Mike Guido Interview & Standup Comedy Set Show #110

Here is a fun interview and comedy set with corporate headliner Mike Guido. We met doing a Comedy Round Table and I wanted to share his unique story and his close connection to Autism, which his daughter maria has. Mike has built a terrific career as a clean and very funny comic, and regularly speaks and has a one man show all about parenting a child with Autism called "The Maria Effect"....incredible!
I know you will enjoy his interview and a few mins of his standup just after.

Hosted by R. Scott Edwards

Transcript

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Scott Edwards: 1:44

Mike, thank you for joining us on the show. Hey, Scott, my pleasure. Totally my pleasure to be here. It's so great to get a chance to chat with you again. I should let the audience know we haven't had a chance to work together and comedy. But I met you through Bruce Baum doing a comedy roundtable that aired earlier. So people may remember that if you didn't hear it, go listen, because it was a whole lot of fun. But Mike is a very successful stand up comic and has been doing this quite a while Mike, how long have you been in the business?

Mike Guido: 2:19

Well, let's see. I started in 1984 87 years, I believe.

Scott Edwards: 2:26

Well, being your strong suit. Now, were you working? Were you always in LA or did you get your start somewhere else?

Mike Guido: 2:34

No, actually, I started in San Francisco. Back then when? I mean, it was so great. San Francisco was just a hotbed of stand up comedy and so many great people. comics who even went on to be great stand ups, but also actors and writers and producers and incredible where it was. It was the perfect place to be to start stand up, I believe San Francisco 1984. I like to say it was kind of like, you know, like Greece was to the Olympics. In the very beginning San Francisco was to stand up comedy in the 80s. Well, that wouldn't be much of a stretch. I will tell everybody in the audience that I got started in 1980. But it was 80 to 90, specifically, but by 1984 comedy. The rock'n'roll wave of comedy had really started going in, as you said the hotbed for comedy was definitely San Francisco. You had cobs, you had the punch line, the famous holy city zoo, there were so many places you could work and at the time, and they were working for me, so I know you got a chance to work with them. But of course, Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, there was a number of people that got their start. Back in those days in San Francisco, what a great way to kick off. How did you decide to get into stand up? What what how did you fall into the career? Well, it's funny in real quick on San Francisco, believe it or not, at one point for a year or two or three. There were five full time clubs in San Francisco itself by like Wednesday through Sunday clubs. Yeah, that's incredible. It's just incredible. And then you had all the satellite one nighters around the area. So we were just working, like every night, you know, didn't even have to go on the road even though we did. But there's just so much going on. But to answer your question me. So I grew up in a small town in Monroe County in New York state called Monroe, New York, about 50 miles northwest of Manhattan. And my dad loves comedy. And my dad would sit me down and just he'd just say, Hey, Mike, come here. Sit down. What's it and it would be your Show of Shows or Jack Gleason in show or some comedian stand up comedian that that he thought was really funny. If you grew up on Saturdays or in in nightclubs yeah, those are those were notable talents. My dad loved Norm Crosby, you remember him got the wrong word, my dad his whole life called radial tires, radical tires. Because he got on Crosby. Yeah, Norm was one of those guys that got comedy at a twisting words. And he was the host of the show that's famous back in the 80s. I don't remember it, but I've seen it. I've seen episodes of it even recently. And it was a lot of stand ups and that sort of thing. Is that what you're talking about? Oh, you know what it was? It was Norm Crosby's comedy shop. There you go. Yeah. See, okay, for those that you were patiently waiting, Norm Crosby comedy shop, and it was great because he was showcasing talent. But long before evening at the Improv, or any of the other comedy TV shows, he was actually supporting stand up, and they would get some celebrity to co host to get people to watch. But there was a lot of not famous people that were soon to become famous that got their first TV spot on the comedy shop. But your dad introducing you to stand up through Sid Caesar and Norm Crosby.

Scott Edwards: 6:27

What a great way to get started. Did you remember your first time on stage?

