WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:10.080 Callaroga Shark Media. 2 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.039 Hey air, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news. 3 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.039 Good news, the comedy dearth is over. I've got plenty 4 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:18.679 for the next few days, as I've been doing lately. 5 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:20.640 On Friday, I like to take a look at the 6 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:23.480 late night jokes. I've got to tip my cap to 7 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:26.640 the writers of Jimmy Kimmelive. They've been teeing up Anthony 8 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:28.839 Anderson with some great ones. But let's take a look 9 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:32.119 at the week. Ronnie Chang on The Daily Show commented 10 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:34.640 on the Epstein files and said, that's it. You're not 11 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:37.359 releasing any more information. I've never been ghosted by a 12 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:41.280 conspiracy before. Ronnie again. The Attorney General said the client 13 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:43.039 list was on her desk. Let me guess your desk 14 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:46.479 also hung itself. Runnie again. Pam Bondy was supposed to 15 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:48.840 release the pedophile list. If we wanted an attorney general 16 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.000 to cover up sex crimes, we would have stuck with 17 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:54.719 Matt Gates. That's a great joke and same topic at 18 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:56.479 this point. The only way we can learn who's a 19 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.560 certified pedophiles if Kendrick Lamar makes a song about them. 20 00:00:59.600 --> 00:00:59.840 Wow. 21 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.640 Ouch. Anthony Anderson said Trump has been riding high after 22 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.879 Congress passed his Big Beautiful Bill. This bill gives one 23 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.280 hundred billion dollars to ICE, kick seventeen millions off their healthcare, 24 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.480 and cuts food asistants for kids. At this point, the 25 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:17.879 only bill that's effing more young people is Belichick. On 26 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.000 the topic of Benjamin Netton Yahoo nominating Donald Trump for 27 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.560 a Peace Prize, Ronnie Chang said, Yeah, Peace Prize nomination 28 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:26.599 from Nettan Yahoo is very meaningful, right up there with 29 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.079 a Husband of the Year nomination from O. J. Simpson. 30 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:34.959 Anthony Anderson, Pope Leo is reportedly taking a six week vacation. 31 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.200 Hold on, he's taking six weeks off? Who the hell's 32 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:39.959 he think he is? Jimmy Kimmel, that's great? And one 33 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.280 more from Anthony Anderson, who had a really good week 34 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:45.319 at the White House. Today, President Trump met with leaders 35 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:47.840 of five West African countries. Things got off to a 36 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:51.000 rough start when he congratulated them on winning the NBA finals. 37 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:54.879 Bill Burr is all upset about the AI generated music. 38 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.040 Have you seen this thing? The quote unquote band The 39 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.959 Velvet Sundown. I actually wrote about them on Monday on 40 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.680 my sub stack link in the show notes. The Velvet 41 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:08.039 Sundown is an AI project created using the Suno app. 42 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.840 Bill Burr not happy about it. He said, these f 43 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:12.919 in nerds have taken over the music industry. People can't 44 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:15.240 even play instruments and computers and find thingg bands it 45 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.400 don't exist writing songs and then they bots listen to 46 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:18.960 them and they get like five hundred thousand views and 47 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.120 then people think this is a real band and it isn't. 48 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.280 What eff in world are we living in here? It's unbelievable, 49 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:26.240 these fen people, they can't make enough money, wasn't enough 50 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.560 to be screwing musicians the way they have unapologetically just 51 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:32.919 fing them over. The 'shire existence of the music business. 52 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.280 They've done nothing but absolutely bend over and f musicians. 53 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.159 And if that isn't enough, now the other band they're 54 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:40.680 writing music, This like Fleetwood Mac meets fucking Delec with 55 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:42.439 just a dash of Brian Adams and then they just 56 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:44.439 put it in the thing. It spits it out. Wait, 57 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:47.759 so the AI comedians go along, Bill, you know that's coming. 58 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.439 Sarah Sherman has signed on board with a new film project. 59 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.280 She will store in the new Netflix film Roommates. You 60 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.280 know that one that's the one they've been working on 61 00:02:57.479 --> 00:02:59.879 in New Jersey, where Adam Sandler has been seen. It 62 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.800 also stars Natasha Leona Nick Kroll. Roommates centers on a 63 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:06.840 budding friendship that turns sour when two college freshmen move 64 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:12.360 in together. Also starring in the film famous actress Sadie Sandler. 