Tom Segura & The Hook Up | TigerBelly 289

So, how old is he? 26. He is intimidating even though he is an immigrant. I think he's intimidating. I can only imagine moving from another country, but I think I come from most of the country to Los Angeles or New York. You know the big two. cities that we have, I mean, I remember landing here, how old were you? 22. I was 22 and I thought, you know there's this thing where you want to understand the layout of the city, so I knew what Hollywood was like. and then I thought I should live there and at first my friend was from Los Angeles and he said, "Come to Sherman Oaks" and I said, "I don't know what that is and you get on the freeway and then you say like I'm out of town." Los Angeles now like you're not underneath, you know, I mean, yeah, geographically you spend a few years learning how to navigate, that's true in this city because it's as spread out as New York is in a way. almost more comforting because everything is more compact and condensed and you go, these are the places, but here you're talking about our county is over 500 square miles and you know find it like I remember it, you know just find discover like a neighborhood or two and a couple of places you're okay, great I got it, I got it, but you just found out it's a neighborhood because it may seem like a lot, I mean, I can't imagine coming here from another country and trying to like it even from San Diego when I grew up in San Diego and I used to take these classes.

Improv Gary Austin Improv Classes in Burbank I had never been to the right and it was at night, so I remember driving the 405 from San Diego and as soon as I hit, what's that museum up there on the 405? the Getty, the Getty museum, right? And I remember one time I was listening to Frank Black's song, Los Angeles, on my shitty radio. And I was like I got his cassette or whatever and I go and I just remember this overwhelming scary movie feeling almost because everything seemed so big, the city I didn't know, yeah right, and then I hit the 101, right? ? and you're like, oh, the highways drive you crazy, yeah, and then yeah, you really like it when you really go, like when you start flying in and out of lax, and there are certain moments on the approach where you look out and it's which looks like I'm going to tell this guy because you know I came here when I was 15.

The first few years living in America and landing in Los Angeles were a blur and I'm probably a little healthy 26 27 26 yeah I mean, you're a little more mature and more developed. I remember just trying to figure out where to go and I like that strip from the popular Melrose strip. I'd be like, "Oh, that's just it." Where are you going, I thought, yeah, I mean, if someone came to town, let me show you something. There was also a show, there was always a show based on Melrose, right, yeah, so people are familiar with the world, this is where the show.

He got shot, you know, and then the next day they were like, what do you want to do today? Like, let's go back to Melrose, yeah, yeah, or like when my friends have never been to Los Angeles and I'm like, oh, where are you going to stay and them? I'm saying on the west side I'm like oh I can't see you oh yeah I see you like yeah you picked the wrong area you didn't check with me before you know especially but pre-covered that's an hour and a half drive to you mm-hmm I'm not going to see you I'm sorry, that shows how much I wanted to be with you so I could drive from where I lived in Hollywood to Long Beach every day that's 100 true because people say things are important to them, but everything is It's about how they act, you know, and that's why I don't buy anyone's excuse for liking someone you know.

I mean, when they say I like her, but you know she lives in Long Beach, she says then you don't like her, even though yeah, yeah, you don't like her that much. You're right, I literally wasn't friends with that one. As much as they say uh you know and I like it buddy if you're crazy if you like someone you don't care if it's in Bangladesh how are you going to make it happen you know I would sit in traffic for three hours at times yeah buddy three hours when I started dating Christina, I lived in the valley and she lived in Pasadena.

Wow, that's still a pretty nice gap, yeah, I mean, that was what you know and I don't know what either. it's just that the 210 to Pasadena at rush hour is the worst, it's a nightmare yeah, and it also feels like you know you like to learn an area, Pasadena felt like a whole new and different city, honestly, Pasadena is still another city, but I'm saying it felt like another world learning how I get around here we go there just for breakfast burrito we really make cookie lucky boy lucky boy I know the best breakfast burrito I've ever had in the southern bays uh, Koreans do it where it's called fannies avenue so no, it's round beach round beach avenue yes, you know your friend alex the other day when I wanted him to do me a favor he was to bring me breakfast burritos from a lucky guy wow The lucky guy He is the lucky boy.

I was going to pay a guy a hundred dollars to go get you a burrito to bring me some breakfast from the lucky guy. Yes, you should have asked Jules who would gladly do it for a hundred dollars. Drive there and back, yeah, Pasadena is my family in Pasadena so I like to go there, I would have done it anyway, this is the longest podcast I've ever done because I'll tell you why I'll tell you why we went because, um, number one. Usually when I do podcasts with people, I'm very conscious of time because I run out of things to say, I want to do it right, but honestly, God, I don't want to get emotional, honestly, I like you. man, you know it's not just a like, honestly, I have a deep love for you and I don't know why, I do know why, but I think you're a great guy and I'm so glad you didn't die. from basketball, thanks buddy and I, you know, I think this journey wouldn't be as fun without you, thanks buddy, yeah, I'm a big fan of yours too, I do, I love you, if we had grown up together I probably would have sucked you off.

Dick, that's the cutest thing I've ever seen. Now I'm a big fan of yours. I really like camping. I feel like I always feel like I'm a better friend to you than we are. I feel like I know you. This is not this. how far are you going to go now with me, which is sad to say, you know, I mean, but a lot of people don't go as far as us, what we have with you, yeah, but I'm like when the pandemic was over. I'm going to go further with you and your wife. I'm going further with Bird.

We are moving out of state next month. Yes, a fish where I bought a house in Austin. Congratulations, but I'll be back. No. stay in my office no no no no no it's you know what it is it's very funny what's so funny the funny thing about this is um I think it's going to backfire on you really yeah how then I don't want to get into it now because I want to finish it. , okay, yeah, and this is a completely different discussion, okay, you know well, I've spent quite a bit, so I'm really looking forward to that big flop, yeah, yeah, I think that, you know, it's a mistake, okay, yeah, good.

You know we're leaving in about a month, yeah, and I'll have to add to that right now. It's a mistake that I think is, um, you'll miss a wave, a wave, yeah, I think you think. that the waves are big there but that the waves will break here in about a year yes, I don't think so, yes, I think so, yes, I don't think so and by the way, I trust my judgment a lot more than I trust you, um uh yeah, and you didn't break my arm and my nerves playing basketball, that's nice, that would never happen, yeah, because that would never happen for me, I'm not going to be a bully like that, okay, that would never happen, so no I do.

I know about I don't know about the trial okay this is related to the trial yeah the injury that could have been avoided yeah by not playing or not taking it to the next level right and that's not me I'm not going to say oh, I'm going to try to fix that and no basketball coach will go. If you have it. I'm going to say that I'm not doing it right, so it was you who was mean to you number two, who I don't trust. your judgment, in fact, I mean this right, yeah, I mean I think you're following me, you know a cult, yeah, I think it's a cult, okay, and I think it's called personality, I think you are, you know yourself .

You know, I mean our leader goes out and establishes his presence there. You think I'm going there. I'm going to go to Waco or whatever they did. I'm going to use the i. I go to, you know, where the Nikes are and they have the quarters. Kevin's door, the sky is taking and I'll drink the thing and I'll die and take that comet to the spaceship, whatever it is, that's what you're doing, yeah, and I think. that's embarrassing and I think you're smarter than that and that you wasted your money well and that's what makes you and me laugh, yes, yes, thanks for listening