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In the latest episode of Uncle Dad Talks, hosts Uncle Dad and Mike Hampton embark on a thrilling journey to Asheville, North Carolina. There, they have heartfelt and insightful conversations with legendary clean comedian, Jeff Allen, and trombonist d...
In the latest episode of Uncle Dad Talks, hosts Uncle Dad and Mike Hampton embark on a thrilling journey to Asheville, North Carolina. There, they have heartfelt and insightful conversations with legendary clean comedian, Jeff Allen, and trombonist dynamo, Jacob Bruner. Their exploration of the charming city also leads them to the historic Biltmore Village Inn, where they engage in a captivating discussion with the innkeeper, Monica.
The hosts dig deep into the world of comedy with Jeff Allen, discussing its overall impact on individuals and society. Jeff not only shares his journey through comedy, but also talks about its nuances within relationship dynamics, providing a comedic take on life with his wife. He also sheds light on the current cultural climate surrounding comedy and his enduring love for his craft.
Get ready to groove as Jacob Bruner, a remarkable trombonist from the Empire Strikes Brass, introduces you to the vibrant jazz and funk scenes of Asheville. His passion for collaboration and love for music paints a lively image of Asheville's music culture. Along with insights into Jacob's musical journey, the episode also carries engaging snippets of captivating music.
The episode wraps up with a mesmerizing spectacle of Asheville’s rich history, courtesy of the Biltmore Village Inn. Monica, the seasoned innkeeper, takes listeners through the inn's intriguing past, its beautifully decorated rooms, and unique guest experiences. An intriguing piece of history added with a dash of the paranormal makes the Biltmore Village Inn a must-visit!
The hosts also share their exploration of exciting places like the Asheville Pinball Museum, Cultivated Cocktails Distillery, and River Arts District, relishing Asheville's local cuisine along the way. This thrilling adventure-packed episode is sure to inspire listeners to embark on their own journey of discovery.
00:00 - Exciting Beginnings
04:58 - Sponsor Message from Skyline Smart Energy
06:14 - Interview with Jeff Allen
21:19 - Shoutout to Jeff Allen’s Website and Instagram
23:59 - Getting Lost at Omni Grove Park Inn
26:46 - Introducing Jacob Bruner from Empire Strikes Brass
28:29 - Finding Home in Ashville
33:31 - Managing Bands and Responsibilities
44:48 - Twin Peaks Day Celebration
48:52 - Nostalgia of Twin Peaks
53:04 - Teasing the Special Guest
55:22 - Historical Insights of Biltmore Village Inn
01:01:47 - Guest Experience Evaluation
01:11:10 - Early Podcasting Rooms
01:24:44 - Bonus Day Adventures
01:28:55 - Culinary Delights of Asheville
1 00:00:00,017 --> 00:00:02,037 This week's episode of Uncle Dad Talks. I'm Uncle Dad, and with me as always 2 00:00:02,037 --> 00:00:04,297 is the ever so handsome Mike Hampton. Mike, if you can hear, 3 00:00:04,377 --> 00:00:07,297 I'm very excited right now. Yeah, why are you so excited? 4 00:00:07,577 --> 00:00:11,797 Because we are doing an episode featured on something that I have never experienced, 5 00:00:12,117 --> 00:00:14,077 and you talk about this place a lot. 6 00:00:14,337 --> 00:00:16,797 And whenever I get to experience anything that you love, it's amazing. 7 00:00:17,037 --> 00:00:23,717 So we are here live, quotations, in Asheville, North Carolina. 8 00:00:24,797 --> 00:00:28,797 Raise up, put your shirt off, and swing it like a helicopter. Isn't that Petey Pongo? 9 00:00:29,437 --> 00:00:33,917 Yeah, from North Carolina. I know Petey Pablo. Very good. Do you know him personally? Look at you. 10 00:00:34,477 --> 00:00:38,517 We did a song together back in 2005. Really? Yeah. 11 00:00:40,277 --> 00:00:44,317 Everybody go Google that. Actually, everybody tweet Petey Pablo. Hey, you know Cap. 12 00:00:45,917 --> 00:00:50,117 Mike, so this is kind of our opening banter here, and we have a very interesting 13 00:00:50,117 --> 00:00:53,637 show planned. Probably one of our most unique ones we've done in a while. 14 00:00:54,097 --> 00:00:58,457 We're pretty much exploring Asheville and talking to different creators, 15 00:00:58,717 --> 00:01:01,717 comedians, who are either from here, travel here. 16 00:01:02,517 --> 00:01:05,717 I don't know. We're going to talk to an actor, breweries, hopefully. 17 00:01:06,097 --> 00:01:09,657 Like, what do you think about this eclectic episode? 18 00:01:10,097 --> 00:01:13,557 Well, like all things, we have a trajectory set out. 19 00:01:13,877 --> 00:01:17,577 Whether or not that actually happens is to be seen. 20 00:01:17,697 --> 00:01:22,817 But, you know, the intention's there, you know. And Asheville is a place that 21 00:01:22,817 --> 00:01:24,037 brings a lot of people in. 22 00:01:24,597 --> 00:01:29,257 I think I've heard anywhere during the peak of its tourist season, 23 00:01:29,357 --> 00:01:33,357 there's 20,000 extra people here a day just for tourism. 24 00:01:33,757 --> 00:01:38,417 And the town itself, there's about 100,000 residents that live in Asheville 25 00:01:38,417 --> 00:01:41,357 proper. So we'll see how it goes, right? 26 00:01:41,917 --> 00:01:44,517 Yeah, you know, and it's one of our first stops. And you guys will hear this 27 00:01:44,517 --> 00:01:48,017 soon as we're going to, and correct me if I'm wrong, like the Omni? 28 00:01:48,777 --> 00:01:53,137 Omni Grove Park Inn. Okay, that's where we're going. And apparently it is a 29 00:01:53,137 --> 00:01:54,537 pretty big establishment here. 30 00:01:54,637 --> 00:01:57,757 It's a beautiful building. We'll take pictures, post it, all that good stuff. 31 00:01:57,897 --> 00:02:00,777 And we are going to see something a little different for us. 32 00:02:00,837 --> 00:02:06,257 We're going to see a clean comic, the legendary Jeff Allen. Alan. Yeah. 33 00:02:06,917 --> 00:02:10,897 I mean, there's other big comics that do clean comedy, right? 34 00:02:10,977 --> 00:02:15,177 Most notably Seinfeld, which, you know, we've heard him on the Stern show a 35 00:02:15,177 --> 00:02:19,577 few times and he talks about sometimes using dirty words is just a cheap laugh. 36 00:02:19,897 --> 00:02:24,897 And so maybe, you know, I think Jeff's reasoning for doing clean is different 37 00:02:24,897 --> 00:02:29,637 than Jerry's, but nonetheless, it'll be interesting to see and hopefully we laugh. 38 00:02:30,297 --> 00:02:33,057 I believe we will. I believe we will. And for those who don't know, 39 00:02:33,057 --> 00:02:36,877 Jeff Allen's the one who pretty much kind of coined the term happy wife, 40 00:02:36,977 --> 00:02:39,217 happy life. And we all know that term. Ain't that right, Mike? Yeah. 41 00:02:39,811 --> 00:02:42,371 I've heard of that term. I don't know if it's actually true. 42 00:02:42,571 --> 00:02:47,071 Oh, it's true. Sometimes a happy wife still is unhappy life. It depends on the wife. 43 00:02:48,811 --> 00:02:52,471 You know what? There might be some... Depends on what number of wife you're 44 00:02:52,471 --> 00:02:56,311 on. Do you have any experience with that? Maybe. 45 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:02,571 Yeah, so I'm really excited for this. And Jeff Allen, what's really interesting 46 00:03:02,571 --> 00:03:06,211 about what we're doing here is that we haven't really talked to too many comedians. 47 00:03:06,271 --> 00:03:07,911 I think we only had Suli, I think. 48 00:03:08,431 --> 00:03:11,531 I think you're right. I'll have to look at the list, but I think you're right. 49 00:03:12,171 --> 00:03:14,171 There's too many people to name. 50 00:03:15,551 --> 00:03:22,211 We're over 100 episodes in. No big deal, right? But yeah, Sully was great. 51 00:03:23,811 --> 00:03:27,151 I think comedians offer such great perspectives of life. I mean, 52 00:03:27,151 --> 00:03:29,911 that's why we like stand-up, right? Is that they offer their own perspective of life. 53 00:03:30,331 --> 00:03:33,131 And so Sully's story obviously is different than Jeff's and vice versa. 54 00:03:33,271 --> 00:03:36,131 So it's exciting to see what Jeff is going to offer and see. 55 00:03:36,131 --> 00:03:41,691 And also on top of all that, we have a weekend full of Asheville fun and we 56 00:03:41,691 --> 00:03:44,771 may be even talking to your sister. Is that true? 57 00:03:45,311 --> 00:03:51,231 We may be able to book my sister who manages a fine establishment here in the 58 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:53,091 Biltmore Village part of Asheville. 59 00:03:53,171 --> 00:03:55,531 So hopefully we can book her. She's busy. 60 00:03:55,911 --> 00:03:58,731 Hopefully we can nail her down. Because she's busy. She's a super stud. 61 00:03:58,811 --> 00:04:01,071 I know. She's always getting out there, making things happen, 62 00:04:01,151 --> 00:04:02,651 shaking hands with presidents. I know, right? 63 00:04:02,811 --> 00:04:07,091 Yeah, she's shaking hands and making calls and, you know, walking downstairs 64 00:04:07,091 --> 00:04:09,511 and doing moves. Doing moves. 65 00:04:10,131 --> 00:04:13,291 I don't know where she gets it from. It must run in the family. 66 00:04:13,631 --> 00:04:17,071 I think so. I think so. But fun fact, everybody, this is good. 67 00:04:17,111 --> 00:04:21,071 If we do book the elusive Monica, I'm going to say it. 68 00:04:21,211 --> 00:04:24,031 This will be her second appearance. Do you remember that, Mike? 69 00:04:24,611 --> 00:04:30,211 Yes, because the first one was at our brewery. Yeah. Our beer release at Clandestine Brewing. 70 00:04:30,351 --> 00:04:33,251 Which you should all visit because they still sponsor this show, 71 00:04:33,251 --> 00:04:36,371 and that is Clandestine Brewing in San Jose, California. 72 00:04:36,771 --> 00:04:38,371 So be sure to go check them out, right Mike? 73 00:04:38,931 --> 00:04:42,671 Please do. Please do. All right everybody, enough talking for us. 74 00:04:42,791 --> 00:04:46,271 We'll be right back and when we come back we'll either be talking about our 75 00:04:46,271 --> 00:04:49,971 experience of the Omni or we're going to be talking to Jeff Allen directly. 76 00:04:50,191 --> 00:04:53,851 So get ready for a fun show everybody and remember to follow us on Instagram 77 00:04:53,851 --> 00:04:55,891 at UncleDadTalks. 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Mike, say hello. 94 00:06:18,306 --> 00:06:21,306 Hello, hello. know we have a very special guest 95 00:06:21,306 --> 00:06:24,546 sitting right next to us arguably a legend 96 00:06:24,546 --> 00:06:27,206 in comedy he laughs he laughs but i 97 00:06:27,206 --> 00:06:29,926 believe it's true let's give it up for the 98 00:06:29,926 --> 00:06:32,626 man himself jeff allen what's up 99 00:06:32,626 --> 00:06:38,766 man nothing a legend my gosh that means i'm on my deathbed is that what it takes 100 00:06:38,766 --> 00:06:42,026 to get to be a legend i guess i don't know it's years been around long enough 101 00:06:42,026 --> 00:06:47,186 jeff so right out the gate my question question to you is it's a very simple 102 00:06:47,186 --> 00:06:50,866 question but i hopefully you will be you'll find this fun, 103 00:06:51,446 --> 00:06:57,646 what is or what does comedy truly mean to you oh obviously it's it's my livelihood 104 00:06:57,646 --> 00:07:06,866 and uh at times it's a job but it's it's soul fulfilling at this point in my life i enjoy it so much, 105 00:07:07,546 --> 00:07:11,186 that i at some point i don't know how many years ago it was but i realized this 106 00:07:11,186 --> 00:07:16,646 is what i was meant to do, you know, but it, it's been a long path getting there 107 00:07:16,646 --> 00:07:19,406 to that, but, you know, I started in 1978, 108 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:26,626 so, uh, but yeah, legend, you know, but, but I figure at this point, it's just all gravy. 109 00:07:27,982 --> 00:07:30,922 I love that. Mike, you had some pretty, an interesting question. 110 00:07:30,982 --> 00:07:31,782 I think you wanted to ask him. 111 00:07:31,862 --> 00:07:35,222 Well, it's all gravy and we do love gravy here in the South, 112 00:07:35,322 --> 00:07:36,702 right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 113 00:07:36,922 --> 00:07:42,882 So your book and kind of like your moniker through this tour is, are we there yet? 114 00:07:43,742 --> 00:07:47,102 You know, the journey from a messed up to a meaningful life. 115 00:07:47,242 --> 00:07:52,162 Is that something that you haven't found yet? Or is that something that like 116 00:07:52,162 --> 00:07:55,122 you're constantly, is there's never an ending to that? 117 00:07:55,282 --> 00:07:58,922 Like it's a it's a it's a search that continuously goes 118 00:07:58,922 --> 00:08:02,082 on i believe it's a search i think that i 119 00:08:02,082 --> 00:08:04,902 wanted the title are we there yet if we lived here we'd be 120 00:08:04,902 --> 00:08:10,782 home now you know like you've seen that and to me it had a double meaning you 121 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:15,762 know for a christian and i'm a christian that we know this is not our home this 122 00:08:15,762 --> 00:08:21,922 is not our final resting place and then you kind of wrestle with what your life 123 00:08:21,922 --> 00:08:23,222 on earth should look like. 124 00:08:23,282 --> 00:08:28,302 And until I get buried, it is a constant search. 125 00:08:28,582 --> 00:08:33,582 And I talk about it in my show where you got to remember the first time you 126 00:08:33,582 --> 00:08:37,282 laid eyes on your wife, because if you forget what that felt like or what you 127 00:08:37,282 --> 00:08:41,262 felt like, then you're apt to get bored and sidetracked. 128 00:08:41,482 --> 00:08:45,242 But if you can just take those... Somebody told me in an interview recently, 129 00:08:45,362 --> 00:08:47,442 he said, life is just mundane and and boring. 130 00:08:47,742 --> 00:08:53,882 And it's these occasional flashes of just joy and wonderment. 131 00:08:53,962 --> 00:08:59,242 And it's those flashes that have to sustain you through the mundaneness and the boredom. 132 00:08:59,402 --> 00:09:05,382 So I think as a believer, Sartre said that in order for something finite to 133 00:09:05,382 --> 00:09:08,882 have meaning, it has to be connected to something infinite and fixed. 134 00:09:09,342 --> 00:09:14,862 So my infinite and fixed is God. So if I connect my life to that source. 135 00:09:15,382 --> 00:09:18,322 Then i know that this one is not my final 136 00:09:18,322 --> 00:09:21,142 resting place and two i'm just trying to get up and do what's supposed 137 00:09:21,142 --> 00:09:24,982 to be what i'm supposed to do that's in front of me and and 138 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:32,202 then it it it really isn't difficult you know ice cream dr pepper cheesecake 139 00:09:32,202 --> 00:09:37,462 you know i'm going to enjoy that piece of cheesecake i really am and that's 140 00:09:37,462 --> 00:09:41,902 one of the pleasures in life somebody was gifted enough to cook something like 141 00:09:41,902 --> 00:09:43,302 that and make something like that. 142 00:09:43,782 --> 00:09:48,182 And I told my kids, if whatever you do in life, if you do it for the glory of 143 00:09:48,182 --> 00:09:49,082 God, you'll do it better. 144 00:09:49,930 --> 00:09:54,370 You really will. I mean, whether you're a janitor or whether you're a surgeon, you know? 145 00:09:54,710 --> 00:09:57,970 Yeah, you know, in a lot of your show, you talk a lot about your wife, Tammy. 146 00:09:58,450 --> 00:10:02,250 And I'm curious, when you were originally, like, doing your show, 147 00:10:02,410 --> 00:10:06,630 was that ever a challenge to talk about your wife without having her be upset 148 00:10:06,630 --> 00:10:08,610 about it? Or was she always like, yeah, this is great, do it? 149 00:10:09,170 --> 00:10:13,610 No. Early on, and I write about this in the book, that I was so angry and bitter 150 00:10:13,610 --> 00:10:14,870 that she would leave in tears. 151 00:10:15,430 --> 00:10:18,750 And so she knows the difference between the heart 152 00:10:18,750 --> 00:10:21,790 delivering the material today than it was 30 years ago 153 00:10:21,790 --> 00:10:24,490 so she gets it i mean you know because 154 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:27,870 people ask her all the time especially in a church are you okay with that and 155 00:10:27,870 --> 00:10:33,870 she always asked her to check clear you know that's all she cares yeah you know 156 00:10:33,870 --> 00:10:38,490 but no she she knows how bad it was and what the difference is now and if i 157 00:10:38,490 --> 00:10:44,610 i I challenge anyone to find any malice in what I say about her. It's just all. 158 00:10:44,850 --> 00:10:47,710 I mean, I could stand up there and tell you all the things I love about her. 159 00:10:47,910 --> 00:10:50,530 And you'd think it was nice, but you wouldn't laugh a whole lot. 160 00:10:52,150 --> 00:10:57,030 And it's the commonality of just human relationships. That's what I talk about. 