Papamutes chats with comedian Jamie Gravitt. From Gravitt's early days in comedy to his weekly gig, opening for Eddie Griffin at the Sahara Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. Jamie also has worked with comedy icons, such as Donnell Rawlings, Carlos Mencia, Aries Spears to name a few. Jamie tackles 'Dead or Alive', and 'Name that Movie' segments. So grab a beer, or beverage of choice and listen into Papamutes Podcast.
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Papamutes chats with comedian Jamie Gravitt. From Gravitt's early days in comedy to his weekly gig, opening for Eddie Griffin at the Sahara Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. Jamie also has worked with comedy icons, such as Donnell Rawlings, Carlos Mencia, Aries Spears to name a few. Jamie tackles 'Dead or Alive', and 'Name that Movie' segments. So grab a beer, or beverage of choice and listen into Papamutes Podcast.
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Papamutes:Papa on the Papa mutes, everybody happy holidays. Happy new year before I bring in Jamie Gravy, my guest on today's cast. I want to seriously thank everyone who has taking their time to come on Papamutes podcast this year. I truly appreciate it on the very first episode with sexy Jack McCafferty, Luke Gill from the Wissahickon brewing company in Philadelphia movie, man, Joe yo is probably watching a movie right now. Charles Rossino actually known as chipper who has moved from Caddy daddy to law school. Fat Frankie. Don't be afraid. Officer Swerve. Thank you, Pat Gilbert author of the book, Join or Die. Sounds like a book fat Frankie would like. And my guest today, the final of 2021, Jamie Gravy. In 2017, Gravy opened for Eddie Griffin's Showtime special Undeniable in Boston, Massachusetts. You can see him every week in Las Vegas, Nevada as Eddie Griffin's official residency opener at the Sahara Casino and Hotel. He also has work in voice acting on dirty money streaming on Netflix and currently resides in Austin, Texas. Jamie has worked with a plethora of comedy icons, such as Donnell Rawlings, Chris Porter, Brad Williams, Carlos Mancia, Mark Norman and Joe Torry. While Jamie means no offense, his skeptical observations, sarcastic responses and dry demeanor invites audiences to come and laugh at what we're all thinking. And I'm super excited to have him on the show all the way from Texas. Jamie, welcome to Papa Mutes.
Jamie Gravy:Hi, thanks so much for having me on Papa. Appreciate you.
Papamutes:So, so how long have you been doing standup?
Jamie Gravy:Uh, I'm actually coming up on my six year anniversary this month, um, in about a week or so. It'll be six years. So it's been, uh, it's flown by honestly,
Papamutes:Yeah, time flies. So how would you describe your comedy observational, improvisational? You just get up there and say, F it. I'm gonna, you know, tell my jokes.
Jamie Gravy:Yeah. You know, there's a little bit of, uh, improv, I think just naturally anytime you have a live audience, but for the most part, um, I have a lot of, I, I do a lot of written material and it's loosely, I would say observational. Uh, but as well as blue, I try to kind of blend. Um, I didn't mean for it to start going this way, but it started going a little, uh, dirtier, but I still of course try to make it a well formed joke, even despite the content I'm discussing or talking about, you know, make it fun and you know, doing, and I, everybody's got a little juvenile side to'em, you know?
Papamutes:Oh definitely.
Jamie Gravy:Hell Yeah, guys. I just had my first threesome. Thank you. Thank you. I will admit it's a little overrated. It's a lot of work the threesome. You know, I think I prefer a mono on mono.. The best part about the threesome really is telling your friends, when you tell your friends, they all ask the same questions. Like, well, Jamie, was it a two male threesome<laugh> or a two female threesome. And that's very disrespectful to the third male. I'm straight. Actually. I, I don't wanna come up here bragging, but uh, oh, here's the thing. I'm an ally with the GT. I am, but it's getting to their head a little bit, you know, GT was nice. It rolled off the tongue, then they added Q. Now it's GT a plus. I might for God's sake, forge a letter and piss somebody off. We need to consolidate this, not make it longer. I figured out three easy letters, G a Y gay.
Papamutes:So at what age, I always wonder, you know, whether it's a household name or someone like yourself or what have you, what age did you say? Hey, I'm funny, you know, it's one thing to make your friend funny or laugh, but to get up on stage, which I find to be the most, I mean, it's, you gotta have balls and you gotta be funny. So what age did you say? You know what? I wanna take it on stage.
