Bert Kreischer (Lucky, Bertcast, 2 Bears 1 Cave) is a standup comedian, television host, and podcaster. Bert joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the fact that he would have thrived in a content house, how his discontinued flip-flops showed him the power of diversifying his talent, and why learning how to edit videos put him in the driver's seat of his career. Bert and Dax talk about why Florida and Australia are the closest cousins in the world, the truth being that he’s extremely sensitive, and when he started the tradition of pooling tips at his live shows to change one staff person’s day. Bert explains his father’s brutal approach to giving him the humility he needed that actually worked, the origin story of his topless standup performances, and how he had to take a break to find the smile in his joke again in his new special Lucky.Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: Who is Bert Kreischer and what is his background?
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I find it rude showing up to a podcast on time. When I show up on time, I should show up like five minutes late to let them get settled. So today I was like, I didn't know your energy, so I didn't want to assume. When I get to do a podcast, I'm like, when I say two o'clock, it means I'll get there at two o'clock.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And so I feel bad when people get there early and they're waiting on me. And then I'm like, I'm so sorry. I decided to walk to work.
Yeah. And you have it nearly as bad as me, which is you record in a house.
I just said, I can't believe I'm at your house. It's so intimate. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Is it a good or a bad idea? You think it depends on who you have on your podcast. I have lunatics on my podcast. The night that we decided we no longer do in our house, it was me, Sam Tripoli and Eddie Bravo, my daughter, Isla, my daughter, Georgia and Eddie Bravo and Isla were learning jujitsu moves. Okay.
And we're all high and we're all by the fire pit. Yeah.
sure and isla's like i'm mom i'm learning jujitsu it was really fun but my wife's like all right just so we were clear that energy we're not going to welcome that into our house every time we have a little bit aggressive she's like i like eddie i like sam but i don't know if we're gonna just anytime you have a band that wants to stick around and we had a band doing coke in our bathroom the other day yeah maybe keep those kids away from that i try to go ladies do you know who this is and then they're like no yeah
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Chapter 2: How did Bert Kreischer's early fame as a party guy shape his career?
First of all, what scenario did you just paint? There's no way any dude is like, I'm sharing it with all these people. I used to do a thing called waitstaff raffle. I just did it as a lark. It was the first time I ever sold out a show. It's the very beginning of me starting to sell tickets. And there was a snowstorm and I got bonused $100. Maybe it was more, but I had $100 in my hand.
I said, I'm going to give it to the whole staff. And then I realized, well, it's only 10 bucks a person. It doesn't seem that big. And then I said, I'm going to give it to one person. That's the thing I look for in life. If I'm addicted to anything, it's the sparkle of a moment. the sensation when you go for me, you know? And so I said, you know what I'll do?
And I got on stage and I said, here's the deal. This wait staff, they've been busting their ass and they're going to probably walk with maybe 120 bucks tonight, which is good money, but we can make one of them really feel the moment. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to pass around my hat and just put in whatever you have. Don't take it away from your tip.
Just if you got like 10 or 20, just throw it in five bucks is fine. And I'm going to put a hundred dollars in and we got $700 that night. And we pulled a name out of all the waitstaff. Oh, this is so fun. One girl came up on stage, starts crying. This is a fucking powerful moment.
I don't know if you'll get it as much as me because you never a poor dad, but she said, I get to buy the nice car seat now. Oh. As a poor dad, I remember going to Target with Leanne when we were broke, looking at car seats and you'd see the good car seat. And this is my baby's life. And I got to get the cheaper one because I'm a fuck up.
That's a lot.
It gets better. You ready for this one? And you can find this one online. So I start doing it and it's fun. And I tell him, I said, we'll do it every show. Five of you will walk away with like a thousand bucks a night extra. And they loved it. And then we were in Louisville, Kentucky last show on Sunday. And we've been doing it the whole week. And I pull a name.
I go, Kevin, you don't want dudes to win. You don't want a guy to win. Yeah.
There's already a pay gap. Just go make some money. And he's black. You don't want black dudes to win.
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