Papicock Podcast - Episode 19 - Tony Camin

On this very special episode of Papicock Podcast (Recorded on August 16, 2022), Comedian Victor Pacheco sits down and speaks with the hilarious TONY CAMIN!

Topics include: Tony being overly nice in the intros, Tony bust Victor’s chops about blurred background, Tony makes everything sound sexy, different ways of saying words, first meeting at The Layover in Oakland,  The Holy City Zoo and how the venue has changed, comedy versus 80s and 90s versus now, comedy culture, working the big rooms, one nighters, nature versus nurture, Victor’s writing journey, don’t meet your heroes unless you are Victor, Victor gets invited to do a roast battle, Victor calls out Tony for “fat culture” appropriation that Tony shortly vindicates, Victor explains a recent trip to the Santa Monica dog park and terrible experience, Tony makes Victor realize that all of the locations where they have both lived near ocean, doing comedy in Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay, comedians in producer mode, Victor recalls doing Halloween show with children in the audience, Victor recalls doing anti-Trump material in Ukiah and confronting a heckler, Tony questions the amount of bookers in Ukiah, Victor talks about how he was going to attempt to get better numbers at his zoom shows by going on The People’s Court, doing comedy in zoom versus real life, Victor angrily compliments Tony about his appearance on Conan O’Brien, Victor asks Tony secret to lose weight, the guys discuss drinking during comedy shows and Tony calls it an Occupational Hazard, why Victor is really losing weight, being fat, people don’t believe Victor is a substitute teacher and Tony explains a possible reason for why that is, cannabis/weed talk, the affects of marijuana on depression,  the making of The Marijuana-Louges it’s origins and Tommy Chong’s involvement, Doug Benson, turning the book into a Broadway show and taking the show on the road,  almost busted at the Canadian border, technical difficulties that led Victor to hesitate whether or not to continue to the recording, Victor soldier’s on until Tony comes back, Victor and Tony have first fight ever, Victor’s alter-ego, LSD and psychedelic puppet shows, Tony’s connection caused him to freeze as Victor rambles on about LSD and gives advice about taking it, more technical difficulties lead Victor to speak in the stream on consciousness while reflecting on the interview so far, Victor talks about failure, Victor talks about riffing and reintroduces Tony, Victor almost accidently cancels Tommy Chong interview, winging it on stage, Victor asks Tony about writing on stage, hosting versus featuring, Tony explains the importance of hosting sand there being a need for a funny MC, writing new material, depression and mental health, Victor overshares and Tony makes sure Victor is validated, Victor talks about his tireless efforts of trying to get into a comedy club in SoCal, meeting up Pablo Francisco at The Haha Comedy Club and seeing Bill Burr and Jim Jeffrey’s all perform, taking professional advice from professionals, giving out tags, Victor attacks Mexican hacky jokes, discussing confrontational/disgruntled audience members, getting hissed and booed, breaking down an edgy joke, Victor talks about the type of people who are trying to cancel him, Victor explains the difference between comedy in English and comedy in Spanish as explained to him by a professional Spanish comedian, Victor explores some of his material in Spanish,  Victor asks about Tony about his experience on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, WebJunk 20, Patrice O’Neal, Escalades and weed dealers, Lodi, Tony shows off his wallet, Tony’s writing process, sports and comedy, Victor’s writing process, Tony’s advice for people thinking about moving to Los Angeles, Victor calls out pay-for-play comedy venues in Los Angeles, Victor makes elephant noises that causes his dog to bark, San Francisco Comedy Condo, the importance of the vouch in writing, writing speaks for itself, Victor explains what it takes to be a substitute teacher in California, we are connected be the weed and stand-up, ripped jeans rule, Greg Proops and hanging out at 5:30 in the morning before radio show, names redacted, goodbyes.

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https://twitter.com/tonycamin

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Papicock Podcast - Episode 18 - Tommy Chong Retuns

On this extra special episode of Papicock Podcast (Recorded on August 3, 2022), comedian Victor Pacheco sits down to talk with the comedy, movie, and television icon, MR. TOMMY CHONG, AGAIN!!!

