#442: How To Lose the Guests and Your Shirt
👉🫶 No Guest Episode! No Business Talk Episode! Eric and Law take it easy with a no-guest ep, broh. Sweat Equity Podcast® #442 How To Lose the Guests and Your Shirt with media buyer, producer Eric Readinger + fractional CMO, comedian Law Smith.
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🟩 Practical nutrition and plastic waste. 6:19
🟩 Woodstock '99 and its chaotic atmosphere. 12:19
🟩 Inaugural Sunshine Comedy Festival in Tampa Bay. Law does a Paid or Pain show. Kinda. 17:31
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Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 00:00
Okay, and for real this time I swear to god Let's go. It's called sweat equity
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 00:28
are listening to the sweat equity podcast? Now you're wearing no shirt. I know why are you wearing but you somehow look less Trasher than this one because I fucked up cutting a t shirt into a tank top, you know? Yeah, so like there's always one nipple hanging out.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 00:45
Just one. Well, I
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 00:47
mean at all times. I can't I can't even push it wide enough
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 00:50
again. Just won't say breasted on your nipples.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 00:54
Yeah, but I I need nipple tape. You ever seen that shit?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 00:58
Yeah, I guess. Chicks
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 01:01
with big dams, right dams. Big legs, big legs. Big hawkers Hooters we corrected that a long time ago. I can't. I can't unfucked that. I
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 01:11
don't know why is obvious. It's still saying it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 01:15
I don't think anybody corrected me until you
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 01:20
do without me to set you straight on everything.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 01:23
Well, I ruined really good. What's your boys name? What's the singer's name? What?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 01:31
What's what's our boy's name?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 01:33
Tony Loggins. So this is a Kenny Loggins tour shirt.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 01:37
Man. Yeah, I didn't even look at it. But I was
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 01:40
it was like, you know, when this was a Christmas gift I got last year. Right? And it was like, I didn't know you'd like can you log in? So we got you a shirt from a concert. You didn't go to cool from a tour. And I was like, thanks. And then. You know, that's the I don't know. No, no, it was nice. It was nice. It was thoughtful. But it was like, shout out. Kenny Loggins. When are you coming on the pod? While Kenny?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 02:05
With playing games with us thinker. We
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 02:07
gotta get past the social media team. But danger zone. But it was like one of those Hanes beefy T styles. Where the Oh, the sleeves go over your elbows.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 02:18
Right. You know, I think we both have similar timeline on pretty much all of our clothes. Everything turns into a tank top.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 02:26
Well, I need to make potentially you've got more merch ideas.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 02:29
You had a good one the other day.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 02:31
I can't remember what it was the cute. Oh, yeah. But it's tricky. That might take your design skills because that's I don't know how you can make a QR code look cool or not look like a QR code but be one.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 02:44
Right? And still work? Yeah, that's the thing. I thought you were gonna say that too. But I mean, like, if a shirt gets all wrinkled up, it feels like a fuckup. Immediately.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 02:54
I guarantee it's been done. Yes, somewhere. Someone's figured that out. That's like some real college design shit. Yeah, it's like let's start a T Shirt Company. Let's start a baller. Those are the two. The two shark tanks.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 03:07
We're talking about selling T shirts into that right? Yeah, but
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 03:12
I'm saying like, I don't want to start a T Shirt Company.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 03:14
Yeah. Thanks. Somebody else do it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 03:17
I did. I did look up to see I had an idea for the company. You know, the soda squirt. And I was like, there's gotta be i There's no way I thought of this a squirter. Just er, put an ER on that logo. On the shirt. It exists everywhere. Sure.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 03:33
Yeah, obviously. But I mean, you could design it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 03:38
I still don't do it. Yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 03:40
I'll have to pay for it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 03:40
I saw one today at the gym that I was like, I might have to steal that. I won't steal jokes on stage, but I will fashion I'll steal merch ideas. Yeah. Oh. Do I get a cease and desist? Someone that said? Told them or tofu. Whatever that place is called. Don't care. You know the hot chick rehab yoga place in Mexico to Tulu jungle gym.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 04:04
Yeah, that sounds pretty good. Oh, get it. Like, you
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 04:08
can climb all over? Because it's only objects that are there. Maybe, maybe, maybe there's a deep cut. Maybe that's not even obvious. He was about 100 yards away. I don't know what it said. Fuck, dude, I got fighter pilot. isI
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 04:25
No, but still 100 yards away. It probably said something else. Kind of Jim. What are the kinds of gym could it be?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 04:33
It definitely is a jungle. I saw that part. Okay, Jungle