Jamie Gravy:Oh, um, you know, actually a pretty young level, uh, age. I mean, um, cuz I was, I came from a pretty funny family, you know? So any time you make you and your mom or your dad laugh? Uh, that's kinda where it started for me is wanted to make them laugh. And then of course it progressed into friends, but I mean from early on, I think like, ah, single digits, even when I was a kid, I was doing, um, theater and like plays and stuff really. And um, yeah, and a lot of that got to be, um, improv at the time they were team improv as, as children and I loved it cause I just, I always was, went ham and went silly with things. Um, so I think that's why I started finding like a niche. Like I like doing comedy and um, and then I, as a teenager is when I started taking an interest in standup. No.
Papamutes:Do your parents have any background in theater or anything? No entertainment?
Jamie Gravy:No, no, no entertainers. Um, uh, that I grew up with now, my brother actually, uh, drums, so I don't know what happened, but suddenly we both came out and started going the artistic routes, so who knows. Cool. Cool.
Papamutes:Yeah. Do you remember your first paid gig? I mean, not the, not the open mic thing I'm talking about when someone said, Hey, we we're gonna grease you. Come on in, do your thing. You remember
Jamie Gravy:That? Uh, I do. Yeah. In fact it was like a year into comedy. It took a whole year to get my first paid gig. Um, and I don't know if you, uh, are familiar with, uh, John Larocchia and laughter saves lives foundation. No he's based outta New York. Um, and they were my, they, they do a lot of charity in events for people in uniform. Uh, mainly first responders and firefighters, especially cuz he started the foundation after, uh, 911. Um, and uh, he's a great guy out of long island. Um, and he works with a lot of great people and he gave me my first paid gig in Louisville, Texas at a room I was running an open mic at at the time and it meant a lot to me. I remember, uh, it just, you know, first like 15 minute set first paid set, packed house, man, those firemen show out for their own. It's cool.<laugh>
Papamutes:Cool. Cool. Now what's it like to bomb? I'm assuming you have bombed, you know, I mean that, that is, it's just, you know, how's that feel? What do you do? I mean you just push through or what? I mean that's crazy.
Jamie Gravy:Well, you know what sucks about it? It never gets easier. That's the worst part is like you would think like, you know, it, it's kinda like falling down on your bike after you skin your knee a couple times, you know what it is you mm-hmm<affirmative>, it doesn't make the next time anymore fun at all. It still sucks every time. So it's yeah, it's pretty brutal. But you, I would say the, you do get better at it. Um, the more you progress or at least, you know how to handle it better, it still stings. But uh, I definitely know how to handle a little, little bit better now. Cool. Yeah. It's pretty, it's interesting though. It's it's a whole, you just never know. You know, and, and sometimes what I define is bombing now is much different than what I thought bombing was six years ago. Mm-hmm<affirmative> you know, and so now I kind of take things with the grain of salt and uh, listen to my set, you know, kind of try to see why I didn't go as well, but I've yeah. Bombing. It can be, uh, depends how you define it though, too, you know, but yeah, bad bombs will make you think a lot different about comedy driving home<laugh>
Papamutes:So what's your schedule like, I mean, cuzcause I follow, you know, I got research offline and I, you know, follow you on Instagram and I mean, are you, you're pretty busy at least what I'm seeing.
Jamie Gravy:Yeah. Yeah. It's been awesome, man. Honestly, you know, I mean every comic works to start getting, uh, busier and uh, it started happening for me a little over a year ago, touring with Eddie Griffin. Um, uh, he keeps me very busy and we started, he started his, uh, residency out in Vegas. Um, mid-summer this PA uh, this year 2021 and that's been weekly. So mm-hmm,<affirmative>, we've been out there every Monday through Wednesday doing shows at the Sahara in Las Vegas and then that opens up weekends. But sometimes I'm either on the road with Eddie or doing shows here in Austin. So, uh, yeah, it's, I've been, uh, it's been kind of hectic, but you know, busy's good. So I'm, I'm liking it.
