-Our next guest is a very funny comedian and host
of the podcast "Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan."
New episodes are released every Monday.
Please welcome back to the show my friend Brooks Wheelan.
How are you, Brooks?
-Hey. I'm perfect.
-It's so wonderful to see you.
We were supposed to see you earlier this month.
You were booked, as well as Ted Danson,
on January 6th.
I don't need to tell everyone that's the day
that the Capitol was stormed, we agreed to reschedule you.
In place of you, we booked a Killer Mike to talk about
the events of the day and his activism.
You agreed with that decision.
-Yeah, I didn't think it was a poor decision not to have me
comment on a bunch of Al Bundys taking over the Capitol.
So I was, like, "Let's have Killer Mike
maybe talk about this for a second.
-I was texting with some of our mutual friends.
Tim Robinson was one of them.
I was texting with John Oliver as well and I was saying
I half wanted to keep you on because I thought there might
be a chance that you hadn't heard
about the Capitol riots yet.
-And that's exactly what happened.
I was texting with John because he's the best,
and I told him that I wasn't watching the news on purpose
that day because I love doing your show and it's so fun.
I wanted to be in a positive mood, and the news makes me
in a terrible mood, so I was just like
I just won't watch.
And we recorded this at noon L.A. time.
I get an e-mail, "Hey, we're going to push it
due to the Capitol events."
And I was, like, "I guess we should probably check that out.
And I went to, like, CNN, you know?
I was like, "Okay, it looks pretty legit."
And then I decided let's go to Fox News to see
if they're even commenting, and they were,
and that's the scariest thing is when Fox News is also like,
"It's pretty bad."
[ Laughter ]
-You tweeted that you agree with the decision to put
Killer Mike on the show, and this was really exciting.
Killer Mike now following you,
so you got a follow from Killer Mike
plus love and respect.
The whole day was a pretty good outcome.
-Best day of my life, January 6, 2021.
I'm the new LP. That's pretty exciting.
You know, our music might want be as good anymore,
but I'm having fun.
-I mean, re-scheduling you is always bittersweet,
but it was even more bittersweet that no matter what happened
on the 6th, you weren't going to be here in person.
When you were here in 2015 in person,
which is actual your twitter photo,
I am very honored to be your twitter photo.
-You were my boss, man. You got me hired at "SNL."
You've really helped my career a lot, and any time you get
to drink Keystone Lights on national television
with, you know, someone you respect,
that's a Twitter bio.
I don't know what to tell you.
-You did bring Keystone Lights.
I really -- I had forgotten this.
I had a Keystone Light and then you had one
and then you had a backup Keystone in your pocket.
-There's two in there.
I got have one in the other guy, too.
-Did you bring a Keystone Light
so we can continue the tradition?
-I did, and I also want to say
this is what would have been funny if we did it January 6th.
We would have been doing this bit,
drinking Keystone Lights during an insurrection,
and really Killer Mike saved the day.
-I have -- I got the --
So, you've got the whole pack. That's great.
-Here's the problem with living on the West coast.
This is not a West coast beer.
I had to go to five grocery stores.
-What coast beer is it?
I guess it's an East coast.
-It's Pennsylvania.
-Yeah. It's Pennsylvania.
Of course, Keystone, and I should --
I hope you know this, Brooks.
This is my first Keystone since last one we had together.
-Mine, too.
You did this to me.
This is your bit.
-Cheers, buddy.
-Cheers, Seth.
-Hmm.
That's exactly how I remembered it.
-Yep. Hot.
I love a hot Keystone.
-Keystone right now is balancing whether they're going to use
that photo of you because they're, like,
free advertising, but the face you made,
they might be on the fence. -No, true story.
Last time I did it, another friend of ours,
Cecily Strong hit me up for my address.
Keystone Light sent me three 30 packs to my house in L.A.
Ruined my refrigerator for about two months,
but I appreciate it. -Alright.
-Let's get them up one more time to make sure
You get a couple more 30 packs. There you go.
Good. Get the label out. Great.
[ Laughter ]
Perfect.
[ Laughter ]
-Perfect.
That's called being funny on key.
-They're going to be real happy with that.
Brooks, you talked about Keystone giving you free stuff.
You actually got some free stuff from Asics,
the running shoe brand.
This is such a perfect Brooks story.
You decided in the middle of a pandemic
to run a marathon, but not --
The first marathon you ran,
well, just talk us through how it came about.
