In short
Leanne Morgan’s rise from small-town, tobacco-farm life to stand-up stardom; how she built her comedy career through clubs, corporate gigs, and crowd work; and what it’s like to navigate adult-but-PG comedy for theaters and Netflix.
Guest backgrounds
Leanne Morgan is a Southern stand-up comedian with a strong accent, known for Netflix specials and her show Leanne (Season 2). She started in dive bars and clubs, did early crowd work in small grocery stores, and later performed in comedy clubs while raising kids. Dana (the host) is the interviewer, a fellow comedian/performer who discusses comedy venues, touring, and writing material.
Key claims
Chuck Lorre personally flew to Knoxville, held a grandbaby, and pitched a TV show after seeing her first special. Her Netflix special was a “stamp” of legitimacy. Corporate audiences require timing and “pretending you killed.” She avoids overly dirty material by using metaphors/analogies, keeping it funny rather than explicit.
Notable examples
Candy cigarettes and grocery-store crowd work at age 11; tobacco farming chores; early comedy clubs in San Antonio (midnight sets); a “one leg out of the pantyhose” church bit; working new material in small clubs; and ticket-broker “blue dot” worries on tour.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOIntroducing Leanne Morgan
0:09 to 2:20
Dana and David share their excitement about guest Leanne Morgan and her recent success.
“That's where I would dazzle, is I would eat candy cigarettes.”
Leanne's Love for the Podcast
2:20 to 3:00
Leanne expresses her admiration for Dana and David's podcast and her surprise at being a guest.
“I can hear you now, my darling from heaven.”
Growing Up on a Tobacco Farm
3:00 to 4:19
Leanne shares her childhood experiences growing up on a tobacco farm in Tennessee.
“I look at my, because I dare anyone who does this, if you're on a laptop and your fucking face is just sitting there for an hour and you kind of go, what's that?”
The Dream of Hollywood
4:19 to 7:05
Leanne discusses her early ambitions of becoming a comedian and her inspirations from television.
“But my people didn't work me, but I would say, can I go and lay sticks?”
Childhood Antics and Smoking
7:05 to 8:59
Leanne reminisces about her childhood antics, including stealing cigarettes and entertaining friends.
“But Lord, I was out in the middle of nowhere, but outside of Nashville, Tennessee.”
Performing at the Grocery Store
8:59 to 10:01
Leanne recalls her early performance experiences, including crowd work at her family's grocery store.
“I've got a beautiful mama and she, I would be sitting in her lap when I was in kindergarten.”
The Family Business Transition
10:01 to 11:39
Leanne shares how her family transitioned from a grocery store to a meat processing plant.
“They go grab anything in this grocery store you want.”
The Family Business Transition
14:51 to 15:57
Leanne shares how her family transitioned from a grocery store to a meat processing plant.
“I have to tell you about this game-changing product I use before a night out with drinks.”
Leanne's Encounter with Roseanne
16:12 to 17:19
Leanne shares a memorable encounter with comedian Roseanne Barr.
“She was staying, I was staying in a hotel.”
Leanne's Early Aspirations in Comedy
17:19 to 19:10
Leanne discusses her journey into comedy, starting from high school plays.
“And we sat down and talked for a long time.”
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Navigating Early Career Challenges
19:10 to 21:15
Leanne reflects on her early career decisions and challenges in pursuing comedy.
“Marcy and I are going to go in Montgomery.”
The Start of Stand-Up Comedy
21:15 to 23:17
Leanne recounts her first experiences in stand-up comedy and performing.
“And then Brian Dorfman that owns that club is now my concert promoter who said to me, I think you've got something, but you've got three babies.”
Comedy in Unusual Settings
23:17 to 25:08
Leanne describes performing comedy in unique settings and its impact on her skills.
“Nobody wants to go and have to buy something they don't want.”
Balancing Comedy and Family
25:08 to 28:02
Leanne discusses the challenges of balancing her comedy career with family life.
“And then get up and take them to school the next morning.”
Navigating Adult Humor in Comedy
28:02 to 29:25
Learn how comedians balance adult themes with humor to avoid offense.
“Dana, when they say, well, Dana is pretty clean.”
The Challenge of Corporate Comedy
29:25 to 30:08
Discover insights on performing stand-up in corporate settings and the differences in audience expectation.
“one leg out of my pantyhose because Chuck's staring at me and we've, and he wants to do it.”
The Dynamics of Stand-Up Performance
30:08 to 32:26
Explore the intricacies of engaging audiences and the pressures of stand-up comedy.
“But, you know, sometimes it's you get what you pay for.”
Creating New Material and Crowd Work
32:26 to 35:31
Understand the process of crafting new jokes and the role of crowd work in stand-up.
“And I hypnotized them into thinking I killed.”
The Unique Voice of Women in Comedy
35:31 to 37:53
Learn about the distinct perspective women bring to stand-up comedy and their audience dynamics.
“special you tour i mean i don't know how new this is and then you you have it you're faced with you need a new hour by such and such a date do you panic do you go to the clubs do you write it at How do you get that hour?”
The Unique Voice of Women in Comedy
42:03 to 43:24
Learn about the distinct perspective women bring to stand-up comedy and their audience dynamics.
“August is a good time to reset your wardrobe.”
The Unique Voice of Women in Comedy
43:46 to 44:14
Learn about the distinct perspective women bring to stand-up comedy and their audience dynamics.
“and it's lightweight, portable, and packed with enough processing power to make multitasking a breeze.”
Leanne Morgan's Journey to Fame
45:24 to 47:32
Leanne discusses her rise in comedy and the moment she felt validated.
“And so then that's another, was that a dream as well?”
Life Lessons and Hollywood Experiences
47:32 to 50:04
Leanne shares her experiences in Hollywood and interactions with famous personalities.
“I've never heard anyone have a giant producer fly and sit on a porch, hold the baby and pitch you.”
Confidence in Comedy and Writing
50:04 to 52:51
The trio discusses confidence issues and the writing process in comedy.
“And I also think that they that I'm getting more male fans because they love Blake Clark.”
Production Insights and Community
52:51 to 56:00
Leanne talks about the production environment of her show and her life in LA.
“It was like thinking, like saying I was going to be the president or first man on the moon to be in show business.”
Leanne's Experience in LA
56:00 to 57:45
Leanne shares her journey of living in LA, her neighborhood, and the joy of community.
“You wanted to shoot in Nashville, but they said you got to come to Burbank.”
Reflections on Comedy and Connection
57:45 to 59:13
The hosts and Leanne discuss the camaraderie among comics and the importance of positivity in their careers.
“And, you know, this is like, you know, and I thought, okay, this whole business is designed to get you bitter and don't go down that path.”
Leanne's Personal Connection to the Podcast
59:13 to 1:02:51
Leanne expresses how the podcast helped her during filming and shares heartfelt moments with the hosts.
