#2555 - Ron White
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Why do comedians struggle with crowd‑work and opening‑act jokes?
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I like him though. I mean he's a kid, I talked to him a little while in the green room and then I yeah, I thought he had a pretty good set. I uh He's funny.
Matt's funny. Matt Rif is very funny. The fuck's going on?
I don't get fucking crowd work.
I mean I r it's not my thing. But I get it. You know, it's a it's a tough skill. Some people are really good at it.
I guess they are, but I won't let my opening act do it. Oh, it it becomes a problem. Because then they feel like they can talk to me, which they cannot. Yes. Uh because I just I always looked at it as a time killer back when I had forty one minutes but I was supposed to do forty five minutes and I'm like I gotta talk to these fucking hayseeds for four minutes and get this thing wrapped up. But uh once I had the jokes, you know, I just do the fucking joke.
Yeah, I mean I don't knock it. It's cool. It's a different thing. It's a different thing. It's it's relies on a very strong improvisational muscle 'cause like you're under the gun to come up with something funny to say. Yeah. But it is always funnier 'cause it's under the gun than it would be in a normal circumstance, like the things that you're saying. But you can never
choose it again. I mean I mean you can use the skill all the time. I mean I guess some people are that good at it.
Ingram's really good at it. Rick Ingram. He's got a lot of like built in stuff, like material he could pull out too, because he does it so often. Oh yeah. So kind
of blend the two together. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He seamlessly integrates the two of them together. He's really good at it. Jay Big J, Big Jokerson, he's really good at it. He's really good at it. Because he knows how to hold a moment. Yeah. He c he knows how to hold like when someone says something ridiculous, he knows how to pause, he knows how to like come he's got great storytelling. Yeah,
he's a nice guy too. But he
he's a great guy. But he also is a great comic. Like he just does funny stand up comedy on top of that. So it's like, yeah, the the crowd work is nice, but it's not the only thing he does. Right. Whereas some people, that's their whole thing. Well I hear these
young comics at the club, all I gotta work on my crowd work. I gotta work on my crowd work and I'm like, Well you don't but
Is your Pat O'Neil's joke about that? I don't want to give it up on the air, but it's really hilarious. He's funny, man. That guy's a fuck that guy's a joke machine. Pat O'Neill?
I think Pat is uh you know, I had him on my show too, right after I saw him on uh Kill Tony.
So funny.
And uh you know, that's it's amazing. Kill Tony uh what what was the kid's name that was that opened last night? Oh, you weren't you weren't there Monday night. I was there Monday night. The young kid, he's uh from Alabama. Do you know who I'm talking about?
No, he just got the golden ticket until find out. It might not have been aired yet. Fucking kid's hilarious. He works at the club too. Cool kid too. And you know, was living in Alabama, decided to take a chance. Brent Reed.
Yeah, Brent Reed. He's opening for me to know.
Funny motherfucker, dude. And he was saying, that's right, because he was saying, like you said after you saw him on Kill Tony, Hey, I'd like to have you open for me. And he was like, Holy fucking shit, man. He had called his dad. Yeah. He's like, I'm fucking opening for Ron White. Yeah. His dad was giving him shit
about
his comedy
career. The stand up uh I have you know, stand up's not as funny as it used to be to me. It's very, very rare that I'll sit and watch somebody do stand up and laugh out loud if I'm up on the balcony. Uh but that that kid cracked me up. He's very good. Uh great writing. It's a w what's amazing is that When he came back on Kiltony, he'd only been on one time. One time. Actually. And they already knew who he was. I mean, they gave him a round of applause like it was one of the biggest comics in the country and he'd been on once. Yeah. And uh it was the second time
was He'd actually I thought that too, but he had actually been on before and bombed.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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Why do comedians struggle with crowd‑work and opening‑act jokes?
0:04–10:25
2
How does the conversation shift to the Kill Tony podcast and building a comedy career?
10:25–26:47
3
What stories do they share about traveling, luxury cars, and premium cigars?
26:47–51:26
4
Why do they debate politics, marijuana legalization, and the future of gambling?
51:26–1:14:39
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What do they say about Iran’s role in regional conflicts and U.S. involvement?
1:14:39–1:31:58
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How do they explain California’s new tire‑efficiency rules and the high‑speed rail controversy?
1:31:58–1:51:02
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Why do they argue that condors might be a grift and discuss wildlife protection?
1:51:02–2:09:31
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What are their opinions on politics, money in elections, and the future of society?
2:09:31–2:28:05