45,359 --> 01:08:50,719
and then they finished in 1895, and that's when Vanderbilt, George Washington

1015
01:08:50,719 --> 01:08:54,119
Vanderbilt, his name, opened it to his family and friends.

1016
01:08:54,259 --> 01:08:58,439
And, you know, we go on through the tour, and you can listen to the audio tools

1017
01:08:58,439 --> 01:08:59,999
that they give you to listen to.

1018
01:08:59,999 --> 01:09:05,679
And a lot of these rooms, which to me look like rooms where you would,

1019
01:09:05,799 --> 01:09:08,879
I don't know, create something amazing,

1020
01:09:09,119 --> 01:09:14,959
were just like leisure rooms for people to read a book and curl up and have

1021
01:09:14,959 --> 01:09:22,819
tea and or play the piano or as one of the audio tour guides said, have conversation,

1022
01:09:23,119 --> 01:09:25,879
which was a form of entertainment during these days.

1023
01:09:26,519 --> 01:09:29,579
Which, what's crazy is if you kind of think about it, that's what we're doing.

1024
01:09:29,639 --> 01:09:31,159
And this is a form of entertainment.

1025
01:09:31,439 --> 01:09:36,739
So that was early podcasting. It was, yes. Those rooms were basically early podcasting rooms.

1026
01:09:39,079 --> 01:09:42,199
So when we talk about the Vanderbilt, not the Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt,

1027
01:09:42,259 --> 01:09:44,179
right? Yeah. The Vanderbilt or the Biltmore.

1028
01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:47,619
What was your favorite room in the estate that you saw?

1029
01:09:48,159 --> 01:09:53,619
Yeah. I think the library seems like the consensus of the group also was my

1030
01:09:53,619 --> 01:09:55,819
favorite just because because of all the books.

1031
01:09:55,859 --> 01:10:01,219
And I wish, and I understand why not, but I wish there was a way you could kind

1032
01:10:01,219 --> 01:10:03,899
of get more into the books. Because some of the books in there were like.

1033
01:10:05,187 --> 01:10:07,887
Probably things that there's no other way you're going

1034
01:10:07,887 --> 01:10:10,867
to see these like illustrations and histories and

1035
01:10:10,867 --> 01:10:15,767
and and that stuff's just gone you know those old books are going to go and

1036
01:10:15,767 --> 01:10:20,487
i mean that's the history of things so and just the way it looked it just i

1037
01:10:20,487 --> 01:10:24,387
think you felt the same way right 100 i think like i wish i could see like the

1038
01:10:24,387 --> 01:10:27,967
paintings were a little bit there's so many artwork so much artwork in this

1039
01:10:27,967 --> 01:10:30,627
building and you can't really see the artwork because,

1040
01:10:31,207 --> 01:10:33,747
it's kind of you know there's always like a velvet rope and you can't really

1041
01:10:33,747 --> 01:10:36,647
go too close to it but one of the things I found very interesting,

1042
01:10:36,807 --> 01:10:39,807
and I guess I don't want to give too much away, but what I will say is that

1043
01:10:39,807 --> 01:10:42,307
they talked about printing because a lot of what he owned was prints,

1044
01:10:42,707 --> 01:10:45,867
but it wasn't like the print like we know now where you just mass produce it.

1045
01:10:46,107 --> 01:10:51,167
You know what I mean? You're printing it based upon, what was it etching?

1046
01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:53,927
It was etching, you said, right? Etching on the metal plate,

1047
01:10:54,547 --> 01:10:59,387
and then you would etch it on the metal plate, and then you would do it in reverse,

1048
01:10:59,507 --> 01:11:03,047
and then you would ink it and then print it. We should bring that back.

1049
01:11:03,707 --> 01:11:08,987
I think people still do it. Really? It's still an art form. Is it really? The crowd is saying yes.

1050
01:11:10,547 --> 01:11:13,527
Mike, do you have any other facts you want to say? Well, you know,

1051
01:11:13,567 --> 01:11:18,907
being that this place is such a, well, it's actually, like Monica was saying,

1052
01:11:18,927 --> 01:11:23,727
it's a national historic landmark, you know, and it took so much to build it.

