Comedy Round Table Starring: Stan Sellers & Jimmy Burns Show #108

Another fun comedy round table recorded in LA with two long time Laughs regulars: Stan Sellers and Jimmy Burns. Stan has been seen on all kinds of TV shows, was a terrific Headliner and has made a good living as a Foley voice-over artist. Jimmy has been a working standup comic for over 3 decades, He Headlines all over the country and toured with George Lopez, Arsenio Hall, and Brad Garrett. These guys shre great insight into comedy today vs the 80's when it all started.
Great show...Enjoy!.

Hosted by: R. Scott Edwards

Transcript

Scott Edwards: 0:00

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Announcer: 1:02

This is another episode of stand up comedy, your host and emcee celebrating 40 plus years on the fringe of show business stories, interviews and comedy sets from the famous and not so famous. Here's your host and MC Scott Edwards.

Scott Edwards: 1:20

Hey, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this week's podcast. Man. I am so excited to have something fun for you. I'm in Los Angeles, California doing some comedy roundtables. And tonight, I have some terrific friends from the business. Sitting with us. Originally from DC, you've seen him on TV. He was on CSI westwing Seinfeld, er, friends, you name it. He's done them all. Ladies and gentlemen, stand Sellars is in the house. Stan, thanks so much for joining us. And that's enough of that man, those people and joining him, a guy that I haven't had a chance to really chat with in many years. But what used to be one of our favorite regulars, both these guys headlined the club for many years, an ex School Teacher He went on to tour with people like Brad Garrett, Arsenio Hall and George Lopez, one of the funniest guys in America, ladies and gentlemen. It's Jimmy Burke. Americans crisscross the country. Hey, guys, thanks for joining me in the podcast. It's terrific to be down here in Southern California getting a chance to meet with old friends. And Stan and I have stayed somewhat connected, but haven't actually seen each other since your birthday. Probably 25 years ago.

Stan Sellers: 2:44

I think five hosts and I was 12 years ago, almost almost 13 years ago. Wow.

Scott Edwards: 2:50

Jimmy , and seeing you since you work the clubs so I know that's over 20 years.

Jimmy Burns: 2:54

You did another room down there for a brief.

Scott Edwards: 2:57

I was I've done a few little adventures. I still do fundraisers two or three years. So that's why we should connect alright, and work. Hello.

Jimmy Burns: 3:07

I brought my calendar I get it's 1993

Scott Edwards: 3:11

it's a calendar it

Jimmy Burns: 3:12

is but it's my Laughs and Unlimited executive planner.

Scott Edwards: 3:15

And that is so cool. So one year is gifts to the comics we put together executive planners with the laughs logo on it. Well, well. Well, the Congress that worked in 1993

Stan Sellers: 3:27

I got a plastic mug which I should have brought that plastic mug. Yeah, I think I worked St. Patrick's Day the idea to use

Scott Edwards: 3:35

beer used to have green beer. Yeah, Buck a beer boy. Bad news with the day.

Jimmy Burns: 3:40

That was a great club. That wasn't great. Just got to San and upstairs.

Scott Edwards: 3:43

Magic. Magic Hat.

Jimmy Burns: 3:44

Yeah, so those were the days

Scott Edwards: 3:47

for saying something. I kind of enjoyed it. Oh, yeah, it was a blast to stand up comedy turned out to be my life's joy in owning that small chain of comedy clubs allowed me to not only work with professionals like you guys, and build friendships that lasted 40 plus years. But it also brought me out of my shell. I don't know if you noticed I would be on stage once in a while once in,

Stan Sellers: 4:13

like Tuesday through Sunday. Two shows.

Scott Edwards: 4:17

Two minutes, right if

Jimmy Burns: 4:18

the mic was on.

Scott Edwards: 4:20

He was there. Oh, man.

Stan Sellers: 4:22

Well, we're sitting backstage. We couldn't get him off stage.

Jimmy Burns: 4:25

Give him a light. All right. Still.

Scott Edwards: 4:28

The owners getting the light. You know, it's bad when that's happening.

Jimmy Burns: 4:32

Everyone was magical.

Scott Edwards: 4:33

Oh, well, thank you. I thought we you know, had the right atmosphere for firehouse alley. Yeah. What I wanted to say was that Stan has already been on one of the interviews so the audience has some of his background. Real quick. Jimmy wanted to share with the audience, kind of how you fell into stand up comedy because you've made a lifelong career out of it. How did it kind of all start?

Jimmy Burns: 4:56

It started because do we want to be real or do we want anyway I started out

Scott Edwards: 5:00

A school teacher, right? You're a school teacher. Do you started doing comedy while you were teaching? Yes, I did. Oh, wow.

Jimmy Burns: 5:05

I was married. I was looking for attention because I wasn't getting any at home. So I started, I wanted to be a clown. I wanted to bring joy to people. I wanted to make people laugh, because my hero growing up was Johnny Carson. Oh, yes. For most of us. Yeah. But he's from Omaha, Nebraska. Hey, well, actually born in Iowa, raised in Norfolk, Nebraska. Look,

Scott Edwards: 5:26

do you know the history? Oh, yeah. Johnny,

Unknown: 5:28

I would never have nobody ever understood the joke. When I tried to say my mom said, what are you gonna do? I said, I want to jump behind the desk. And they didn't know what that meant Johnny Carson? Yeah, nope, nothing.

Scott Edwards: 5:40

So I mean, we you just went while you were teaching, you started doing some open mics. And again, it clicked Omaha, Nebraska.

Jimmy Burns: 5:46

Now when I started, there was really there was no clubs. And so it was a talent show at a club at nine a restaurant. And I just they said, Oh, you'll enjoy this, because I'd never done comedy before. I'd seen it. And so I tried to put my little act together. And then I did an audition. And I'm just these people. These kids are singing. I thought it was a record in his office. And it came out and it was these four little girls. They were it was they were amazing. And they were auditioning to yeah, now I'm intimidated homeless. So I walk in, and I he goes, what do you do? I go, I'm a stand up comedian. Really? I said, Yeah. I said, he goes, Okay, go ahead. Can we shut the door? I wanted to shut the door where everybody was standing. He goes, alright, go shut the door. Now shut the door. I turn around, start walking. migos you know, the night of the show? We have to leave the door open.

Scott Edwards: 6:37

Great answer.

Jimmy Burns: 6:38

I know. And I started doing that. And he had me back for the finals, even though I didn't quite come anywhere near qualifying. That's where Larry Omaha and I met to same night. No differently. But uh, yeah, I started that. And then they sent me down to that during the summer, a radio station in the in the old market in Omaha, Nebraska. And get on the radio once in a while. And then it just happened started doing more and more they every once in awhile to comedy room would open a comedy night would openly say. And he got a chance

Scott Edwards: 7:09

to get some stage shots. So this is the big test. You remember any of your original material any early Joe? Yeah, sure. This one

Jimmy Burns: 7:16

was basically there was no meat on the McDonald's hamburger. I found it hiding under my pickle

Scott Edwards: 7:25

that kind of goes along with where's the beef? He's never those.

