From IT to Comedy: Mecha Swain's Inspiring Journey and the Behind-the-Scenes of Slapstik Comedy

Can you imagine switching from a career in IT to comedy? That's exactly what our guest Mecha Swain, owner and CEO of Slapstik comedy in Columbus, Ohio did! In a fascinating and inspiring journey, Mecha takes us from her broadcasting and journalism studies to the establishment of her own media production company, Mecha Media, and the birth of Slapstik Comedy. She gives us an insight into how a class assignment sparked her passion for journalism, and how brainstorming sessions in a book led to the creation of a comedy company.

While comedy brings laughter, it's not all jokes behind the scenes. Delving into the world of comedy, Mecha sheds light on the challenges she encountered while transitioning from IT. She discusses the courageous leap of faith she took to turn her dream into reality and the thrill of having her company featured on the popular show Kill Tony. Mecha also provides a glimpse into her future plans - from producing new podcasts and animations to roasting in comedy, and the thick skin it requires.

But what does it take to succeed in comedy, other than a good sense of humor? In the last part of our conversation, Mecha emphasizes the crucial role of relationships and social media presence in a comedian's career. Her personal experiences underscore the importance of having a supportive partner, and her insights highlight the power of social media and YouTube in amplifying a comedian's reach. We wrap up with a fun-filled rapid-fire segment where Mecha reveals her preferences on living in Australia or Panama, and choosing between Jerry Seinfeld and Kevin Hart. Join us on this laughter-tinged journey to learn more about the comedy world, the path to success, and the significance of relationships and social media in a comedian's life.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 2:18

Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast. This is, as always, your host, mike Bono. I have a fantastic guest for us today. This is one of my homegirls Now new homegirl. She is the owner and CEO of Slapstick comedy in Columbus, ohio. Misha is a Swain Swanson, right, right, swanson, swain Swain.

Speaker 2: 2:45

Misha.

Speaker 1: 2:45

Swain joins the show.

Speaker 2: 2:47

Misha, what's up girl? What's up Mike? Thank you for having me. I'm very happy to be here today.

Speaker 1: 2:52

I'm so excited to talk to you. I know we've been going back and forth a lot. I've been on Steven G's podcast for Slapstick comedy, so wanted to return the favor to as well and have you on here. So, first and foremost for the listeners out there, tell everyone a little bit about yourself, the people that may not know you.

Speaker 2: 3:09

So, as you know, my name is Misha Swain and I have a media production company. It's called Misha Media. I created a brand called Slapstick comedy because I felt that I could fill a void in comedy, so I decided to start this company. Actually, when I started, I just started with the magazine. As time went on, I started meeting comedians and they would always give me suggestions like oh, you should incorporate radio, you should incorporate TV. So I did, and here we are, I years later. You know, I've been going at it for a long time, but I now have my own studio, which is amazing. But and how? Actually, when I was in college, my major was communications. I studied broadcasting and journalism. I ended up moving to New York. I moved to New York my junior year in College because I wanted to intern at MTV and BET, so I moved there. I worked at both companies for just a little bit of time. I came back to Ohio because the towers fell so and of course, new York was shut down, so there was no work there, so I had to come back.

Speaker 2: 4:16

When I went back to college, my elective my last elective, or not elective, I'm sorry my last requirement was a journalism class that I did not want to take. So of course I didn't have a choice. I took it anyways. And one day I went to class and my professor was like, misha, I need to talk to you after class. And I'm like, am I in trouble? Because you know that's rare for your professor to Want to pull you to the side after class. So I was like, okay, let me see what he wants to talk about. So he told me he was over our student newspaper. He informed me that they were hiring and he wanted me to be a part of the team Because my articles that I'm turning in are so good. So I waited like a month and then I finally replied or applied to the position.

Speaker 2: 4:59

I applied to the position and then after that they assigned me my first Assignment, which was the MLK March, to Martin Luther King March, and I had a ball and I was like, oh, this is what journalism is about. So I love having that moment. And After that I just oh, I know what happened. So this is what happened, mike, because I didn't come up with the idea to Start my magazine. So what happened was so, when I was in college, me and my girlfriends, we all had our own apartments.

