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The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

HELLO, IS THIS THING ON? Ft. Tony Statovci | The Comment Section Ep. 88

18 Oct 2023

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Chapter 1: What does Tony Statovci share about his journey in short-form comedy?

0.031 - 12.775 Tony Statovci

He turns around, and like, loudly, Drew goes, oh, I don't think they know I was joking. She goes, and this is when I knew, because she goes, is this thing on? To like a fake mic, and I was like...

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18.61 - 34.651 Drew Afualo

Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show starring me, your fave. Everybody knows me today. I'm a wiener, period. I did have to cut holes into this because my head was too big for the hole, but I don't want to talk about how fat phobic this hot dog costume is. On to the guests.

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35.071 - 41.74 Drew Afualo

Today we have the iconic, the legendary, the purely hilarious, one and only Tony Statovici. Statovici.

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41.76 - 42.301 Tony Statovci

Statovici.

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42.321 - 46.506 Drew Afualo

You're so good at this. This is crazy.

46.526 - 48.851 Tony Statovci

I would have definitely messed up. That's crazy.

Chapter 2: How does Tony handle being recognized in public?

48.871 - 50.937 Drew Afualo

Well, you're 90 episodes in. Yeah, true.

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51.278 - 54.346 Tony Statovci

I'm seasoned at this point. You look seasoned. Period.

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54.667 - 59.019 Drew Afualo

You know what I'm saying? Period. Happy to have you. Thank you, man.

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59.039 - 60.664 Tony Statovci

I'm happy to be here. Likewise.

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60.844 - 63.231 Drew Afualo

I'm a big fan of your content. Everybody loves you.

63.211 - 67.018 Tony Statovci

I was wondering, asking, like, since you asked my last name, how do you say, like, yours?

67.498 - 68.119 Drew Afualo

Afuolo.

Chapter 3: What funny experiences have Drew and Tony had at TSA?

68.3 - 68.881 Tony Statovci

Afuolo.

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68.981 - 70.043 Drew Afualo

Afuolo. Okay.

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70.283 - 73.389 Tony Statovci

So, like, is there a... What pronunciation is that?

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73.569 - 73.929 Drew Afualo

Samoan.

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74.15 - 76.634 Tony Statovci

Okay. Is there an English one? Because I have two.

76.995 - 86.937 Drew Afualo

Like, do you tell, like... You know what I'm saying? Well, it's, like, Afuolo is, like, the... correct one. Afualo is like English. It's like blending it all into one.

87.458 - 89.584 Tony Statovci

What's the Samoan way to say it? Samoan.

Chapter 4: What bizarre celebrity encounters did they have at Coachella?

89.604 - 91.569 Drew Afualo

Samoan way to say it. I guess it's Afualo.

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91.75 - 97.044 Tony Statovci

See, mine, I have Statovici, which is like the English way, and then Statovci, which is the Albanian way.

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97.065 - 97.726 Drew Afualo

Ooh. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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97.746 - 99.59 Tony Statovci

So it's like... Yeah, I never tell people that.

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99.61 - 99.91 Drew Afualo

Stop talking.

100.09 - 104.616 Tony Statovci

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Period. I love that. I wonder how you say her name. I always ask because of my name.

104.876 - 107.32 Drew Afualo

You know what I'm saying? Well, that's like we talked about my boyfriend.

Chapter 5: How do they feel about the perception of women in comedy?

107.84 - 116.852 Drew Afualo

His name's Peely. Yeah. But his English name is Billy because Peely translated to English is Billy essentially. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he just went by Billy for like years.

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117.112 - 117.653 Tony Statovci

That's crazy.

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117.633 - 128.596 Drew Afualo

Yeah. And Carlo, we both love Carlo. Carlo's been on the show. Yeah. He refused to call him Billy. He's like, you're literally not a Billy. Yeah. And he was like, no, I know. You can call me Billy.

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Chapter 6: What insights do they share about the challenges of stand-up comedy?

128.616 - 137.595 Drew Afualo

That's crazy. But I think in the last like two years, two, three years, he's been telling people my name's Peely because he got tired of using the English name.

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137.655 - 138.797 Tony Statovci

You know, Tony's not my real name.

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139.267 - 143.996 Drew Afualo

I honestly don't doubt it. Once you told me that last, that pronunciation, I said, that's not your real name.

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144.016 - 156.137 Tony Statovci

My full name is Baton Ramez Statovci. But Tony is just coming to me. Just coming to me. Like, my mom, like, what's crazy is I never went by that name at all in my whole life. My mom gave me the nickname Tony.

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156.157 - 156.358 Olivia Maher

Really?

156.378 - 162.222 Tony Statovci

So it's like, I don't even consider, like, Tony is like, My spirit. You know? My essence.

Chapter 7: How does Tony describe his experience working with Shaquille O'Neal?

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162.643 - 167.552 Tony Statovci

And, like, Batten is, like, my, like, that's my govie. That's just the government. You know what I'm saying?

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167.572 - 167.813 Drew Afualo

Yeah.

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167.953 - 171.94 Tony Statovci

If I'm in trouble, like, here you go, officer. That's me. You know what I'm saying?

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171.96 - 175.807 Drew Afualo

At the airport. For sure. Oh, bro. At the airport. You get profiled a lot.

176.028 - 179.955 Tony Statovci

Oh, my God. Like, I've got, like, I have a whole video about airports.

Chapter 8: What are their thoughts on the impact of social media on comedy?

179.935 - 204.134 Tony Statovci

It's so bad for me, man. I don't wear my hair up during security because if I do, one, they make me take it down and they check it for bombs. They're like, yeah, we have this method that we do. We're going to need you to, and I'm already like, because I know what it is. Check if I have fucking bombs on my hands.

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204.154 - 206.037 Drew Afualo

Go ahead, man. They do the little swipe thing?

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206.077 - 213.469 Tony Statovci

Every time. I got clear. So now it's chilled out a lot. But before clear, yeah.

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213.449 - 216.976 Drew Afualo

You'd have to go, like, six hours early because you know they're going to stop you.

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216.996 - 222.226 Tony Statovci

And, like, me, I'm used to it. My girl, she gets so mad. She's like, why aren't they stopping anybody else?

222.386 - 223.849 Drew Afualo

Me, Cor. Me, Cor.

223.889 - 224.33 Tony Statovci

Me, Cor.

224.47 - 226.454 Drew Afualo

To my boyfriend because he gets profiled a lot.

226.754 - 230.361 Tony Statovci

So my baby is cool. Better say sorry, I guess.

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