Topics discussed include: death, getting old, Victor apologizes to Tommy about something during his first appearance, Tommy congrats Victor, seeing Jo Koy’s movie Easter Sunday, Daly City joke, Tommy goes to Jamaica in the 60s, owning a car or truck, cameo on music video, alcohol prohibition and fentanyl, Tommy’s take on the government, Trump, Americans, Tommy growing up, Tommy’s tattoo, doing time in prison in Canada in the 50s, learning to sing quietly, alcohol and marijuana American history according to Tommy Chong, Victor asks Tommy why non-violent drug offenders get more time than sex offenders, basketball player in Russia, world drug policies affected by American drug policies, Origins of the penitentiary, talking about sex offenders in prison brought upon Bill Cosby and then Jeffrey Epstein, growing up poor, heroin, performing at burlesque shows and jazz musicians, Bob Dylan, basketball and Tai chi, smoking with legends, Tommy’s band Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers discover The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, dropping material, watching The Jackson 5 sing My Girl as good as The Temptations, Victor asks Tommy if he ever smoked weed with Michael Jackson, funny Michael Jackson story at the Roxy, meeting Muhammad Ali, Been So Long by The Pastels, Victor gets excited and pitches an idea to Tommy then reveals an upcoming documentary, Tommy explains how the moviemaking business has changed and what works, That 70s Show and That 90s Show, Cheech Marin’s Art Museum in Riverside, the reason Cheech and Chong broke up, Tommy’s new company, Victor shoots his shot with Tommy and gets shot down, mogul mindset, Tommy explains how to make top quality content, living on a manger, we live in a world of good, the teachings of Jesus Christ, Catholics and Born Again Christians, the history of Baptisms according to The Great Tommy Chong, “‘Wash Yo Nasty Ass’ as Redd Foxx use to say”, Free Will, suicide, Tommy has all the answers but Victor fears for Tommy’s safety, Victor is genuinely shocked with the level of truth Tommy speaks and frantically acknowledges this, racism, Tommy’s newfound roots, being protected as a child, playing guitar before Elvis Presley, Tommy’s music history, funny mime story, story of Tommy’s first partner Dave, meeting Cheech and how Cheech and Chong almost didn’t happen, unique way of winning the Battle of The Bands,     Love, Victor fanboys it out super hard, Timothy Leary story where Tommy Chong is compared to John Lennon, knowing and smoking weed with George Harrison, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tommy agrees to come back, but will he??????

Papicock Podcast = Episode 16 - Tommy Chong

On this very special episode of Papicock Podcast (Recorded on July 25, 2022) Comedian Victor Pacheco sits down with LEGENDARY comedian, actor, writer, director, stoner icon: MR. TOMMY CHONG!!!! On this episode topics include: where Victor is located, homelessness/hobos, Victor discusses his brokenness and weight loss, Victor asks Tommy why marijuana users are stigmatized and reveals his marijuana history; Tommy explains the history of cannabis, marijuana, hemp, and racist law; Tommy explains how discriminatory practices happen around the world, Tommy explains the physical world and the teachings of the I Ching philosophy, The Spanish Inquisition, racism, No Mexicans in Canada, Catholic Church apologizes for murdering indigenous people, Catholicism, origins of Christianity, God is spiritual, Tommy beautifully explains the spiritual world of love and energy, we are all evolving, we are eternal beings, knowledge to know why we are here, Tommy is blessed, we are only here temporarily, Victor laughs uncontrollably to Tommy describing our lives as a “semester”, Victor talks about his mom and being Catholic, how religions make money, Tommy goes deep on religion, Tommy explains being on podcasts, Tommy makes the story of Jesus born in the manger relatable; Tommy holds up The Master Speaks: The Principles of Spiritual Living and Healing by Joel S. Goldsmith and explains how he was turned on to the book and it’s teachings; Tommy reveals his history in Motown and his involvement as a producer, failing Algebra in prison, Tommy explains some personal family history involving quarantine, nurses and booby fixation, The Golden Key, power to bring out the soul from anyone like Santa Claus, Tommy becoming friends with one of the feds who busted him, Tommy recalls his experience getting raided by the feds, Tommy’s wife had some choice words for the feds when denying her Starbucks, Shelby being responsible for Cheech and Chong and using acid, Victor’s marriage advice with acid, Tommy recalls owning a nightclub back in the day that Shelby made popular and successful, Victor asks Tommy if he is still an LSD enthusiast, Tommy tells us about Bobby Taylor and being in a band that was signed by Motown, Diana Ross booty call, Tommy wrote a Motown record, getting discovered by Lou Adler, Victor discovering Tommy Chong on Half Baked, That 70s Show, Zootopia changed Tommy’s life, Tommy’s history of bodybuilding, Tommy’s reason to wanting to come to California, Tommy went to the original Gold’s Gym, Victor asks Tommy how he kept his morale high during his bout with cancer and if he used RSO, Tommy is positive that he caught cancer going to prison, going holistic while having cancer, Victor asks questions about prostate exams, prostate exams are never gentle and you are violated, Tommy named one of his medical devices “The Donald”, medical procedure that saved Tommy’s life, Tommy shares a story about his friend Bernie and his sexual experiences and how it related to has own experience, Tommy tells hilarious Priest joke, Victor shares why some people have unfriended him, Victor tells Tommy how to make Mexican men uncomfrotable,  Cheech was the first Mexican Tommy ever met and it was a revelation, Victor confesses to Tommy that he use to think he was Mexican, Victor admits that he use to think he himself was white and his dad was black, stupidity is the great equalizer, Tommy recalls directing and writing Up In Smoke, Tommy reveals how to be successful in Hollywood, Victor misheard Tommy saying that Cheech is Jewish, whoever writes and directs holds the power, Cheech and Chong made four movies together, Cheech went on his own to do Born In East LA and breaking up, Victor gets emotional and frustrated about gratitude in the entertainment business, Cheech realizing he doesn’t have to play “that Chicano” anymore after success,  Victor tells Tommy about smoking his brand of weed, Tommy admits he owes everything to cannabis/marijuana, when Cheech and Chong started they didn’t do weed jokes, a comedians job, coming up with the lowrider character, the origin of the opening scene of Up In Smoke, being told that they are the closest thing to Lenny Bruce, Victor reveals that he wrote a screenplay, stand-up comedy with a partner versus stand-up solo; Victor asks advice for making stoner comedy movie = having a cast and have it read, recorded, registering the script; for musicals you need tunes that are recognizable versus original, bring the script to life; Cheech is a genius for designing his iconic outfit, have a vision, have a good character, envision how they look, get it on tape, and sell that; Victor talks about his writing mentor and experience writing, Victor gives Linda Marcus Smith a shoutout for helping make this episode possible, Victor reveals how insecure he is about Tommy not wanting to do his podcast, Victor reveals how nervous he was about this interview, Victor asks question about why Cheech and Chong didn’t focuses on Chinese stereotypes, Tommy explains tribalism, Tommy’s pachucho inspirations, friends being brutally honest about your comedy, Victor and Tommy talk about heroin, halfway house stories, Tommy and Victor recall funeral/memorial stories, Tommy delivered a hilarious eulogy for his former Italian landlord, Victor asks Tommy if he has any ideas on how drug education in the American public school system should be handled, Tommy having his children read to him when he had cancer, Tommy reads an excerpt from The Master Speaks, Victor reveals he had multiple epiphanies during his time with Tommy, Tommy recommends Emmet Fox’s The Ten Commandments, his other works, and anything Joel S. Goldsmith, Tommy reveals that the secret of life is helping others, Victor reveals he feels empowered and how much he loves Tommy Chong, Tommy says “Let’s do it again” and Victor invites Tommy to come back next week, but will he?

Papicock Podcast = Episode 15 - Billy Anderson

On this very special episode of Papicock Podcast (Recorded June 1, 2022) Victor Pacheco sits down with hilarious comedian, BILLY ANDERSON. Billy Anderson is a nationally touring headlining comedian you’ve seen on Dry Bar Comedy and hosting his very successful cannabis-infused comedy show The Gateway Show. On this episode, Victor asks how Billy how he came up with the idea of The Gateway Show, advice if you are going to perform on The Gateway Show, investing in yourself and your show, advice for non-famous comedians to stand-out, being unique, learning from your failures, Billy responding to all of the comments on his Dry Bar Comedy special, advice on dealing with trolls online, Victor shares a horror story about a comedian who was suppose to have a 30-min Comedy Central special that got cut down to four minutes, interpreting stand-up comedy specials differently after becoming a comedian, the importance of sponsors for shows and taking care of comedians, importance of charging money for VIP tickets, being authentic on stage, pitching a weed-based comedy show to major streaming services, rolling the dice and taking financial risks, “I’ve been poor, I can be poor again” rationale when taking risks, Billy motivates Victor to start a Spanish comedy show, Billy pays his comedians more than your favorite comedy club, Billy’s unapologetic attitude that makes him a bad ass, Billy’s inventive nature, losing weight and being a health-conscious comedian, Billy speaks truth to the perception of fat people as a former fatty, being overweight and dating, Victor admits why he was embarrassed recently, Victor tells Billy how good he was during a Zoom comedy show and is interrupted by his cat, Victor’s weight loss goals, Victor points out he didn’t know Billy had red hair until Billy mentioned it, making comedy sustainable by paying fair wages and creating ways for artist to make a living, Billy talks about comedians on his show who've walk away because they got too high and how he deals with them, Victor recalls comforting a comedian who was too stoned to come back on stage, Victor reveals how much he enjoys performing on The Gateway Show, Victor gives Billy props for living by example, and where to find Billy online:

FIND BILLY ANDERSON AT:

https://www.billyanderson.com

https://www.facebook.com/BillyAnderson

https://www.instagram.com/billytellsjokes

FIND THE GATEWAY SHOW AT:

https://www.gatewayshow.com

https://www.facebook.com/gatewayshow

https://www.instagram.com/gatewaycomedy/

Follow this man and go to his shows, you will definitely have a great time.