“would get in that big bathtub with some magnesium flakes and I would turn on y 'all's podcast.”
Casual Banter and Humor
1:02:51 to 1:03:28
A lighthearted exchange about cooking, relationships, and humorous anecdotes.
“And y 'all, I'm giving so much joy to so many people.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00This episode of Fly on the Wall is presented by Amazon Music. Amazon Music is your one app for music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Download the app today and start listening. That's where I would dazzle, is I would eat candy cigarettes. That's where you would dazzle? David knows that because I met him at Zaney's and I charged towards him and I think it scared you, David. You remember that? Conference center. Bar in the back. Eating. Yeah, bar in the back, clanking and doing. chicken cord over the clanking and doing scratching and yawning Leanne Morgan yes Leanne Morgan is sort of someone blowing up recently a little later in life
0:43Dana Carvey:yeah yeah yeah making a big fuss people are really fussing and fighting over her and we talked a lot of southern jargon with her she probably has the strongest accent of anyone. She's like out of a movie or a book, a great voice. She's like, now you two angels. Now, yes, my darling, my darling. Oh, my darling. I know I scared you when I met you. I scared. I lurched at you. I lurched at you and you recoiled. You came at. Yeah. So she's just a a fun machine and a funny, funny, funny person. It's almost like, yeah, we've never had anyone quite like her, but really funny. And she talks about her tour.
1:32Dana Carvey:She's on tour now as a stand-up. Huge tour. She had a Netflix special that blew her up, and now she has a follow-up special doing theaters, traveling around. Her own show, Leanne, on Netflix. Half-hour comedy. Season two right now. August 27th with Chuck Lorre who's probably the arguably the biggest TV producer you know he's from Two and a Half Men he's from Big Bang Theory so yeah and you'll hear the story how that all happened it's definitely different how she ended up getting on doing that show it's definitely never happened to me definitely never I've never heard it happen to anyone except maybe Marlon Brando yeah something like that and anyway we just laughed the whole time So here you go, folks.
2:19Leanne Morgan. This is a real ragtag podcast, Leanne. I dare it. I can hear you now, my darling from heaven. Oh, you can hear me better? Great. Okay. My darling from heaven. I will say Leanne is always nice when you see her out in the real world. Is she? I am, y 'all. I'm not a butthole. I mean, I've got flaws, but I am not a butthole. No, I was kidding.
2:44Dana Carvey:Your reputation is very nice and friendly. Thank you. Thank you. I was telling Dana that y 'all, I am in love with y 'all and I love this podcast and thank y 'all for even letting me be on here because I know it's a big deal. It's such a big deal. I'm shocked I'm on it. I look at my, because I dare anyone who does this, if you're on a laptop and your fucking face is just sitting there for an hour and you kind of go, what's that? You know, I mean, it's a little weird because like, you know, if you go on a talk show, there's a monitor there. Basically, you're talking to Jimmy Fallon or whatever.
3:21Dana Carvey:You're not really looking right at your face. But anyway, enough about that. Wait, Dana, when you go on Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel, there's like 10 mirrors in your dressing room. Well, they're a stylist walking out with you and Fritzie. Then there's another mirror. Stop for a selfie. Stop for a TikTok for Jimmy. Stop for this. Stop. Then mirrors, mirrors, mirrors. And you're about to go on. Here's another mirror. You like yourself. Do you like yourself? I don't go. And then you're out there like, and then you look totally different once you're out there. I have a lot of questions for Leanne. Oh, yeah.
3:54Dana Carvey:Because you are, it's amazing what you've done. It's very cool. I, you know, I could start anywhere. I don't really know. I started out in clubs. So I comedy, there were no comedy clubs. That's how far back I go. I played delicatessens and dive bars. and now I live on a farm with horses so you started on a farm and now you've conquered Hollywood yes kind of yeah I'm farming I'm farming people Dana my people are farmers for generations back yeah how are you with that little animals as a kid you love them love them love them but we didn't i mean we had cows and all that kind of stuff but um the basics the basics but um but it was mainly tobacco we raised tobacco where i'm from for cigarettes and skull in copenhagen fuck yeah wow that that makes more show dirt would be nothing without that yeah that's that's a good one did anyone ever say to you when you're eight years old it's Leanne, it's time to water the tobacco plants.
5:09Dana Carvey:Were you working? Yeah. But my people didn't work me, but I would say, can I go and lay sticks? They called it lay sticks where the man could come behind you and cut the tobacco and put it on the stick. And I thought that would be fun, but I did it a couple of days and it was hot. And then I didn't want to do it. And then I pulled plants out of the little bed where you pull the plants and then they put it on a tractor. And there was a machine where you just put a plant in a tractor and it would plant them. I did that a few times for my people. But then I didn't want to work. You know, that was hard.
5:47You said, I didn't say LASIKs. I said I wanted LASIKs.
5:51Dana Carvey:That's why she doesn't wear glasses. But did you, when you were a little kid, like at whatever age, surely you guys had a TV. did you ever when did you first occur in your brain like maybe maybe i could be on tv and be funny like that person um nine or ten years old okay me too i just knew it watching who are you seeing oh my gosh y 'all i've been tody fields joan rivers um joan rivers phyllis diller phyllis Back then, I'm 60 years old. So, oh my gosh, I love Johnny Carson. I love watching all the comedians that came on Johnny Carson. I loved Saturday Night Live. And my mama would let me watch it.
6:37And it was Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi doing The Bees. Do you remember The Bees? Of course. And it was nasty, you know? And my dad would get mad and say, she doesn't need to be watching this, Lucille, because this is nasty and she's too little. But my mama knew I loved it. and she would let me sit up and watch that. But I loved television, sitcoms, movies. I mean, I just loved all of it. And I thought, I'm going Hollywood. I'm going to be in. And I would tell my mama and she would go, yeah, you will. And yeah, you're going to do it. But Lord, I was out in the middle of nowhere, but outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
7:13So I would go to the grocery store and see the Mandrell sisters and Porter Wagner and people like that. So I would I would look at them and think, I'm not a country music star, but I'm like them. I've got a kinship with them. I'm going to be like them. I did.