Unknown: 7:29

Oh, so here's the comedy movie that I made. I moved to Los Angeles because that's where I wanted to be with speeches in comedy. And then the comedy clubs opened up all through the Midwest. So all my friends who stayed in Omaha were getting stage time and gigs throughout the Midwest all over the place. Yeah. And I'm standing in line out here, eking out three minutes here, maybe five minutes here.

Scott Edwards: 7:48

Ah, yeah. But the reality is if they wanted to get seriously into the business, they'd have to come out west. And guess what they started over? Yep. Yeah. No, you you if you started in LA and did the waiting in line and in kissing up to bud in them to get three minutes on stage. Once you got seen, right, the right people were seeing you, you could be killing it in Omaha. And if you go to New York, San Francisco or LA guess what you're starting over?

Unknown: 8:18

Yeah, I took a six week vacation one summer, during the teaching when I was still teaching. We went to Chicago. And then we went to San Francisco. And then we went to LA to see where I would want to move. And I eventually figured I'd be in LA and mice will come out here now. So I've been on here for 3040 years. You know,

Stan Sellers: 8:34

I did the same thing I started. When I started here for a couple of months, actually back in DC. I came here for about three months. My cousin told me to call San Francisco. I didn't have a job. So I really cut my teeth at the holy city zoo holy for nine months. And I know, but a lot of the comments there wanted to come to LA they didn't know or think they were ready. That was the big move. In San Francisco. That's smart. I said to myself, well, I'm going to jump in. I'm going to jump in the pool now. I'm not going to wait another 234 years or whatever. I felt that was good enough and

Scott Edwards: 9:08

cutting your teeth at the Holy City Zoo. I mean, we're talking Robin Williams, Dana Carvey

Unknown: 9:12

lot of people that was the club where you could try out and it's

Scott Edwards: 9:15

been shared before but the holy city zoo was about 24 seats. The stage was maybe eight square feet Todd, and there was a balcony that held three people. Yeah, I remember that. It was yeah, it was a really unique comedy room is my workspace. Boy. People came out of that room superstars. It's

Unknown: 9:36

his first wife hanging out there and wanted to sit down. She is never starstruck. She's never I don't need you know, Robin Williams walked in, Jim. It's Robin. It's Robin. I thought you weren't starstruck. And then you get to do his thing. It was amazing. Yeah. Holy cities. It was great.

Scott Edwards: 9:51

Yeah, well and Robin had that effect. I mean, he I was blessed. He played my stage twice. On a walk on Yeah, and just get Seeing him on my stage and getting to work with him those two nights. I mean, I've worked with some pretty big names and that was still pretty awestruck, but you know, Robin was one of a kind. So you guys both kind of cut your teeth on the road you ended up in LA. I know that standard ended up doing a lot of acting. did how did you switch over because you were a solid headliner. What made you switch from when

Jimmy Burns: 10:26

a great writer I gotta add, he's a wonderful writer. Thank you, Jimmy.

Scott Edwards: 10:30

Well, there you go. Future gig.

Unknown: 10:33

I admired his writing always go ahead and know each other. It's time to catch up. But I wanted to get in there.

Stan Sellers: 10:39

writer. I had always been acting you know, You're a great what you learned from a first interview? Right that I've done theater. So I always had an agent, even when I was doing stand up. So my agent was always sending me out. And I really, I've done some small things. I've done a couple of soap operas, few lines here, and then a few lines here and then some small shows. But when I booked that for a Seinfeld, it was a second season. And that opened the door to a lot of other casting agents. Because I didn't have anything better than the Seinfeld on the resume. And casting agents would say to me, Well, you got Seinfeld on your resume, so you must be pretty good. So I was you know, I was getting they were bringing me in for other things. And I was booking so I always had

Scott Edwards: 11:23

an agent several other shows. I mean, getting ER and Friends and some of the biggest shows West Wing were

Unknown: 11:28

really good shows. Yeah, they'll do really good resume early on

Scott Edwards: 11:31

the one of the things that's fascinating to me, is that a lot of actors in LA have to wait tables is like the famous thing or bar 10 while they're waiting, doing auditions and waiting for gigs, you are actually making a living doing stand up. Yes. And then and I know you raised two kids that way, not easy. was married

Stan Sellers: 11:51

at the time. My wife was the breadwinner. Okay, that was making the most money. Yeah. So definitely, yeah, during the early years, but

Scott Edwards: 12:04

you didn't have to do the waiting tables and bartending because you were so going in auditions in comedy gigs. Exactly. Now, Jimmy, you were doing stand up all through you went and you finally what year did you give up teaching school?

Jimmy Burns: 12:16

I think it was 1984. No, that's

Scott Edwards: 12:19

early on in the comedy wave. I call it Yeah,

Jimmy Burns: 12:22

I taught in Omaha, Nebraska. Well, that's where I started. I taught there for five years, and then I moved and taught in the private school in Encino Egremont. Oh, it's in Chatsworth. Well, there's one in Chatsworth, too. Okay. The one we were on Louise, and Sally Fields kid was in the school and stuff. And again, that's a good school. Yeah. The Jacksons for kids when, guess where my daddy is? Where's your daddy? He's on the victory tour.

Scott Edwards: 12:50

So you had the right kids in your class. But so how did you transition? Well, you already told us you transition from teaching school to doing some open mics to get in some paid gigs. I'm assuming it in 1984. You decided to go? I984 is

Unknown: 13:05

when I gave up my own class, and then I sub for a year to weaned my way out of it. And that seems smart. Yeah. And Bob Fisher at the Ice House. God bless him. Yeah, I auditioned out there. And I started getting some of that road work that he had. He had a lot of work. And then I, I don't want to hook up with you. Somebody gave me your name. And I just sent you a tape or something? I

Scott Edwards: 13:25

don't know. Yeah, that's how I got a lot of people either referrals or tapes. I mean, we used to get stacks, this is back for those in podcast land. This was a VCR tape before CDs and before live streaming. But you know, you would get these we would get stacks of cassettes and go through them.

