0:00 Nothing beat my my Batman mask cape thing. That little combo. I would sleep in it. >> Oh, the one that where they're connected? >> Yeah. >> You would just wear the thing and then tie the thing and you would exist in this thing. All right, is there any like uh fictional character um or movie character or uh anybody that when you were a younger and you saw them on TV or in a movie, you tried to adopt a trait that they had in yourself? >> ████ yeah, Wolverine, dude. >> What do you mean? What did you do? >> I liked everything about him. >> So, the way he talked? Like what what did you take from him? Like what was it >> He started calling people bub. >> Yeah, hey bub. >> It's the recent one? >> I thought that it was dope that he was like full of rage, but he was like embarrassed about it. And then he just wanted to like have these things come
0:50 out when he gets pissed and going to slice you up. And I also thought it was dope when he uh would get sick or not sick uh when he would get ████ up, he would recover. So, every time I got sick I would wrap myself in a blanket. I'm like, Wolverine's about to happen. And I'm going I'm going to recover. I'm like Oh, I can feel the adamantium just working its >> And that's that's Bard at 28 cuz he hasn't watched it. Wolverine till he was 28. That's a good one, Wolverine. >> Yeah, I was like, I'm going to recover like a ████ >> Or that would be like the same as the freaking uh Kung Fu Hustle guy when he recovers. >> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. >> So, you liked his healing powers? >> Well, I liked his whole combination. >> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a crazy combo. >> And because he knows he can heal like he can do the things that no one else everyone else is scared to do, you know? Like if he has to go like
1:41 like ████ go fight the Hulk or if he has to go fight Magneto >> run into a like bullets >> Yeah, he's like, ████ it. I'll be the one because I'm the only one that can heal. Everyone else is going to die. >> Yeah, that's true. >> And I always thought that was pretty cool. >> That is very cool. Did you ever act like anybody that you saw? Like or you ever try to like take a trait? >> Oh, for me it was Jim Carrey. >> You were just acting like him? >> He was like my biggest inspiration for like comedy and physical comedy and making people laugh. Like I would just copy him. And then like, you know, The Mask. I would watch The Mask over and over. Um the the the which one? Ace Ventura? >> Both of them. >> Oh, yeah. >> Pet Detective? Yeah. And then just like his manners, all that. Um another one was Dumb and Dumber was yeah. But you know how he's like really big in his
2:31 expressions? And I think that was perfect comedy for like elementary school kid. >> god. >> Perfect. >> Yeah. >> Cuz we like big stupid slapstick, right? Yeah. >> And the way that like not only that, but how he he's a crazy guy in front of all these normal people and they're always like appalled by it. >> Yeah, it's so perfect. >> Yeah. >> It's the way that you want the world to react to you as a kid. How you want everyone to be a straight man and just be like >> Yeah, and watching In Living Color? Cuz I wasn't >> Oh, yeah. That's good, too. >> I was allowed to watch everything cuz my parents didn't know what the ████ was going on. And all of his characters were were some of my favorites, yeah. Fire Marshall Bill. >> Let me tell you something. >> And then the character where he's like in a What What's the one where he's like in a tutu? >> Yvonne or whatever? >> Yeah. And he has those ████ like little gray things. >> Oh my god. >> And remember when he was a karate
3:21 instructor? And then he keeps getting ████ up. Yeah. I loved the Yeah. >> Let me tell you something. >> Who did you see, Anthony, that made you like form your sex appeal? >> Sex appeal? >> Like what character did you see that you were like I'm going to be this sexy guy? >> I feel like there's so many like for that age. There was like your >> Aaron Kwok? >> No, there's like your Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's. You know, Will Smith. >> Oh, yeah. Cuz he was good with the ladies. >> Yeah, you know, just like that. Like quirky, like you don't belong here, so you're going to make do, you're going to unapologetically just like be you because everybody's going to talk ████ anyway kind of feel. Um there's the uh there's the Rufios. >> I thought you were about to say Rufi. >> The Rufalos? >> Rufio. >> Oh, Rufios. >> Dante? You really liked them back then? >> I ████ hated him so hard.