7:30Dana Carvey:If you were famous, you were like, I could do that. I did. Were you funny around your peers and people in class? Were you kind of doing that then? Yes. Like, look at this little show monkey there. Look at that. She was popular because she also brought rolled up cigarettes for everyone that she got at a home yeah i did this special for you yeah tobacco farm and so it's funny because when i was that age i was loving all the same stuff you were but i didn't it didn't cross my mind i could do it that's a big jump so because i was in arizona everyone's from somewhere but arizona no not many people are from hollywood so wherever they are it's always a big jump so you're on a pig farm or wherever and smoking tobacco like this yeah one day that's gonna be me they're like she's doing four packs a day she's 11 yeah i'm gonna make it everybody and put it i did i did steal my mama's cigarettes and get in an old car up on a piece of land that we had and take a baby doll and a pocketbook and acted like i was driving to town i didn't inhale at that time yeah i did later yeah yeah but i was like yeah you figured out the fun part later we all stole my mom's cigarettes me and my three brothers my sister yeah the kent kent i think they were and we smoked cigarettes for about a year but not too many because we didn't want her to know we were stealing them and then we would give you a buzz though we would eat ice plant to cover up the smell of the smoke so we ate ice plant and then we'd come in they go what have you been doing nothing then so anyway did you candy cigarettes were a hit too i loved a candy cigarette and see my little family had in this town of 500 people had the grocery store so that's where i would dazzle is i would eat candy cigarettes and you would dazzle and do a character yeah can we hear it what would you say well i mean my mama would be you know checking people out it was one little thing, you know, where you check out and she'd have on a Bridget Bardot hairpiece.
9:39I've got a beautiful mama and she, I would be sitting in her lap when I was in kindergarten. And I don't even know what I was saying, but I remember her going, Leanne, look, here's Mr. So-and-so, here's Miss So-and-so. And I just thought, oh, I've got to entertain. I mean, I did crowd work at the grocery store at age 11.
10:00Dana Carvey:Love it. And as I was drinking tab and spraying Lysol because I had access to all the Lysol I could spray. Fun, yeah. It was fun. Everyone goes right to the Lysol. There's so many references here. They go grab anything in this grocery store you want. I love Tab, by the way. Holy shit. No, come on, you guys. I swear to God, I was in a Diet Pepsi. They didn't have Diet Coke yet. And I got in a Tab run for a while. That was my A &W root beer. Did they have A &W in Tennessee? Yeah, I think so. Oh, my darling, I've never been a root beer person, but I think so. Okay. What kind of person were you? Well, we were a big deal because we had a Coke machine, you know, in a little town.
10:44Dana Carvey:Oh, okay. And then, yeah. Coke machine was big. Yeah. If you had the Cokes and then, you know, and then my family closed or sold that grocery store and opened a meat processing plant. And we also had a Coca-Cola machine there. Okay. So you were faithfully Coke because it probably had seven up in there. It was Coke. Coke, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper. Ooh. Yeah. Mountain Dew maybe back then? That came up later. You know, that was, I remember Mountain Dew probably when I went to it. RC? Yeah. RC Cola. Okay. Okay. We're getting more. Knee high orange soda. Shasta. I love an orange soda. To this day, I've got to have one every once in a while.
11:29A little something over ice.
11:30Dana Carvey:Yeah, they've treated yourself. You're making money. They're fun. Orange is fun. So you're on this farm. You're a chain smoker. You're nine years old. You're doing crowd work with all the cowboys. Crowd work in small grocery stores. And so what, like, so then you got married and had kids. So I'm just wondering what was the delay? Because you seem like someone who would be in clubs at 19 or 21. Oh, y 'all. Well, I love me. David. David knows that because I met him at Zaney's and I charged towards him and I think it scared you, David. Do you remember that? No, you were very friendly, yes. But I went, and you went.
12:14You lurched. I did. You might have had your kids with you or you didn't have them with you? I don't think I did, my darling. Haven't I seen you with your kids? Yes, Maggie, and maybe both of my daughters in LA next to the comedy store. You were going to go do a cent and they were out there with me for some reason. And then my baby child, my 28-year-old, is my makeup artist. She's in the union and everything out in LA. And she works with me on my show on Netflix. And then she tours with me too and keeps me alive.
12:48Dana Carvey:Wow, that's so nice. Yeah. Listen, you guys know how much I love multitasking. That's what everyone's always stopping me and asking me about. um lately my secret weapon's been amazon music i used to jump in between three different apps to get through my day because i'm weird but now amazon music is my one app for music podcasts and audiobooks yes you heard it right your amazon music unlimited subscription now includes access to audiobooks meaning it does so much more for you without any extra hassle dana i've been listening while walking the dog, tackling that endless mountain of laundry. And it just fits perfect.
13:32You're always doing the laundry.
13:33Dana Carvey:I do loads and loads of it all day. Sundays. Yeah, Sundays laundry day. Boo, I got 55 of these. And it just fits perfectly into my routine. I recently queued up Project Hail Mary, which was a great movie, but great to listen to too. Hearing this story come to life in the narrator's voice, completely transformed my afternoon chores into an epic space adventure jealous yeah it's amazing how a great voice performance makes the story feel so special and immersive and the best part is that you don't need a separate app to dive into your next favorite story it's all seamlessly integrated right where you already listen amazon music is definitely my favorite part of my routine music podcasts audiobooks it's all in one app drink up baby fantasy football happy hour is here to get you wins and have some laughs Matthew Berry here and my podcast fantasy football happy hour has the sleepers bust and start sit advice you need to win your league we're diving into the tape we're crunching the numbers to bring you sleepers bust weekly start sit advice whether you're defending a title or desperately avoiding last place I've got you covered every single weekday the bar is open it's fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Barry wherever you get your podcasts.
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16:11and the netflix show leanne we're going to keep talking about but before that we have to hear about the pig farm and everything okay but we're getting there but did you see someone like roseanne i mean you're i did see roseanne i remember seeing on tonight's show i remember i saw her and i was like yeah out of the blue so that's that's a housewife and that's someone that she looked like she started a hair later than normal yeah yeah i think so she was already was she divorced was she no not yet she hit it big that that one set that you're talking about and i remember it the uterus honing device domestic goddess yes and then julio iglesias was sitting on that couch and asked her to go touring with him because i saw roseanne like in the last couple of years and Netflix is a joke festival.
17:00She was staying, I was staying in a hotel. I was drinking coffee, talking to my middle child. Roseanne came in to get up, um, to get a bloody Mary at the bar because she needed to have a bowel movement. And that's what she said to me, Leanne. And I said, I'm a fan. You don't know me. She goes, yes, I do. I know who you are, Leanne. And we sat down and talked for a long time. And she told me that story and Julio Iglesias after that, she divorced that daddy of those children. Okay. But I remember seeing that set and it blowing me away, but I always loved Richard Lewis. I was a big fan of Richard Lewis on the, on the tonight show, Jay Leno, David Letterman.
17:40And, um, but I went to my little high school. I graduated with 42 people. One boy in there went on to Juilliard, became an actor and has been in a bunch of stuff out of our little country town. He was a dairy farmer. And then, so I was in one play. I played Stupefine Jones. I wore a bathing suit with pantyhose, but I had no lines, but I thought, this is it. This is the beginning of Hollywood. Yeah. Yeah. And then, but I was a little country kid and it never dawned on me to get in a car and drive to LA at 18 with no money. Like you hear people do. I was scared to death and I thought, I know it's going to happen.