161 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:01,930 There's no such thing as a conflict-free relationship. And I'm really pushing 162 00:11:01,930 --> 00:11:05,130 the 20 and 30-year-olds now because they've been raised to think that if you 163 00:11:05,130 --> 00:11:06,410 disagree with me, you hate me. 164 00:11:07,050 --> 00:11:13,950 I mean, really. I mean, it's like there's no room for disagreement with a lot of the young people. 165 00:11:14,030 --> 00:11:17,770 And I'm thinking, my gosh, Tammy and I, we've voted in I don't know how many 166 00:11:17,770 --> 00:11:20,610 elections and probably half of them she voted for the other person. 167 00:11:20,890 --> 00:11:25,050 You know, I mean, you can sleep with, make love to, and have a conversation 168 00:11:25,050 --> 00:11:26,770 with someone who doesn't agree with you. 169 00:11:27,330 --> 00:11:30,390 And as long as you're civil and you love and respect each other, 170 00:11:30,450 --> 00:11:32,710 then it's fine. So that's... 171 00:11:33,483 --> 00:11:37,603 I don't think she, I can't think of the last time I, there was one routine I 172 00:11:37,603 --> 00:11:40,423 did that I was worried about how she would take it. 173 00:11:40,463 --> 00:11:43,203 And it was, she came out of the bedroom with her hair up. 174 00:11:43,263 --> 00:11:46,103 She had all these creams and oils on her face and she was wearing this flannel 175 00:11:46,103 --> 00:11:50,463 thing that she's owned and these sweatpants that she's had so long, 176 00:11:50,563 --> 00:11:52,403 they're almost see-through. They're kind of sexy now. 177 00:11:52,483 --> 00:11:56,103 And this is, this is 30 plus years of marriage lingerie. 178 00:11:56,103 --> 00:11:59,923 You know, it's, it's just wore out sweatpants, you know, you get her in the 179 00:11:59,923 --> 00:12:02,823 right light, you go, Hey, that's kind of, anyway, Anyway, she walks out of the 180 00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:07,123 bedroom and she says to me, I just want to say this and don't get upset, 181 00:12:07,323 --> 00:12:09,223 but you don't touch me at night like you used to. 182 00:12:09,643 --> 00:12:11,863 And I look at her and said, well, I don't know how I missed it. 183 00:12:11,903 --> 00:12:14,003 That outfit screams touch me, you know? 184 00:12:14,443 --> 00:12:17,763 And I was worried about that one because, you know, how she would take that. 185 00:12:17,863 --> 00:12:21,403 And, but that's, yeah, I said, look, you want my attention, come out with nothing 186 00:12:21,403 --> 00:12:26,023 on, but one of my dress shirts and I'm yours, you know, and it doesn't work the other way. 187 00:12:26,043 --> 00:12:30,603 If I just come out with one of her, one of her blouses on, it's just the black 188 00:12:30,603 --> 00:12:35,543 sock, hairy leg blouse thing just doesn't work you know socks and just the top don't work. 189 00:12:37,803 --> 00:12:40,703 Mike yeah you know jeff like you know 190 00:12:40,703 --> 00:12:43,663 you've you've come up in an age of so many comics like 191 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:46,783 you know rodney dangerfield and george carlin 192 00:12:46,783 --> 00:12:49,943 and like you know and seinfeld like all these different comics 193 00:12:49,943 --> 00:12:53,443 and and you used to be able to just do comedy and 194 00:12:53,443 --> 00:12:56,403 comedy was comedy you know know right and like it 195 00:12:56,403 --> 00:12:59,183 wasn't so to the point where if you 196 00:12:59,183 --> 00:13:02,023 say the wrong thing you're offending someone it's in trouble 197 00:13:02,023 --> 00:13:04,863 but watching your watching your routine tonight 198 00:13:04,863 --> 00:13:10,043 how fun is it for you to just do what you're doing and kind of make fun of the 199 00:13:10,043 --> 00:13:14,223 fact that everything is so sensitive now like do you have fun with that just 200 00:13:14,223 --> 00:13:18,803 let it rip yeah because it seems like it yeah i don't i i don't spend five minutes 201 00:13:18,803 --> 00:13:23,183 thinking again we we go through it i'll call my manager and say look i got this 202 00:13:23,183 --> 00:13:24,303 thing i'm thinking about. 203 00:13:24,463 --> 00:13:26,543 Is it worth the blowback? 204 00:13:27,283 --> 00:13:30,363 You know, the problem I think I, what I have with X or Twitter, 205 00:13:30,463 --> 00:13:35,603 what it used to be is the fact that you, you get, it's just seems to be the 206 00:13:35,603 --> 00:13:38,223 lowest brow and the lowest form, 207 00:13:38,343 --> 00:13:42,023 which is just ad hominem. They call you names until you just give up. 208 00:13:42,763 --> 00:13:47,303 And my question when I was engaged with it was always, what is your end game here? 209 00:13:47,443 --> 00:13:51,263 I mean, if you're trying to change my heart and mind, calling me a nasty name 210 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:52,963 is, is going about it the wrong way. 211 00:13:53,323 --> 00:13:58,003 I'm open, you know, what's your point? And so that, you know, 212 00:13:58,003 --> 00:14:02,863 again, it's just, it really is a, it's a very large scale form of bullying to 213 00:14:02,863 --> 00:14:04,663 the point where they're destroying careers. 214 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:08,343 And that's when I ask myself, when I see somebody's career destroyed, 215 00:14:08,423 --> 00:14:12,343 was what they did worth the destruction of their entire livelihood? 216 00:14:12,423 --> 00:14:13,783 And I have yet to find one. 217 00:14:14,678 --> 00:14:16,138 That said or did anything that 218 00:14:16,138 --> 00:14:21,218 was worth it. So to me, it's just a very large, overt form of bullying. 219 00:14:21,458 --> 00:14:24,558 And I'm fortunate. The people that are coming out to see me, 220 00:14:24,598 --> 00:14:25,978 they know me. They know what I am. 221 00:14:26,418 --> 00:14:32,538 And I don't really have that issue. I bailed tonight a little bit on the Biden 222 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:34,358 stuff because I figured it's Asheville. 223 00:14:34,478 --> 00:14:36,438 I probably had a handful of people here. 224 00:14:36,698 --> 00:14:40,838 So there was no point in it. I mean, I could have made some comments. 225 00:14:41,078 --> 00:14:45,438 And in my head, I'm thinking it wasn't worth it. So I just went into something else. 226 00:14:45,698 --> 00:14:49,438 I did the Gunsmoke and Ice Cream line. And if you've got a problem with that, you've got problems. 227 00:14:51,778 --> 00:14:54,918 Gunsmoke. Yeah, Gunsmoke was a great reference. It's a great reference. 228 00:14:55,358 --> 00:14:58,598 I think one of the reasons why we do this show is to connect with people from 229 00:14:58,598 --> 00:14:59,678 all walks of life, right? 230 00:14:59,998 --> 00:15:04,578 And our audience is so diverse. And I wonder how much of our audience is going 231 00:15:04,578 --> 00:15:05,798 to get the Gunsmoke reference. 232 00:15:05,998 --> 00:15:10,178 But if they don't, they need to go search that because— I was out on tour with 233 00:15:10,178 --> 00:15:13,898 a guy. It was 15 years younger than me. 234 00:15:13,998 --> 00:15:16,738 And I brought up Gladys Kravitz from Bewitched. 235 00:15:17,538 --> 00:15:21,938 And he goes, Gladys Kravitz? What decade is that from? 236 00:15:22,818 --> 00:15:27,078 So we had jokes. He had fun poking at me, all my references. 237 00:15:27,658 --> 00:15:30,518 And again, my audience, if you don't get it, then look it up. 238 00:15:31,238 --> 00:15:36,478 But yeah, that's my father-in-law. When he left, every television in our house, 239 00:15:36,538 --> 00:15:38,398 as soon as you turned it on, went right to Gunsmoke. 240 00:15:40,818 --> 00:15:43,598 You know i feel like comedy should 241 00:15:43,598 --> 00:15:46,418 be like that safe zone right and they're like you just like it 242 00:15:46,418 --> 00:15:49,398 should be a place where like we can all just laugh and it 243 00:15:49,398 --> 00:15:53,178 doesn't have to mean anything other than we're just laughing in the moment right 244 00:15:53,178 --> 00:15:58,158 you know and or get up and leave i mean you know that was the line in the clubs 245 00:15:58,158 --> 00:16:01,638 remember they go there's no anchor on your rear end you know just you can leave 246 00:16:01,638 --> 00:16:07,698 i'm again my goal is not to offend but if you're offended i can't there's six billion people, 247 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:11,821 Am I supposed to lie awake at night and worry about all $6 billion? 248 00:16:12,061 --> 00:16:13,921 You should. You should, yes. Yes. 249 00:16:14,401 --> 00:16:20,381 And the beauty of the internet, which it made my career was the internet, 250 00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:23,621 is that it will cull like-minded people. 251 00:16:24,601 --> 00:16:30,101 People who share my videos, they share them to people they think will enjoy it. 252 00:16:30,521 --> 00:16:35,781 And tonight I had at least four husbands who brought their wives who have never seen me. 253 00:16:35,781 --> 00:16:38,521 You know and that then you always 254 00:16:38,521 --> 00:16:41,661 wonder you know because tammy and i have different ideas 255 00:16:41,661 --> 00:16:44,541 of what you know i always thought jim carrey was funny in those 256 00:16:44,541 --> 00:16:47,441 uh pet detective movies you know in earnest 257 00:16:47,441 --> 00:16:50,521 i used to take the boys to see earnest you know 258 00:16:50,521 --> 00:16:53,501 loved earnest by the way of course you know but tammy 259 00:16:53,501 --> 00:16:58,101 thought it was sophomoric and and just you know and i said of course it is yeah 260 00:16:58,101 --> 00:17:03,941 of course right pull my finger and shut up you know speaking of film and stuff 261 00:17:03,941 --> 00:17:08,081 i wanted to ask you a question So are you a massive lover of Star Trek because 262 00:17:08,081 --> 00:17:10,901 you were in a short fan film? 263 00:17:11,381 --> 00:17:15,921 Yeah. And I'm curious, do you love Star Trek a lot? And how did you get involved 264 00:17:15,921 --> 00:17:18,141 in that? Holy cow, you did your research. 265 00:17:19,081 --> 00:17:24,681 No, I am not. I don't know. I never. I watched the William Shatner. 266 00:17:24,841 --> 00:17:28,341 I watched those when I was a kid. But no, I'm not a sci-fi. 267 00:17:28,541 --> 00:17:33,801 And they reached out to me to do that just based on the comedy. 268 00:17:33,801 --> 00:17:37,601 And I auditioned. I had to do an audition. There was probably 20 of us. 269 00:17:37,721 --> 00:17:42,021 So anyway, we shot it in a day, I think. 270 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:46,241 And I saw that when he came, I haven't seen it since. As a matter of fact, 271 00:17:46,281 --> 00:17:50,001 we just got a new script from some screenwriter in Chicago. 272 00:17:50,261 --> 00:17:53,181 And the first thing Tammy said is, this is going to be another one of those 273 00:17:53,181 --> 00:17:58,161 Star Trek things where nobody sees it, you don't make any money. 274 00:17:58,381 --> 00:18:00,041 And I go, I don't know, actually. 275 00:18:01,801 --> 00:18:05,321 But I enjoyed doing it. You know, I mean, it looks fun. 276 00:18:05,401 --> 00:18:08,861 I mean, I think, uh, I think, you know, when you love doing something, 277 00:18:08,981 --> 00:18:10,661 whether it's comedy, film, whatever, right. 278 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:13,321 You just love to be in that moment and entertaining really, I would say, 279 00:18:13,341 --> 00:18:15,381 right. Like entertaining is everything, right? 280 00:18:15,441 --> 00:18:17,921 Like when you get to entertain people, even if you entertained, 281 00:18:18,141 --> 00:18:21,221 let's say 10 people with that movie, that's okay. 282 00:18:21,261 --> 00:18:25,681 I think that's a win. Oh, again, yeah, you can't get into the numbers, you know. 283 00:18:25,841 --> 00:18:29,461 And I've done shows for 15,000 people. I've done shows for 15, 284 00:18:29,501 --> 00:18:32,761 you know. And again, I enjoy what I do. 285 00:18:32,921 --> 00:18:37,301 So I think that's contagious, you know. 286 00:18:38,681 --> 00:18:44,481 When I stop enjoying it, I hope I'm in a position to, because I did not enjoy 287 00:18:44,481 --> 00:18:50,241 it in the 90s much, but I wasn't in a position financially to get out. 288 00:18:50,241 --> 00:18:56,321 And that was frustrating and I hope I'm in a position now when it just runs 289 00:18:56,321 --> 00:19:01,081 its course that you know I can go visit my grandkids and and live the rest of 290 00:19:01,081 --> 00:19:02,621 my life you know I keep forgetting I'm. 291 00:19:03,723 --> 00:19:06,623 At 67 you know because i 292 00:19:06,623 --> 00:19:09,483 i love it when you young guys come out you know because it's 293 00:19:09,483 --> 00:19:12,183 like holy cow man you're under 50 how'd you get in you know 294 00:19:12,183 --> 00:19:15,023 i thought we were checking ids at the door 295 00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:18,363 you know i love that like i 296 00:19:18,363 --> 00:19:21,763 uh we do have to wrap it up but what's your question there sir well first of 297 00:19:21,763 --> 00:19:26,963 all yes time flies right and what you also coined one of the most famous phrases 298 00:19:26,963 --> 00:19:32,223 happy wife happy life so thank you for that and i think the most of the world 299 00:19:32,223 --> 00:19:35,723 thanks you because because it's a global phrase we all use, 300 00:19:35,843 --> 00:19:39,243 but for those that didn't hear your set tonight, 301 00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:43,363 does that still hold up years later? Happy wife, happy life. 302 00:19:43,603 --> 00:19:46,763 Well, the line itself, I had to drop because people thought I stole it. 303 00:19:47,383 --> 00:19:51,243 You stole it from yourself. Well, it became so ubiquitous that they just hear it. 304 00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:54,683 Matter of fact, I just saw something the other night. Tammy and I were watching 305 00:19:54,683 --> 00:19:58,483 some reality show and the woman said, happy wife, happy life. 306 00:19:58,563 --> 00:19:59,403 She goes, well, look at that. 307 00:19:59,583 --> 00:20:04,643 And I go, yeah. Yeah, so anyway, when I first started saying it back in the 308 00:20:04,643 --> 00:20:07,683 90s, you know, it would get laughs and applause and things. 309 00:20:07,803 --> 00:20:11,243 And then eventually it just got nothing because people go, oh, 310 00:20:11,283 --> 00:20:12,083 yeah, we all earned that. 311 00:20:12,743 --> 00:20:16,063 So I just stopped doing it, you know. And then we had a flood in the basement, 312 00:20:16,203 --> 00:20:19,143 and I found 300 Happy Life T-shirts. 313 00:20:20,843 --> 00:20:26,063 So I'm bringing it back until those shirts are gone, you know. Yeah. 314 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:30,223 That's funny. Jeff, it has been an absolute pleasure. But one of the things 315 00:20:30,223 --> 00:20:34,063 we've got to mention before we wrap up is you are on tour and can you give a 316 00:20:34,063 --> 00:20:37,143 couple of dates coming up in the next couple, if you have a couple, 317 00:20:37,283 --> 00:20:38,883 a couple of weeks. So what you got going on in March? 318 00:20:39,383 --> 00:20:42,763 Yeah, I would just say go to the website and we got a brand new website. 319 00:20:42,923 --> 00:20:47,203 We just put it up and that's really cool, but it has all the dates. 320 00:20:47,323 --> 00:20:50,423 And then if you sign up for the Facebook page or the Instagram page, 321 00:20:50,563 --> 00:20:55,963 the feed, we post the calendar that they probably 10 or 12 dates coming up in 322 00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:58,283 the nearest, but we're hitting the whole country. 323 00:20:58,343 --> 00:21:02,983 So all the way, we're going to Hawaii in March and I got, you know, 324 00:21:03,003 --> 00:21:05,523 a Milwaukee on Sunday. I don't know when this will air, but, 325 00:21:06,406 --> 00:21:12,926 Florida. We've got a nice Florida run. Boca Raton and Palatka and Naples and Tampa. 326 00:21:13,926 --> 00:21:17,726 That sounds like a fun time. Yeah, I'm going to bring the golf clubs. That's for sure. 327 00:21:19,246 --> 00:21:23,126 Now, can you just tell our audience what that website is? JeffAllenComedy.com 328 00:21:23,126 --> 00:21:25,546 And do you have an Instagram as well? 329 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:29,086 It's jallancomedy. Nice. Everybody, please go check him out. 330 00:21:29,186 --> 00:21:33,006 He is so funny. And I love it because it doesn't matter. I'm 34. 