65 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:14.879 HBO Max. Wait, is that what we're calling you? I 66 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.439 lost track? Yes, it's HBO Max. Now they just changed 67 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.199 the name back this week. I'm not being coy. I 68 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:20.800 just I started to read the copy and I was like, wait, 69 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.479 what are they know? Yeah, but it's HBO Max. They 70 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:27.639 announced a Big Bang Theory spinoff. It is called Stuart 71 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.280 Fails to Save the Universe. Now, buckle up, this gets 72 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:34.280 pretty complicated, but it sounds interesting. Chuck Lorie, creator of 73 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:38.039 the franchise, said, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, which 74 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:43.360 we're already abbreviating as sft STU, which trips up my 75 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:46.439 brain because it looks way too much like st FU, 76 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:51.520 which means something else entirely sf T STU. We're not 77 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.000 calling you that. Let's say, what can we call this thing? 78 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.919 Stuart fails to Save the Universe. We could just call 79 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.479 this Show Stuart now, because then you're going to think 80 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.719 Daily Show, all right, fails to save the universe. Wow, John, 81 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:04.159 you took one word off all right. I don't know 82 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.560 we're calling this thing anyway. Chuck Laurie says it's trying 83 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:12.000 to incorporate science fiction, fantasy, and comedy and will feature 84 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:17.720 extensive CGI. STU is set in the future. See even 85 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.360 that sounds like I'm reading like a CSI or a 86 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:23.000 Law and Order spin off SFT STU set in the 87 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:26.480 future after the events in Big Bang. In It, comic 88 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:30.160 book store owner Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality 89 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.240 after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, 90 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:38.319 accidentally bringing about a multiverse armageddon. Apparently Sheldon and Leonard 91 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.279 worked on this device after the end of the original series. 92 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.399 Stewart is aided in his quest by his girlfriend Denise, 93 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:48.399 his geologist friend Burt played by Brian Possain, and quantum 94 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:51.920 physicists all around Pain in the Neck Barry. Along the way, 95 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.759 they meet alternate universe versions of characters we've come to 96 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.800 know and love from the Big Bang theory, and, as 97 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:01.480 the title implies, things don't go well. I already forgot 98 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:03.360 what this show is called I've said it five times, 99 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.680 it's called Stuart fails to Save the Universe. Okay, so 100 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.480 it's sliders. But the Big Bang Theory is that what 101 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:11.879 I'm getting here? Chuck Lorie said, I wanted to do 102 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:14.160 something radical that would take me out of my comfort zone, 103 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.680 something that characters on The Big Bang Theory would have loved, 104 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.519 hated and argued about. All right, that's fun, all right 105 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.879 from the near post. I want to make sure I 106 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:26.199 get this one right. This gets all kinds of convoluted. Apparently, 107 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.120 Kamala Harris gave an interview before the election that was 108 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.600 so quote confusing and weird that she and the host 109 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:38.839 both agreed it shouldn't air. Apparently, Harris was on Subway Takes, 110 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:42.360 an online series hosted by Kareem Rama where guests admit 111 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:44.920 their favorite hot take. It was filmed in the summer 112 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:49.519 of twenty twenty four. Rama told Forbes her take was 113 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.319 really confusing and weird, not good, and so we mutually 114 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:54.160 agreed we shouldn't publish it. All right, what could this 115 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:57.279 possibly have been about world peace, the economy? 116 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:58.199 Nope. 117 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:03.120 Rama tells us her take was on bacon as a spice. Well, 118 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.480 there's More, according to the story, Harris's team had told 119 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:09.160 the producers that Kamala's hot take would have been taking 120 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.319 a stand against removing her shoes when on an airplane, 121 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:16.120 but when the interview started, Harris apparently surprised Rama with 122 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:20.560 a different hot take, which was bacon is a spice. 123 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:24.120 The New York Times apparently has the unpublished video, so 124 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.160 this seems like it's real. Rama told Forbes her take 125 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.560 was really confusing and weird, not good. Rama, who's Muslim 126 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.399 and does not eat pork, responded, I don't know, or 127 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.319 stubbles down and says, think about it. It's pure flavor. 