1053
01:11:24,247 --> 01:11:28,487
The guy only, I mean, I guess it's cool, but he only got to enjoy it for 19 years.

1054
01:11:28,827 --> 01:11:32,087
You know, like I would think, he was 51 when he died.

1055
01:11:32,087 --> 01:11:34,867
Died from his appendix bursting what a

1056
01:11:34,867 --> 01:11:37,627
painful way to go but you know i would think this

1057
01:11:37,627 --> 01:11:41,107
is a place you'd want to grow old see your grandkids and

1058
01:11:41,107 --> 01:11:43,827
then have your great grandkids but he didn't get to do all

1059
01:11:43,827 --> 01:11:52,227
that and well you know 51 he's done but he leaves behind 87 000 acres of uh

1060
01:11:52,227 --> 01:11:56,467
of the estate to the the national united the united states forest service so

1061
01:11:56,467 --> 01:12:02,447
in addition to to the house and the botanical gardens and greenhouses where we are now,

1062
01:12:02,667 --> 01:12:08,267
there's 87,000 acres of forest that you can just, most of it, you can wander through.

1063
01:12:08,367 --> 01:12:11,987
There's trails, you can horseback ride, you can bike ride, you can walk your

1064
01:12:11,987 --> 01:12:14,227
dog. You could have, you could have talks with your family.

1065
01:12:14,427 --> 01:12:16,427
We could have a picnic. You could host a podcast.

1066
01:12:16,767 --> 01:12:20,787
You could do a podcast without authorization. .

1067
01:12:22,166 --> 01:12:26,426
So there's lots here. There is a lot here. And I think it's something that,

1068
01:12:26,506 --> 01:12:31,386
you know, as I'm, you discovering that this is like the staple of Asheville

1069
01:12:31,386 --> 01:12:34,126
and it really is such a beautiful experience.

1070
01:12:34,206 --> 01:12:37,346
And I think getting to go through it. And one of the things I want to mention

1071
01:12:37,346 --> 01:12:43,366
before we kind of close off the segment here is we got to ride an original elevator

1072
01:12:43,366 --> 01:12:47,086
from, she said 1905, I think.

1073
01:12:47,086 --> 01:12:50,706
Yeah, it's the original elevator from when they made the house from Otis,

1074
01:12:50,766 --> 01:12:54,866
which I guess Otis is the premier elevator with the original motor.

1075
01:12:54,946 --> 01:12:56,366
We'll post pictures of it on our Instagram.

1076
01:12:56,466 --> 01:13:00,186
So please, please follow us on our Instagram at Uncle Dad Talks.

1077
01:13:00,266 --> 01:13:01,426
And you can see the photos.

1078
01:13:01,946 --> 01:13:05,006
It was the smoothest elevator ride I've ever done in my life.

1079
01:13:05,106 --> 01:13:08,406
And it's probably also the oldest elevator ride I've ever done in my life.

1080
01:13:08,406 --> 01:13:11,146
Yeah i would i would definitely agree with that and what was funny

1081
01:13:11,146 --> 01:13:14,066
what i liked about it was uh there was a there was

1082
01:13:14,066 --> 01:13:17,546
there was no like uh what do you call it like a protective there's

1083
01:13:17,546 --> 01:13:20,326
a door like a real door yeah there was no real door so

1084
01:13:20,326 --> 01:13:23,406
that when you slide up you can literally if you wanted to you could touch the

1085
01:13:23,406 --> 01:13:26,146
what do you call it this the wall the wall the

1086
01:13:26,146 --> 01:13:29,626
the stone wall iceberg going up yeah so

1087
01:13:29,626 --> 01:13:32,766
that was quite the experience to to to revel

1088
01:13:32,766 --> 01:13:35,826
in because it was something that i didn't expect to do and the

1089
01:13:35,826 --> 01:13:39,166
fact that it just was so smooth was something also so very crazy

1090
01:13:39,166 --> 01:13:42,566
right like it's just elevators now already i mean

1091
01:13:42,566 --> 01:13:46,226
are not as smooth as that ride i know you know that right i

1092
01:13:46,226 --> 01:13:49,066
yeah i've been in some shady elevators you know there's some

1093
01:13:49,066 --> 01:13:52,926
other fun facts about this place so it was during the great depression in the

1094
01:13:52,926 --> 01:14:00,286
1930 when when cornelia who was their daughter edith and george's vanderbilt's

1095
01:14:00,286 --> 01:14:02,226
daughter decided to open this

1096
01:14:02,226 --> 01:14:07,646
place up to the public to generate revenue because everyone was broke.