331 00:21:33,706 --> 00:21:37,986 I'm a young man, I guess. and I feel like it doesn't matter your age. 332 00:21:38,126 --> 00:21:41,686 There is something in your comedy that you can relate to and I absolutely love 333 00:21:41,686 --> 00:21:45,566 that about what you do and it was just, I honestly had a great time. 334 00:21:45,646 --> 00:21:47,466 So thank you for having us and thank you for allowing us to interview. 335 00:21:47,726 --> 00:21:50,526 Thank you for that. That really is nice and it means something when the younger 336 00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:53,346 people say it because it's like, you know, you just, you know, 337 00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:57,586 you walk out and go, it's this crusty old guy, you know. 338 00:21:58,926 --> 00:22:03,406 So I golf with a lot of young guys and every time I come home crippled. 339 00:22:04,586 --> 00:22:07,986 Tammy says you think you're one of them you know and you're 340 00:22:07,986 --> 00:22:14,586 not your body can't take it so i take the cart now thank you again jeff it's 341 00:22:14,586 --> 00:22:20,126 an absolute pleasure and a huge shout out to tammy because you know yeah hopefully 342 00:22:20,126 --> 00:22:23,206 she's still awake all right everybody we'll be right back after this break again 343 00:22:23,206 --> 00:22:25,766 go check out jeff allen uh thank you guys so much. 344 00:22:28,006 --> 00:22:31,086 Hey everybody uncle dad here hanging out with just mike just mike we just had 345 00:22:31,086 --> 00:22:34,126 a great time last night for those who don't know it's now the future in our 346 00:22:34,126 --> 00:22:39,226 time we are in the future in the present and they're listening to the past what 347 00:22:39,226 --> 00:22:42,206 does that feel like wow that sounds so meta, 348 00:22:43,206 --> 00:22:50,346 we're we're currently in the future of the past but when you're listening to 349 00:22:50,346 --> 00:22:55,006 this this happened in the past but you're listening to it in the present crazy 350 00:22:55,006 --> 00:22:59,646 wow wowie wowie indeed uh yeah so So we just got done talking to Jeff Allen. 351 00:22:59,926 --> 00:23:02,926 That was such a great experience. Mike, I'm curious, you know, 352 00:23:02,946 --> 00:23:06,966 we've talked about it off mic, but for our audience, how was that experience for you? 353 00:23:07,866 --> 00:23:11,666 And I mean, I'm sure we both agree that Jeff Allen was amazing to talk to, 354 00:23:11,706 --> 00:23:13,386 but yeah, what was your thoughts on everything? 355 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:19,926 Well, first of all, Einstein, eat your heart out. And I thought it was fun. 356 00:23:19,986 --> 00:23:24,406 I always enjoy talking to comedians and they just. 357 00:23:25,824 --> 00:23:29,644 They just have really great responses and they know how to talk. 358 00:23:29,784 --> 00:23:36,244 They have great stories and, you know, and obviously he's a seasoned veteran, so he was no different. 359 00:23:36,324 --> 00:23:40,844 And it's great to see his routine and then to, you know, sit and talk with him 360 00:23:40,844 --> 00:23:43,864 in the what room did they call it? 361 00:23:44,324 --> 00:23:47,784 That's right. The name of the room we went into was called the Coolidge Room. 362 00:23:48,024 --> 00:23:51,364 Not a green room, but the Coolidge Room. It's where you cool off to, 363 00:23:51,444 --> 00:23:54,464 you know, and think about Jennifer Coolidge. Thank you. 364 00:23:55,024 --> 00:23:57,384 Thank you, Kelly. Jennifer Coolidge. 365 00:23:59,184 --> 00:24:02,364 You know, and where we were at, we were at the Omni Grove Park Inn, 366 00:24:02,464 --> 00:24:04,844 and that hotel was stunning. 367 00:24:05,024 --> 00:24:09,724 But Mike, I think we should tell the audience a little fun story of how we got 368 00:24:09,724 --> 00:24:13,224 lost for probably like an hour, right? 369 00:24:13,304 --> 00:24:15,224 What do you think, Mike? I would say it was an hour, yeah. 370 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:20,504 Yeah, I felt like we might get lost when we were walking to the part of the 371 00:24:20,504 --> 00:24:23,404 Grove Inn that had the comedy show. 372 00:24:23,684 --> 00:24:27,404 And sure enough, as we were walking back, we got lost because that place is 373 00:24:27,404 --> 00:24:31,264 huge and there was no real direction for us. 374 00:24:31,464 --> 00:24:34,184 Yeah, it's hard to describe it without actually seeing it, of course, 375 00:24:34,224 --> 00:24:39,424 but there is, I'll do my best to do so. When we parked, we parked, we're with our party. 376 00:24:39,564 --> 00:24:44,204 We leave, we go to the one flight of stairs, we'll go to the elevator. 377 00:24:44,464 --> 00:24:49,424 We then go downstairs, down an elevator to go through what's called the spa level, 378 00:24:49,424 --> 00:24:52,724 level walk through the spa level which is beautiful by the way it's like a bunch 379 00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:56,904 of cavernous it's like walking through batman's bat cave would you agree with 380 00:24:56,904 --> 00:24:59,944 that yeah if batman's bat cave was a spa for well if. 381 00:25:00,942 --> 00:25:04,962 Treatment, yes. So you're walking through that, and then when you get to the 382 00:25:04,962 --> 00:25:08,162 end, you take another elevator going all the way up to the eighth floor. 383 00:25:08,442 --> 00:25:12,962 Then you have to walk around there, get to the grand ballroom, and there is Jeff Allen. 384 00:25:13,322 --> 00:25:16,862 So now we have to do all that backwards, and I just don't think that happened. 385 00:25:17,102 --> 00:25:19,162 Especially after a few drinks. Yes. 386 00:25:20,122 --> 00:25:23,682 But, you know, it was funny at first, and we laughed, and then we started getting 387 00:25:23,682 --> 00:25:26,922 frustrated because it was damn near an hour, and we're like, 388 00:25:27,002 --> 00:25:28,362 how the hell are we going to get out of here? 389 00:25:28,782 --> 00:25:33,142 And so luckily we figured out, well, if we just walk in the parking garage the 390 00:25:33,142 --> 00:25:35,962 exact way we came in with the car, we'll find it that way. 391 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:40,762 Thank you to my sister who attended the event with us who wants credit for that. 392 00:25:41,302 --> 00:25:47,182 As she deserves. Okay. Yeah. Shout out to Sister Hampton. Let's do it. 393 00:25:47,362 --> 00:25:49,122 Who we'll be talking to later on the show. 394 00:25:49,422 --> 00:25:53,722 I hope so. I hope so. I hope she's ready to be grilled. If we can book her. 395 00:25:53,802 --> 00:25:55,302 She is a busy body person. 396 00:25:56,082 --> 00:26:00,022 Busy body indeed. Yeah. Yeah, so everybody, I hope you're enjoying this experience 397 00:26:00,022 --> 00:26:04,022 with us here in Nashville, and we'll be right back after this little break. 398 00:26:04,942 --> 00:26:07,482 All right, everybody. Uncle Dad here hanging out with Just Mike. 399 00:26:07,642 --> 00:26:09,062 Mike, say hello as always. 400 00:26:09,382 --> 00:26:14,042 Hi, hello, hello. We are at Dissolver Brewery, right? That's correct. 401 00:26:14,282 --> 00:26:18,882 We're at Dissolver Brewery, and we got ourselves a local rock star. 402 00:26:19,222 --> 00:26:24,182 We got somebody who's been around and has done some wild things and has been 403 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:26,642 able to live a life that I can only dream of. 404 00:26:27,262 --> 00:26:30,522 Isn't that true, Mr. My Captain? I think so, yeah. 405 00:26:30,642 --> 00:26:36,642 I mean, judging by his hair, I think he gets a lot of doors open for him. I think so. 406 00:26:36,922 --> 00:26:40,962 I'm pretty sure somewhere down the line he's related to Brad Pitt. 407 00:26:42,042 --> 00:26:45,642 Brad Pitt is definitely his uncle, maybe even his dad. I don't know. 408 00:26:46,702 --> 00:26:51,202 But please introduce our very special guest. Yeah, so here in Asheville, 409 00:26:51,262 --> 00:26:53,902 there's a band, a jazz band, Brass Band. 410 00:26:55,063 --> 00:26:59,383 Who I've seen a few times and I love, and I love their name because it's Star 411 00:26:59,383 --> 00:27:01,443 Wars themed and we love Star Wars, right? 412 00:27:01,863 --> 00:27:08,543 Yes, of course. We do. The Empire Strikes Brass. And we have the trombone player, Jacob Bruner. 413 00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:12,943 And the trombone is my favorite instrument, jazz brass instrument. 414 00:27:13,183 --> 00:27:16,603 So it's a pleasure to have Jacob on the show. Jacob, thanks for coming. 415 00:27:17,283 --> 00:27:19,923 Absolutely. Thanks for having me, y'all. This is going to be fun. 416 00:27:20,123 --> 00:27:23,263 Now, Jacob, how do you feel that I think you're related to Brad Pitt? 417 00:27:24,043 --> 00:27:29,323 It's crazy. We actually are related. He was having me out in California just the other week. 418 00:27:30,063 --> 00:27:34,103 We were at an award show, the Grammys. We went to the Grammys together. 419 00:27:34,723 --> 00:27:36,983 You know, I believe it. I mean, why would you lie about that? 420 00:27:36,983 --> 00:27:39,763 There's no reason for you to lie about that, right? Absolutely not. 421 00:27:40,523 --> 00:27:42,943 Just I hope Brad Pitt doesn't come see us, but that's a different story. 422 00:27:43,143 --> 00:27:46,503 All right. So, Mike, I know you had some pretty wonderful questions to ask him, 423 00:27:46,543 --> 00:27:48,123 so go ahead and kick it off. Wonderful, wonderful. 424 00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:52,523 Yeah, well, mainly, like, so first of all, you live in Asheville. 425 00:27:52,623 --> 00:27:54,243 Where are you from originally? 426 00:27:55,063 --> 00:28:01,823 I grew up in a town called Cary right next to Raleigh. So when I was about one, we moved there. 427 00:28:02,263 --> 00:28:05,503 And at that point, it was just like small suburbs. 428 00:28:05,743 --> 00:28:11,663 And then by the time I left when I was 18, it was just like condos and mini 429 00:28:11,663 --> 00:28:14,563 malls just like kind of exploded in population. 430 00:28:15,743 --> 00:28:19,503 So that's where I grew up. I saw it change a lot. And then I went to school 431 00:28:19,503 --> 00:28:22,963 in Greensboro, North Carolina. And then I came out here. 432 00:28:23,983 --> 00:28:28,903 With all those moves is there ever a point where it feels like your one is better than the other. 433 00:28:29,943 --> 00:28:33,243 Ashville i would say is definitely my favorite i feel 434 00:28:33,243 --> 00:28:38,903 super at home out here and i it'll only have been three years since i moved 435 00:28:38,903 --> 00:28:45,203 here in may so it's just been an incredible experience so far honestly especially 436 00:28:45,203 --> 00:28:50,643 like joining empire strikes brass and then a bunch of other projects too too. 437 00:28:50,643 --> 00:28:56,943 And just the music scene here is definitely a new family for me that I just never knew I would have. 438 00:28:57,423 --> 00:29:02,083 Yeah, you know, Asheville is a great place for artists, musicians. 439 00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:05,883 You know, I've come to visit here many times since my sister lives here. 440 00:29:06,063 --> 00:29:09,603 And I'm even thinking of moving here just because, you know, 441 00:29:09,603 --> 00:29:13,083 the experience I feel, I feel at home here. It's beautiful. 442 00:29:13,343 --> 00:29:16,663 There's so much great food. there's as you know 443 00:29:16,663 --> 00:29:20,263 there's so much great breweries and and but let 444 00:29:20,263 --> 00:29:23,523 me ask you about empire strikes brass because they're like the the 445 00:29:23,523 --> 00:29:26,743 band i would say uh like the ashville band 446 00:29:26,743 --> 00:29:31,483 and i know you guys don't just play here in ashville but i've been several times 447 00:29:31,483 --> 00:29:36,863 that i've been here coming to see empire is like part of the part of the itinerary 448 00:29:36,863 --> 00:29:40,683 so like how do you get connected like you first of all how long have you been 449 00:29:40,683 --> 00:29:41,863 playing the trombone and then 450 00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:45,963 how do you get into a band that's so well-established here in Nashville? 451 00:29:46,983 --> 00:29:52,123 Yeah, I think with opportunities like that, there's definitely a lot of luck 452 00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:53,543 and timing involved because. 453 00:29:55,118 --> 00:29:59,898 There's a lot of incredible trombonists in Asheville, which is surprising because 454 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,838 not that many people play the trombone. 455 00:30:01,978 --> 00:30:05,698 So for so many to be in one place is pretty unique. 456 00:30:06,598 --> 00:30:11,298 And as far as when I started, I started playing trombone in middle school in sixth grade band. 457 00:30:11,718 --> 00:30:15,998 And I just kind of kept going as my love for music grew. 458 00:30:16,158 --> 00:30:19,838 And I switched instruments a few times doing classical music. 459 00:30:19,838 --> 00:30:24,578 But when I started to take jazz more seriously, I switched back to trombone 460 00:30:24,578 --> 00:30:27,058 and dedicated myself a lot more to that. 461 00:30:27,298 --> 00:30:33,498 So fast forward to when I moved to Asheville, I knew a few people out here. 462 00:30:33,538 --> 00:30:36,758 But no one in really like the funk or jazz scene for the most part. 463 00:30:36,758 --> 00:30:40,338 And so basically what 464 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:43,518 you do is just go to the jams play with 465 00:30:43,518 --> 00:30:46,698 people learn like the standard songs people 466 00:30:46,698 --> 00:30:49,678 like to play in the area then you can like have that dialogue with 467 00:30:49,678 --> 00:30:53,058 people of like oh we can play the same songs together that was. 468 00:30:53,058 --> 00:30:56,658 Fun and then eventually someone 469 00:30:56,658 --> 00:30:59,718 can't make something life happens and they 470 00:30:59,718 --> 00:31:03,218 need someone to fill in and if you're 471 00:31:03,218 --> 00:31:06,758 in the right place in the the right time there's that luck coming involved 472 00:31:06,758 --> 00:31:10,338 it all comes together and with 473 00:31:10,338 --> 00:31:13,098 the timing of it with me particularly I had 474 00:31:13,098 --> 00:31:16,358 a lot of crazy life stuff happen at 475 00:31:16,358 --> 00:31:19,378 a certain point in time I think about one year after I 476 00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:23,258 moved here and went through that process of like 477 00:31:23,258 --> 00:31:26,318 going to the jams and just showing up in the scene without 478 00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:29,258 being in a band or anything like that and then 479 00:31:29,258 --> 00:31:32,318 a year later I like had quit my 480 00:31:32,318 --> 00:31:35,158 job suddenly and had some other personal stuff go 481 00:31:35,158 --> 00:31:37,898 on and I didn't really have a plan and then 482 00:31:37,898 --> 00:31:40,818 right at that moment was when I got the opportunity to 483 00:31:40,818 --> 00:31:43,578 play my first gig with Empire Strikes Press just as 484 00:31:43,578 --> 00:31:46,658 a substitute but then as they needed someone 485 00:31:46,658 --> 00:31:49,658 to step into that role more permanently I was 486 00:31:49,658 --> 00:31:52,438 well positioned to do it and I had showed up and done a 487 00:31:52,438 --> 00:31:55,978 decent job too so it's like being lucky being 488 00:31:55,978 --> 00:31:58,878 ready and then like showing up and doing 489 00:31:58,878 --> 00:32:01,458 it and also in a band like that that's a 490 00:32:01,458 --> 00:32:06,078 family you know you want to be a nice person to be around too that's kind of 491 00:32:06,078 --> 00:32:10,298 necessary to be in a band you know i want to kind of go back a little bit you're 492 00:32:10,298 --> 00:32:13,938 talking about growing up and stuff and what was the first song you learned how 493 00:32:13,938 --> 00:32:19,918 to play do you remember that oh great question oh my gosh i don't think anyone's 494 00:32:19,918 --> 00:32:20,978 ever asked me that question before. 