Speaker 2: 5:31

That of us had dorms. Well, a couple of them started off that way, but I have my kids really young, so I always had to have an apartment. But we would always take turns like staying at each other's houses. And so one time we were there and my article had just made the first the front page for the first time, and so one of the girls passed it around. She's like excited for me, like, look guys, misha's article make front page. And then she goes he should start your own magazine. And I was like, oh, I did cool thing. And then next, you know, there was the birth of slapstick.

Speaker 1: 6:03

And here I am so how'd you come up with the name slapstick?

Speaker 2: 6:07

So at that time I was working with two other people. One girl was gonna be a graphic designer. I forget what the other girl was gonna do. We were all in our 20s, early 20s, wanting to start this business and they were coming up like we made a list because we all had, we were all in college at the time and we worked at TGI Fridays together. So we couldn't we had different shifts, like somebody worked a day, I worked at night.

Speaker 2: 6:30

So we actually went and have this like really thick book with a bunch of pages in there. The pages didn't even have minds and so what we would do is communicate with each other in this book, like we didn't have social media or anything. I'm talking late 90s, like this is like 99. So we Communicated, actually like two more, like two thousand. But we communicated in this book and what we would do we would leave it at a certain place in the restaurant, like we knew where the book was. Nobody ever touched it. That's how we communicated.

Speaker 2: 7:00

So we started like taking we worked at TGI Fridays together in Beaver Creek, we always at right state and Sinclair, I should say. So we started. We were like we would ask our regulars Questions and we'd write them in the book. So we started, we made a list of names. I felt like the names were corny, they were coming up like zeal and just things that I was like no, that's not appealing. So what I did was I ended up researching Comedy and then it started explaining what slapstick was and I was like you know what? That's what I want. I want something that Defines comedy without me having to explain exactly what it is, even though I still have to do that because I changed the spelling and I took the C out of slapstick. So sometimes I still have to explain that it's still comedy, but I just spell it. You know, I made. I made it my own, but yeah, it works.

Speaker 1: 7:51

So it does work. I love slapstick. I follow y'all on everything and you know it's. It's an amazing company to see what you've done with that and what you're doing and going to do With comedy and comedians, me being one of them. I'm a huge fan of you, Misha oh.

Speaker 2: 8:14

My I adore you. I told you that when I first met you.

Speaker 1: 8:17

I know a little backstory for the listeners out there. I met Misha this year. It was the June Top dog comedy contest in Columbus, ohio, at the Attic comedy club and Misha was one of the judges. Now she'll tell you and I tell everybody. I I won that damn competition From the, from the judges. I did take first and it was. It was a lot of fun. According to the, the crowd vote with everybody bringing all their friends and everything like that. I took fourth, which still isn't terrible, out of 15 comedians. But you know I Remember I was.

Speaker 1: 9:03

I was talking to my wife after after the show, after the judging and everything. She was losing her mind. You know Whitney, you know she was. She was absolutely she's like damn popularity contest over here. Just all you guys like I just let it's the business, like it's the business, that company is fine. And then she looks over across the room. She's she's. She nudged me, she goes, somebody wants to talk to you and it was you and I went over and we sat and we've been growing a relationship ever since and I Love, I love y'all and what you're doing and to be honest, I didn't even realize the sea was out of slapstick and it was spelled wrong. I'm gonna tell you that right now.

Speaker 2: 9:53

That's okay. It takes people time. I've actually noticed that I'm like. I've been knowing you for years and you've known about slapstick and you still put a seed. So it's, it's okay.

Speaker 1: 10:02

It's fine, but you didn't always work just solely at slapstick and grow it into what it was today. So what did you do before, while you were growing slapstick?