1097
01:14:07,886 --> 01:14:10,306
And so it helped preserve the estate.

1098
01:14:10,966 --> 01:14:14,786
And then one thing that we learned that was really cool was during World War

1099
01:14:14,786 --> 01:14:18,046
II, they actually hid tons of.

1100
01:14:18,817 --> 01:14:21,477
Really expensive art and artifacts

1101
01:14:21,477 --> 01:14:26,517
during World War II just in case we got invaded and stuff went crazy.

1102
01:14:26,837 --> 01:14:30,617
It was hidden here, which I thought was a fun fact. I 100% agree.

1103
01:14:30,697 --> 01:14:33,157
There's so many fun facts about this place and there's too many to cover.

1104
01:14:33,497 --> 01:14:35,737
And because we're not authorized, we're not going to cover them all.

1105
01:14:35,857 --> 01:14:41,957
But I will say this, I think the information you gave is a great tasting, a little taste.

1106
01:14:42,597 --> 01:14:46,097
Speaking of tasting, in 1985, they opened a winery here on the estate.

1107
01:14:46,097 --> 01:14:50,997
So you can now have wine tasting events at Biltmore.

1108
01:14:51,117 --> 01:14:56,757
So you can just explore the estate, then get some wine, do the wine walk,

1109
01:14:56,857 --> 01:15:02,117
if you will, hang out, lay about, you know, have everybody Wang Chung,

1110
01:15:02,217 --> 01:15:04,977
have a good time. Are you still allowed to say that?

1111
01:15:07,277 --> 01:15:12,637
I think you are. Okay. Okay. Everybody have fun.

1112
01:15:13,757 --> 01:15:16,977
But yeah that is the Biltmore estate and

1113
01:15:16,977 --> 01:15:19,977
if they want to find out more information on the Biltmore estate the website

1114
01:15:19,977 --> 01:15:22,977
is I think it's just Biltmore.com they took

1115
01:15:22,977 --> 01:15:27,317
it they took it okay Biltmore.com check it out and of course again we are not

1116
01:15:27,317 --> 01:15:31,897
affiliated so don't tell them we sent you or you do or demand them to allow

1117
01:15:31,897 --> 01:15:35,297
us to come back and do a real feature on them what do you think Mike petition

1118
01:15:35,297 --> 01:15:40,277
for us to be official coveragers coveragers,

1119
01:15:40,977 --> 01:15:48,277
journalists more journalists journalism all right buddy we'll be right back after this lovely break.

1120
01:15:51,440 --> 01:16:13,840
Music.

1121
01:16:11,417 --> 01:16:16,137
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the wrap-up of what I like to call the Asheville

1122
01:16:16,137 --> 01:16:20,317
special episode, or the Asheville special. Mike, what do you think?

1123
01:16:20,377 --> 01:16:21,277
What should we call this episode?

1124
01:16:22,277 --> 01:16:26,577
Uncle Dad on Location in Asheville, North Carolina.

1125
01:16:26,977 --> 01:16:33,717
It's the first of many in our On Location series, this one being the first of

1126
01:16:33,717 --> 01:16:36,777
the first of many. First of many.

1127
01:16:37,337 --> 01:16:41,417
You know what I mean. I love it dude I think these on location things are something

1128
01:16:41,417 --> 01:16:45,277
we should do more often especially you know we travel a lot so like being able

1129
01:16:45,277 --> 01:16:50,217
to celebrate whatever is in that town even though we may not get to cover as much as we like,

1130
01:16:50,677 --> 01:16:53,977
what an experience man I mean this is the first time I think you would agree

1131
01:16:53,977 --> 01:16:56,677
that we've kind of really done something like this right it is the first time

1132
01:16:56,677 --> 01:16:57,577
we've done something like this right.