495 00:32:22,422 --> 00:32:28,542 First song i learned how to play it might have been a piano song or i guess 496 00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:33,182 if we're being like legit it's probably like hot cross buns on the recorder 497 00:32:33,182 --> 00:32:34,862 and like kindergarten really, 498 00:32:35,642 --> 00:32:38,602 what did you call it hot cross ones hot cross buns 499 00:32:38,602 --> 00:32:41,702 i don't think i do do you know that song mike yeah you'd 500 00:32:41,702 --> 00:32:44,662 know it if you'd heard it you would yeah the first song and 501 00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:47,462 beginning recorder quarter kindergarten or whatever 502 00:32:47,462 --> 00:32:50,782 it's like hot cross buns hot cross 503 00:32:50,782 --> 00:32:53,542 buns one of any too many hot cross 504 00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:56,542 buns or something like that i actually don't know that easiest song ever 505 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:59,482 on any instrument so probably that so next 506 00:32:59,482 --> 00:33:02,642 time you play live we should play that honestly you got 507 00:33:02,642 --> 00:33:07,762 me cooking a little bit because in my i i'm a keyboardist too and i have a trio 508 00:33:07,762 --> 00:33:14,482 called sugar bomb and And we sometimes will take classic songs that everyone 509 00:33:14,482 --> 00:33:21,202 knows and then add some kind of stylistic twist to it that's more like our style. 510 00:33:21,342 --> 00:33:26,362 We would totally do something like that with a song like Hot Cross Buns. I love it. 511 00:33:27,262 --> 00:33:30,502 Hopefully we inspired that for your next session. 512 00:33:31,882 --> 00:33:37,142 So when you're playing with, what's your other band? 513 00:33:37,142 --> 00:33:40,382 Band the trio i just mentioned is called sugar bomb sugar 514 00:33:40,382 --> 00:33:43,902 bone so when you guys play is that your is 515 00:33:43,902 --> 00:33:47,142 that kind of you had had that band and 516 00:33:47,142 --> 00:33:50,242 you kind of steer that ship as opposed to with empire you 517 00:33:50,242 --> 00:33:52,882 you know you're you're part of a i mean there's a lot 518 00:33:52,882 --> 00:33:56,742 of there's a lot of players in that an empire how many are in empire depending 519 00:33:56,742 --> 00:33:59,702 on the show we can operate kind of in different sizes 520 00:33:59,702 --> 00:34:03,022 which is cool because there's so many people in the band but if 521 00:34:03,022 --> 00:34:05,962 it's a big show and we have all hands on deck we'll 522 00:34:05,962 --> 00:34:08,882 probably have nine or ten people on stage that's a 523 00:34:08,882 --> 00:34:11,582 bit i mean and it's great and and it's so fun i'll come 524 00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:14,342 back to that but so so so for your 525 00:34:14,342 --> 00:34:17,262 other band the hot six like is that is that 526 00:34:17,262 --> 00:34:20,522 is that something that you coordinate or or are you is 527 00:34:20,522 --> 00:34:23,542 someone else had kind of headlining that band in sugar 528 00:34:23,542 --> 00:34:28,842 bomb it's i got to give a lot of credit to our bass player eli khan because 529 00:34:28,842 --> 00:34:34,462 he's just so on the ball with like the making things happen side of things and 530 00:34:34,462 --> 00:34:40,822 I can be maybe more of a stereotypical creative and like a bit aloof with that kind of stuff. 531 00:34:41,182 --> 00:34:46,122 So he gets us going a lot, but in the nature of a trio, that's keys, bass, and drums. 532 00:34:47,162 --> 00:34:50,062 Naturally, I have to take a huge lead in that because... 533 00:34:51,202 --> 00:34:56,042 Keyboard kind of is like a lot of the song, you know, I'm like coloring in the 534 00:34:56,042 --> 00:34:58,882 whole picture and then like bass and drums. 535 00:34:59,442 --> 00:35:04,962 It's like very foundational. But Eli is known for his hybrid guitar playing, 536 00:35:05,062 --> 00:35:09,942 which is if you don't know what that is, it's like three bass guitar strings 537 00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:13,322 and four regular guitar strings all on one electric instrument. 538 00:35:13,322 --> 00:35:16,762 So he's an amazing guitar player too and 539 00:35:16,762 --> 00:35:19,622 this is was kind of his first project or so 540 00:35:19,622 --> 00:35:22,462 that he was playing bass on so it's it's very 541 00:35:22,462 --> 00:35:25,202 uh even in that group but then in the past like when 542 00:35:25,202 --> 00:35:28,602 i recorded my own music a long time ago and would 543 00:35:28,602 --> 00:35:32,702 i like to do like big sessions or one time i coordinated 544 00:35:32,702 --> 00:35:35,562 a whole big band new year's eve thing 545 00:35:35,562 --> 00:35:38,222 that i was like the leader of and when you lead a 546 00:35:38,222 --> 00:35:42,222 project like that yeah it's very much more so a dictatorship for 547 00:35:42,222 --> 00:35:47,262 good reason like it just it won't get done if there's not someone that has the 548 00:35:47,262 --> 00:35:50,502 whole list of things that's like this is what needs to be done to make something 549 00:35:50,502 --> 00:35:55,982 happen and then you just like if you can like delegate certain things but at 550 00:35:55,982 --> 00:36:00,042 the end of the day you're still the person that's making everything happen and. 551 00:36:00,542 --> 00:36:03,202 Being in a band like empire it's kind of 552 00:36:03,202 --> 00:36:06,062 nice to be able to share the responsibility with everyone 553 00:36:06,062 --> 00:36:08,882 one i i really wanted to say something for past guys 554 00:36:08,882 --> 00:36:11,602 i'm sorry for that sound in the background we are outside of the 555 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:14,642 dissolver brewery so i apologize for any certain sound 556 00:36:14,642 --> 00:36:19,062 issues but back to the interview i so when you talk about you know collaboration 557 00:36:19,062 --> 00:36:24,022 and all this stuff for you what is the the most collab the collaboration you 558 00:36:24,022 --> 00:36:27,982 look forward to doing the most do you look forward to like the behind the scenes 559 00:36:27,982 --> 00:36:30,442 collaboration because collaboration is more than just music right? 560 00:36:30,502 --> 00:36:32,682 So what is your favorite part of collaboration? 561 00:36:33,782 --> 00:36:35,282 Another great question. 562 00:36:36,853 --> 00:36:43,473 I guess my favorite part would maybe be just like the moments that don't have 563 00:36:43,473 --> 00:36:46,093 to do with like the task at hand. 564 00:36:46,433 --> 00:36:53,013 Like you say you're recording, you got to go to somewhere, set up all the stuff, 565 00:36:53,133 --> 00:36:55,073 takes a really long time, get it all dialed in. 566 00:36:55,213 --> 00:37:00,213 And then when you're in the process of recording it, it's like kind of high 567 00:37:00,213 --> 00:37:04,033 stress because you're trying to get everything right at the same time. 568 00:37:04,493 --> 00:37:08,913 And that can be high stress. But then say everything's set up, 569 00:37:08,913 --> 00:37:11,333 you're done for the day, maybe you're doing another day the next day, 570 00:37:11,413 --> 00:37:14,993 and there's nothing but time to kill and just like chill out. 571 00:37:15,393 --> 00:37:21,373 And then, you know, those moments, you know, you have a lot of good bonds with 572 00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:23,853 the people that you're collaborating with. 573 00:37:23,853 --> 00:37:26,853 And if you play music with people 574 00:37:26,853 --> 00:37:29,633 i think a lot of the time it works out that you get 575 00:37:29,633 --> 00:37:32,853 along well too and that ideally it 576 00:37:32,853 --> 00:37:36,453 does i think even families fight shall 577 00:37:36,453 --> 00:37:39,653 we say but yeah you 578 00:37:39,653 --> 00:37:42,913 also have a ton of amazing memories with your family that 579 00:37:42,913 --> 00:37:45,873 you wouldn't trade for anything so comes with 580 00:37:45,873 --> 00:37:48,573 both sides yeah you know i like i said 581 00:37:48,573 --> 00:37:51,633 i've seen you guys play you know i've seen empire play a few few times and 582 00:37:51,633 --> 00:37:54,533 i've seen you know your sugar bomb there's a 583 00:37:54,533 --> 00:37:57,353 there's a spot here called the ashville music hall and then beneath it. 584 00:37:57,353 --> 00:38:01,273 Is another spot called the one stop and one 585 00:38:01,273 --> 00:38:04,253 thing i love about those and i so you know 586 00:38:04,253 --> 00:38:07,173 it's very it reminds me a lot of new orleans the style of 587 00:38:07,173 --> 00:38:10,833 the amount of people that play jam and 588 00:38:10,833 --> 00:38:13,693 and brass and just come up and hop 589 00:38:13,693 --> 00:38:16,353 in and hop out it reminds me so much in 590 00:38:16,353 --> 00:38:19,173 new orleans and and i don't think a lot of people even realize that about 591 00:38:19,173 --> 00:38:22,153 ashville is that there's such a scene 592 00:38:22,153 --> 00:38:25,053 like that and and i one of 593 00:38:25,053 --> 00:38:27,933 my favorite memories of coming here was coming to 594 00:38:27,933 --> 00:38:31,213 a funk jam on tuesday nights because you 595 00:38:31,213 --> 00:38:34,513 know otherwise tuesdays suck right i guess which 596 00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:38,013 in new orleans rebirth brass band always plays 597 00:38:38,013 --> 00:38:40,813 on tuesday nights that's like their nights they had many 598 00:38:40,813 --> 00:38:43,533 years running at the maple leaf and now they run at 599 00:38:43,533 --> 00:38:47,253 the rabbit hole but but tuesday night's night so here at 600 00:38:47,253 --> 00:38:50,053 the ashville music hall tuesday night or the one stop 601 00:38:50,053 --> 00:38:52,733 tuesday night's the funk jam like how fun is 602 00:38:52,733 --> 00:38:56,913 that for you like one when you get to play with with empire and one when you 603 00:38:56,913 --> 00:39:00,713 get to just come with with your sugar bum or just yourself and then just hop 604 00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:08,533 in yeah i mean there's definitely a big community aspect to that and i owe so 605 00:39:08,533 --> 00:39:12,633 much to the jams out here because because that's how I ultimately got connected with everyone, 606 00:39:13,353 --> 00:39:16,673 and how you can create that bond with all the other people in the community, 607 00:39:16,833 --> 00:39:18,413 even if you don't play in a band with them. 608 00:39:18,793 --> 00:39:24,273 And it's cool because we're all on each other's team in that way too, where like, I wanna see. 609 00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:31,537 Them succeed and vice versa and i i love that about the one sob too just that 610 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:36,417 everyone can come together i'm kind of blanking on the original question at 611 00:39:36,417 --> 00:39:40,117 this point sorry be honest i love it, 612 00:39:40,977 --> 00:39:43,857 it's okay sometimes i blink on the questions i 613 00:39:43,857 --> 00:39:46,497 ask so you know when 614 00:39:46,497 --> 00:39:48,697 you're having too much fun out here it's sometimes you just lose track you know 615 00:39:48,697 --> 00:39:53,497 so you know before i want to wrap up soon but before we do i want to ask you 616 00:39:53,497 --> 00:39:56,617 now that you've been doing this and being part of this movement and obviously 617 00:39:56,617 --> 00:39:59,737 you're part of a you know you're part of a band that is as a theme but star 618 00:39:59,737 --> 00:40:06,477 wars right so what is your favorite star wars death scene favorite star wars death scene, 619 00:40:09,297 --> 00:40:15,157 well i guess the end of three doesn't really count as a death scene because he doesn't die. 620 00:40:16,717 --> 00:40:20,117 Yes revenge of the sith so favorite death 621 00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:24,177 oh well can 622 00:40:24,177 --> 00:40:27,297 i say that is kind of the death of of 623 00:40:27,297 --> 00:40:29,957 anakin and the birth so it kind 624 00:40:29,957 --> 00:40:32,597 of is a death and a birth so you could you i 625 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:35,857 would say that it's fair the death the death of anakin skywalker 626 00:40:35,857 --> 00:40:38,717 yeah i like i actually think i think you're dead on 627 00:40:38,717 --> 00:40:41,377 right mike because i think people argue about that like well yeah technically 628 00:40:41,377 --> 00:40:46,197 anakin died at at that point yeah but then people argue anakin came back at 629 00:40:46,197 --> 00:40:50,557 the end of jedi technically because remember he became his original self and 630 00:40:50,557 --> 00:40:55,297 he was there for luke so he's like jesus he just came back yeah pretty much 631 00:40:55,297 --> 00:40:58,437 pretty much uh he was just trying to get on god's good side real quick. 632 00:40:59,497 --> 00:41:03,637 You know so i have to tell you mine real fast so mine is actually there's all 633 00:41:03,637 --> 00:41:08,517 this hype for this character on i think it's is it is it it's either jedi or 634 00:41:08,517 --> 00:41:13,117 it's strike or strikes back and And it's where we first see Boba Fett, right? 635 00:41:13,417 --> 00:41:17,437 You finally see Boba Fett, and then that motherfucker dies, right? 636 00:41:17,577 --> 00:41:19,917 He gets into the sandpit monster, and he's dead. 637 00:41:20,517 --> 00:41:26,277 Do you remember that? Yeah. Yeah. And it's just like a little anticlimactic 638 00:41:26,277 --> 00:41:28,897 in that way. It's like, wait, he just rolled up. 639 00:41:29,557 --> 00:41:32,857 Exactly. And then he's gone. So I don't know. That's just how I feel. 640 00:41:33,137 --> 00:41:35,237 What is your favorite, Mike? Well, but then he came back because, 641 00:41:35,337 --> 00:41:37,517 you know, now we know that he crawled out of the Sarlacc pit, 642 00:41:37,597 --> 00:41:39,137 and now we have Boba Fett series. 643 00:41:39,857 --> 00:41:42,817 Sure. but at that time that 644 00:41:42,817 --> 00:41:45,657 was never a thing for many years we all thought he was dead yes 645 00:41:45,657 --> 00:41:48,877 rest in peace for many years r.i.p r.i.p all 646 00:41:48,877 --> 00:41:51,697 right so before we wrap up where can our audience connect with you 647 00:41:51,697 --> 00:41:56,437 and learn more about you and the band so you participate in probably just instagram 648 00:41:56,437 --> 00:42:00,897 that's the easiest i uh kind of connect everything through that my handle is 649 00:42:00,897 --> 00:42:06,177 nice and easy to remember it's i am jacob i play music one word yeah all one 650 00:42:06,177 --> 00:42:09,437 word okay i am jacob i play music Wow. 651 00:42:09,757 --> 00:42:12,637 That's fun. I love that. And that all, all platforms? 652 00:42:13,157 --> 00:42:17,457 Yeah, pretty much. Okay. And then do your, do the bands have a Instagram as well? 653 00:42:17,877 --> 00:42:23,957 Yeah, I have all the bands I regularly play on, like in my bio. And then I think that. 654 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:28,180 Handle also works on band camp to find like my own 655 00:42:28,180 --> 00:42:31,080 music that i put up there and stuff i love that now mike do 656 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,360 you have any last words before we wrap up well yes will 657 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:38,420 we hear more of the star wars orchestrated 658 00:42:38,420 --> 00:42:42,080 music translated into jazz and brass from 659 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,480 empire going forward well honestly empire 660 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,740 really only plays like one star wars 661 00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:53,260 thing and it's just this really really badass 662 00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:58,740 like ending tag we like to do so we'll play whatever the last song is and then 663 00:42:58,740 --> 00:43:04,960 just in the key of whatever song we just played our drummer nick will just hit 664 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:09,220 the clicks of whatever ending we're about to do and when he does it for we call 665 00:43:09,220 --> 00:43:11,820 it empire we just all together go. 666 00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:24,340 So that's really the the one star wars thing we actually play but there's uh 667 00:43:24,340 --> 00:43:28,860 i feel like there's definitely potential for something there and i i love star 668 00:43:28,860 --> 00:43:34,180 wars music i think we maybe should i i would love to hear the cantina song at 669 00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:38,600 least like in between two other songs that you guys play maybe do a quick little, 670 00:43:42,980 --> 00:43:46,420 I guess I'll just have to come to the show and see that's it that's it alright 671 00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:49,760 buddy thank you guys so much for listening we'll be right back with more Asheville 672 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,460 content please go support our act 673 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,640 all the people who've been on the show we're so thankful for your time and thank 674 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,000 you again Jacob appreciate you so much absolutely thanks for having me take care. 675 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:48,080 Music. 