Bobby Lee on TYSO – #11

• 0:00 Bobby arrives, says the place gives him a weird vibe, and explains Ed Gein.
• 7:42 The first restart, and their running bit about Mendocino Farms and Greenblatt’s.
• 12:46 Growing up in a Korean household, and why Rick’s place smells different.
• 15:10 Another restart, Rick’s thrift-store shirt, and a basic interview.
• 17:43 Bobby booked the second job he ever read for, and Rick calls him an enigma.
• 21:32 Their idea for an 80s retro review show where strange things keep happening.
• 24:23 Bobby’s dad’s Christmas songs, the joke Rick loves.
• 25:43 Bobby tells the story of being abused as a child in Minnesota.
• 34:39 Words, comedy and Lenny Bruce, and what Bobby will and won’t say on stage.
• 39:29 How the abuse led to addiction, his first rehab at 12, and 17 years sober.
• 44:46 Getting sober, crying at a piano at Palomar College, and improv with Gary Austin.
• 47:33 The 91X coffee shop next to the La Jolla Comedy Store, and his first job there.
• 50:18 Bar back, then doorman, then opening for Carlos Mencia and Pauly Shore.
• 1:00:00 The farm job at 17, and a phone call from his old boss years later.
• 1:01:43 Rick’s story about a night at Dupars that bothered him.
• 1:08:00 The talk on the Comedy Store stairs that changed how Rick saw his own obstacles.
• 1:12:18 Bobby’s first time at the Madison club, and why he thinks he’s the funniest Asian comic alive.
• 1:15:03 Mitzi Shore’s advice: half the crowd should love you and half should hate you.
• 1:17:53 One line in a David Spade movie, and how it led to Magnum P.I.
• 1:19:56 How Khalyla started TigerBelly, and how the podcast changed his career.
• 1:23:27 Rick asks Bobby to do a weekly podcast with him, and Bobby mentions Santino.
• 1:28:57 The goodbye: two depressive people sharing a dopamine high.

The Silence of the Lambs — the movie Bobby ties back to Ed Gein. Amazon 3:29

Private Parts (1997) — the Howard Stern movie Bobby quotes. Amazon 1:16:30

TigerBelly — the podcast Bobby says changed his career. Official site 1:20:57

Love — one of the jobs Bobby credits to TigerBelly. Amazon 1:22:04

Splitting Up Together — the sitcom he booked after the podcast took off. Amazon 1:22:04

Mendocino Farms — Rick’s regular spot, and Bobby’s running bit about it. 5:54

Laugh Factory (Official site) — one of Bobby’s clubs before late-night food. 10:36

Minnesota — where Bobby lived as a child. 26:43

Palomar College — where Bobby played piano for hours after getting sober. 45:24

San Diego — where Bobby grew up and started comedy. 46:31

Burbank, California — where he drove for Gary Austin’s classes. 46:52

La Jolla Comedy Store (Official site) — where Bobby started as a bar back and doorman. 47:33

Just for Laughs, Montreal — Rick’s first year at the festival. 1:11:53

Madison, Wisconsin — where Bobby played a club for the first time. 1:12:18

Hawaii — where Bobby shot one line for a David Spade movie. 1:17:53

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