AND HERE’S MODI
AND HERE’S MODI is an inside look at the man behind the microphone. Hosted by comedian, Modi (@modi_live), AHM features a raw and unfiltered side of the comedian rarely seen on stage. He always finds the funny as he navigates the worlds of comedy, trending topics, his personal life and spirituality. AHM is co-hosted by Periel Aschenbrand (@perielaschenbrand) and Leo Veiga (@leo_veiga_).
AND HERE’S MODI
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Episode 101: The crew debriefs after the 100th episode...we also talk about Modi discovering Dawn dish soap, talking in Shul, and vintage perfume commercials. Also, some MAJOR international touring announcements.
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Recapping 100th Episode and Fashion Choices
Speaker 1Welcome to Andy's Modi . We are back recapping the 100th episode of Andy's Modi , where we did it at the 92nd Street Y and right before we began recording , I was saying that I was unhappy with my posture was good , which is always a big thing for me , but the suit when you lean back , it came up a little bit in the back . Yeah , yep , I should have reminded myself to pull it down a little bit , but you looked great . What I think ? You looked so great that when I sat down and looked at you I was blown away , didn't you see ?
Speaker 2that moment , the sequence the sequence .
Speaker 1Periel came dressed like I don't want to say the mother of the bar mitzvah boy , but like not the mother of the bar mitzvah boy but like the mother of the bar mitzvah boy , a rich mother of the bar mitzvah boy , throwing the event in great neck , you know .
Speaker 3I was trying to make sure to stay on brand For who ?
Speaker 1For you , not your brand . Well , hopefully it's changing your brand , which we're going to talk about a little bit later . And Leo killed it with his arms and hair and angle and humor . We had an amazing 100th episode and we're back here for 101 and of course , we want to start off by thanking our sponsors . A and H provisions Seth , the owner , came to the show . I will say one thing about Seth he has the smallest yamaka on earth . I don't know if you've seen it . Yamaka is like a little coaster on top of his head .
Speaker 2One said you could determine someone's religious standing of like more or less religious , based on the size of their yamaka .
Speaker 1You can tell everything about a person by the yamaka as they wear Really .
Speaker 3Of course .
Speaker 1Fingerprint , it's velvet . If it's black , well okay . If it's a guy , if it's a , oh , that's episode , so just do a couple .
Speaker 3What does velvet mean ?
Speaker 1Velvet's , more yeshivas , like yeshiva background , my big Syrian one , the big fat Syrian one that covers you , like , from like eyebrow to the back of your head , that's a Syrian yamaka . You have the one that says you have the one wrapped around , that's the khabad one . You have khabad , otherwise doesn't do velvet , they do black cloth , also a Syrian thing , black cloth . You have the settlers , you have people on the ones in Israel . They have a suruga , but like a really big one , and then you have the smaller one , that's bineiakiva , that's the young Israel of Israel .
Speaker 2You have . Okay , we don't need the whole dissertation .
Speaker 3I thought you were going to say you could tell something else by the size of somebody's yamaka .
Speaker 1Folks , she'll be here all week . Back to Seth , we want to thank you for being our sponsor . It was great to see you at the taping set from A&H Provisions Best glott kosher meets in the world . Not our viewers have been saying stop saying just hot dogs , it's really just a pastrami . Everything you have is amazing , packaged well and everybody's always invited to visit the factory , which Seth will give you a tour , and their website is wwwkosherdogsnet .
Speaker 1And then , of course , whites in Luxembourg , and Arthur was at the taping for the 100th episode . It was so great to see him . I have a feeling he flew in just for that and flew out just for that .
Speaker 3First of all , okay , first of all , it's White .
Speaker 1Carbon footprint ? Who ? No ? But he was like I'm going to Florida tonight and it was at 10 o'clock and when he said that everyone was like , wait , I would have gone back with you , I would have gone to see my mother , I would have gone to , anyway , whites in Luxembourg , the law firm that does well but also does good . They are a part of us , they are friends , they are family . Arthur , I don't think , listens to any episode unless he's on them , but Randy , his wife , listens to all of them and debriefs him and that's it . So we're back and WhitesLuxcom or WhitesAndLuxcom .
Speaker 2It's both . I think it's both because I messed up , Because you messed up Because you messed up , which is good thinking Okay , so the 100th episode .
Speaker 1I can't machine energy . When I sat down I saw you in the green room , dressed all nice , but when I just to see you in the lighting and , like I usually , look over here and see you , with the mones .