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 04:36
Book. Jungle.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 04:40
I'm not gonna make it now. Fine. It's not a good joke. Okay. I think that's kind of a deep cut. Maybe for the people that or is
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 04:48
there a joke I'm missing.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 04:51
There's hot girls that climb all over them. You can climb all over them. I think it was the subtext. Yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 04:58
But what about what about a shirt why Would you find them all over? You can talk to them. But I'm saying like, that makes it seem like they're all like giant Amazon women. Yeah. Okay, it's just I obviously don't understand Tolu
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 05:14
is just look it up on Instagram just to loom hashtag it. It is so fucking weird how this is like We're hot girls go to take pictures on Instagram. Okay. Former guest of the show. Lana culture jeroni I've seen posts from there. Okay.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 05:34
I've definitely seen it spelled out
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 05:37
she's easy on the eyes. You got you got something you I got I got a story.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 05:45
Well, yeah, I do. I mean, I've got tons of stuff but I was going to do it solo was like you shitting on it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 05:52
Except you're not gonna do it. Yeah, well,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 05:55
I really prove it like okay, I'll show you all the I can at least show you my nose. You got a setlist you and I can show it on the screen. It's there.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 06:07
You know, for those listening? Well, it looks like Billy. It looks like Steve Buscemi and Billy Madison. Just a bunch of people to kill this. No, it's
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 06:16
not. It's got all kinds of shit in there. I'm just waiting for links. I'm just goofing again, you know, good information.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 06:24
So we want to try to do while I hear your story. We want to get our feet wet in the Patreon waters, you know? Yeah. Or just have a just see, see if that helps a little bit. And, you know, it's fun to fuck around. Well, I
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 06:38
was gonna say, I think you're thinking of it the wrong way. It's not for Patreon. We're doing it for us. We're gonna have to deal businessy
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 06:44
right. No, we yeah, we have a lot of we've had a lot of guests on booked out pretty much for a while. And so it's a bunch of guests that are
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 06:55
the comedy ceiling. That's evident. Yeah, I'm
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 06:59
going to be probably going into Dick mode. Like I've told you. They're boring. If they're a dud, I'm going to be like, I'm just gonna hang up like Howard Stern used to do on people on interviews. Yeah,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 07:13
I mean, you know, that might we might be bringing bringing people into it that we don't need. I know it says we need I
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 07:19
need. Well, we I've been lazy and just letting these Booker's come to us. Right.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 07:26
I need to have zero. I mean, I need to reach out
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 07:29
to people I want on Yeah. Like there's there's attainable people I think of falling stars. That would be the easiest kind of thing, right?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 07:37
Yeah. I mean, John Claude Van Damme is at the top you know, but I bet he's a
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 07:44
bet there's like a charity thing like if you donate X amount you might for
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 07:48
the program jump all equity of tympanic pictures and I have discussed this thoroughly. We've got a plan in place. Don't worry about it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 07:54
Like I want to get Vinnie torta rich on like, Great nutritionist to the stars. Legit. I've talked about him before. He's the no sugar, no grains guy. Okay, he used to go and curl about every three weeks. But he was like the most practical nutrition guy, you know, fitness guy, because he'd be like, like, no sugar, no grains, but like, if you're gonna watch the games on Sunday, you know, try to have a thin crust pizza, or just enjoy it for the day. And then you know, tomorrow start over.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 08:27
He sounds awesome. No,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 08:29
he's he's just like practical. All these guys are like, ooh, David Goggins? You
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 08:33
know, at this podcast needs practicality. No, I'm
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 08:36
saying he's practical, but he's figured out. No sugar, no grains thing before everybody else did. Sounds like a big claim. But he can talk about all the bullshit. Why we have all this process shit. And all the companies that can cooperate to make the food pyramid. Oh, yeah. I mean, the new food pyramid. Do you ever see that? Yeah, it said Lucky Charms from veteran steak. Well,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 09:03
I think they're just vitamins and stuff like that contents. I mean, yeah, dude, if you go down that rabbit hole, it's really depressing. This white bottle of water. Drinking millions of 1000s of tiny plastic particles apparently. That just seems like that's worse than anything. I heard a while it's been a full case of it. Well,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 09:23
I don't I tried to like I'll buy one and refill the fuck out of it. Yeah, I do do that. But that but that first
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 09:31
bottle tastes the best but
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 09:32
