Bobby Is Tone Tone Galore

Bad Friends

Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino record a live episode of Bad Friends in Atlanta, Georgia, blending stand-up banter with improvised skits and personal

Key takeaways

• Bobby Lee recounts a backstage incident where he accidentally asked 'Where's cancer?' to a fan with the disease during his Atlanta show, sparking a debate about emotional abuse.
• Andrew Santino discusses filming a fast-paced movie in Atlanta near Stone Mountain, revealing the location's dark history involving the KKK and suicide.

Main topics

• Comedy tour logistics & backstage stories
• On-set movie production & actor behavior

Notable quotes

"I forgot that even there was that element to the... You forgot... I forgot this cancer element of the night."

Conclusion

The episode delivers a mix of unfiltered comedic storytelling, improvised

Transcript preview

Speaker 5 (0:00) Wave. Speaker 3 (0:12) Welcome to Atlanta, Georgia. My name is Captain Bobby Lee. We have Admiral Andrew Santino here, and we're brought to you by the Space Command Ship 0X90, and we're here in space near Mars. No, we're in Atlanta, Georgia. That's not a good opening. No, I could feel it when I was doing it. I was like, let's do a space theme. And in my mind, I'm like, let's keep talking. And it's not working. But anyway, welcome to Atlanta. I did a show here. Andrew's doing a movie here. And we joined forces here to do a program called Bad Friends here in Atlanta, Georgia. Speaker 4 (0:44) Who are these two Speaker 2 (0:45) idiots? Speaker 4 (0:48) I'm an Asian dude. Speaker 4 (0:52) you two or something. We're bad friends. Speaker 2 (0:56) Welcome to Bad Friends. A wave series. We are so excited to shoot today in Atlanta, Georgia. Yeah, the Southern Bale, dude. We're a Speaker 1 (1:05) little Speaker 2 (1:05) couple Southern Bales. Well, don't Speaker 1 (1:07) do Speaker 2 (1:07) it stupid. That sounds dumb. Now, that sounds like you're mocking. Speaker 1 (1:09) Oh, hi. I'm an aristocrat. Speaker 2 (1:12) Now, that's perfect. Speaker 3 (1:13) Is that Speaker 2 (1:13) better? Yeah. Actually, you are. You are genuine. Outland. You are a little aristocrat. Yeah, I'm an aristocrat. You would be a Southern belle, a pretty little Southern belle. We Speaker 3 (1:21) got to get a camera on him for the I See Dead people. But anyway... What if he doesn't want to be on camera? We'll do a punch-in later. We have Speaker 2 (1:30) two videographers sitting in the room with us. We're in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm here filming a movie, and Bobby did a show last night. And that's why we've ended up in this little room where we are. And I flew in this morning at 6 in the morning. You did? I was in Knoxville yesterday. Is that where you're Speaker 3 (1:44) shooting, Knoxville? Speaker 2 (1:45) No, I'm shooting here. I was at the Tennessee game with my dad. Oh, I see. And Gillis. Speaker 2 (1:51) It was we Speaker 3 (1:52) had a blast. I Speaker 2 (1:53) can't talk about what happened Jane Speaker 3 (1:55) Gillis Oh Speaker 2 (1:56) Jane Gillis. Yeah, Jane Gillis man. I'm Speaker 3 (1:59) big Speaker 2 (1:59) fan of Jane. Shane's cousin. Yeah Yeah, it Speaker 3 (2:02) was great Speaker 2 (2:02) Trump was there. Oh, Speaker 3 (2:04) I love him and then him and Speaker 2 (2:05) I went I got dinner after the game you and Speaker 3 (2:07) Trump Yeah, Speaker 2 (2:07) just him and I Went to Red Lobster. It's so good. He loves that he loves Cheddar Bay Speaker 3 (2:15) biscuits stuffing Speaker 2 (2:16) his little face with cheddar Bay's so I Speaker 3 (2:19) have a me and carlos have been doing well and Speaker 2 (2:23) what's been going on once you air it out maybe okay Speaker 3 (2:25) so Speaker 2 (2:26) um where we Speaker 5 (2:27) have or haven't Speaker 3 (2:28) we have no dude i'm so mad you know we're done oh Speaker 5 (2:30) because i called you yeah yeah you go you go yeah Speaker 3 (2:34) go ahead call you me what no i don't want to say it no i want you to say it i Speaker 5 (2:38) said you were being abusive yeah Speaker 3 (2:40) Were you being abusive? No, not Speaker 2 (2:42) at all. Did you strike him? No. He's Speaker 3 (2:44) being Speaker 2 (2:44) emotionally abusive. Oh, it's emotional. Emotionally