Tuesdays With Stories #660: Travel Hacks with Mark Normand & Joe List
Quick Facts Episode: Tuesdays With Stories #660 — “Travel Hacks” Hosts: Mark Normand & Joe List, with producer Chuck (Discount Chuck) Runtime: 1:15:21 Sponsors: Quince, Lucy, Shopify You’ll love this episode if you’re into: international travel hacks, stand-up road stories, flying with toddlers, Belfast history, and burger purism Episode Summary Mark and Joe open with studio banter before diving into a run of travel disaster stories: Joe’s nightmare three-hour crawl off a JFK tarmac after an early landing, the logistics of flying internationally with a toddler, and a culture-shock trip through Dublin and Belfast. Along the way they roast Hamilton, debate Sean Penn’s casting in Milk, argue about Joe’s spiteful first-class flight upgrade, and recap Joe’s ill-fated $800 first-class train ticket in the UK that nobody ever checked. The back half covers a rough run of Irish gigs — including a bombing in Belfast and a backstage “God mic” bit that died in total silence — before closing out with a heartwarming final night singing songs at a Dublin pub with Joe’s son. Timestamp Directory [00:00] Intro & broken mics [02:05] The Pledge of Allegiance tangent [03:20] The JFK tarmac nightmare [07:20] Subway vs. cab with a stroller [08:56] Culture shock in Dublin during Ramadan [13:59] Trashing Hamilton [15:01] The leather jacket heckle at Casino Rama [18:04] Mark double-books Spokane openers [22:13] Life advice for an 18-year-old Uber driver [25:28] Sponsor: Quince [27:06] Sponsor: Lucy [29:23] Sean Penn in Milk [31:13] Joe’s 6-week social media detox [34:06] The spiteful first-class upgrade [41:05] Fined (almost) on a British train [45:04] Sponsor: Shopify [46:29] Burger purism at Oowee Burger, Bristol [52:56] Bombing in Belfast [58:00] The “God mic” disaster [1:00:59] The elevator stage mishap [1:04:17] The IRA bus driver [1:08:22] Final Dublin night at O’Donoghue’s Pub [1:11:59] Upcoming tour dates [1:14:13] Chuck’s plugs People Mentioned Mark Normand · The Comedian List Joe List · The Comedian List Chuck (Discount Chuck) – producer Bill Burr · The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows Conan O’Brien Bob Dylan Marty List – Joe’s son Sarah Tollemache – Joe’s wife Paul McCartney Dikembe Mutombo Victor Wembanyama Giannis Antetokounmpo M. Night Shyamalan Lin-Manuel Miranda Abraham Lincoln Aaron Burr Jerry Seinfeld · The Comedian List Bill Maher Chris Rock Eddie Murphy Tom Cruise Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Sean Penn Gus Van Sant Sam Morril · The Comedian List Ari Shaffir · The Comedian List Sydney Sweeney Luis J. Gomez Michael Collins Vinnie Brand Also namedropped: O. Henry, Helmut Lang, Hakeem Olajuwon, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mary Todd Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Barack Obama, Bernie Mac, John Pinette, Caleb Synan, Corey Mises, Quincy Jones, Puff Daddy, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Claire Danes, Tristan Harris, Sean Connery, Mike Myers, Bruce Campbell, John Fish, Mel Gibson, Waffa, and the fictional Claire Underwood (House of Cards). Books Referenced Poor Richard’s Almanack Amazon Benjamin Franklin — [24:38] Joe quotes “early to bed, early to rise” and credits Franklin’s almanac. The rest of the “book recommendations” in this episode (Tolstoy, Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, and a book on The Troubles) were part of a bit — Mark fake-quoting famous authors to give an Uber driver life advice — not real recommendations, so no links are included for those. Sponsors & Products Mentioned Quince SPONSOR Clothing, luggage, furniture, supplements & jewelry. Joe used it for Mother’s Day gifts and kids’ clothing. Offer: free shipping & 365-day returns. quince.com/tuesdays Lucy SPONSOR Nicotine pouches & gum (apple cider, espresso, berry citrus, mango flavors). [27:06] Amazon Shopify SPONSOR E-commerce platform — Joe notes Luis J. Gomez uses it for Gas Digital. $1/month trial. shopify.com/tuesdays 8-Ball Bomber Leather Jacket [15:07] — Amazon Cold Plunge Tub [24:28] — Amazon Stroller [06:13] — Amazon Seinfeld Funko Pop / PEZ [1:02:41] — Amazon Wiffle Ball Bat [04:07] — Amazon Canvas Satchel / Travel Bags [07:51] — Amazon Referenced Media Pink Floyd – The Wall Album, referenced at [02:32]. Amazon Bluey TV show on Disney+, [03:56] Hamilton Broadway musical, roasted at [13:05] Milk Gus Van Sant film, [29:23] Mystic River Clint Eastwood film, [30:22] Goodfellas Martin Scorsese film, [52:12] House of Cards Netflix series, [1:00:13] Dirty Old Town / Whiskey in the Jar Sung at O’Donoghue’s Pub, [1:08:42] Best Quotes “Life is like riding a bike — in order to keep your balance, you’ve got to keep moving.”Mark Normand — [23:23] “I’m not smarter than anybody, I just stay with problems longer.”Joe List — [23:41] “The first 10 minutes of every movie is awesome — you have hope for every film in the beginning.”Mark Normand — [28:40] “I just donated $800 to the British Empire.”Joe List — [41:56] “It is mindblowing if you’re from America… and you fly all the way to Dublin, the motherland, and you’re like ‘here we go, we’re in the old country.’ I mean it looked like North Africa.”Joe List — [10:32] Stories & Anecdotes The Tarmac Trap Joe’s flight from Dublin landed 75 minutes early with an infant on board — only to sit stuck on the active tarmac for an hour anyway. [05:31] The 8-Ball Jacket Disaster Mark finally worked up the nerve to wear his edgy leather jacket at a gig in Canada. The first person he passed called him “Fonzie.” [15:07] The Spiteful Upgrade Goaded by a friend, Joe impulsively upgraded his family to first class — then ended up broke in coach while his wife ate chicken parm up front. [34:06] The $800 Train Ride Joe paid for premium UK rail tickets that, he later learned, are basically never checked. [41:05] The God Mic Disaster Joe tried a meta backstage-announcer bit on a Belfast crowd that had no idea who he was. Dead silence. [58:00] Search Triggers & Internet Curiosities Oowee Burger BristolCasino Rama OntarioThe Troubles Northern IrelandShopify $1 TrialO’Donoghue’s Pub Dublin Show notes compiled from the Tuesdays With Stories #660 episode audio. Affiliate links use the twspod-20 tag and help support the show at no extra cost to you.
