The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
IT'S HARD TO BE A VIEWER Ft. Mary Beth Barone | Episode 145
20 Nov 2024
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Chapter 1: What misconceptions do men have about periods?
Like there's a video, I don't remember who I heard this from actually or if it was like a viral thing, but it was like what's the funniest misconception your boyfriend has about periods? And there was one person that said their boyfriend thought you just put the tampon in and then you take it out. Like you just put it, you just dip it in, it gets the stuff.
Well it's like testing the pH of a pool.
Exactly. Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show, starring me, your fave, everybody knows me, who cares about me. On to the guests, but before we get there, we are in unfamiliar surroundings. Team, we're in New York, and today we have a New York legend, a hilarious and ridiculously talented Mary Beth Barone. Woo! Woo! I can't believe I'm here. Oh my gosh.
Same. This is so exciting. Our first time here together. And is this your first recording in New York or you've done them? I've done them before, but at different studios. So this is our first time in this studio. In this studio. Spotify HQ. Yes. The view outside is crazy. It is. It's ridiculous. I can't. Yeah. It's just good to be at the World Trade Center on election day. I think so. Yeah.
Hopefully it's a good sign.
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Chapter 2: How do the hosts feel about being in New York for the first time?
I think so too. I think we're, I don't want to say anything actually. Okay, same, same. But I will say, Mary Beth, I know you were late, but the only reason I'm bringing it up is because I'm always late. Okay, thank you so much for giving me that gift. Time zones are really hard. I'm not going to say who put this event on my calendar. I won't name names. It wasn't me, though.
But time zones are tough. It's math and it's tech. It's big tech. It's big pharma. I feel like, yeah, just all is forgiven when it comes to time zones for me. But I just appreciate that you didn't lock me out of the building. That's big time. That's what big time wants you to be like. And they sort of run shit. Not enough people talk about big time. Here we are at Spotify HQ.
We're breaking the news live about big time, especially because I am notoriously and always late. So much so that my team lies to me about times all the time. Whoa. Yeah, it's really bad. So can I have like your average lateness? And then what do you think is like the grace period for people being late for things that you are organizing? I know. I'm like, anything past five, I'm like, wow.
That's why I didn't care. When they told me, I was like, I don't care. I don't mind at all. I would say my buffer is like 20, 25 minutes, which is bad. I'm not proud of it. That's a West Coast lifestyle. Because in New York, yeah, if you're not early or late, that's it. But I really love being punctual. So then to be an hour late for something I actually asked to do ā is kind of insane.
And that's just what you're going to get with me sometimes. But that's how bad you want to do it. Yeah.
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges of being late?
So excited you forgot. I was so excited. I thought I had five more hours to get ready. I could have 11 hours to get ready and also be like, I need like 30 more minutes. And that's my cross to bear. A lot of times I just blame it on being brown. Like, you know, I just think minority people time runs different. I've always joked, too.
I'm like, well, you know, whatever time I tell you to show up or, like, I'll be there. Just add. Two hours added. Fashionably late. Because I'm most likely lying. You know that's called fashionably late. Fashionably late. So that's a thing. I mean, in America, I feel like there's so much emphasis on being on time.
And then in other countries, like, I know there's, like, one country where the train just sort of arrives when it arrives. And you're going to get where you're going at some point. Yeah. But people don't value being on time there. So it's like, it doesn't matter. And I think it's cool to dip into that every once in a while. But yeah, in New York, everyone's moving so fast.
Like I walk really fast. I always want to get where I'm going and I just want things to be over. Right. So that's, and that's bad. That's no way to live. Yeah. Like I should enjoy something. Me, I'm living in the moment. You are. That's why I'm so late. You're actually living in the past in a way. Yeah, the moment went without me. Exactly. And I'm late. The train has left the station.
I think New York would like collectively freak out if the trains just showed up whenever. Although I'm sure sometimes it feels that they just show up whenever. It is one reason that I could never live off the G train. It's the G train's world and we're just living in it. I don't know if you ever had the pleasure.
