KT: Behind the Tape (Ep: 781 Jeff Arcuri)

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:00)

And we've been in Austin for six years, and we did it in LA for seven years before this. So we're in year 13

Brian Redban (0:08)

Yeah, man, I was listening, I was trying to do one by one with comics, listening to like, the Iron Maiden episodes.

Brian Redban (0:15)

Yeah.

Annie Teicher (0:15)

Just because it was the only like, real comedy to listen to.

Brian Redban (0:19)

Yeah. You could listen to it, you could listen to it. You were curating a special.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:22)

And even, and you know, and we've kind of gotten away from it, but it's always great when there's a touch of it. But back then, even for people like us, you know, I'm like 20 years in next May.

Brian Redban (0:36)

How about you?

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:38)

16

Brian Redban (0:38)

Right.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:39)

So back then, 13 years ago, you know, it was the only thing where you could get like a little tidbit, maybe not from me, but from a Jimmy Carr, whoever, right? That had been doing it as long as we're doing it now, back then, and a little tidbit where it's like, God damn it, maybe editing really is important.

Brian Redban (0:59)

Yeah.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:00)

You know?

SPEAKER_7 (1:00)

Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_5 (1:02)

As a newer comic, watching that show was cool because the advice was just as important as it is today.

Brian Redban (1:06)

Exactly.

SPEAKER_7 (1:06)

We love hearing that, like, I remember now, when you do it and you watch, when you say, you all really want to know about it.

Brian Redban (1:12)

There's like, excitement about that. Yeah.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:16)

And sometimes the wildest things happen.

SPEAKER_6 (1:20)

Yeah.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:21)

We found, like, a, I think, a seven, 80-year-old man the other day, won a golden ticket.

SPEAKER_6 (1:27)

Like, he was just so fucking funny. Yeah.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:31)

So funny. And the guy's been waiting his whole life to be discovered. He's been doing comedy 30 fucking years or whatever. And he's like, this is the best fucking day of my goddamn life. It's from Atlanta, Georgia.

David Lucas (1:44)

There's the joy, you can see it.

Brian Redban (1:45)

Yeah.

Annie Teicher (1:46)

I think one of my two favorites was the Drew Nickens episode.

SPEAKER_7 (1:50)

That's the closest I come to like sending the longest message.

Brian Redban (1:52)

I love that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_5 (1:54)

The joy, when he comes out, they love him.

Brian Redban (1:58)

Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_10 (1:58)

The Aaron Belial episode.

SPEAKER_5 (2:00)

The speed round.

Brian Redban (2:01)

I love that.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:02)

That's great.

That's what it is. I keep it loose. It's like that. You know, it's like sometimes people around me, you know, whether it's Redban or the panelist or whoever, it's like, what are we doing? What's going on?

Brian Redban (2:17)

Let's get out of here.

SPEAKER_6 (2:18)

And I'm like, come on, you know, it's got to go with it.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:22)

It's got to come from like here, not some strategic plan thing. But yeah, that Aaron Belial episode, we never would have found Aaron.

Brian Redban (2:30)

Ever.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:34)

And man, that's, he, dude, he's rich.

David Lucas (2:41)

Since I met him there, I had him do it like a game.

SPEAKER_7 (2:44)

And he's just like this poser, and they're just picking it up with this serum of often playing and dropping it.

Brian Redban (2:50)

Oh, that's funny.

Brian Redban (2:51)

He plays serum of often, and he just keeps dropping it for like 10 minutes.

Brian Redban (2:57)

I haven't even seen that.

Dedrick Flynn (2:59)

That's so funny.

SPEAKER_5 (3:01)

He's like, I have to do merch for my closure.

Brian Redban (3:03)

I was like, I don't get it. He's like, you'll get it. And I'm like, you have to do that every show now.

David Lucas (3:09)

How many snacks?

SPEAKER_12 (3:11)

When do you stop snacking?

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:14)

Do you just shit every time you're not around me? I never see you not eating.

SPEAKER_12 (3:20)

Hey, what are these carrots? Hey, what's this?

SPEAKER_6 (3:22)

I'll have another bowl of pasta.

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:24)

What type of tapeworm do you have? Do you know you have a tapeworm?

SPEAKER_6 (3:29)

I'm a growing boy.

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:30)

Look, you're behind the scenes on a behind the scenes episode. This is Peter Schor.

Peter Schor (3:37)

Hi.

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:37)

He eats snacks all day and night and videotapes things. One of the greatest directors in the comedy business right now.

Brian Redban (3:50)

This is where he lives.