The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
STARVING PICKUP ARTIST Ft. Kurtis Conner | The Comment Section Ep. 136
18 Sep 2024
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Chapter 1: What humorous topics do Drew and Kurtis discuss in the introduction?
Knee down for nobody but God. God? I'm proposing to God. You think he's taken? Yeah. I'll see you're getting on your knees for another man, dude. I'm pretty gay. Recess, bro. Ha ha ha ha ha! 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.
Today we have the iconic, the legendary, the mayor, the mayor to end all mayors, the one and only Curtis Conner. Woo! Thanks for having me. Welcome to the show. Thanks. Thank you. Mayor of Curtis Town. Yeah. I almost forgot the name. Don't get it fucking twisted. That's my name. Don't wear it out. Yeah. Happy to have you on the show. Big fan for a long time. Yeah, same.
Yeah, we did the... Your YouTube together. Yeah, we did our... Yeah. We did my YouTube. We YouTubed together. We did my YouTube together, yeah. When was that, like two years? Two years ago, I think. Fucking Jesus. I know. That's crazy. What's funny is Curtis asked me when we met on the Zoom, you were like, can you record on your phone too, just in case? I'm like, for sure. Oh, yeah.
And then I did, and then my... Oh, yeah, yeah. Something that I ran out of storage. Yeah. And I had no idea, so we missed a good 30 minutes of it. But it's, you know what? But we pieced it together somehow. It made it work. Still had a blast. Yeah, that was a good video. It was fun. I have been a fan of yours for a very long time. Wow.
And I want to tell you the very first YouTube video I saw of yours that I was like, oh, yeah, I'm locked in here. All right. That's when I purchased my citizenship to Curtis now that day. Yeah, you have to purchase. You have to buy it. It's really expensive. Yeah, it's pretty fucked up actually.
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Chapter 2: How did Kurtis Conner start his career in comedy?
There's a whole lot of layers to it. It was your video you made about TikTok country boys. Oh, shit. That was the very first one I'd ever seen. Really? That's like a super old video. Yeah, that was the first one I saw. Because I remembered you from Vine. Okay. Wait, I'm jumping all over the place. Okay, so the genesis of your career. You started on Vine, right? Is that kind of where you started?
Yeah, pretty much. I started doing stand-up, and then I was... I wanted a way to also be writing and doing jokes and stuff. When I wasn't on stage and Vine was popping at the time. Yeah, I started on Vine. Did pretty good on there. I was having fun. I put all my eggs in that basket. And then they dropped the basket. Then they threw it in the trash. And then all my eggs broke.
But then, yeah, I moved to YouTube and it's been pretty good. And how was it building your YouTube in the beginning? Was it, like, a lot different because Vine was such a short form? Or was it more fun? Well, I was trying to, like, running in tandem with Vine, I was trying to do YouTube also because, like, other people were doing it. But I was, like, I just didn't know what to do on there.
I was, like, starting, I was doing, like, sketches. Like, I just, it was, like, just trying to see what worked. And it just, like, took so long. And it really took me a while to really, like,
hone in and sort of uh isn't it only until i saw like my friends like danny and drew like they started doing like commentary and i was like okay i feel like that's something i would want to try totally gave it a try and then uh and not me drew by the way right good yeah drew good if y'all don't know yeah but uh yeah it was just uh it took a while a lot of fucking trial and error but um
It worked out, thank God. Yeah, clearly. Yeah. It's doing really well. For the YouTube, when you were... Did you learn how to edit your own stuff? Is that, like, what was taking you kind of a long time? Or did you already know how to do that? Yeah, I taught myself how to edit. I mean, it's not fucking...
rocket science i just thought it was just like it was just years and years of just slowly doing it and just like getting better over time trial and error yeah and i actually worked at a startup a company called inkbox uh oh that's right yeah they make semi-permanent tattoos yeah and uh yeah i feel like i it it was great because i was like the head of video content there so i was like uh that was a term that i got to pick myself also it sounds like way sicker than i actually was but they're like what's your title what do you want to be and i was like that one so
Um, but that like, like kind of forced me to edit like all day, every day. So it's like, I got like pretty not good. I just got like proficient. A lot faster and stuff. Yeah. A lot quicker. Yeah. Cause it is a, it is a tedious process. It's not necessarily hard depending on what you're doing. Yeah. Cause that was the one thing, the one, like I've talked about how I'm like one of the few
people i think who went to college and my degrees are useful in my because i was a journalism and communications major so i learned how to edit i learned how to do sound and right talk on camera and all that stuff so damn like i learned all that in college so thankfully i can use it here but even so like editing is tedious it takes forever it takes a long especially to get funny at it like because editing like a news package is what i was doing is one thing but like editing something that's supposed to be entertaining and funny it's a whole nother thing
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Kurtis face transitioning from Vine to YouTube?