Mike Guido: 6:34

But the thing was even with my dad introduced me to I remember watching, and I hate to say it now because he's known for something completely different and disgusting, and terrible and evil, but Bill Cosby. But there's no denying that Bill Cosby was a fantastic, funny comedian. And one time my dad sat me down to watch him on TV. And I just I really had this thought process I went, Wow, that guy, first of all, how he using words, I got the impression that, you know, he was deliberately using certain words in a certain way in a certain sequence to make people laugh. And they were really laughing. And they really loved him. And I right there. And then I go, in my own mind, I want to do that. But in the meantime, I was really shy, really introverted, scared of my own shadow, little boy that couldn't see it ever happening. Well, a lot of comics are basically shy. That's one of the nuances or psychosis of stand ups. And we all understand that Bill made some bad choices later in life. But in way back in the 50s, and 60s, and even into the 70s. Some of his comedy albums are still considered some of the best stand up comedy ever, just incredibly funny guy, and the fact that you are able to experience that, and sounds like he started to kind of break down the essence of a joke.

Scott Edwards: 8:06

So when it came your turn, do you remember your first joke?

Mike Guido: 8:11

Well, you asked my first time on stage. So first of all, I this co worker, this gal in New York, and I guess I laid out my secret a little to her that I really wanted to do this Sunday. So she takes me to catch a rising star in New York, and was an open night night. And I just watched one dude or gal after another, just go down, go down in flames. And I thought to myself, I can do that. Everybody, everybody's blowing up in front of you. And you're going I could do that. Yeah, I could suck that bad.

Scott Edwards: 8:48

Well explained to the audience that the New York audience is a different beast, and much harder to play to. And in the Catch, which was a groundbreaking Comedy Club on these east coast was certainly one of those places that like the clubs we mentioned out on the west coast was a crucible for some of those early standup comics.

Mike Guido: 9:11

Yeah, yeah, I met a very young, but later to be very famous community like Chris Rock there. Back in that day, but but my first so I finally got the nerve. And I think I mentioned this on the roundtable portion of the podcast, where I took Frank kiters kind of how to be a stand up comedian class because I figured that would be a good way to just test the water, you know. And one thing that did for me though, was I got the feeling, hey, I can do this. I do have a clue. So but my first time on stage, I went to that club in San Jose.

Scott Edwards: 9:56

I think you mentioned you gave me the name of it. The Last Laugh

Mike Guido: 10:00

Last Laugh I get on stage, and I have my routine memorized. And I start presenting it, and I'm getting some laughs I'm thinking, This is great. And I almost started relaxed. But guess what? All of a sudden, I completely blanked. Hello, got Mike. Totally forgot everything else. And I froze like a deer in the headlights. And I basically just mumbled, thank you very much. And I walked off, like five minutes into my five minutes. And, but the thing was, I went out in the parking lot. And at first I was just devastated. I was like, that's so bad. That is so embarrassing. Maybe this is an idiot. Why did I ever think I could do this. But then the thought quickly came in my mind when you were making people laugh. And I said, like, my brain is like, good, you know, good angel, bad angel on each shoulder. But you made them laugh. You can do that. Just don't blank out next time. And well, and getting my first experience was humiliating. Giving that initial laugh is can be an adrenaline kicking drug that you want to, you know, share and enjoy over and over. And I think it's important that in that parking lot, you realized, yeah, I froze, and I and I may have embarrassed myself at the end.

Scott Edwards: 11:26

But those first three minutes I got a few laughs I mean, like you said, back at the Catch a lot of comics that don't get any laughs for three or five minutes.

Mike Guido: 11:36

Yeah, well, the thing is true in that parking lot in San Jose. First thing I did was start pounding the hood of the car. And then to my also utter, dismayed and embarrass me. And I went, oh, shoot that my car.