they what's it called? I heard in like the 90s about like light reflect refracting in there or whatever. Anyway, with the plastic and my mom used to keep those. She go to Sam's Club. Forget like they're in the back for
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 09:47
I don't know for stationwagon Windows 10 Windows.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 09:50
I wouldn't get them out because we did kid. Yeah, it's cool. Yeah, I didn't go Hey, Mom. Let me grab that for you. Yeah, I was just like, fuck it. I don't feel like it. doing that right now. And she has like, didn't ask me we had a weird kind of a Mexican standoff of just you by him, but you leave them in the accurate. Yeah, legend.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 10:12
That's right. So yeah, that we can blame a lot of stuff on that.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 10:15
But it does like, I'm trying to figure out like that these bottle waters like having so many of those every day. You don't it just has a feeling of just like this can't be good for this can't be a net positive. You know? I
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 10:32
mean really, though, you really you drink drink six of these in a day you wouldn't be like, I drink six bottles a day. Boom, but in your body. Like
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 10:42
a small wins thing, right?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 10:44
I'm gonna drink more water. Hey, I
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 10:46
want a gold star. I'm gonna put this on social media. Yeah, pretty
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 10:50
much, you know? Until it was like knowing that we're drinking plastic again. You know? We don't we don't know much anymore, bro. Get
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 11:00
that bread? You got an ice machine. You can get a water machine.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 11:07
Yeah. Yeah, I know. I'm just I'm just starting the mission. My whole point is I'm still sitting here drinking it is my point is like, pick my battles here.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 11:18
Yeah, yeah. Go fuck yeah, no. So high priority.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 11:21
Yeah, exactly.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 11:25
Like Andrew Huberman bros, about like, doing, like, the 50 things he tells you to do every day, which is like, a lot of it's, I think, it's like a lot of shit. It's like, right, or you want to make sure in the morning that you're facing the West and getting some sunlight. As soon as the sun's far enough up in the east, so that it you need at least 20 minutes on your face at all times.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 11:48
If you're out there longer than 20 minutes. You need to get sunscreen on that's gonna need to be at least 35 no more than seven. So it's like, oh my god, you want me to do all that shit for real? Like I already do tons of shit like that. And I
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 12:00
wonder if he laughs like he's jacked scientists so he's like, I'm just gonna throw out all the all the shit right see what anybody does it Yeah, back superhuman. No one's like me. No one's gonna let's try all of his day is doing. Yeah, exactly.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 12:15
If that's your job, and then you make videos about it and sell courses on it. Okay. But geez, I mean, we're not
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 12:23
just like like UFC fans. He's got the the bros the, you know, the knowledge bros, I guess. I don't know what you would call them. But like know who you're referring to though? Just like, alright, I like UFC. I like watching a fight, but I hate the fans because the fans suck. Yeah, yeah. It's a lot of Tapout shirts. It's right. Like,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 12:46
like this. Like, like just shadowboxing. Ya know, they're just like this like brewing aggression. Like, you can just sense it in the air where it's like, oh, man, it's
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 12:54
like what that Woodstock 99 thing tried to portray of like, toxic masculinity. Jersey that no, there's that Woodstock 99 documentary. They're like, okay, so, let biscuit went up, and everyone fucking went crazy. And grandkids. And I'm like, this is pretty sweet already.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 13:16
You know? That's what they did. And they're like,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 13:19
Yeah, corn after a Landis Morissette. Probably not a good call, or Elena Somerset following corn. It was like shit like that, like
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 13:27
Elena's made me so horny. And they're like, show me her.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 13:33
Did you haven't seen it? No, I swear that I'm not even making that shit up. And they're like, it's all got like all bros fighting in Kinkos. In like, jeans way too big. Yeah. It's a lot of suburb white kids with angst.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 13:48
Yeah, that was a very special time of fashion. But
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 13:52
it wasn't nearly as bad. This documentary makes it. Right. Which is funny, because it was just like, we're taking a hard angle on this. Yes.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 14:01
I mean, it was just around that concert. That's it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 14:03
Woodstock. 99. Yeah. I mean, it was big. It would, I guess. Also failure like, they didn't have so they did 95 I remember that. from fifth grade. I don't know. I guess so. It was like they brought Woodstock back. Or 94 I should say it was 25 years after Woodstock. 69. Okay. And so 94 went off really well. But 99 They, they didn't like do anything different five years later so that they put it in a military base. So it's all asphalt. Instead of grass. There's no bathrooms. Oh my god. There's like no water. And then every all these all these angsty white kids just start lighting the show on fire. You don't remember those stories about all the fires? Not really.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 14:53
I mean, faintly now that you bring it up. But I mean, that was not stored in my long term brains. And