Papamutes:So how did that happen with Eddie Griffin? How did that, how did you become an opening act? Did you know him prior to or
Jamie Gravy:So? Yeah, we met years ago and the Arlington improv, um, is actually, it was my second working weekend as a paid MC and wow. Uh, he was, he was the man that, that weekend that was opening for, uh, and he just, he man, he listened to my set. Uh, he loved me, told me a story about how he got found by Andrew Dice Clay. And I was like, well, this is crazy. Why is he telling me this wild story? Yeah, Andrew D. Clay found him, you know, and, and I was like, uh that's why is he telling me this? And a few days later I heard from them and he, uh, wanted to fly me out to Boston. So I was like, wow, this is surreal. Um, and so ever since then, we've been, uh, we've been close. So
Papamutes:What is, is the approach different for his crowd compared to Texas, you know, a comedy club in Texas and then you go to Vegas and you're in front of the crowd for Eddie Griffin. Do you approach it differently or you just have jokes and that's it either you get it or you don't,
Jamie Gravy:Uh, you know, I do have a, I would say a little bit of a, um, different, slightly different set than usual. I mean, again, usually I feel like I'm under the impression that, you know, if a joke is funny, it's funny, no matter the room true. But I do, you know, I think it's wise as a comic or any performer to of course read a room or read an audience. Uh, Eddie Griffin definitely has a, uh, you know, a specific audience, um, that have grown to know him and love him over the years. Uh, so there is some tuning I would say, but I, again, for the most part, I try to make sure that any joke I'm telling can be received and loved in any room. So
Papamutes:What's he like, I mean, he seems like a pretty wild cat. I mean, is he like that off camera
Jamie Gravy:Dude? That dude is a star through and through<laugh> he's wild. I love him, dude. He's the same Eddie Griffin you see on, on camera or on stage man backstage. It's the same dude. I mean, yeah, he, he's wild and very inspirational man. Like I've learned so much just by watching him and listening to him and he's helped me in so many ways. Uh, so it that's honestly just been like a huge blessing in my life. And especially in comedy career, just, you know, seeing a, seeing a legend like that and learning from it, it's been mind blowing to say the least it's like getting a crash course, like at an expert level. And you're just trying to soak it in, but you know, your brain's wired off, right?
Papamutes:I mean, he's the star, he's the movie,TV Chappelle, I mean the whole, you know, history it's, I mean, that's pretty impressive. Now, do you see him the day of the, or do you just, you show up to your thing, are you backstage prior to
Jamie Gravy:Yeah, yeah, we we're backstage. Like I said, me and him have gotten pretty close, so, uh, you know, we're, I mean we're, we're buds and uh, yeah, we're back there in the green room before shows warming up, you know, kind of talking about the crowd kind of and you know, getting loose. Um, yeah. And he, he lives in Vegas too, so he's been real, uh, hospitable.
Papamutes:Cool, cool. Super. Now what comedian, other than Eddie, do you look up to, what comedians do you look at and say, oh man, I'd like to meet him or her?
Jamie Gravy:Well, it is crazy because one of the first, uh, things that got me into standup, cause you know, I didn't really understand it when I was real young. Uh, but man, I remember my dad showing me Eddie Griffin, special of all people and it, I laughed so hard and um, Cru crying. And so now working with them, it's so surreal. But uh, other guys, I would say in a big, you know, a big rip, uh, to Norm McDonald, uh, he's also been highly inspirational on my style. I would say even, um,
Papamutes:I did a little episode on him. He he's when he passed away. Unfortunately I just did a little yeah. Little segment, uh, again, ball
Jamie Gravy:Takes ball. Oh my gosh.<laugh> yeah. Guys like him like me and you kind of want to quit sometimes kinda like, well I'm never gonna be that. So what's the point, you know, it's kinda weird.<laugh> and Chappelle of course, you know, I mean his storytelling very great. And uh, Brian Regan also always inspired me when I was younger. Mm-hmm<affirmative> uh, just his goofiness and his cleanliness us how funny he can be. It said, you know, it's inspirational now.
Papamutes:Who did you meet? Uh, uh, what I wanna say, um, you know, you're starting out, right. And who'd you meet first was, I don't know, besides Eddie Griffin, did you, have you met anyone else I guess is what I'm asking outside at the of star power so to speak?