Scott Edwards: 11:54

Just got worse. Yeah, right. Well, that's nice. You took your anger out on somebody else's vehicle? Well, you mentioned that in, you kind of crusted or experienced Stand Up Comedy in New York, and you came out to the West Coast. Sounds like your first stage experience was at the Last Laugh in San Jose. But in reality, you were a Bay Area guy, and you were getting on all the different stages like Cobs in the Holy City Zoo and stuff. That's a great way to learn. At what point did you feel like this could be a career because as I alluded to, in your intro, you're a very successful corporate guy. You've been doing comedy now for 30 years, made a good living at it. You've been on TV, you've got your own special on dry bar comedy. You've had a CD out. I mean, you've been very successful, at what point really cool, and it was thought of it that way. At what point though, because when you're I don't know how old you were, when you were doing this, how old when you started?

Mike Guido: 12:59

I didn't start in 84. I was 30 years old. Wow, that's let's keep talking. So they don't do the math.

Scott Edwards: 13:09

Well, that's kind of late for a lot of comics, because a lot of the ones that were coming out of San Francisco at that time, were starting at age 19, 20, 21. And really, and as we've tried to express to the audience, it could take years to develop into a professional comic. And so starting young helps, although Rodney Dangerfield proved us all wrong when he started at age 50 and had a great career after that. But 30 is a little bit more experienced. At what point around that did you decide this was going to be your life? Well, first of all, it was that was one example where my coolant in attorney actually paid off.

Mike Guido: 13:50

So there, you know, I remember one time at the Punch Line in San Francisco, and it was open mic night. And I got on. And I just blew the roof off the place. And a lot of it was feeding off the crowd. And not even I did some material, which also work, but also improving some stuff, which not everybody could do. I didn't know that then. And just blew the roof off the place. And as I got off to thunderous applause and cheering for the first time ever, I don't know if you remember a guy named Clarence Sterling. Yeah, I do. Yeah. Well, Clarence, literally took me by my shoulders and kind of pressed me into the wall and looked at me eyes, very excited to see what you can do to see what's possible. You know what you just did? And it hit me like, yeah, okay, I can do this and this is going to work out. So that was a turning point, because up till then, you know, that kind of thing hadn't happened yet. Right. Right. So it kind of an aha moment that it's not just a matter

Scott Edwards: 14:59

Have having fun, that you could possibly start getting paid for this and do it over and over and over, maybe make a living. That is a huge awareness to a lot of entertainers. And it takes sometimes years to figure that out. And it sounds like even though you got a little bit of a late start, you figured it out pretty quick. And also, what really helped back then.

Mike Guido: 15:23

And you know that that San Francisco comedy scene we were talking about, what really helped me too, was getting compliments from someone like real Durst, or John means Dr. Gonzo, he these guys have been doing it for years. And, you know, they would, you know, compliment me or say this or say that. And that's what also really, really helped really helped to know that those kinds of people, were noticing me a little bit. And even though I still had a long way to go, especially like to get to where they were, but they were, they were validating me in a way. He's awesome. Exactly. Well, it was a community and it was a close knit community. And there was a support. I don't think it exists as much today. But back in the 80s, everybody was going through the same experience to try to make the best of this really new entertainment industry that had just taken hold and, and was growing so fast, not only on stages, but on TV. And everybody, you know, wanted to find their place. And San Francisco was certainly one of those locations where everybody was working towards the same kind of existence and stand up comedy.

Scott Edwards: 16:39

Now, during the roundtable, you told a great story about you and Robin Williams, could you share that again?

Mike Guido: 16:47

Oh, yeah, matter of fact, I was thinking about that, too, is another experience. I had that. Talking about validating someone. So this was that carbs on the original carbs on Chestnut Street in San Francisco. And again, I had done a set, it went incredibly well. And I did very little if any material at all. I just played off the audience, just one of those magical nights. And everything, all the pistons were firing perfectly and again, left the stage thunderous applause and cheering. And again, I have done little or no material. So I went outside. And I was just sitting on there's a little little wall there, you could sit on right in front of the club on Chestnut Street. And I'm thinking about it. And often I feel this presence next to me sit down next to me. Then I turn and look, it's Robin. So and also So Robin was mine and everybody's idle, okay. To be Robin, we wanted to do a rabbit course we couldn't do what he did the way he did it. But we all obviously admired him. Like, unbelievably admire him. So he sits down, I noticed it's him. And he goes, Well, we were really riding the wave tonight. I remember that was the exact word. And I kind of just let her Yeah, yeah. So he went on to tell me how special that was an especial it is to be able to do that. Because not everybody can do that. What you just did, if you keep doing stuff like that, it's really going to help you and et cetera, et cetera. And he really talked me up, like, hey, this was Robin Williams, my comedy idol. Telling me Hey, I just saw what you did. And I think it's really great. So talk about validation. I was on cloud nine for like three weeks.