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 15:00
I've been up in that area. There ain't shit around you like it's not like okay, I'll just get to the next town over Yeah, even if it's a little bit of hot it's fucking 30 miles to like something legit. Yeah, I gotta watch that. It's I think it's on. There's two of them. We came at the same time. I think the HBO ones that one that was a little bit lamer. We're trying to be really woke. Okay.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 15:24
With just your neck feel terrible.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 15:28
Back. Yeah. What was funny is I didn't know I was like, Why does type is stinger? What's a stinger? I don't even know. I just get my hypochondriac. Holzinger
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 15:39
was one of those football coach terms that were like you're one step away from paralysis nerves. But you got to get the hell back in that game. Once you start to feel your toes again like that. I feel like a stinger is probably one of those. I don't actually know what it is. But it's definitely something you do to the nervous system.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 15:58
I only heard him in shoulders.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 16:01
Yeah, but he would radiate like me
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 16:02
because that's because you could walk and stuff in your life. You're like you're out. Yeah,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 16:07
I don't know.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 16:09
I'm sad about the Bucs losing. Yeah. And, and our quarterback probably going to the Vikings, but we don't have to keep it to the foosball talk.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 16:20
Is that already the word like it's
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 16:23
making run for him? They're done with do Kirk Cousins and DeSantis had the same they have the same like glassy eyed look of like, what am I doing with my life? Yeah. It's so graceful. There is that quarterback documentary show on Netflix. Kirk Cousins and you're like, oh, man, I didn't think it was good.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 16:44
Anyway, he says, Well, he's right, honey. He is
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 16:47
like happy and content and like that very Christian lifestyle. That's fine. I but like him, like deeper than that. But like replaying all the plays that he fucked up and carrying that with him. He's just like, sitting by himself next to a fire outside. Dad needs to think ahead. Yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 17:06
Yeah. He doesn't seem like he's much more than football. No,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 17:11
he I just saw a tweet from him. He was like, the kids and I have been football. Every Friday. We've been watching a new Disney movie. They're really good. And like, Oh, my God is like, Have you guys heard of this? He's like a puppy. Right? But a puppy that got like shell shocked. Right?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 17:27
He was like, raised by wolves. Only to play football. Well, no movies.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 17:35
I was what was gonna say? I got storytime.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 17:38
Oh, yeah. Let's do this story.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 17:40
I don't think I told you this.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 17:42
No. I didn't even know what you were talking about. Gave some acronym for somebody, you know? Oh, no. Oh,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 17:48
that's the second story. Oh, okay. That I will rant bitch. Okay. This one's I did the sunshine Comedy Festival. Inaugural Comedy Festival. First one in Tampa Bay. I think there was like 100 comics on it. Oh, okay. No big names, really. But a lot of good comics, I would say all right. But I need to work on my street cred in the scene here. Because I got I got none after putting in a lot of sweat equity. Did the scene producing shows and like, like, I'm an old fag walking around these. These comedy shows like, yeah, we'll put you up sometime. Just email me right. You know, like, I'm like, oh, no,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 18:37
I have to like just really a self addressed stamped envelope. Grandpa,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 18:41
I don't get asked to go on shows. I gotta go asked them. Give it one more try. I got no juice. So or maybe and maybe I just suck on stage when they see me. So both both can be true.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 18:54
I don't know. I've been around this this dynamic.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 18:57
So for you. So there's a I did a show in a movie theater for 10 people
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 19:03
in St. Pete. Oh, that was neat. That's awesome. That's like, perfect scenario.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 19:08
I got what you would call the D squad shows. Uh huh. I got to show I got on two shows for the whole festival. And I was like, Oh, cool. I'm just happy to be there. How can you be on it? And then our buddy and former guest on the show Robbie slowik. Got to do the the goddamn Comedy Jam, which is where they get comedians to sing. Like, bad like with a badass backing band. So that's our buddy. Robbie got to do that. And I was like, Oh, yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 19:43
I know why I did something like that. Yeah. No, I'm being oh,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 19:47
what's your Yeah, I was gonna say what's your song? Yeah, hi. No. So the last day is Sunday, right before MLK I'm like, Okay, it's a late show. It's a 9pm show, but it's MLK. Some people have off. Yeah. What's up with that? I had off some people but like, half,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 20:11
like, well, if you didn't have off your bosses are racist.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 20:14