Speaker 2: 10:10

While I was growing slapstick. So I have a heck of a story. But while I was growing slapstick, I was also raising my sons when I first started and I've always had a job. But for the past eight and a half years, I worked in IT. I was I actually wrote for an IT department. I worked in an IT department and it was actually I mean to be honest, it was like overwhelming.

Speaker 2: 10:35

I, though, I started finding myself crying a lot, like oh, this is so much work, like I would work my day job, I would go to the gym afterwards, then I would come back and work for myself, and it was. It was a lot, and I kept Praying and I'm like I need those eight hours back in a day, I need my eight hours, like I need to be able to just make my own schedule. So I took the leap of faith in May, like, actually, to be honest, I got an email from my team lead and I was just like that's it. So it just rubbed me the wrong way. I immediately sent my notice to her that same day and I my last day on the job was June 7th, 2023, and I have no regrets. Like I even went back and I count it and I was like, oh my gosh, I've been on my own for like six months and I'm surviving. I can't believe it. I don't know. I have no idea how I'm making it, but I'm making it.

Speaker 1: 11:29

I definitely Come on down.

Speaker 2: 11:38

That's how I know this is meant to be like I should. I have no regrets because I feel like I've completely been dumped on In so many different ways, but I'm still just floating.

Speaker 1: 11:49

It's all it matters, you know staying in float and making it happen and yeah, yeah. So what else is in the works now going forward with slapstick comedy? What are the plans for slapstick?

Speaker 2: 12:02

So I don't know if you guys heard if you heard about us getting roasted on Kill Tony recently. Well, we got roasted on Kill Tony recently and it's so funny because today they sent us our our Google report and our numbers have jumped by. I don't know, let me pull it up. I can tell you because I was like oh my gosh, okay, so from last month our numbers have increased by it says 3077% of people looking for us on Like on on Google. So even our website numbers. The show was probably maybe a week ago, so it's today, wednesday, so it's been six days, six or seven days, and Since then our website numbers have increased by a thousand per day. So that's a cool thing. So thank you, kill Tony, for that.

Speaker 2: 12:53

But we're also working on the next issue of the magazine, the girl that actually went on to kill Tony. Her name is Layla Ingalls and she's our new character in the web series that we're going to create, called the energies, and she's actually gonna be on our next cover. So I was like I have to do right, because who takes the time to go into a huge platform and mention somewhere, someone else? And she didn't us that favor without even like. You know Like, without any intention or even thinking about what she was saying or doing, she just went on there and like oh, there's me.

Speaker 2: 13:24

Yeah, I slept sick comedy. So yeah, she has to be on our next cover. So I pretty much got all the covers locked in for next year. We're also I'll be producing some new podcast and we are working on animations. We'll be releasing animation soon as well. So they just sent me the storyboard for the animation. So I was like, okay, this is gonna take off too.

Speaker 1: 13:49

That's dope, especially, you know, getting roasted in, out for the. The novice listener out there that doesn't know that roasting is a form of flattery In comedy. Like if you're getting roasted by somebody, like there's a high level of respect there. Like people don't realize comedy Because there's people that would, that would roast me.

Speaker 1: 14:12

I'm an anomaly. I'm the tallest Italian anybody has ever seen in their lives, at six foot five, and I got a huge schnauz on me too. So like people have always like Came at me with that stuff. You know what I mean. Like it it's always other comedians and at first my wife Whitney. My wife was just like why are you just letting them Like cut you down? Like that? I was like one I've been getting told I've had a big nose since birth. That's nothing new to me. Like I came out, this was the same size my nose was when I came out like, and I was like in to like your comedy, you have to have a thick skin. And Finally, in the most important part of it is that's a form of flattery with comedy and if you notice, I'm giving it right back to them. Like people don't realize, like that's just. I guess it's how comedians talk. Like it.

Speaker 2: 15:03

Have you noticed that, with all the comedians that you know, oh, yeah, yeah cuz you know, I'm around comedians all of the time, so usually we're all sitting around talking and they're just roasting each other and just going back. But they're laughing about it so and I'm always like I hope this doesn't get any worse, but it doesn't, it never does, it doesn't we all, we all know the line.

