Comedian Tone Bell from CBS's "Fam" and Netflix's "Survival of the Thickest" joins us on Story & Craft.
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Comedian Tone Bell from CBS’s “Fam” and Netflix’s “Survival of the Thickest” joins us on Story & Craft.
Tone’s work also includes the film “Trigger Warning” with Jessica Alba and the Kathy Bates comedy “Disjointed.” We talk about growing up in Atlanta, touring as a stand-up, his early influences, and how his family and personal life shape his comedy.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Tone Bell joins Story & Craft
Tone Bell’s Journey to Austin
Comedy Beginnings and Inspirations
The Realities of Touring as a Comedian
Comedy Styles and Influences
Family and Personal Life
Transition to Acting and Comedy
Theater Experiences and Challenges
Television Aspirations and Family Influence
College Days and Early Career
Acting Roles and Collaborations
Personal Reflections and Future Plans
The Seven Questions
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Full Transcript
Part 1
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Tone Bell joins Story & Craft
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Tone Bell: And I was like, I
gotta live like Ashton Kutcher.
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At some point, I gotta have that
Eddie Murphy apartment where just
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it is open and the bed kind is on a
pedestal, and it's just, it was sexy.
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Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft.
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Now here's your host, Marc Preston.
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Marc Preston: All right, here we go.
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Another episode of Story and Craft.
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How are you?
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I'm Marc Preston.
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If this is your very first episode.
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Thank you so much for stopping by.
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Uh, if you've been here
before, welcome back.
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It is greatly appreciated.
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Uh, today sitting down with comedian
and actor Tone Bell, he is on
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the Netflix show, survival of the
Thickest, along with Michelle Boutou.
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Uh, the new season just came out.
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Uh, he was also in a cool show, a comedy
on Netflix called Disjointed With.
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Kathy Bates, it was out a few years ago.
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Also, he was in the film, uh, trigger
Warning recently, the, uh, Netflix
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movie with Jessica Alba, as well as
the United States versus Bill Holiday.
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Tone is a funny guy, talented,
and, uh, really a pleasure
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sitting down talking with him.
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Now let's jump right into it.
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Today is tone bell day
on story and craft tone.
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Where you join me from today.
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Tone Bell: Uh, Manhattan.
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I'm right by Central Park man.
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I love great view, best view I've
ever had in a, in a, uh, hotel.
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In New York.
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Marc Preston: So you're, you're there,
uh, vacationing, working something
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that's not your home base right now?
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No, no, no, no.
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Just out here doing a
little work right now.
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Tone Bell's Journey to Austin
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Uh, where do you call home and where,
where's home originally for you?
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Tone Bell: Home originally, Atlanta,
Georgia, just outside Decatur,
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Georgia, east side of Atlanta.
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Um, and, uh, most of my underwear is in
Austin, but I split time between LA and,
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and Austin, Texas for the most part.
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Marc Preston: Alright, well, very cool.
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Hey, I'm not too far south of you.
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I'm down in, uh, south Padre Island, so
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Tone Bell: Oh yeah.
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Marc Preston: I need, I
need to get up to Austin.
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I, I was just speaking with, uh, chef, uh,
uh, Ben Ford recently, and I was like, you
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know, we were, we're talking about how.
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Where, where to eat in Austin.
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I said, you know, the one place I've never
eaten, I've tried, I can never get through
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the line, is, uh, Franklin Barbecue.
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I haven't had a chance
to get in there yet,
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Tone Bell: man.
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Franklin, I mean, that line, man,
that line has been around the corner
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since, uh, since, because they're
only open for a couple hours a day
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and then they sell out everything.
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So I haven't been yet.
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I have not been, uh, I wanna
say, what's the other one?
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Uh, Terry Blacks is the other one.
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I, I know somebody at Terry
Black, so I can get in there, but
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that's, that's also a crazy line.
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Marc Preston: Now I can say I know
somebody who knows somebody at Terry
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Blacks, so I can get in that way.
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Yeah.
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You know?
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So, so how did you get down to Austin?
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How was that a, how was that destination?
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I know a lot of folks are
relocating down there.
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Tone Bell: Yeah.
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I mean, I went, I, I, I always
knew I was gonna go to Austin.
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I used to live in Dallas.
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I used to have a, um.
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I was corporate for a while, so, so I
worked in Marceting and advertising for
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Anheuser-Busch for, for about seven years.
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And, um, a lot of friends and
one of the guys that I trained
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used to live down there.
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So I, uh, I would go down on weekends
and like for meetings and stuff, and
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I just loved the city, so I knew when,
when my time in LA my full-time in
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LA was up, I knew I was gonna move to
Austin and then, then it turns out.
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Over a decade later, the, the
comedy boom happened there.
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So I mean, standup is,
is beautiful right now.
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It's beautiful.
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I, it's so much stage time.
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Great audiences.
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Marc Preston: Uh, I
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Tone Bell: love it.
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Marc Preston: Plus South by Southwest,
I think kind of infuses the city with a
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lot of, you know, it's a, it's a pretty
sophisticated place when it comes to,
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you know, live venues and stuff like
that and activity and, uh, oh yeah.
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But yeah.
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Where, where in Dallas did you live?
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'cause that's actually my home.
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My hometown is originally Dallas.
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Tone Bell: Oh, yeah.
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Okay.
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Well, you know exactly
what I'm talking about.
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The, uh, uh, I moved to Dallas
in like 2006, maybe seven.
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And, uh.
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I always remember that.
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I don't know, I had that
when I was growing up.
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I had that, um, that idea of living,
like one of the guys I would see in
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movies that just had like that open
floor playing loft for the exposed
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brick wall and the pipes, and I was
like, I gotta live like Ashton Kutcher.
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At some point I gotta have that Eddie
Murphy apartment where just it is open and
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the bed kind is on a pedestal and it just,
it was sexy and you kind of see the city.
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So I live right downtown, man.
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I was at, um, Maine in Acker, right across
from that, you know, oh, the Marcus.
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Marc Preston: Main in Acker.
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Is that, is that where that I
think they used to, is that the
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place that used to be a bank?
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It was a higher, you know,
there's a place there used to,
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Tone Bell: it was, that's a,
that's a couple doors down.
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Marc Preston: Okay.
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Okay.
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It's like used to be a, that's
first National Bank of Dallas.
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Yeah.
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Had a friend of mine who, uh, who
used to, who used to live there
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and she, and, and they had that
stained concrete floor, the highest
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ceilings, you know, a lot of window.
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It, it was the.
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I don't know what Ashton
Cher's place looks like to me.
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It was pretty swank.
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I was, I was a suburban kid.
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I, I lived up in Richardson.
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That was where I, you know,
I was a North Dallas kid.
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So there was this boom where all this,
uh, a lot of folks were heading down
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to, uh, uh, like the uptown area.
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It became a real.
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What they call 'em, yuppies.
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I don't know if that phrase
anymore, but yeah, that's who
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was where it was all happening.
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But I was a suburban kid.
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Comedy Beginnings and Inspirations
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You, your underwear is in Austin,
but you're traveling, uh, so you,
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you're doing the, uh, comedy thing
and the acting thing, but I gotta
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know, it's always the what came
first, chicken or the egg, you know?
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Did the comedy thing kick off
for you first or were you kind
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of in the performance thing in
school and whatever have you?
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Tone Bell: Uh, was kind.
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I mean, you know, if we, if we gonna go
way back, I'll tell you the fir, my first
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time on television, I was, I think 12,
I was on this kids kind of sketch show
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on, uh, public asset at public access
TV called, uh, called Kids Barn back in,
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um, I mean, shoot, wait, like 94 93 9 4.
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And, uh, so I mean, it was always comedy.
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And then, uh, in high school,
got into sketch comedy through.
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Um, like my high school, the
actual high school I went to
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and the church I was going to.
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And so I did stand up probably
three or four times in high school.
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And then I knew some comics I would
go see, I mean, I was 15 or 16
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going to see earthquake and um, I.
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And, uh, um, Bruce,
Bruce and DL Hug League.
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'cause they used to play at
this little bar down the, uh,
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down the street from my house.
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And
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Marc Preston: my mom's
friend was sleeping.
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Yeah, Atlanta had a, Atlanta always had
that, had a big scene going on in comedy.
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A lot of people came Oh yeah.
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Out of there.
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Yeah.
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Or at least, or at least they came
of, they cut their teeth in Atlanta.