It's so backwards. And the one you did about divorced dads. Oh, yeah. Making TikToks with their kids. Yeah. Those were so good. What an obscene premise. I know. I wish TikTok existed when I was a kid so my dad could have made one of those. How old are you? I'm 30. 30, big 3-0. Yeah, I know. God, you're a million years older than me. That sucks. That shit, I'm 30. Just kidding.
I'm going to be 29 this year, so I'm a year younger than you. So we're both up there. Yeah, we're up there. Over the hill. Better to be over it than under it, am I right? Yeah, that's what I've always said. Wait, before we move on, me actively forgetting the bits. Guys, chat, listen up. Comment section chat. We're introducing bits. Curtis, do you know what the bit is? Chat, is this real?
Chat, GBT, is this real? I was made aware of the bit. Okay, so the bit is we're each going to pick a phrase, and then we can read it to each other. And then at some point in the conversation, we're going to try to work it in. Okay. But without telling each other. The goal is surprise. Okay. Ladies first.
Ooh.
Don't mind if I do. I'll catch one too. Do you want me to read a... Yeah, go ahead. Read her out loud. Talk about how you need water. Need water. So I have to say that or do I have to do that? In a thirsty sense. Okay. Okay. All right. That's the one she was most excited about. I think it's funny you picked that one. And we're talking to my producer, Amanda, by the way.
And this is also mine says the word tantalizing. Easy, please. Child's play. Is that even a real word? I just say it. Tantalizing. Easy. Next bit. Super easy. Anyways, what were we talking about? Oh, you made a video about divorced parents. Yeah. Recently divorced parents. Yeah, dads who... It's mostly dads, yeah. Yeah. It's always dads. Yeah.
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Chapter 4: How does Kurtis describe the process of creating YouTube content?
Who make sad TikToks with their daughters or sons.
Yeah. Life's going to be a little weird for a second, but it's going to be okay.
They're lip-singing a song. Yeah. And they're getting devastating news. The kids are like... It's always that fucking Halsey song. It's like... How does it feel? The one where they go like this and then something stops them. And it's always like, it's like, have you seen the one with the lizard? Yeah, I love that one. It's like standing on a laundry basket. What'd you get to get your lizard?
Do you like lizards? I fuck with lizards. Are there any animals you're afraid of? Well, lizards, funnily enough, the lizard in Spider-Man, canonically his name is Kurt Connors. Dr. Kurt Connors, so... I do have a close relationship with lizards. Do you? When it comes to the Marvel universe. Y'all are one and the same? Yeah. Is that the lizard that Jamie Foxx turns into? No. Or is that different?
He never was a lizard. What is he then? He's Electro. Who's the guy? He's Electro. Oh, he's Electro. Wait, I'm thinking of the doctor that turns himself. He's trying to turn everybody into lizards. Yeah, that's Dr. Kurt Connors. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Sorry, I'm not a fucking geek, so I didn't know that. Sorry, I'm not a fucking pussy virgin.
Sorry, I got laid in high school, so I didn't have that information. Lame. Oh, that's the one he wanted to turn everyone into lizards. His name was Kurt Connors. Yeah. Well, I've never seen the two of you in the same room, so how am I to know? That's true. I want to turn everyone into Kurt Connors. Not even a lizard, just him? No, just everyone is me.
Okay.
That would be a little horrifying. That's a dream. That's Curtis Town. That's a dream. Yeah. You said in order to gain citizenship. See, this is why I revoked my citizenship or rescinded it, because we have to turn into you. Right. It's just a lot of time and money I don't have. Yeah, it's a lot of work. It's a dedication. A lot of surgeries.
We have a very similar build, so that would have been easy. Yeah, that's true. People have said that. Okay, so you said that you started doing stand-up, and now you're doing stand-up all the time. How has that journey been for you, doing stand-up?
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Chapter 5: What are the key elements of successful stand-up comedy according to Kurtis?
Where else did we go? They're tantalizing. Already? Already. Damn. Got him. Yeah. You could use that word if you want. About Appleton, Wisconsin. How was that show? They were sick. The shows were awesome. Yeah. Great crowd. I feel like it was weird because we did early shows and late shows that weekend. And the early shows were like fucking awesome.
insanely good and then usually it's like the late shows are like even like the best ones because it's like people are you know a little more booze in them they're like all right late show we're getting crazy you know we're getting fucking wild you know and then um but but those ones it was like the polar opposite like the late shows in appleton wisconsin the energy was so low really and i was like i was thinking about it and i was like these people have never been up this late before
Places close there at like 3 p.m. They're there in a bad mood? Yeah, they're just like, this is way past 5. I don't know what the fuck I'm doing here, dude. Literally, I was in Appleton, Wisconsin, and I was going to a coffee shop, like a local coffee shop, and it was closed at fucking 3 o'clock.
For what?
That's like, we're not even in like- Where'd y'all go? Yeah. There's still so much of the day left. And it was like a Friday, too. It was like, I don't know. But Appleton was great. Loved it. What's a place you love performing, no matter- No matter what time of the year or vibe? Like city or state? Yeah. Or country even?
I mean... Fucking... I've only done... Some of the best shows I've ever done were in Australia. Really? Yeah. Australian crowds were fucking... They get down. Oh, really? Yeah. That's fun. They're just so stoked about everything. They were down for any bit. That's cool. It was so cool. I love a good sport. Yeah, yeah. People are down. All of Australians are just so silly. They're just so goofy.
They have a very silly energy about them. Yeah. Lots of Australian men really fucking hate me.
Really?
But past that... Yeah, they do. I don't know if there's misogyny in their water over there, but a lot of their men are like that. I think a little bit. Very strange. Yeah. Whenever I was over there, I was pretty misogynistic when I was over there. Something about the air. Something in that water. It's like the mask from Jim Carrey. You're like... Yeah. These women.
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Chapter 6: How does Kurtis view the impact of TikTok on comedy?
That's super funny. My cousin was, like, it's, like, Michael Jackson's thriller. Right. Yeah, you just can't control it. It's, like, ah. Same thing when you go to Australia. Yeah. You have to fight it. Yeah. I mean, I fit right in, too, because of the mullet and everything. Oh, yeah. They were eating it up. They looked just like me. I felt like a hive mind. Just getting swept up in it? Yeah.
We all moved as one unit. It was pretty crazy. Multi-cells form one fist. Yeah. It was like a Megazord type shit. Yeah.
voltron yeah six cats all in one yeah one giant thing that's i was like when i started turning into something like that sounds like the transformers like yeah yeah yeah sorry speaking alien a little bit yeah it's which like the end the other side of that for me is like i have a huge fan base in australia because so many women right like fuck with me because i've fucked up australian men before yeah well you have like a yeah that's like a
Yeah, they're running concurrently. It's like real, a win is a win. You know what I mean? That's interesting. I guess I'll take it. Yeah. I had one Australian guy go on a podcast and talk about me, but he didn't say my name, even though they used so many of my videos in this clip. And I was like, you guys know my name, but you had to search me up to find my shit and use it.
But when he was saying, he called me some bitch on TikTok, which that's like my tagline over there. I was like this bitch on TikTok, which like- He's bitch on TikTok.
Yeah.
yeah exactly that might be new zealand i don't know i always get them mixed up a little bit me too with the accent yeah it's funny because when i said that he was australian um some people were like girl he's from new zealand i'm all potato potato all right yeah they're with an accent he's talking shit on me yeah yeah you guys got the gist right okay make sure you cross the line you didn't directly correctly say where he's from
And he even said, he's like, yeah, she makes these videos and they're so negative and blah, blah, blah, like denigrating towards men. But that's too big of a word for him. But they're mean to men. And in the middle of him describing me, he goes, and she's a pretty big girl. Anyways, and I could not stop laughing because I was like, that's just drive-by fat phobia.
It's like, she's a fat bitch, by the way. Anyways. Whoa. I know you're wondering if she's fat. Yes, she is. Anyway, just that drive-by shit like that. I'm like, that's funny. Yeah. I find that funny. You prefer the drive-bys than the... I just think if you surprise me, then I'm like, wow, I wasn't expecting that. Yeah, the misdirection.
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Chapter 7: What insights does Kurtis share about pickup artists and dating advice?
I don't know. I feel like it's... Maybe it's different because you're on YouTube. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. I feel like because when I post on YouTube, it's so like far in between. It's like it's like once or two times a month. So it's like and even then it's like it's still so much fun. I like it. Even just like.
like put into like a stupid tweet or something or like a stupid pic like it's i it's super fun i just like i can't imagine like i feel i can't imagine using social media and not being a like a yeah or like even just like a com a comedian or like who makes like comedy content because it's like If I had to do other shit, I'd be like, this is fucking boring. It's like, suck. I know.