I'm like, how do you not have off if you run an office? Right, like, as they're not like lawsuits and right, that is probably that PR. No, we worked that day. We just bang slept right through her like, no, no way. Right? But like, wouldn't dare. But some others shits open. I'm like, we gotta make money. So I'm like, usually those are fun when there's like a holiday on Monday. And it's a late show on a Sunday. Those can be really fun because people are going nuts. Yeah, there's only 40 People seats to 40. That's no more than 10. So I sat side splitters, which I love my favorite club. But I didn't read the show's description until I was on the drive up there. And did the show was called paid or pain. So you do a set, and they decide if you get paid for the set, you know, for your time and effort in doing stand up. Uh huh. Or they decide if you get hit by a dominatrix with a bunch of weapons on the stage. And I'm like, wow, we I'm not done with this. As soon as I was like, Oh my
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 21:31
god. So continue. So do
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 21:35
the racing through my head. I'm like, What the fuck is this? Like? I said this on stage? Do I go? Oh, stand up. It's not hard enough. It's not that hard. Let's just add another element. Yeah. Fucking bludgeoned. Yeah. Or else publicly by the way. So there's three judges on stage. Oh, good. So their stage right and they're behind me about three feet. To my left stage left I can see the dominatrix sitting in a stool next to all the was sharpening her blades cat of nine tails. Oh, she's a a huge paddle. A small paddle. Some ball stuff like ball gaggy stuff that I didn't get that good of it. Okay. So the show blindfolded you up? Sure. Show goes like this. The guy who produced it is the host. Never met
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 22:28
him. Always a great time.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 22:31
Well, here's a great time to the owner of the club, put that guy on an email with all the comments on the show and said, Hey, who's gonna give you any directions or whatever, give you any heads up never emailed us. Right. Cool. So that's nice. So So, and I never want to fuck up a set at this club because I love it. I don't want them ever to not book me. Yeah. I want to actually try when I do sets there.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 22:58
Because the owner, I'm so nervous for you right now.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 23:01
The owner watches people is like the only guy the only guy that owns a club and actually watches comics. So they're like, Okay, well, we'll choose. We'll choose random numbers. You know. I got first of course, yes. That one guy wasn't even there yet. That was like, he should go first. If he gets here in time. Not me though. But I'm already doing like, I'm trying to strategize in my head. For what bit am I going to do for this? Right? Because I'm not down. I'm not down to getting hit.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 23:36
Know who would be as you know, they're gonna lay India.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 23:40
I'm not even. I'm not down for the actual pain part. Because what I was worried about is I do have a switch. And I do give me that power. You I don't think you've ever seen me get white hot. Like just I blacked out like whiteout or whatever. Yeah, I haven't done it in a while. But it's, it's gonna be when my kids get a little older and they're teenagers. It's gonna pop out again, I'm sure. Yeah. Well, anyway, I got that desert over dad rage in me. It's still there.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 24:12
I mean, it depends. Not at the kids, though. No,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 24:16
no, no, no, I'm saying like, just situations, they're gonna get in trouble and I'm gonna get fucking, or someone's gonna fuck
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 24:22
with them. Right. And teenage kid boys. For sure.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 24:26
I almost do it. Now. They're like six and seven. Yeah. And I want to be like, what what happened?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 24:32
Right?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 24:33
They have a fucking teacher that clowns my daughter. And I'm like, Who? Who is this? Is this a helper guy? And she's like, No, he works there. He's 21. I'm like, and she would come in the car crying and being like, these. I mean, what do you say? It's not really that bad, but he's making her cry. And I'm like, this happens again. I'm walking in there. And I'm gonna be like, we got to talk. Yeah, I've already said
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 24:58
something to him. Oh, I'm gonna say Like, that's a nice, like,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 25:01
he was opening the door for them to come out. And my daughter's like, that's because I was like, I need to know who this guy is. I want to I need information. And so she pointed about, and I go, Oh, you're Mr. AJ. I don't care. Oh, no. No, he's like, yeah, he's 21. Like, ah, and I might hurt. Not so great things. You're talking to my daughter. And he was like, I was like, inside. I'm like, This is fucking awesome. Yeah, the shit out of him. I wish I didn't have that part of me. But I was like, this is kind of cool. And I was like, hey, if I hear it again, we're gonna have to talk. Like outside here. And then I just got my car and left. And I was wearing ratty white trash shirt.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 25:53
Like, right?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 25:54
I'll go back to jail. Oh, no, I was like fate. You know, you can kind of like, yeah, like fake flex a little bit. Yeah. And in my 20 year old Yukon. Yeah, I tried to like you got nothing to lose. That's exactly what was going for. That was
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 26:09
my motivation. Crazy, bro. All
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 26:11