-Here's how it happened real quick.
Okay, drunk with my friend, adds up.
I said I don't think marathons are hard.
He said that can't be true.
I said I'll run one tomorrow for $500.
He said deal. This is maybe at 1:00 in the morning.
So at noon, I go to run my marathon.
-So, this was just, you were going to run
for 26 miles using a running app.
-26.2 miles, yeah, using Runkeeper.
I do -- before we left, he decided I need to run it
under the average, which I did not sign up for.
I didn't think I could do. Then we looked it up.
Oprah runs the average.
I felt like I could beat Oprah.
No offense to Oprah.
I just feel like I should be faster than her.
So I go and I do it.
I do it in 4 hours and 16 minutes,
and it's not that hard, and I brag about it
and I say marathons aren't hard,
but cut to a few days later, I destroyed my knee.
I got iliotibial band syndrome, and I couldn't walk
for about six months.
So they are hard, and I'm a liar.
Then Asics hits me up to say,
"Hey, what if you trained correctly, psychopath,
and we'll see how you do that way."
And I did it.
I ran, trained appropriately for three months
with Asics and went to run another marathon.
This is a month ago, and I was going pretty fast,
trying to run a 3 hour and 30-minute marathon.
And I was trying to parlay into another sponsorship,
so at the half marathon mark, I slammed a 20-ounce
Mountain Dew to say Mountain Dew is good for you
and it will help you run marathons,
and my body seized up immediately.
[ Laughter ]
I had to lay down for about 20 minutes,
and I ran much slower than my first marathon time,
and Asics wasn't stoked, but I did get
some free Mountain Dew stuff. -Alright.
So, you are kind of -- you're kind of piggy backing
one of these into the next, which is classic Brooks style.
-[ Laughs ] Yeah.
Hillbilly juice and nice shoes.
[ Laughter ]
-So, your first half marathon, the first half before you had
the Mountain Dew, you were actually on
a pretty good pace, right?
-I was running a three hour and 15-minute pace,
which is shockingly fast for me.
-That's shockingly fast for most people.
That's a very fast pace. -Yeah.
So it's just proof that Mountain Dew --
Mountain Dew will derail anything you have going.
[ Laughter ]
-Now we were lucky enough, again, like better days
and thank goodness at the timing of it.
When I was going out and touring,
getting ready for my stand-up special,
you were on the road with me, and it was such a delight.
It was such fun hangout times, and you actually got to meet
and sort of see up close what my dad was like.
-Yes. Okay. So, that's the other thing.
Like, you ever get those on your phones, like,
"Hey, remember this last year at this time?"
For me, this summer, it was remember last year.
It was July 2019.
It was you and me and Shoemaker and your brother
having the best time of our lives going
to your Netflix taping
and then Lonely Island specials.
And for me, the best part of touring with Seth Meyers
is seeing Larry Meyers lay into Seth Meyers in the morning
about what jokes didn't work the night before,
because you texted me.
I'm upstairs in the hotel room in Pittsburgh and you're like,
"Hey, we're having breakfast if you want to come down."
Of course, that sounds awesome.
I didn't know I was coming down into a think tank
between Seth and Larry about what you should do
for your Netflix special, and it was great because
I never see anybody give you guff, you know?
You're Seth Meyers and you're my old boss,
so your dad was just telling you.
Do you remember your football helmet joke?
-Yeah. -Okay.
So, you liked your football helmet joke,
I thought it was okay, Larry Meyers goes,
"Not funny."
[ Laughter ]
So, I start laughing really hard
because I'm seeing my friend, Seth, get yelled at by his dad,
and then your dad goes, "I've got notes for you, too."
And he did. [ Laughter ]
He told me how much more comfortable I looked second set,
and he didn't think I should open with this joke,
and he was right.
-That's the bummer. -Yeah.
Like, you want to be able to say, "You don't know, Dad."
And you take his notes and you're up on stage saying like,
"This feels a lot better tonight."
-Yeah, Larry Meyers knows what he's talking about.
-Well, He'll be, I don't need to tell you,
very happy to hear that.
[ Laughter ]
Brooks, it is always a full delight.
Here's a Keystone toast to you, and I hope to see you
in person again soon, buddy.
-Dude, I can't wait. You're the best, Seth.
Thanks. -You're the best, Brooks.
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