128 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.439 She explains how bits of cooked bacon could be used 129 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:43.600 to enhansome meal like seasoning, said. Rama asked, could ease 130 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.319 bee for turkey instead, and then paused the interview and 131 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.920 said he doesn't eat bacon. He then asked if they 132 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:52.360 could do the segment on taking shoes off on airplanes instead. 133 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:57.000 Harris decided instead to declare her love for anchovies on pizza. 134 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:01.439 After speaking to an advisor, wrapped it up and said, well, 135 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:03.600 I'm one hundred percent I'm sure on both of those. 136 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.439 The post says Harris's office did not immediately respond to 137 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:11.680 request for comment. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is back out. 138 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.120 Minor spoilers for the new season. I personally haven't seen 139 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.519 the new season yet because I keep forgetting. I don't 140 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:20.319 have cable TV right now. I got rid of it 141 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:22.120 for the summer because I like to be outside and 142 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.000 I don't watch all that much TV. I'll get it 143 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:28.319 back come September so I can watch the football. So, yes, 144 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:30.439 It's Always Sunny came out, but I'm like, oh, I 145 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.759 gotta wait until they posted it to FX. Plus, the 146 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:35.879 new College Football Game is out, so if I am 147 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:38.040 in front of a TV, I'm going to playing the 148 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.879 college football video game. I'll get to It's always funny anyway, 149 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:44.639 Minor spoilers coming up. Charlie Day spoke to The Hollywood Reporter. 150 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.920 He explained why episode one spoilers It Won't Kill You. 151 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.560 Why episode one was the conclusion to the crossover with 152 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:56.600 Abbott Elementary. Charlie explains, because their episode was the last 153 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:58.480 time we saw our characters, we thought, let's just jump 154 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.319 in with our version of it. Now. This is interesting. 155 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.680 Charlie says it could possibly be the end after the 156 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:10.519 already renewed season eighteen interesting. They talked about writing this 157 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:14.240 season's season finale, and they asked Charlie did he think 158 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.399 of it as a season finale in that sense? Charlie said, 159 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.759 I mean it, I did. I mean, I knew there 160 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.480 was an offer for season eighteen as well, and I 161 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.439 knew that we'd all discussed likely wanting to do it. 162 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.319 But I personally went into the writer's room last year 163 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:24.839 as if it was my last chance to be in 164 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.360 the writer's room. Fortunately, I think we're lining up everybody 165 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.120 and we're going to come back for season eighteen. Beyond 166 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:31.800 season eighteen, I don't know, it could quite possibly be 167 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.879 the end, but I think there was something about writing 168 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.159 this season and having David and John chernback in the 169 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.399 writer's room, and having Robert Zelle and David Hornsby in 170 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:39.799 a little bit of the old gang back, and then 171 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:42.000 having some of the episodes work so well was exciting 172 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.080 in a way that reinvigorated everybody. So we'll see how 173 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:46.000 long we can keep it going. But one season is 174 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.840 but one season at a time, The Hollow Reporter said. Recently, 175 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:52.279 on social media, people were sharing the new messaging that 176 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.919 comes up before watching Rush Hour. I talked about that 177 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.720 this week, I think yesterday blah blah blah. Do you 178 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.200 think your show's aged well, Charlie said, I think for 179 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.279 the most part, it's age really well. From the beginning. 180 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:03.679 We always set out to make a show that was 181 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.720 satirizing bad people behaving badly, And when your intention is 182 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.480 to highlight the bad behavior and comment on it, that's 183 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.440 sort of an evergreen message. In terms of a disclaimer 184 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.200 before an episode, I'm neither four or against it. I 185 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.440 think it's better than just getting rid of, say rush hour. 186 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.639 Let people make up their own minds. By the way, 187 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:22.440 we've always had a disclaimer before episodes. It's always said, hey, 188 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:25.159 this is TVMA or X or whatever, lookout, watch out. 189 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:27.639 But the thing that really mystifies me in our culture 190 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.440 is how completely accepting we are of extreme violence in 191 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.320 our content. People getting shot and killed and murdered horrific ways. 192 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.919 But a couple of dirty, little naughty jokes seemed to 193 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.080 really throw everybody from a loop on gossip Corner. I 194 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.759 guess whose name I'm gonna drop. That's right, Pete Davidson 195 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:46.200 once again TMZ saying Pete and his girlfriend Elise Hewett 196 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.480 apparently had a nice fourth of July, Elise posted some 197 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:54.000 Instagram snaps seventeen photos, some of which show off what 198 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:58.080 TMZ refers to as her toned bikini body. Apparently Pete 199 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.080 and Elise are living together. Good luck to the couple. 