4:12 >> I hated his character in terms of like like what he was to Pan. You know, like >> But you thought it was a character? >> in the story. But like but like also seeing Rufio though like at the end and just like accepting it and and just still being like that cool guy that could be I don't know there's something about that I was like >> of swag though. >> like man I wish I was like that cool guy that kid like it's not even about being the hero but it's like you know? >> Right. Yeah, the Rufio character was pretty freaking that that was huge. >> Yeah, Rufio was ████ tight. >> I didn't even think he was Asian. >> What you think he was just like a mystical creature? >> Just a dark-haired white kid? >> I didn't know what he was but I didn't think he was Asian. Like I thought he was like Mexican or something. >> Mexican? >> Yeah. >> Well, he plays Mexican other things but >> Yeah, he does. Yeah. >> I was ████ in love with like the Ninja Turtles. >> Oh. >> And so on any given day you get to be
5:02 any one of them, right? When you're playing with your cousin or friend. So some days you feel like like ████ Michelangelo and just being like an idiot or anything. >> only Michelangelo. >> But then but then some days you're also Raphael and just pissed off and you're just like you want to ████ ████ up, you know? >> style. >> Or some days you're just like I want the swords just cuz I want the swords like So you got you got to just be all of them. That was so cool. >> Radical dude. >> Yeah, that's a good one because all of them have such a distinct personalities. >> Never really played Donatello though. You know, he's a nerd. >> No one likes him. >> You play with a stick but you wouldn't be like I'm Donatello. You know, you never say that. >> Yeah, that's true. You don't really want to choose him. >> And he's the gay one with the purple and you're like nah. >> This was Do you guys remember the Burger King Kids Club? >> Hell yeah. >> Burger King. >> For sure. >> You remember that? >> I remember the McDonald's one with like Hamburglar and Grimace. >> Yeah, so the Burger King Kids Club was like a set of characters and I really
5:54 wanted to be like this one character named Kid Vid. You know who that is? >> You know who that is? >> Who's talking about? >> This is the Burger King Kids Club, right? >> I don't even remember this. >> They would have little comics and they would always be like on the boxes and bags of like Burger King ████ >> Oh, they look so familiar. >> Yeah, so like um this this is Kid Vid. For some ████ reason he's so futuristic compared to everybody else. They all just look like normal characters from like Recess. And then for some reason this guy's all high-tech and he has like TV remotes that he uses to like zap stuff. >> It reminds me of of like Powerline from Goofy Movie. >> Dude, first of all Powerline is the absolute ████ by the way. He's like goated. >> Yeah, Powerline's great. Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> But now when you bring this up I think about like Quailman. >> Oh, from Doug? >> Yeah. >> You wanted to be like that? >> thought he was tight.
6:44 >> Was he meant to be tight? >> No, that's what was tight. He had like underwear on the outside and like a belt for like a a head thing with a cape. He was intentionally not that tight but it was like that's what made it tight, right? >> Oh, that's interesting that you you saw it with that type of insight as a kid. >> No, he clearly wasn't tight. It was more like a It was more like a you would I would want to dress up as Quailman for Halloween cuz he's funny. I have to put like tighty whities on the outside and it's like it's quail It's so like niche, too. But like every kid knew but like it's so like you're not nobody's going to make a Quailman costume in the store. You have to like really DIY it, you know? >> There was this other dude who like I copied his hair and he's such a minor ████ character but you remember Rumble in the Bronx? >> Oh, yeah. >> There's this one henchman who has like double mohawk as hair. Just so dumb. >> Is he a white dude? >> No, he's a ████ I don't know what he
7:34 is but this guy for some ████ reason it really spoke to me when I saw it as a kid and I'm like that guy's cool and he's like completely not cool. >> Well, double mohawk's next level, though. >> He's this guy. He's the guy who's ████ crying. Where is he at? >> Oh, cuz his friend got killed. >> Yeah, this guy. >> Oh, yeah. >> The guy who was like, "We'll all end up like Lance." >> "We'll all end up like Lance." >> So, like I thought his hair was so cool, so I like hella copied it. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> So, you can't see his hair, but he has two mohawks. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> And I ████ I think like eighth grade I did that, and I was I thought it was so tight. And it's the gayest thing you can do to your hair. But I for some reason, I don't know why that made me like >> That just It is a quick moment, too. And in that moment, you're like, "That's sick." >> It looks like Enrique Iglesias.
8:25 >> Yeah. >> There. Look Look at his hair. >> Yeah, I remember that. >> Looking like Batman. >> This guy. I just thought it was so deviant and so sick to do that. >> I do remember nothing beat my my Batman mask cape thing, that little combo. I would sleep in it. >> Oh, the one that where they're connected? >> Yeah. You And you wouldn't you didn't care about the rest of the outfit. You would just You would just wear the thing and then tie the thing, and you would exist in this thing. >> Yeah. >> If I could shower in it, I would shower in it, like >> So, at the at the dry cleaners, they're like, "Batman, can you get my coat, please?" >> Dude, I was living in this thing, bro. >> You were You were wearing it to the dry cleaners? >> Yeah, I was wearing it I was wearing it to sleep. Cuz Batman's he's a Batman, dude. >> that's tight. >> You never wanted to be Bruce Wayne? >> No. I wanted to be rich. >> Were there other cartoon characters you guys were like inspired by
9:15 personality-wise or >> Not cartoon, but I remember I went through this weird like long ass obsession with wanting to be Tum-Tum from 3 Ninjas. >> Oh, hell yeah, Tum-Tum. Every time we played like pretend, like I wanted to be Tum-Tum. >> That's really cool, yeah. >> And I wasn't the youngest. >> That means you always needed food in your mouth. >> to eat, and I wanted to yeah, like be like make mistakes and ████ Yeah. I just like the quirkiness of his character. Yeah. >> I like Bobby's World, too. You ever watch Bobby's World? That was one of my favorite >> Don't channel. >> Oh, yeah. Bobby's World is great. Yeah. >> Yeah, that was one of my favorite shows as a kid. >> It was great for like It was one of those like, your imagination's limitless kind of like shows. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Cuz it That's great for you for being like stuck in the house all time. You could just create your own adventure with your brain. That is a really good example of why that spoke to you.