Speaker 1: 15:21

There's a line you you got to kind of nudge up against that line a lot, but you know you never crossed that line and you know. But it's always, always fun and yeah, it's. I love comedy. I've been doing Stand-up 11 years, as me, and you've been talking about a lot of people and I'm super excited for 2024 and I've said it and I don't know why the year 2024 has stuck out with me. Me and me and the wife have been talking about. I was like 2024, that's gonna be my year, I don't know what. And it just clicked not too long ago's 2024, that's the year that I can ditch the day job and Focus on comedy. Yeah, a hundred percent. And Me and you've talked about this when I was doing one of your web series for slapstick and the comedic chapters which I'm so excited to see how the final edits come out with that. But it was, you know, taking that leap of faith and I know I have to do it. You know every comedian knows at some point in time, I Gotta do it. I got it. I gotta just make the leap and do it. And you had mentioned Earlier on in the show here you know talking about, you know working a day job and you'd go to the gym and then the rest of the day was working on yourself.

Speaker 1: 16:48

And that's me right now. You know, eight hours at a day job, from nine to five, and then I mean I've said hell with the gym, the hell with the gym. I'm done sweating like that. At this point time in my life there's no. But having that extra eight hours To work on yourself.

Speaker 1: 17:08

People don't realize what you can actually get done in just an hour, because there's times like we'll be sitting here and People think I'm not paying attention to my wife. Mind, my face is in my phone and I'm doing stuff and my wife is always like what are you doing? She's like are you still working? I was just like yeah, it's not for the day job I won't say the name on here because they've asked me not to but it's for myself and and to grow.

Speaker 1: 17:39

And she's just like I Don't know how you do it. I don't know how you don't take a day off. I was just like Sunday is really the only day that I really Take off and I just kind of sit and relax and not really do anything other than Hang out with my wife and my son, but it's, it does, it wears on. You been doing that for 11 years and you don't realize that you know the toll it takes on you. I saw pictures from 11 years ago and I know I'm you know me my 30s, now, mid, almost mid 30s and Seeing how much more hair I had was probably the biggest thing for me.

Speaker 2: 18:23

Yeah, the other day I talked to my aunt and I have my hair up and, like I usually have my hair up in a bun, and she goes oh my god, look at all that, gray. I'm thinking, fuck you. Like it was so irritating. Yeah, and she and she goes you didn't have that much last year. I said yes, I did, I just kept my hair dyed. She goes that job is really working you, that's okay. It's for me, right. I know what I'm doing. So right, that's okay.

Speaker 1: 18:47

I, I know the grace are coming and Whitney, and it's more in the beard now, then the top of the head, but she'll just sit there and she'll just go whole, whole and I get see, when she gets that little Shit on her face it's just like she found some damn grace and she plucks them out to. I'm like, just stop at this point Time. Why are we stopping the aging process? Yeah, I've been mind come in.

Speaker 2: 19:11

I'm not Apologizing, I'm just letting them go and whatever it comes about if I decide to dye my hair one day. But I'm in full work mode. I am completely focused and I said I'll have time to worry about what anyone has to say. I'm in my studio literally like 12 14 hours a day, every single day, just working.

Speaker 1: 19:31

Yep, absolutely. I mean I'm. I'm working basically from the time I wake up at 6 am Every day until 10, 11, sometimes one o'clock in the morning. You know the next day and it's just like it wears on you. But it's for me. So I've noticed, and I'm sure you can relate to this too, having done both. You know the work for the eight hours at my day Job. It's fun, it helps pay the bills and everything right now and all that and I like the job I do. But I come home and then I work another eight hours on myself and I have more fun working on myself. It doesn't feel like work to me. Does slapstick comedy feet, not that feel like work to you at all? Not at all.

