Alright well, thanks for taking the drive with me. I often get asked
Via email or comments on our videos on YouTube if I actually
Have some kind of a pre-show ritual or what do I do?
Before my show and the truth is I actually don't have a ritual um
What I actually do is I leave really late matter of fact. I'll show you exactly
What I'm dealing with here
It is 943 on Thursday july twenty eighth, and I'm heading to the show that's on my cell phone
here's on the [Tesla] clock
shows you exactly what time it is and
here all they've been spinning on this one there and the tesla clock over here as well, so 943 which extra Stein 44 now ah
Which most people find?
literally
insane and preposterous
That I leave this late for a ten o'clock show. I've always done that
If I leave before nine forty it's considered early. I basically just roll into the theater. I changed my clothes and
I walk [onstage]. I have no prep to do many entertainers. Have some kind of ritual that they do. Maybe they
know for singers do vocal warm-ups
Maybe they sit down and have a cocktail you know in their dressing room to take some of the edge of the nerves off
Maybe you know maybe they do some other substances. I don't know. I don't do any of that stuff. I
Don't get pre-show Jitters. I've never have I've never gotten nervous or butterflies before a show I
Just show up and do it, and I don't need vocal warm a meteor should be vocal warming warming up
You know I wish I come not a very good singer
I mean imagine me and you I do I think [about] you day and night
it's only right to think about the girl you love and
holder tied so happy together
not pointless
Anyway, I'm merging onto the 215 I'm south of MCCArran International airport
You don't know if you can see ahead, but that's where mandalay bay is just to the left of the vehicles ahead of us
Anyway, we're heading into Sunset Road and McCArran Airport Tunnel
and
I'm still quite a ways away from the strip it is 940 it just turned 9 46 and
we are
14 minutes away, and
That's where we need to go
There's the luxor beam and then you could see the green
Mgm to the quite a bit to the right of that, and then I don't know if you can see the ok
It's me. It's far. We're actually looking for it. I've never really paid attention to how far we actually are but that's pretty fun
I've never been late knock on wood. That's untrue
I've been late one time in nine and a half years, but it was not my fault it was Matt Damon's fault
And I'm not [even] kidding you the actor Matt damon. He was actually in town in Las Vegas
They were shooting scenes for his new film
Jason Bourne part of that born
series and
He was the sum of the movie was being shot in Las Vegas on the strip in front of the Bellagio
They were flipping cars and stuff and stuff like that. So they shot the strip down so that he could do his filming and
It was at nighttime nighttime scenes
So all the traffic from the strip was being pushed out to all the side surface streets
And which was jamming everything up?
so actually when the cops shut the road down we could move so I ended up starting my show like 15 minutes late because of
That damon dick
So anyway
basically how it works is
I've got a couple of different routes that I can go owning a tesla has its advantages
Because on the map itself let me just switch it to nighttime mode on the map itself
It's not voting very well because we're in the tunnel in the airport Tunnel
So we're underneath McCArran international effort right now all this great out area. That's all the runways
of MCCarran international airport, so the Planes are actually going above us at the moment, so
anyway, now that I look at the
Routing that I could take care. This is Thomas & Mack Center where the unLv
Where the university of Nevada Las Vegas campus is where that Big Arena the Thomas & Mack Center?
I've got a couple of options I can head up to the
Hard Rock hotel, and go West on Harmon to plan a Hollywood
Which is over here?