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Tone Bell: Yeah.
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And then, I mean, then I got to college
and I was doing theater and some short
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films and some, uh, student films.
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And then I was hosting events
and all that kind of stuff.
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And then.
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Uh, you know, a day job will really throw
a monkey wrench in your dreams sometimes.
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So, yeah.
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Uh, just not letting you live how you,
how you, you know, but you also have to
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eat and wash, so that's always important.
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And so, but it was kind of like, I,
I tried to do a play when I got to
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Dallas and that timing of not knowing,
you know, what events I was gonna
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have to be at or travel for work.
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So I couldn't really commit to that.
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And then it was kind of, kind of synergy
of like, okay, I want to be on stage
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and I want to be funny, but also I
need to do this on my own schedule.
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And so really kind of started as
a hobby of, of how to get out and,
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and kind of do my own thing and
not be on someone as a schedule.
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I. And that's where standup came from.
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Marc Preston: Well, I think as a
performer you gotta have that freedom of
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kind of doing it on your own schedule.
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I think some people it's 'cause
you know it's gonna work for you.
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You gotta, you gotta fi you gotta
find your own path, you know?
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And it may not make sense to other
people, but, uh, but yeah, that, that
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makes all the sense in the world.
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The Realities of Touring as a Comedian
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I mean, you as a comedian, did
you, uh, do you enjoy the tour
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thing or do you like kind of like.
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Having kind of being where
you're performing or do
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you like being on the road?
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Tone Bell: Yeah, I mean, I tell
you what I mean, I'm 17 years into
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comedy now and, uh, you know, it was
exciting when I realized I could,
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I, oh, like, oh, I'm gonna have
a career at this, which is nice.
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Like it wasn't just, you
know, popping on stage.
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And, and, and you know, I'm out of
the open mic scene and I'm starting
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to tour and it was very exciting for
the first probably seven to 10 years.
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And man, let me tell you, I
can't stand the travel now.
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It is a gift and a curse.
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I mean, just pack.
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I mean now I, man, I got a uniform
now and, and a couple older comics
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told me at one point, they're like,
you gonna stop going shopping?
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You gonna figure out what you
like to wear on stage and you
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gonna pack that every weekend?
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And that's what I do now.
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And, and I mean, I, I love when
I'm on the stage, but getting
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there is, is a, is a sometimes not
the, not the easiest to, to, um.
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To get, you know, to be mo motivated in,
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Marc Preston: I imagine it's a younger
man's game to a degree, and it becomes
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a real job as you get a little bit
older, but you know what you're doing.
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So I guess it's kind of a trade
off, you know, you're a little more
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seasoned as, as, uh, as a guy that's
got some miles under his wheels.
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But do you have a preference
for like, working at clubs
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or do you have aspirations?
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You, I always wanted to do like,
I mean, to the far end, like a big
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arena show or, you know, what, yeah.
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What, what kind of aspirationally,
you know, did you start
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off wanting to do and, and.
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Kind of right now, what are you like?
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Okay, this to me is success
when it comes to comedy.
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Tone Bell: Man, I hit, I hit a lot of 'em
early, which I did not think was possible.
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Uh, I thought it was gonna take a lot
longer, but, uh, yeah, I mean, you know,
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I look at it now where I think I'm in the
next few years of, of getting into that
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theater space and I'm excited about that.
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And I mean, I love the clubs.
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It does get exhausting sometimes
when, you know, some clubs are
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like, we gotta do seven shows.
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You go to Vegas, sometimes it's 10 shows.
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Sometimes it's seven now I kind of
just do the Friday, Saturday thing.
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So I, I do love certain clubs in certain
cities, but it'd be nice to be able to
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go into a town, see it, go grab lunch,
get a restaurant recommendation, do my
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show at night, and then get the hell out.
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Yeah.
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Like that.
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Yeah, that would be very nice.
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I mean, I'm, I'm, I got a lot of friends
who moved into that space and the arenas.
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I don't know if my style fits arenas.
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I mean, if, we'll find out if it
does, I mean, we ever get there,
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then I, I'd be, um, you know, I'd
be excited to do that, but, but I'm.
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I think I'd love to, I mean, I've, I've
worked with a few people and, uh, I've
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gotten, you know, the 4,000 seater, the
2,500 seater, and that feeling is amazing.
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I mean, just hearing that laugh, roll
back to the back wall and then come back
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and you're like, oh, I can pause for like
12 seconds because this joke just hit.
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I mean, it's, it's, uh, that crescendo
of sound and laughter is, is, uh, it's
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Marc Preston: addictive.
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Like, how long does it take you to
kind of get to that point where,
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you know, you've said, okay, now I
got my, now I got my show locked in.
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How long does it take you to work
that out, to get to the point
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where you're, you're like, oh,
let's take this on the road?
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Tone Bell: Uh, yeah,
for everything usually.
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Usually I write pretty quick.
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That's only because most of 'em
are real stories about life.
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So if I tell it how I want to
tell it, the most stories, I mean
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anywhere between eight to 20 minutes.
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I got a story right now that's
25 minutes long if I tell it.
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Mm-hmm.
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The crowd is really locked in.
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One one bit is 25 minutes.
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So, uh, that takes about probably say,
six to eight months to really work
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out to where I'm comfortable and it
works everywhere, but I mean, an hour.
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Oh man, the show.
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It's, I mean, I'm still
playing with my new hour now.
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I mean, I'm starting to find new stuff
that I like that, you know, trims of
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fad and I get the point across better.
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So, uh, and I've been working on the
bones of this one for, I mean, I would
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say about two, two and a half years now.
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I probably could have shot something
a year and a half ago and I would've
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been happy with it, but now it's,
it is sharpening and, and, and
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it's, it is really feeling good.
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It's really feeling good.
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Marc Preston: Have you ever been in a
situation, I, I've always been curious
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about this, where you go somewhere
and something you do just kills.
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It's just like lights up the
room and everybody, and you're
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like, all right, this is perfect.
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I'm gonna use this wherever I go.
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This is gonna be like,
almost like a marquee thing.
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And then you go to another city,
another club, and it, and it falls flat.
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Has that ever happened to you
where you're like, wait a minute.
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Yeah.
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Last
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Tone Bell: weekend,
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Marc Preston: uh, where were you?
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Uh,
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Tone Bell: Winnipeg, Canada.
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Winnipeg.
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I mean, and uh, and look, I love
the Canadians and most of 'em
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were in, but I mean, even these
shows were set up different.
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I mean, I had never, uh,
worked a club like this before.
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Uh, 'cause the audience
is, is built differently.
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But yeah, I mean, sometimes man, you can
go to, I mean, you go to Salt Lake City
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and then you go to Phoenix and that's two
different, yeah, two different crowds.
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You just never know.
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I mean, majority of the time,
average, they, they all work.
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But yeah, sometimes also, like,
you gotta realize sometimes
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you, you mentally run outta gas.
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Yeah.
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Like if you've been, you know, like
you're not hitting it as well as
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you, you, like, you try to go on
autopilot and go, this should work.
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But if I don't give it the
same performance and the same
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nuance, then it might not.
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And sometimes the crowd is just not
in, I mean, I've had a opener probably
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I'm taking a new guy with me on the
road now, every now and then, and I
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mean, he's a killer, which I like,
'cause he makes me work harder.
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I. But I mean, he has such a good set.
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Probably three weeks ago that I was
upset before I went on, I was like, I
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should have just let you close the show.
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I was, I was exhausted and this
dude just got off stage and fucking
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murdered and I was like, I kind
of just don't even want to go up.
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And then I had a pretty good set, but the
show before that, I killed the next show.
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It was like, it was fine, which is fine.
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But, oh man, it just,
it was, it was rough.
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Marc Preston: Like, who was on the
Mount Rushmore when you were coming up?
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You're like, okay.
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When I see them, uh, you
mentioned Eddie Murphy apartment.
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You know, I know like if you're,
if you were to mention like at,
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let's say four or five guys or Yeah.
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Folks you looked at and go,
man, they cracked the code.
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That's my north star.
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Who, who would those people
be when you were coming up?
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Tone Bell: Coming up?
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Uh, I would still say, I would say
my top two are Carlin and Cosby.
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And we're talking about, you know, when
I fell in love with standup, I mean,
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it's nineties, early two thousands.
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I mean, Carlin Cosby, um,
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Marc Preston: Cosby is
more of a storyteller.
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You know, everything about Cosby
down the line and whatever have you.
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But back in the day, I mean, he, he
could take one story and make it last a
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while, but are you more of a storyteller?
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Are you more of like a quick
commentator kind of style?
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Where, where, where do you Yeah.
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More
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Tone Bell: of a storyteller, more
of a storyteller, uh, getting
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more into my personal life.
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Then I used to just tell stories kind of
out in the wild, like whatever happened
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to me on the subway, on the plane,
in the airport, at the grocery store.
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And now it's kind of my home life,
my neighborhood, uh, the wife, the
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family, all that kind of stuff.
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And I mean, but I do have anecdotes
that kind of, I'll drop in there of
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like a perspective that I might have,
but usually it's more storytelling.
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Gotcha.
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So yeah, that's why Cosby was always, I
mean, you know, one 30 minute bit or a
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bit that lasts an entire hour and he drops
like kind of little things in between it.
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Um, but I'm also a big
fan of Patrice O'Neal.
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Mm-hmm.
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I mean, you know, passed away years ago.
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But Patrice, I mean, just perspective
wise was, I mean, just, just a way to, uh,
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get people to, to, I mean, dig themself
a hole and then let you realize, I don't
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even agree with this, but holy shit.
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Is that funny.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, I mean, Carlin was,
uh, he, he was just a master wordsmith,
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like I heard somewhere that he wrote,
I mean, everything he did on stage
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was, was almost scripted, you know?
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It was pretty much, he
knew what he was gonna say.
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You know, I just, I know when I started
in radio years ago, you know, the, the
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words you can't say on radio, it was like.
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You know, Carlin was my educator on that.
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Oh, you know?
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Yeah.
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Tone Bell: Yeah.
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And I, I'll probably watch that.
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I'll probably watch that
bit every few months.
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Marc Preston: He never lost his edge.
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He was always dialed in and I think right
now he would be more contemporary than
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even he was back then if he was doing the
same act right now, ironically, you know,
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Tone Bell: I mean, I watched the hour
that he did a few months ago, and you go,
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it sounds like he wrote it a year ago.
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Yeah.
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I mean, it's still, it still all matters.
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I mean, nothing's changed
that much for, I mean, it's so
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poignant when he did it then.
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And I mean, just, I mean, just the,
just the scope that he had on the
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culture and society was amazing
and also hilarious in human nature.
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He, he kind of dialed that in.
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You
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Marc Preston: know, who right
now are you checking out?
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Who are you enjoying watching?
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Uh, uh, who's currently out there?
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Tone Bell: Man, that's hard.
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'cause I mean, you know, it's, when you
get into this, you know, you're, you're
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fans of people, then you kind of run
into 'em and then you become a peer.
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And so.
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Uh, really, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a big fan
of a lot, I would say friends of mine.
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I mean, I think, uh, even, I mean, my
wife was very mad at me last week for,
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for, we got in a good argument and I
knew because we're, we're trying to
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have a kid now, I knew that if I put on
Andrew Schultz special that she would
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love it, but she's so mad at me that
she'll try her best not to laugh at it.
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And that's exactly what happened.
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And it was, it was brilliant.
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I mean, I, she was trying to put
a pillow over her face to act like
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she was mad, but she was, I mean,
giggling all the way through it.
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Uh, so I think Schultz right now,
I'm, I'm, I love his evolution.
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Uh, Nate Tazi, love Nate.
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Ali Sadik, I think is hilarious.
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Um, uh, Kyle Kna, I just love how he,
he's a wordsmith to me and just, I mean,
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he kind of puts you in those shoes.
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Brian Simpson is really funny.
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I mean, a lot of people I see a lot
are that, I mean, they may not be
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doing Madison Square Garden all the
time, but they, but they're just really
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funny dudes and, and, and very unique.
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It
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Marc Preston: is funny you said that
your peers now, I think I was listening,
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I was checking out Marc Marin, who
I think is, does a great job with,
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with his, uh, show and he was talking
to WMAL Bell, I think, and they're
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talking about how like you work it out
in front of the audience, but then.
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You kind of want to go up on stage
with your peers, like super sharp.
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Like they're the ones ultimately you want
to, you don't want to be a dull knife like
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in the, in the room with them, you know?
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So it's, there's this whole
ecosystem or culture, sociology
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of, you know, working at the comedy
world that I'm kind of envious of.
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I mean, I'm only moderately funny at best.
413
Family and Personal Life
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You out, you mentioned your wife,
like what, what does she do?
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Is she, uh, does she go
on the road with you?
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Does she have her own gig that
she's doing right now, or what?
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Tone Bell: Uh, I hope she works,
but, uh, and she has been on the
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road, but I hope she doesn't.
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Um, I like to leave her at home.
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Is, is what is, is, is, is fine.
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I prefer to leave her at home.
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Um, she does like to come to shows
and I mean, a lot of material,
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you know, whatever happens in
the house, she hears it first.
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So a lot of stuff, you know, as, as,
and I have to tell the audience this
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sometimes, especially when I'm working
out something new that, uh, my mom used
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to hear a lot of stuff first, that, you
know, we, we, my mom and I are very tight.
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We talk every day.
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And now we don't talk as much.
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'cause I have a wife now and so she
hears all of this garbage every day.
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And then she tells me
if it's funny or not.
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And the inverse happens if she thinks
it's funny, other people don't.
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If she thinks it's not
funny, other people love it.
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Really?
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And so like that, that's
kind like the style.
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Yeah.
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Oh man.
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If she's like, you shouldn't say that.
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I go, oh, well I gotta put that on stage.
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Marc Preston: You got
the decoder ring of Okay.
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If it doesn't work with her, it's
probably gonna work on stage now.
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Tone Bell: Now,
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Marc Preston: like you mentioned your
mother, like what, what does she do?
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Uh,
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Tone Bell: my mom,
well, she's retired man.
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She just retired, uh, after 30 years.
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I mean, probably 40 years really.
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But, uh, her last gig was the
director, director of the governor's
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off director for the Governor's off
office of Highway Safety in Georgia.
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Okay.
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So, um.
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Yeah, I mean, and honestly
my mom is really funny.
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She don't think she's that funny,
but everybody knows she's real.
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She's so funny, man.
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And my wife is getting funnier.
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Like she, she's really not.
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She, she's, she, she's, she's
lucky she has me, I'll say that.
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'cause her jokes are getting better.
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She's trimming paddle somebody
long, she's long story helping.
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So you're helping her raise
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Marc Preston: her bar basically, you
know, you're helping her to, you know.
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Yeah.
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Be her, be her fullest self, you know?
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Are your folks still around?
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I mean, your mother's still around you.
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Uh, what about your father?
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What was his, uh, vocation?
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Tone Bell: Yeah.
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Uh, my mom and dad's still
together, still around.
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Uh, he, he's kind of, nobody really
knows what he's doing right now.
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I mean, he kind of works,
but then kind of doesn't.
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Um, he's a, he's a, um, a civil engineer
and developer, and so he kind of, you
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know, he'll help you out with a parking
lot or, you know, a runway or a house or
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something if you need it, but only if he.
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My dad's one of those dudes.
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He is like, you got cash.
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Like, that's,
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my dad was like, I'll work, but not,
but I ain't paying no taxes on it.
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Like, if you got cash, I'll hook you up.
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But I'm not, I'm not, uh, I'm
not taking checks anymore.
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So yeah, he's kinda
working, but not really.
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Marc Preston: Were you an only kid or did
you have some, uh, siblings growing up?
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Tone Bell: Uh, only biological kid.
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I got, I got, I got some cousins and
um, and some, and some friends that
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are like brothers and sisters tell
me that, uh, that I've collected
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over probably the last 30, 40 years.
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Spent a lot of time hopping around
moving neighborhoods, moving schools.
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A lot of kind of building your
own, kind of, building your own
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Marc Preston: extended family, your,
your homemade family, you know?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So, yeah.
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But yeah, I was an only kid also and I
was wondering, did that kind of keep you
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in your head a little bit more, like,
you know, being creative in school and,
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you know, 'cause I look at different
actors have spoken with comedians.
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A lot of, you know, a lot of
them, either they were only
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kids or maybe they were like.
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The oldest, oldest kid or younger, you
know, it's where they were kind of still
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sort of on there doing their own thing.
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How did that influence, do you
think, uh, your creative trajectory?
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Tone Bell: I mean, I, I'll tell,
I mean, I think you know that, I
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mean, like you're on the radio.
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I mean, so obviously there's a need
to, to be out in front of people
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and, and have a, have a voice, right?
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I mean, so like, that's, that's
probably where you got it.
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I mean, that's where I got it,
is like, if I'm gonna have any
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attention with two working parents,
both probably have, I mean, both of
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mine had two jobs, a piece really.
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So it was like, all right, I'm
gonna attention from somewhere.
507
,260 --> 00:21:27,000
You know, so, yeah, I
remember, I remember being
508
,000 --> 00:21:29,220
Marc Preston: seven years old, wanted
to do radio and I was like going,
509
,220 --> 00:21:32,310
it was just, it was a theater of
the mind that was intriguing to me.
510
,310 --> 00:21:36,090
That was the thing that kinda like, you
know, later on it was like, uh, you know,
511
,090 --> 00:21:37,410
used to being in a studio by myself.
512
,410 --> 00:21:38,190
Then I started acting.
513
,190 --> 00:21:39,870
I was like, I'm doing something
with other people now.
514
,870 --> 00:21:41,910
So it's like I'm trying to
go, what do I enjoy more?
515
Transition to Acting and Comedy
,270 --> 00:21:46,950
Now as far as the acting thing for you,
you know, uh, comedy is a very singular.
516
,820 --> 00:21:49,320
Uh, even though you're
part of a community, you're
517
,320 --> 00:21:50,700
kind of doing your thing.
518
,700 --> 00:21:51,660
It's all on you.
519
,660 --> 00:21:53,970
You're the only guy on stage, but acting.
520
,060 --> 00:21:56,910
It's not just people you're
acting with, but you got a crew.
521
,630 --> 00:21:58,710
It's a, it's a 180, you know?
522
,800 --> 00:22:00,090
What about the acting thing?
523
,090 --> 00:22:00,570
Got you.
524
,630 --> 00:22:01,560
Uh, jazzed.
525
,070 --> 00:22:02,700
Tone Bell: Uh, yeah.
526
,700 --> 00:22:05,910
Comedy, comedy is, is a
selfish team sport, right?
527
,910 --> 00:22:09,480
So, I mean, it's like I can't do it
without other comics, but also I, I'm
528
,480 --> 00:22:13,950
solo in this, in this kind of ether of
other people that also are creative.
529
Theater Experiences and Challenges
,160 --> 00:22:15,870
Uh, the acting side of it.
530
,335 --> 00:22:22,185
Is, um, it's, it's a, it's a
bunch of short jobs, right?
531
,185 --> 00:22:24,945
So, I mean, so, you know, you go do a
movie, you create a family for three
532
,945 --> 00:22:26,235
or four months, maybe six months.
533
,595 --> 00:22:28,875
You do a show, you know,
kind of the same thing.
534
,875 --> 00:22:31,275
You do theater, I mean, you,
you, you, you come together.
535
,590 --> 00:22:35,790
You got like-mindedness, you
collaborate and then you disperse.
536
,970 --> 00:22:38,700
Like, I, I think that's, it always
keeps it exciting 'cause you
537
,700 --> 00:22:39,480
never know what's gonna happen.
538
,480 --> 00:22:42,480
It's always kind of new Now, theater,
I mean, when people do theater runs,
539
,480 --> 00:22:45,480
I, I'm, I'm, I could, I've been
thinking about it actually for a while.
540
,480 --> 00:22:47,790
Like, would I go back
to theater any, anytime?
541
,300 --> 00:22:51,930
And I, I think I would, but I,
I could only do a short run.
542
,379 --> 00:22:55,170
I got friends who just kind of hopped on
Broadway and do some off Broadway stuff.
543
,185 --> 00:22:57,615
And, uh, I get envious of it.
544
,615 --> 00:23:00,495
But then, then, then I've had friends
who, I mean, they've been doing
545
,495 --> 00:23:02,865
the same play for eight years and
I just don't know how they do it.
546
,165 --> 00:23:03,375
Marc Preston: Yeah.
547
,375 --> 00:23:04,605
I couldn't, I couldn't do that.
548
,695 --> 00:23:05,804
I, I'm, I'm there with you.
549
,804 --> 00:23:08,925
I'm like, God, I think I'd get, I, I
like variety, you know, you know, I
550
,925 --> 00:23:11,655
like want to go down that buffet line,
like trying different things out.
551
,804 --> 00:23:12,105
You know?
552
,105 --> 00:23:13,965
I don't wanna be doing the
same thing, having the same
553
,995 --> 00:23:15,014
thing over and over, you know?
554
,435 --> 00:23:18,044
Uh, but did you mentioned theater,
was that something you did in high
555
,044 --> 00:23:20,685
school or was that where you, where,
where theater started for you?
556
,540 --> 00:23:24,150
Tone Bell: Yeah, I mean, like I said, I
had the Kid show that was a live show.
557
,150 --> 00:23:27,780
I mean, it was, it was on tv, but it was
a live stage show every, every Saturday.
558
,780 --> 00:23:33,510
And then, uh, couple, couple plays
in high school, a couple productions
559
,510 --> 00:23:37,410
in college, and then traveled
for a little bit after college.
560
,620 --> 00:23:41,880
I did one, one run on August Wilson
played Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and then,
561
,940 --> 00:23:46,410
um, and then it was like, yeah, that's.
562
,740 --> 00:23:49,290
I just, I did like a nine week
run and, and I was like, I, I'm,
563
,530 --> 00:23:50,820
I can't say these words anymore.
564
,090 --> 00:23:54,360
Marc Preston: Theater always intimidated
me a little bit because I can go a
565
,360 --> 00:23:58,380
few pages at a time on a screenplay,
on, on camera, but on stage you
566
,380 --> 00:24:00,600
got, I always had this like anxiety.
567
,600 --> 00:24:04,125
What if I just, I. Vapor luck
and I forget the lines, you
568
,125 --> 00:24:05,355
know, that was always my thing.
569
,355 --> 00:24:08,625
I, I never, I think I could have gotten
it eventually, but I, I don't know.
570
,625 --> 00:24:11,715
I always kind of ended be the theater
kids, like how are they doing that?
571
,715 --> 00:24:13,420
How do they memorized an entire script?
572
,420 --> 00:24:13,740
There's
573
,055 --> 00:24:17,655
Tone Bell: script, there's this clip that
just kind of resurfaced of, uh, back when
574
,655 --> 00:24:22,755
Will Smith started doing fresh prints
and his, uh, his first like six episodes.
575
,265 --> 00:24:26,175
He was so nervous, but also
so professional that he would
576
,175 --> 00:24:29,235
learn the entire script and
know the other characters line.
577
,580 --> 00:24:29,970
Yeah.
578
,000 --> 00:24:30,300
Yeah.
579
,420 --> 00:24:30,840
Right.
580
,960 --> 00:24:35,310
And so, but you could see him
in the scene mouthing his scene
581
,310 --> 00:24:37,860
partner's dialogue as well, really?
582
,860 --> 00:24:37,950
And
583
,950 --> 00:24:39,330
Marc Preston: so, and now I
need to go, now I need to go
584
,565 --> 00:24:40,889
rewatch and, and go see that.
585
Television Aspirations and Family Influence
,889 --> 00:24:44,340
But w was being on camera, uh,
was that an aspiration for you?
586
,340 --> 00:24:47,040
Like, okay, I got the comedy thing,
I'm on stage, I want to, I wanna
587
,040 --> 00:24:48,750
be on camera, I want to do tv.
588
,750 --> 00:24:49,530
I wanna do film.
589
,530 --> 00:24:50,430
Was that actually.
590
,685 --> 00:24:52,514
Um, percolating in you
591
,514 --> 00:24:52,635
Tone Bell: or?
592
,145 --> 00:24:53,534
Yeah.
593
,534 --> 00:24:57,945
I mean, my dude, I, I'll tell you
this, my, my pops, uh, this is like,
594
,945 --> 00:25:01,575
you know, pre DVD player, but my, my
dad, I make a lot of jokes about him on
595
,575 --> 00:25:06,435
stage about this, but my dad recorded
every episode of The Cosby Show, A
596
,435 --> 00:25:12,495
different World Fresh Prince Martin
Seinfeld, uh, married with children.
597
,495 --> 00:25:15,615
I mean, we had just shelves of VHS tapes.
598
,615 --> 00:25:16,065
VHS.
599
,665 --> 00:25:16,965
Yeah.
600
,965 --> 00:25:16,966
Yeah.
601
,149 --> 00:25:19,695
And, and, and he, I mean, in order.
602
,310 --> 00:25:24,000
And trying to, you know, stop recording
when the commercials came on and
603
,000 --> 00:25:26,550
start recording again when they, when
they, when the show came back on.
604
,970 --> 00:25:29,639
And TGIF was huge for the three of us.
605
,639 --> 00:25:33,600
So, I mean, I watched Multicam
comedies from probably the age of
606
,600 --> 00:25:37,350
seven or eight, you know, I mean, even
mash, I remember going to Mash and,
607
,410 --> 00:25:39,090
and, and Golden Girls and all that.
608
,185 --> 00:25:43,905
It kind of just formed to this thing
of like, oh, this is what my family,
609
,905 --> 00:25:47,205
'cause we didn't go to movies like
we rewatched, multicam sitcoms.
610
,445 --> 00:25:49,305
Marc Preston: Why was, why do
you think he was recording that?
611
,305 --> 00:25:53,175
Was it just 'cause he wanted to be able
to, it's sort of like he was creating
612
,175 --> 00:25:56,355
his own DVR, he can just jump back
into, or was he like, okay, you know,
613
,415 --> 00:25:59,925
tone's gonna wanna check this out, you
know, or what was his for doing that?
614
,254 --> 00:26:03,105
Tone Bell: And they had no idea of
like, this was gonna be my career.
615
,105 --> 00:26:05,955
But at the same time, I think I
kind of knew it because at like
616
,955 --> 00:26:08,625
12, 13 years old, my mom asked me
what I'm gonna do for a living.
617
,625 --> 00:26:10,425
And I said, I'm gonna do
what Will Smith's doing?
618
,385 --> 00:26:13,095
And, and she goes, all right.
619
,095 --> 00:26:15,465
I go, I'm gonna be on tv,
I'm gonna do funny tv.
620
,245 --> 00:26:21,074
And she said, when I went to college,
she, uh, was like, all right, well, we
621
,074 --> 00:26:25,665
don't know how to do that, but they have
a TV program at this school in Georgia,
622
,754 --> 00:26:28,365
and you can go for free with your, you
know, as long as you get a scholarship.
623
,875 --> 00:26:29,985
And then that's what I did.
624
,985 --> 00:26:32,025
So it was kinda like they didn't
know how to support it, but they're
625
,025 --> 00:26:34,004
like, all right, this, and she
thought I was gonna be on the news.
626
,004 --> 00:26:35,985
She was like, he'll be a news anchor.
627
,315 --> 00:26:37,725
Marc Preston: Wait, what
school was that you went to?
628
College Days and Early Career
,175 --> 00:26:39,225
Uh, I went to Savannah State.
629
,405 --> 00:26:41,235
So you were thinking maybe
I'm gonna be a news guy.
630
,240 --> 00:26:41,520
Okay.
631
,525 --> 00:26:42,105
Okay.
632
,105 --> 00:26:42,525
No, no, no.
633
,525 --> 00:26:44,720
She was thinking that I knew I doing that.
634
,495 --> 00:26:45,764
Okay.
635
,764 --> 00:26:48,945
So you're you're like, I wanna, I wanna
do jokes, you know, and she wants you to
636
,945 --> 00:26:53,355
be that like, you know, swab Debra Air
guy in the, in the sport coat on, on tv.
637
,355 --> 00:26:53,895
I gotcha.
638
,375 --> 00:26:55,080
Um, yeah, I mean.
639
,795 --> 00:27:00,915
Tone Bell: Even to this day, I think I'm
the only one that's had my own show on the
640
,915 --> 00:27:04,335
close on like the CCTV of, of our campus.
641
,335 --> 00:27:08,625
But I had like a daily show type show
on campus and so it was like the funny
642
,625 --> 00:27:10,065
news of what's happening on campus.
643
,515 --> 00:27:13,395
So like that was kind of,
that was kind of my, my thing.
644
,905 --> 00:27:17,145
Marc Preston: So do you feel like you
needed, you, you, do you feel like it's
645
,145 --> 00:27:21,735
kind of hardwired in you, you need that
outlet to comment to, to, you know, is
646
,735 --> 00:27:23,655
that, is that kind of the way you process?
647
,344 --> 00:27:25,365
What's going on in the world.
648
,365 --> 00:27:26,804
It's like, okay, I want to comment on it.
649
,804 --> 00:27:30,344
That kind of puts you in a position of
con contemplating, you know, whatever.
650
,344 --> 00:27:30,764
Have you.
651
,824 --> 00:27:33,615
Um, yeah, like you said you,
your daily show like thing.
652
,705 --> 00:27:36,524
What, what was your drive
to do something like that?
653
,645 --> 00:27:39,074
Uh, being a teenager, early
twenties or whatever have you?
654
,254 --> 00:27:42,645
Tone Bell: I mean, it's, it, it started
as just like a, a, a, um, I mean, what
655
,645 --> 00:27:47,024
am I, professors, it started as like, as
a, as an assignment and then they kind
656
,024 --> 00:27:49,905
of wanted to keep going and I was like,
well, we can, and so I kind of hired the
657
,905 --> 00:27:52,935
rest of the students to be the staff, so
everybody got a chance to learn how to do.
658
,669 --> 00:27:54,179
Something.
659
,179 --> 00:27:58,080
So we had, you know, producers and writers
and, and, and, and field reporters.
660
,080 --> 00:28:01,350
And I was sitting at the desk and I had
guests come in and I was interviewing.
661
,710 --> 00:28:05,370
And so it was like the, yeah, it's
the observation of if I'm gonna fly on
662
,370 --> 00:28:09,600
the wall and, and have a take at this,
can we make it informative and funny?
663
,139 --> 00:28:10,379
Yeah.
664
,379 --> 00:28:10,679
Yeah.
665
,710 --> 00:28:12,780
And, and that's kind of what it became.
666
,780 --> 00:28:16,860
Even, even my standup now is kind of
that of like these little small things.
667
,860 --> 00:28:21,060
If I can paint this picture right,
you'll know how ridiculous this thing is.
668
,060 --> 00:28:21,105
Marc Preston: Yeah.
669
,375 --> 00:28:23,055
Isn't that the beauty of comedy though?
670
,055 --> 00:28:25,845
Like where you're sort of like, okay, I
know you didn't see it like this, but let
671
,845 --> 00:28:29,925
me show it to you through a different lens
and then something absurd is like, or, or
672
,925 --> 00:28:31,605
something that seems quote unquote normal.
673
,605 --> 00:28:32,985
It's like, God, that is absurd.
674
,285 --> 00:28:37,095
See, I think anybody can inform, but
I think it's, it's a special muscle to
675
,095 --> 00:28:39,555
flex, to, to, to make that thing funny.
676
,975 --> 00:28:43,695
I think John Stewart is, you know,
does a great job of that, you know?
677
,755 --> 00:28:44,025
Tone Bell: Yeah.
678
,415 --> 00:28:46,635
I mean, even now, like I don't really
touch, I mean, there's some, there's
679
,635 --> 00:28:51,645
certain subjects I don't touch on stage
just because I don't have the ammunition.
680
,705 --> 00:28:55,695
If, if an audience member
questions it, I go, I'm probably
681
,695 --> 00:28:56,565
not prepared to answer that.
682
,045 --> 00:28:58,815
But my life, I can.
683
,815 --> 00:28:58,905
Mm-hmm.
684
,255 --> 00:29:03,135
So if I can give you all the,
all the pieces that you need to
685
,135 --> 00:29:05,595
build this house that I'm trying
to show you the, the picture of,
686
,955 --> 00:29:07,425
then, then this should work out.
687
,054 --> 00:29:10,814
Marc Preston: Well, we're talking
comedy, but it just was coincidental,
688
,814 --> 00:29:13,185
uh, like two or three weeks ago.
689
,189 --> 00:29:14,354
I was, I was just flipping through.
690
,354 --> 00:29:15,824
I was doing that thing
like, what am I gonna watch?
691
,854 --> 00:29:17,895
'cause I'm on my computer, I'm
doing a little bit of work, I
692
,895 --> 00:29:19,935
don't wanna kick something on TV
and kind of check something out.
693
,935 --> 00:29:23,625
And I landed on, um, uh, uh, a
trigger warning and I was like,
694
,625 --> 00:29:25,215
oh, well that's not comedy.
695
,574 --> 00:29:29,115
But, uh, but that was, that was kind of
a fun, you know, any, anytime I have a
696
,115 --> 00:29:32,895
chance to see I'm a Gen X kid, anytime I
have a chance to see Anthony Michael Hall.
697
,445 --> 00:29:35,274
I'm gonna do it, but, well, no,
I thought you, I thought you say
698
,294 --> 00:29:36,925
Tone Bell: Jessica Alba.
699
,925 --> 00:29:38,695
I was gonna say, yeah, anytime
I get a chance to be next to
700
,695 --> 00:29:40,495
her, I, I, I, I take that chance
701
,495 --> 00:29:40,554
Marc Preston: too.
702
,514 --> 00:29:42,774
No, but that, that was the thing.
703
,774 --> 00:29:46,615
See, Jessica Alba, you know, back
in the day, she was doing the, she
704
,615 --> 00:29:51,205
was the teen movie, you know, like
she was the nu or whatever, but
705
,205 --> 00:29:52,524
she was kind of a badass in this.
706
,524 --> 00:29:55,225
So how, how did that, how did that,
'cause that's not comedy, but how
707
,225 --> 00:29:56,665
did that come across, uh, your desk?
708
Acting Roles and Collaborations
,695 --> 00:29:59,365
Tone Bell: Yeah, I mean, I, I had worked
with that same, those same producers
709
,365 --> 00:30:02,304
before, and then they, they, uh, they
called like, Hey, we got something fun.
710
,729 --> 00:30:05,159
Uh, do you think you could pull this off?
711
,165 --> 00:30:06,975
And, and I read it and I was
like, yeah, let's, let's do it.
712
,975 --> 00:30:10,800
And it actually added me to more
of it than, um, we went back and
713
,800 --> 00:30:13,350
did some reshoots and, and, uh,
I tested pretty well on that.
714
,350 --> 00:30:15,689
And it was, it was a fun,
that was very fun, man.
715
,689 --> 00:30:18,570
I mean, I, I, I wanna get back in
that space, you know, I put on about
716
,570 --> 00:30:22,080
15, 20 pounds and, and, uh, you
know, get, get some nice arms so
717
,080 --> 00:30:23,310
I can go shirtless a little more.
718
,669 --> 00:30:23,970
But
719
,439 --> 00:30:25,709
Marc Preston: yeah.
720
,709 --> 00:30:25,919
Yeah.
721
,919 --> 00:30:28,169
'cause you know, you, you, you
made me feel like I gotta go to
722
,169 --> 00:30:30,990
the gym a little bit, you know,
but it was, it was physical, so
723
,990 --> 00:30:31,980
that had to be a little more fun.
724
,980 --> 00:30:32,010
I
725
,189 --> 00:30:34,169
Tone Bell: get, before I get
too many, uh, more gray hairs.
726
,169 --> 00:30:36,419
I'm, I'm gonna thirst trap a
little bit as the kids say.
727
,689 --> 00:30:36,959
I don't
728
,959 --> 00:30:39,810
Marc Preston: know if I've got the,
uh, capacity to do that anymore.
729
,810 --> 00:30:42,211
I don't think, uh, gray
hairs and stuff, I'm.
730
,070 --> 00:30:43,371
Tone Bell: You got you.
731
,430 --> 00:30:46,340
You gotta believe for yourself,
thirst trapping is for any age.
732
,550 --> 00:30:46,820
Marc Preston: Okay.
733
,820 --> 00:30:49,790
Well, you know what that, that'll
be, uh, maybe that'll be the title
734
,790 --> 00:30:51,260
of the a, uh, uh, of this episode.
735
,260 --> 00:30:52,730
Thirst Trapping at any age.
736
,820 --> 00:30:52,910
Yeah.
737
,940 --> 00:30:54,080
I mean, it sounds 6-year-old.
738
,080 --> 00:30:54,770
You say it like that.
739
,980 --> 00:30:57,170
How did survival of the
thickest come along to you?
740
,590 --> 00:31:01,160
Tone Bell: Uh, that was one that,
uh, uh, I was reading a couple
741
,160 --> 00:31:08,540
scripts, uh, I wanna say, uh, end
of 2021 and, uh, it came across and,
742
,540 --> 00:31:11,720
and, and Michelle bout who is the
star and, and creator of the show.
743
,284 --> 00:31:15,645
Um, I read it and I was like, oh
man, this, yeah, this seems fun.
744
,705 --> 00:31:19,334
And my agents were, were asking me like,
you know, Hey, do you wanna read for this?
745
,845 --> 00:31:23,595
And I'm like, well, I've known her
for, I mean, 12 years at that point.
746
,595 --> 00:31:27,074
I'm like, if, if she saw me
in it, then I, you know, I'll
747
,074 --> 00:31:28,455
call her and see how she feels.
748
,845 --> 00:31:32,024
And we talked about it and
then, uh, and I was like, yeah.
749
,024 --> 00:31:34,095
I was like, but I'll, but I'm
not gonna audition for it.
750
,245 --> 00:31:38,445
But I will read with her, like, if,
if she's down to just, just let's
751
,445 --> 00:31:40,544
just do a chemistry read and, and, um.
752
,355 --> 00:31:44,325
I had worked with Netflix a few times
before already, and, and they agreed
753
,325 --> 00:31:48,405
to it and, and we read it and it
is, it is, it is, it is really dope
754
,405 --> 00:31:49,965
to be able to work with a friend.
755
,965 --> 00:31:53,355
You have before the,
the, the project starts.
756
,355 --> 00:31:56,115
I mean, you, I think I've always become
friends with the people I worked with,
757
,505 --> 00:32:00,345
but to start off as a friend and I've
known, because I've known her from my
758
,345 --> 00:32:02,895
first sitcom and hers from standup.
759
,895 --> 00:32:05,145
I think we shot our first
half hour specials with Comedy
760
,145 --> 00:32:06,585
Central the same weekend.
761
,975 --> 00:32:08,205
So, um.
762
,775 --> 00:32:11,145
I mean, I've known her, you know,
we've both been climbing in this
763
,145 --> 00:32:13,965
career, and I mean, right now she's
just, I mean, she's killed it.
764
,295 --> 00:32:14,535
Marc Preston: Yeah.
765
,535 --> 00:32:16,965
I mean, I mean, it's though, because
y'all got that, uh, familiarity.
766
,965 --> 00:32:19,725
You got that friendship, you got
that thing that's, you know, probably
767
,875 --> 00:32:22,065
you tr there're a little bit more
trust kind of built in when you're
768
,065 --> 00:32:23,625
making choices and stuff like that.
769
,715 --> 00:32:23,835
You
770
,835 --> 00:32:25,395
Tone Bell: know, abso absolutely.
771
,635 --> 00:32:28,335
I mean, it's, I, I've known her,
I knew her before she was married.
772
,070 --> 00:32:30,630
I knew her husband when they were dating.
773
,630 --> 00:32:33,420
And so, you know, kind of going through
all this together at the same time.
774
,420 --> 00:32:35,940
It is, it is, it is been a
wonderful evolution of a friendship
775
,945 --> 00:32:37,140
and, and, and career path.
776
,140 --> 00:32:37,320
Man.
777
,320 --> 00:32:41,640
It's, it's, I mean, out of all the, the,
between the, the regulars on the show,
778
,700 --> 00:32:47,760
you know, the cast leads and, um, I would
say other comics and actors that pop in.
779
,760 --> 00:32:53,580
I mean, this is the show I've worked on
in my career where I've known majority of
780
,580 --> 00:32:55,080
the people that come to play on the show.
781
,620 --> 00:32:57,570
And that's been very cool, exciting.
782
,570 --> 00:32:59,969
'cause you know, you get to your trailer
and you get the hair and makeup and
783
,969 --> 00:33:02,729
then, I mean, sometimes they don't
even tell me 'cause it is a surprise.
784
,729 --> 00:33:04,709
And then you get the hair and
makeup and you're like, oh shit, I
785
,709 --> 00:33:08,100
didn't know you were coming in to,
you know, and that's such a, you
786
,100 --> 00:33:09,179
don't get it often, I don't think.
787
Personal Reflections and Future Plans
,215 --> 00:33:18,465
Marc Preston: Before we wrap up
here, I always do something I call my
788
,465 --> 00:33:20,355
seven questions a little extra fun.
789
,685 --> 00:33:24,435
Uh, yeah, a little of some randomness,
but, uh, first question I always ask
790
,495 --> 00:33:26,355
'cause I always talk food at some level.
791
,385 --> 00:33:29,175
In fact, you being from Atlanta,
I always talk about going to,
792
,535 --> 00:33:31,580
uh, was it I. The varsity.
793
,610 --> 00:33:33,020
My daughter loves that orange drink.
794
,020 --> 00:33:34,159
They got the varsity up there.
795
,639 --> 00:33:39,530
And my, and my, and my uh, uh,
arteries, uh, don't like the, uh, the
796
,530 --> 00:33:42,915
rest of it, but it's very tasty, you
know, so it's good stuff up there.
797
,915 --> 00:33:43,195
Yeah.
798
,875 --> 00:33:44,034
Varsity
799
,274 --> 00:33:44,834
Tone Bell: trapping.
800
,834 --> 00:33:47,030
Don't, don't, uh, don't,
don't, they don't add up.
801
The Seven Questions
,030 --> 00:33:47,510
But go ahead.
802
,810 --> 00:33:50,300
Marc Preston: What is your
favorite comfort food?
803
,304 --> 00:33:52,490
That thing, it just kind of brings
you right where you want to be.
804
,490 --> 00:33:53,449
Good day, bad day.
805
,659 --> 00:33:54,679
What would that be for you?
806
,310 --> 00:33:59,780
Tone Bell: Uh, probably shrimp and grits.
807
,405 --> 00:34:01,605
Marc Preston: Now next question.
808
,605 --> 00:34:04,095
If you're gonna sit down and talk
story, you're gonna have coffee with,
809
,155 --> 00:34:08,325
uh, three people, you and three people
living or not, who would you like to
810
,325 --> 00:34:11,505
sit down and spend a whole afternoon
drinking coffee and talk in story with
811
,615 --> 00:34:13,215
Tone Bell: living or not?
812
,275 --> 00:34:13,784
Uh, one.
813
,784 --> 00:34:14,655
Kathy Bates.
814
,075 --> 00:34:18,014
Um, I do that in real life
already, but Kathy Bates is one.
815
,705 --> 00:34:27,705
Um, uh, I would say
young, young Don Cheadle.
816
,575 --> 00:34:30,105
Like 30-year-old Don Cheadle.
817
,825 --> 00:34:31,605
Uh, maybe 30.
818
,605 --> 00:34:32,445
I'll give him 35 maybe.
819
,445 --> 00:34:33,645
30 5-year-old Don Cheadle.
820
,645 --> 00:34:33,915
Okay.
821
,425 --> 00:34:42,705
Um, and, um, um, I, oh my God,
there's a, I'm gonna forget his name.
822
,825 --> 00:34:46,725
Um, there's a crazy story I heard
when I, I was in, I was in, I
823
,725 --> 00:34:52,335
was in Italy a couple years ago,
and there's a story about a pope
824
,455 --> 00:34:57,135
who decided to, um, take down.
825
,335 --> 00:35:00,855
The wall of like forgiveness or something.
826
,125 --> 00:35:01,214
Marc Preston: Mm-hmm.
827
,145 --> 00:35:04,754
Tone Bell: I don't know if you know
this story, but every 25 years they,
828
,835 --> 00:35:08,745
the pope can take this wall down,
whoever walks through with him,
829
,745 --> 00:35:12,915
they're, they're forgiven of all their
sins and guaranteed to go to heaven.
830
,484 --> 00:35:16,185
And this pope didn't think
he was gonna make it, so he
831
,185 --> 00:35:17,625
took it down 10 years early.
832
,825 --> 00:35:24,404
And I thought it was so funny during
the tour that I was like, man, I want
833
,404 --> 00:35:26,535
to, I want to know what he was thinking.
834
,200 --> 00:35:29,040
What was he up to?
835
,040 --> 00:35:29,340
Yeah.
836
,700 --> 00:35:30,540
I'm like, man.
837
,590 --> 00:35:32,010
Yeah.
838
,010 --> 00:35:34,980
Like that, that I've been thinking about
this for the last two and a half years.
839
,980 --> 00:35:36,540
That, that it makes me laugh.
840
,540 --> 00:35:37,980
And I go, all right, man, what's up?
841
,850 --> 00:35:41,640
I just, I just, I would love to go.
842
,725 --> 00:35:43,440
You, you had to tear down the wall.
843
,440 --> 00:35:45,960
Like it's what, like what's, oh, man.
844
,020 --> 00:35:49,590
Because I think it happened at
like 92 or 94, something like that.
845
,590 --> 00:35:52,585
I can't think of which Pope it
was, but, oh, pop John Paul.
846
,460 --> 00:35:54,450
I don't think it was John Paul.
847
,840 --> 00:35:55,740
Marc Preston: I didn't
even know about that.
848
,745 --> 00:35:55,825
See?
849
,010 --> 00:35:57,840
See, I love this show
'cause I get to learn stuff.
850
,290 --> 00:36:02,280
Um, now, but the next question I got
for you, going back to your young tone,
851
,280 --> 00:36:03,810
who was your first celebrity crush?
852
,900 --> 00:36:04,440
That's, yeah.
853
,440 --> 00:36:05,065
I gotta, I, that's my crush.
854
,225 --> 00:36:05,465
I gotta
855
,465 --> 00:36:06,750
Tone Bell: give you, I gotta give you two.
856
,990 --> 00:36:07,350
Okay.
857
,410 --> 00:36:08,370
I can't give you one.
858
,430 --> 00:36:10,410
Uh, number one, Rudy Huxtable.
859
,070 --> 00:36:11,760
So Keisha Knight.
860
,760 --> 00:36:11,820
Yeah.
861
,930 --> 00:36:15,750
Um, and then Topanga.
862
,424 --> 00:36:17,325
From Boy Me's world.
863
,384 --> 00:36:17,444
Marc Preston: Yeah.
864
,564 --> 00:36:18,794
She's come up a few times.
865
,794 --> 00:36:20,595
She, she's definitely come up a few times.
866
,595 --> 00:36:20,654
Yeah.
867
,924 --> 00:36:22,214
Now it, next question.
868
,214 --> 00:36:24,435
You're gonna be living on
an exotic island for a year.
869
,585 --> 00:36:24,855
Alright.
870
,855 --> 00:36:26,625
Somewhere you want to be, they
just don't have streaming.
871
,625 --> 00:36:29,805
So you, you know, you gotta bring,
uh, it's, it's a beautiful place.
872
,134 --> 00:36:31,245
You gotta bring an album.
873
,274 --> 00:36:35,174
If you wanna listen to, uh, music,
gotta bring an album, DVD, whatever,
874
,564 --> 00:36:38,714
uh, or cd and you gotta bring a
DVD if you wanna watch a movie.
875
,714 --> 00:36:40,814
So what would that album,
and what would that movie be?
876
,814 --> 00:36:43,544
You could watch over and over
again that you could bring for
877
,544 --> 00:36:44,564
the full year on the island?
878
,134 --> 00:36:47,984
Tone Bell: Uh, this is probably
cliche, but, but I love it.
879
,984 --> 00:36:50,475
So probably Dark Side
of the Moon, pink Floyd.
880
,075 --> 00:36:54,825
Um, and then you said DVD?
881
,605 --> 00:36:55,814
Announcer: Mm-hmm.
882
,875 --> 00:36:55,904
Uh,
883
,805 --> 00:36:59,355
Tone Bell: probably, probably Life.
884
,444 --> 00:36:59,984
Eddie Murphy.
885
,984 --> 00:37:02,654
Marc Preston: Martin Lawrence or they,
when they were in prison together.
886
,654 --> 00:37:03,600
Yeah, that was a good one.
887
,600 --> 00:37:04,424
I forgot about that one.
888
,694 --> 00:37:09,495
If you were to go, say from stem to stern,
uh, time you wake up, time you go to bed,
889
,495 --> 00:37:13,154
what are the component parts in your mind
that would make it a perfect day for you?
890
,190 --> 00:37:16,529
Tone Bell: Starting off with my
wife not waking me up when she has
891
,529 --> 00:37:19,080
to pee at 3:00 AM if I got a full
night's sleep without having to
892
,080 --> 00:37:21,120
wake up it first, her not peeing.
893
,420 --> 00:37:23,490
That's first, that's number one.
894
,610 --> 00:37:27,029
A full night's sleep without
hearing the door and her climbing
895
,029 --> 00:37:28,440
over me to go to the bathroom.
896
,440 --> 00:37:32,850
That would, that that'd be perfect
to wake up at, like 7, 7 30.
897
,509 --> 00:37:38,130
Um, nice cup of tea, a
stretch, a little lemon water.
898
,865 --> 00:37:39,915
Uh, my old neighbors.
899
,915 --> 00:37:42,645
Go give them a shout,
Jerry and Linda, the 87.
900
,645 --> 00:37:44,235
Go kick it with them for a little bit.
901
,685 --> 00:37:47,565
Um, do, do a little yard work.
902
,625 --> 00:37:49,575
I mean, I, I'm a big fan
of doing my own yard work.
903
,575 --> 00:37:50,145
Do that.
904
,505 --> 00:37:53,865
Uh, my wife makes lunch without
me having to ask her to do it.
905
,225 --> 00:37:56,835
Oh, that would be lovely.
906
,835 --> 00:37:57,885
Mm-hmm.
907
,891 --> 00:37:58,935
That'd be great.
908
,535 --> 00:38:04,365
Um, clean another thing, I, I
clean the pool, clean the pool.
909
,845 --> 00:38:07,905
Or maybe not have to clean the pool,
either clean the pool for some time
910
,905 --> 00:38:10,815
to myself or look out there and go,
oh, the pool doesn't need cleaning.
911
,175 --> 00:38:11,640
That's, mm-hmm.
912
,725 --> 00:38:12,315
That's great.
913
,915 --> 00:38:17,384
And then head downtown in the
evening, hit zero traffic, my
914
,384 --> 00:38:19,245
parking space is available.
915
,785 --> 00:38:23,475
Um, hop on stage and uh, and
kill a new 15 minute set.
916
,775 --> 00:38:24,435
That's a perfect day
917
,884 --> 00:38:26,025
Marc Preston: because I
know what parking's like in
918
,025 --> 00:38:27,195
Austin, so I feel you there.
919
,645 --> 00:38:30,915
Um, now if you were doing this for a
living, what, what would be the vocation?
920
,915 --> 00:38:34,245
What would be the number two that
would bring you joy you think?
921
,030 --> 00:38:36,420
Tone Bell: I don't know.
922
,480 --> 00:38:38,580
Uh, uh hmm.
923
,580 --> 00:38:40,950
I mean, I guess, I mean, at this
point it's time to start a family,
924
,950 --> 00:38:43,860
so, uh, making sure my parents get a
chance to hang out with the grandkids.
925
,430 --> 00:38:44,940
I gotcha.
926
,090 --> 00:38:45,600
Marc Preston: I gotcha.
927
,600 --> 00:38:45,840
So
928
,500 --> 00:38:49,500
Tone Bell: fly them in wherever they
want to and just hang out and, and, uh,
929
,500 --> 00:38:52,200
and, and like some cool family time.
930
,200 --> 00:38:52,440
I think.
931
,440 --> 00:38:55,320
I think that'd be, that's what I, that's,
I think that's what I'm working for.
932
,320 --> 00:38:55,620
Yeah.
933
,650 --> 00:38:58,170
Like to, to be able to go, all
right, this is, this is good.
934
,170 --> 00:38:58,950
We're gonna be fine.
935
,070 --> 00:39:00,990
And then to whatever they wanna do.
936
,455 --> 00:39:02,175
Marc Preston: Fantastic.
937
,175 --> 00:39:02,625
I like that.
938
,625 --> 00:39:02,955
I like that.
939
,955 --> 00:39:04,755
Now, now I got one last question for you.
940
,755 --> 00:39:06,795
You're jumping in the DeLorean
and you're gonna go back to
941
,795 --> 00:39:07,845
when you were 16 years old.
942
,845 --> 00:39:11,745
You got a piece of advice for
16-year-old tone, uh, to make your
943
,745 --> 00:39:14,175
life better In that moment, maybe put
you on a little bit different path.
944
,175 --> 00:39:16,605
What's that one piece of advice
you would offer up to yourself?
945
,775 --> 00:39:19,485
Tone Bell: Don't deal with
that light-skinned girl you
946
,485 --> 00:39:20,745
dealt with when you were 16.
947
,375 --> 00:39:24,525
Marc Preston: It always kind of boils
down to the, to, to the opposite sex
948
,525 --> 00:39:25,785
sometimes, you know, do or don't.
949
,785 --> 00:39:25,875
Yeah.
950
,875 --> 00:39:26,085
I
951
,085 --> 00:39:29,745
Tone Bell: mean it was, I, I, I knew I
shouldn't have fooled with her and I did.
952
,745 --> 00:39:34,665
'cause I used to skip church to try
to go do uh, things and one time I
953
,665 --> 00:39:38,715
was trying to leave with her and I was
making a left into her neighborhood
954
,720 --> 00:39:44,955
and, and, and I had a car for about
four months and total totaled my car.
955
,795 --> 00:39:47,865
Uh, trying to do something
I shouldn't have been doing.
956
,865 --> 00:39:52,060
So that would've been, I mean, I
learned a lot, believe that, but yeah.
957
,060 --> 00:39:54,555
Yeah, that little I, that
that's, that's what being
958
,555 --> 00:39:56,714
Marc Preston: a teenager and being
your early twenties is all about.
959
,714 --> 00:39:58,154
Just those life lessons.
960
,154 --> 00:39:58,545
Yeah.
961
,845 --> 00:40:01,365
Well, my friend man, thank you so
much for sharing some time with me.
962
,365 --> 00:40:01,845
Next time.
963
,904 --> 00:40:04,275
Uh, you're down in South Padre,
you cruise south a little bit.
964
,515 --> 00:40:07,754
Uh, you know, come knock on my door,
I'll get you, get you some proper grub.
965
,754 --> 00:40:11,805
You know, uh, I might have to bug you
about getting into blacks to go get some
966
,805 --> 00:40:13,154
good barbecue though when I'm up there.
967
,214 --> 00:40:13,455
So.
968
,560 --> 00:40:14,640
Tone Bell: Man, hit me up, Marc.
969
,640 --> 00:40:15,150
Anytime.
970
,160 --> 00:40:18,060
Marc Preston: Alright, there you go.
971
,060 --> 00:40:19,290
Tone Bell.
972
,350 --> 00:40:20,130
A funny guy.
973
,130 --> 00:40:20,880
Really enjoyed it.
974
,180 --> 00:40:25,860
Uh, the new season of Survival of the
Thickest, uh, along with Michelle Boutou,
975
,920 --> 00:40:29,160
it is on Netflix right now, just came out.
976
,520 --> 00:40:34,170
Also, you can check out, uh,
again, story and craft pod.com.
977
,529 --> 00:40:38,220
Uh, you can check out his info
and if he's on tour and you
978
,220 --> 00:40:39,150
know, you just can kind of.
979
,375 --> 00:40:40,455
Click on the links.
980
,515 --> 00:40:44,235
In fact, uh, all of our guests, if you
wanna find them on, uh, on the socials,
981
,235 --> 00:40:46,725
it's a good way to, uh, look that up.
982
,815 --> 00:40:48,405
Alright, so I'm gonna get on out of here.
983
,525 --> 00:40:52,995
Uh, you have yourself a great rest of your
day or evening, and as I always say, thank
984
,995 --> 00:40:57,435
you so much, very, very much for, uh,
making whatever I've got going on here.
985
,435 --> 00:40:59,265
Part of what you've got going on.
986
,550 --> 00:41:03,000
Okay, we'll see you next time
right here on Story and Craft.
987
,270 --> 00:41:06,000
Announcer: That's it for this
episode of Story and Craft.
988
,090 --> 00:41:08,490
Join Marc next week for more conversation.
989
,700 --> 00:41:12,900
Right here on Story and Craft
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990
,960 --> 00:41:14,400
of Marc Preston Production's.
991
,430 --> 00:41:17,460
LLC Executive Producer is Marc.
992
,480 --> 00:41:20,900
Preston Associate Producer
is Zachary Holden.
993
,230 --> 00:41:24,830
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994
,830 --> 00:41:29,030
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995
,210 --> 00:41:30,620
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996
,980 --> 00:41:33,950
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997
,070 --> 00:41:38,210
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998
,780 --> 00:41:39,680
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999
,950 --> 00:41:40,880
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1000
,090 --> 00:41:43,490
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