2713 – Seeing Spot Run with Tom Dreesen

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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher

NNF Platinum 2713 – Tom Dreesen
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Tom’s book

00 NNF! Part of Misfit Toys! Jimmy talks about it.

Who’s gonna do a parade this year if not Macy’s?

Matt suspects Amazon.

Talking Adam Corolla and paten trolls. And NNF representing podcasts when they were all dealing with that troll.

I look like Dante from Clerks?! According to Matt.

We are recording late today because of a soccer game.

15 – Talking about communal viewing and live tweeting. Save it for reruns!

Talking about the kids talking during shows. Jimmy “yelled at” Oliver once.

20 – Lot of F-bombs on the show recently.

Doc Talk! Jimmy watched the Harry Chapin documentary.

Matt and fam watched Karate Kid. Thy liked it!

30 – Tom Dreesen is joining us! He was on PCAT10!

We’ll be right back!

We’re back!

Do whatever you want during the break!

Tom Dreesen’s hair is gorgeous!

Tom’s book is called Still Standing: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra

Tom used to beat up guys from Oak Forest.

The Oak Forest hospital was a mental institution and the city used it as a way to keep POC out because they registered on the census but were all in the institution.

35 – Tom was on an all-black basketball team. They nicknamed him Spot.

Tom talks about his history/career living in an all-black neighborhood and being asked if Black people enjoy his comedy. He got so tired of being asked that he did an album with an audience of all black people.

Tom talks about being in the first black/white comedy duo and performing the chitlin circuit and how racists (on either side) would be mad not at the guy from the race they hated but at the one of the same race for working with the race they hate. Someone put out a lit cigarette on Tim, his comedy partner’s face.

It was a woman who ended up splitting them up but they remain the best of friends.

Talking about The Tonight Show.

Lots of talk about Tom’s history and The Comedy Store and the strike.

50 – Tom talks about a friend and fellow comic who committed suicide because Mitzi Shore wouldn’t give him any time. Tom didn’t go back to the comedy store for 40+ years after that.

55 – Tom talks about how great The Comedy Store is now.

Talking Bud Friedman.

Jimmy asks Tom about the burning of The Improv and if Mitze was involved. He says she was not but he knows who did it. The gang talk more about it.

60 – Tom tells the story of Biff Manard trying to run over some comics from the picket line, including Jay Leno who pretended he was hit.

They settled the strike that night.

1h5m – Trivia Time!

Category: Weird Science
Question: What Alien Thing From Pop Culture Shares a Name with An Element on the Periodic Table with the Atomic #36.

Garon: Alf (12 pts)
Eliot: Kryptonium (25 pts)
Matt: Unobtanium (2 pts)
Tom: Plutonium (5 pts)
Jimmy: ET(13 pts)

Answer: Krypton!

Eliot does NOT get it.

Matt wins.

Tom confirms that Alex Trebek was a super nice guy.

Tom talks about nuns in school and how the kids would admit to talking while they were out of the room and get punished with a ruler. They would rat out Tommy and he’d get worse punishment.

1h20m – Tom talks about how crazy people thought he was when he said he wanted to be a comedian.

1h25m – Tom lives in Sherman Oaks! He talks about the group he golfs with who gamble a lot, on anything.

1h30m – Tom talks about being a motivational speaker and how he dealt with some recent medical diagnosis (cancer) and how he had to tell himself to follow his own procedures that he talks about in his motivational speeches. Five years ago he had cancer and got through it. He then was told recently that he should put his affairs in order and that he was gonna die. How much time? “Only god knows that.” – His doctor. He then told the doctor, “I’m gonna ask god for a second opinion.”

1h35m – Tom got a super rare sugery and ended up cancer free, but it could reoccur.

We’ll be right back!

1h40m – We’re back!

Tom talks about his Golf history. He says that Jack Wagner was the best celebrity golfer he ever met.

Tom talks about Frank Sinatra and a party at Frank’s house with a ton of actors (IE Gregory Peck) just talking about film as well as the legend, talent, and mystique of Sinatra.

Jimmy asks if Tom was ever heckled at one of the big shows he’d do. Tom then explains how to handle a heckler in those shows. He also talks about how to do a show with an audience like that and how to win them over because they’re expecting Frank Sinatra.

Thanks Tom!

We’re done!

See you next time!

My pleasure,

Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth