Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
So something happened when I met Jax that I did not expect. My mom got a little jealous. Yeah, I remember if I would buy Jax something like a scarf, my mom would be like, I like scarves. I'm like, you're not my girlfriend. Their birthdays are five days apart, which is my nightmare. On this episode of The Commercial Break...
When I was born, she really, really wanted my mom to name me Fortune. She's like, that's the name. I'm telling you, like, that her name's supposed to be Fortune. And my mom really resisted it. And she said I would have to be Miss America to live up to a name like that. So I'm like, how dare you think I couldn't?
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Yeah, guys and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristen Joy Holdley. Best to you, Kristen.
Best to you, Brian.
And best to you out there in the podcast universe. It's a Saturday, and yes, we're here just for you. It's a TCB infomercial bonus episode. With Fortune Feimster here today with us, the very famous, all over the place, can't stop her, Fortune. I just love... Oh, my God.
I've been a fan for so long. Very excited about this one. I've seen Chelsea lately and... The Mindy Project. The Mindy Project. I've, you know...
now she's in three stand-up specials now the next netflix specials coming out on tuesday as this is being released the following tuesday uh her brand new netflix special the first two crushing it killed it and so the third one is here and uh no end in sight for fortune can't wait to talk to her so thank you for joining us hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving it's we're we're still in the middle of it that's the best thing about thanksgiving is you
Get out early on Wednesday and you don't go back to work till Monday.
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Chapter 2: What inspired Fortune Feimster to pursue a career in comedy?
It's just lovely. I love it. I love it. A five-day weekend.
Lots of food, football, Christmas movies, all that good stuff. Family, if you want it.
That's right. If you want it. If you want it. If you want it. If you don't, you're probably listening to the commercial break. Your family has left you or you've left them. And you're like, I really need something. To undepress me from my depressing family. Let us be that with Fortune. She'll be here in just a few minutes.
I was just reading, you know, she's in that new Netflix television show, FUBAR, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's like an action comedy. And I started watching a few of the episodes in anticipation of Fortune being here. And it's really funny. And Arnold is just, he's naturally gifted at being the straight man.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
Yeah. And I sense that he has always wanted to be a comedian. But, you know, his accent and his size, that's not what he's built for. But he's really good at playing off people who are comedic. And Fortune is great in this show.
I mean, Kindergarten Cop is pretty fucking funny.
It's pretty funny. But he's still like the straight man in the movie. Even the kids tell the punchlines. It's not a tumor. It's not a tumor.
Yeah.
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Chapter 3: How did Fortune manage her recent 100-city tour?
He had a detector. Yeah.
He's like, something's not sitting right about this barbecue chicken. Yeah.
So do you do like the holiday round table? Do you like, okay, this year we got to spend the actual Thanksgiving day with my family and then next year we're going to spend it with your family? Or is there like a set schedule? I always get fascinated by this with people.
We did that for a long time. Many, many, because we're 10 years in now. Congratulations. Thank you. Our first like six, I think we tried to do the like, we'll go to your families, my family, because that's what my brothers had set up. And then we realized that we don't have kids and what are we doing? We don't have to be there. That's right. And the pandemic kind of did that, you know, where...
We stayed home for the holidays and we were like, oh, this is actually kind of nice because we travel all the time for my tour. So, yeah, unfortunately, one of the things that went by the wayside was going to my family's. But when you don't have kids, I feel like it's different, you know?
Let me tell you something. One of the advantages to being a breeder over here is that when you have children, then you determine. And there's four boys in my family, so I'm one of four. I'm the only one with children. So I get to dictate exactly how the holidays go. And if you don't like it, fuck yourself.
I mean, you know, you're not going to see the kids.
You're not going to see your nieces and nephews for the holidays.
And I would be like, fine. Some of my brothers do.
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Chapter 4: What unique experiences does Fortune share about family gatherings?
accents that you might put on it aren't there yet right as it starts to get deep into your bones then you can it's like improv it's like the grateful dead right yeah i know i'm gonna go you'll get this as a charlotte it's like a widespread panic song I know I'm going to go from here to here, but in between, I don't know.
I'll throw in some. We'll figure it out.
But it's part of the journey, you know. Yeah. It keeps me on my toes. Because honestly, if people didn't force us to do this, I would want to just tell Hooters stories every night. Yeah. So it does, by nature, force me to be better at my job than I might have wanted to be.
Right. Yeah.