Jamie Gravy:Sure. So, uh, like I told you, my second weekend ever as a, as a paid or working EMC at a club was the Arlington improv. My second weekend was, um, Eddie Griffin, my first weekend ever. Uh, I got to open up for Donnell Rawlings. Hmm. And, um, that was super cool. You know what I mean? Obviously knew him from the Chappelle Show and getting to work with him was super cool. And he, again, also a really sweet dude, man, he listened to my set, you know, I mean, I'm barely, I'm not even two years in comedy yet. I'm the MC the local MC mm-hmm<affirmative> and he, he didn't have to watch my set. He watched my set and then came up to me, gave me a tag. Wow. You know? Yeah. I was like, man, this dude is, you know, again, just, it's just been really cool meeting, uh, these, these giant stars that are still looking out for the, the new class, the Comics.
Papamutes:hat's good. That's kind of how it goes. Um, you know, um, um, do you have any, I mean, do you have a goal of, or a dream or whatever you wanna call to, you know, beat on a sitcom or in a movie, something that will be outside of stay hand up?
Jamie Gravy:Yeah, absolutely. I've never really, um, I've never like take, yeah, I've never, I mean, like I love standup comedy and I'll always do standup for sure. Oh yeah. You know, it's uh, but I've never really, um, tried to cut myself off from any other comedic endeavors, especially acting cause I've, you know, as a kid, I really enjoyed theater. I'd love to get in the movies or really, or a fun at com for sure. Nice, nice. Yeah. That'd be cool. Hopefully comedy will, you know, uh, be the platform to get on something like that.
Papamutes:You never know, like you said, when never, it could be one night and somebody's in the audience or you meet someone and boom. It happens. Um, now how often do you change your material? You know, I mean, like, I think of comic, you know, comics and now more so than in the past where, you know, you watch whoever Sebastian Maniscalco and, and you see his act and then you, you have to change it. I mean, you, the next year he can't come back with the same material because YouTube, you know, it's just out there. It's like, how do you change and keep it fresh. How often do you change your material?
Jamie Gravy:Uh, that's a good question. Um, and it, and it's odd because it kind of all the new material starts blending together into a new set gradually. Right. So if I've got a 15 minute chunk that I do that I know works usually once a week, um, or every other week, I'm putting in a few new jokes somewhere in there just to see if they work while keeping my older ones that are working mm-hmm<affirmative>. And then if the ones that are proven well, I'll gradually make its way into this new 15 while I'm working and then boom, again, new stuff. So I'm kind of always developing an is growing, um, and evolving set. Um, but the time wise is hard. Again, I try a new joke again. I try once a week to do a couple new ones. Um, by the time I feel like it's ready and tested, it's usually gone through about a two to three month process, um, per, per joke. And then again, hopefully by the end of the year, it's like a new little, uh, wedge or a 15 or something. And then what's cool, you know, hopefully those are building and then, you know, the opportunities I have to do bigger sets, I start realizing what my strong material is, but man, you know how some of these icons can put together a brand new hour every year. I'm just gonna say how
Papamutes:Just mind blowing. How long is your, how, how long is your set prior to Eddie Griffin?
Jamie Gravy:You know, I usually, I open up his shows, um, doing 15 minutes. Okay. Yeah. Um, it's quick, makes sense. It's usually a two man show. Um, he just likes to get up and get out, you know, you know, get after it mm-hmm<affirmative> um, so I usually only do longer sets on, on different shows that aren't with, with Eddie, you know, like, um, if I'm featuring at, at some other club sometime, or, uh, little bar gigs here and there, or other smaller, independently produced shows where they're the headliner maybe gets 30 minutes, you know, kind of like those, those style of shows. So that's kind of where I get to practice and kind of right. Stretch a little. So
Papamutes:I'm sure you've been to some wild places, but where's the strangest place you've had to do comedy stand up
Jamie Gravy:Strangest.
Papamutes:I mean, is it, you know, you think it comedy clubs and stuff, but have you had you, I dunno. Is there anywhere outside of the comedy club<laugh>
Jamie Gravy:Well, yeah, I would. So one of the strangest, uh, and, and I love doing it for the people, but you know, I've done some at some VA hospitals before. Okay. Oh, that's cool. Which have been really cool. And I just, I mean, strange in the way of, you know, again, what your expectations are, right. Uh, working with guys who are performing for people who, you know, are in their late in their age, mm-hmm who maybe have had, you know, grenades going off in their ears. Mm-hmm,<affirmative>, uh, it's kind of hilarious cuz they, they love you being there and they love that you're out there and they love every minute of it, but you would never be able to tell they're just kind of look just blank staring at you. And you're like, am I doing okay? It's so, you know, you get insecure until you realize, you know, this is bigger than yourself, you know, you're they just like that you're there and that you're coming out and, and doing, putting a show on for them. They're Appreciative.