18:22I don't know when, but everybody was pushing me to go to college and I wanted to go to college. So I went on to college and threw some real bad decisions, ups and downs. A lot of sin, y 'all. A lot of sin. What are you talking about? Were you
18:39Dana Carvey:in a dorm? Yes. Yeah, I was in a dorm and I went to the University of Tennessee see and so that's where it all happens yeah well no I mean sin was I was seeing you were sin but I your career pause for some sin yeah and I didn't know what to I just didn't know how to do like you know when people say I'm going to Hollywood I didn't know how to get there I didn't know so I just waited it out and then um I tried to take a theater class at UT and the and it was a woman in a tight bun and she said if you're not majoring in theater get out and i'm a real follower so i didn't take that class i went on and got out and um but i really am not a theater person i don't think anybody right and you find your way i mean you you think it's the whole showbiz and then you start to narrow down what you're into and yours is comedy mine was comedy i think dana dana could be more theater because he's got he's a little broader he can do more stuff well i like sketch I like sketch, but I think you like sketches.
19:44Dana Carvey:Have you, I, sorry, I don't know this. Have you hosted SNL yet? No, I want to. I would love to. Yeah. Call him. Lauren. Yeah. Hello. Oh, she's in your purview. Okay. Yeah. Next season. She's on a tour now. He says she can fit it in. Well, I'll just say what he's saying. A time of our lives now tour. Yes. I'm very aware. Marcy and I are going to go in Montgomery. But you should be on SNL because you're an actor up there, too. I mean, you're a sketch player up there. You're not a one-liner. It's all with attitude. Thank you, Dana. I did do improv one time, and I loved it, and I felt alive. And I thought, oh, my gosh, this is it.
20:33But then I didn't know. It was my high school, and I didn't know at UT. I didn't know if there was an improv. There was a comedy club that Steve Harvey and all these people went through. I never went. I don't know why. Not even to watch? To watch? Not even to watch, y 'all. I was smoking cigarettes and making out with people. Have an S-E-X. In that order? In that order. And then have a cigarette. Yeah. And then another cigarette after. Yeah. Do you go to Zany's? Is that your home club or no? Yeah. Well, I did. that was the first time I ever got up on stage and I opened for Billy Gardel and I called the club and I, and I was, and my baby child was 18 months old.
21:13She's now 28. And then Brian Dorfman that owns that club is now my concert promoter who said to me, I think you've got something, but you've got three babies. And he said, how are you going to do this land? You can't do it. Like, you know, a male man can. So then we sold our, we had a business, We sold all that, moved to San Antonio, Texas. And that's when I first had Austin Cap City Comedy Club and San Antonio Club. And I would get up every night and they were like three, five and seven then, my kids. So that's when I first time I had a club and really felt like a comedian. You know, this is where you go from Nashville, which is a pretty not a huge comedy scene more now.
21:57But they only have they pretty much only have Zanies, which is a banger club. But what makes you go to, you said San Antonio? Yeah, San Antonio. My husband's job. He works for a big... Oh, oh, oh. Yeah, and so he moved us down there. I'm sorry. But I really got started, y 'all, selling jewelry in women's houses and having these home parties because I had little babies, or I had my first baby, and then I got pregnant with my other baby. So anyway, I look back on it, and I had my own little... it was like comedy clubs because I had these women in these, you know, when somebody would make a day up and we'd eat a brownie and I was supposed to be talking about jewelry.
22:36And instead I was developing like the first 45 minutes. During your act. Yeah. I was up there going, I got a humeroid and I've been breastfeeding and you know.
22:44Dana Carvey:So they're laughing their ass off because you're not in the conceit that you're supposed to be funny. You're just being funny in a, in a, in your selling jewelry. So how long did you do that? And were you just, I mean, I was killing it, Dana. And I was killing her. That's what I'm saying. I didn't want to say that and get ahead of you, but it seemed like you would crush in that environment. But were you selling and crushing or just it was more benefiting your stand-up? I was selling and I was, the women thought I was funny. And so I was booking like a year in advance. Oh my gosh. And these parties.
23:16And you know, nobody wants to have a party, really. Nobody wants to go and have to buy something they don't want. Right. But these were little ear, you know, you could, it was a good price point, like$19.99 for an earring. eat a dip and you know and me put on a show yep yeah what did you get everything get here a few jokes yeah and that company noticed that i was booking so far in advance so they asked me to speak at their big things and that was when i thought okay i can do it i think i could stand up is this in your 20s 20s early this is my early 30s okay you know dana these are like starting starting with corporate gigs which is even harder and then going to comedy clubs because corporates you probably do now but that's like a corporate you're doing it for the company and it's always a little to a lot harder than a regular gig as we all can be but in those little living rooms with the jewelry well once she goes to like the big company once a year party and they're like entertain our troops those are where it gets a little dicey high roof high ceiling marriott tables yeah conference center they're in the back eating yeah bar in the back clanking and doing chicken port over clanking and doing clanking and scratching and yawning fucking fussing and fighting yeah so the first time i went to a comedy club i was like oh my god this is the best thing that's ever happened to me i had a ball at a comedy club and i would get up at midnight san antonio would let me get up at midnight at the river center and people were high on marijuana and I was up there in a kitten hill.
24:51High on marijuana.
24:52Dana Carvey:Yeah. You know, and they were drunk and messed up. And then I would get up and talk about doo-doo balls on a t-ball field. And, um, and I think that was some of the best training I could have ever had. Is that because you were putting the kids to bed and then doing a set or something? Yes. I would go. Yeah. Yeah. And then get up and take them to school the next morning. You know, this reminds me of my mom a little bit, not because you're older than me, but just because when I was little, like your kids and my mom wanted to be a writer. And then my mom, my dad left when we were like four, six and eight.
25:26So she had three, the same situation, but had to make money. I think she did a few Tupperware parties, I think to stay home because it's so hard to leave us. And then she had, she worked probably two jobs a day, just doing literally anything to get us old enough to where we can get through it all. but this kind of mind that she would do stuff after we went to bed or she'd have a sitter come but she had like no life and that i see that of her wanting to write and she wrote more along the way but it took her 30 to 40 years to do something she should have taken four because she has no time and then now she even has a little book right now she's finished she's 85 yeah oh my god i know you would get along with my mom because you're a lot like what in the world i thought that was
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26:11Dana Carvey:ironic that's the same title your book no your mom's book oh my mom is called what in the world no i'm kidding no that's the oh my god i was about to say i played it too straight no that's that's she has a real one but she has a real book but leanne is sort of similar because she's hustling three kids but but you do have the husband there i didn't know if you were divorced or the husband? No, I had Chuck Morgan, honey. I've still got Chuck Morgan. Thank God for him. Yeah, Chuck Morgan. I'm making him famous and I shouldn't have. But yeah, he always had a, you know, really good job. And so I never had to struggle.