right, back to this show. The Stand Up Show. So the show goes like this house goes up. A comic does 10 minutes and then I'm up. And I'm like, fuck, okay. I had a set prepared, but now. I was gonna it's out the window. Some other shit. Yeah, that's gone. I got five minutes, which sucks to man, or you get warped. Five is rough. Dude, dude. Now I know that earlier that day, I had been watching Katt Williams and club che che talking about his for 340 time, even at 3000 bucks a year as a kid. But he actually that all that shit. Those two things really fucked him up on the real shit. He was talking about like Cedric the Entertainer. Like, guys, not funny. He didn't sing and dance. It only met Tina. You know, like, Have you watched that yet? No, dude, that's one of the best podcasts you'll ever. Shannon. Sharps just like, doesn't say shit. He's just asking questions. Okay. Katt Williams because it has 57 million views. Okay,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 27:14
that's alright. Anyway, because you're gonna watch so I'm getting
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 27:17
my, I kind of was thinking about I was like, if it if a hood comic was here, would they ever put up with this shit? Right foot and no one would even try them right there. Like no one's getting their face, right? Yeah. And then I was a night go. You know what? I'm so. No, I go. No one's gonna stop me. I didn't sign any waiver. Right? What are they gonna do? I've,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 27:43
I feel like if you hit me, I'm gonna sue the shit out of this player.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 27:45
No, I don't want to do that. Because I love the owner of the club. But I'm saying like, I'm like the the guy producing the show and hosting. What's he going to do? If he puts his hand on me? Then I'm going to fight him on stage. Like I'm running through scenarios, dude. And I'm like, This guy might be able to kick my ass to
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 28:03
write that really bad. Tito Ortiz promotions.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 28:07
So I get in my head. So I get in my head. I'm like joking around. I gotta give five minutes. riffs about how this is bullshit onstage to comedian, buddies of mine. And the owner. On the stage with you on the stage was
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 28:26
waiting in line judges. Oh, those are the judges. Okay. Yeah.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 28:31
And so, and I'm like, fuck, dude, this is gonna be rough. There. And the guy who goes before me, David Wain does 10 minutes. He does well, but like they're not into. They're not into the aggressive jokes, either. Because I was like, I'll just tell this squirter story. I was
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 28:52
gonna, that was my go to oh, I guess the squirter bits out is what? They're
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 28:57
not feeling that. Well, that's, it's as extreme as it got, I think. I mean, you can't really shock anybody, but I'm like, they like it grimy, right. I don't think the crowd knew what the show was either until they walked in. And so because the festival passes with, like, 150 bucks
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 29:15
for the first part of the festival. Yeah,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 29:17
this is the last show on the fest. Oh, yeah. That's kind of bullshit. And also like, oh, this could be cool. Maybe all the comics will go up to the club after you know, everything's done. Their weapon. Oh, I didn't know there's the party in St. Pete. So I'm over here in Tampa, the the fun part. So and Dave Williamson, who's been on the show, who opens report creator who's the only other Auburn standard comedian. I know. He he hit me up later. I'll go back to the show. So I do five minutes. I do I do. I give it a b minus. It's good enough. Right. But the sucking hassles on stage. I know because they know me and they want me to get hit no matter what. I could have fucking Def Jam, Bernie Mac and bad. I could have fucking leveled the room and it wouldn't have mattered because one of them told me beforehand fuck you JJ curry. He was like, I want to see you get hit. And I was like, JJ, I'm gonna hate you. I'll fucking and now I'm going to run I'm going to do the Knockout Game right away. Okay. So they all say you had a good set, but pain and I'm like God dammit, dude. And so so I just walk offstage I just walk, I make a beeline all the way to the back and grab my stuff.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 30:46
The loopback
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 30:47
Well, this sounds cooler, but I thought they were like, No, the audience votes and I go, okay, so I walked back on stage, the audience votes. He's like, You shouldn't have left the stage, you probably would have gotten paid. And I was like, I don't need to be here at all. And we're just left. Oh, the other thing is, they're talking shit to you. You have no mic. So there's a mic for me to talk shit. Oh, cool. So they're, they're given that I have to yell back. So everybody can hear. Like
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 31:17
Fuck, yeah, it was funny though. I thought it was like, Come on, man.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 31:22
And again, I was like, they would never do this to have like a hard black comic. No, there's no fucking way. So I, I was like, no one's gonna stop me. And if anybody gets in my way, I'm gonna fucking I'm gonna go ballistic. Right? I'm already in that mindset. It's a go. And I and then I was also like, I don't want anybody to touch me because then it's gonna be go time. Because I know the other comics in the back of the room are gonna be like, Don't Don't let what the fuck you're doing. So walk off stage again after the crowd gives me pain. And I go okay, by then I just walk off. The guys call me a pussy. As I'm like, he's like, he just confused. He doesn't get it. I'm like, I just did this a second ago. I told you. I ain't doing this right. I don't care about I don't care about the honor of someone calling me a pussy. Oh, sorry, sir. I should go back and do this. Yeah, show I didn't want to do now. Once I found out what it was. Also, it's not fun. It's not that funny. Right. Right. Like getting
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 32:27
it's just kind of like it's not wild. Yeah, it's just kind of gross. Well, this is kind of mask. This is
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 32:35
a dominatrix stuff. So but I, I was
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 32:42
so weird, right? Honestly, this guy that came up with
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 32:47