1133
01:16:58,310 --> 01:17:03,570
It is. Yeah. Usually our episodes that are quote unquote live out in the field,

1134
01:17:03,650 --> 01:17:08,570
not just interviewing, you know, interview style is centered around an event

1135
01:17:08,570 --> 01:17:12,350
like a con or a festival of some sort.

1136
01:17:12,410 --> 01:17:17,350
Right. So this was the first time we're just like, Hey, we're in a new place together.

1137
01:17:17,610 --> 01:17:22,330
Let's go see what it has to offer. And we got some good stuff, I think.

1138
01:17:22,930 --> 01:17:26,670
Oh yeah. I think the highlight obviously is talking to Jeff Allen,

1139
01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:31,310
Jeff Allen, Jeff Allen, man what a what a class act you know i think he he's

1140
01:17:31,310 --> 01:17:36,530
so good at being i mean professional right been doing this for years knows what

1141
01:17:36,530 --> 01:17:38,950
he knows how to do an interview knows how to talk to a crowd

1142
01:17:39,350 --> 01:17:42,210
and that's something that i will always cherish in our career of doing

1143
01:17:42,210 --> 01:17:45,170
this right like this is something that was very new to me

1144
01:17:45,170 --> 01:17:47,870
because we talked to other comedians and definitely comedians who have

1145
01:17:47,870 --> 01:17:50,650
been around for a while but there was something about jeff allen and how he

1146
01:17:50,650 --> 01:17:54,470
could conduct an interview that was something i never experienced before i don't

1147
01:17:54,470 --> 01:17:58,070
know what do you think on that yeah there's definitely some people we've interviewed

1148
01:17:58,070 --> 01:18:03,690
that the conversation flows better than others and with him it yeah like we

1149
01:18:03,690 --> 01:18:07,290
said i think it's he's a pro he's been doing this and.

1150
01:18:08,010 --> 01:18:12,910
It's it makes it more fun to do the interview when it's like that as opposed

1151
01:18:12,910 --> 01:18:18,350
to you know it feels like you're in a tube going down a river and everything's

1152
01:18:18,350 --> 01:18:22,950
just flowing as opposed to you're you're in a stop you're in a new york traffic

1153
01:18:22,950 --> 01:18:25,230
and you're stopping every five seconds right,

1154
01:18:25,930 --> 01:18:30,890
so yeah uh yeah shout out to lenny for uh for hooking us up with the interview

1155
01:18:30,890 --> 01:18:35,630
with jeff alan yeah huge shout out to lenny um and lenny when you listen to

1156
01:18:35,630 --> 01:18:39,950
this i think we should get you on the show just throwing that out there i feel

1157
01:18:39,950 --> 01:18:41,510
like lenny's got some stories to share.

1158
01:18:42,550 --> 01:18:48,410
On and off the record probably but yes let's get lenny on here yeah so that

1159
01:18:48,410 --> 01:18:52,430
was great and then you as an audience that kind of heard our journey and our ride,

1160
01:18:52,570 --> 01:18:56,350
we kind of, there were some things, and tell me if I'm wrong because now it's

1161
01:18:56,350 --> 01:18:58,270
to be transparent with everybody,

1162
01:18:58,470 --> 01:19:01,350
I'm back in California and it's been a few days since I've seen you,

1163
01:19:02,415 --> 01:19:05,875
But we were certain things we were also going to try to do that we didn't get

1164
01:19:05,875 --> 01:19:07,315
to do. Am I remembering that correctly?

1165
01:19:07,915 --> 01:19:12,615
That's correct. Yeah. There was the Asheville glamping, which is check them

1166
01:19:12,615 --> 01:19:17,295
out on Instagram. They have a huge, huge following and like a one to two year

1167
01:19:17,295 --> 01:19:19,995
wait list to get into some of their spots.

1168
01:19:20,095 --> 01:19:26,375
They have the mirror, mirror hotels or mirror cabins, I should say, in the mountains.