abusive. Grow Speaker 5 (2:46) up. Speaker 2 (2:47) Grow up, man. You know he FaceTimed. So I FaceTimed last night. Yeah. And he's in bed with a girl. I know. With her clothes off. And I was like, ooh, I think this is going to be good. And then he says this morning, he didn't do anything. He just cuddled. I said, did you do anything? He said, no. No, Speaker 5 (3:02) we Speaker 2 (3:02) didn't even cuddle. And then he says to me, I go, I've never heard of that in my life. He goes, that's because you're too straight. What does that even mean? Speaker 5 (3:09) Like you're so straight you can't even imagine being in bed with a girl and not having sex with her. Speaker 2 (3:13) Not as an adult male. No, that's as a kid maybe. What if you Speaker 5 (3:16) were in the army or something? So the gays Speaker 2 (3:17) talk all night? Is that what you're saying? They Speaker 5 (3:19) do chat a lot. My neighbor was gay. So, what was that? What was the party like? You're just as gay, if not gayer than me. What are you saying if I'm in the army? What does that have to do with... They have like, you know, Speaker 1 (3:31) female soldiers... They just make it next to each other. Speaker 5 (3:33) Yeah, female soldiers, you know, you're like on a sniper mission. You can't just have sex with her. What are you talking about, dude? Speaker 2 (3:40) Yeah, that's an Speaker 1 (3:41) example. You're never Speaker 2 (3:42) sleeping with another soldier in bed without clothes. Speaker 5 (3:45) That's never happened. It's very cold. You have to get some stuff off and get body warmth. It's not about sex, about being warm. And last night, I just want to be warm. Oh, Speaker 3 (3:53) like Speaker 5 (3:53) naked and afraid. Speaker 2 (3:54) You Speaker 5 (3:55) naked and Speaker 3 (3:56) afraid it. Yes, Speaker 5 (3:57) it was survival. I'll Speaker 2 (3:59) tell you, this hair is really getting to your head. Yeah, Speaker 5 (4:01) it's Speaker 2 (4:01) unbelievable. She Speaker 5 (4:02) was Speaker 2 (4:02) attractive. I don't even know what's going on. Yeah, Speaker 5 (4:03) she was my friend. We were anyway. Speaker 2 (4:05) Can we go to work? We met her before. Yeah, we met her before. Yeah, I Speaker 3 (4:09) did recognize her. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 5 (4:10) So Speaker 3 (4:10) I'm mad because I called him out. So that's Speaker 2 (4:12) not Speaker 3 (4:12) that's abusive. No, that's it. Speaker 2 (4:14) You got called out for being abusive. Speaker 3 (4:16) So we're in the other night. We're on a show. And before the show, he comes up to me and he goes, Speaker 3 (4:24) There's a guy with cancer. Let Speaker 2 (4:25) me finish the story a lot of guys with cancer these days I know Speaker 3 (4:28) and it's really sad, but he goes he's Speaker 2 (4:29) gonna Speaker 3 (4:29) come and say hi I go after the show after the show. Speaker 2 (4:33) Well, did he have any? any sort of paperwork to show that he had cancer. I know. I need to prove it. I know. I know. I know. I know. I Speaker 1 (4:39) know. Speaker 2 (4:39) I have cancer. And you're like, sure, how would I know? I need to see something. I have Speaker 3 (4:44) spinal bifida. I want paperwork. I want paperwork. I know you look like a Speaker 2 (4:47) pretzel, but I Speaker 3 (4:48) need Speaker 2 (4:50) paperwork. That one you can see. And I go, of course. Of course. You want to come by and say hi? How did the cancer guy reach out to Speaker 5 (4:57) you? Speaker 2 (4:57) He asked the Speaker 5 (4:58) venue, and the venue asked me. Speaker 2 (5:00) Damn, dude, that's pretty bold. It was bold. Dear Tabernacle, I have cancer. I think Speaker 5 (5:05) he just went up to security. He Speaker 3 (5:07) went to security. Wow. So anyway, I agreed. And so I kind of. White guy, Speaker 2 (5:11) black guy, Asian guy? A white guy. Let me finish the story. You let a white with cancer? I know, dude. I Speaker 3 (5:16) used to do Puerto Ricans only. That's Speaker 2 (5:18) the Speaker 3 (5:18) only one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have cancer, Speaker 2 (5:20) papi. In my Speaker 3 (5:24) bones. Yeah, so. Cancer. So I forget that he's even. You know, you forget. You forgot Speaker 2 (5:32) he had cancer? Speaker 3 (5:33) No, I forgot that even there