Earthquake Gets Real About Comedy | Whiskey Ginger
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Who is Earthquake and what brings him onto the Whiskey Ginger show?
What up, Whiskey Ginger fans? Welcome back to Whiskey Ginger A Wave Series. Hey, tonight, tonight, I'm in Hanover, Maryland. Come on out, Baltimore. Or anybody in the surrounding area, come out and see me. The Haul It Live. Tomorrow I'm in the Borgata at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Then I'm in Back to Southern California by San Diego at the Harrison Valley Center. Then I go to Canyonville, Oregon for Lover's Day, February 14th. Bad Friends is doing one show. Show up there in um Lincoln, California by Sacramento. Then I'm at the win in Las Vegas, Viva, Las Vegas. Then I'm at the Lil Roadie Fest out there in Providence. At the end of March, come see me at andrewsantino.com. Those tickets are at andrewsantino.com.
In here, we pour whisky, whisky, whisky, whisky, whisky. You're that creature in the ginger beard! Sturdy and ginger. Like that bird, the ginger gene isn't curse. Gingers are pugils. You won't make $5 for the whiskey, $75 for the horse. Gingers, oh hell no. This whiskey is excellent. Ginger. I like gingers.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Whiskey Ginger. My guest today is one of my favorite people on Earth. I say that for all my guests about a meeting once again today. It is Earthquake. Ladies and gentlemen, the joke telling business. Joke telling business. That's right. Cheers. We're having ourselves uh Earthquake walked in and said he didn't want to have anything to drink. Then he saw uh a little old Rip Van Winkle here, a tenure, and he said, You know, maybe go get me an ice cube or two and I'll have a little sip.
That got a little bite to it too. Yeah, it'll kick ya. Oh, goddamn. Warms your soul. Yeah. This I feel like a cowboy just ran in the you know, came into the saloon. I'll
take some
sands barilla. Yeah. Threw the motherfucking corn on the bar. Lead a bar, lead the bottom.
Oh, this is strong. It's good, right? Yeah, it's a little strong. It's uh I think it's w uh one oh seven proof. Boom. Delicious. Shit. What do you drink when you're drinking?
Um, McAllen eighteen. You're a big Scotch guy. Yeah, I'm a Scotch. I do a Tito's when I wanna go white. Yeah. The world is white, so you gotta mix it. For some of us. For some of us it is. Celebrate. Y'all in a good time. It's your season. Wait, but
you didn't hear what happened in twenty twenty five. Last year, um a redhead, we got nominated as like black adjacent. The black community embraced us as black adjacent.
Ain't nothing wrong with it. Yeah, but y'all been through.
Well, because we're different. Right. We're so different that they kind of they they grouped us as non white but not black. We're kind of in an island on our own.
Like
we were when we first were how
many of uh I mean we shall count.
How many how many redheads are left? I don't know. How many redheads are on Earth right now? Let's let's take a g we'll gamble. Let's take a guess. I'm thinking on Earth, out of eight billion people, there's gotta be I would say less than I would say maybe two or three million redheads. What do you think?
Maybe if it's fuck it, give y'all five. How many?
Hundred and forty million.
Hundred forty million.
There's more of us than you do.
Yeah. 13%
of Scotland, 10% of Ireland. You gotta remember most of us are in hiding. Why Well I don't need to because I'm I'm I if you're above a five on the look scale, you're allowed to be out in public as a redhead. But if you're an under five, if you really are a decrepit ginger, they keep us away. You gotta hide.
Yeah, I need some self esteem.
No,
the redhead, I mean in in Latino like Mexican, redhead means you the chosen one, ain't it? That's what they used to say that about uh Camelo. He's the Canelo. Canelo, see. He was the chosen. The chosen one. The chosen
one. Yeah. If I'm in a if I'm in a um I don't know that's for fact. No, no, it's true. If I know what they used to say. If I'm in a big uh Mexican neighborhood, pe w I will get a Canelo yell once it they'll go, Canelo, hey Canelo from across the street.
Have you ever smashed a redhead? Yeah.
I did it on red. Yeah, I did it red on red. Yeah. Naturally red. Yeah, natural. None of the fake shit. No. No fake.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Earthquake and what brings him onto the Whiskey Ginger show?
0:00–6:54
2
How did Earthquake’s military service shape his decision to become a comedian?
6:54–13:55
3
What were Earthquake’s first experiences doing stand‑up in Atlanta?
13:55–21:49
4
Why did Earthquake choose to move to Los Angeles and how did his career evolve there?
21:49–31:01
5
What inspired Earthquake’s Netflix special “Earthquake: Legendary” and how was it created?
31:01–39:34
6
How is Earthquake approaching TV production with Bill Burr on the new Fox show?
39:34–48:00
7
What advice does Earthquake give about staying authentic and financially sustainable in comedy?
48:00–55:06
8
What final thought or mantra does Earthquake leave listeners with?
55:06–1:01:24
Speakers
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