WELL WHO DOESN’T AGREE LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE AND EMMY AWARD WINNING TV HOST MATT HAS
BEEN DEFINITELY
HAS THE KNOWLEDGE FOR THAT
PRESCRIPTION THE DOCTOR TURNED
COMEDIAN IS BACK FOR NEW SEASON
OF LIVE RESCUE ON A ANYWHERE HE
FOLLOWS FIRST RESPONDERS
WHO BRAVELY PUT THEIR LIVES ON
THE LINE RESPONDING TO
EMERGENCY CALLS GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOW AREA. I DON’T WELL MIKE HOW ARE YOU DOING FANTASTIC. THANK YOU OK TELL US ABOUT THIS
SEASON OF
LIVE RESCUE. YOU’RE A COMEDIAN
AND HOW DO YOU COMBINE THESE 2
WITH ACTUAL EMERGENCY CALLS AND
YOU BEING A COMEDIAN WELL.
>> YEAH COM
COMEDY COMPANY COMEDY IS IT
ALWAYS THE TOP DOWN AND I THINK
PROBABLY THE FACT THAT I’M A
DOCTOR LEE GETS LAID OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE
REALLY ARE WE’RE DEALING WITH
LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS FOR
THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW THE
PREMISE OF
LIVE RESCUE.
>> WE 7 THE
FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR RESCUE
TEAMS IN 7 DIFFERENT CITIES.
WITH A COUPLE CREWS. EACH WE
HAVE CAMERAS OUT LIVE EVERY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
RIDING ALONG WITH THESE
FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEN WE
HAVE THE HOUSE ON THE HOST
ALONG WITH GETTING
THOSE BN. CAPTAIN DARREN MOSTLY
OUT OF ST. LOUIS AND DAN FLYNN
A REGISTERED NURSE AT OF THE
ARE NORMALLY. WE’RE IN NEW YORK
THAT’S THE WAY WE DID IT LAST
YEAR WE’D BE IN NEW YORK
COMMENTING ON THIS ACTION BUT
BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT
SITUATION. THE 3 OF US WILL BE
COMING FROM
OUR HOMES. SO I THINK TALE TO
TELL THEIR STORIES AND TO SEE
WHAT THEY GO THROUGH AND TO SEE
HOW THEY HANDLE IT AND TO SEE
HOW THERE COPING WITH IT WHAT
WHAT WHAT SKILLS ARE USING TO
DEAL WITH THE STRESS. I THINK
IT’S GOING TO.
I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY SEE
IN THESE
FIRST RESPONDERS.
>> AND GETTING ALL OF THE
PUBLICITY AND YOU KNOW BEING
THE STARS WHICH THEY RIGHTLY
DESERVE.
>> YEAH, IT’S IT’S NICE.
I KNOW WE’VE YOU KNOW THE
PREVIOUS SEASONS. WE CERTAINLY
HAD SOME PEOPLE POP IN I’M
JUST SEEING. I THINK
PEOPLE LOVE SOME OF THESE ARE
JUST ARE A REAL PEOPLE GENUINE
PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY OPEN ABOUT
SHARING WHAT THEY’RE GOING
THROUGH AND STILL BEING
PROFESSIONAL YOU ARE A DOCTOR
SWITCH OVER TO BEING A
COMEDIAN, I KNOW YOU KNOW IN
SITUATIONS LIKE HAVING A DOCTOR
OR A FIRST RESPONDER YES, YOU
HAVE TO BE ON THE
LAW HANDS.
>> BECAUSE YOU OTHERWISE I MEAN
THE GUY IS THE OVERWHELMING.
WHY JUST SWITCH CAREERS.
>> YOU KNOW I THINK FOR IT WAS HIS THOUGH I THOUGHT I’D BE A CANNY IT WAS JUST I WAS IN
MEDICINE NIGHT. I REALIZED MY
MY HEART WASN’T IN IT THE WAY I
FELT IT NEEDED TO BE THAT THIS
ISN’T IT’S NOT A JOB IT IS A
CALLING AND I WASN’T SURE I
HEARD THE CALL
AND SO I TOOK A YEAR OFF
THINKING I NEED TO GROW UP I
JUST GOT TO
GET SOMETHING OUT OF MY SYSTEM
AND GROW UP AND COME BACK TO
BEING A DOCTOR SO I THOUGHT I
DON’T STAND UP A COUPLE TIMES I
SAID WE’LL TAKE A YEAR OFF MOVE
OUT. LA DO STAND OUT
GROW UP COME BACK AND BE A
DOCTOR LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
INSTEAD ABOUT 3 WEEKS IN OF
DOING STANDUP I SAID THIS.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WAS MEANT TO
DO SO WE WANTED TO BE FUN.
WE WANTED TO BE WE’LL TAKE
EVERYTHING SERIOUS THAT NEED TO
BE ANNULLED SERIOUSLY BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
ONE OF THE WAYS YOU COPE WITH
HANDLING SERIOUS THINGS FOR
LONG PERIODS OF TIME HUMOR.
SO WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE
IT FUN TILL, WHAT’S YOUR
FAVORITE ONE LINER THAT YOU CAN
SEE
ON TV. WELL I THAT’S FUNNY, I
WILL LET THE I WAS ALWAYS JUST
OUT AMERICAN A JOB WHERE.
>> THEN I GOT TO YELL THAT AND
THAT’S BECOME KIND OF MY
TRADEMARK.
>> ALL RIGHT HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO COUPLE YEARS AGO DURING
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR AND THE
QUESTION WE ALWAYS ASK
EVERYBODY CORN OR FLOUR
TORTILLAS.
>> OH I USED TO BE FLOWER 100%
CORE NOW CORN THAT HAVE BEEN FRIED UP A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE ALL GOT A LITTLE GREASE IT UP
HARD PERCENT CORN TORTILLAS
OKAY, THAT’S THE ANSWER WE
THAT’S ALL. IT IS MATT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TO
ANSWER RIGHT. IT DID SO IT’S
ALL UP TO YOU BY THE GRACE OF
8. SO.
AND