was that element to the... You Speaker 2 (5:36) forgot... I forgot Speaker 3 (5:37) this cancer element of the night. You know what I mean? The theme of the night... Was cancer. Was cancer and it was gone. Yeah. Because there was other people coming in and I was like, Speaker 2 (5:46) hey, thanks for coming, this and that. Oh, you liked it, this and Speaker 3 (5:48) that, whatever. You know what I mean? Right, Speaker 5 (5:50) right. Speaker 3 (5:50) So then... I just completely forgot. And I just go, where's cancer? Like there was people in the room and there was a guy sitting there. He goes, me. Yep. And in my mind, I'm like, you have to do an announcement before cancer comes in. I didn't know he was there. Oh Speaker 2 (6:09) yeah. This is your fault. Speaker 3 (6:10) Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's one of the announcement Speaker 2 (6:12) when cancer comes in. So I don't Speaker 3 (6:15) go, Hey, where's cancer? Right. You're mean and so no he goes over Speaker 5 (6:19) here, Speaker 3 (6:19) and then I'm embarrassed. I'm like what the fuck I just got Speaker 5 (6:23) called. I'm so sorry He's like it's fine. Speaker 3 (6:25) Yeah, Speaker 5 (6:25) and his friends laughed sure Speaker 3 (6:27) yeah, Speaker 5 (6:28) but I was so embarrassed by you know you got it I'm sorry for not protecting you from your when they're Speaker 2 (6:32) Yeah, when there is I apologize a cancer person that needs to come backstage or special needs person or handicapped or any of that stuff We just need to communicate to each other on tour. And I think what you should make is... Stickers that say cancer? Speaker 1 (6:48) Something like a ribbon or... Speaker 2 (6:50) But it has Speaker 1 (6:50) different hand gestures, you know? There's Speaker 2 (6:52) not... There's so many different... You got to put cowbells around their neck so we can hear when they're coming. Speaker 3 (6:57) Yeah. But we've already created all the hand gestures that one can create, man. Right? We have... I'll just do them all and see if we can all... Yeah, that's Shaka. Speaker 2 (7:07) This is Shaka, Speaker 3 (7:08) right? Exactly, dude. Yeah, Hawaii. Speaker 2 (7:10) That's rock on. Speaker 3 (7:11) Rock on, dude, right? Yeah. Wait. Speaker 2 (7:13) That's the shocker. That's the Speaker 3 (7:15) shocker. Right. Different from shocker. Speaker 2 (7:17) No, shocker. Speaker 3 (7:18) Yeah, shocker is different than shocker. Can Speaker 2 (7:21) I do it? Fine. Okay. Speaker 3 (7:23) I Speaker 2 (7:23) didn't know you're the hand guy. Well, I was doing a game. Yeah, what's Speaker 1 (7:26) handicap? Speaker 3 (7:27) What? Oh my god. Is that handicap? No, my point is, oh, this is kangaroo. Oh, this is kangaroo. It's more kangaroo. Anyway, um... Speaker 2 (7:41) So you're abusive and you're not doing your job. This is both of you Speaker 3 (7:45) juice. No, that's not true Did you oh, did you say when you were you in the room when I did go where's cancer? Yeah, you were in the room when I said that yeah, Speaker 5 (7:53) they were fine and having fun It wasn't like the end of the world. Maybe Speaker 3 (7:57) there's a better way to say it But you know, I mean, where's the general Speaker 5 (7:59) you were distracted sick or something like that? Maybe I should have said that your niece was there and you were distracted. Oh, Speaker 3 (8:04) why? You just were who was there my niece. What are Speaker 5 (8:08) your niece? Speaker 3 (8:09) What do you mean? You know, you know it could I just say something to you pal? This up stop see that face you're making right now pal, right you act as if I don't come from family You don't you act as if I have no one out there like with my name Do you know what a nice every day? It's supposed to be my brother's daughter. Yeah Speaker 2 (8:28) any of your siblings there? Yeah, but I don't have it Speaker 3 (8:30) I have one brother who doesn't you know, I mean have any And therefore you don't. So I have cousins that have them. So I just call them niece. That's not a niece. What is it? Speaker 2 (8:37) It's your second cousin once removed or something. All right. So what? So your niece was backstage. Speaker 3 (8:44) And then, yeah, I have family as well. Like you do. Speaker 2 (8:48) You don't. Yeah, I do. I'm a