Papamutes:You're yeah. You're appreciative of them for what they have done. And they're appreciative of you just being there, you know, trying to make'em laugh<laugh> but
Jamie Gravy:The funniest thing ever that happened one time I was, I was with that guy, uh, John Larrochia. I was telling you about New York. Okay. Lobster Laughter saves lives. And we were doing this, um, uh, veteran show and there was this man who was a retired world war II vet. Wow. Okay. He was YMA all right. And uh, so he had the respectful whole place, you know what I mean? This was, you know, the cat daddy, the oldest guy there. Absolutely. And uh, he was real sweet at the end. He told every comedian the same thing he said, yeah, the problem is you need to speak louder. No one can hear you. And we're all like, I don't know if that was us, you know, but it's right.
Papamutes:Right.<laugh> now you said earlier, um, you're living where you're at right now or you're int you're living in Texas or you
Jamie Gravy:Just yeah. Living, living here in Austin now.
Papamutes:Okay. But you said just for a couple months?
Jamie Gravy:No, I've just been here now for a few months. Yeah. Um, I most I'm here indefinitely, but um, I just moved here earlier in September
Papamutes:Now. Where are you? Where were you born though?
Jamie Gravy:Uh I'm D so Dallas Fort worth area. Okay. Uh, yeah, born in north Richland Hills technically, which is by Fort worth. And that's where I got my comedy start. Um, I was there for about two and a half years doing comedy. And then, uh, I moved up to New York to try that out For a little bit.
Papamutes:I did read about that. Now you a Cowboys fan.
Jamie Gravy:I am a Cowboys fan and they are, uh, they're whooping up on Washington. So
Papamutes:I saw that. Yeah. Yeah. I caught, I caught the score. Uh, that's good. That's good. Um, I do a segment. It's a fun thing called Dead or Alive where I, I give you the name of a celebrity and you tell me if you think they're dead or alive. Oh, okay. I like t his n ow. I, n ow I w ould tell you they're all comedians. This list I have. A ll r ight.
Jamie Gravy:Oh, so I should know better than you really testing. Uh, well,
Papamutes:Uh, we'll see. Pop up. Okay, cool. We'll get a Papamutes. T-shirt to you. Should you pass this test? Oh, right, right. Cool. Yeah. Uh, right. So here we go. Dead or life Rodney Dangerfield
Jamie Gravy:Dead.
Papamutes:Correct? Boom. We're not hesitation now talk. He was one of my favorites, to be honest with you from the past, his,
Jamie Gravy:His, well, you know, I just, I just heard that episode you dropped. Yeah. Uh, with him. Yeah.
Papamutes:I mean, that's a, that's a whole other conversation, but just the way he could set up punchline set up punchline,<laugh> just go on and on and on.
Jamie Gravy:Well, you know, you, you know, you know why he got, you know, why he really got lucky. He kinda has a curve a little bit. I always say this. Cause mm-hmm<affirmative> first of all, way unfair. He had a huge advantage. He was, he was ugly. as all get out. No
Papamutes:Doubt. No doubt that worked for me. The eyeballs that's cheating. The eyeballs<laugh> you can't be good looking
Jamie Gravy:<laugh> yeah. That's ridiculous. Yeah. You can't. Of course. Of course. He laughed at him. Look at his face. He goes nuts looking. Oh, that
Papamutes:Guy. All right. So, uh, Bernie Mac
Jamie Gravy:RIP dead.
Papamutes:Yeah. He's hilarious. Is also. Don Rickles,
Jamie Gravy:Uh, old school. I believe dead. I believe dead.
Papamutes:Is that your final answer? Yes.
Jamie Gravy:Correct. He's dead. It was, it was recent. Wasn't it?
Papamutes:Uh, yeah. Yeah, it was. I mean, it could have been within the year. Not sure. Um, Paul Rubins AKA a P we Herman
Jamie Gravy:Alive.
Papamutes:He is alive. Wayne Brady. Not to be confused with Tom Brady.
Jamie Gravy:No Wayne bra<laugh> uh, Wayne Brady alive,
Papamutes:Correct? Daniel Tosh
Jamie Gravy:Five for five, right? Uh,
Papamutes:Six
Jamie Gravy:Or 6, 2, 3. I dont think, I, I don't think I've missed, dude. Let
Papamutes:MeI'm gonna get that shirt. Daniel, Tosh.