Speaker 2: 20:16

It is just so cool because I'm in here and I'm doing what I want to do and what I love to do and, of course, the comedians they stop by often, so I'm just laughing literally all day and then you know, I get tons of emails of people just Giving us love and you know. And another thing is like you think people aren't paying attention to your artwork, but when they're sending you messages like, hey, your platform is gonna be so huge one day, keep going, and you know they're giving positive messages and Motivating you and sending encouragement, that like completely just makes you want to. Just I Mean, it's just so uplifting and we need that. We definitely need that 100%.

Speaker 1: 20:57

I mean I get messages, random messages get, albeit a lot of it is on tech talk. I'm big on tech talk. Oh, excuse me, but it's. It makes you want to keep going, because of course, we all have those days was like man, is this, even this, even worth still doing? You know what I mean is you know, I don't you. We're so ingrained with the instant gratification yes, and this, then, today's day and age, which it's sad that you know you need to have it right now and otherwise it's a fail.

Speaker 1: 21:32

But I tell people all the time, like a lot of people tell me like, oh, you've been in comedy 11 years and you still work a day job. Like I haven't seen you on TV, I haven't seen you here, all I see you was on the internet. Like how do you keep going? I was like, do you realize and I'll bring him up, and it's one of his first special, daniel Tosh, he's one of my favorites. And he made a joke on stage like, oh, everyone gets their 15 Minutes of fame. He's like it's an average. And he started pointing to like zero, zero, zero, 20 years. You know, and it took him 20 years to get a Stand-up special and that was forever ago, but People don't realize the amount of work comedians put in.

Speaker 1: 22:18

And it's a. It's a grind and I love it. I absolutely love the grind. Like I, I'm so excited for the start of the new year. Actually, january 6th I will actually be in South Dakota. I was booked in South Dakota from Bar comedy on their pub and grub tour Nice, so I'm super pumped about that a to get closer to the West Coast and be able to bring my comedy there and To get out of Ohio too, as well.

Speaker 1: 22:48

I mean I've done a couple shows out of Ohio but you know, in 11 years but lately a lot of my shows been in Ohio and I love Ohio, don't get me wrong, living Ohio and you know I love the state. But South Dakota I never thought I'd be excited to go to South Dakota but I'm super pumped to go to South Dakota.

Speaker 2: 23:07

Yeah, I bet it's gonna be a great state like that. I bet it's beautiful. I would love to go and and see it, and I'm sure the weather is much warmer than it is here, so hopefully, hopefully. Hopefully it is yeah, but it's still nice to get away outside of Ohio. Like you said, yeah, service congratulations.

Speaker 1: 23:25

Thank, you, thank you. So some of the comedians that you work with in work for. Take us through some of the comedians that you've worked with with slapstick.

Speaker 2: 23:36

Okay. So I've actually worked with a lot of comedians. I'm actually going to have to show my background right now, so I'm going to show you all of the comedians that I've actually put on the covers of my magazine. And so here, actually, this is a picture of me in the eighth grade I was. I've always been involved with media and then, seventh and eighth grade, I was our news anchor. So that's why I always thought I was going to be a news anchor. I got to go to New York. I fell in love with it. So I was in New York when I took this picture, and at the time I did not think I would have a media company. I was like I want to be on the cover of a magazine one day, and so I went and found a little shop and got that done. But that's me on the cover of a magazine.

Speaker 2: 24:20

But I've also done B-flat Jay Reed, rotney Perry, michael Collier, jason Banks, tony Roberts and the lovely like this one was so awesome the Josh Blue issue and then Layla's next. Like I said, I already have all four of the issues locked in for next year on our platform Because I started Slap Six so long ago. I had to take a break to raise my kids because, long story short, the day I used to write for the Columbus Funny Bone and it's so weird because I debated for a long time like I want my dad to babysit, but I didn't want to bother him it was a day before Father's Day and it was a night. It was a Friday night. I was going to work with Kevin Hart and meet him for the very first time, so I did. I called my dad before I left. I said hey, dad, I'm going to the club. But I had a house phone. I said I'm gonna. My dad only lived up the street from me. I said so can you? Can you just call the boys and check on them? He's like oh yeah, no problem. So the next day I had to pick my dad up at like 11.