family man, dude. You're a mutt that they find in Mexico. on the street like maybe it does have family somewhere right most likely not Speaker 3 (8:59) right missing something yeah yeah yeah maybe do the kangaroo or whatever Speaker 2 (9:03) anyway Speaker 3 (9:07) um so that happened so you Speaker 2 (9:09) called out cancer you were abusive to carlos i wasn't abusive Speaker 3 (9:12) but oh my god on Speaker 2 (9:13) the way here why this guy's pissing me off dude because my dad sent me a nice text message Balling in the car. You Speaker 3 (9:20) don't have a dad anyway. Um, how does that feel? I don't have a nice you know, but dad I mean It doesn't feel good. No, I know that you have a dad your Speaker 2 (9:28) dad's dead and mine's not so don't throw your bullshit on me Don't throw your dead dad stuff. I love it. It Speaker 3 (9:35) feels good. Speaker 2 (9:35) I should call my dad right now No, I don't know much. I love him cuz he's alive You Speaker 3 (9:41) know, Speaker 2 (9:42) it's Marc Maron's birthday today we ought to call that don't you call yeah, who are you calling cat This is not going to get solved. This isn't usable. Speaker 3 (9:50) Remember when Carlos talked to me in that way? I think that's her voicemail. Hello? Speaker 2 (9:58) I think it went high beep. I think that was her voicemail. Speaker 2 (10:04) That Speaker 3 (10:04) was her voicemail. She goes, hi. And I go, do you remember? Speaker 1 (10:12) Do you Speaker 4 (10:12) remember? Speaker 3 (10:13) Yeah, I absolutely was not. So the tour was... I didn't know where he did that. It was fucking shocking. In my mind, I was never going to talk to him again. Well, how Speaker 2 (10:21) about these photos of you who abused you? Was that Carlos that injured you? The photos Speaker 3 (10:25) of me was a completely... That was nature abusing me. Let me see what they Speaker 2 (10:28) look like. Speaker 3 (10:28) You know what I mean? So I get abused by him and nature. So these are your legs? Speaker 2 (10:32) Those are my legs, dude. That's disgusting, dude. Look what happened. What is that? Were those from Chiggers? Mm-hmm. I'm dead serious. Yeah, Speaker 3 (10:40) yeah, Speaker 2 (10:40) they're chiggers. I had chigger bites all over my legs. You know how Speaker 3 (10:42) you kill them? You go in the water, they drown. Speaker 2 (10:47) I think that's what I knew. Yeah, and Speaker 3 (10:50) if they're on your body in a movie that they chirp. Speaker 2 (10:53) They chirp loud in a movie. You know how certain bugs are attracted to lights? Yeah. Chiggers are attracted to a single beep of a dying fire alarm. Speaker 3 (11:07) Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I got riddled by chicken. Look at that. Speaker 2 (11:12) Hold on. Gillis is calling me right now. Shane, I got to call you back. I'm on bad friends unless you want to talk. Speaker 3 (11:21) Shane, Bobby. Speaker 2 (11:23) Shane, Bobby says hi. What's up, Speaker 3 (11:25) buddy? What's going on, man? Hey, bud. Speaker 2 (11:29) Just called Speaker 3 (11:30) in because me and Santino had a wonderful evening last night. Speaker 2 (11:33) We really did. Do you want to say what happened or no? You don't have to. Speaker 3 (11:37) I don't have to say where it was or whatever. I took what Speaker 2 (11:43) I Speaker 3 (11:43) thought was a microdose of mushrooms and I ended up tripping. It Speaker 2 (11:48) was a mega dose. Speaker 3 (11:49) I didn't want to trip. Speaker 2 (11:53) He was in the corner of the couch for a while. He kept looking at me with wide eyes and he was like, Santino. Speaker 3 (11:59) Wow. It was great. Fun, fun, fun. Speaker 2 (12:01) Shani, let me call you back. All right, bye. Bye. Later, dude. He was having a good time. Can I tell you that I've got a new lease on life now? Speaker 3 (12:09) I love it. Speaker 2 (12:10) Hold on. Let's finish this. Speaker 3 (12:12) Okay. This is what? You're walking through the woods? No, no. You have no idea. I have another photo that I'll just show you. Bobby Speaker 2 (12:18) the Explorer. Speaker 3 (12:19) I'll tell you still Speaker 2 (12:21) painting your nails. Are you getting them painted? Speaker 3 (12:23) What do you mean a little fairy does it? What are you talking about? Do Speaker 2 (12:26) you paint them or do you