10:05 >> You know, um when I watch that show, Love on the Spectrum, right? A lot of them learn how to be human by watching cartoons and shows. And then like when you listen to them, they sound like voice actors cuz they're just copying exactly the ████ that they see. And it's all based on memory. Like they're not actually doing a social interaction. They're just remembering scenes and they react and like they they emote based on what they see on a cartoon. That's That's my take on it. But I'm like, how many of us as kids did that? Like, we learned how to operate socially and how to like act in these dynamics from watching shows, right? >> that a lot. Yeah. >> Yeah. Cuz like all the generations that didn't have TV, they only had social examples. But our generation, like we were grown on up on
10:56 TV. So like we're taught how to be human through characters. >> Yeah. That's true. >> I remember watching like Steve Urkle and going, whatever he is doing, I don't want to do it. >> Which is exactly why when Stefan Urkel came through, you were like, oh, like I got to be like Stefan. >> That is true. Yeah. Urkle it basically was the Or Screech. >> Yeah. Don't Don't be those two, no matter what. >> Cuz Screech always said the dumb thing and everyone had to like look at him and be like, ████ idiot. >> I watched so much TV that I would have a laugh track in my head in real life. So like I'll do something and in my head I I can hear the laugh. >> Yeah. I watched so much Zack Morris, I started feel like I I could like narrate the day. You know, like I could just stop time and be like, "See this teacher right here?" You know, like I >> Isn't that crazy he's half Indonesian? >> I know, and the whole time like we just thought he was a white guy we weren't connected to in any way.
11:47 >> Yeah, I thought he was pure Aryan. >> Me, too. And he was just dying his hair the whole time. >> No way, really? That's not a real blonde? >> have natural blonde hair, yeah. They would just keep bleaching it. >> Half Yoshi Sudarso. >> Yeah, he was a good one, too. >> Did you want to be Zach? >> Hell yeah, I wanted to be Zach, dude. I wanted But the stupid thing is like my examples for what was cool were so ████ skewed cuz I would have to watch so much weird ████ cuz my sister and mom and stuff. So, I'd watch like musicals a lot, and then uh I I really like Newsies the musical. I don't know if you guys have ever seen that. Uh you know the kid You ever seen Doogie Howser? Remember Remember in Doogie Howser he has this like kind of snarky friend who's kind of like Italian? He's like a like a little Goomba guy that's like always like there with him? Uh that guy's in Newsies and he basically plays the same character. So, in my mind when I was a kid I I equated that if you were cool and smooth, you
12:38 were Italian. So, then I would talk like that to kids that I just met. >> Like you have an Italian accent? >> Yeah, like if if my dad's like, "Go play." And then I don't know any of the eight kids that are on the playground, I walk up, "Who's trying to get on this slide right here?" You know, like I would start this That's my opening personality. >> That's so funny. >> It's like I'll just act like that guy. >> Yeah. >> Cuz when he whenever he talks people are like, "He's funny and cool." So, I like wouldn't I'd also say a fake name, like if if we're kids I don't know. I would make up a whole thing. Or if I like Street Fighter, so I used to say my name was Guile several times. >> it was Guile? >> Yeah, like if I was at I was at Magic Mountain, you know the like a or in the Knott's there's like a kids area? I'd go there, I'd say my name's Guile. >> Like, "This guy's so cool." >> Yeah. I would just make up ████ because I like I didn't know how to be cool myself. >> I'm Dhalsim, nice to meet you.
13:28 >> A bad character. Yeah. >> Bad, Dhalsim's tight. He like can reach you from here. Imagine he's like I'm Blanka. >> Yeah, it's funny when you don't You don't know what your like cool is, so you're just like, "What's the nearest thing in my brain that's cool? Oh, ████ Guile." >> What sucks too is I grew up on a lot of Chinese movies. >> Oh, so you said you're Tsui Hark. >> No, but I'm like >> I'm Wong Fei-hung. >> I'm like, "Yeah, yeah." I'm like, "He's so cool to me, but no one knows who the ████ you are." >> He is so cool though. >> I know, but no one else knows how cool he is. Yeah, dude. >> Dude, Wong Fei-hung was the ████ You got to find your fellow Chinese people, that's why. >> Dude, yeah.
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