this. I didn't know the dominatrix chicks she had she had Lemieux in her name. That's all I can remember. Because I was gonna try to rip something with that. Let
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 32:54
me I was like, yeah.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 32:57
No, Maria. Yeah, no, your memory hold off. So I walk offstage, I make a beeline
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 33:03
for what Mario let me with the hockey stick.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 33:07
And all in so I have my nerd bag. I have my phone filming this on a tripod. And I look like I'm late for a flight because I'm trying to grab everything in one movement. And like stomp it in there. Yeah. And while they're calling me a pussy, one of the comments like where do you go in in like reaching out and I was like a scat back I hit the RT button and like, nope, and just kept walking. Right. Went out to my car left drove drove away. So I get it. I get a
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 33:36
pretty much
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 33:38
as good as I could have gone. I get a DM from Dave Williams. And he's like, Hey, man, I just got it. It's like midnight. He's like, I just got up to the club. We're already Yeah. And then. And then the next one was like, I heard you got I heard you're a huge pussy. I heard you got pissed and ran away. And I was like, No, dude, this is what happened. And I gave him kind of bullet points. And he's like, I was like, it was a pretty cool night. And he's like, yeah, that's fucking horrendous man. So, so terrible. I was like, Look, I'll do a themed comedy show. No problem. But like, it has that add value, right?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 34:14
The hot wings thing. People are finding when they have hot suddenly when they're being hot wing. Funny hot
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 34:20
ones. What do you do stand up comedy after eating right? 14 million Scoville scale, you know, wings. I had that whole crowd in using calling me a person. Right? Was that a fun way? No. Like a sporting way. It was like,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 34:38
boo. Yeah, but it was fun for them.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 34:41
I was part of me was like, I've been the heel before I don't give a fuck. I've had clients hate me, which I prefer than nothing, honestly. But yeah, I've been I've been around the block. I've got great views. You know, I've been doing this a while. So like I've had shows where you eventually So don't give a fuck. And they so hate you that you just almost relish in it. And so part of me is like this little Kaufmann ask, I was like, it wasn't seen that way. They just thought I had a hissy fit and laughs
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 35:17
You should have just called the you know, just explain what was going to happen on stage. I mean, I don't know what you I thought
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 35:24
it would have been funnier just to leave. But my thing was like, I'm a fucking man. Dude. You're not going to make me do this Sunday. 40 Oh, man. Like, what? I just squeal like?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 35:37
Yeah, what do you get out of that?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 35:39
I and I don't get paid. Right? i You should get paid if you get paid.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 35:43
Right. Pay pay.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 35:46
what to call it, get my Gundy. Coach Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State. Cowboys. Where are we at in society today? Come after me. I'm a man. I'm 40 I'm not a I'm not a kid. Kid I'm not a
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 36:08
kid like these kids.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 36:09
Well, more storytime. Okay, unless you got some.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 36:15
I know. We can't take from your setlist. No, you got nothing. No, mine's themed. Okay,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 36:20
aliens. Yeah,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 36:22
but it goes beyond that, bro. Man, but mostly Yeah,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 36:26
this will be exciting. It'll be like watching your schizophrenia happen. Yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 36:32
It'll be evidence one day.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 36:35
No. dating life stuff now then. No. I mean, no one talks about that. We're having a good
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 36:42
time to talk about.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 36:43
I think you're downtrodden about it?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 36:47
I don't I just don't think I want to. You're asexual. I'm over it. What do you mean worth the effort?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 36:54
F. What are you like? What? Are you putting your down when it rains on a puddle?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 37:03
No vert, allones. Is
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 37:04
that what I'm saying is the targets you might have.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 37:10
For me personally, right now I have plenty of other things pressing that I should be focusing on. That's true. And that's about the end of it.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 37:19
Is that what you're telling yourself? Yes.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 37:24
Don't ruin that. Well,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 37:26
the good news is, I don't have to tuck you in to getting back into it. Because you'll get horny enough. Like every guy gets so hard either. Like, I gotta make something happen.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 37:40
past that. Yeah, I think I am past that. Excellent.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 37:47
So no, why No. But the dating app one it could be very transactional.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 37:52
I know. But I don't even want to put the fucking information into the dating app. So you need three pictures. Mike? Fuck this. I'm out. Really?