Unknown: 13:43

And you have to go through the whole thing you can't clog 100 chapters and

Scott Edwards: 13:47

Right, right, you have to actually watch the whole thing. And I learned pretty quick to delegate that to somebody else react. Yeah, I would have one of my staff. Okay, watch these 10 and then tell you tell me who you think I should see. But what was interesting about booking comedy in Sacramento is Sacramento and Northern California. Were stuck with my sense of humor. In other words, I had to really enjoy the comedy from somebody for them to get booked. Oh, and so if if there was somebody that I found offensive or a little gross or edgy that I didn't think would fit the sacramental market right? I would just say thanks but no thanks, but it I'm only bring it up because guys like you were the reason the club was such a huge success because I did believe in clean comedy because you have to work a little harder, right? A little better to get the laughs to be a clean comic. And then headliners like both of you guys. And Steve Bruner and timber door and Jeff Jenna. We go on and on and on drums names. Tim Jones. Well, Vince champ I mean, they're all funny people.

Stan Sellers: 14:55

They're all clean coming. Google Ventures

Scott Edwards: 15:01

But the point was, is that I think that was one of the reasons why Lampson limited. Not only did so well for me those 21 years I had it, but it's still going today and one of the few clubs over 40 years later, that's still going strong. But anyway, when did you rest?

Jimmy Burns: 15:19

When did your 21 year start? What year did you take off?

Scott Edwards: 15:21

We didn't take over I started it okay. With the help of Bob Saget. Cool. Yay. Those guys, Dana Carvey and George Wallace, were really huge and helped me get started. Wow, was 1980. We opened in August of 1980. And I first met Kuya was my very first contact. And I met him in I think it was April of 80. And it took me that, you know, a few months to get things together and then we opened an August to

Jimmy Burns: 15:46

reverse the microphone on you, but what got you into comedy?

Scott Edwards: 15:49

I was selling life and the people in the audience have heard this. I was selling life insurance and really hated my job and is on vacation with my then girlfriend soon to be wife soon to be ex wife. Yeah, I don't know if you guys remember Patti, and we were on vacation. And we my dad who had a great sense of humor said can you kind of go to this place called The Comedy Store? There's one in Westwood and they had a satellite small club there used to work at all the time. Oh, did you and so I went over there. And I go, man, Sacramento needs something like this because we're in Sacramento back in 1980 was really pretty much a countdown and pretty small note the words out of my mouth. Yeah, no, no real social dynamic. Not a lot of culture. We have ballet, but it was one ballerina. We had an orchestra but it was one piccolo Come on.

Jimmy Burns: 16:41

Hey, I got more of these. Yeah.

Scott Edwards: 16:43

But so that's really how it started in and,

Jimmy Burns: 16:47

and you stumbled onto that location?

Scott Edwards: 16:49

No, I wheeled and dealed I had no money. I wheeled and dealed on everything and it wasn't the firehouse was in the first club. Oh, it's crossed the alley. Yes. In the basement of the Delta Queen restaurant. But again, we're they already know what No, no, no, we're there's new listeners all the time. They're picking up some new stuff. So you guys both work. You you both ended up with careers Jimmy doing stand up and stand and went into acting and then we're going to talk about it in a little bit. But a huge success. Great career in voiceover work. Yes. continues today. Yes. But as road comics, was there any experience that was like really memorable, positive or memorable bad that may have affected your path or you remembered to this day? Yeah.

Jimmy Burns: 17:38

Well, I think this is what you're talking about. It was Dennis Wolfberg.

Scott Edwards: 17:41

The Oh, great comment. I

Unknown: 17:42

was a school teacher. I was left school teaching. He was a school teacher. And what you know, we're working together at laughs unlimited work in the road of the commons going hey, you do teach you stuff. Dennis. What we're gonna teach you stuff. You can't do that. What? Okay, so then now I get a chance to work with Dennis wolfberg. He's headlining, I got Dennis other people have been busting me because they say I do teacher go, did you teach? And went yeah. And he goes, well, then keep doing it. I don't have to put it in my act. He goes, Look, I'll either refer back to you. Or I'll put it in another place. Or I won't do it. Relax. Just do what you owe.

Scott Edwards: 18:17

He was such a great pro. He could write around anything. And he had a different experience. I mean, he taught like in the Bronx, New York. High school too. Yeah. And you were in all your toughest kid was was doing the corncobs right. It was tough, though. It was tough seeing those corn. Big kids. Chuck you what? It's corn language, buddy. So So it turned out okay, though.

Unknown: 18:50

Oh, no, it was great. And Dennis would know, if I put you together.

Scott Edwards: 18:53

I would have done it for that reason. Yeah, that you were both and would have been a theme night. Yeah, a theme kind of a comedy,

Unknown: 19:00

which I just had a flashback while we're talking about this. Dennis picked up the guitar and did. Bye bye. Miss American Pie. Yeah. And just the room just, he owned them. And they were in his hand. I was sitting in the stairway in the club.

Scott Edwards: 19:11

Yeah. Oh, that was the best seat in the house. When Dennis would do that, which he didn't do very often. Oh, I know. It was so special because he would do bye bye Miss American Pie. But he did it very sincerely. And he wasn't a comic musician. He wasn't really a singer. I think guys back me up on this doesn't seem true, especially as an actor that actors kind of want to be comics. And comics kind of want to be actors or musician wouldn't be musician. It's so funny because you can have a great career in comedy or in music. And still is the grass greener on the other side. To try these other art forms, so

Stan Sellers: 19:53

many actors that have bands that they go out on the road and Yeah, exactly.

Scott Edwards: 19:57

Stan, did you have any gigs that were especially The fun or bad or good stories,

Stan Sellers: 20:03

you know, I didn't have any really bad gigs. I remember working with a couple of bad comics that I was in Seattle doing I can't remember the guys name but he booked Oh, giggles he booked giggles he booked Tri Cities originally and he also books Spokane and I was working with a guy those three weeks and just had some bad experiences with his drinking and drugs and bringing guys you know, you wake up in the morning and you go downstairs and bodies all over? Oh, these people? Yeah, that was probably the worst gig best gigs. Were always going back home to DC. Because all of my family and friends would come to me. They people would call the club and go, Is this the URL sellers that I remember from? You go by Stan. Yeah, I can't talk to you now. I'm gonna go. Come on down tomorrow night. You know, that was always great. Go ahead. One time I went home. And my dad who really was responsible, partly responsible for me coming to LA My dad always said, you know, whatever. Whatever I wanted to do. My dad was always go do it. Go do it. You, California, go do it. I'll pay for the bus ticket, whatever. I'll do it son. Well, he never saw me do stand up. And one time I went to DC my mother's always promoting me for whatever I was doing. But one time he came out to see me. And afterwards he gave me this huge hug. And he said, I was surprised you were that clean? Because he had heard and he grew up listening to read Fox when Fox was as dirty as Yeah, I mean, and that wasn't too dirty compared to guys who came later on. But he just thought I was going to be bluer. I don't know why I was not well, you know, it is such as a comedian, people

Scott Edwards: 21:54

think comedy. I mean, even to this day, decades after the 60s and 70s, when comedy started, when you know, they think of Lenny Bruce, or some of the people that got it started. And I think there's a certain percentage of the population that just thinks that stand up comedy, to be good has to be edgy. Now I of course did everything I could to prove that's not true. But I understand where your dad was coming from, because that is kind of a standard. Thought about the art form.