Jamie Gravy:Daniel Tosh. Uh, man, I wish he was dead. Everybody always says, I look like him
Papamutes:Alive. He's alive. You know what? In a way and sort,
Jamie Gravy:Yeah, I get him so much. I'm just like to hell this guy. No, I love Tosh, awesome.
Papamutes:And you're saying he's alive? Yeah. Alive.<laugh> how tall are you?
Jamie Gravy:Uh, I'm six, like three and a half. Okay.
Papamutes:Yeah. Uh, Tim Meadows. Saturday night, night, light or Saturday night, night live
Jamie Gravy:Theme. Yeah. He's he's alive. He's alive. He is
Papamutes:Alive. Mel Brooks, old school.
Jamie Gravy:Mel Brooks Is alive. He
Papamutes:Is. He's old as crust, but he's alive.
Jamie Gravy:He, yeah, he is old as crust.<laugh> right. Yeah. That's gonna be a sad day when he passes. I
Papamutes:Know. Uh, two more Mitch Hedberg
Jamie Gravy:Oh, unfortunately dead. Yeah. That's one gone too soon right there. I know
Papamutes:He would again, unique style. Just, you know? Yeah. Colin so good. Uh, Colin Quinn,
Jamie Gravy:Colin Quinn is alive.
Papamutes:He's alive. And you swept it. You may be the first.
Jamie Gravy:Nice. I
Papamutes:I'll take it. All right. What size t-shirt do take I'm I'm assuming extra large. Maybe
Jamie Gravy:<laugh>. Yeah, I do. It's it's the, the lengthiness I don't need the widths, but it's just the height of the Excel that I need. There you go. Awesome. Thank you. Nice. And I will, I will REP it!
Papamutes:Absolutely. That's my, uh, that's my, give me some time though. I'm working on them to, uh, get, I gotta get through to home holidays.
Jamie Gravy:Yeah, exactly. The holidays are stressful. So no rush, man. I appreciate that. That was a fun one. I actually got to see, uh, Colin Quinn's last special live taping, uh, up in New York, the red, red, red state blue state. I believe it was okay. Okay. That was really cool. That was, uh, that was a nice moment.
Papamutes:Sweet. Um, one more segment. We'll see if it works. Sometimes I have some audio issues, but you like movies?
Jamie Gravy:I do like movies. Yeah. All right.
Papamutes:So I have, uh, some movie audio clips or segments. Ooh. You tell me if you know the movie now I'll be honest. These are pretty popular. Doesn't mean you'll get it, but
Jamie Gravy:Let me do I get a Papa mutes coffee mug.
Papamutes:<laugh>. How about a mug? Beer mug?
Jamie Gravy:Yeah. Cold beer. Yeah.
Papamutes:All right. Let's see. I have to, uh, set it up here. Hold on. You don't come to
Speaker 5:You don't come to Las Vegas and talk to a man like Mo green like that!
Speaker 7:Yo, my older brother and I love you, but don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again.
Jamie Gravy:<laugh> that's that's gotta be godfather. Correct. All right. Yeah. Nice. I haven't seen it in years, but you know another
Papamutes:Class. Yeah. Another classic, another classic. All right. Uh, uh, we'll see. I don't, I mean, I'm gonna say yes because you're a comedian that you have seen this, but we'll see. Here we go.
Speaker 6:Let me tell you something pane. You pull an idiot, crazy with us. You flash a pizzapiece out on the length and take it away from you and stick it up your ass and pull the trigger. Jesus. You said it, man. Nobody works with the Jesus.
Jamie Gravy:Is that kingpin?
Papamutes:No. Jeff Bridges. John Goodman.
Jamie Gravy:Uh, The Big Lebowski. Yeah,
Papamutes:Big Lebowski. I could,
Jamie Gravy:I could see his face that I love that actor, but I couldn't remember which movie it
Papamutes:Was. That's crazy. Um, right. Last one. Here we go. All right,
Speaker 5:Marvin, what do you make all this man? I have an opinion. Well, you gotta have an opinion mean, do you think that God came down from heaven and Bang! oh man, I shot in the face. What you do that? I didn't mean that it was an accident.
Papamutes:<laugh> sounds like it looks like you, uh, know that one.
