Ali Siddiq and The John Wick of Comedy
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We got a rat in the house. I am not a rat. Fucking stinking rat. He's a rat in the house. Man, what a rat you are. I am not a fucking rat, bro. How do you define a rat? Somebody that gives names up. Interesting. Interesting. Which I did not do to you. Yeah, so you didn't rat me out, but you ratted other people out. Look, I want to edit it out. I know. We're going to edit it out. We're going to edit it out. But you ratted other people out. I was fucking losing my shit on the phone. You're pressing me. You're hard pressing me. And I say, I'm not going to give it up. I'm not going to give it up. And you're like, if you know what's good for you, you will tell me now. Threatening.
Threatening.
But it was actually a test, though.
I said it was a test. I said that. I said if I tell you right now.
Calm down, calm down, calm down. I said if I tell you right now, then it's going to seem like I give people's names up, which I don't do. And you were like, you work for me, and you will tell me. And I was like, okay. And you gave me a list of names, did you not?
No, not a list.
Two. Two, you can't really.
A list of three. A list of two.
A list of two.
And I regretted it so much and instantly called you back and said, is this going to be a bigger problem? You could be. You were like, yeah.
Yeah, it could be. I'm going to make this a big issue. I'm going to make it a very big problem for you.
Which... I'll tell you what happened.
We won't include this, but what... So Friday night, I'm at the comedy store, and I take my car, and I thought it was in forward. It was in reverse.
I just want to say.
And Luke's the lock guy. Nowhere to be found.
Oh, this is a Hyundai.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the Hyundai, right? So you speed up, and I hear a crash.
Oh, no.
I can't get out, so I get out of the driver's seat. Because the reason why. The passenger. The passenger's seat, I mean. Yeah, I'm letting you know. You're piling on, brother.
How is this piling on?
Brother. Brother, please. And so, no, the reason why I put it in reverse is because I lost my phone. Okay. So I lied just now. I already caught myself in a lie.
Okay.
But there's so little space that I can't get out of the driver's side. So I had to crawl over and go to the other side.
What happens when someone is accused of 'ratting' in the Comedy Store parking lot?
I know exactly where it is. It's in the office. Okay. Grab it, get in the car, and just drive away.
Yeah.
Right? Which is the normal thing to do. I agree. You agree, right? And then late at night, the problem started. Okay, well... It's not your fault. Okay, I know, but my perspective of this story is like a lot shift from hell. I just, I was standing up on the ramp for one second, I come down, and there's a car totally smashed. And it's like, what? I wasn't even here. Everyone's like, oh, yeah. Yeah, I heard you made that sound. And I'm like, what happened?
I can't figure out what happened, and they're like, well, there's only so many people it could be. It's either Ali Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Bobby Lee.
Because of Agent Driver.
That's good, Luke.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:58
2
What happens when someone is accused of 'ratting' in the Comedy Store parking lot?
3:58–8:24
3
How did Bobby describe the car crash and the security footage fallout?
8:24–42:09
4
How does Ali pick openers to make his feature shine?
42:09–45:55
5
Why did Ali decide to self-release multiple comedy specials on YouTube?
45:55–52:09
6
What happened when Bobby allegedly dented a comic’s car at the Comedy Store?
52:09–1:00:33
7
How did growing up influence Ali’s approach to fatherhood and parenting?
1:00:33–1:29:37