Speaker 2It's like a Cannes Film Festival panel .
Speaker 1It was gorgeous . It was gorgeous .
Speaker 2Actors . All because of Marta from Art and Tech .
Speaker 3Art in Flowers . Art in .
Speaker 2Flowers . Thank you , marta . Those flowers were Insane , insane Art in Flowers .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 1They were . We thought they were going to send this little bouquet to put on the table , you know .
Speaker 2Yeah , she sent you a DM when we were doing the walkthrough , being like do you need flowers ? Lol . And I was like well , periel was like sure , and I was expecting these like small little tabletop bouquets . She sent something so tall I could barely get it through the door of the I got it .
Speaker 1Those of you who go to synagogue on the high holidays , there's usually a family that sponsors the flowers and some massive like this , like that's what it looked like . It was beautiful it was and no one could take it home . It was so big , so at the end of the night everybody was taking parts of it home . It was so cute .
Speaker 3I did not know that you should have taken all the hydrangeas .
Speaker 1You just pricked it . Yeah , you skedaddled . What do you ?
Speaker 3mean I was like one of the last ones to leave .
Speaker 1And we left the wine there too . Should we talk about the wine or no ? How we did not have a sponsor for the wine , but we had to pay in the ass for the wine .
Speaker 2Yeah , I don't know if you want me to drop names here . Nah , a certain someone was a little annoying . Yeah , basically , don't offer to sponsor something and then and then not answer your call ?
Speaker 1We don't need your money , we don't need your sponsorship . If you want to do it , I know the paying for it wasn't that much . What did he bother you for ? Why was he like ? And then he wouldn't return your phone calls . And who the hell needs it ? We bought it our own . Here's your wine . We left it for all the employees and wait , so that was . The flowers were insane , the wine was insane , the vibes were insane . The vibes were on .
Speaker 2There was like 300 people there and a couple hundred people watching on the live stream .
Speaker 1Yeah , and so that's pretty cool when you yeah , and it was like a big , big gap and it was fun and I had my parents there , you had your parents there .
Speaker 3Your father is so adorable . Oh , he's so sweet . Oh , and he was like finally , I can see your face without all in Hebrew , of course . Instead of your hair is always covering , now I can see your face , oh that's funny for sweet .
Speaker 1Yeah , you're pretty excited . You're so cute . No , he had a great . My mother loved it , your mom just loved it . She knows your mother and there are ever million people in common and my mother can pull names from years and years ago and what they did and what their kids did . It's amazing , it's insane . The professional yenta , the Google yenta , in her head . She can pull out names of people and what their kids did and what their kids are doing , and she has that and your niece is so cute .
Speaker 1Kelly , my niece was there , so adorable . I love her , leo's niece also , and that's it ?
Speaker 3I don't know , does she call you , uncle Leo ?
Speaker 1But we went to discuss the outfit you wore . Okay , now that you're starting to do stand up , what do you ?
Speaker 3mean he is so rude . What do you mean ? Starting to do ?
Speaker 1stand up how long have you been doing ?
Speaker 3stand up . I got on stage for the first time when I was pregnant with Ari , which is he's 10 .
Speaker 1Oh .
Speaker 3But I didn't really start doing it until probably like five years ago .
Speaker 1Oh . So now that you're doing , stand up and you gotta find your look , I think your look should be .
Speaker 3I had a look . You just he doesn't like my look . No , my look .
Speaker 1Let me tell you my look For a comedy club . Yes , you can do the Ramones vintage shirt and the boots and the , but I think you looked so elegant and so you did look nice .
Speaker 2I think you could make the sequence like a trademark . I think so too . You always show up in sequence . It's very glam , like Joan Riversie , las Vegas , and it pops .
Speaker 3I sent Modi a picture on Instagram of Clive Davis and Gail King in head to toe sequin tuxedo .
Speaker 2Both of them . Yeah , I think I want to get you a sequin tuxedo .
Speaker 3That's hot . It's very Liberace .
Speaker 1It is Liberace , yes , and then I'll make you get plastic surgery to look like me .
Speaker 2You don't have to twist my arms . I like Trevor Noah's suits at the Grammys . He had like sparkly , cool prints .
Speaker 1We watched the Grammys . All right , I did not think we had that in us , but we watched the Grammys .
Speaker 2I felt the need to check in on the youth .
Speaker 1Yeah , we saw what they were wearing . There's Beyonce and there's Taylor Swift , and that's it .
