Comedian Joe Bublewicz on The John DeBella Show
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00:00Joining us here in the studio for the very first time, and somehow sponsored by Harvest
00:19Seasonal Grill, Joe Bubblewitz is here.
00:23Good morning to you, Joe.
00:24That's the only way they let me eat the food here.
00:25I had to put this on my chest.
00:27Well, McGrogan drives a hard bargain.
00:30All right?
00:31Capitalism at its best.
00:32Actually, that's the highest Dave could reach on Joe.
00:36It's at his belly button.
00:37It's almost hit my head on the thing.
00:39You've got to raise the speakers for crying out loud.
00:41Joe's a tall guy.
00:43How was getting over here this morning?
00:45Yeah, it wasn't too bad.
00:47Well, once I got an affiliate, it was bad.
00:48It's like the orange capital of the world.
00:50What's going on with the construction?
00:51I guess eventually the city's going to get done?
00:53I don't know.
00:54Someday.
00:55Someday.
00:55All right.
00:56So this is the first time we're meeting.
00:58I don't know all that much about you, so let's start with the simple things.
01:01My social security number is 139.
01:04Are you married?
01:06I'm in a relationship.
01:07Oh, you're in a relationship.
01:08Longest relationship ever.
01:09Nine years.
01:10Really?
01:11Yeah.
01:11She's Irish, and our anniversary is on St. Patrick's Day.
01:14Really?
01:15So I figured this is going to work, because I can remember that over here.
01:18I can remember.
01:21Yeah.
01:22She's a cool chick, man.
01:23All right.
01:23She puts up with me.
01:25All right.
01:25Yeah.
01:25Don't they all.
01:26I'm married 22 years today.
01:28Are you really?
01:29Yeah.
01:29God bless you.
01:30Look at you.
01:31I know.
01:31I know.
01:31I'm surprised I'm not dead.
01:33You've got to stay on that surfboard of happiness, man.
01:35That's what it's all about.
01:36Are you a pet guy?
01:38Do you got kids?
01:39Let me go through that.
01:40Pets are more important to me than children.
01:42Well, let me tell you something.
01:43We've got two dogs, and she's got two kids.
01:45Okay.
01:45They're teenagers.
01:46So dogs are a lot easier, right?
01:48Dogs.
01:49When you take them home, right, they don't come home and smell like marijuana.
01:53Dogs.
01:54They don't ask for money.
01:55It's a lot easier when you're raising dogs.
01:57It's tough, man.
01:58I don't know.
01:59They've got a 16 and an 18-year-old.
02:00They're brutal.
02:01Oh, God.
02:02Yeah.
02:02They'll come out of it, I guess.
02:03I don't know.
02:03All right.
02:04All right.
02:05How are they dealing with, you know, mom has a boyfriend?
02:09You know what?
02:10It's been about nine years now.
02:11Well, the first three years were tough, and I have a lot of material on that, but it's
02:16a little dirtier, so come see the show.
02:19I don't think they've got a lot of people talking about that now.
02:23But, you know, it's so surprising because we have never met before, and I know, like,
02:28every damn comic in the city, I mean, with the exception of Helium, where else have you
02:33been performing?
02:34Witness Protection Comedy Club.
02:35Oh, is that what it is?
02:36There's no low-key churches and synagogues.
02:40Luckily, I'm in the Northeast, so I don't really have to travel as much because it's,
02:45you know, I don't know if you travel, or you don't travel, but it's just, you know, it's
02:47getting tired.
02:48Yeah.
02:48Oh, yeah.
02:49Tiring.
02:49Oh, yeah.
02:50I mean, you know, I see guys come in here, and it's like, well, we had Mark Norman in
02:54yesterday, and literally, every time this guy comes to town, it snows.
02:58Yeah.
02:59Right?
02:59Every single time.
03:00He's been here three times, and it has snowed.
03:02The first time he showed up, there was 22 inches of snow on the ground.
03:05And he was here?
03:06Right.
03:06Well, he was on our show.
03:08No one was at his show.
03:09Yeah.
03:09But he was on our show.
03:11That's brutal.
03:12Yeah.
03:12Now, they had a closing, like it was a state of an emergency.
03:16It was like three inches of snow.
03:18Yeah.
03:18I know.
03:19I don't get it.
03:19I had to hitch on the back of a bus to get to school.
03:21Remember that?
03:21We had to hitch on the back.
03:22Remember hitching?
03:23Oh, yeah.
03:24You do the hitching, right?
03:24Oh, sure.
03:25They don't do that anymore.
03:26No.
03:26The kid got helmets on when they're riding bikes.
03:28It's like, come on, relax.
03:30Riding bikes in the tub.
03:31I saw somebody selling tub helmets the other day.
03:33Tub helmets?
03:34Yes, for bath time.
03:36I'm not making this up, guys.
03:38I'm not making this up.
03:39Does it keep your kids?
03:40I mean, yeah, my kid's taking a pretty decent.
03:42That's for Dave.
03:43Exactly.
03:44Honey, where's the shower helmet?
03:45Are you being serious?