676 00:44:48,494 --> 00:44:53,394 What a great week this has been so far. It's been full of fun, fun, fun. 677 00:44:53,894 --> 00:44:59,174 And we just got done talking to Jacob Bruner of Empire Strikes Brass. 678 00:44:59,894 --> 00:45:04,014 I'm curious, Mike, I know you were very excited to talk to him because I know 679 00:45:04,014 --> 00:45:06,354 that world of jazz means a lot to you. 680 00:45:06,434 --> 00:45:11,454 So what was that like to talk to somebody who's also passionate about the music you like? 681 00:45:12,194 --> 00:45:16,034 Yeah, I feel like it's kind of been a theme this month is talking to 682 00:45:16,034 --> 00:45:19,054 jazz and jazz players and 683 00:45:19,054 --> 00:45:22,814 so yeah it's interesting to talk to someone who's not 684 00:45:22,814 --> 00:45:26,094 in the new orleans jazz brass scene and 685 00:45:26,094 --> 00:45:32,974 who comes up in the suburbs of raleigh north carolina and found his way here 686 00:45:32,974 --> 00:45:36,714 in nashville by just you know following that it's the same thing we always talk 687 00:45:36,714 --> 00:45:41,354 about you know you follow that thread of your passion and see the doors that 688 00:45:41,354 --> 00:45:43,494 open when you when and you give yourself up to that. 689 00:45:43,714 --> 00:45:46,174 And this seems to be working out for Jacob. So it was cool. 690 00:45:46,554 --> 00:45:49,834 Yeah, that is a constant theme of this show, I feel. 691 00:45:49,934 --> 00:45:54,134 It's like we talk to people about passion and how it leads them to that certain 692 00:45:54,134 --> 00:45:57,454 moment that gets them to that point to allow them to unlock, 693 00:45:57,854 --> 00:46:01,414 maybe not necessarily their full potential, but their beginning of their dream 694 00:46:01,414 --> 00:46:02,934 or the end of their dream, whatever it is, right? 695 00:46:03,454 --> 00:46:07,654 And what I find really interesting about Jacob's story was that you can tell 696 00:46:07,654 --> 00:46:10,214 he's still relatively young, or pretty young, I would think, 697 00:46:10,254 --> 00:46:15,054 right? and he's in two bands, and you can tell he's so creative, 698 00:46:15,134 --> 00:46:17,074 and it was exciting to talk to him and see his process. 699 00:46:18,174 --> 00:46:22,194 And I haven't seen them live yet, but I hope I get to. 700 00:46:22,554 --> 00:46:26,034 Next time I'm out here, please let me join you, and we'll go see them live. What do you think? 701 00:46:26,314 --> 00:46:30,754 I think we'll try and coordinate when you come back out in the summer that it'll 702 00:46:30,754 --> 00:46:31,594 be when they are playing. 703 00:46:31,854 --> 00:46:35,734 I think that would be a good idea. I think so. We'll do an actual summer edition. How about that? 704 00:46:36,674 --> 00:46:40,054 So when we talk about this show and what we've been doing this weekend, 705 00:46:40,394 --> 00:46:43,974 We have another trip or another special guest lined up next. 706 00:46:44,374 --> 00:46:47,494 And that is the ever so wonderful. 707 00:46:48,503 --> 00:46:51,583 Monica, your sister, your blood. 708 00:46:52,343 --> 00:46:57,023 But wait, we forgot to mention the fact that we were at Dissolver and it was 709 00:46:57,023 --> 00:46:59,523 Twin Peaks Day while we were there, right? 710 00:46:59,883 --> 00:47:02,263 You're right. I don't know why we even talked about Dissolver, 711 00:47:02,323 --> 00:47:03,163 Mike, and I know I forgot. 712 00:47:04,163 --> 00:47:08,663 Yeah, that's right. Before I announced the special guest, spoiler alert. 713 00:47:09,803 --> 00:47:13,303 Yeah, we were at Dissolver and part of the reason we were at Dissolver was because 714 00:47:13,303 --> 00:47:17,723 I wanted to go or I wanted us all to go to be a part of the Twin Peaks Day celebration. 715 00:47:18,503 --> 00:47:22,123 Because for those who don't know, when we recorded this, it was February 24th. 716 00:47:22,123 --> 00:47:27,963 And February 24th is the first day that Agent Cooper arrives to Twin Peaks and 717 00:47:27,963 --> 00:47:32,183 begins the story of Twin Peaks. Now, Dissolver did a special brew. 718 00:47:32,323 --> 00:47:35,903 And I can't remember the name of the, or what was inside the beer. 719 00:47:36,043 --> 00:47:40,163 But what I can tell you is they did a special release for the Twin Peaks day of the beer. 720 00:47:40,383 --> 00:47:45,623 And it was based on a coffee, which makes sense. because Agent Cooper was always, 721 00:47:46,223 --> 00:47:50,543 he was obsessed with the coffee at that little diner in Twin Peaks. 722 00:47:50,723 --> 00:47:56,123 So Mike, I'm curious, do you remember Twin Peaks very well and did you love Twin Peaks? 723 00:47:56,223 --> 00:47:59,403 As you know, I really love this show and I was schooling some of you guys, 724 00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:01,443 but I love, love, love this show. 725 00:48:01,683 --> 00:48:08,063 My memory only has so much space now and the space that Twin Peaks took up is 726 00:48:08,063 --> 00:48:13,003 kind of gone, but I do remember parts of the show and I remember enjoying it. 727 00:48:13,003 --> 00:48:18,923 And honestly, the whole experience, they had a costume contest, they had props set up. 728 00:48:19,143 --> 00:48:23,963 You'll see pictures of it on our Instagram, but it makes me want to rewatch it. 729 00:48:24,363 --> 00:48:28,263 And then they were showing clips of the final episode. 730 00:48:28,483 --> 00:48:32,383 I guess not just the final episode, but anyways, just how crazy that final episode 731 00:48:32,383 --> 00:48:34,823 was. It makes me want to go back and rewatch it. 732 00:48:35,495 --> 00:48:39,055 I think it's, Twin Peaks was David Lynch and it was one of those, 733 00:48:39,175 --> 00:48:42,495 it was so crazy when it came out. 734 00:48:42,555 --> 00:48:47,935 And that was like, you know, was it mid-90s or late 90s? Do you remember? It was more mid-90s. 735 00:48:48,515 --> 00:48:52,695 Again, the memory is just, it's fleeting me at this moment. 736 00:48:52,695 --> 00:48:56,975 Your mind is twin peaks yeah you 737 00:48:56,975 --> 00:48:59,755 know and i think when we when you talk about twin peaks like you 738 00:48:59,755 --> 00:49:02,615 can't talk about the atmosphere like can't like 739 00:49:02,615 --> 00:49:05,475 the atmosphere is so incredible and it was 740 00:49:05,475 --> 00:49:08,955 great to see the like they had a band there playing tunes 741 00:49:08,955 --> 00:49:11,675 from the show i don't know if you noticed that mike did you notice that i 742 00:49:11,675 --> 00:49:14,935 noticed that thank you okay just making sure just making sure and funny 743 00:49:14,935 --> 00:49:17,775 enough i don't know if jacob told you this but jacob knew half the 744 00:49:17,775 --> 00:49:20,655 band did he tell you that yeah and i think that's that's the 745 00:49:20,655 --> 00:49:23,875 that's the music scene out here which is also similar to new 746 00:49:23,875 --> 00:49:26,935 orleans and it's it's it's kind of interesting the parallels 747 00:49:26,935 --> 00:49:29,835 of of of how the two 748 00:49:29,835 --> 00:49:35,955 cities completely different still have that that commonality of of musicians 749 00:49:35,955 --> 00:49:40,235 rotating through bands they kind of all know the scene they know each other 750 00:49:40,235 --> 00:49:45,755 and yeah just fun to see that in a whole different type of way yeah and one 751 00:49:45,755 --> 00:49:48,715 of the things i want to mention before we move on from the the Twin Peaks days, 752 00:49:48,895 --> 00:49:53,415 there's this really dope art that was made by this artist would you say his name is Ake? 753 00:49:54,515 --> 00:49:58,555 If he pronounces it the way it's spelled, it says Ake. Okay. 754 00:49:58,775 --> 00:50:03,415 He did some really cool art and we'll post that too as well and I'm sure his 755 00:50:03,415 --> 00:50:05,135 Instagram is at Ake, if anything like that. 756 00:50:05,535 --> 00:50:12,055 His artwork was so sick. It's Laura and you just got to see it. Her eyes are all crazy. 757 00:50:13,735 --> 00:50:18,615 It's really cool and I love that you can say, there were so many There were 758 00:50:18,615 --> 00:50:22,515 way more people there than I could have expected celebrating Twin Peaks. 759 00:50:22,595 --> 00:50:23,455 Didn't that surprise you? 760 00:50:23,735 --> 00:50:28,675 Yeah, I was. It was packed. There's a huge lineup just to get the limited edition 761 00:50:28,675 --> 00:50:31,255 merch that you were lucky enough to get. 762 00:50:31,715 --> 00:50:37,035 I was very lucky enough to get. And I think it's crazy because these cult shows, 763 00:50:37,235 --> 00:50:42,015 you don't realize the power they have until you see something that does something for them. 764 00:50:42,095 --> 00:50:45,355 You know what I mean? Like an event or even a convention. and then you're 765 00:50:45,355 --> 00:50:48,375 like oh man this still has so much traction 766 00:50:48,375 --> 00:50:53,095 in people's life like it's so crazy how we we just don't those shows mean so 767 00:50:53,095 --> 00:50:56,855 much to people so i don't know i thought it was a great time and i'm so glad 768 00:50:56,855 --> 00:51:02,955 we got to go so now may i announce our special guest now is the time yeah it 769 00:51:02,955 --> 00:51:07,795 seems your memory is fleeting you as well yeah well it's also been a long weekend you know. 770 00:51:09,235 --> 00:51:13,475 So I am so excited to announce that we will have her on for the second time. 771 00:51:13,975 --> 00:51:18,335 Your sister, Monica, who runs the, remind me again? 772 00:51:19,575 --> 00:51:24,155 The Biltmore Village Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. 773 00:51:24,515 --> 00:51:26,895 We're going to talk to her about this place because I believe this place, 774 00:51:27,055 --> 00:51:31,835 and we're going to find out, is a historical, I don't know, monument, 775 00:51:31,915 --> 00:51:34,555 is that the right word? Is that the right word? No. It's a historical building. 776 00:51:35,612 --> 00:51:38,232 Meaning that it has history here. It's been here a long time. 777 00:51:38,652 --> 00:51:43,712 And the person who it was built for was a prominent person back in those days. 778 00:51:43,792 --> 00:51:47,212 So I'll let her talk about that. But it's really cool that during your stay, 779 00:51:47,312 --> 00:51:53,652 you were able to stay in the top suite of the Baltimore Village Inn. How does that feel? 780 00:51:54,052 --> 00:51:58,812 You know, I felt like a 19th century president. 781 00:52:00,252 --> 00:52:03,492 19th century president. It was. I think you did have the presidential suite. 782 00:52:03,492 --> 00:52:08,132 I think I felt like, you know, I was there, you know, we were just getting done 783 00:52:08,132 --> 00:52:09,152 working on the railroads. 784 00:52:09,512 --> 00:52:12,572 And, you know, after a long day of telling people what to do, 785 00:52:12,732 --> 00:52:15,712 I was hanging out in the presidential suite. 786 00:52:15,812 --> 00:52:23,592 No, it was honestly great. I think this whole house, it's such an interesting 787 00:52:23,592 --> 00:52:26,832 energy to it because it feels very positive in here. 788 00:52:26,932 --> 00:52:30,732 It feels very, you know, but also very unique. And when you go to that, 789 00:52:30,752 --> 00:52:35,172 the top suite that I was staying in, it was, it's one floor, multiple rooms. 790 00:52:35,552 --> 00:52:41,192 It feels very cozy, but also very vintage, but in a great way where I felt, 791 00:52:41,352 --> 00:52:45,372 I just, when I, again, like I feel like I was sleeping in the Victorian era 792 00:52:45,372 --> 00:52:49,872 and it was something I will cherish very much. 793 00:52:49,952 --> 00:52:53,212 And hopefully when I come back, I'll be able to stay there again or in this 794 00:52:53,212 --> 00:52:54,192 room too that we're recording in. 795 00:52:54,712 --> 00:52:58,692 Hopefully you took some pictures. I did take some pictures I took a lot of pictures 796 00:52:58,692 --> 00:53:03,112 I took bonus pictures too well let's post those online we'll see we'll see. 797 00:53:04,232 --> 00:53:07,252 I made a joke with somebody recently that we should make it only dads, 798 00:53:08,352 --> 00:53:14,372 you start it and then I'll see how it goes if I join that party yeah, 799 00:53:15,112 --> 00:53:19,212 so we will have Monica on and talk about what she does here and why you should 800 00:53:19,212 --> 00:53:22,832 come visit this lovely building so we'll be right back after this everybody 801 00:53:22,832 --> 00:53:26,632 and thank you guys so much for listening and remember remember you need to follow 802 00:53:26,632 --> 00:53:31,472 us on instagram to see all the content that we have coming out and we're working 803 00:53:31,472 --> 00:53:35,072 on getting our youtube channel finally out and that should hopefully be out, 804 00:53:35,552 --> 00:53:39,992 very soon i don't know when exactly but very soon and we'll be sent we'll start 805 00:53:39,992 --> 00:53:43,752 posting the full interviews we do all right but we'll be right back. 806 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:50,600 All right, everybody. We're finally here with the elusive, the legendary, 807 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,220 the original innkeeper. 808 00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:56,840 No, I'm kidding. She's not the original innkeeper, but she is an innkeeper and 809 00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,480 general manager of the Utmore Village Inn. 810 00:54:00,260 --> 00:54:03,900 Let's give it up for Mike's sister. 811 00:54:04,660 --> 00:54:08,260 Monica, how are you? I'm great. And I'm so glad you didn't say little sister, 812 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,360 by the way, because, you know, I'm an adult too. 813 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,300 Mike, what if I would have called her that? How would you feel about that? 814 00:54:15,300 --> 00:54:16,580 But I would have felt powerful. 815 00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,640 I bet, I bet. Well, you're just Mike, so there you go. 816 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:26,180 So Monica, you know, this building is a historical, is it a historical landmark? 817 00:54:26,940 --> 00:54:32,500 It's historical landmark, yes. It's a registered historical place on the National Register. 818 00:54:32,860 --> 00:54:36,860 Really? It's amazing. So if you can, before we dive into the experience here, 819 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:41,320 could you tell us a little bit about the history of the building and your role here? 820 00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:45,800 Yeah, so the building is amazing. amazing. It's a Queen Anne Victorian, 821 00:54:46,220 --> 00:54:48,740 which is a beautiful form of architecture. 822 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:53,340 And it's first of its kind here in Asheville, not Nashville, 823 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,160 Asheville, North Carolina. 824 00:54:55,840 --> 00:55:01,300 We are in Western North Carolina, and we have beautiful mountains surrounding us. 825 00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:09,400 So this house is perched right on top of a hill and has a beautiful turret, two level turret. 826 00:55:09,780 --> 00:55:12,440 Just look it up. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful architecture. 827 00:55:12,700 --> 00:55:15,580 And the house is 135 years old. 828 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:21,680 So it was the first house in Asheville with indoor plumbing as well. So they say. Wow. 829 00:55:22,260 --> 00:55:28,380 That's amazing. So, and then your role here is to be the overseer. I oversee. 830 00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:34,540 Yes, it's, I'm the innkeeper. So if you've ever seen the movie Innkeeper, 831 00:55:34,700 --> 00:55:37,040 that's kind of what I do. It's kind of funny. 832 00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:42,880 But no, I've been running the inn for 13 years and it's a lot of fun. 833 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:44,760 I get to meet people from all over. 834 00:55:45,060 --> 00:55:50,380 The farthest I think I've had guests say from is Australia, which was pretty, pretty fascinating. 835 00:55:51,420 --> 00:55:55,880 And they're here on anniversaries, honeymoons, girls getaways. 836 00:55:56,660 --> 00:56:00,400 They're here just to get away from their children after 10 years. 