But there's a little bit of garbage happening here see the dream means free flowing traffic
Orange means traffic slow moving red means, it's Gotta stop and go traffic
so that looks a little messy there and then so I can go up tropicana which I do like going up tropicana because it's
Got more lanes. So the traffic flows a little better that if there's kind of a crash or something like that
Then at least I've [got] some options of lanes
it doesn't impede it as much was also a shortcut that cuts through where all the taxicabs and
the people in the know
use that as a shortcut if you if you want to get away from the traffic
So on fight nights like when they have big fights at MGM at the MGM grand Arena
You'll see all the traffic be read in here
I'll take a different route and so on and so forth or if there's a big concert at the Joint at Hard Rock
So it just depends what's happening. I kind of make decisions as I go
That's basically
you know how I anticipate and design what my route is going to be 948 we have 12 minutes before we get to
Planet Hollywood, so it's A
It's a little close tonight because we've [been] kind of
More traffic than I'd [like] to experience, but it's we're not panicking yet matter of fact. Maybe let's check in with
With Shayna let's call Shaina NC because she's at the showroom already. Well, it's 11 minutes to showtime
I'm guessing pretty much everybody's at the showroom already
So I'll call Shaina and let's just check in with her and see what we're dealing with
Ok here we go
So we'll see what's happening
If she answers gives you won't answer
It's not good. Maybe she panicking get it ready
It's not good on my shoulder. Well my showgirls not answering. You know it's a bad situation
Home run oh hi. I was wondering if you were gonna answer ah
Are we are scheduled for a non on time start?
Yeah, well okay. I just came out of the airport towel
So I'll I might have to do a little wheezing I might have to take the shortcut tonight all right
I'll see you a little bit
ok back
my ass ok so uh
all right traffic is not flowing as much as I'd like it to at the moment, but we'll
We'll work it out. So I [think] my plan is gonna be where I take that
We're Gonna go up tropicana West on Tropicana
And then we're gonna take the little shortcut in behind bluegreen resorts which tends to save me some time because there's no traffic
through there
But then it can be a little challenging
If Harmon is running heavy if Harmon is running real heavy over here which doesn't appear to be but if it's running heavy in this
Area it's a left-hand turn with no light
So we're gonna have to be a little little sketchy with the driving skills, but I'm sure we'll work things out. So we got
the time
951 it's not looking too good at the moment. We're nine minutes away from
Getting on stage to start the show come on. Let's go. Let's turn the lights green
Anyway, that's um
This is what happens every single night people travel with me friends that come to the show like you're nuts to leave this late to
go to the show I
Guess it's just what I've always done um. Maybe that's the excitement that gets my adrenaline going I
Don't know what?
Okay, let's go. This is a long light
It's not normally this long all right. We need a left-hand turn on tropicana there. We go. We got arrows, okay?
Come on. Let's go drive that hyundai that
Was not product placement. I'm not getting paid for that come on a move it
And once the defense here we go
all right, I think I just cut that guy off the lannisters send their regards all right ah okay, so
Things are moving around and some fireworks going on over here
Hank
fireworks that looks like top golf
top Golf is
maybe not top golf top golf is this new driving range that just opened and
they
That might be their grand opening or so, I thought I thought they had the grand opening already
Ya know they did they had the grand over there they invited me, and I couldn't go for some reason
[I] don't remember I don't I'm not a very good golfer alright, so I can keep going up to Tropicana
But that's not the game plan we're gonna take the shortcut which this guy's taking to
Ping ok we can blow by this guy it's a it's [a] two lane or even though. It doesn't look like two lanes
I don't know what's going on here. Ok right alright, so this is the shortcut. It makes it a little saves me a little time
Except for this bump right here, so hang on
ok and
oh
It's stuff flying everywhere. Sorry. It's a little bit of a rough ride, but it's a lot of fun
Watch the limbs watch the Rims fireworks ahead. This is exciting. Okay. We're do what's 953 we got seven minutes to showtime
the stop sign
is
Kind of a yield sign as long as there's no cops riding with me. I guess that's okay
Yeah, my cop friends better not be watching this
[alright]. This is the tricky intersection. We have to get on a left-hand turn on Harmon and see how this is a little messy
right now
one because there's a guy ahead of us that
Would probably have my washer service we better not check his license plate out
I was trying to block the vice expand all right. Let's go. Let's move it