26:52Like I didn't have to take, I took bad gigs because I want to be on stage anytime I could, but I didn't, I had something to fall back on. So I was very lucky with that. I didn't have to make a living. Your little mama going through that i don't know how she did it that's tough very tough and also the 70s plus she was gorgeous you're very pretty like just that that whole dynamic in the real world is just a tough situation uh but you know i want to meet your mama that doll she would crack up at you i have to tell her because she likes nate of course she likes all these comics i try to recommend that as Nate says he's everyone's parents favorite comic
27:32Dana Carvey:well I noticed that you on your tour you have 4 o 'clock shows you do 4 o 'clock shows too and Nate does them give me a 4 o 'clock even though you talk about certain menopause or whatever feminine hygiene whatever are you do you have little kids in there are you completely PG because I think Nate is isn't he cleaner than you completely clear yeah i have in yendo and i have to talk about doing it with chuck morgan because yes he's killing me yeah so i have to talk about nasty but i do it in a way that's not you know no it's very there's a way to make it done it's not in your face it's mostly just really funny because you're kind of have to tell the secret and you're not really coming out and saying it That's the comedy is in the well, you're using all these analogies and metaphors.
28:26Dana, when they say, well, Dana is pretty clean. But when they say we can't have you be dirty. I could say the F word four times there and they won't even know it because it's all done in this goofy way of like sex or going to doctor. It's all like in a fun way because they had one comic there once and they were so dirty and so descriptive that they're like, we just can't have that. And that's what they think when they hear dirt. They just go clean it up. So yours is probably in a way packaged where people don't walk away horrified.
28:59Dana Carvey:What's the bit that you do that you have to navigate the best because you're talking about adult issues, you know, because you don't want to. What's your risky one? or you don't really have a specific two or three where you rewrote them so that you can out in case if it's two. Okay. Yeah. I've got one y 'all that I've, that's always, I have to think about that is me on Sunday morning before we go to church, having to take one leg out of my pantyhose because Chuck's staring at me and we've, and he wants to do it. And if I don't do it, then we're going to have a horrible day and we can't go eat chicken after church so that one is descriptive because i talk about that i'll we put the pieces together yeah like oh yeah you don't take one leg out of these pantyhose chuck hurry you've got three minutes i can't always do that at a corporate you know i mean sometimes i can but you know i mean compared to other people that's pretty it's pretty tame i i think i think that's really funny the week before they had martin lawrence and they're like we need to have a discussion because he went crazy.
30:08But, you know, sometimes it's you get what you pay for. Now, Martin Lawrence is hysterical and he is what he is. And Sarah Silverman, she's like, I got fired from one. And I'm like, you hired me. Have you looked at one thing? Everything she does has some as much sexual, but something where you could go, oh, that would offend me. And she does it in such a cute way, though. But, you know, you have to know what you're getting. And I think these people blindly talk to some CAA agent and they're like, you got this guy, this guy, we got Leanne. She's good for you. This, which one do you want? And they just go, I'll take her.
30:43Here's a price point. You know, all these things going. And so you get there. I've been there and they're like, well, you, what do you do stand up? You're from the movies, right? I'm like, well, actually, I'm quite the stand up. And they're like, yeah, we'll see. And so then I do it. And sometimes it's fucking crickets. But it's not the worst. I just did one and it was nice. It was nice at the win. And it was a lot of money. And it was a lot of men that do some kind of lawyer work. And I just could tell that there was probably a little woman that worked there that said, we ought to get Leanne.
31:25I love Leanne. And they had Eli Manning one night talk about football. and then they had Oz the mentalist. You know, Oz the mentalist. Oh, yeah. He kills. He kills and he's everywhere. I see him everywhere I go. Okay. And then I was the third night and I thought, I mean, and it wasn't crickets, but I mean, there were times, I mean, I had to work like a mule and I thought, but it's a bunch of men. You don't know if they play golf all day, if they've been in a.
31:54Dana Carvey:They have. Or they've been in a conference. They're burned out. And you just got to do what you do. and you know it works everywhere else. Well, here's the two things you ask. The two things you ask are, what time did they get up this morning? They got up at 6 a.m. for a breakfast meeting. Okay. When does the open bar start? Yeah. Five. When do I go on? 11. 11. Okay. I get it. I get it. So then you pretend you're killing. That's the key to corporate. This is great. And I've bombed horribly. I come off stage. There's the handlers there. They're looking down. I go, God, that was fun. I mean, these are really hard usually.
32:36Dana Carvey:What a great crowd. I know it's late. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I hypnotized them into thinking I killed. Okay, I'm going to do that. Definitely. That was so much fun. I know they'd seen a lot today, but boy, was that a blast. That's the way to do it, Dana. Leanna, if you have to do 60 and you're doing 39, you walk off and you go, did I go too long? and they go what no you actually were sure oh thank god i thought i was like an hour and a half they're like no no because then they can't get mad you went too short they're like no no you actually no you didn't go over and you're like oh god okay thanks for the check yeah they want me to do 70 i go you really want 40 you really do want 40 45 trust me max really have you ever had this happen to you i hadn't done stand up for a while i'm playing the desert in vegas and i'm going through my act and I feel like I finished all that I got it's 29 minutes 100 and you get into a panic mode like what the fuck else do I have yeah I start doing mentalist work I go ma 'am are these your pubes well you were you do crowd work crowd work is the Vic Henley who you might remember Yes.
33:52Yes. I used to live with Rick Bick Henley in Arizona when we both were starting out. He was new. He's like, Spider, if you don't got the time, which you don't. And I don't. I go, how do you fucking headline? You have 21 minutes. He's like, I talk to the crowd. I go and say what crowd? Yeah. By the way, crowd work wasn't really a thing back then. I'm like, what the fuck? So I tried it. I go to this guy. What are you doing for a living? And he goes, I'm a mechanic. I go. that's great hey dogs are funny went right back into my act crickets i don't know what to say he said it's so easy it's i'm like do you do crowd work i love i used to love not now because i'm in theaters and stuff where you can't you know it doesn't make sense to me yeah and i don't want people to feel left out but in a club i will like if i'm working on a new hour and i got to pull stuff out of my butt while I'm trying to figure out what in the world I'm going to do.