1169
01:19:26,375 --> 01:19:29,875
So you're in the mountains staring at

1170
01:19:29,875 --> 01:19:33,635
this huge structure that's completely mirrored

1171
01:19:33,635 --> 01:19:36,495
on the outside so it's like you're looking at the trees on

1172
01:19:36,495 --> 01:19:39,215
the mountains behind you while you're looking at the building it's quite

1173
01:19:39,215 --> 01:19:46,235
spectacular wow yeah and there was a there was another we were trying to talk

1174
01:19:46,235 --> 01:19:50,495
to someone at dissolver for the twin peaks event and that just timing didn't

1175
01:19:50,495 --> 01:19:56,235
work out There was also a comic anime convention that we were on the edges of

1176
01:19:56,235 --> 01:19:58,535
going into to interview some of the celebrity guests there.

1177
01:19:58,735 --> 01:20:03,115
And, you know, there's only so much time in a few days, and they go by quick.

1178
01:20:03,715 --> 01:20:06,595
They sure do, man. They sure do, especially when you're like me,

1179
01:20:06,675 --> 01:20:10,015
waking up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

1180
01:20:11,915 --> 01:20:15,255
To be fair, you went to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning, not because you were

1181
01:20:15,255 --> 01:20:20,515
out partying, but because you are still on West Coast time, Pacific time. Yeah.

1182
01:20:20,895 --> 01:20:22,915
West Coast time and East Coast time, for those who have done it,

1183
01:20:22,955 --> 01:20:26,635
I probably can relate to that. It is quite the change. You're like, oh, man.

1184
01:20:26,855 --> 01:20:29,475
And then when you're out there that long, you don't want to fully adjust,

1185
01:20:29,715 --> 01:20:33,535
right? So it's like, you know, but yeah, definitely, we didn't reap the benefits of that.

1186
01:20:33,975 --> 01:20:37,195
But to kind of talk about the Twin Peaks thing, I do want to talk about that.

1187
01:20:37,275 --> 01:20:41,035
We did talk about it a little bit in detail, but there was something I think

1188
01:20:41,035 --> 01:20:45,175
we didn't really touch on too much was the artist who kind of was the focal

1189
01:20:45,175 --> 01:20:48,575
point, I would say, of the Dissolver Twin Peaks day.

1190
01:20:48,575 --> 01:20:54,075
First off how would you describe this piece before I talk about who this artist

1191
01:20:54,075 --> 01:21:01,895
is the piece that you have the shirt of yes yes well it's it's a,

1192
01:21:02,695 --> 01:21:03,955
It's a Twin Peaks special.

1193
01:21:06,075 --> 01:21:13,455
It's a Twin Peaks special. She's got twin eyes on her face and a laser coming out of one of them.

1194
01:21:14,655 --> 01:21:18,615
I'm sure it has a deeper meaning than I understand, but it looks great.

1195
01:21:18,795 --> 01:21:24,995
And fun fact, I was down there downtown at the brewery today,

1196
01:21:25,175 --> 01:21:30,595
and they are looking for the shirt, and they sold out the day of.

1197
01:21:30,595 --> 01:21:32,795
I mean, there was a line that was long.

1198
01:21:33,295 --> 01:21:37,175
I don't know how long you waited in line when we were there,

1199
01:21:37,275 --> 01:21:41,915
but they have no merch left from that. It had all sold out the day of the Twin Peaks event.

1200
01:21:42,255 --> 01:21:48,295
So shout out to Blake Lee Ferguson for the cool art. We tried to get him on the show.

1201
01:21:48,415 --> 01:21:52,135
Timing didn't work out, but Blake, he did awesome work and everyone was happy

1202
01:21:52,135 --> 01:21:53,335
with it and I hope you're well.

1203
01:21:54,335 --> 01:21:57,515
Yeah, absolutely. Blake, your artwork was incredible. And for those who don't

1204
01:21:57,515 --> 01:22:00,455
know what we're talking about, the artwork is kind of how Mike described,

1205
01:22:00,695 --> 01:22:03,275
but it's actually Laura of Twin Peaks.

1206
01:22:03,615 --> 01:22:08,355
And man, it's just so, so cool. And then his artist moniker, he goes by Ake.