Scott Edwards: 18:50

Yeah. I mean, that's, that's an incredible boost to any concerns you had about being in the industry, when a hallmark of comedy like that. And you mentioned a few others that gave you similar advice, but to have all these people in the comedy community support you and point out your success on various times on stage that really, again, can spearhead you or launch you into a career. Now, I know that you got your start out of San Francisco, where did you end up going around and performing? When did you make the leap to LA or the Midwest? When did you start doing road stuff?

Mike Guido: 19:36

You know, wasn't too long into it, actually. So first thing I did was I started going my sister lived in Boston. We were from New York. She had moved to Boston, but two years earlier, so I figured I got a place to stay and I'd heard and it was true. Boston also had a really cool vibrant comedy scene there.

Scott Edwards: 19:58

And which was true lot of great comics also came out of Boston.

Mike Guido: 20:04

So I started going to Boston and I did a little showcase one night at the Comedy connection, which was probably the main club there. And it went real well. And there was a guy, a comic who was a pretty big deal in Boston, his name was Tony v. And Tony, apparently saw me and putting a word for me with the guys who booked the comedy connection, and also this whole slew of one nighters in the area. And all of a sudden, I stayed an extra two weeks, because they gave me all this work. Well, I gotta go where the money is, right? Yeah. And in the work. And, you know, it was a great experience, too. Because there were some comics that if they left San Francisco, it didn't fly. So well, you know. So I learned, you know, how to do some good comedy and get good results out of my so called home comfort zone, you know, like doing that. And then, my goodness, it just took off from there. And I'd be home for two weeks and on the road for two weeks and flying here flying there. Doing shows everywhere. And yeah, matter of fact, John means Dr. Gonzo got me my very first headlining gig, just on his word alone, he just put in a word for me with these producers out in Kansas and Missouri. And they booked me for like, two solid weeks, doing their two major full time clubs. He's worked alone.

Scott Edwards: 21:34

Yeah, Dr. Gonzo was a great guy that way. And whenever you have a terrific headliner, like any of the people you've mentioned, go step up and give you a recommendation. I as a club owner, always appreciated that. And I always booked the people that were recommended to me. Now you've been traveling and doing your professional comic, now you're making money you're going around the country, any interesting good or bad experiences on the road.

Mike Guido: 22:06

Nothing really, nothing really stands out it be honest with you. Here I was, you know, 30 years old 31, 32. And I'm traveling the country and kind of a, I guess a negative to at all is, I just remember thinking I'm lonely. Actually, you know, I see these people every night, leave the show, a lot of times, they have the comic stand at the door to shake hands as the people left the building. I'm always seeing these couples hand in hand leading together, I'm thinking that is never going to happen for me, because I'm doing this, you know, well, you're not the first guy to realize that one of the loneliest jobs is traveling stand up comic, but I think anybody that travels in entertainment finds it a challenge to get a solid relationship going because you're on the road so much you're hanging out in nightclubs and bars. And right and it's it's a tough industry financially, you could be swimming in money one month and dead broke the next. So that's tough for any woman or man to you know, accept. And so

Scott Edwards: 23:22

I totally get and I've heard many times, the challenges of being on the road can be hardest on you personally.