837 00:56:00,620 --> 00:56:06,460 I mean, you name it. And Asheville has, you know, a great, a great tour. 838 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:09,360 It's a great tourist destination so and we our hope is 839 00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:13,180 to provide a beautiful comfortable place 840 00:56:13,180 --> 00:56:16,180 for them to stay where they have you know they sleep well 841 00:56:16,180 --> 00:56:19,240 and they eat well and then get some great recommendations on 842 00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:22,340 what to do that's amazing like i'm sure you have plenty of 843 00:56:22,340 --> 00:56:26,800 questions because you're new to asheville yes i'm i'm a new i'm a new newville 844 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:32,980 new viller well there's actually some interesting facts that that monica has 845 00:56:32,980 --> 00:56:39,080 told me as my younger sister who is the general manager of this fine establishment 846 00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:41,120 here on the top of the hill in the biltmore village, 847 00:56:42,202 --> 00:56:45,962 And correct me if I'm wrong, but you said there are about 100,000 residents 848 00:56:45,962 --> 00:56:49,402 in Asheville proper. Is that correct? That is correct. 849 00:56:51,322 --> 00:56:56,922 And at the height of the tourist season, there's an extra 20,000 people here 850 00:56:56,922 --> 00:56:58,362 on any given day? Is that correct? 851 00:56:58,782 --> 00:57:04,082 About 10. So sorry, you weren't correct. But 10 to 12,000 extra people. 852 00:57:04,142 --> 00:57:10,482 We have about 10,000 probably give or take lodging rooms per night in Asheville. 853 00:57:10,482 --> 00:57:15,762 So when I first started running this place 13 years ago, we had about 3,000. 854 00:57:16,002 --> 00:57:19,562 So growth spurt in Asheville for sure. 855 00:57:19,762 --> 00:57:23,822 But yeah, I mean, the Biltmore Estate, if you're not familiar with that, 856 00:57:23,922 --> 00:57:26,962 is the largest home in America built by George Vanderbilt. 857 00:57:27,042 --> 00:57:32,322 And actually this house, the bed and breakfast that I run was his attorney's home, Samuel Reed. 858 00:57:33,702 --> 00:57:37,842 But the Biltmore estate brings most of the tourists to Asheville. 859 00:57:37,922 --> 00:57:39,942 It's a beautiful, beautiful property. 860 00:57:40,162 --> 00:57:43,202 8,000 acres, hiking, beautiful gardens. 861 00:57:43,642 --> 00:57:46,962 Wow. Yeah. We'll be going there too. Mike, do you have something else you want 862 00:57:46,962 --> 00:57:51,382 to ask? I know you do. Oh, I always do. Yes, yes. So- 863 00:57:52,132 --> 00:57:59,532 One thing I'd like to ask is, what's it like dealing with, what are some of 864 00:57:59,532 --> 00:58:05,312 the fun type of people that you get to deal with here? Yeah, fun. 865 00:58:06,532 --> 00:58:10,292 In Asheville in general? Or do you mean specifically at the B&B? 866 00:58:10,592 --> 00:58:14,852 I was referring to the B&B, just being in the hospitality industry. 867 00:58:15,132 --> 00:58:18,732 I'm sure you deal with some interesting folks. folks. 868 00:58:19,372 --> 00:58:23,692 I mean, I don't want to put anything on air maybe, but you know, 869 00:58:23,712 --> 00:58:30,032 I will say I wish I had a lot of funny stories for you, but honestly, I'm pretty lucky. 870 00:58:30,332 --> 00:58:34,412 These guests are generally very kind and thoughtful. 871 00:58:34,652 --> 00:58:40,792 I do believe bed and breakfast visitors are different than your average hotel visitor. 872 00:58:41,032 --> 00:58:44,152 They want to stay somewhere historical. They want to stay somewhere with more 873 00:58:44,152 --> 00:58:46,012 more character, that's more personalized. 874 00:58:46,072 --> 00:58:50,692 And they're just generally very kind and appreciative of all the thought that 875 00:58:50,692 --> 00:58:52,172 goes into every detail here. 876 00:58:52,432 --> 00:58:58,132 But I can tell you, as the event planner, the mother of the groom, 877 00:58:58,392 --> 00:58:59,592 she's always interesting. 878 00:59:01,012 --> 00:59:04,452 I believe that. I believe that. What do you think, Mike? I think we'll have 879 00:59:04,452 --> 00:59:08,672 more off-the-record conversations about such people. 880 00:59:09,052 --> 00:59:15,732 But what about this house? You know, it's an old house. Is there any hauntings here? 881 00:59:17,312 --> 00:59:18,692 Anybody get shot in here? 882 00:59:20,652 --> 00:59:25,672 I don't think so. But, you know, when guests ask me that, I always say, do you want it to be? 883 00:59:27,452 --> 00:59:32,772 I don't want to scare you. I mean, it's – so before I came here, 884 00:59:32,892 --> 00:59:35,752 I was definitely not a, I don't know, quote unquote believer, 885 00:59:35,952 --> 00:59:37,712 if you will, in the supernatural. 886 00:59:37,712 --> 00:59:41,452 Natural but i've had a couple experiences here that 887 00:59:41,452 --> 00:59:44,592 have changed my mind so you know 888 00:59:44,592 --> 00:59:48,012 i won't maybe get in those are some long stories but we 889 00:59:48,012 --> 00:59:51,152 don't have time for that it doesn't seem like but i will say it's an old house 890 00:59:51,152 --> 00:59:57,612 it's how it was housed it housed many people throughout its existence it's if 891 00:59:57,612 --> 01:00:06,052 the walls could talk i guess yeah i imagine during that time era i you know How do I say this? 892 01:00:06,212 --> 01:00:10,632 I feel like people were different. I mean, obviously they were different, but they were... 893 01:00:10,632 --> 01:00:16,072 I would just be intrigued to see if I could pull the energy and see the visual 894 01:00:16,072 --> 01:00:21,752 history of the things that happened here 135 years ago to now. I mean, it must be... 895 01:00:22,416 --> 01:00:25,956 Quite interesting the things you would see probably mostly good 896 01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:29,616 there might be some things that could be a little crazy right like especially 897 01:00:29,616 --> 01:00:34,296 if you're like some high power lawyer i don't know you know what's what was 898 01:00:34,296 --> 01:00:38,476 the what was uh abraham lincoln's lawyers name do you remember yeah but you 899 01:00:38,476 --> 01:00:42,936 should tell them because i know but i just want to see if you know well i don't remember so. 900 01:00:44,196 --> 01:00:46,956 But you know it's funny because what i was telling him when 901 01:00:46,956 --> 01:00:49,836 i was staying here and thank you again for being so gracious on 902 01:00:49,836 --> 01:00:53,336 hosting me it has been quite the experience the the the 903 01:00:53,336 --> 01:00:57,036 level of detail in the room the comfort of 904 01:00:57,036 --> 01:01:00,416 the room is truly something i think people need to experience and 905 01:01:00,416 --> 01:01:03,236 you know i didn't get to try the breakfast but i imagine the breakfast is 906 01:01:03,236 --> 01:01:09,936 just as incredible because it smells amazing so what do you do any like do you 907 01:01:09,936 --> 01:01:16,516 decide hey this week we're going to plan x menu out or x experience out or is 908 01:01:16,516 --> 01:01:21,756 it more just about you kind of catering to what their needs are. You mean for the food? 909 01:01:22,276 --> 01:01:26,356 Overall experience. Yeah. Well, I mean, every year, this time of year when it's 910 01:01:26,356 --> 01:01:31,376 slower in the winter, we do sort of an evaluation of the guest experience, if you will. 911 01:01:31,636 --> 01:01:36,636 So we'll actually stay here and pretend like we're a guest and decide if, 912 01:01:36,676 --> 01:01:39,616 hey, you know, this doesn't work or that doesn't work or this could be better. 913 01:01:40,176 --> 01:01:45,596 And I try to travel myself and stay places and get ideas from other wonderful 914 01:01:45,596 --> 01:01:47,636 places that I've been able to go to. too. 915 01:01:47,956 --> 01:01:52,636 As far as the food, so we try to be seasonal and local as much as we can. 916 01:01:52,776 --> 01:01:55,576 Asheville has a great community for that, so it's very supportive. 917 01:01:56,596 --> 01:02:03,036 But I have a chef, so I have a chef that I stole from the Biltmore Estate, and he's wonderful. 918 01:02:03,256 --> 01:02:09,596 He's been here for almost six years, and he takes a lot of pride in the food and the quality. 919 01:02:10,036 --> 01:02:15,516 As he should, because food is conversation on a plate. Shout out to Ted. 920 01:02:16,656 --> 01:02:21,416 Ted's great. Thank you, Ted. I love that. Mike, do you have anything else like that? 921 01:02:22,096 --> 01:02:26,856 Well, I just would like to say that Monica does a great job, 922 01:02:26,896 --> 01:02:31,936 you know, and as her older brother, she'll always be my little sister, 923 01:02:32,576 --> 01:02:39,516 but I'm really proud to see how you come into such a leadership role here and 924 01:02:39,516 --> 01:02:46,236 you have people who work under you you are a wedding planner you could have 925 01:02:46,236 --> 01:02:49,916 a movie about yourself as the wedding planner similar to Jennifer Lopez. 926 01:02:51,336 --> 01:02:57,336 So yeah just I'm really proud of you and to see how you run this this place as a business and, 927 01:02:58,578 --> 01:03:03,698 Where's breakfast? Where's breakfast? So before we wrap up, though, 928 01:03:03,758 --> 01:03:05,758 I don't know if I mentioned this or I don't know if we mentioned this. 929 01:03:05,858 --> 01:03:09,318 This is a four diamond B&B, correct? 930 01:03:09,698 --> 01:03:12,878 That is correct. Yes. Four diamond rated bed and breakfast. 931 01:03:13,418 --> 01:03:16,798 For those who don't know what four diamond means, can you tell them what that means? 932 01:03:16,998 --> 01:03:22,278 It's a level of rating that AAA, which everyone's pretty familiar with, 933 01:03:22,518 --> 01:03:24,858 they come every year and inspect your property. 934 01:03:25,118 --> 01:03:29,338 It's not like once you do it, you're in forever. You have to be consistent with 935 01:03:29,338 --> 01:03:33,718 your quality and level of service and detail and aesthetic. 936 01:03:33,978 --> 01:03:39,618 So Four Diamond is the highest that we can get because we don't have a spa or a golf course. 937 01:03:40,258 --> 01:03:45,378 But I will say we rank up there, Four Diamond, the Grove Park Inn, 938 01:03:46,018 --> 01:03:50,018 the Inn on Biltmore Estate, the Grand Bohemian, Boutique Hotel. 939 01:03:50,198 --> 01:03:53,958 Those are all also Four Diamond places in Asheville and we're up there with 940 01:03:53,958 --> 01:03:56,778 them. Wow, really? So you said the Omni Grove, right? 941 01:03:57,458 --> 01:04:01,418 So we were just there and so that place is only a four diamond? 942 01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:04,758 Yes, they could be a five but they're a four. 943 01:04:05,998 --> 01:04:12,238 Wow, look at you. It's like literally a quarter of the size and you won't get lost here. 944 01:04:14,538 --> 01:04:18,438 It's such a cozy experience and I really can't tell people enough to go and 945 01:04:18,438 --> 01:04:21,138 visit this place or at least look at the architecture online. 946 01:04:21,278 --> 01:04:24,898 I'm sure you can find it. Can you tell our audience where they can find how 947 01:04:24,898 --> 01:04:26,618 to book a stay here and all that good stuff? 948 01:04:27,078 --> 01:04:30,018 Yeah, absolutely. So we're bookable online or you can call us. 949 01:04:30,038 --> 01:04:30,978 We like talking to people. 950 01:04:31,398 --> 01:04:37,318 Our website is www.builtmorevillagein.com. 951 01:04:37,858 --> 01:04:40,118 B-I-L-T-M-O-R-E. 952 01:04:40,858 --> 01:04:44,898 So builtmorevillagein.com. And you can find us on Instagram with that same name. 953 01:04:45,138 --> 01:04:49,278 I love that. Go check them out and tell them, hey, what's up Mike's little sister? 954 01:04:50,238 --> 01:04:52,438 Is that okay? I'm fine with that. 955 01:04:53,698 --> 01:04:55,138 All right, we'll be right back after this. 956 01:04:56,157 --> 01:04:59,557 Hey everybody, this is Jacob Bruner from Empire Strikes Brass, 957 01:04:59,677 --> 01:05:02,537 and you are listening to Uncle Dad Talks. 958 01:05:03,117 --> 01:05:08,757 Hey everybody, Uncle Dad here, and we are at the Biltmore Estate here in Asheville, North Carolina. 959 01:05:09,057 --> 01:05:12,377 And for those who don't know, the Biltmore is probably one of the biggest tourist 960 01:05:12,377 --> 01:05:14,837 things here in Asheville. You would agree with that, Mike? 961 01:05:14,997 --> 01:05:18,697 I think it's what brings most people to come here, yeah. To Asheville. 962 01:05:18,797 --> 01:05:21,537 To Asheville, yes. To Asheville, not North Carolina. 963 01:05:21,837 --> 01:05:26,197 Just to Asheville. Gotcha, I gotcha. Yeah. First is the Charlotte Hornets, 964 01:05:26,197 --> 01:05:28,057 and then it's the Biltmore. Right, right. Yes. 965 01:05:28,857 --> 01:05:32,577 So, Mike, we just toured the house. It's a beautiful estate. 966 01:05:32,957 --> 01:05:35,457 It has been here since how long? Do you know when it was here, 967 01:05:35,517 --> 01:05:39,297 started? It started... They started construction in 1889. 968 01:05:39,677 --> 01:05:45,657 And like Monica said earlier in her segment, this is the largest house in the 969 01:05:45,657 --> 01:05:47,017 United States. It's just a house. 970 01:05:47,237 --> 01:05:50,737 It's nothing other than just a baller house. 971 01:05:51,197 --> 01:05:55,237 Yeah, cuz it's not like you're not going to like the Like the Winchester. 972 01:05:55,257 --> 01:05:57,917 Well, I guess I don't even count that but like what's the one you had mentioned off? 973 01:05:57,997 --> 01:06:01,417 Can Mike Hearst Castle that was like wasn't intended to be a house, right? 974 01:06:01,877 --> 01:06:07,557 I can't remember. Okay But you know when you think about houses, 975 01:06:07,677 --> 01:06:11,337 this is probably the most baller house probably at least in the US I imagine, 976 01:06:11,797 --> 01:06:17,537 Yeah, you know, I I remember feeling a similar thing when I visited the Hearst Hearst Castle was I. 977 01:06:18,483 --> 01:06:23,663 So it's just, it's the earliest form of American excess that there is, 978 01:06:23,723 --> 01:06:29,303 you know? And like, I mean, it's great that he Vanderbilt had the money to do 979 01:06:29,303 --> 01:06:31,423 this, but do you really need this? 980 01:06:31,903 --> 01:06:37,943 I think at the time though, property was like how you showed your, not your wealth, right? 981 01:06:38,003 --> 01:06:40,963 That's how you showed you are, were somebody important, right? 982 01:06:41,043 --> 01:06:44,443 Like now we live in a world where people literally make tons of money, 983 01:06:44,463 --> 01:06:45,163 but they live in their van. 984 01:06:45,283 --> 01:06:48,783 You know what I mean? Like, it's just, it's just a different world now, you know? 985 01:06:48,963 --> 01:06:51,163 And I think, and I agree with you, like, did he really need, 986 01:06:51,183 --> 01:06:55,063 I don't know if he really did, but it is still a, it's a marvel of architecture. 987 01:06:55,303 --> 01:06:57,383 I mean, I, I, hopefully you would agree with that. Oh, it's, 988 01:06:57,423 --> 01:06:59,703 it's definitely interesting and fun to look at. 989 01:06:59,803 --> 01:07:03,403 And, you know, once you, once you start learning more about the history of it, 990 01:07:03,463 --> 01:07:06,883 that's almost more interesting than the actual building itself. 991 01:07:07,183 --> 01:07:12,263 You know, like it took six years to make this place and basically a whole town 992 01:07:12,263 --> 01:07:19,803 was, was was created just to have the people who made the house so they could live. 993 01:07:20,283 --> 01:07:25,323 And the whole railroad system, just to get the materials needed to build the 994 01:07:25,323 --> 01:07:30,143 house to come in and for people to come from the Biltmore Village into where 995 01:07:30,143 --> 01:07:30,983 they're working every day. 996 01:07:31,343 --> 01:07:34,523 Yeah, you know, and something I do need to disclaim right away that this segment 997 01:07:34,523 --> 01:07:38,603 is not sponsored by the Biltmore. This is just strictly me and Mike exploring Asheville. 998 01:07:39,003 --> 01:07:42,743 So again, this is not sponsored, but we do recommend you come check it out because 999 01:07:42,743 --> 01:07:47,283 it's quite the event to see. 1000 01:07:47,443 --> 01:07:53,643 The paintings in there, the prints in there, the furniture, the wallpaper. 1001 01:07:53,863 --> 01:07:57,103 You pointed out something that we were in there that kept blowing your mind 1002 01:07:57,103 --> 01:07:58,903 was the silk walls, right? 1003 01:07:59,463 --> 01:08:04,503 Yes, in his wife's room. They had separate rooms, his wife, Edith. 1004 01:08:05,799 --> 01:08:10,679 I believe that was her name. Edith, I'm correct. Yes, her wallpaper was not 1005 01:08:10,679 --> 01:08:12,359 just wallpaper. It was silk. 1006 01:08:13,079 --> 01:08:16,399 Her walls were covered in silk. Now they're protected with plexiglass, 1007 01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:21,959 so we can't get our grubby, oily hands on them. But how about that? Silk walls. 