1207
01:22:08,595 --> 01:22:12,555
And so if you look up, I think, Ake artist, or if you just go to his Instagram,

1208
01:22:12,815 --> 01:22:17,135
Blake Lee Ferguson, at one word, you know, at Blake Lee Ferguson,

1209
01:22:17,315 --> 01:22:20,495
you'll see all his artwork. I believe he still has prints you can buy of it.

1210
01:22:20,675 --> 01:22:26,415
So please go buy those prints. I think an 8x10 is $25 and then a 16x20 is $100.

1211
01:22:26,895 --> 01:22:30,995
And honestly, man, they are great pieces of artwork. I think we should get one

1212
01:22:30,995 --> 01:22:32,195
for the little studio here maybe.

1213
01:22:32,515 --> 01:22:37,115
But it is something that I will cherish. And the shirt that I got gets so many

1214
01:22:37,115 --> 01:22:40,775
compliments since I've worn it so far. It's like, whoa, it's so gnarly!

1215
01:22:42,675 --> 01:22:44,015
Where did you get that?

1216
01:22:47,235 --> 01:22:49,095
See, and now they listen. No. No.

1217
01:22:51,475 --> 01:22:56,815
They still can't get one, but at least now they know. Sure, right.

1218
01:22:56,955 --> 01:22:58,495
That's all you need to do is just know, right?

1219
01:22:59,615 --> 01:23:04,295
Yeah. So funny. But his art was incredible. But that whole experience was just

1220
01:23:04,295 --> 01:23:07,235
so, as we talked about earlier on the episode, just so much fun.

1221
01:23:08,295 --> 01:23:11,155
Yeah, I mean, so, you know, Mike, without further ado, you know,

1222
01:23:11,175 --> 01:23:14,915
as we wrap this up here, you know, doing these on location things,

1223
01:23:15,095 --> 01:23:16,535
what is something that you believe?

1224
01:23:16,535 --> 01:23:19,775
What was your favorite thing that we achieved doing this

1225
01:23:19,775 --> 01:23:22,755
well i think the jeff allen show was

1226
01:23:22,755 --> 01:23:26,135
great i think you know being able to

1227
01:23:26,135 --> 01:23:31,995
make that happen in the time frame that that we that we had planning for this

1228
01:23:31,995 --> 01:23:34,855
because we were originally going to be doing something else that was pretty

1229
01:23:34,855 --> 01:23:42,895
big this weekend and so we pulled an audible and you and your uncle dad mastery pulled off

1230
01:23:43,295 --> 01:23:47,135
whatever you had to to make that work and I think that was a huge highlight and,

1231
01:23:48,732 --> 01:23:54,212
And also, I think a big highlight was the fact that you missed your flight going home.

1232
01:23:55,052 --> 01:23:57,872
I wanted to talk about that. I definitely wanted to talk about that.

1233
01:23:58,932 --> 01:24:05,012
Whose fault was that? I don't know. I think his name starts with Justin and ends with Mike.

1234
01:24:06,552 --> 01:24:10,692
Yeah. Well, I thought we could cram it in.

1235
01:24:12,372 --> 01:24:15,492
We were doing it for the listeners. At the end of the episode,

1236
01:24:15,552 --> 01:24:21,272
you hear us at the Biltmore Estate. state and we were doing a bit more estate

1237
01:24:21,272 --> 01:24:25,252
looking than we should have been doing and cutting it too close.

1238
01:24:26,372 --> 01:24:27,552
And then I missed the exit.

1239
01:24:29,092 --> 01:24:32,812
So we had an extra bonus day of, of Asheville.

1240
01:24:34,032 --> 01:24:38,352
Imagine if we can interview people at the places that we went on the bonus day.

1241
01:24:39,572 --> 01:24:41,352
Yeah. Let's not talk about those places.

1242
01:24:44,412 --> 01:24:49,372
We did kind of interview them, but off the record. off the record yeah i'll

1243
01:24:49,372 --> 01:24:51,432
let the audience imagination imagine where we were,

1244
01:24:53,012 --> 01:24:58,032
yeah you know just think about it we're in asheville western north carolina,

1245
01:24:58,672 --> 01:25:01,072
yeah what do you do what else do you do at two in the morning huh.