Mike Guido: 23:31

Right? Because the fun part, obviously, the only Wow, okay, only, but being on stage during your show. And after that, you're going back to some comedy condo, or, or a hotel. And you might be staying in the same condo or apartment as the other comics that they built for. You don't even know because they're from wherever you are. It was okay. I mean, it wasn't terrible or anything. I met a lot of great people, obviously. But yeah, you're not going to build a relationship with this. This is wonderful. That way.

Scott Edwards: 24:07

Well, it's interesting, because I've done a lot of interviews and you're the first to really point out poignantly, I know there's that makes good verbiage point out poignantly that, how difficult it is to when it comes to relationships and in being in the industry. And I'm glad you did that. Because you're even though you're the first to bring it up in an interview, you're not the only one that's experienced that. I know a lot of comics that didn't settle down until late in life, several others and went through divorces, a few here and there have had successful marriages last despite the challenges of the entertainment industry, but it is one of those things that I think that anybody choosing a career early on.

Mike Guido: 24:57

I mean, I know that I'm probably being a little vague here. If you're going to be a firefighter, you know, you're risking your life and you're going to work for four days and be off for seven days. So that's something different. If you're going to be a law enforcement, you're risking your life and you may not come home some night, there's less challenging, you know, you're going to be a CPA, guess what? You're going to be boring. I mean, you know, there's certain things that when you choose a career that come along with it, right, kind of like, the better you're going to be, for example, you're going to be a gynecologist, and

Scott Edwards: 25:31

Nuff said. Exactly. It's never going to be as fun again. But I think that you bring up a good point. Now, all that work over the years, did you get a chance to work with any famous people you worked with Robin early on. Once you're once you're a road headliner and cruising around, anybody particularly stand out you enjoyed working with? Well, it was mostly, I mean, on the road, I was the headliner.

Mike Guido: 26:00

So, you know, not so much. But in San Francisco at the time, as you know, I mean, Robin was always coming around. And that would just light up the place. I mean, Paula Poundstone, and my goodness, so many people. And then we got to open for music acts sometimes. I opened I'm looking at a picture right now. Me and the righteous brothers. Awesome.

Scott Edwards: 26:25

Did you ever do any work for Bill Graham? Not directly?

Mike Guido: 26:31

Yeah, he on the Punch Line in San Francisco. Yeah, but he did sometime use his comics. For concerts that he was producing around Northern California. I was just curious. hadn't asked that before. But I one time. I don't know if you remember there was this punk rock new wave kind of they were called II Ranger. Okay. Yeah. Probably falling on. Like, who the heck is that ears? But I question why am I here? I got up there to open the show. And I didn't get booed or anything. But they were like, silent, like crickets, not the right audience. That's a bad I had to do like 15 minutes. And, okay, you know, I did it. And no one even knows. So, well, at least you got out unscathed. Well, now, let's move forward. You did you're on the road for a number of years, you've been a very successful corporate guy.

Scott Edwards: 27:35

Over the last couple of years have been difficult with COVID and stuff. Have you had to pivot? Or what did you do to keep your career and your comedy juices going?

Mike Guido: 27:49

Just been waiting, kind of, you know, I've noticed there's a one specific comedian agency that I get booked through.

Scott Edwards: 28:01

Now, a lot more coming through for a while there just stopped, you know, for a long time for as far as corporate events.

Mike Guido: 28:10

Because I kind of really stopped clubs, there's not even that many clubs anymore. Because corporate events, let's face it, they pay a lot more. And it's just me, you know, I show up, I do my show. You get paid, I go home, there's not other acts before me that you don't have to deal with a lot of the other things that sometimes can be just fine. Sometimes not so fine. I do a pretty clean show, actually clean show. And sometimes I'll get booked. I'll be the headliner. And then in a club, the two acts before me or three are really, really filthy. And so it takes me like five minutes when I get on to have the audience readjust. You know what they're looking for? You know, it's kind of like, this guy doesn't even cuss. When do I laugh? You know?

Scott Edwards: 28:58

That's, that's one of the trademarks of good and bad comedy producing, I always made a point. You never put somebody dirty in front of somebody clean because it just puts them off in the wrong light to start off. It's not fair to the comic, and it's not fair to the audience. Well, I know that you've got your When did your CD who needs sanity come out, like six or seven years ago? Is that something people can find online?