Speaker 2: 25:20

But every morning, from the time I moved out to attend college up until this time, like my dad called me every morning at 7am, and so one morning he didn't call me, I couldn't get in touch with him because I had been calling him and, long story short, my dad died. I felt my dad dead the day before Father's Day, and so whenever I traveled or did anything, my dad always kept my sons. So I put slapstick on hold for about 10 years and I just came back in 2000. Oh no, I stopped him like 2011. My sons I said I was gonna put it on hold until my sons graduated from high school. One graduated in 2016. My other son graduated in 2018. However, he went on to play college football. So that took up a lot more of my time.

Speaker 2: 26:07

So I was like all right, so then COVID hit in 2020. And so my son came home and from there I ended up turning my garage into a recording studio, so the comedians would come there, we would record, and then I've been in this studio for it'll be two years in January.

Speaker 1: 26:28

That is. It's an awesome story, you know, and having to put things on hold. I've had to do that too as well with comedy, like I say, I've been doing it 11 years but there was one year where I just I wasn't looking for shows, I wasn't really putting out content on social media, like like all you see, all the comedians do. I just I needed that time and break with my family and you know you need that family time to as well. And people don't get it Like a lot of comedians they're on the road like 50 weeks out of the year out of a 52 week year. Like it's insane and to think of. But you know, people also say, oh, you're a comedian, you only work like an hour a day. It's like nah, that doesn't really work.

Speaker 1: 27:18

that way Like it's not really a thing Like I got a coffee brand I'm working on. I got a merch store, I've got a podcast, I got social media I got to keep up with and I got to find time to write jokes and try to find shows too as well.

Speaker 2: 27:34

That's what I was going to mention. Like people don't realize how much time comedians actually have to put in with writing down their jokes and setting their show and remembering what jokes they did the last show. And yeah, like right now it's me and two comedians. We all stay together. They're all seasoned comedians. So I watched them like literally put in and they both do comedy on cruise ships, so they put in so much time. Just you know, making sure that they have clean sets for you know, the show they have to do or they have the right set for the family show. You know, just in general, people don't realize how much time comedians actually put in and the expectancy of people. Like you said how they're like, oh, you've been doing comedy for 11 years. Like it took Kevin Hart, like I mean, he's been in there like over 20 years and look where he's at now, but before he even made it he put in 15 years. So it just trips me out.

Speaker 2: 28:28

I told my mom. I said you know, mom, one thing I don't want to be is an overnight success. She's like I don't blame you, but why? I said because I'm going to have to work way harder. Like I already work very hard now. So if I become an overnight success, do you know how much harder I'm going to have to work? That will be a challenge, it's like.

Speaker 1: 28:45

Matt Riff. You know, matt Riff, you know, look at him.

Speaker 1: 28:48

Yeah he was an overnight. One of his videos went viral and boom, he took off, which is good for him. You know I love seeing people succeed. I know that's a weird stance to take in 2023, apparently, but you know I love seeing other comedians succeeded. But to have that overnight success, I don't want to say I wouldn't warrant it, because obviously you want to succeed, but how, like you said, how hard you're going to have to work to keep that momentum up. After just bam, now you're here and you're in the spotlight. Yeah, that ain't for me, homie, that's not for me. I work hard enough as it is.

Speaker 2: 29:27

Yeah, I couldn't imagine. Yeah, for sure, all of our dreams will come true and everything we want will happen in due time. For sure, Absolutely.

Speaker 1: 29:38

Like I said, I keep saying it 2024 and I don't know why, and it just hit me, probably a week ago, and I just remember I turned to Whitney, turned to my wife and I said 2024, it's the year for comedy, and she's okay and like she's been the rock that keeps me grounded a little bit too as well, but she's also that one like that will check me. She will absolutely check the shit out of me.

Speaker 2: 30:11

I like Whitney, I you two are adorable. Hi, whitney, could you hear me?