Stan Sellers: 22:24

I will agree. I will agree. You know, I've

Unknown: 22:27

heard that Jimmy was your age. You got no age. Just lovable. She would say to me, Well, let me What do you talk about during your standard, but so I talked about my kids talked about my wife and talked about what it was like growing up in DC and what's happening in my life and they just pull back and look at me

Scott Edwards: 22:44

we try really funny, we're trying to teach young comics and I do have a new book out check out on Amazon that you want to talk about what you know you want to talk about your life and what makes you different from like when you and Dennis both doing material about being teachers, but you're coming at it from different directions and have different experiences. And so you have different jokes you know Dennis one of his famous opening lines was how the kids you know would would make up names it was Dennis you know, we'll share stuff like that Wolf Man Exactly. In you had a different approach because your experience with kids was different. But it both the stand up comics now. No, we're I'm still trying to stay back and kind of the 80s 90s when you're doing learning your trade, and then to when you were professionally still doing comedy? What do you wish you knew in the beginning that you learned maybe 1015 years into it? Or 20 years into it? Like what do you know now that you wish you knew when you started? Stan anything stand out?

Stan Sellers: 23:56

Well, I'm a shy person. That's just me as a shy kid. I'm still I'm still shy adult. And it just took me a while to overcome that on stage. Even though I had material I could go on and talk to everything. I never forget Joe picking me up at the airport one time when I was talking about something I remember saying to her something about I had a fear of being in front of crowds or something like that in the wrong business. Know where we're going right now.

Scott Edwards: 24:31

Talking about Jill now my wife she was a wise person, then and now wow. But

Unknown: 24:37

I you know, I just wish I had you know when I go I don't work as much as Jimmy I work a couple of times a month if I'm lucky. And I just have a more carefree attitude about doing stand up. I'm not afraid of not getting laughs I take pauses I wait for the audience because I am more confident. I know that This is funny, you're going to let if you're not laughing, I will patiently wait for your

Scott Edwards: 25:05

variance. And your wisdom has grown with it. And I think that that is something, but it would have been nice if you'd known that when you started. Jimmy, is there anything that, that you know now about being a professional comic that you wish you knew in 1984? Right? How to Write, write, write, just writing isn't?

Jimmy Burns: 25:27

Well, now I guess the young people call it content. You gotta keep coming now.

Scott Edwards: 25:34

I'm sorry, if you tried to keep up with the kids.

Unknown: 25:40

Well, you need to get new material and work on it, work it out work on it, and what would I know, round right, more commitment. Work on PTO, I never upset anybody. I don't know. I love that part about being on the road. Because there was nothing else for me to do. After getting it. I think I got up full the other comics. But I would sit there and just rewrite my act for the entire day. And hopefully find something new and put that in that night. And I do miss that. I mean, I write with a couple of comics during the week.

Scott Edwards: 26:16

But that you're pointing out something that's interesting is that we both know, road comics, I think the most famous might be John Fox, who would party all night long gamble, drink meat, and women of every shape and size. And then sleep most of the day, get up, maybe have a meal. And then he's ready to go back up on stage. Now. Steve Bruner who's done a couple of these interviews, and in a good friend of mine, and a prolific comedy writer we write together on Wednesday night, there you go is always talking about the importance. And it's in my book. When it questions about being a stand up comic, available on Amazon, about how important it is to not only does it Are you not going to necessarily use all the material you write, but it keeps you fresh and keeps you focused and it keeps you your mind sharp. Now, Jimmy, I know that you were saying that was something you wish you had done more? Yeah, you've been doing comedy now for 3040 years do you is writing part of your plan each day or each week.

Jimmy Burns: 27:19

While the pandemic put a little I didn't, the pandemic put a little snarl into that. Because I liked it. I'm one of those people though, I wrote more on stage played with an idea. And as compared to sitting because I was fascinated by people like Stan and other writers. So you can actually sit down and just write because that I would I was better when I was working the road a lot and writing on stage.

Stan Sellers: 27:39

And we are fascinated by guys like you can't make it up on stage. I know guys that can just take that little right. That little, you know,

Scott Edwards: 27:50

interesting dynamic for the for those who listening that have any interest in the art form, is that we have two professionals that have made a great living in the industry. And those there really are two types of comic entertainers. Those that write prolifically to find those gems, and those that will work on something on stage over and over and over until you get it right. And I'm assuming you record your set. Yep. So that you can play him back and find those gems. Exactly. And then each time you do them, you're putting some twist or different verbiage on it

Jimmy Burns: 28:22

or dropping wasted space. Right, right.

Scott Edwards: 28:25

Yeah. Because you want to it's

Jimmy Burns: 28:27

interesting. Is that what it's called?

Stan Sellers: 28:30

editing the content.

Scott Edwards: 28:32

But it is interesting because you are taking that raw diamond and you're or that lump of coal in your cheek chiseling away at it in adding pauses and adding words and dropping words in you end up in it's so funny, because it's been said on the podcast. And I think it's so important that people understand that. Comics may look like they're coming up with an idea on stage for the first time. Right? That's called acting. They've actually done that bit over and over and over

Unknown: 29:01

the first time you see Robin Williams at holy city zoo. Yes. He's important. He's brilliant. Yeah. Oh, my gosh, then you see him the second time you go, Hey, wait a minute. You did that other time. Then you watch in the third time you go. He's amazing.

Scott Edwards: 29:14

But Robin, Robin hanging it up on stage. Yeah. Oh, yeah. But Robin, even though he had that cache of material in his brain that that file folder, he would throw it out in different places? Yes. Where somebody like a really talented guy like Dennis wolfberg would have in most comics would have a set that's based on this bid that goes to this bid goes to this bid. And there's transitions and callbacks, right? That's kind of the norm. Robin was able to really succeed by throwing out so much funny crap, that if 60% of it hit, he was so fast. He had the audience going. He's got a machine gun. Yeah, yeah.

Jimmy Burns: 29:57

Let's see. That's why I never understood people like Steven right. it Oh, to joke joke joke, because what you're talking about is what I tell stories and it's got a callback or a tag here. And it makes it's kind of linear. You got a through line, right? He just looks like he's telling jokes. And I'm going, how do you keep it in order? How do you remember? That fascinates me?