But also what's confusing about the G train is that I've gotten on it going in the wrong direction multiple times. Because it's like Queens or Manhattan is toward Brooklyn or something. It just makes no sense. So that's one where I'm like, I think someone from L.A. designed this. That's what it's sort of feeling like. I would believe you, honestly. That's Big Subway. Big Subway.
And again, they're sort of in charge. Right. Puppeteering, if you will. Well, and when I was actually the craziest part of the story is I put in my GPS this address and it wanted me to take the ferry. Oh. And the ferry took an hour. So I immediately saw that. I said, I'm getting an Uber. And then when I looked it up further in my phone in the Uber, I could have taken two subways in 26 minutes.
So I don't know what's happening today. I think everyone's a little out of sorts due to the events that are unfolding. And how is your election season been? I mean, we don't have to talk about it too much. It's been, I mean, horrifying, I'm sure. Like most people feel very scared to feel hopeful. Yeah. But hopefully, no pun intended, everything works out the way we would like it to for now.
Okay.
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Chapter 4: How do the hosts view time zones and punctuality?
We have to. I just think you're fantastic. But I would love to know how you kind of got into stand up. Obviously, I find you fucking hilarious. And I've watched your your opener on The Tonight Show. Oh, yeah. And I thought it was fantastic. Thank you. You're so funny. So I would love to know how you kind of got into stand up. Yeah, it was sort of accidental. I always wanted to be famous as a kid.
I don't know when you were born. I was born in 1991. 95. Okay, so I was like Mary-Kate Nashiera, Lizzie McGuire. Love, love, love. Seeing all my heroes flourish, Britney Spears, people like that, the Spice Girls. I was very inspired. So I really wanted to get in the mix, although I'm not an epo-baby, and I had no idea how to get involved in the industry, in showbiz. They don't tell you that part.
They don't. It's like you have to sort of figure it out for yourself. Yeah. I never got discovered at the mall, which is like a huge thing that I carry with me. Oh, my gosh. Had you ever been approached? Like, I feel like my mom was approached one time when I was with her, but I wasn't a child. I was like 13. You were like approachable age. Yeah. Did that give you a complex?
Well, they were like, I think your daughter could be a child star or whatever. Mind you, we're in like Chino Hills, California, which again is like Inland Empire. So it's like it's not even a major city. It's not a. But that's the best place to get discovered. I thought you meant they approached your mom to discover her. No, they approached my mom. While you're standing there like a lemon.
Yeah, right. And then my mom goes, no, we're not interested. And then I go, why would you do that? My mom goes, that guy had no information. He's in regular street clothes. He just walks up. Hey. Not even a business card. No, not even. He had no card. She said, can I have a card? He didn't have one. And she goes, I think that was a scam or something. Could have been.
It could have been Walt Disney. Yeah, right. We'll never know. Right. We'll never know. He could have unfrozen that one day. He went to the Inland Empire for some new talent. And it literally... The ship sailed without me. I think you could have. I think you could have been a star. I obviously didn't know you at that age, but I feel like you have child star potential.
Right.
But I think it's better to happen later in life. I agree. Just for like the development of your brain and everything.
I agree.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does Mary Beth face during a photoshoot?
Right. And it was a photographer. And he first of all, when I got there, like when I went down and they were like, oh, we're ready to shoot because they're shooting many people at the same time. So they're like, oh, it's your turn. And so I go and he's like, I can't work in these conditions. That's like my impression of him. Totally. Which is like really like self-important.
And to me, pitch perfect. Because I'm imagining this guy. I'm seeing it. So it's very like, I could never. I can't shoot in this lighting. Like if I looked over too fast, he'd have a beret on. Totally. And so he was like, as soon as he saw me, he was like, you're Drew?
Chapter 6: How does Mary Beth navigate uncomfortable situations with men?
And I go, yeah. And then he goes... Welcome. Like, it's almost like it just flipped. Like, it immediately turned into a big creep. And so then, at first, it started off kind of like, yeah, you look great. You look so... Yeah, you look great. Like, okay. Right? Which I know photographers will be like, beautiful, beautiful, whatever.
