3715 – Seeing the light with Greg Proops
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
@ProopDog
GregProops.com
00 Hello!
3715! Welcome in!
Talking upcoming Pantages shows!
https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com
One of Zoe’s friends is the understudy for Tina in the touring musical!
Jimmy talks his livestream over the weekend. It was a little too chatty at times.
He lets the crowd be unmuted so they could hear the laughs.
It was still a great show and they went for over 2 hours!
Ticket sales were so good he had to upgrade his Zoom!
Twice actually but Zoom refunded him for the second charge since the first upgrade didn’t work right.
Oliver’s back at school for 2 weeks and then it’s a six week vacation! A week of which he is spending on a trip with friends!
15 – Jimmy talks about Danielle. He got giddy over seeing her smile the other day.
Jimmy talks about hearing about how impactful the show has been to them. He loves to hear it! He’d rather have the small impactful audience we have than a huge stadium size audience. He’s very grateful and lucky.
Jimmy’s first two dates of his “I’m Cleaning House” tour!
March 22 – Zanies Rosemont
March 25 – Comedy Attic in Bloomington
Featuring Oliver Pardo!
20 – The Ralph Garmin show was sadly canceled.
50% off Jimmy’s Big Cartel site! Code Turkey!
Air Supply has a HUGE Asian fan base based on the crowd at the show Jimmy was at.
Parking costs. $50 for parking at Sofi.
Jimmy called it, Air Supply opened with Sweet Dreams.
25 – He had a great seat except a guy behind him would hit his head every time he moved.
They were phenomenal!
They had two lady cellists!
The band also thanked basically the entire staff of the tour, the venue, the merch girl, and more it sounds like.
I go get our guest while Jimmy continues his Air Supply love fest.
Russell is head to toe tattoos apparently.
35 – Quick Suffs talk!
Matt wrote down what he thought Jimmy would say about it.
He loved it.
“I think Jimmy will like Suffs.”
Go see it!
We’ll be right back with Greg Proops!
44m34s – We’re back!
Stutter fuck!
Greg Proops is here!
The Free State of California is Greg’s new album.
45 – Go see Greg do stand up or improv! Top 10 funniest people alive!
Greg is at the Punchline in San Fran every New Years.
Jimmy and Greg talk about how when they were young people their age now would be out of touch and now being older they aren’t. 36 years as a full-time comedian!
Do any good comedians, John Mulaney aside, sell out huge venues like the Forum?
“When the crowd starts cheering it’s over.” – Steve Martin (according to Greg)
Talking Jay Leno. Both Jimmy and Greg think he’s not a friend to the comedian.
50 – Letterman didn’t seem to like Stand-ups.
Talking Crowd Work!
We go from Jaws to Pancakes.
Greg drops a Tab reference.
Talking bars and pickled eggs.
55 – Greg talks Who’s Live Anyway? And their cast!
Talking about California not being quite as liberal as people think.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/05/mcconnell-warns-obama-poison-the-well-midterms
60 – Jimmy compliments Greg’s hair.
Greg is NOT going to Coyote Ugly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_Ugly_Saloon
Greg talks about seeing the movie at the Beverly Connection and laughing at a line of dialogue and some 12 year old boy turns around and hissed at them “that was NOT funny!”
Talking Weekend At Bernies. Jimmy will not allow slander against the film.
Talking Journalists!
1h5m – Matt loves the texture of Greg’s hair!
Eliot’s Smile Train video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgeb-tUM_E
Milk Chocolate snowmen!
Yummy!
Jimmy wants a less chocolate chip chocolate chip cookie.
Talking Grand Rapids, MI!
1h15m – https://www.devosperformancehall.com
Greg went to school with former michigan governor Jennifer Granholm!
“The speaker of the house is a butt head.” – Jennifer Granholm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Granholm
1h20m – The bay area in the 70s was pretty liberal it sounds like.
Talking Baseball! Greg remains a Giants fan.
“Nine BJs are better than one yank.” – Jimmy’s doctor.
Greg talks about how loud the stadium was when he saw a Blue Jays game. The music was extremely loud apparently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_Stance_Guy
1h25m – Greg talks about the title of his last album, “Purple Shasta Raccoon.” The new one was almost called “Okay Tiger.”
Greg talks more about his album titles.
“If You Leave Me Now” talk.
1h30m – Greg has an Air Supply story! He had a flight with them in Canada and thought it’d be a plane crash situation “Air Supply and others…”
“You know more Crowded House songs than you think…” – British ad campaign for them.
Talking Riyadh Comedy Fest
1h35m – Talking Just For Laughs and the guy who ran it who was habitually sexually harassing every woman involved with it.
Greg talks about the Aspen Comedy Fest and Billy Connolly doing a set he wouldn’t get off. Robin Williams followed him and did 18 minutes.
1h40m – “I didnae see the light.” – Billy
Billy walked an entire room in Scotland and heckled every person that left.
Trivia!
We’ll be right back!
1h45m – We’re back!
Greg gives us a little Matthew McConaughey.
Round the horn!
Jimmy Webb and Randy Newman had dinner together.
1h50m – Talking Jackie Kashian!
Greg has to go!
Jimmy reminds Greg of an audition they were at to play astronauts and someone showed up in an astronaut costume.
Greg talks about Jackie. She is opening for him on New Years Eve!
Thanks Greg!!
We gotta goooo!
Empty Jimmy’s Storage Unit!
Bye!
Trivia Results:
Category: Space
Question: Launched on 12/25/21 what is the name of the successor to hubble that is named for the second administrator of Nasa?
Garon: James Webb Telescope (12 pts) Preguess: Andromeda
Eliot: James Webb Telescope (25 pts) Preguess: Apollo 13
Matt: James Webb Telescope (10 pts) Preguess: Gemini
Greg Proops: Porchini Telescope (21 pts) Preguess: Alpha Centauri
Jimmy: James Webb Telescope (18 pts) Preguess: The Milky Way
Answer: James Webb Telescope!
Eliot wins!
My pleasure,
Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth/Little Asshole