Scott Edwards: 30:18

That is a whole different style. But it is, I think, if Steven was here, and we had a chance to ask him, he would say, Well, I have this block of one liners and this block of one liners and depending on the audience, because I always say that the you know, you can't do the same set necessarily the same way on a Friday night late show, as you did on Wednesday night and a half hour show. No. Amen. Yeah, yeah. So so there's there is some talent and experience that's brought to bear there. Now we've named dropped a few people that we've all interacted with, and worked with. But let's start with you, Jimmy. I know that as a professional comic, you've toured, we mentioned with Brad Garrett or city hall, George Lopez, these guys are all huge stars in the business icons of comedy, and getting the opportunity to tour with them. Must have been a great experience. And then so I want you to speak to that. But also, was there anybody that you really learned something from or that you really respected that out in the business?

Unknown: 31:26

Okay, two things. You helped on that because because of working clean, so I'd meet these guys, because we should tell people I became the house emcee at the Ice House, oldest comedy country. Well, okay. So because of working at the Ice House, I got to meet all kinds of people. And that's where I met George Lopez and started working with him. And that's where I met. Who else? Arsenio Arsenio? Oh, that's an interesting story. Because our CTO, I thought it was a joke. I still worked with our senior the first time at the Ice House. We did he kind of hit it off, whatever. And then I get a phone call in the middle of the week. Hello. Hello. Hi. This is so and so. And our senior wants to know if you want to work with him, not the improv. And I thought I went Larry, there was a buddy of ours. Larry, stop it. And the guy goes, who's Larry? And it was it was it was genuine. It was real. And uh, yeah, that's when I first worked with Arsenio down at spectrum and worked with him for off and on for 20 years.

Scott Edwards: 32:22

I wanted to I don't want to digress too much. But working with our scenario, I would have find that so different because his audience is so different. I mean, at the dog pound and you had that, that different energy and did was it

Stan Sellers: 32:37

a butthead said his audience was black. No, no. Go ahead. All right. All right. That's what you said. And, oh, did you work that Jimmy burns?

Scott Edwards: 32:51

White, white.

Unknown: 32:54

So here's the deal. I did warm up for the most recent Arsenio Hall Show, not the one that was back in the 90s 8990 91. The second one second option and hit the audience. Aged with all of us. There was there was young people in there, but there was no some of us veterans. Some of us. Yeah, it went well. But I grew up in a neighborhood. That was ethnic. So you did your ACT be funny. It's funny. All right.

Scott Edwards: 33:22

Hey, Clean Yeah. Which is easier for someone like our Suneo to follow. Yes, it's this kind of been said before, but I want to say it again, you cannot have a really filthy dirty act, and then bring up a clean headliner. It makes it almost impossible to grab that audience back. However, somewhat edgy act like our city who's not perfectly clean, would prefer somebody clean in front of them, right? Because it sets up the audience so much better for him. Right,

Unknown: 33:52

right. Yes. That's I was gonna say that's part of your benefit of that you helped in the sense of encouraging people to work clean, because I didn't taint an audience. It's nice nowadays.

Stan Sellers: 34:03

I want to, I don't know.

Scott Edwards: 34:05

Well, you don't want to take the audience down the wrong path. And last now, I booked blue shows I have used to like booking guys remember Jack Marion? Yeah. Extremely not dirty. So funny is a blue comic. But he wasn't filthy in the sense. That was a lot of F bombs and stuff. He talked all about sex and stuff. And so it was considered a dirty show. But I love booking acts like that. But you have to set up the audience correctly. Yeah. And as the emcee, my job was to tell the audience say the show is going to be a little edgier, a little dirtier than you might be used to, but I think you'll enjoy those of you

Unknown: 34:38

expecting Bob Hope we're going to be disappointed. But I gotta say this about who I learned from who I respected. That was Richard Jeni. I got a chance to work with him the last seven months of his life. And he loved unlike okay, I love Arsenio and he just wanted me to meet him at the club, put them on stage, hold the audience and then when he's gone, and that's Are we doing it interacted and that was fine, Richard love to hang out. And even during the day at the mall, he loved food courts at the mall. So I would come to his suite or whatever in the afternoon, and we would work on stuff. And he would be writing stuff and then he would go to eat. And then on that that night he was working at onstage, and then then he recorded it. And then the next day, we go over it and write again, and I wish I'm going to cry. I wish he wouldn't have done what he did. He had some problems, and he ended his life. And I loved working with him and it was learning so much and respected it so much.

Scott Edwards: 35:31

Well, but it is interesting that you with all the professionals that we know of as celebrities, and Richard Jeni is known in certain aspects of showbusiness, but he's not a name, like, right? Carvey or Leno or Seinfeld. But still, you picked up something from him even though you work with lots of people in the stand. You've worked, both in acting in onstage with all kinds of legends of entertainment. Was there anybody that kind of taught you something or that you admired? That was fun for you to work with? That you took something away from

Unknown: 36:08

you? No, I think every headliner ever worked with because Oh, no, you know, the progression? Good answer. Excellent. I know you start as an opener, you want to be the middle act when you become a middle, you want to be the headliner. So I'm sitting in the wings as an opener watching the middle end the headline, and when I became a middle, I'm watching the headline and trying to figure out how do I get that job. So like Jimmy was saying, sitting on the steps and laughs at Firehouse and watching, you know, gosh, everybody from Jerry Seinfeld, Danny Johnson to I mean, you just name them and you know, all of the guys, but I think the biggest thing I learned, which is the regret. And that's writing. And that that was really, I think the thing that

Scott Edwards: 36:51

they learned, was there somebody that stood out any anybody you want to name drop that you

Unknown: 36:58

already mentioned two or three times Steve Bruner, I still write we've everything I've written through the years, whether it's been sketch, storytelling, whatever, I'll send it to Bruner and say, you know, give me a little polish on that. And he'll send it back with. You'll mark it up with, you know, different color pen, what have you. He sends me stuff. Stuff. Exactly. We'll go back and forth. And we still do that to this day. I've known Steve for about 30 years. So that's if I'm working with him. You know, one of your clubs around the world. We've been on the road together. We're writing during that week. Always slamming Steve Ronan and Jim Farrell.

Scott Edwards: 37:37

So yeah, it's funny that Jim still does some of that, but he's gone off. You know, he's a wine expert as some last day of class, third class, some IA something like that. As high as you can get in noses wine, but you know, has has his one foot in comedy and still likes writing? Yeah. I don't think he performs anymore.

Stan Sellers: 37:58

Does he? Yeah, he's still performing that effect. He's still he's a

Scott Edwards: 38:01

close personal friend of mine.

Unknown: 38:04

He's doing storytelling. Well, actually. It's comics. It's taking your stand up and turning them into stories. So he's doing that. And yeah, I think he had a gig last weekend.