200 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:04.279 The laugh Out Loveland Comedy Festival is back for its 201 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.080 third year. Friend of the show Dan Bubletz Junior putting 202 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.879 this one together to downtown Loveland July thirty first through 203 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:14.440 August third. Laughout Loveland dot com for the info. It'll 204 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:16.879 bring thirty comedians from across the country to perform at 205 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.240 various venues. Dan says every year the festival grows. This 206 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.799 year is no exception. In our first year we had 207 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.080 seven shows with six headliners. This year we have nine 208 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:29.879 headliners and ten shows. Headliners for this year's festival include 209 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:35.279 Andrew Overdaal Hayden, Crystal Movida, Al Gaviy, Mike Stanley, and 210 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.279 Matt Cobos. Festival feature some of Colorado's up and coming 211 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:42.559 comedians along with comedians from across the country. We'll take 212 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:44.039 a look at that as it gets a little closer, 213 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.399 but that's a solid festival out today. Greg warrens The 214 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.200 champ as an audio album. I'm always in favor of 215 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.159 audio releases for comedians. So nice job, Greg Warren the champ, 216 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:57.080 and that is your comedy news for today. Like I said, 217 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:59.559 the comedy diarth is over. I got plenty for the weekend. 218 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:02.559 So if you're a new listener, hit follow. And if 219 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.799 you're an existing listener who would like the program without 220 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.799 commercial interruption or feed drops or the other stuff, five 221 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.080 bucks a month callirag dot com slash plus. 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She said, 233 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:43.240 this is too much money, this is wrong. I don't 234 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.320 want anything to do with and stormed out of the room. 235 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:49.000 And I thought, well, that's not what I expected. Oh 236 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.919 my god. So I realized from that that this was 237 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:55.080 not an easy thing to do. So I learned a 238 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:57.960 lesson from that, and I knew that I had to 239 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:02.240 do this authentically to do it right, otherwise it was not. 240 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.279 Going to work. So that happened. 241 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.840 And then the third thing that happened was that I 242 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.480 was looking at my financial statements and I had more 243 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:11.759 money there than I was really using. 244 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:12.600 It was sitting there. 245 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:15.200 I mean, it was growing, making profits and so forth, 246 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.840 but it wasn't being used. I wasn't using it for me. 247 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.279 I wasn't using it for things that I really cared about, 248 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.399 not for my people. So I thought, well, if I 249 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.720 have all this money now, why should I wait until 250 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.919 I die? Why don't I bring it forward? And then, 251 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.519 you know, it was a long process for me to 252 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:31.919 come around to that, but that's what finally started this, 253 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:33.000 and I said, well, I'll do it. 254 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:33.240 Now. 255 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.720 Let's back up just a bit. Tell us a little 256 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.840 bit about your new book. What is the Happiness Experiment. 257 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:44.360 Well, this is a recording of the real events with 258 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.679 real people who I decided that I would bring forward 259 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:51.600 the inheritance the money I had for them in my 260 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:54.320 will and made it a prequest, so it was a 261 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.200 chunk of money that they were going to get. Well 262 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:58.960 they were still young enough to enjoy it, and I 263 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:02.320 was still alive to see it happening. So I saw 264 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:06.200 what they were doing. So when I sat down with them, 265 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:09.759 I talked about money and happiness and how one can cognect. 