34:50Yes. But when I first got started in San Antonio, there was a guy that managed the club, God loving, that used to be like a TNGI Fridays manager. And I was doing some crowd work at midnight with people high on marijuana and I was having a good time. And I got off stage and he goes, you don't need to be doing that. We don't want you to do crowd work because, or whatever he called it at the time, because we don't want any hecklers and we don't want people to get out of control because it was such a wild and i was scared to death and i thought okay i'll never do it again if that's not what i'm supposed to be doing and he didn't know what he was talking about he was one guy
35:24Dana Carvey:it's all the rage here's your whole brain that's so yeah true do you when you um kind of you do a special you tour i mean i don't know how new this is and then you you have it you're faced with you need a new hour by such and such a date do you panic do you go to the clubs do you write it at How do you get that hour? I go to clubs and I just do like five shows a weekend. I started this new hour while I was shooting a television series. And I would just go around L.A. and like Brea and all over and just start banging it out, y 'all. And I think of thoughts and something that I think will be funny.
36:07And I put it in my phone. And then I try it on stage, get it out of my mouth. And then, but I've been doing a lot of clubs to get ready. And now I'm on tour. But do you pad it with jokes at work? Or do you feel like you're ripping them off if you're just doing stuff? It's like, okay, okay, this one's okay. Because you don't really know what it is yet. They're getting to see it, which is a fun thing if they know it. This is how I'm finding it. Because that's a little behind the scenes. Interesting to me, especially. But sometimes I feel like someone will write on Instagram, not your best work. I'm like, well, this was, I have to try.
36:43I regret writing that.
36:44Dana Carvey:Just me. That's just a text from Dana. I don't know what I was thinking. It is hard to, I mean, the comedy store, you're about to try some stuff and there's Ali Wong and Bill Burr. No, no, no. You go to La Brea Improv. I don't want to bomb in front of these guys. Go to the Ice House. Don't go to the comedy store. Are there a new material night? Everyone's got their A stuff leaning into the wind. Did I do okay? there's almost nowhere to just secretly go on and they go oh i saw him in this little tiny club and he fucking sucks you're like god shut up keep it down i'll tell you what i do y 'all i go up there on stage at a comic club and i go i am pulling this out of my butt that's it yeah and i go i need y 'all to help me y 'all can you tell me if it sucks i need y 'all to help me and they go but i've got the best fans in the world and i always think this and i and i may be out of my head but i think i'm i'm in a lane by myself yeah talking to these women i get more and more men because i think of my television series and i love men and i'm very flirty but i i get these women who have been i think ignored nobody was talking to me i mean if you think about it you know no you were a completely brand new thing when i saw you completely and so i think they're so tickled that they want to help me and they feel like they're part of it that i have people be very kind to me now somebody might be commenting you suck lean and i just don't want look at it are these dates where people pay or you just can i go up for 10 minutes or is it sort of a low ticket price and low ticket price and it's just me headlining with an opener yeah do you advertise it as Leon tries new material or anything like that.
38:28Dana Carvey:Working it out. Working it out. I got it. Yeah. I'm going to have my charge. It'll be called working it out just so they don't expect anything. Yeah. What are your tickets? 500? No. They're like 30 something. And then, and then these third party ticket things I'm having constantly having to do. And I know this little Theo Vaughn will do it. Like don't buy off of these third party ticket things. People do it all the time and then they buy something for$800 and that's not, it's not the right, you know, and then Carmen crowd is not going to, they don't like that. I don't like it. I see that someone goes, Hey, I wanted to see your show.
39:04I can't pay three 50. I'm like, what's three 50. And they're like, that's how much is to see you in St. Louis. I go, well, this is like a fourth time ticket broker selling it three different times and just patting it like a stomping on coke or something well maybe it's not the exact same i know and that makes me feel buying because then someone did pay that and like i don't know if it's worth 300 maybe 280 i'm like it's fucking 70 i don't know what it's when your people the agents
39:35Dana Carvey:and managers want to put you somewhere and they want to get you a huge amount of money and then And you really are going to. OK, you don't know how they cut the cow. And then it's$2.50 a ticket and the balcony is empty. And you're like, well, this isn't fun. I'd rather lower. You know, I want. They just say a price to the audience. They just tell you, you want to do this for X. And you go, oh, they go. They offered you a really good deal. And you go, oh, sounds good. Now, you don't know how they cut up the cow. You just get the steak. So they go in there and start overcharging everyone. and then you realize oh that's how they're getting like i mean it sounds stupid but you just hear a number and say yes or no and say this will be fun and then someone says you know how much tickets are and then you know there's also that blue dot fever out there leanne i know i've been hearing about that blue dot and i i'm i'm okay right now on this new tour but they're adding shows and i gets so scared i think oh my gosh it's gonna be blue dots all up but um yeah so far so good there's no one doing what you're doing it's a nice place to be no well david he does some of your bits i didn't want to bring it up in the podcast he took him and changed it a little bit but i grow my hair i go that's leon's joke i mean you're stealing a pashmina i know he can't help himself And you talk about testosterone or low progesterone.
41:01Yeah, I say ladies. But, you know, also your ladies crowd. This is a trick in movies that Sandler used to say. When you make these rom-coms, the women bring their husbands and boyfriends. So sometimes the guys go alone to see someone like maybe Shane or something. But he does obviously fine, more than fine. But sometimes the women, if they're getting someone, they will bring someone. And that's a great thing to have because they go, because, you know, your boyfriend, your girlfriend or your wife will be like, hey, we're going to this on this night.
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45:24Dana Carvey:what i wanted to ask you yeah like since i know it's you've been famous for a while but what was there a moment like after you landed that one special was it sort of like holy shit you know tom cruise wants to talk to me or something i mean did you have a moment of like yeah or i your dream is coming true it's kind of weird i mean when when did it hit you which would which is your dry bar it was no no that did not what about the wet bar special the dry bar i i got millions and millions of views but i don't know who those little people were i don't know if they were in a foreign country but because they were not buying tickets i could not sell tickets and everybody was like we love her she doesn't get drunk and fight in the parking lot but we're not having her back and then um it was um yeah the first the netflix special was like a stamp of i'm every woman i'm legitimate you know because i always felt legitimate but you know how i was saying comedy central never wanted me all these 20 years you know montreal i went to montreal maybe one time i just was never one of the cool kids like y 'all I want to be one of the cool kids.
46:38Yeah. I never felt cool. Dana Carvey. Well, then you need a therapist.
46:44Dana Carvey:I love a therapist. You're the coolest. But anyway, then Chuck Lorre calls. Yes. And so then that's another, was that a dream as well? Watching sitcoms as a kid to be in a theater? Yes. He's about the biggest you could have. Yes. And I had had four deals before that, y 'all. and the first one was with Tom Warner, Carsey Warner, and it didn't make it, the writer's strike yet, and everything went dead, and I was devastated. Then the second one was with Matt Williams that created Roseanne and Home Improvement, and that was a big deal, and then it ended up being tossed around and didn't make it, and I didn't know how Hollywood worked, and then after the fourth one, I thought, this is never going to happen, and then, yeah, Chuck Lorre saw my, Somebody sent him my first special and he flew to Knoxville and sat on my back porch and held one of my grandbabies and asked me if I would do a television show with him.