Mike Guido: 29:26

Um, I think so.

Scott Edwards: 29:29

You're quite the salesman for yourself.

Mike Guido: 29:31

Let me just say, I'm a terrible, terrible businessman, you know?

Scott Edwards: 29:36

Well, let's tell everybody they can find your comedy for just 99 cents. You can hear Mike Guido doing some of his amazing material on Dry Bar Comedy. So if you have a comedy, dry bar comedy, see, I needed you to help me dry bar comedy. And just Google or search Mike Guido and for just 99 cents you can hear some of his material which is is amazing, and I've got some coming up to share with the audience. But before we leave, we have to discuss what I think is a not only a huge aspect of your life, but it's something that you've shared and helped the country understand you've raised money for it. Why don't we tell everybody a little bit about Maria, and what you've done for autism?

Mike Guido: 30:28

Okay, well, thanks, guys, I appreciate you, including this. So for those listening, we have a daughter, her name is Maria. And she has a lot of times people say, Oh, your daughter has autism. Yeah, my nephew has autism. And he needs someone to go to school with him where he does this little quirky thing, or? Well, Maria has what they call low functioning autism. And I always put low functioning in quotation marks. So I don't really like that term so much. Because yeah, she may be low functioning, and you're taking your care care of herself every day and daily kind of tasks and that sort of thing. But she's very high functioning in being, as we say, freaking amazing. And she's very high functioning, in making everyone around her better if they'll let her, you know. So a couple things I've done is, I wrote and performed a one person show the stage show, and it's called the Maria effect. And it's basically the story of Maria, and how she affected my life. And it's really specific, it's a, it's a show that really actually makes people laugh, and literally make people cry, because I am very honest in it, how I had a change, and how she changed me through her, just innocence and vulnerability. Just changed me for the better. So I do that show. It's called the Maria effect. I've done it countless times for autism organizations and men's organizations, and that sort of thing. I also do a kind of a keynote speech, if you will, it's even been used as an in service training at some companies is called, it's all about perspective. And it talks about how, you know, looking at Maria and her challenges, depending on how we look at our challenges, you know, really helps us to, to overcome them or to deal with them. If we look at it, you know, like poor me, and I'm angry about this, or I don't like this, we're not gonna get anywhere. But if we look at it, like, in my case, how can I help her? When she's my daughter? How can I help her? It just makes me happier. And I'm more effective in helping her. And I also speak about Maria and my stand up. I just talked about, you know, because Maria has done incredibly funny things in public that she just has. And my wife and I learned a long time ago, in the beginning, you can either laugh or cry at these things. And we decided to laugh. So I usually preface the whole thing with listen, I'm going to talk about my daughter Maria now and you're not laughing at her. I love her. Okay, got that. We're just gonna laugh at the things she does and other people's reactions. It's really the funny part. And it always goes, goes goes really well. It's very well received.

Scott Edwards: 33:24

Well, I just think it's very honorable, what you do in sharing the challenges of parenting a child with autism, in between your comedy and your talks, and your fundraising efforts for autism. I just think it's amazing that not only is this been a great addition to you, as a person and an entertainer, but you're really making Maria's life even that much more valuable by sharing her experiences.

Mike Guido: 34:00

Yeah, thanks. I appreciate that. I've had I mean, after every single performance of the Maria effects show, literally, and I'm not bragging here, it's just a matter of fact, and I'm always blown away by it. People literally line up with a shake my hand sometimes people go Can I hug you? Yeah. And I've had grown men with tears in their eyes come up after a show and thanked me because maybe they're dealing with something similar. And I helped them to look at it a little differently, you know, and, and I've always said, because, you know, making people laugh, so awesome. Really awesome. But boy, when I started making people cry on purpose, with my presentation, my show or what have you, so powerful, blows me away every time.