266 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.600 And I said, look, I'm going to bring this forward 267 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:14.159 to and give it to you, but what I want 268 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:18.039 from you is a plan so you use this money, 269 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.279 so it's really a big benefit for you. I don't 270 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.000 want this to overwhelm you. And they said what kind 271 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:24.960 of plan? I said, I want a happiness plan, and 272 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:26.759 they said, a happiness plan? 273 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.279 What's that? 274 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:30.120 So so you know, nobody has seems to have a 275 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.879 happiness plan, but it's one of the most important plans 276 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.679 you can get, and it doesn't have to be very complex. 277 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:37.360 What is it that makes you happy? What values do 278 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.879 you want to pursue? You know, what goals and dreams 279 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:42.200 do you have, and you can pursue them. And so 280 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:44.879 I got them to write a happiness plan. And then 281 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:46.840 when I saw the plan, I gave them all the 282 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:50.080 money all at one time, and so then they took 283 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.360 it and I watched them with their plan. I saw 284 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.000 all their plans, what they did and how they became happier, 285 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:58.720 and so you know, that had to be written about 286 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.759 so because I wanted other people or to see what 287 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.919 they did so they too could do the same thing. 288 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:08.240 Which prequest is the most unique one you've come across. 289 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:13.159 Well, it was a very very painful and sad story 290 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:17.320 because two dear friends of mine had a beloved daughter 291 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:20.320 and she was hit head on by a drunk driver 292 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:23.679 and killed. She happened to be eight months pregnant at 293 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:28.320 the time, so that killed the granddaughter too, and also 294 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:34.399 their daughter. They were totally totally wiped out, devastated, and 295 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.120 they died emotionally. They had decided that they could never 296 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:40.759 be happy again. They would be wrong to be happy. 297 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.679 They didn't deserve to be happy because their darling daughter 298 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:49.720 had been killed. Tremendously painful, awful, awful story. So they 299 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.120 were grieving six years later, and I met with them 300 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:56.200 and I told them how much they had added to 301 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.639 my life and how much I was so grateful to them, 302 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:02.039 and that I'm I wanted to express the gratitude, and 303 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.799 I put them in my will and they could accept 304 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:05.440 that and I said, but I want you to have 305 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.120 it now, and they said, oh no, no, we can't 306 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:10.759 accept it. They turned it down. They turned it down. Well, 307 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.399 we worked and I said, look, I'm leaving it open. 308 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:17.039 So several months later, I think his wife persuaded him 309 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.480 to do it. Actually, you know, and you know, so 310 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:21.240 they said, okay, we'll do it because I said, we're 311 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:23.279 going to wait until you die, why not do it now? 312 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:23.840 And they did that. 313 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.639 And it wasn't the money, interesting life, they said, it 314 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.000 was the coaching that made the big difference, that changed 315 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:34.840 their mind their mindset from being so negative. You know, 316 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:37.679 we'll never be happy again. We don't deserve to be happy. 317 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.799 And the coach turned there thinking their mindset around and said, look, 318 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.519 you know it can be. You can be happy again. 319 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:47.720 And they started to get the mindset of happy people. 320 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:50.720 And now you cannot believe what these people they're traveling 321 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.000 all over the world. They're in Tahiti right now, they 322 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:57.679 climbed Killimungarrett. These people are loving life. And it was 323 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:00.399 a major change. That is one of the most heart felt, 324 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:04.600 wonderful results of the And in a sense, she said, 325 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.600 the wife said, this prequest changed or saved my life. 326 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:11.360 Because we were no longer living, we were dead, and 327 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.799 this brought us back to life. 328 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:17.120 Yeah, I mean dealing with grief and many of us 329 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:20.200 have I have. You know, when you're in those depths, 330 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:22.799 it's really it can be really difficult to find your 331 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:25.120 way out of it. And you know, often it looks 332 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.279 like there isn't a way out of it, and you know, 333 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.639 sometimes you want to map, right, and it looks like 334 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:33.840 this concept could be a good map for you. If 335 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.440 that sounds like it was for these folks. I always 336 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.919 like to end interviews by asking, is there anything that 337 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.639 I didn't ask that I should have? 338 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:49.600 How can my listeners benefit from this book? What should 339 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.399 they do? What would be good for them? And so 340 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.720 I'll answer that question. First off, think about happiness, Think 341 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.440 about being happiness. Do you you deserve to be happy? 