1246
01:25:04,092 --> 01:25:07,592
Yeah you know it's uh even though i did miss my flight and you know i was a

1247
01:25:07,592 --> 01:25:10,452
little worried some of the time i have to tell you that bonus day was probably

1248
01:25:10,452 --> 01:25:14,792
one of my favorite days during that weekend. It was so much fun.

1249
01:25:15,072 --> 01:25:19,712
I really enjoyed checking out. I want to shout this out to the Asheville Pinball Museum.

1250
01:25:20,012 --> 01:25:23,352
For those who go to Asheville, you've got to check out the Asheville Pinball Museum.

1251
01:25:23,612 --> 01:25:28,612
I think it's $15 and it's unlimited play from open to close, basically.

1252
01:25:28,812 --> 01:25:32,012
And you can come in and out. You don't have to stay there. So you can go in

1253
01:25:32,012 --> 01:25:38,392
the morning, go grab lunch, do other crap, and then come back and experience the pinball lore.

1254
01:25:38,552 --> 01:25:41,912
I mean, there's machines in there from like 1935? right,

1255
01:25:42,710 --> 01:25:45,530
Yeah, they're some of the rarest pinball machines that are ever made.

1256
01:25:45,930 --> 01:25:51,170
And then there's a whole back room where there's all these vintage arcade games.

1257
01:25:51,310 --> 01:25:55,930
And even like old Nintendo and Sega Genesis set up on these big flat screens.

1258
01:25:56,070 --> 01:26:01,150
And some games that you're surprised they have and that they work so well.

1259
01:26:01,290 --> 01:26:05,030
So, yeah, and they serve local Asheville beer.

1260
01:26:05,750 --> 01:26:08,130
Can't go wrong with that. You definitely cannot go wrong with that.

1261
01:26:08,250 --> 01:26:11,950
Another highlight I wanted to bring up, just so we can really make this about Asheville.

1262
01:26:12,530 --> 01:26:15,170
Is, and you know what, forgive me. Actually, you know what, I'm not going to

1263
01:26:15,170 --> 01:26:18,310
because I can't remember the name fully, but I'll just say we visited a distillery

1264
01:26:18,710 --> 01:26:21,250
and that distillery had some amazing cocktails.

1265
01:26:21,370 --> 01:26:24,370
I think I actually have a picture of it, Mike. Tell me if I'm wrong about that.

1266
01:26:25,970 --> 01:26:31,610
You might have a... You might, you may, you know, I think that's the part of

1267
01:26:31,610 --> 01:26:35,730
the day where we leave one thing drinking and go to another thing drinking and

1268
01:26:35,730 --> 01:26:38,750
the thing starts to get a little fuzzy. It gets fuzzy, correct.

1269
01:26:40,510 --> 01:26:44,410
Well, I look Can you tell them about the last thing we did that day about the,

1270
01:26:44,470 --> 01:26:47,330
what is it called? I'm sorry, the Arts District. All right. Is that where you took me?

1271
01:26:48,290 --> 01:26:51,650
You know the river arts district yes yes yeah

1272
01:26:51,650 --> 01:26:54,590
so that's this area i don't know

1273
01:26:54,590 --> 01:26:57,930
somewhat similar to the winwood district

1274
01:26:57,930 --> 01:27:01,350
in miami but not near as as as

1275
01:27:01,350 --> 01:27:04,030
cool but it's not to say that

1276
01:27:04,030 --> 01:27:07,170
it isn't cool here but it's there is an area

1277
01:27:07,170 --> 01:27:10,470
where there's all these old warehouses and and abandoned

1278
01:27:10,470 --> 01:27:13,770
kind of of recycling centers and just

1279
01:27:13,770 --> 01:27:17,250
old buildings and who knows what were there and they're covered

1280
01:27:17,250 --> 01:27:19,910
in all these murals and then you know the

1281
01:27:19,910 --> 01:27:22,990
artist brought in a brewery and there's a restaurant and

1282
01:27:22,990 --> 01:27:25,550
then there's an art gallery then there's another art gallery and there's an

1283
01:27:25,550 --> 01:27:30,290
art studio and a pottery studio and so there's all these all these these cool

1284
01:27:30,290 --> 01:27:34,470
fun things to do that's surrounded by all these different artists and they're

1285
01:27:34,470 --> 01:27:37,330
not just local artists there's also artists that look like they've come in there

1286
01:27:37,330 --> 01:27:40,190
i've seen some from chicago you saw some from Modesto.