Scott Edwards: 34:54

That's the word. It's powerful because it's the same when an actor can generate different emotions from the audience. For a comic to end, there's only a few than being able to do it. But you can take somebody from humor, to tragedy and back to humor. You're experiencing something that's so personal and like the word, there's no better word powerful than in doing that. And I think that it's like I said, it's been great for you. I think it represents your daughter well, but also obviously, by what you just shared. The audiences really get something out of it, too. So congratulations on that, Mike. But let's bring it all back. Mike Guido's had an amazing career. He's a public speaker. If you'd like to hire him, just, you know Google Mike. Guido, I'm sure you'll find somebody that can find them. You can hear a set on Dry Bar Comedy to get that right. Yes. And you know what I would tell people, I'll give you my email address. If I can help out in any way my email address. Is Mike at grito and that's Gu IDEO Mike uglydoll entertainment.com. Shoot me an email, Mike tainment.com. Yeah. Hey, there's no reason not to do that. If there's anybody out there that needs a terrifically professional comedy entertainer and somebody that can also speak to the challenges of a parenting in autism and all the things that so many of us have to deal with. Go to Mike dot Guido entertainment.com. And thank you for listening to this. Mike. Thanks for being on the show. My pleasure to share a little bit of your comedy. Right now, ladies and gentlemen, we want to ask that you come back next week and hear another great show. But right now sit back and relax and enjoy some stand up comedy. My mic. Guido, thanks again, Mike.

Mike Guido: 36:59

Thank you, Scott. Had a bar while I was in the Four Seasons Hotel in San Diego, because I don't know how to act in these situations. So I'm getting ready for bed. And there's a knock at the door.And I opened the door just a little crack and there's a hotel employee standing there he goes. Good evening, sir. Can I turn down your bed? I didn't know what he wanted. I guess you guys know now. But I didn't know. I was thinking he wants to. And he told me it's gonna come in my room and pull down my covers for me. Like I can't handle that. Like, dude, I would read the manual. I'm in the thing. Slam. Next day, same guy. You knocked at the door and open the door. He goes Good evening, sir. Can I turn down your bed? And I was like,yeah. Where have you been? I am so tired waiting for an hour and a half for you to get here. sleeping on the floor till you got here man, I love it. I love it so much. This is a really cool job if you can ever do it. So in my travels, one thing it was great here because parking is okay here. I mean, I got here early and I just parked right down the street. No problem. Now I've sometimes in places like Boston, LA San Francisco is probably the worst place on the planet to find a legal parking spot. Right? Are you with me on that? I'm not an activist. Okay. Know what I'm doing anyway. I want to see that on film right there. So, I'm in San Francisco and I found illegal parking spots. It was like a miracle there was a shaft of light and angels. So I pulled my car into that spot. And I'm sitting behind the wheel reading the newspaper of just waiting for someone. And this lady pulls alongside me and she is like dressed in a very well first of all, she's driving a Lamborghini, Mercedes, BM something Lexa something that costs more than my house. And she's dressed in his business suit. She's got her hair or did or nails and she's got pearls in her. Wow. Okay, so she wants to know obviously, can she have that spot? Am I leaving? So first he just taps on the horn beep beep and I ignore her. I'm just reading my newspaper. Man. She lays on the Lord horn a little harder in her heart actually said I'm better than you I'm ignoring her reading my newspaper. She lays on the horn more. She rolls down the window, excuse me. I'm ignoring her reading my newspaper. And she's not liking this at all. She's like, Hey, I have a very important meeting. I need to get in that building right there. Can you please move that? Whatever you're driving, get out of there. I'm ignoring her reading my newspaper. And then she snapped. She just snapped. Next thing I know, I hear screaming. Hey, are you so I folded on my paper and I looked over at her I go, Hey, lady, chill out. Yes, I'm leaving. I'm leaving right now. So she backed her car up. And I got out of mine and walked away.

Scott Edwards: 40:51

Ladies and gentlemen, that was a little comedy Mike Guido. We hope you enjoyed this interview and set. We'll be back next week with another great show. Thanks for listening. Bye.

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