Speaker 2Beyonce wasn't up for any awards , it was just Taylor .
Speaker 1No , but I mean in the music industry .
Speaker 3I think it's just those two right . All right , quick , get back to our outfits .
Speaker 1Yes .
Speaker 3Okay , so you , I like a suit , I can do a suit , you can do it .
Speaker 2Nice blazer like t-shirt moment .
Speaker 3So that's what I would do if it wasn't for him . If it wasn't for him , I would do like a vintage t-shirt with like a sick suit . But he doesn't like the vintage t-shirt .
Speaker 1Those of you who don't know what vintage means . Vintage for this audience that's listening to us is what we used to give the housekeeper to do glass plus . You remember when you had a shirt that was just finished . It said Mikey's Bar Mitzvah , you know here's , and when you were done it was worn out . You didn't want to throw it away , so your mother gave it to the housekeeper to do the , to do the , to do the glass . That's right . That's a vintage shirt that you wear on stage .
Speaker 2I like a cool band vintage shirt underneath a blazer situation .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2And then you have to have like six shoes .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 1Yes , we realized one thing you do when you're doing the Ninth Second Street Y and you're sitting up there the shoe game is super important . Yeah , and we killed it .
Speaker 3That's true , that is a shoe game .
Speaker 1I had the Burgundy Gucci's . You had those . Speaking of vintage , those boots that I bought like when I was your age , that are like . I was in shock . I paid that much for them . It's a one piece piece of leather , it's a it's yeah , they're .
Speaker 3I thought that this looked like very . Balenciaga .
Speaker 1You almost can't get those anymore anyway , and you also , you also was wonderful .
Speaker 3Thank you , those were a little .
Speaker 2What were your favorite moments ?
Speaker 3It was really . I'm going to be honest , it was really fun when you came out like you were really .
Speaker 2I was on . I got some lines .
Speaker 3You were . The thing that's insane is that like you were like trying not to like come or what You're like Leo does this whole thing .
Speaker 1They don't need me . Every episode it's you . We have a guest , you don't need me . You don't need me , but we do .
Speaker 2You are Also . I wasn't sure if I wanted to be on stage or not . You two are the ones who perform on a stage . I don't do that . That's like you were amazing .
Speaker 3Amazing , you can't it's . You were missed and then you came and it felt like really it all came , which is how the podcast began .
Speaker 1The podcast began was just you and me and a guest or not a guest , and then Leo . We kept referring to Leo on the side and then , finally , leo sat in and took over and made this boarded up a notch .
Speaker 3It's true .
Speaker 1Yes .
Speaker 3Well , how was it for you ? Yeah ?
Speaker 2I had a great time . I thought I was going to be nervous . I wasn't nervous , but it was still like a new experience for me . Like I said , you guys perform in front of people . I do not . So I don't have that . I don't have that gene .
Speaker 3Well .
Speaker 2I turned it on .
Speaker 3You might have that gene .
Speaker 1I don't know if he has that gene .
Speaker 3I don't get nervous to talk in front of people . I get nervous before I do stand up , but I don't get nervous to talk in front of people Like large groups . I was only nervous because I really felt like I wanted to make sure I brought it for you . You brought it , I brought it , I brought it .
Speaker 1It was great you still did your little periel time lag when you were in the Listen you didn't have your glasses on .
Speaker 3You kept forgetting shit that I wanted to make . I was trying to like hand you something and then you were like giving me shit for it .
Speaker 2You also were meandering along with I was . I just wanted to hit . You were just having a good time .
Speaker 1I can't tell you how fast an hour flies by . When you like , have things to cover . Yeah , it was like we had a lot . We had a lot .
Speaker 3We hit the time exactly .
Leo's Funny Moment and Vienna Trip
Speaker 3Guy's favorite part was when Leo goes . You guys didn't know you were coming for a Dvar Torah oh Leo drops Yiddish and Hebrew and that was so funny .
Speaker 1So obviously the funniest moment was when you asked me did you know ? Leo was not Jewish .
Speaker 3No , I said did you know ?
Speaker 1Right away . Right away that he wasn't Jewish and the audience started laughing so loud so I didn't need to accentuate the joke by saying on the second date , for sure , it became abundantly clear .
Speaker 2It became abundantly clear , and then I was going to say that on stage , but I held back .
Speaker 1It was nice and clean . It was a very cute interaction .
