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Tommy Davidson’s Backpack, Heartburn & Hollywood Secrets

The Rizzuto Show | Daily Comedy Podcast

September 25, 2026

Tommy Davidson is back in the studio, and before we can properly discuss his decades in comedy, we have to address the important stuff: New York accents, breakfast hot dogs and the cruel moment when heartburn finally comes for you.

Speakers King Scott, Tommy Davidson

TopicsComedySociety & Culture

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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SPEAKER_3 (1:32)

Rizzuto. Mr. Tommy Davidson joins us in studio.

Tommy Davidson (1:38)

Tommy Davidson, the owner of the Stainless.

SPEAKER_3 (1:40)

Is that what I sound like?

Tommy Davidson (1:42)

No, I just tried it. Tommy Davidson and St. Louis come back to see us.

SPEAKER_3 (1:44)

Is that what I sound like?

Tommy Davidson (1:45)

Got those t-shirts. All in a second, we'll be back in about seven minutes.

SPEAKER_5 (1:49)

He's aware of our radio voices.

SPEAKER_3 (1:50)

Cause you know, as we get off the air, we sound different.

Tommy Davidson (1:52)

That was an attempt.

SPEAKER_3 (1:53)

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_5 (1:53)

That was pretty good.

SPEAKER_3 (1:54)

It was actually very good.

Tommy Davidson (1:55)

He got more of a kazoo kind of.

SPEAKER_3 (1:56)

I never thought I had a radio voice. It's just my voice.

SPEAKER_5 (1:59)

I go, he's from New York. It's just my voice.

SPEAKER_3 (2:01)

Yeah, but I don't have an accent though.

SPEAKER_5 (2:02)

You do have an accent.

SPEAKER_3 (2:03)

Not really. I can hear it. I've been here 23 years.

Tommy Davidson (2:06)

When he drinks.

SPEAKER_5 (2:07)

Yeah, when he drinks, it comes out.

Tommy Davidson (2:08)

It comes out.

SPEAKER_5 (2:09)

I am walking in.

Tommy Davidson (2:10)

Why drink water?

SPEAKER_6 (2:11)

Say tournament.

SPEAKER_3 (2:11)

Get off of me.

Tommy Davidson (2:12)

Get off of me.

SPEAKER_6 (2:13)

Hold on.

Tommy Davidson (2:13)

Get off.

SPEAKER_6 (2:14)

Say tournament.

SPEAKER_3 (2:15)

It's tournament.

Tommy Davidson (2:17)

Say Derek. Derek.

SPEAKER_3 (2:18)

Derek. There you go. Derek.

Tommy Davidson (2:20)

See, it's there.

SPEAKER_3 (2:21)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Derek. Derek.

Tommy Davidson (2:23)

Yeah, Derek.

SPEAKER_3 (2:25)

Eric. Eric?

Tommy Davidson (2:27)

Cary.

SPEAKER_3 (2:29)

Well, listen, Tommy, you were here.

SPEAKER_6 (2:30)

Online. He stands online.

SPEAKER_3 (2:32)

I stand online, not in line. You were here about a year ago, right? Was it? Yeah. Did it come up in your Facebook memories?

SPEAKER_5 (2:38)

Yeah, it came up, like, the last week.

SPEAKER_3 (2:39)

So you were here, and then I saw you open up for Katt Williams at Enterprise Center. Dude, what a phenomenal show.

Tommy Davidson (2:46)

We are. We killed. That dude is doing arenas.

SPEAKER_3 (2:49)

Yeah, we were at Enterprise Center. The place was packed.

Tommy Davidson (2:52)

Yeah. Arena. Arenas. I'm like, how?

SPEAKER_3 (2:54)

Well, so me and my buddy Dan went to the show, OK? And I tell you what, everybody dressed to the nines at that show. I was like I was wearing like this, like a schlub.

But they were, they were, I mean, they were your fans dressed up in their Sunday best. It was awesome.

Tommy Davidson (3:12)

That's the way we get down, man. I haven't heard the word schlub before.

SPEAKER_3 (3:16)

Oh yeah. Dressed like a friggin schlub.

Tommy Davidson (3:18)

Schlub.

SPEAKER_3 (3:19)

You never heard schlub before?

Tommy Davidson (3:20)

Yeah, I think I have.

SPEAKER_3 (3:22)

It's been a while.

Tommy Davidson (3:23)

It sounds very old school, kind of Yiddish. Yeah, it's very poor 1900s New York.

SPEAKER_3 (3:31)

Yeah. Just call somebody a mensch next time. Call somebody a mensch.

Tommy Davidson (3:35)

Oh dude, that's, Rafe is a mensch. They're going to love you.

SPEAKER_3 (3:38)

What?

SPEAKER_1 (3:39)

What is that?

SPEAKER_3 (3:39)

Rafe learned about adjada for the first time. You know what adjada is?

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