1008 01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:27,579 If I had silk walls, I would be probably the coolest man on the planet. 1009 01:08:27,739 --> 01:08:28,799 I don't know. What do you think, Mike? 1010 01:08:29,239 --> 01:08:33,039 I would feel more comfortable listening to Silk the Shocker than having silk 1011 01:08:33,039 --> 01:08:35,219 walls. I was hoping that you would say that, yes. 1012 01:08:36,419 --> 01:08:39,959 So, do you have any facts you want to throw at us, Mike, since you love this house? 1013 01:08:40,899 --> 01:08:45,199 Since I love it. Yeah. Well, so, okay. So, they started construction in 1889, 1014 01:08:45,359 --> 01:08:50,719 and then they finished in 1895, and that's when Vanderbilt, George Washington 1015 01:08:50,719 --> 01:08:54,119 Vanderbilt, his name, opened it to his family and friends. 1016 01:08:54,259 --> 01:08:58,439 And, you know, we go on through the tour, and you can listen to the audio tools 1017 01:08:58,439 --> 01:08:59,999 that they give you to listen to. 1018 01:08:59,999 --> 01:09:05,679 And a lot of these rooms, which to me look like rooms where you would, 1019 01:09:05,799 --> 01:09:08,879 I don't know, create something amazing, 1020 01:09:09,119 --> 01:09:14,959 were just like leisure rooms for people to read a book and curl up and have 1021 01:09:14,959 --> 01:09:22,819 tea and or play the piano or as one of the audio tour guides said, have conversation, 1022 01:09:23,119 --> 01:09:25,879 which was a form of entertainment during these days. 1023 01:09:26,519 --> 01:09:29,579 Which, what's crazy is if you kind of think about it, that's what we're doing. 1024 01:09:29,639 --> 01:09:31,159 And this is a form of entertainment. 1025 01:09:31,439 --> 01:09:36,739 So that was early podcasting. It was, yes. Those rooms were basically early podcasting rooms. 1026 01:09:39,079 --> 01:09:42,199 So when we talk about the Vanderbilt, not the Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt, 1027 01:09:42,259 --> 01:09:44,179 right? Yeah. The Vanderbilt or the Biltmore. 1028 01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:47,619 What was your favorite room in the estate that you saw? 1029 01:09:48,159 --> 01:09:53,619 Yeah. I think the library seems like the consensus of the group also was my 1030 01:09:53,619 --> 01:09:55,819 favorite just because because of all the books. 1031 01:09:55,859 --> 01:10:01,219 And I wish, and I understand why not, but I wish there was a way you could kind 1032 01:10:01,219 --> 01:10:03,899 of get more into the books. Because some of the books in there were like. 1033 01:10:05,187 --> 01:10:07,887 Probably things that there's no other way you're going 1034 01:10:07,887 --> 01:10:10,867 to see these like illustrations and histories and 1035 01:10:10,867 --> 01:10:15,767 and and that stuff's just gone you know those old books are going to go and 1036 01:10:15,767 --> 01:10:20,487 i mean that's the history of things so and just the way it looked it just i 1037 01:10:20,487 --> 01:10:24,387 think you felt the same way right 100 i think like i wish i could see like the 1038 01:10:24,387 --> 01:10:27,967 paintings were a little bit there's so many artwork so much artwork in this 1039 01:10:27,967 --> 01:10:30,627 building and you can't really see the artwork because, 1040 01:10:31,207 --> 01:10:33,747 it's kind of you know there's always like a velvet rope and you can't really 1041 01:10:33,747 --> 01:10:36,647 go too close to it but one of the things I found very interesting, 1042 01:10:36,807 --> 01:10:39,807 and I guess I don't want to give too much away, but what I will say is that 1043 01:10:39,807 --> 01:10:42,307 they talked about printing because a lot of what he owned was prints, 1044 01:10:42,707 --> 01:10:45,867 but it wasn't like the print like we know now where you just mass produce it. 1045 01:10:46,107 --> 01:10:51,167 You know what I mean? You're printing it based upon, what was it etching? 1046 01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:53,927 It was etching, you said, right? Etching on the metal plate, 1047 01:10:54,547 --> 01:10:59,387 and then you would etch it on the metal plate, and then you would do it in reverse, 1048 01:10:59,507 --> 01:11:03,047 and then you would ink it and then print it. We should bring that back. 1049 01:11:03,707 --> 01:11:08,987 I think people still do it. Really? It's still an art form. Is it really? The crowd is saying yes. 1050 01:11:10,547 --> 01:11:13,527 Mike, do you have any other facts you want to say? Well, you know, 1051 01:11:13,567 --> 01:11:18,907 being that this place is such a, well, it's actually, like Monica was saying, 1052 01:11:18,927 --> 01:11:23,727 it's a national historic landmark, you know, and it took so much to build it. 1053 01:11:24,247 --> 01:11:28,487 The guy only, I mean, I guess it's cool, but he only got to enjoy it for 19 years. 1054 01:11:28,827 --> 01:11:32,087 You know, like I would think, he was 51 when he died. 1055 01:11:32,087 --> 01:11:34,867 Died from his appendix bursting what a 1056 01:11:34,867 --> 01:11:37,627 painful way to go but you know i would think this 1057 01:11:37,627 --> 01:11:41,107 is a place you'd want to grow old see your grandkids and 1058 01:11:41,107 --> 01:11:43,827 then have your great grandkids but he didn't get to do all 1059 01:11:43,827 --> 01:11:52,227 that and well you know 51 he's done but he leaves behind 87 000 acres of uh 1060 01:11:52,227 --> 01:11:56,467 of the estate to the the national united the united states forest service so 1061 01:11:56,467 --> 01:12:02,447 in addition to to the house and the botanical gardens and greenhouses where we are now, 1062 01:12:02,667 --> 01:12:08,267 there's 87,000 acres of forest that you can just, most of it, you can wander through. 1063 01:12:08,367 --> 01:12:11,987 There's trails, you can horseback ride, you can bike ride, you can walk your 1064 01:12:11,987 --> 01:12:14,227 dog. You could have, you could have talks with your family. 1065 01:12:14,427 --> 01:12:16,427 We could have a picnic. You could host a podcast. 1066 01:12:16,767 --> 01:12:20,787 You could do a podcast without authorization. . 1067 01:12:22,166 --> 01:12:26,426 So there's lots here. There is a lot here. And I think it's something that, 1068 01:12:26,506 --> 01:12:31,386 you know, as I'm, you discovering that this is like the staple of Asheville 1069 01:12:31,386 --> 01:12:34,126 and it really is such a beautiful experience. 1070 01:12:34,206 --> 01:12:37,346 And I think getting to go through it. And one of the things I want to mention 1071 01:12:37,346 --> 01:12:43,366 before we kind of close off the segment here is we got to ride an original elevator 1072 01:12:43,366 --> 01:12:47,086 from, she said 1905, I think. 1073 01:12:47,086 --> 01:12:50,706 Yeah, it's the original elevator from when they made the house from Otis, 1074 01:12:50,766 --> 01:12:54,866 which I guess Otis is the premier elevator with the original motor. 1075 01:12:54,946 --> 01:12:56,366 We'll post pictures of it on our Instagram. 1076 01:12:56,466 --> 01:13:00,186 So please, please follow us on our Instagram at Uncle Dad Talks. 1077 01:13:00,266 --> 01:13:01,426 And you can see the photos. 1078 01:13:01,946 --> 01:13:05,006 It was the smoothest elevator ride I've ever done in my life. 1079 01:13:05,106 --> 01:13:08,406 And it's probably also the oldest elevator ride I've ever done in my life. 1080 01:13:08,406 --> 01:13:11,146 Yeah i would i would definitely agree with that and what was funny 1081 01:13:11,146 --> 01:13:14,066 what i liked about it was uh there was a there was 1082 01:13:14,066 --> 01:13:17,546 there was no like uh what do you call it like a protective there's 1083 01:13:17,546 --> 01:13:20,326 a door like a real door yeah there was no real door so 1084 01:13:20,326 --> 01:13:23,406 that when you slide up you can literally if you wanted to you could touch the 1085 01:13:23,406 --> 01:13:26,146 what do you call it this the wall the wall the 1086 01:13:26,146 --> 01:13:29,626 the stone wall iceberg going up yeah so 1087 01:13:29,626 --> 01:13:32,766 that was quite the experience to to to revel 1088 01:13:32,766 --> 01:13:35,826 in because it was something that i didn't expect to do and the 1089 01:13:35,826 --> 01:13:39,166 fact that it just was so smooth was something also so very crazy 1090 01:13:39,166 --> 01:13:42,566 right like it's just elevators now already i mean 1091 01:13:42,566 --> 01:13:46,226 are not as smooth as that ride i know you know that right i 1092 01:13:46,226 --> 01:13:49,066 yeah i've been in some shady elevators you know there's some 1093 01:13:49,066 --> 01:13:52,926 other fun facts about this place so it was during the great depression in the 1094 01:13:52,926 --> 01:14:00,286 1930 when when cornelia who was their daughter edith and george's vanderbilt's 1095 01:14:00,286 --> 01:14:02,226 daughter decided to open this 1096 01:14:02,226 --> 01:14:07,646 place up to the public to generate revenue because everyone was broke. 1097 01:14:07,886 --> 01:14:10,306 And so it helped preserve the estate. 1098 01:14:10,966 --> 01:14:14,786 And then one thing that we learned that was really cool was during World War 1099 01:14:14,786 --> 01:14:18,046 II, they actually hid tons of. 1100 01:14:18,817 --> 01:14:21,477 Really expensive art and artifacts 1101 01:14:21,477 --> 01:14:26,517 during World War II just in case we got invaded and stuff went crazy. 1102 01:14:26,837 --> 01:14:30,617 It was hidden here, which I thought was a fun fact. I 100% agree. 1103 01:14:30,697 --> 01:14:33,157 There's so many fun facts about this place and there's too many to cover. 1104 01:14:33,497 --> 01:14:35,737 And because we're not authorized, we're not going to cover them all. 1105 01:14:35,857 --> 01:14:41,957 But I will say this, I think the information you gave is a great tasting, a little taste. 1106 01:14:42,597 --> 01:14:46,097 Speaking of tasting, in 1985, they opened a winery here on the estate. 1107 01:14:46,097 --> 01:14:50,997 So you can now have wine tasting events at Biltmore. 1108 01:14:51,117 --> 01:14:56,757 So you can just explore the estate, then get some wine, do the wine walk, 1109 01:14:56,857 --> 01:15:02,117 if you will, hang out, lay about, you know, have everybody Wang Chung, 1110 01:15:02,217 --> 01:15:04,977 have a good time. Are you still allowed to say that? 1111 01:15:07,277 --> 01:15:12,637 I think you are. Okay. Okay. Everybody have fun. 1112 01:15:13,757 --> 01:15:16,977 But yeah that is the Biltmore estate and 1113 01:15:16,977 --> 01:15:19,977 if they want to find out more information on the Biltmore estate the website 1114 01:15:19,977 --> 01:15:22,977 is I think it's just Biltmore.com they took 1115 01:15:22,977 --> 01:15:27,317 it they took it okay Biltmore.com check it out and of course again we are not 1116 01:15:27,317 --> 01:15:31,897 affiliated so don't tell them we sent you or you do or demand them to allow 1117 01:15:31,897 --> 01:15:35,297 us to come back and do a real feature on them what do you think Mike petition 1118 01:15:35,297 --> 01:15:40,277 for us to be official coveragers coveragers, 1119 01:15:40,977 --> 01:15:48,277 journalists more journalists journalism all right buddy we'll be right back after this lovely break. 1120 01:15:51,440 --> 01:16:13,840 Music. 1121 01:16:11,417 --> 01:16:16,137 Hello, everyone. Welcome to the wrap-up of what I like to call the Asheville 1122 01:16:16,137 --> 01:16:20,317 special episode, or the Asheville special. Mike, what do you think? 1123 01:16:20,377 --> 01:16:21,277 What should we call this episode? 1124 01:16:22,277 --> 01:16:26,577 Uncle Dad on Location in Asheville, North Carolina. 1125 01:16:26,977 --> 01:16:33,717 It's the first of many in our On Location series, this one being the first of 1126 01:16:33,717 --> 01:16:36,777 the first of many. First of many. 1127 01:16:37,337 --> 01:16:41,417 You know what I mean. I love it dude I think these on location things are something 1128 01:16:41,417 --> 01:16:45,277 we should do more often especially you know we travel a lot so like being able 1129 01:16:45,277 --> 01:16:50,217 to celebrate whatever is in that town even though we may not get to cover as much as we like, 1130 01:16:50,677 --> 01:16:53,977 what an experience man I mean this is the first time I think you would agree 1131 01:16:53,977 --> 01:16:56,677 that we've kind of really done something like this right it is the first time 1132 01:16:56,677 --> 01:16:57,577 we've done something like this right. 1133 01:16:58,310 --> 01:17:03,570 It is. Yeah. Usually our episodes that are quote unquote live out in the field, 1134 01:17:03,650 --> 01:17:08,570 not just interviewing, you know, interview style is centered around an event 1135 01:17:08,570 --> 01:17:12,350 like a con or a festival of some sort. 1136 01:17:12,410 --> 01:17:17,350 Right. So this was the first time we're just like, Hey, we're in a new place together. 1137 01:17:17,610 --> 01:17:22,330 Let's go see what it has to offer. And we got some good stuff, I think. 1138 01:17:22,930 --> 01:17:26,670 Oh yeah. I think the highlight obviously is talking to Jeff Allen, 1139 01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:31,310 Jeff Allen, Jeff Allen, man what a what a class act you know i think he he's 1140 01:17:31,310 --> 01:17:36,530 so good at being i mean professional right been doing this for years knows what 1141 01:17:36,530 --> 01:17:38,950 he knows how to do an interview knows how to talk to a crowd 1142 01:17:39,350 --> 01:17:42,210 and that's something that i will always cherish in our career of doing 1143 01:17:42,210 --> 01:17:45,170 this right like this is something that was very new to me 1144 01:17:45,170 --> 01:17:47,870 because we talked to other comedians and definitely comedians who have 1145 01:17:47,870 --> 01:17:50,650 been around for a while but there was something about jeff allen and how he 1146 01:17:50,650 --> 01:17:54,470 could conduct an interview that was something i never experienced before i don't 1147 01:17:54,470 --> 01:17:58,070 know what do you think on that yeah there's definitely some people we've interviewed 1148 01:17:58,070 --> 01:18:03,690 that the conversation flows better than others and with him it yeah like we 1149 01:18:03,690 --> 01:18:07,290 said i think it's he's a pro he's been doing this and. 1150 01:18:08,010 --> 01:18:12,910 It's it makes it more fun to do the interview when it's like that as opposed 1151 01:18:12,910 --> 01:18:18,350 to you know it feels like you're in a tube going down a river and everything's 1152 01:18:18,350 --> 01:18:22,950 just flowing as opposed to you're you're in a stop you're in a new york traffic 1153 01:18:22,950 --> 01:18:25,230 and you're stopping every five seconds right, 1154 01:18:25,930 --> 01:18:30,890 so yeah uh yeah shout out to lenny for uh for hooking us up with the interview 1155 01:18:30,890 --> 01:18:35,630 with jeff alan yeah huge shout out to lenny um and lenny when you listen to 1156 01:18:35,630 --> 01:18:39,950 this i think we should get you on the show just throwing that out there i feel 1157 01:18:39,950 --> 01:18:41,510 like lenny's got some stories to share. 1158 01:18:42,550 --> 01:18:48,410 On and off the record probably but yes let's get lenny on here yeah so that 1159 01:18:48,410 --> 01:18:52,430 was great and then you as an audience that kind of heard our journey and our ride, 1160 01:18:52,570 --> 01:18:56,350 we kind of, there were some things, and tell me if I'm wrong because now it's 1161 01:18:56,350 --> 01:18:58,270 to be transparent with everybody, 1162 01:18:58,470 --> 01:19:01,350 I'm back in California and it's been a few days since I've seen you, 1163 01:19:02,415 --> 01:19:05,875 But we were certain things we were also going to try to do that we didn't get 1164 01:19:05,875 --> 01:19:07,315 to do. Am I remembering that correctly? 1165 01:19:07,915 --> 01:19:12,615 That's correct. Yeah. There was the Asheville glamping, which is check them 1166 01:19:12,615 --> 01:19:17,295 out on Instagram. They have a huge, huge following and like a one to two year 1167 01:19:17,295 --> 01:19:19,995 wait list to get into some of their spots. 1168 01:19:20,095 --> 01:19:26,375 They have the mirror, mirror hotels or mirror cabins, I should say, in the mountains. 1169 01:19:26,375 --> 01:19:29,875 So you're in the mountains staring at 1170 01:19:29,875 --> 01:19:33,635 this huge structure that's completely mirrored 1171 01:19:33,635 --> 01:19:36,495 on the outside so it's like you're looking at the trees on 1172 01:19:36,495 --> 01:19:39,215 the mountains behind you while you're looking at the building it's quite 1173 01:19:39,215 --> 01:19:46,235 spectacular wow yeah and there was a there was another we were trying to talk 1174 01:19:46,235 --> 01:19:50,495 to someone at dissolver for the twin peaks event and that just timing didn't 1175 01:19:50,495 --> 01:19:56,235 work out There was also a comic anime convention that we were on the edges of 1176 01:19:56,235 --> 01:19:58,535 going into to interview some of the celebrity guests there. 