Caleb has told me, he's like, if I could just get rid of social media and just be a comic, I would do that immediately. Like, if I didn't need this, I would. Really? Interesting. Yeah, he's told me that before. And I think it's because he's only ever been in comedy and then just recently started doing social. Yeah, you kind of have to now. Yeah, exactly, which is what he told me.
He was like, if I could get rid of it, I would immediately. Damn. And I was like, damn, can't relate. I need attention too bad. Yeah, I feel like it's, I feel like for me, it's not even attention. I feel like it's just like, there's just so much you could do. It's just so fun to just fart around and just have like a, like a fun time. Well, I thought I was going to find community with you.
Clearly I can't. Sorry. Forget it. Not this time. Wrong guy. You got the wrong guy. Also, I do want to mention too, Curtis asked me this when he first sat down, if he was the first straight man to ever be on the show. The second actually, big title, big number two. First or second, the best. Yeah, go ahead and tell that to Carlo, my buddy who came on two years ago, I think. Yeah, two years ago.
Been a while. Sorry, Carlo. Yeah, see, so take that. To all the men who hate me, clearly they don't all hate me. Yeah. Because there's one right here sitting in the chair. Trust me. They don't watch my show. Yeah. That's the equivalent of being like, I'm not racist. I have a black fan. Yeah. I'm like, see, at least one. Yeah, at least one. At least one.
It's funny because when I did that YouTube video with you too, I did have some- You did a YouTube video with you too? With Bono. I didn't see that one. With Bono specifically, but he didn't have to force me when they put that album on my iPod. They didn't have to force me. Yeah, Songs of Innocence. Is that what it's called, right? You look like you would know a lot more about U2 than I would.
That's true. I think based off perception alone, you would know way more about YouTube than me. Yeah, you're right. My understanding of any sort of band like that is non-existent at best. Really? Yeah. I don't even remember what I was talking about, but I was talking to my boyfriend about something, and I go, they make music like that. What's that one band called?
you know the one they like it's like the older white guys and they do like rock music and he goes there's like so many that's most bands that's most bands and i go oh yeah like guns and roses or something and he goes i don't know probably yeah i still have not said what it is i'm trying to describe and i'm like i don't fucking know it was one of those damn did you not did you not remember which one it was
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Chapter 8: What final advice does Kurtis give to aspiring comedians?
Yeah. Mutuals with your wife before you. And I think she's so sweet and so funny. And I think you would agree. Yeah. Absolutely, yeah. She's fucking awesome. See, both of our spouses didn't come, even though they're both fans of either of us. That's true. Yeah. Interesting. What's that about? What's that about? All right. We'll figure that out after. Yeah.
I'm going to have to make some calls after this. But, okay, we'll transition into speaking of the YouTube thing. We're transitioning into our topic, which is the psychology of male dating experts. Posting self-improvement videos on TikTok. Obviously, Curtis has come across many a dating expert, I'm sure. Oh, you did?
I think you did a YouTube video on a really old pickup artist reality show or something. You said you used to watch it when you were younger. Oh, Keys to the VIP. Yeah, that's right. That's a great fucking show. And they were all pickup artists. Or he was being coached by one pickup artist. Yeah, so the premise of the key is the VIP. I believe it's a Canadian show. Our resident Canadian.
Where did our resident Canadian go? When she comes back, we'll tell her. I'll bring up Keys of the VIP. So Keys of the VIP was like a game show. Two guys would battle it out with each other. Oh, they're competing against each other. Yeah. And it would... Actually, I think it filmed in Toronto. But there was like two guys in a nightclub. The camera's everywhere.
And like each... And there's four judges sort of like judging, like watching it the whole time. And they would pick who won each round. So each round, the two guys would go out into the dance floor. They try to pick up, like get a girl's number. Okay. Um, but there was like challenges within each like thing. So it's like, you have to get a girl's number, but you have to insult her first.
Or you gotta like, uh, classic move. Yeah. You gotta like, you gotta do like a weird dance first or something. So yeah, I watched that in my formative years.
like late night on the comedy channel and um i do yeah it was awesome really entertaining bits from your video and you were like i thought that guy was the coolest guy oh yeah he had a soul patch and i thought that was awesome this guy's got it all figured out this guy's on to something
It was, yeah, it was at a time where, like, if you just, like, were a guy with, like, longer hair, that was, like, the coolest thing. Yeah. It was, like, you had long, pin-straight hair.
Greasy.
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