And comedy really is kind of in a golden age, I think, right now. And I've said this before, and I'll give them shit about all of their live shows, Netflix. But Netflix and Amazon, and to some degree, I guess, Max, they've kind of put their weight behind comedians and their... Their success. Yeah. Really, they see this as a vehicle for fresh material that's great content. They can put it out.
There's multiple different voices.
People need to laugh. People need to laugh.
Yes. And so, therefore, now the comedy is really seeing a huge revival. Yeah. My understanding is, because I was just a kid back then, but my understanding is not since the 80s has comedy really been as hot as it is right now. And you're selling out. Like, I love your Instagram post. It tells where you're going to be for the next five weeks, but then it just says sold out.
Sold out.
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Chapter 5: How did Fortune's name influence her identity?
It was never who I was. And so I kind of had to, I did have to kind of step into the shoes of fortune, but now it just fits so well. And it just felt like that was a gift my grandmother gave me.
absolutely I think that's that's a such a lovely and endearing story and like your grandmother knew you were fortunate before you knew you were fortunate right she understood it she got it for some reason whatever the universe talking sometimes I think our doors are open to the universe even though we don't know what the fuck is coming out of us until many years later or maybe not even at all and it's just like you know that's just one of those stories that I think indicates that there are greater forces at work a lot of times you know there are
oh yeah and i do believe that in life yeah i do feel like i'm on some kind of you know what did you call it hooky pooky yeah hooky pooky i do kind of feel that in a weird way it's weird to like say it out loud but it does feel like i have on this path and i don't know where it's going or why it's going certain places i just kind of I'm big on trusting my gut.
I've had many forks in the road where I go, I have to make a really hard decision here. And one decision will lead me down this road. way other path and this one will go here. And I just, I have to trust that kind of inner thing. And I feel like it keeps leading me to, to where I'm supposed to be going. And I just do the hard work and show up and do, do my part of it and see where it goes.
Well, I think, I think you two have a very unique voice. You've never been, at least not in your public life. Like since you've been, you know,
been notable for entertaining people you've always been who you are you're always saying it out loud and you probably like you do have a path and I would imagine that path is intersecting with so many other paths and you're affecting those people in ways that you you probably will never know and I'm sure you hear it here and there like oh my gosh because of you you know I'm free to be who I am or I tell my own story or I you know I got the confidence but you're so confident about it and funny about it and that
I mean, I guess we all do this in certain ways. You know, sometimes we get an email here like, oh, because you said this, it told me that I should do that or whatever. And that's the story of humanity. We're all just kind of guiding each other in weird ways that we may not understand. But your voice is amplified.
Like the time your mom called you from the cemetery.
Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What challenges did Fortune face transitioning from acting to stand-up?
So the family wants to go on a vacation right before school starts. It's like a last minute thing, right? Yeah. Let's go. Let's take the kids and get them the last giggles out or whatever. And the only place that we can find is a place in Panama City Beach at the Margaritaville.
Oh, yeah.
You're going to have to go. Oh, my God. I'm fortunate.
You've been or you already went?
We went. So we walk in, there's these beautiful brand new bungalows, right? They're brand new. They've been open for like a month. And we go in and I'm like, okay, this isn't that bad. I thought Margaritaville, surely I'm in for some kind of special treat, redneck-a-rama. But the places were lovely. And in every bungalow, they had a crushed ice, those little pellets. Come on now.
They just kept making, it was a whole bucket full of them. Yes, and they had a margarita machine.
A cherry limeade with that crushed ice? There's nothing better than crushed ice. So when you watch my special, you will see the significance that crushed ice comes into my journey. Okay.
crushed ice all right so december 3rd this upcoming tuesday fortune's brand new special is out foobar will have another season watch the first season another season coming out uh released a tbd oh and i announced a whole new uh i'm announcing a whole new big tour that's starting april 1st so another hundred city i also have a podcast called handsome Wait, podcast?
Netflix is a joke.
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Chapter 7: How does Fortune use storytelling in her comedy?
It's the wave of the future. Spotify makes another fantastic move to crush revenue in the podcasting industry. But I like it. I like the idea that we can have video on Spotify. Now we just have to figure out how to monetize it. But, you know, who cares? We're not monetizing it anyway, so what does it even matter? Yeah, you know how it goes.
We were getting paid by the people's love.
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I think so. But I'll tell you that I love you. And I love you. Best to you. Best to you.
And best to you out there in the podcast universe. Enjoy your weekend. Until next time, we always say, we do say, and we must say, goodbye. If you got a softie in your brain, you're going to have a softie in your pants. You know what I'm saying?
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