1177 01:19:58,735 --> 01:20:03,115 And, you know, there's only so much time in a few days, and they go by quick. 1178 01:20:03,715 --> 01:20:06,595 They sure do, man. They sure do, especially when you're like me, 1179 01:20:06,675 --> 01:20:10,015 waking up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 1180 01:20:11,915 --> 01:20:15,255 To be fair, you went to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning, not because you were 1181 01:20:15,255 --> 01:20:20,515 out partying, but because you are still on West Coast time, Pacific time. Yeah. 1182 01:20:20,895 --> 01:20:22,915 West Coast time and East Coast time, for those who have done it, 1183 01:20:22,955 --> 01:20:26,635 I probably can relate to that. It is quite the change. You're like, oh, man. 1184 01:20:26,855 --> 01:20:29,475 And then when you're out there that long, you don't want to fully adjust, 1185 01:20:29,715 --> 01:20:33,535 right? So it's like, you know, but yeah, definitely, we didn't reap the benefits of that. 1186 01:20:33,975 --> 01:20:37,195 But to kind of talk about the Twin Peaks thing, I do want to talk about that. 1187 01:20:37,275 --> 01:20:41,035 We did talk about it a little bit in detail, but there was something I think 1188 01:20:41,035 --> 01:20:45,175 we didn't really touch on too much was the artist who kind of was the focal 1189 01:20:45,175 --> 01:20:48,575 point, I would say, of the Dissolver Twin Peaks day. 1190 01:20:48,575 --> 01:20:54,075 First off how would you describe this piece before I talk about who this artist 1191 01:20:54,075 --> 01:21:01,895 is the piece that you have the shirt of yes yes well it's it's a, 1192 01:21:02,695 --> 01:21:03,955 It's a Twin Peaks special. 1193 01:21:06,075 --> 01:21:13,455 It's a Twin Peaks special. She's got twin eyes on her face and a laser coming out of one of them. 1194 01:21:14,655 --> 01:21:18,615 I'm sure it has a deeper meaning than I understand, but it looks great. 1195 01:21:18,795 --> 01:21:24,995 And fun fact, I was down there downtown at the brewery today, 1196 01:21:25,175 --> 01:21:30,595 and they are looking for the shirt, and they sold out the day of. 1197 01:21:30,595 --> 01:21:32,795 I mean, there was a line that was long. 1198 01:21:33,295 --> 01:21:37,175 I don't know how long you waited in line when we were there, 1199 01:21:37,275 --> 01:21:41,915 but they have no merch left from that. It had all sold out the day of the Twin Peaks event. 1200 01:21:42,255 --> 01:21:48,295 So shout out to Blake Lee Ferguson for the cool art. We tried to get him on the show. 1201 01:21:48,415 --> 01:21:52,135 Timing didn't work out, but Blake, he did awesome work and everyone was happy 1202 01:21:52,135 --> 01:21:53,335 with it and I hope you're well. 1203 01:21:54,335 --> 01:21:57,515 Yeah, absolutely. Blake, your artwork was incredible. And for those who don't 1204 01:21:57,515 --> 01:22:00,455 know what we're talking about, the artwork is kind of how Mike described, 1205 01:22:00,695 --> 01:22:03,275 but it's actually Laura of Twin Peaks. 1206 01:22:03,615 --> 01:22:08,355 And man, it's just so, so cool. And then his artist moniker, he goes by Ake. 1207 01:22:08,595 --> 01:22:12,555 And so if you look up, I think, Ake artist, or if you just go to his Instagram, 1208 01:22:12,815 --> 01:22:17,135 Blake Lee Ferguson, at one word, you know, at Blake Lee Ferguson, 1209 01:22:17,315 --> 01:22:20,495 you'll see all his artwork. I believe he still has prints you can buy of it. 1210 01:22:20,675 --> 01:22:26,415 So please go buy those prints. I think an 8x10 is $25 and then a 16x20 is $100. 1211 01:22:26,895 --> 01:22:30,995 And honestly, man, they are great pieces of artwork. I think we should get one 1212 01:22:30,995 --> 01:22:32,195 for the little studio here maybe. 1213 01:22:32,515 --> 01:22:37,115 But it is something that I will cherish. And the shirt that I got gets so many 1214 01:22:37,115 --> 01:22:40,775 compliments since I've worn it so far. It's like, whoa, it's so gnarly! 1215 01:22:42,675 --> 01:22:44,015 Where did you get that? 1216 01:22:47,235 --> 01:22:49,095 See, and now they listen. No. No. 1217 01:22:51,475 --> 01:22:56,815 They still can't get one, but at least now they know. Sure, right. 1218 01:22:56,955 --> 01:22:58,495 That's all you need to do is just know, right? 1219 01:22:59,615 --> 01:23:04,295 Yeah. So funny. But his art was incredible. But that whole experience was just 1220 01:23:04,295 --> 01:23:07,235 so, as we talked about earlier on the episode, just so much fun. 1221 01:23:08,295 --> 01:23:11,155 Yeah, I mean, so, you know, Mike, without further ado, you know, 1222 01:23:11,175 --> 01:23:14,915 as we wrap this up here, you know, doing these on location things, 1223 01:23:15,095 --> 01:23:16,535 what is something that you believe? 1224 01:23:16,535 --> 01:23:19,775 What was your favorite thing that we achieved doing this 1225 01:23:19,775 --> 01:23:22,755 well i think the jeff allen show was 1226 01:23:22,755 --> 01:23:26,135 great i think you know being able to 1227 01:23:26,135 --> 01:23:31,995 make that happen in the time frame that that we that we had planning for this 1228 01:23:31,995 --> 01:23:34,855 because we were originally going to be doing something else that was pretty 1229 01:23:34,855 --> 01:23:42,895 big this weekend and so we pulled an audible and you and your uncle dad mastery pulled off 1230 01:23:43,295 --> 01:23:47,135 whatever you had to to make that work and I think that was a huge highlight and, 1231 01:23:48,732 --> 01:23:54,212 And also, I think a big highlight was the fact that you missed your flight going home. 1232 01:23:55,052 --> 01:23:57,872 I wanted to talk about that. I definitely wanted to talk about that. 1233 01:23:58,932 --> 01:24:05,012 Whose fault was that? I don't know. I think his name starts with Justin and ends with Mike. 1234 01:24:06,552 --> 01:24:10,692 Yeah. Well, I thought we could cram it in. 1235 01:24:12,372 --> 01:24:15,492 We were doing it for the listeners. At the end of the episode, 1236 01:24:15,552 --> 01:24:21,272 you hear us at the Biltmore Estate. state and we were doing a bit more estate 1237 01:24:21,272 --> 01:24:25,252 looking than we should have been doing and cutting it too close. 1238 01:24:26,372 --> 01:24:27,552 And then I missed the exit. 1239 01:24:29,092 --> 01:24:32,812 So we had an extra bonus day of, of Asheville. 1240 01:24:34,032 --> 01:24:38,352 Imagine if we can interview people at the places that we went on the bonus day. 1241 01:24:39,572 --> 01:24:41,352 Yeah. Let's not talk about those places. 1242 01:24:44,412 --> 01:24:49,372 We did kind of interview them, but off the record. off the record yeah i'll 1243 01:24:49,372 --> 01:24:51,432 let the audience imagination imagine where we were, 1244 01:24:53,012 --> 01:24:58,032 yeah you know just think about it we're in asheville western north carolina, 1245 01:24:58,672 --> 01:25:01,072 yeah what do you do what else do you do at two in the morning huh. 1246 01:25:04,092 --> 01:25:07,592 Yeah you know it's uh even though i did miss my flight and you know i was a 1247 01:25:07,592 --> 01:25:10,452 little worried some of the time i have to tell you that bonus day was probably 1248 01:25:10,452 --> 01:25:14,792 one of my favorite days during that weekend. It was so much fun. 1249 01:25:15,072 --> 01:25:19,712 I really enjoyed checking out. I want to shout this out to the Asheville Pinball Museum. 1250 01:25:20,012 --> 01:25:23,352 For those who go to Asheville, you've got to check out the Asheville Pinball Museum. 1251 01:25:23,612 --> 01:25:28,612 I think it's $15 and it's unlimited play from open to close, basically. 1252 01:25:28,812 --> 01:25:32,012 And you can come in and out. You don't have to stay there. So you can go in 1253 01:25:32,012 --> 01:25:38,392 the morning, go grab lunch, do other crap, and then come back and experience the pinball lore. 1254 01:25:38,552 --> 01:25:41,912 I mean, there's machines in there from like 1935? right, 1255 01:25:42,710 --> 01:25:45,530 Yeah, they're some of the rarest pinball machines that are ever made. 1256 01:25:45,930 --> 01:25:51,170 And then there's a whole back room where there's all these vintage arcade games. 1257 01:25:51,310 --> 01:25:55,930 And even like old Nintendo and Sega Genesis set up on these big flat screens. 1258 01:25:56,070 --> 01:26:01,150 And some games that you're surprised they have and that they work so well. 1259 01:26:01,290 --> 01:26:05,030 So, yeah, and they serve local Asheville beer. 1260 01:26:05,750 --> 01:26:08,130 Can't go wrong with that. You definitely cannot go wrong with that. 1261 01:26:08,250 --> 01:26:11,950 Another highlight I wanted to bring up, just so we can really make this about Asheville. 1262 01:26:12,530 --> 01:26:15,170 Is, and you know what, forgive me. Actually, you know what, I'm not going to 1263 01:26:15,170 --> 01:26:18,310 because I can't remember the name fully, but I'll just say we visited a distillery 1264 01:26:18,710 --> 01:26:21,250 and that distillery had some amazing cocktails. 1265 01:26:21,370 --> 01:26:24,370 I think I actually have a picture of it, Mike. Tell me if I'm wrong about that. 1266 01:26:25,970 --> 01:26:31,610 You might have a... You might, you may, you know, I think that's the part of 1267 01:26:31,610 --> 01:26:35,730 the day where we leave one thing drinking and go to another thing drinking and 1268 01:26:35,730 --> 01:26:38,750 the thing starts to get a little fuzzy. It gets fuzzy, correct. 1269 01:26:40,510 --> 01:26:44,410 Well, I look Can you tell them about the last thing we did that day about the, 1270 01:26:44,470 --> 01:26:47,330 what is it called? I'm sorry, the Arts District. All right. Is that where you took me? 1271 01:26:48,290 --> 01:26:51,650 You know the river arts district yes yes yeah 1272 01:26:51,650 --> 01:26:54,590 so that's this area i don't know 1273 01:26:54,590 --> 01:26:57,930 somewhat similar to the winwood district 1274 01:26:57,930 --> 01:27:01,350 in miami but not near as as as 1275 01:27:01,350 --> 01:27:04,030 cool but it's not to say that 1276 01:27:04,030 --> 01:27:07,170 it isn't cool here but it's there is an area 1277 01:27:07,170 --> 01:27:10,470 where there's all these old warehouses and and abandoned 1278 01:27:10,470 --> 01:27:13,770 kind of of recycling centers and just 1279 01:27:13,770 --> 01:27:17,250 old buildings and who knows what were there and they're covered 1280 01:27:17,250 --> 01:27:19,910 in all these murals and then you know the 1281 01:27:19,910 --> 01:27:22,990 artist brought in a brewery and there's a restaurant and 1282 01:27:22,990 --> 01:27:25,550 then there's an art gallery then there's another art gallery and there's an 1283 01:27:25,550 --> 01:27:30,290 art studio and a pottery studio and so there's all these all these these cool 1284 01:27:30,290 --> 01:27:34,470 fun things to do that's surrounded by all these different artists and they're 1285 01:27:34,470 --> 01:27:37,330 not just local artists there's also artists that look like they've come in there 1286 01:27:37,330 --> 01:27:40,190 i've seen some from chicago you saw some from Modesto. 1287 01:27:40,210 --> 01:27:43,470 There's lots of cool stuff to see. 1288 01:27:43,650 --> 01:27:49,810 I highly recommend anyone who's into graffiti and art murals, go check it out. 1289 01:27:50,450 --> 01:27:54,790 Absolutely. That was also a big highlight. What I wanted to touch back on is 1290 01:27:54,790 --> 01:27:57,210 we went to a distillery and that distillery is called. 1291 01:27:58,428 --> 01:28:01,048 Cultivated cocktails that's it 1292 01:28:01,048 --> 01:28:03,848 literally cultivated cocktails distillery if you 1293 01:28:03,848 --> 01:28:08,908 go to their website cultivated-cocktails.com you can see some of the best spirits 1294 01:28:08,908 --> 01:28:13,948 i've ever tasted and honestly for very good prices now you can get them shipped 1295 01:28:13,948 --> 01:28:17,888 to you but i can't speak for that so be sure to go check that out and funny 1296 01:28:17,888 --> 01:28:21,068 enough mike that distillery has a podcast. 1297 01:28:22,788 --> 01:28:25,768 Oh does it yes it does be sure 1298 01:28:25,768 --> 01:28:28,628 to check out the distillery they're sorry their podcast called inside 1299 01:28:28,628 --> 01:28:31,408 the distillery where they do basically they literally 1300 01:28:31,408 --> 01:28:35,188 record in the distillery and they talk about all their upcoming whiskeys and 1301 01:28:35,188 --> 01:28:38,688 brews and all the things they're making so go check them out that was such a 1302 01:28:38,688 --> 01:28:42,368 great experience so but yeah mike am i forgetting anything else that we experienced 1303 01:28:42,368 --> 01:28:49,088 oh probably um you know you you tried you tried bojangles for the first time 1304 01:28:49,088 --> 01:28:50,808 that was That was a thing. 1305 01:28:51,728 --> 01:28:55,288 We did eat at a lot of great restaurants out here. 1306 01:28:55,348 --> 01:28:58,368 And that's one thing that Asheville has a lot of, including, 1307 01:28:58,528 --> 01:29:04,868 you know, not only do they have the most breweries, they have tons of great, great restaurants. 1308 01:29:05,028 --> 01:29:08,628 And so we ate very heavy while you were here. 1309 01:29:09,608 --> 01:29:14,948 We did. We ate very heavy indeed. A lot of gravies, a lot of biscuits, a lot of chicken. 1310 01:29:16,868 --> 01:29:18,748 Just a lot of, just a lot of a lot. 1311 01:29:19,620 --> 01:29:24,140 I mean, hey, it was a working vacation, right? 1312 01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:28,860 So you had to experience the culture of the place you were visiting. 1313 01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:29,980 What are you supposed to do? 1314 01:29:30,640 --> 01:29:33,520 Hey, the only thing you can do is have a good time, baby. That's all. 1315 01:29:35,020 --> 01:29:38,540 Yeah, man, I think that about wraps it up. I really can't thank everybody who 1316 01:29:38,540 --> 01:29:40,860 participated and was a part of our coverage. 1317 01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:45,700 Again, this is our first time doing a true on-location experience with interviews, 1318 01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:47,220 without interviews, reviews. 1319 01:29:47,220 --> 01:29:49,900 Views please if you guys like this and we 1320 01:29:49,900 --> 01:29:53,120 want to do more or if there's a town that you like want 1321 01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:56,020 us to check out email me at uncle dad at uncle dad 1322 01:29:56,020 --> 01:29:59,700 talks.com and if there's people out there who want to talk to us we would love 1323 01:29:59,700 --> 01:30:02,840 to see if we can make that happen and again the email is uncle dad at uncle 1324 01:30:02,840 --> 01:30:07,740 dad talks.com mike is there anything else i'm forgetting or do we just want 1325 01:30:07,740 --> 01:30:13,260 to call it a goodbye i think we call it a goodbye and you know as always check 1326 01:30:13,260 --> 01:30:15,120 out our instagram at Uncle Dad Talks, 1327 01:30:15,120 --> 01:30:19,240 and we'll post extra videos and pictures from the trip, 1328 01:30:19,580 --> 01:30:22,700 and you can give us all the likes. 1329 01:30:23,900 --> 01:30:27,900 All the likes, indeed. And I do want to throw out some special shout-outs. 1330 01:30:27,900 --> 01:30:31,400 Huge shout-out to your sister, Big Money Monica. 1331 01:30:32,660 --> 01:30:37,120 She was an incredible, absolutely incredible host. Go check out her place of 1332 01:30:37,120 --> 01:30:39,700 business, and you would have heard that earlier in the episode. 1333 01:30:39,700 --> 01:30:45,500 Of course, also a big shout-out to C-Murder, the one and only Callie Dunlap, 1334 01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:49,040 and be sure to follow her Instagram. She was a huge help as well. 1335 01:30:49,280 --> 01:30:51,500 What was her Instagram again, sir? I know you know it. 1336 01:30:52,440 --> 01:30:56,060 I do know it. It's Callie Dunlap Art. Yes. 1337 01:30:56,800 --> 01:31:00,000 Please go support our team, because without supporting our crew, 1338 01:31:00,080 --> 01:31:04,040 we can't make this happen. So thank you, guys. And of course, any last words, Mike? 1339 01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:07,040 I think we've said it all. Probably too much. 1340 01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:10,320 Amen, brother. All right, everybody. We'll see you all next week. 1341 01:31:10,380 --> 01:31:14,460 And remember, we're not uncles, we're not dads. We're just someone you can talk to. Take care.
Legendary Stand-up Comedian / Author
Jeffrey Allen Mishler (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Jeff Allen, is an American comedian best known for his film Happy Wife, Happy Life, Revisited. He is also known for his starring roles in several full-length comedy films, including: Bananas, Thou Shalt Laugh, Apostles of Comedy, and Apostles of Comedy: Onwards and Upwards.