47:43That was a big deal. That is. That's a big deal. Yeah, that's a big deal.
47:50Dana Carvey:I've never heard anyone have a giant producer fly and sit on a porch, hold the baby and pitch you. So you're like, you're not chasing it. Someone's coming to you. Did he come in a helicopter or just a couple limousines? Was it like an FBI raid or something? Yeah, and he said, I don't want her to fly to LA and me tell her a bunch of stuff and her not believe me. I want her to know I'm serious and I want her to know how much he liked the special. And he knows that I've been doing it a long time and that I was not a flash in the pan. And that meant a lot to me, y 'all. Oh, my God. Why wouldn't it?
48:27Dana Carvey:And by the way, just so your people will be happy, it's called Leanne and it comes out August 24th, second season. I think it's 27th. Really? Maybe I'm wrong, y 'all. Maybe I'm wrong. We have 24th. Okay. It might be, boys. I don't know. It's late August. It's called Leanne. Would y 'all ever be on there with me? Of course. Would y 'all ever come on and be there? Yeah. Would you really? Yes. I'm honest to goodness. Where do you tape it? Burbank. think okay that's easy that's easy i thought maybe it was in nashville no it's all out there in hollywood for you i would because that's how fond i am of you yeah he likes you already leanne's pretty nice and uh when you see her she's exactly the same thank god oh well thank you my david and i'm not some phony baloney well and i think that's because you know i've raised children and had a full life out in the middle of the united states until this happened to me and I and I'm you know who I say I am good lord I'm a mama and a grandmama and you know I got a full life in the United States if I'd have been if this had happened to me at 25 when I was in the middle of sin what what what y 'all what would that have looked like that sin you mean promiscuous um a lot of making out I love boys I love boys and I made out a lot And I still love man and I love Chuck Morgan, but I'm very flirty.
49:57And let me. And so that's why these boys now come to my shows with a half sip golf pullover because they know I love that. That says health insurance to me. And I also think that they that I'm getting more male fans because they love Blake Clark. That's on my television series that is, you know, in Adam Sandler movies. And so, you know, Blake, oh, he's magic this season. magic y 'all and Celia Weston who plays my mother who is an award-winning actress and um and then little Tim Daly Ryan Stiles you know plays my ex-husband so I've got all these great people on there but I would love to have y 'all you're at Ted Sarandos's house where I saw you last the head of Netflix so something's working I know isn't he a doll isn't that fun I got to meet Adam Sandler for the first time oh really was that it yeah he was so precious I like what you're doing
50:55Wait, did you do something in one of his movies or was it with Reese and Will? I was with Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell and I played Reese Witherspoon's big sister. That was another time when I thought, oh my Lord. Yes. Because they asked me to do a table read and I was like, what's a table read? And then I just did a movie with Judd Apatow and Glenn Powell and I play a very small part, but I had a ball and Judd Apatow was darling to me. Oh yeah. I love them both. He's like a real super cool. He was darling.
51:31Dana Carvey:Well, let me ask you a question. Did you flirt actively with Glenn? For sure. Yes. Did you ask when he had his shirt off? Did you touch his abs? No. Okay. I didn't do that. I'm just asking. But I told him, I go, you are beautiful in your pants. But then I also, then I'll say things like, are you, do you want children? Well, you need to go on and have them, my darling. And so you can coach their baseball teams. And so I'm also like a grandmother, but then I'm also, I told him how beautiful he was and he was eating a bunch of protein balls. And he said, have one of my protein balls, Lynn. And he was like, being with your best friend.
52:15I'm not kidding. He was down to earth. He had a Little dog named Brisket. Brisket needed to shoo-shoo, you know, poop. And he'd said, oh, he pooped three times in the night. Just like being with somebody you've been to high school with, darling.
52:30Dana Carvey:Most people I think that I've met along the travels that were successful seem to be down to earth. Most of the time. I don't know what it is. It's the ones that - There's no crowds. They're just - Yeah, they're kind of like, this is like a fever dream. I'm in show business. I'm popular. I'm making money. This is my job. I'm meeting these other people who do what I do. It's so surreal, right? Because I was just five kids. Dad's a high school teacher. There was just no chance. It was like thinking, like saying I was going to be the president or first man on the moon to be in show business. So usually people are kind of humble about it and have gratitude, you know, because it doesn't have to happen, except maybe people like Eddie Murphy or something where it's just, bam, he's 18.
53:14Dana Carvey:It's going to happen. Put him in front of the camera. A lot of us have to work for a while to get to that level of confidence. Do you feel you're at your peak confidence right now? Or are you always confident? I feel like I go back and forth. I'm self-critical. And I put out a second special. And I just thought, oh, my gosh, I needed more time. And it's never enough for me, which I always thought because I was. I thought I'm not a perfectionist. And I'm, you know, I'm married to a perfectionist, a type A person, but I do really care. And I do get off stage and go, I could have been better. I could have done better.
53:53And then I do a movie or something and I'm freaked out and think, I don't even need to be here. I'm a fraud. What in the world? And then the television series. I mean, it scared me to death. And every Friday night when we would do in front of a live audience, which helped me as a stand up to be in front of a live audience. But I would think, I mean, I'd be praying in the back, freaked out. I still think, how in the world this happened to me?
54:19Dana Carvey:Do the writers watch your specials, get to know you? Are you writing with them? Are you cosigning what they're writing for you? Because you have a voice and a rhythm. Yes. And so do you have some good writers that can write for you? I have wonderful writers. And honey, somehow they, and they're nothing like me. They're not from the South. They're not anything like me, but they get me and they started combing through all my material, my book and everything. But what they do is they give me a script on Sunday night. I go through and and do some rewrites about, you know, like how we would say that in the South or I wouldn't say that, but I would say this.
54:57And I have ideas and jumping off points. Yeah. And they get and they do whatever. Yeah. They're really good to me about all that. No, that's great because they might be from the Big Bang Theory. You don't know because they're just good writers on good shows. Yeah. And they all have been from the mom and a big bang theory and two and a half million and all that. Chuck Lorre shows, which he's a huge, and he knows every good writer and every writer work for him. So he's got the combo with you. So it's a great job for them. And that's the way those things are supposed to work. They get you in there and then you come dunk it.
55:30And sounds like a great time. And we do have a good time y 'all and nobody's a butthole. And the crew, they're all darling and nobody's fighting or anything like I've heard of horrible things that go on. Trusting and fighting. Yeah. And everybody's precious. And we have a ball. We really do. I think y 'all would have a good time.