Speaker 1: 30:16

She's not here, she's at work right now. She told me to tell you hey.

Speaker 2: 30:21

Yeah, tell her. I said hi, I think Whitney's so cute and you guys are adorable. She is super supportive. I remember at the competition, I just remember I remember her like we said caddy corner from each other and after I figured out that that was your oil, I said at one side but I could see her from where I was sitting and I just remember watching her and she is like I mean, I hope One thing about being in this comedy game it's hard to find support and I talk to comedians all of the time and I mean including me. I can't find a relationship Because they just don't understand. So when you actually find that in the person that actually motivates you and keeps you in your Toes and is supportive all the way through, that's definitely a keeper, definitely because we've been married now.

Speaker 1: 31:08

Well, we've been legally married three years, but we've been together eight years and she's missed two shows in eight years.

Speaker 1: 31:15

Wow and you know one, she had COVID, so obviously, and the other one she had food poisoning, like. So they were like legit Reasons. I don't want to say like there's not a legit reason to miss a show, but like even like she's never been on a plane and I told her about the South Dakota show and she's like, alright, let's find tickets. I was just like you're gonna get on a plane, you're not gonna say her edge, I'm not gonna get beat up after this, but you, you've never been on a plane before and you're you're gonna come to this show. She's like well, I am your road manager. You can't go to a show without your road manager. She's now become my road manager. Like she's like I said, she's been. She's been to every show and I Will say when we were at Top Dog, that is the first time in eight years that she's ever heckled me on stage and it it almost threw me off my game when I Found out it was her. Fucking kid me, oh.

Speaker 1: 32:17

Yeah, she's definitely definitely a winner and when I told her you were coming on the show, she was so excited that you were coming on the show. Like, and she, she hates that she has to work Over recording this and that she couldn't be here for the show. But yeah, she absolutely loves you too as well. She's like me, it's just great.

Speaker 2: 32:37

I'm gonna make the trip and show up at her store one day soon, so we won't mention her, her store, but cuz I don't want anyone else to try to.

Speaker 1: 32:44

But, yeah, I'm gonna.

Speaker 2: 32:45

I'm gonna show up Whitney. I'll be there one day.

Speaker 1: 32:48

All right, I've already told her. I was like you're just gonna be there one day and in Misha's just gonna show up and just be in the store. So just be prepared for that, I will be there. So is there anything else that you want to tell? I'll, uh, anybody, everybody about. You know slapstick and you know anything else like that before We'll be releasing content like crazy.

Speaker 2: 33:11

I'm happy to tell you that we're in the process of editing your show, and I mean right now. My main concern or priority is just constantly kicking out content, growing our numbers, because I never, I never concentrated on our YouTube numbers ever. But now kill Tony woke me up. So I'm working on the YouTube numbers. I've always concentrated on my tick tock and Facebook and you know just our regular social media numbers. But now, yeah, it's a new game, so let's play kill Tony, we're ready.

Speaker 1: 33:46

And you mentioned it I, I like, stopped using YouTube for a while. Yeah, and it was straight tick tock Instagram, facebook, twitter, I think Vine was a thing, and I started using that before tick tock, you know, and it was. I Didn't pay attention to To YouTube, and I've gotten back to posting my sets and everything on YouTube and stuff like that and and everything like that. So it's it's a lot of fun, and getting back into and seeing the numbers grow is like man. Why did I stop this?

Speaker 2: 34:21

And we're learning. Like it's all about consistency, and not only that, like we always, we use our own platform. So we don't, I mean, we just upload everything to our website. Comedy slaps calm. That's where all of our content is. So we never really. I mean, I guess we need YouTube, but we, it just wasn't our focus right but yeah, now we're gonna work on it.

Speaker 1: 34:42

Yeah, and that was me too. I have my own website, the mic bonocom that I. That's where I was posting everything. That's it was. Everything was straight to the website. I got my own platform. I don't I don't need you YouTube, I need you YouTube. Don't. Don't take that personally. I'm back. I'm back on the YouTube.