They'll gas you up. It's part of the vibe.
And you know how sometimes if photographers are...
like recording you or taking pictures of you if they want to adjust something and there's no one around because sometimes they'll be like can someone please fix hair can someone please fix her shirt they'll be like do you mind if I touch you that's what I've been asked many times by men women anyone right and so I'm like yeah that's fine but he never asked me and so like in the beginning he wasn't really coming near me but I already I just I like to think I can smell a dude like that like a drug dog like I'm like yeah like I'm being walked in the airport in a circle right there before TSA
Chapter 7: What experiences shape Mary Beth's perspective on comedy?
Yeah. And they're like, just walk through. It's fine. He's not going to do anything. That's me with creepy guys. I am the same. I'm the same. I just know my it's my skin is crawling. And I just I'm like, like alarms going off. But sometimes, yeah, you just it's like circumstance. Yeah. So like and then we move to the next location, which involves him being a lot closer to me.
whereas before he had to shoot me behind a table and so then when I'm like standing there he's like so like what's your thing and I go what do you mean and then he goes like you know why you're here and then I go I make fun of awful men on the internet And then he goes, no, seriously. Also, mind you, this guy's in his 50s. So why are you talking to me like we're the same age? We're not. No.
We're not the same age. No. You were in college and I wasn't even born yet. I wasn't even conceived yet. You weren't even a twinkle in your mother's eye. Yeah. Yeah. You were literally filing single form tax forms, W-2s. So then he's talking to me and he's like, I tell him. And then he goes... They said something like, you have a podcast. I go, yeah, that's one of the things I do.
Chapter 8: What advice does Mary Beth offer to aspiring female comedians?
And then he goes, if I was on your podcast, what would you and I talk about?
Ew.
Like a child. I was like, this is so juvenile, and I'm at least 50 years younger than you. Also, he's at work. Hey, buddy. You have a job to do. Take the damn picture. Yeah, and so he's like, what would we talk about? And then I go, I don't know, probably creepy photographers. Do you know a lot about those? And then it's awkward.
And the only person there is my cousin Adam who does my hair and makeup. And he was facing me because he was like, I hated that guy so much I felt like I had to stand there the whole time because otherwise he just kept trying to get closer to me, closer to me, whatever. And so I was like, probably creepy photographers. Do you know anything about that?
And then we were just making eye contact and he goes... Yeah, you know, that does, you know, that does happen. And now that I'm looking at these lights, you know what? Like, actually, guys, can we? And he just turned around and I was like, oh, crazy. I don't want to talk anymore. Fucking weirdo. I would not want to be on the other end of you in that. You know what I mean?
Like, just eviscerate the guy. Like, that's I mean, so many situations you feel like you can't say anything. So I am. Wow. That's. Well done. You probably made him feel bad for two minutes, which is more than maybe anyone else has ever done. Ever done ever in his life. Also married. He had a wedding ring on and mentioned he had kids multiple times. I was like, oh, love that. Love that, too.
And then I told I was like telling my my family and my team, I'm like, you're really lucky that I'm at work. Yeah. Because if you caught me as a civilian and you were acting like this. Forget it. Different. Well, so what do you in that situation? Like, did you tell the people that put the photo shoot together? Like, yeah, I told my family and my team and my team insisted on telling them.
And I was like, that's fine. I don't care if you tell them. I don't mind at all. And it's one of those where it was too much. You're pushing it and you're going to make me turn into the Incredible Hulk. And when I do that, I wake up naked in a ditch, dead bodies all around me. All your clothes are tattered. Right. Well, that's very empowering.
because I think a lot of people one wouldn't say anything in the moment and then two you it's sort of you know it fizzles and you just decide I'm not gonna say anything but what does that accomplish I just think it's like it's hard there is still that thing of like well I don't want to be the one that complained yeah but I I think like we need to try to shed that a little bit and I'm speaking as someone that doesn't all the time like people will be creeps to me and I'm like whatever it's like it's over yeah for me but that's bad I need we need to like be protecting other women
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