Scott Edwards: 38:15

Oh, well, that's good to hear. I'm gonna He owes me that song gun. I've been trying to get a hold of him. He's in my part of the country too. Well, so we've talked about a lot of things and people we've worked with, and things we've learned. One of the things that I find fascinating. And since you're both performing, I would love your two cents on. I'm a huge fan of the comedy that I lived in the 80s and 90s. Really, especially the 80s were just the rock and roll era of stand up comedy. But how would you compare comedy today? From then? Or maybe you know how, I mean, I would think the audience's now would be so much more difficult. But maybe it's just a different I mean, teach me is it just a different way to do the same thing? Or is it different?

Jimmy Burns: 39:04

I'm gonna sound very old. But these kids I tell you

Unknown: 39:11

with the content, oh, my does Mr. Burns. Its bodily functions. And there's one I want to refer to but I don't even want to do it. But I tell you, I don't know how I

Scott Edwards: 39:23

mean, they like the more basic I'm talking about the comics. Oh, the comics and talking to comic comics are not putting any effort into the writing. Oh my God, that's too bad.

Unknown: 39:33

So focused on the posterior. Yeah, bodily function and even bring myself to say yes,

Scott Edwards: 39:39

but that's just that's just so immature. I think no, producer

Unknown: 39:45

I think more they're getting more into shock. Again, I sound old but it's a more shock not not a clever not a punchline. So I'm gonna add everybody

Scott Edwards: 39:53

but I'm gonna put you on task because back even in the 80s and 90s part of my job as the producer of the show or director of the show Is that I would see 10 comics, and three or four of them. Always were exactly as you said, they were generic. They were crass. They were, you know, I went to the freakin store to get some freaking bread from a freakin bitch wife, you know, that they thought was funny and they would get maybe a shock reaction from the audience, but I was able to not support them and support the people that even if they weren't as funny, but we're making an effort to write and be clean in, in in develop a set. Now today in the 2000 20s. Yes. Now I'm sounding very old. Is it this? Is it really the same? And in the clubs aren't making them work? Or is it the audience has changed?

Jimmy Burns: 40:49

Hmm, that's a good question. But coming out of the pandemic has so many so many of everything shut down. And so I haven't been out in the clubs. I've been at the haha last night and tomorrow night. I'm good. It's a good question. I don't know, Scott.

Scott Edwards: 41:03

Stand and he thoughts, you

Stan Sellers: 41:05

know, the difference between now and then. You know, one thing I noticed, this is probably pre pandemic is that the rhythm of comedy changed with a lot of the young, young stand ups. And by that, I mean, we were the tonight show generation, we our goal was to get on tonight's show, for some of us, so you had to be clean. And you had to have that first joke come out that first laugh let's say in a matter of it was a timing thing. You know, you know, whatever they said you first man your first 20 seconds you better have a laugh, you know, whatever. And you better back that up with more laughs and you know, it was a rhythm thing. But now a lot of stand ups the youngest stand ups on in a hurry to get to the laugh and the setups to meet a little watered down but the audience's are patient with them. They will wait one and a half minutes for that setup really to the joke. That's what I've found with

Scott Edwards: 42:10

the I thought it was just the opposite. This is seems to me to be the you know, I'm important my time I have no time. You know, I gotta I gotta get to what I got to do this. Where's my phone? Right? Right. I thought they were less patient you're saying they're more patient I

Stan Sellers: 42:23

find that they're

Jimmy Burns: 42:24

well that's because they're on their phone.

Unknown: 42:28

Yeah, I and I said like I said, this was this was me going to close pre pandemic. And I just felt that there was a lot of fat in them. I'm at I'm editing their content going you could take that out, you can take that out. You don't need that, you know? Oh, man, that's too many words. It is it is funny. Get to the joke. Get it? Yeah, get to the fun. Here's the joke, right, he'd get to that

Scott Edwards: 42:50

be funny, was one of the things I had heard. And I gotta be honest, I'm not listening to a lot of current stand up comedy. And that's bad on my part, especially as a podcaster. But the podcast is about, you know, the 80s and 90s in my world of comedy in my audience tends to be older males, you know, over 40 and they relate more to what we're talking about. But when I have listened to new young comics, it seems like almost like an onstage therapy session. You know, and there are people that have done that in the past but on a funnier way. Now you know, it seems like somebody goes up and well I'm doing drugs and you know my my girlfriend left me and well let's do some comedy. And it's just it's like you know go find a bartender or a hairdresser and listen to your shit why are you boring an audience with it

Unknown: 43:44

you know and another thing about a lot of my bookmarks could be but a lot of to me a lot of the comics now stand up isn't we did stand up because we liked we were idols were standups Yeah, you know Carson Carlin Cosby, you name them on the on the Tonight Show. Oh, and Ed Sullivan show before that, you know that the standoffs? Who came up with you know just a suit and a skinny tie key? Yeah,

Jimmy Burns: 44:17

who am I looking for King? I can't find

Scott Edwards: 44:20

Don King

Unknown: 44:22

Alan King Alex Allen. Oh Alan Kay all the standups and you know I remember Tony to Paul send me something about you know, we're doing this because we'd like to be in stand ups we're not in it for the money and who knew about making money when we first started in this business you know, but um, a lot of the stand ups I run into now they are actors who are looking to do something to make themselves sellable.

Scott Edwards: 44:50

Okay, right. So I

Unknown: 44:52

can I can do this I can do this part of their marketing exactly it but they have no they don't have the passion. The love for Stan Don't comedy,

Scott Edwards: 45:01

it's more of a vehicle to an end as opposed to what they want to focus on the art form. Exactly. See I like working with the guys. I mean, I again, I'm name dropping, but, you know, three of my guys that I worked with for many years Leno Seinfeld and Saget are still out doing stand up they're multimillionaires. They don't have to work a day in their life if they don't want to and guess what they're out doing shows each and every week why? They love they love this and art form. Yeah.

Unknown: 45:32

Hey, was Shandling he was in your club. Oh a lot. Love Gary.

Scott Edwards: 45:36

Gary was my very flashback everybody in the audience. August of 1980. My very first opening act his first gig out of Phoenix, Arizona, his hometown, Gary Shandling nice made 150 bucks for a week for a week. Yeah, Gary Shandling multimillionaire, the prices went

Jimmy Burns: 45:54

down after that. How do you get a channeling head at all.

Scott Edwards: 46:03

But we were talking a minute ago about you were talking, throwing out some names of some old comics that we kind of aspired to or that we enjoyed when we were kids. And that's where we got our vision of the art form. Right. But then you talked about the audiences now and I'm kind of an I was alluding to this whole woke environment is made it so difficult. Imagine a Don Rickles going to in front of a college crowd in this day and age. I mean, he'd be tarred and feathered. Although the kids wouldn't know what that was. But

Unknown: 46:36

he'd never they never booked him. They cancel the booking whoever booked him when would get fired? Yeah, it was.