Okay, alright. So we're clear on that side and
We're clear let's go. Let's go the scope. Love it. Move move move
Okay, here. We go alright. So we are
seven minutes to showtime
953 oh not know that time 954 to change the 954 alright, so if six minutes till showtime
And there's planet hollywood that's where we got to get to we're still a little ways away
Yeah, that's we had a lot more traffic than I was anticipating tonight
well, that's one with the traffic but more of the lights more of the
Red lights and that merging on we weren't there too long so that was ok and we're stopped up at covel
Let's go see here's the fireworks. Yeah, I was I guess it is top golf that's firing off
Huh, they had their press night where they had invited all the red carpet
I swear that was two weeks ago maybes a week ago time flies
Well this must be their public opening or something anyway. This is what has what Vegas is all about there's always something happening every place
It's just part of being in this business
I guess it's very cool [alright], so we got a little ways to go let's just check on the map
I'm going to zoom in show you here on the daytime map so we can get a better look
Alright, so we are at this intersection here, and we're not I don't know why it's slow load, okay here. We go
We're at this intersection here we got to get to the next Road got to turn into audrey into the parking garage
But I the theaters right here, and I have a parking spot right by the theater so that makes it super convenient
That makes it super convenient for you know for me to park so um you know so that's that's nice now
I have a road cone that sits right in front of my parking spot and usually I
That I just pushed the road cone with the car the front bumper doesn't actually touch the road cone the front spoiler the bottom spoiler
Is like half an inch further out than the actual?
Then the actual bumper itself, so I'm [just] using the bottom spoiler to push the Road cone
But it's very funny because when there's people waiting by the elevator in the parking garage
And they see a tesla pull up and slide the road cone which makes a bunch of noise
they must they think to themselves look at this [douchebag] pushing a road cone with his tesla and
One I am pushing the road cone with the test love to yeah
I can be a douche bag sometimes but not in that particular moment because anyway so we have four minutes to showtime
which is
Cutting it close. That's okay. Here's the reality
then I can start the show without me um you know so
All right now zach off coming or on our left
Copper to Copper to Crime stuber
It's okay. I'm not the one
Operating the phone in the car
Sorry, if it's not that great equality I didn't bring the professional camera Crew
We just figured we shoot it on me on the iphone just to kind of give you guys a little bit of a behind-the-scenes
of how it all worked ok, so, we're
Let's see our time here
956
956 we are doing [okay]? It's not the end of the world we have four minutes until I'm on stage
It was mind-boggling. I think when I step back to
What's this guy doing a little by the way, okay?
It's mind-boggling to think that 98 or 99 percent of my audience is
Already at the showroom and you know sometimes if you're at a concert or whatever you think yourself
I wonder what the band is doing or the performers doing all backstage all getting ready. [I'm] not even there
that's pretty funny, so
Now here's the parking garage. I get to have like I said I have my parking spot. That's a
three
Basic Ilan level three, but it's right by the doors, so if we want to we all show you guys exactly where we're Gonna go
All right
ok so
Level 3 here. We go. Come on. What are you doing?
No, keep going keep going just move up move along move along no
No
It's 957 we got a show to do okay. I'm just gonna cut by these people. I'm sorry bye. Bye. Bye. See you later
Sorry about that, okay
Move out of the way, we got a show to do
so
Now better be my parking spot available, and it's okay. So my parking spots right by the theater and we push the road cone
Here we go
All right, I'm going to stage in two minutes. Let's go
958 when he helped me on stage in two minutes. So not not too much time to panic. Let's go knocked out
So this is [the] bowels of planet hollywood. This is the back entrance that's next to the parking garage
It's not very glamorous
But it is what it is these are the double red doors that go into the backstage area the V theater also not glamorous
But it's exactly what you'd expect from a theater
Got one minute. This is Matt be the stage manager
Hey destroy our video guys join the sound guy all right. We're on stage in one minute
Okay, so this is this rust rust in the previous show let's r us
We let me hang it on a fish bone, but russ is not that cool that way
You know all right, so gone of me
So this basically process is stuff by something is one paid too much tonight, no
So the audience is right behind that curtain and so I'm going to load on the lunch Steve's Gonna push me
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