go so I go somewhere do what's your aggression about guy? It was a fucking regular question you fuckhead and then you spun it like what are you talking about? It's very easy. Do you do it or just alright so see this Speaker 3 (12:36) couch right here? Speaker 2 (12:37) Let me see. Who's that chick? Speaker 3 (12:39) That's my girlfriend. Oh, all right, so In that I can't Speaker 2 (12:43) see your face. Yeah, Speaker 3 (12:44) so in that couch, right is outside of Turtle Bay in a little tiny cabin. Okay? We decided to make love. Speaker 2 (12:54) Sweet love. Speaker 3 (12:58) Okay? We make sweet love. She goes in to take a shower. I fall asleep outside. Speaker 3 (13:06) Three in the morning, completely dark, by a lake. Okay. You Speaker 2 (13:12) woke up. Speaker 3 (13:12) I woke up. The triggers Speaker 2 (13:13) had stolen your wallet. Speaker 3 (13:20) It's enough. It's enough, dude. I'm sorry. Yeah. It's enough. But you know who got bitten the most, dude? Next to me, there was a fat white chick. Speaker 2 (13:35) She was Speaker 3 (13:35) real. Oh my God. They went Speaker 2 (13:37) after her. Wait, so this is, so that's what happened. By the way, does she have a tattoo above her? It says love to all you. Yep. Love to all you. I have no idea, dude. It's in old Speaker 3 (13:49) English. It Speaker 2 (13:51) says love. Wait, love. I can't read. Oh no. Love is all you need. I'm sure. That's all Speaker 3 (13:58) you need. Speaker 4 (13:59) Don't you Speaker 3 (13:59) agree? You agree? Speaker 2 (14:01) No, brother. Yeah. You need Speaker 3 (14:03) a job. I know, but yeah, you do need more. What does it say? Love is all you need? Love is all you need. It's Speaker 2 (14:11) a Speaker 3 (14:11) Beatles song. Speaker 2 (14:12) Sing Speaker 3 (14:12) it. Yeah, Speaker 2 (14:14) yeah, yeah. Yeah, Speaker 3 (14:17) yeah, yeah. Beatles. Love is all you need. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Speaker 2 (14:24) I know you're not tone deaf, but you know that's not how it goes. What? Speaker 4 (14:29) Dun dun I was trying Speaker 3 (14:31) to make a version of it. That's why I'm gonna Speaker 2 (14:33) sue us you think Paul McCartney Yeah, I don't want the Beatles to do on bad friends Speaker 4 (14:37) I'm Speaker 2 (14:39) gonna sue him. Yeah. Speaker 3 (14:40) Oh, Speaker 2 (14:41) you know what I got. I love it tickets to Oasis next year I got I got in line. What do you mean? Why Oasis fucking the best? I Speaker 3 (14:49) mean, I Speaker 2 (14:50) got in line online Luke Luke my cousin got online You had to sign up for a fucking code just to be able to try to buy tickets. Whoa. Speaker 3 (14:58) And Speaker 2 (14:58) then you put your preference of cities and it was like Boston, Vegas. Call Taylor. Speaker 3 (15:04) Call Taylor. Speaker 3 (15:08) You're friends with people. Oh, oh, oh. You don't have any connections to go into Oasis? I buy Speaker 2 (15:12) tickets. I Speaker 3 (15:13) know, but you can get in. Speaker 2 (15:15) Why? I buy tickets. You can Speaker 3 (15:16) make a phone call. To Speaker 2 (15:18) who? Speaker 3 (15:20) Who? Speaker 2 (15:21) Your agent. Speaker 2 (15:24) No, they can Speaker 3 (15:25) why would they be able to do anything who reps Oasis? Well, Speaker 2 (15:28) you'd have to look it up Yeah, Speaker 3 (15:29) but Speaker 2 (15:29) music and I've done Speaker 3 (15:31) that before yeah, Speaker 2 (15:32) you rub Speaker 3 (15:33) Green Day or whatever, you know, and then they go Yeah, I Speaker 2 (15:36) just Speaker 3 (15:36) don't have that in me to do I don't I'd Speaker 2 (15:37) rather them get me a fucking job Yeah, Speaker 3 (15:40) then get me tickets for a waste the one time I did that was George Lopez Speaker 3 (15:45) I never met George Lopez and I had a Mexican girlfriend named Christine Portillo. Then the door Speaker 2 (15:50) was open to George. As soon as Speaker 3 (15:52) he Speaker 2 (15:52) sees you with a Mexican girl, you're in. Yeah, I was in. That is true. Yeah, yeah. Speaker 3 (15:55) And so, that's how you get in with all those Mexicans. What the fuck are you talking about? You go to Edward James Olmos' house, dude, you gotta bring a Mexican, man. Why? They Speaker 5 (16:07) love it. So you Speaker 3 (16:08) know that, you know, I do. I'm dressed like