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 38:01
Dude. This is something you could do while shitting I know. But it can't if you don't like texting like I don't. It can be kind of a pain in the ass. To keep conversations going. Right? You can use my cake or pie did best opener. No, it's alright. It's a sight test is enough. Yeah, I know. But it's fine.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 38:30
I just don't feel like doing that was oh, let's get into your psyche. Okay, there's two people going on. I'm not sad. I just don't feel like learning somebody new.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 38:47
Pretty simple. Really? did kinda Yeah. You're, you're tapped out on people. You're kind of over it. You got to lose a couple then. You gotta like, cut them off. Yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 38:59
I mean. Like, like, you're also I have like, 900 new names, personalities I'm doing with every day. So
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 39:10
little kids are taking your dating life. They're taking energy. They are your dating life. No. Little boys.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 39:20
Alright, it's just it's just like, yeah, yeah,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 39:24
I can't imagine doing that. I'd be good for an hour.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 39:28
I do. It's like, you should be like the Israeli military. Everybody should have to do it for a year.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 39:35
Like working in a bar restaurant. Everyone should have to do or some kind of customer service assignment. You know, I mean, even if
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 39:42
it's maybe a years crazy, maybe, you know, you have rotations. And that's how we became communists. But really like teaching, maybe even police officers would be another good one to make everybody do.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 39:57
Yeah, that might be all right. borrow. I was I definitely think Karl Marx if he was in these times, he would be that douche that picks up the acoustic guitar at a party. Right. You know that's hanging on the wall. Yeah. And he's like, I'm just gonna jam so I gotta do something for it. And, and dumb chicks love that shit.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 40:18
Yeah. Like, oh my god like the movies. Well, it'll be
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 40:22
like, he wrote that. It'll be like, Oh, singer songwriter. No one's heard of right stole it. Yeah. made his own thing. Yeah. He definitely wears like a beanie when it's 90 degrees. You know? Yeah, a lot. A lot of misses,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 40:38
you know, leather bracelets. Wow.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 40:41
I used to have one. So I'm not going to dog that. But it was it was my friend Brendan's belt that I cut up and made it on the side of dominance. He left it at my place in his pants. I took his virginity as trophy. Yeah, that's a notch on the belt. Right? Literally. how long we've been going wow, I can save this story for next time. Because I don't I told this story earlier to someone and I was like, I need to work the beats out to meet this at least somewhat funny. So
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 41:12
yeah, how much easier? How much longer we went easily? Just you and me believing without all these important business people? Well,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 41:21
I think part of it again, back to what we're saying. We need to reach out to guests we want on rather than picking from the ones we like guess like we can get Carl the truth Williams. Bro. What's he doing? Third
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 41:38
and Williams? Yeah, I
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 41:39
want some of these. Like,
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 41:40
I want to Fidel Anthony.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 41:43
Honestly, I think we get some traction with the show. If we find some of these like, here's this micromachines guy.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 41:50
Like, bro, that's,
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 41:51
that's a get someone everybody knows but he's not famous now. Yeah, happy to talk to him. Right?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 41:58
But if you'd be like, really got that guy, ya know that guy? So micromachines guy like George Zimmerman and micromachines guy what can be done like? Caylee Anthony on I was
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 42:11
really looking at Google trends of like 2014 and trying to see like, does that. Is there some random people in this group of searches? That would be gettable?
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 42:21
Yeah. George Zimmerman will probably do it. He
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 42:25
might be booked out. He might be doing the circuit for that right up continuing maybe
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 42:30
in prison. I don't actually know.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 42:32
Well, I know. White people the white bad people were like, well, he didn't want to us. He's definitely not is definitely not German. Like Jesus.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 42:45
Yeah, they didn't know what to do with him.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 42:48
But there's got to be some like Tim Dorsey was one of them. But he just died. He was my favorite one of my favorite authors.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 42:58
Always known for speaking skills.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 43:01
He actually funny he's like a fucking weirdo.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 43:05
anymore. Rest in peace.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 43:08
Yeah, there's I don't know. There's gotta be something that oh, the the remember that video of the two white trash girls boxing or like fist fighting? And then the video one and then one of them hits him with the shovel at the end.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 43:24
No, you've never seen that probably. That memorable.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 43:28
I bet Oh, yeah. We could break that whole game film down with them. Yeah.
Eric Readinger, Fractional CMO, Producer and Head Of Media 43:36
We need to do we should do more solos my point No.
Law Smith Comedian Fractional CMO 43:39
Commitment. Now. I'm down. This is like all right. Toodles