1287
01:27:40,210 --> 01:27:43,470
There's lots of cool stuff to see.

1288
01:27:43,650 --> 01:27:49,810
I highly recommend anyone who's into graffiti and art murals, go check it out.

1289
01:27:50,450 --> 01:27:54,790
Absolutely. That was also a big highlight. What I wanted to touch back on is

1290
01:27:54,790 --> 01:27:57,210
we went to a distillery and that distillery is called.

1291
01:27:58,428 --> 01:28:01,048
Cultivated cocktails that's it

1292
01:28:01,048 --> 01:28:03,848
literally cultivated cocktails distillery if you

1293
01:28:03,848 --> 01:28:08,908
go to their website cultivated-cocktails.com you can see some of the best spirits

1294
01:28:08,908 --> 01:28:13,948
i've ever tasted and honestly for very good prices now you can get them shipped

1295
01:28:13,948 --> 01:28:17,888
to you but i can't speak for that so be sure to go check that out and funny

1296
01:28:17,888 --> 01:28:21,068
enough mike that distillery has a podcast.

1297
01:28:22,788 --> 01:28:25,768
Oh does it yes it does be sure

1298
01:28:25,768 --> 01:28:28,628
to check out the distillery they're sorry their podcast called inside

1299
01:28:28,628 --> 01:28:31,408
the distillery where they do basically they literally

1300
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record in the distillery and they talk about all their upcoming whiskeys and

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brews and all the things they're making so go check them out that was such a

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01:28:38,688 --> 01:28:42,368
great experience so but yeah mike am i forgetting anything else that we experienced

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oh probably um you know you you tried you tried bojangles for the first time

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that was That was a thing.

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We did eat at a lot of great restaurants out here.

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And that's one thing that Asheville has a lot of, including,

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you know, not only do they have the most breweries, they have tons of great, great restaurants.

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And so we ate very heavy while you were here.

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We did. We ate very heavy indeed. A lot of gravies, a lot of biscuits, a lot of chicken.

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Just a lot of, just a lot of a lot.

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I mean, hey, it was a working vacation, right?

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So you had to experience the culture of the place you were visiting.

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What are you supposed to do?

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Hey, the only thing you can do is have a good time, baby. That's all.

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Yeah, man, I think that about wraps it up. I really can't thank everybody who

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participated and was a part of our coverage.

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Again, this is our first time doing a true on-location experience with interviews,

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without interviews, reviews.

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Views please if you guys like this and we

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want to do more or if there's a town that you like want

1321
01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:56,020
us to check out email me at uncle dad at uncle dad

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01:29:56,020 --> 01:29:59,700
talks.com and if there's people out there who want to talk to us we would love

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to see if we can make that happen and again the email is uncle dad at uncle

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01:30:02,840 --> 01:30:07,740
dad talks.com mike is there anything else i'm forgetting or do we just want

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01:30:07,740 --> 01:30:13,260
to call it a goodbye i think we call it a goodbye and you know as always check

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out our instagram at Uncle Dad Talks,

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and we'll post extra videos and pictures from the trip,

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and you can give us all the likes.

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All the likes, indeed. And I do want to throw out some special shout-outs.

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Huge shout-out to your sister, Big Money Monica.

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She was an incredible, absolutely incredible host. Go check out her place of

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business, and you would have heard that earlier in the episode.

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Of course, also a big shout-out to C-Murder, the one and only Callie Dunlap,

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and be sure to follow her Instagram. She was a huge help as well.

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What was her Instagram again, sir? I know you know it.

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01:30:52,440 --> 01:30:56,060
I do know it. It's Callie Dunlap Art. Yes.

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Please go support our team, because without supporting our crew,

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we can't make this happen. So thank you, guys. And of course, any last words, Mike?

1339
01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:07,040
I think we've said it all. Probably too much.

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Amen, brother. All right, everybody. We'll see you all next week.

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And remember, we're not uncles, we're not dads. We're just someone you can talk to. Take care.