55:54Dana Carvey:Not a lot of production in L.A. right now. It's just nice to hear that this is in Burbank. And you're the one person that doesn't live here. Everyone here wants to work here. You wanted to shoot in Nashville, but they said you got to come to Burbank. Can we shoot in Knoxville? Well, Reese Witherspoon said to me, Leanne, Nashville doesn't have enough yet to shoot a sitcom. And she said they're just not equipped. And I believe y 'all that she's the smartest person in the United States of America. But Chuck Lorre wants everything out there and he's got so much power. He knows all the best people.
56:26Might as well just do it. It's fun. You can do sets out here. At least you got, you know. Yeah. And I've loved living in LA. I live out there for like four and a half months. and I love my neighbors. I've gotten to know them. You live in Burbank or, I'm sorry to interrupt you, or a holiday? Studio City. Very nice. And your neighbors don't go, Leanne!
56:46Dana Carvey:They're just chill. No, they're darling and chill, and it's a bunch of men that have got families, and they watch after me and my daughter. And we cook for them, and then their little kids cry and say, can we move to Tennessee? Because evidently nobody's ever cooked a chicken for anybody in L.A. But we like to cook and make over people. And so I do. I love my neighborhood. I've rented the same house two years in a row. I love the people I rent from. Yeah. I live in Studio City. It's very, or Tulaleg. Same thing. It's all, that whole area is beautiful. Even Birmingham is great out where you work.
57:19So you're. Yeah. It's been a joy, y 'all. It's crazy.
57:23Dana Carvey:It just sounds great. I mean, you're, I don't know. The specials, the tour, the TV show. I'm like, cup runneth over. It's awesome. The time of our lives. Ride the wave. And you're so centered that this is happening now in these last five years is just sort of, you really will appreciate it more. You know, the one thing I learned when I started coming through, I'd meet a lot of bitter people. Didn't really happen for me. And, you know, this is like, you know, and I thought, okay, this whole business is designed to get you bitter and don't go down that path. Always go. I make a living doing this.
58:02Dana Carvey:that was the core for me this is my job and it's sort of ridiculous you know yeah and fun and you get to be with people you know and comics in the back of a green room is that the best time you've ever had is when you're with a bunch of comics it's fun to kind of always fun to back and forth we do that every once a week just on like this just back and forth yeah like with you right now this is like a green we're just bullshitting like we're at dinner and uh it's funny because we wouldn't have an hour with you just backstage you say hi and then someone's got to go up and then but it is fun just to have a shorthand oh i just work with this guy oh yeah i know that guy you know this guy he middled uh and they go yeah yeah and that's kind of fun because you at some point you've worked with everybody yeah well then it is a it's a tribe we know we know the ups and downs and the travails no new material and i gotta get new material you know all the things that go with said, the bad gigs, the good gigs.
58:56Dana Carvey:So it is kind of nice to be around your peeps sometimes. Yes. And let me tell y 'all that when I was in Studio City and shooting that series every week, I would get in this. This house had been probably built in 1990 and it kind of looks like somebody's done cocaine there. But there's a big bathtub that I mean, you can fit five people in and I would get in that big bathtub with some magnesium flakes and I would turn on y 'all's podcast. and y 'all don't know how y 'all got me through every week. I would wait and save it for when I was on Thursday nights. Cause I knew I was going to film on, we film on what we couldn't do in front of a live audience on Thursday.
59:35And then I would be so nervous about Friday and I would listen to that podcast. And I went, and y 'all killed me when y 'all did the, the Oscars, the talking about the Oscars live while it was going on. And then I was dying. And then when, and I think it's so sweet. that y 'all find people my age attractive and y 'all make over like demi more and she looked pretty and all that that means a lot because y 'all were so precious about you know girls my age
1:00:04Dana Carvey:and i think that's so sweet i'm married to a girl in your age she's a she's a cute girl she's i bet she's cute oh yeah but i just think that's so yummy of y 'all very yummy y 'all are very yummy and i haven't gotten to be with dana in person but i've i've been with david and i know that you probably are frightened of me because i know i grit my teeth like i'm gonna try to kiss you in the mail but you're so funny and cute and i saw i saw david uh with theo vaughn at the improv in la and my girls were with me my daughters and oh y 'all were so funny. Oh, that's where I saw you guys. Oh, okay. David's one of the best.
1:00:48Dana Carvey:One of the best. Yeah. And Dana, I told my little 86 year old daddy this morning that I was going to get to be with y 'all and he loves both of y 'all. And he was like, oh my gosh, Leah. I go, I know daddy. Isn't that crazy? I'm this close just for out of boredom to actually start my set in the church lady. I have a dress that I've made. I can come out as a church lady. I mean, why not? and play a song. Why not? And play a song. Oh, my Lord. People would go crazy. We should do one of our live shows then. Sinners and whores. Coming out to fornicate, be not, whatever. I don't know. I'm just trying to amuse myself at this point.
1:01:29Dana Carvey:That's great. But I need to do that at some point. I'm thinking about it. And if I had started comedy at 20, real quick, can I say, David, if I had started comedy at 20, I would have talked about fornicating and my thighs and smoking cigarettes and I would have been nasty. I think I would have been nasty because when you're 20, you've still got your hormones and you think about nasty stuff. But now that I'm my age, I don't think about nasty stuff. Sometimes. Just a little bit nasty. Yes, David, you're right. Sometimes. But when you were talking about younger comics, females and you know they're pretty nasty they've their hormones are raging it makes sense for those little girls to be talking about nasty yeah and they're great talking guys that are like staring at them and it's just yes and they got they're got to worry about those boys right and they wonder if it pays off you're like how how far do i go with that because i don't want to just be that you know but clever is always the key if you could you could be dirty if there's some clever stuff Oh, yeah.
1:02:34I don't have any problem with it. I don't have problems with dirty if it's funny. Yeah.
1:02:39Dana Carvey:Funny is funny. Yeah. I don't care what they do. But it's fun to watch the way you do it. Anyway, we're going to take a break and come back and start the podcast. Nice to meet you. Oh, y 'all are so yummy and precious. And y 'all, I'm giving so much joy to so many people. And to me, thank y 'all so much. Our pleasure. This has been so easy and fun. Well, you angel, thank y 'all. I wish I could wash y 'all's clothes and put in a casserole. I would. I wish someone would. It's just, I know you would do that is what's funny to me. I would. I know. I would love to. No one's giving me a chicken on my street.
1:03:21Dana Carvey:I'll roast you a chicken. That's right. My wife's coming home today. She was up with her mom. So I'm going to clean the kitchen extra nice. Yeah. That love is emptying the dishwasher. That's why. Oh, yeah, it is. And she'll probably think something nasty because you've done that. That'll be wonderful, Dana. One leg out of the pantyhose. Here we go. One leg out of the pantyhose. One leg out of the pantyhose. That's your next special.
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