03:47Yeah.
03:47I didn't.
03:47All right, man.
03:48Does it keep your head flowing?
03:50These are soft times.
03:51I got some new material.
03:52Let me write that down.
03:53Exactly.
03:54Maybe it's not patented yet.
03:55Get on it.
03:56Tub helmets.
03:57Doing comedy as long as you've been doing comedy.
04:01Let me ask you this, because I've asked this to some other people.
04:04Is it getting different?
04:05Is it?
04:06Oh, yeah.
04:08Yeah?
04:08You know, I do some Trump stuff, but usually when I do it, at the end of the joke, they
04:14don't know if I'm for them or against them, and that's where you have to be.
04:17I mean, you've got to go into Switzerland.
04:19You don't have to be, but you could run into some problems.
04:22I mean, I had, there was a, let's not, I won't mention the club, but I had a call where
04:27somebody got fired because he did a Trump joke, and there was about 400 people in the
04:31audience.
04:32Right.
04:32And half the people were for Trump, the other half were against Trump, so when he did the
04:37anti-Trump joke, they got mad, and then the other people who were supporting Trump,
04:42they were going at each other.
04:43Then they weren't even talking to the comic anymore.
04:46When he left, they had to walk, like he couldn't walk out because people were waiting for him.
04:50Oh my God!
04:51As he left the club, they had to go the back way, and the next day they fired him.
04:55They fired him.
04:56Comedy clubs are supposed to be the safe zone.
04:58We, you know, that's when I'll stop.
05:00When they say, you can't do this, you can't do that, I'll go, hey, I had a good run, I'm
05:05out of here.
05:05You know what?
05:06I can still do it, thank God, because it is true.
05:09It's, I mean, you go on Facebook, and no matter what you say nowadays, you're going to
05:13piss someone.
05:13Hey, it's a beautiful day outside.
05:14You're a racist!
05:16It's light outside.
05:18Yeah, but it's light.
05:18It's the darkness.
05:20No, no, take it easy.
05:21I mean, I'm just, yeah.
05:22So, it's really, I mean, I've heard some nightmare stories.
05:26I've been able to avoid it, you know what I mean?
05:28But, yeah, it's crazy out there.
05:30Now, we were talking earlier, and now that I'm looking straight at you, yeah, you do look
05:36a little like Jake Johansson.
05:37Jake Johansson.
05:38Well, you know what?
05:39You know what I've gotten lately?
05:40Right.
05:41Roger Waters.
05:42Oh, I can totally see that.
05:43I can see that.
05:44Oh, wow, even more so.
05:46And that explains the anti-Trump joke.
05:48Exactly.
05:49Yeah.
05:49All you've got to do is big up a bigger nose.
05:53Yeah, just, well, wait a minute.
05:54It's big.
05:55See, look.
05:55Oh, my.
05:56Oh, my.
05:57Smoking mirrors.
05:58Oh, wait a second.
05:59Wait a second.
05:59Wait a second.
05:59Take it off and look at them straight on.
06:01Look at this.
06:01Look at this.
06:02You are Roger Waters.
06:03You are Roger Waters.
06:03I was going to say, because, yeah, without the money, or the guitar talent.
06:07Who the hell's Jake Johansson?
06:08Yeah, I was Googling him before he said Roger Waters.
06:12Oh, Roger Waters.
06:13Yeah, I mean, like, lately, every, because, Joanna's been wanting me to grow my hair longer.
06:17I'm like, all right, whatever, you know, happy wife, happy life, I'll grow my hair longer.
06:20Now it's like every show.
06:22You know, I know, I know, I know, Roger Waters.
06:24I mean, I should just get in the, you know, first class.
06:28Sit down.
06:28Let's go to, yeah.
06:30Well, you know, there are people who come up to me and say, I have a friend who looks like you.
06:34And my answer is, tell him to get everything out of it he can.
06:37Yeah, right.
06:38So on behalf of Roger, do the same thing.
06:40Milk it, baby, milk it.
06:41Right, yes.
06:41Do you know who I am?
06:43Right this way, sir.
06:46I mean, do people on social media, do you get it there, too?
06:50It's just recently been that way, because, like I said, she's, why don't you grow my hair?
06:55Why don't you grow my hair?
06:55I'm all right.
06:55So I just, I'm starting to grow my hair longer.
06:57That's when it started happening, like, the last two or three months.
07:00So now every show, I know, like, as soon as they're smiling, then they're coming up to me.
07:05And obviously they enjoy the show, but that's not what they want to talk to me about.
07:08I know, I know.
07:09Roger Waters.
07:10All right.
07:11Where's he live, man?
07:12I got to meet him somewhere.
07:13We got to do a little.
07:13Yeah, he's still just outside of London.
07:16That's a far drive.
07:18I mean, the next time he's here.
07:20Thank you so much for coming in on a snow day.
07:21Thanks, guys.
07:22Thanks, guys.
07:22We'll be a part of First Friday this morning.
07:24How am I going to get my pancakes?
07:26I'm here to announce that I'm leaving show business and spend more time with my stripper.
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