Scott Edwards: 46:43

It was a funny guy that was there had TV shows

Unknown: 46:46

it was you know, he's harmless. Yeah. Well,

Scott Edwards: 46:49

his His attitude was I'm making fun of everybody because we're all humans.

Unknown: 46:53

Yeah. Yeah. No. couldn't fly now. Yeah, obviously, I don't even listen, you know, I got Catholic Stuff. And just bringing up the word Catholic. Oh, you can see him shut down some people so sensitive.

Scott Edwards: 47:04

Well, what I think's worse about today's work environment is it's it. We're all aware of people that can get insulted through their own sensibilities. When we're on stage. I mean, as the emcee, I am sure I pissed off people. But what's bad now? I think and you guys can give me your two cents, is that it's not enough that you might offend them. They think you're offending everybody else. Or somebody else I used to do this old joke about somebody in the audience would be wearing an ugly sweater. And I'd say, oh, geez, you get that at Kmart and who's shopping for you. And I call them sweater boy for the rest of the show was just to get you know, a bit to kind of keep the running thing. And sweater Boyd never cared he like getting the attention. But I have a fear that in this day and age, there's a percentage of the audience. He's picking on him. Yeah. And what about the people that manufactured that wool? He's not being sensitive? Right.

Unknown: 47:59

I think, you know, I don't know. I? I really don't know. I think it just

Scott Edwards: 48:06

well, you guys are out. I

Unknown: 48:07

think it depends. You know, I, I really haven't had a problem with, you know, any of my material. Not that I'm out there to offend anybody. And I haven't seen any audiences really turn on a comic these days. I think when you walk through through the doors of a comedy club or comedy night that you have to leave. Yeah. Right. Yeah. And if you're there to, you know, thinking you're going to be offended, then. Well, she shouldn't be going.

Scott Edwards: 48:34

I mean, I'm sitting here with

Unknown: 48:34

two because his comics. Yeah, we got the floor. We got the mic. We're gonna say whatever it is that. That's right. Damn

Scott Edwards: 48:42

it. So what I'm working with, I'm sitting here with two highly respected professionals, headliners for many, many years, both perfectly clean. So maybe you're the wrong audience. But it mean, I'm sure it's got to be a little bit of a struggle for Bob Saget, who you know, is still pretty edgy. But it could just be that if you're funny, the funny overrides the wokeness. And I'm just not aware

Unknown: 49:06

of it. I'm laughing because I worked with Bob Saget. One time at the Ice House. Yeah, he was getting ready for a corporate gig. Oh, and he's working. I got to work clean. Jimmy said okay. He goes, but you know what, when you know I'm in trouble when I pick up the guitar. I'm gonna try to put it off for 2030 minutes, picked it up and like six.

Scott Edwards: 49:26

A lot of people don't know he's a comic musician. He used to do a lot of music back in the day. You know, if you were a fan of his on full house, or Fuller House or Psalm, do one of his even kind of risky, more dirty stage shows. He doesn't bring out the guitar on most of those gigs, but when he's comfortable, or it needs it, he but even the songs he would do could be a little edgy.

Stan Sellers: 49:53

And I gotta defend the woke people. Okay, good for you. They have a sense of humor, too. They do. Yes. Oh,

Scott Edwards: 50:00

That's so good to hear. Yes,

Stan Sellers: 50:01

they do have a sense of humor. Good, good. Yeah. So I was worried. No.

Unknown: 50:06

I'm gonna use a word. You know, because we're talking about new comics and all this stuff. I think I would be compared. I have a gentler comedy. Does that make sense? gentler? As? Yeah.

Scott Edwards: 50:17

It's like a kind of getting a warm puppy, kind of

Stan Sellers: 50:21

gentler comic.

Jimmy Burns: 50:22

And then the puppy lifts his leg and pees on Yeah.

Scott Edwards: 50:24

Well, no, but go ahead, finish your thought what you think though, even though there is a woke audience that maybe went outside of a comedy club, they'd be more judgy. But only because

Unknown: 50:35

only because you've used it a couple of times. And I just think you're, you're generalizing the audience going and thinking that because they're of a certain age or background that they may be offended. But I again, I think when people walk through a common the doors of comedy club or comedy event, I I'd like to

Scott Edwards: 50:58

think they have a sense of here. Exactly.

Unknown: 51:00

There are there. Yeah, there can be some things that offend I mean, listen, I'm I can watch some of the younger comics, and particularly some female comedians who say things that offend me and I Ouch.

Scott Edwards: 51:14

I think everybody has a line in the sand that yeah,

Unknown: 51:17

that's that's pretty much what it is whatever. But I appreciate you

Scott Edwards: 51:21

straightening me out, because I haven't been IMC a lot of shows. And I do a little humor when I emcee. But it's nothing like the old days, I'm never the star of the show. So I do have this kind of fear that if I get in front of the wrong audience in there, they're going to be more judgy than they used to be in the 80s. And what you're saying is funniest, funny, funniest fan. And if they're there for comedy, that whatever their persuasion, they're open to having a good time. And that's really important to hear. Because to be honest, I wasn't aware and not sure. And people out in the audience, feel free to send me hate mail. But it's that

Unknown: 51:59

confidence thing where I let I wrote this. This is funny, you guys, you're offended. Screw you. This is fine. Yeah, this is you want to go?

Scott Edwards: 52:09

Whether it's some strength in that confidence. And the fact that you're a pro. I mean, it's not like you're an open mic or trying something. Yeah, you know that, hey, this worked last week on this stage. I know it's good. I know. It's fine. And the audience

Unknown: 52:23

picks up on the confidence knowing that you're going to take us for a ride, right? We trust you right from the minute you step onstage. Yeah, yeah,

Scott Edwards: 52:30

well see that that answers it all the show is over. Boys and girls learned nothing else. as we wind down, I do want to ask one more question. So sports athletes get injuries over time with age and stuff. Would you say that? Is there anything being a longtime road comic a long time in this particular industry, this art form that may have changed you physically mentally emotionally that that you know, good or bad? That you know how a stand up comedy affected your life? Your chosen career your chosen art form? Did it

Unknown: 53:15

it's been fun. Yes, the journey I love the past. As for as for habits, I quit drinking 1991 That's why I'm still here. That was the first divorce. And but it was fun. I it was it was a riot. I'm when I'm sitting in the old people's home. I have a smile. I can still remember what

Scott Edwards: 53:39

but hasn't gone. Well. That's kind of why I love this podcast. I'm reconnecting and reliving these things

Unknown: 53:44

that we know each other before we had lunch. I remember you were I was at Citrus Heights and you were you are in old town or whatever it was. Yeah. And we met for lunch. Did we know each other before Scott probably you know maybe open mics in LA but I knew Larry from from open mics his best buddy is

Scott Edwards: 54:01

Larry Larry Omaha's most gonna be here but he got a gig. He's working.

