Comedian Chris Porter at Milwaukee Improv

Do you realize there are people in this room that have never been lost? Do you understand that? That have never been in their car and said, where are we? Ever. Because they're like, we're right here. How do we get home? I type home. Oh, yeah, you may know him from Last Comic Standing or from his ugly and angry Netflix special. Yes, comedian Chris Porter is here ahead of his shows tonight and tomorrow at the Milwaukee Improv. seeing you on stage and talking to you here it's two different people you are so calm in person but boy you get it out on stage oh yeah i would lose my mind if i was like that all the time if i was just that's me in the car yeah i'm sure that's me in traffic yeah but yeah no if if i sat here and was just like what is going on i think uh it'd be more of a wrestling vibe right yeah and you have a vibe up on stage too there's some self-deprecating humor involved yeah and In your stand-up, there's also some jabs at society. So I guess, which one's easier? What do you say? They're both pretty easy targets, especially when I'm looking in the mirror. Okay. Yeah, I try to just turn it towards me. You seem to make a lot less headlines when you aren't making fun of others. I don't know if you've been keeping track of news stories. Yeah, you've got to watch what you say. So, no, I find it's better just to – everyone has a much better time When you're the butt of the joke, that's for sure. All right, and you get this gig in Milwaukee, and it turns out to be right when the Brewers are at their hottest and most important. So what happened last night? I was the biggest Brewers fan in the city because I was like, please don't mess with my Friday shows. Yeah, no, it was a lot of fun to watch, and I called it. I ran an ad where I was like, odds are you sweep on Thursday. So you can come out on Friday. And so you're welcome. Okay, you want to make a call right now? So we'll say Chris Porter said it's going to happen. This is what's going to happen. Oh, yeah. I don't even know who you're going to play, but I got Brewers in five. There you go. We'll take that for sure. Go to his show just for that. I mean, are you kidding me? I'm also a sports handicapper. I don't know if you guys know this. You're taking bets right now. Bookie as well? Yeah, well, the feds might be watching. But it's fun to talk to a comedian because you everybody has a different way with humor. I think sometimes when we make fun of ourselves, like you said earlier, that's an easy one. And you're doing it right now. Do you do you make bad mistakes? I mean, horrible decisions yet as an adult, as much as you did maybe when you were in college or shortly after first becoming a comedian. I mean, I hope not. But if you ask my mom, I think her answer might be different. yeah uh but yeah I you know I've hoped to learn from my mistakes uh but yeah the ones that the ones that I make in in my adult life you're definitely going to hear about yeah yeah I love that those are those are the best ones yeah I watched your first special and then your latest special and I cannot imagine having to come up with that much material to be able to do that in front of a big crowd for that long how long does it take to come up with that type of show I mean, to put up a full hour is about 18 months to two years. Wow. Yeah, so it's one of those things where as soon as you get done recording a special, you have like, it's almost like winning the Super Bowl kind of, where you're like, oh, well, that was great. We did it. Now we have to start all over and do it again. And that's the next day you're like, I'm not funny anymore. This is never going to work. But highly recommended. Go on YouTube. You'll see some of Chris's specials. So good. Really impressive. Thank you. Yeah, the new one's called Middle Rage, and I took middle age and put an R in front of it. And so it's a lot of stories about just kind of realizing that I'm old. Yeah. The new tour, the tour you're on, obviously at Milwaukee Improv, too, that is the Relentless tour. Yes. So how relentless are you? Well, funny enough, I was like, oh, I'm calling this because I'm relentless. I'm never going to stop. And then I got the schedule. I'm like, oh, no, the schedule's relentless. and I'm never going to have a weekend off and I'm never going to meet anyone and so it kind of took on its own thing but yeah initially I'm relentless I'm coming out and I'm not going to stop until the hour is done. And again you on stage I'd like a blood pressure cuff on you to watch what happens because I'm imagining that you get Riley worked up and then you go off stage and you're like oh okay there we go Oh, yeah, no, it's a definite thing where I just shut down and I just melt into the couch. Yeah. I have to, I'm envisioning that now. So you're getting up there to blood pressures. And then how do you bring yourself down after a show? You probably have fans that want to meet you. Yeah, that's the weird. Do they buy you drinks? You're in Milwaukee. Yeah, tequila definitely helps. Okay. That's for sure. But, yeah, it is a weird section where you've been staring at all these people And now now you have to shake hands with them. But, you know, it's not I'm not going to complain about eight minutes where people tell me how great I am. That is true, too. So obviously you did last night's show. You have four more coming up here. Tickets still available for that one. Yeah. Most four, I should say. Milwaukee improv something dot com. There you go. Are we at that place in life where we can just say Milwaukee Improv to the phone and then we can get the information? Like where? Well, we don't need to know all the specifics. You don't need the dots. It's elderly parents who do it. Milwaukee Improv. Chris Porter. And you see it for the driving, too. The same thing. Just please, when you do speak Milwaukee Improv into the phone, make sure you go to the Milwaukee Improv site. If you're spending $200 to see Chris Porter, you're on the wrong website. There you go. Well, congratulations, and what a great career you've put together, and I just am impressed with how much material you've come up with and how relatable and good it is. Well, I appreciate you guys having me. This has been a lot of fun. Our pleasure. Thanks, Chris. Appreciate your time, and I really like those kicks, too. I saw them on the screen. Those fours are looking good. If you know, you know. 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