Speaker 2: 34:57

Yeah, we need you. We're gonna definitely utilize you YouTube, don't worry.

Speaker 1: 35:02

Absolutely, but me sure we are running down near the end of the episode and I do have to get this one last segment in and I never tell anyone about this segment because it's the most fun that we have and that is the fast 55. It is five random questions from the wonderful manager of the podcast, johnny Fitty Falcone, and this man I wish I could get inside his mind to see the randomness, but he sent these to me today so we get to read them for the first time For the new listeners out there. It's kind of rapid fire, but you can elaborate if you need to. So if you're ready, mesh.

Speaker 2: 35:36

Ready.

Speaker 1: 35:36

All right. Question number one Would you rather live in Australia or Panama?

Speaker 2: 35:43

Oh Australia okay, okay.

Speaker 1: 35:49

Question number two Is Jerry Seinfeld or Kevin Hart funnier, yeah.

Speaker 2: 35:59

I'm a huge Kevin Hart fan and he's actually done a lot for my career, so I'm going, kevin.

Speaker 1: 36:03

Yeah, it's hard to go against Kevin, but Jerry was one of the ones that got me into comedy. Yeah, yeah, all right, the better Adam Sandler movie, billy Madison or happy Gilmore.

Speaker 2: 36:15

Oh, I'm gonna say happy Gilmore, because I don't. I don't recall seeing what was the other movie, billy Madison. Billy Madison, yeah, but I don't say all of his movies are great, like I'm. He's like at the top of my list, him and Ricky Yarday. I have to meet both of them one day. Yeah, like Adam has to put anything bad out and I just think he is so freaking hilarious.

Speaker 1: 36:38

He really is. Question number four is Campbell soup underrated or overrated?

Speaker 2: 36:46

Well, I will say it's underrated because it's been around for so long and I get yeah, underrated.

Speaker 1: 36:54

Okay, last question here Are the Ghostbusters movies overrated or underrated?

Speaker 2: 37:02

That's a hard one because people still Like. It's hard to say Because I felt like we just put an article out, one ghost ghostbusters like Like a few weeks ago. Well, no, that was November, so okay, in October we did so. I mean, I still feel like Ghostbusters still gets a lot of recognition, like it. I don't think it's a slept-on movie at all.

Speaker 1: 37:25

Absolutely. I love the Ghostbusters movies we have, like the box set that we watch. That's one of the movies we watch every around. Every Halloween, it's Ghostbusters.

Speaker 2: 37:37

Yeah, that's like a worldwide Famous. Yeah, I think Ghostbusters still gets a lot of attention.

Speaker 1: 37:44

Oh, 100%, 100%. But that was the fast 55 and I gotta tell you he took it easy on you. I gotta tell you that was that was some of the easier questions. I'll tell you this he, he does Some of these questions. There's normally an animal involved and I don't know why, like that, he has a lot of animal questions, like would you rather be a gorilla or a snake? Like, and it's just the stupidest things in the world and I love it. It's so fun. It's a fun way to kind of wrap up the show too as well. But I do give every guest this opportunity. Misha, at the end of the show, if there's anything you want to get out there for Slapstick that you have coming up in the near future, anything like that or anything you want to promote, or even if it's just a good message, I'm gonna give you about a minute and the floor is yours.

Speaker 2: 38:31

Okay, well, my god, thank you for having me today. Please check us out. Our website is comedy, slaps calm. You can find us on all of our social media platforms to talk Facebook everywhere. We're just slapstick comedy. And then make sure you spell slapstick without the seat.

Speaker 1: 38:51

Alright, hey, yeah, definitely. I will put all those links to all of her social media because I am following all of them. I will put the website down in the description of this episode. Everybody, please go and check out my girl here, misha, and Slapstick comedy. They are a phenomenal media company and everyone needs to know about them. That is going to do it for this week's episode of the ride home rants podcast. As Always, if you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just because you didn't. That's gonna do it for me and I will see y'all next week.