Stan Sellers: 54:05

But I'm

Scott Edwards: 54:08

but there's a guy that's that's older in age. And he is still out there. Still. He's working more than ever. Yes. Yeah. Work in the boards and in doing this stuff. Okay. So God bless Larry Omaha. Hope that we get a chance to talk to him

Jimmy Burns: 54:22

talk to him last night. He got four more weeks from Norwegian cruise ships.

Scott Edwards: 54:25

Awesome. Awesome.

Unknown: 54:26

So I got an answer to that question. I didn't.

Scott Edwards: 54:32

What was is there anything that over the 2030 years of doing roadwork or comedy? How has it affected your life good or bad? That Jimmy was saying? Well, it's made him he's had a happy life. He's going to go to the old age home with a smile on his face. And that's a great way to see it. We know both of us. All three of us know people that this industry took him to the grave before it's should have. So there's good and bad just like any industry, you know, just like we're the analogy with sports. There's guys that, you know, work in a sport for 2030 years and go away with their trophies and they had a great life and there's others that get injured in the fifth or sixth year in that industry ruined them. Jerome Bettis

Unknown: 55:22

can't hardly walk. You grow from No, I didn't carry the ball. Nothing. No, I think, for me, you know, I'm like, Jimmy, I'll be in the old age home. Do you know tell that story maybe not telling us to hopefully, ton of people that did stand up comedy back in the day. And for me, my badge of honor was having done it when I did it. Because like you said, that was the that was the rock of the ad. So hey, yeah, I mean, we were, we were lauded back in the day, man. I mean, really, no, be on a plane flying somewhere. And you know, a guy next to me, you know where you're going to? He's going to wherever, for corporate meeting, where are you going? I'm going up to Sacramento. What are you doing? Stand up comedy. Oh, my God. Really? Your comedian? olmak always wanted to do that. I'm doing it, man. Yeah, I'm doing it. Okay. And

Scott Edwards: 56:14

making a living, which is, you know, a very small percentage of people that try comedy can make a lifelong career out of it. And you guys are two shining examples of that.

Unknown: 56:25

And my best friends. You know, I had Jimmy Larry.

Scott Edwards: 56:29

Yeah. And you're all still friends and doing that. And I in thanks to this podcast, I get a chance to reconnect. And for everybody listening, it was all Jill's idea. So anyway, let me let me wind things down by going back to you, Stan, I know that we were just chatting about your life experiences. But we didn't really we already talked about it in your one on one interview, but let's just catch the audience up real quick. You've made a great career the last 1520 years as a voiceover artist. 27. Wow. 27 years and started

Unknown: 57:04

when Sabrina was Wow. In the womb. Congratulations. Yeah.

Scott Edwards: 57:09

So that that is for those in the audience. Stan, what Stan? Why don't you explain for those less know what's voiceover what? voiceover work?

Unknown: 57:18

Basically, what at the end of the part of the voiceover business? I do. I do basically what you could call vocal Foley. So we

Scott Edwards: 57:28

know in technical term, everybody Yes. Vocal Foley.

Unknown: 57:31

Yes. Because foley artists go in and they do all the sounds

Scott Edwards: 57:35

Yeah. The gunshots, the footsteps, the chewing tinkling

Unknown: 57:39

of the glasses. But we go in and add dialogue to movies in TV shows. Basically, if this is how we make it sound like all of the extras are talking.

Scott Edwards: 57:50

Yeah. What is what is the the isn't it a certain amount of mumble mumble? I mean,

Unknown: 57:54

no. Are they used to do peas? carrots, peas and carrots, peas and carrots. Oh, and

Scott Edwards: 57:58

because that's probably where I heard it. Yeah. And they used to

Unknown: 58:01

do you're not doing that these days. We don't do that these days. Okay, we actually actual words in the background. That's cool. We do everything from fight efforts. We do. Sex? We do. Yep, we will. heavy breathing. Breathing for sex scenes. Yes. All down. Calm

Scott Edwards: 58:18

down. Jimmy.

Unknown: 58:18

We sometimes do the climax. Yes, we do. We do police radio fire.

Scott Edwards: 58:25

Oh, yeah. firing somebody coming to a radio.

Unknown: 58:28

Yep. We do. There's a TV on in the background we do that? We do. Just a myriad of thing. Is this same guy on fire? A calling out a window? Exactly. Is this the same group of people that you've been working with? 27 years old people come and gone. Different people? Yeah. Different groups. And it's a small community of people in LA who do it? It's like warm up comedians. Exactly. Everybody knows where everybody's at? Yep. Yep. Pretty much.

Scott Edwards: 58:56

And that's a great career. Yeah, yeah. And it can lead somewhere. Well, we'll talk about this off the mic, but everybody will have to pay attention to the show. So tell me about Jimmy. What do you got coming up in 2022 that the audience is might be looking for you.

Unknown: 59:12

Wow. I don't know. Lies. I 2022. I know what's happening tomorrow night. Saturday night at the haha Cafe on Lankershim in North Hollywood. All right, be 2022. No. What do you guys have

Scott Edwards: 59:27

no books, no. salacious autobiography anything.

Unknown: 59:32

Oh, next month. I'll be at Brad Garrett's club in Las Vegas. There you go. November 15 to 20 Whenever this airs you it's too late.

Stan Sellers: 59:41

But look for you because you will be back. Yes and

Scott Edwards: 59:44

Stan, I know that you're always doing voiceover work but what projects in 2022 Or have you excited are your plans?

Unknown: 59:53

Well, I am probably first of January we will start shooting a five episode series ever Call the break room. Yeah. Oh, it's just a small web series and the short episodes, each episode is probably about eight minutes. But we're going to do five episodes and we hope to have them up on YouTube, if not its own in addition to its own website, probably by April in May.

Scott Edwards: 1:00:18

Awesome. Well, that's great. Well, ladies and gentlemen, keep an eye out for that. And all you have to do is either Google, Jimmy burns or stand sellers, guys, it has been so great. Catching up. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you took your time to fight the traffic and come and do this with me here in a hotel room. But it's been wonderful to see you both and heavy part of the buck puck. Bobcats heavy bombs here tomorrow night. Open,

Jimmy Burns: 1:00:45

open the door he's got.

Scott Edwards: 1:00:48

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