342 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:02.200 And you can be happy, but you have to make 343 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:05.400 it as a choice. I'm going to increase my happiness 344 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:09.880 just that if you make that realistically, I want to 345 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:13.279 and I'm going to increase my happiness that choice. And 346 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.640 then talk to people about it. Talk to a husband 347 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.599 or wife or a girlfriend or a friend, a therapist 348 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.960 or coach, talk to somebody about it and say Look, 349 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.920 I'm made the decision that I want to be happier, 350 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.279 and I'm like you to help me create a happiness 351 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:29.720 plan and then work on it. And it's not that hard, 352 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:36.000 but it is challenging, but it's a wonderful exercise. And 353 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:40.039 if they do it, I guarantee they will increase their happiness. 354 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.119 I guarantee it. 355 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.440 Carl Barney is the author and the book is called 356 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:50.359 The Happiness Experiments, A Revolutionary Way to Increase Happiness. Carl, 357 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.519 where could people find the book? 358 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.599 Wherever books are sold, And it's now available for pre 359 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.880 order from Amazon and they can go to the Happiness 360 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:01.400 Experiment dot com and they can pre order it there, 361 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.319 and I hope they will. 362 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:04.880 Carl, thanks so much of the time. I really appreciate it. 363 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.759 Yeah, thank you, Dan, it's been fun. Our sister. I'm 364 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:09.880 going to bring forward and yours and give it to 365 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:13.240 you now. And he said, oh wow, that's great. Thank you. 366 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:16.359 That's so generous of you. Carl, that's great. But his wife, 367 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:20.680 my sister in law, went ballistic. She said, this is 368 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:24.519 too much money, this is wrong. I don't want anything 369 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:26.640 to do with and stormed out of the room. And 370 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:30.359 I thought, well, that's not what I expected. Oh my god. 371 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.400 So I realized from that that this was not an 372 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:36.680 easy thing to do. So I learned a lesson from that, 373 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:40.519 and I knew that I had to do this authentically. 374 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.960 I had to do it right, otherwise it was not. 375 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.079 Going to work. So that happened. 376 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.599 And then the third thing that happened was that I 377 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:50.279 was looking at my financial statements and I had more 378 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:52.559 money there than I was really using. 379 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.400 It was sitting there. 380 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:55.960 I mean, it was growing, making profits and so forth, 381 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.599 but it wasn't being used. I wasn't using it for me. 382 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:01.039 I wasn't using it for things that I really cared about, 383 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:03.160 not for my people. So I thought, well, if I 384 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:05.519 have all this money now, why should I wait until 385 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.000 I die? 386 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.079 Why don't I bring it forward? 387 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.039 And then, you know, it was a long process for 388 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:12.160 me to come around to that, but that's what finally 389 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.759 started this, and I said, well, I'll do it. 390 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.039 Now. 391 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.480 Let's back up just a bit. Tell us a little 392 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.599 bit about your new book. What is the Happiness Experiment. 393 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:25.160 Well, this is a recording of the real events with 394 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:29.440 real people who I decided that I would bring forward 395 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:32.359 the inheritance the money I had for them in my 396 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:35.079 will and made it a prequest, so it was a 397 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:38.000 chunk of money that they were going to get. Well 398 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.720 they were still young enough to enjoy it, and I 399 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:41.880 was still alive to see it happening. 400 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:46.119 So I saw what they were doing. So when I. 401 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:48.960