Jamie Gravy:I got the t-shirt man. That's I love that ma movie. Think of everybody's kind of favorite cult classic pulp fiction. Pulp fiction, correct? Boom. Yeah, that's a good one. I'm salty about big labowski man. I had a good streak going. Yep.
Papamutes:That's right.
Jamie Gravy:It happens. That was fun.
Papamutes:Yeah. Um, so what's uh, 2022 look like? What's coming up for you.
Jamie Gravy:Um, you know, we're gonna keep doing, um, this, uh, hopefully keep doing this residency, um, with Eddie Griffin, you know, I don't see why I wouldn't, uh, keep going. We've been having a real good rapport. Show's been going great. So, uh, hopefully keep that going. Keep going on the road. I would like to, uh, keep traveling and, um, hopefully start getting, um, some more gigs down here in Austin. Uh, as I get comfortable with the new scene and location. Uh, it's been cool though. It's just booming down here right now. So, um, really looking forward to seeing what happens in Austin. Now, you, you,
Papamutes:Uh, from what I've read, lived in New York, also, you, you went up to New York and lived through a spell.
Jamie Gravy:I did, you know, it was short lived. I lived there a year and a half. And then, um, I went back to Dallas, right when the world shut down March, 2020. Um, and then I just kind of got stuck home and I was like, uh, well, uh, New York, wasn't doing a lot of shows Dallas. It was actually the first, um, I had the first comedy club in America to reopen, um, after COVID. Uh, so I was like, well, I can still work down here. So I, I stayed. And then, uh, so spent the last year, really up in Dallas again. Um, and then before I moved to Austin, but yeah, so I was only up in New York a short time, but, uh, it was really, it was a great experience.
Papamutes:So the pandemic I'm assuming was a downer. I mean, obviously for everybody, you couldn't go anywhere. Right. I mean, pretty much
Jamie Gravy:Stopped. Exactly.<laugh> exactly. Again, we, we were in Texas, you know, Texas, I feel like we're, it was kind of the, the bad boy of the US during COVID cuz we, you know, we kind of got into a hotspot. We reopened pretty quick. So luckily I didn't have to wait around, um, like a lot of my friends on the east coast, um, as long as they did cuz I know that was even more strenuous, um, on you guys. So I kind of got lucky, but yeah, it was still, I mean it's still getting cooped up for a couple months, you know? I think that's good on it. Anybody
Papamutes:Now I'm curious, were you doing standup and people in the audience to have mask on
Jamie Gravy:Man? Yeah. There is a couple different protocols going on. I mean that's people had masks in the audience, people, there were some places that were putting up dividers between the tables and in front. So it was like you were looking at people through prison glass. It was crazy.<laugh>
Papamutes:That had to be wild. Everyone's in a mask they're laughing of course. But you can't see that
Jamie Gravy:<laugh> you can't tell which ones you only see this that's little. That's all you see. That's great. Yeah. That's strange.
Papamutes:Oh wow. Well look, I really appreciate you coming on. Yeah. Um, hopefully we could do it again sometime. Um,
Jamie Gravy:I love that. I love that. Thanks so much, uh, for having me and um, looking forward to repping the Papa mutes merh.
Papamutes:Absolutely. I'll be in touch. I hope you happy. holidays.
Jamie Gravy:Yeah. Hope you have a great Christmas or Happy Hanukah, whatever it is you Celebrate.
Papamutes:It'll be Christmas. Yeah. Thank you. Appreciate it. You too. Stay safe.
Jamie Gravy:Absolutely. Absolutely.
Papamutes:All right. Well you take care, Jamie.
Jamie Gravy:All right. Take care.
Papamutes:That was Jamie Gravy comedian currently working out of Austin. Texas also opens every week for Eddie Griffin at the Sahara casino and hotel in Las Vegas. I really appreciate him coming on. Good guy. That's it for 2021 on the Papa meets podcast. Thanks to everyone who has listened in looking forward to bigger and better things in 2022 until then, take care.
Speaker 1:This has been an unmuted podcast with Papa mutes.
Speaker 4:Hell yeah, guys. I just had my first threesome. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, will admits a little overrated. It's a lot of work. The threesome, you know, I think I prefer a mono I man. The best part about the threesome really is telling your friends. When you tell your friends, they all ask the same questions like, well, Jamie, was it a two male threesome or a two female threesome and that's very disrespectful to the third male.
Speaker 1:So.