Speaker 3It was very sweet , it was really special , it really was , and I thought the end was really poignant . I thought you did a really really good job .
Speaker 2Yeah , it was classy .
Speaker 1It really is . Think about it . At the end we were doing questions and this is a question you always get when you're doing podcasts who's your dream guest ? And I never have a dream guest . I just I've never . There's nobody on my mind . I would love to get on the , on the , on the pocket , but , as I said , as I mentioned , there's one of the hostages whose face just keeps popping up everywhere I go , more than any other hostage . That's right now and I said I would love him to be sitting right here because that just means he's not sitting in some tunnel . And and that was how we ended the show we sang Huttick , for that's how we've been ending all the shows , all the hostages . Yeah , and , by the way , since we've done the podcast , leo and I have been to Düsseldorf and Vienna , and I cannot even explain to you to be in these cities and we're all in yeah .
Speaker 1Düsseldorf and Vienna . We were there , wow , I mean , I mean a community , vienna , so beautiful , and it's a community that used to have a quarter million Jews and now it's only 8000 . And 10% came to the show and it's and it's , and they could have done another show there . And the people , they were so sweet and they have a big like a federation or a big umbrella organization that covers all the Jewish events , that from death , from birth to death , they say , from like kindergarten and preschool to to old age home , and they run everything there and they have everything for them . And the guy who's the head of it invited us to have dinner with him and his family and we were in this chic , gorgeous restaurant and we were dressed in athleisure . Oh yeah , we were not pulling , we were . It was like a blazer type place .
Speaker 1It was two degrees outside , that was freezing . We just we got there and they're all very Vienna and and it was just fun , it was just again organic we had them .
Speaker 2We were . It was Sunday . We were walking around Vienna and we walked into mass happening at the big , big church in Vienna there's like stunning cathedral and we walked in while they were doing the mass and we're just kind of looking and watching and Modi is talking so loud and I turned to him and I was like I'm not supposed to talk . He was like , oh , I always forget What'd you say ? Like I forget that . So when I go with you to Shul , everyone's talking the whole time .
Speaker 1Right , but when you go to synagogue , when Leo comes to the synagogue , the big difference between synagogue and mass in a church is they don't talk in mass .
Speaker 2They literally talking at like the most important part not to talk .
Speaker 3What's that ? What's the most important part ? The ?
Speaker 2consecration when they give you the cracker when he's turning the cracker into the body of .
Speaker 1Okay it doesn't matter , I was just . They all come in there . The whole thing is 40 minutes max , it's not , it's an hour . So now , oh an hour .
Speaker 2Well , maybe if you guys didn't talk so much in . Shul , it would go faster , oh , oh .
Speaker 1Oh my god , no , in this , in the , they don't talk . They get there , they don't talk . Yashki is in church . That in uh , in the cathedral . Yashki's hanging like this for all their sins . They walk and they look at yashki , they sit on their knees , they skip to death and they just sit there , they don't move and then they leave Synagogue . You walk in , yeah , but I feel , simon , how are you ? How's your daughter got married ?
Speaker 2My soul tough while someone is trying to like lead a prayer or something , and then it gets drowned out and then I feel like no one's really present and like a lot from what I've seen at the few services that I've gone to- there's moments of a present and then everything goes in .
Speaker 3They eat egg salad .
Speaker 2Yes that that's different . Yeah , you don't do that . You guys got a miserable cookie . Sometimes there's like a bake sale out the door .
Speaker 1There's no big sale , there's a kid . A kid is your sponsor downstairs and that's why everybody's there .
Speaker 3Speaking of which , I was ravenously hungry before the 92nd street Y event . Yeah , and what'd ? You pull out of your purse . I don't eat meat , so I was frantically looking to buy something and I went to Eli's a bar and the only thing I could find was a tuna fish sandwich .
Speaker 1So peri all walks into the green room holding a pre show of pre show , holding a tuna fish sandwich . I can't imagine anything you should not be eating . But before anything that you're interacting with people , tuna fish sandwich is something you have , like when you're about to go take a nap and then a shower . Later it's . You can't shower , you can't eat tuna fish . It just comes up and so you would do this . You would have done the the , the taping , and then walked into the meet and greet with everybody with tuna fish , with tuna fish , breath , no tic-tac , what's it called ? Paper scissors , rock .
Speaker 1Yeah yeah , a tuna fish Kills tic-tac . I don't know . I don't what you think tic-tac is gonna help when you're standing there going . You enjoy the show .
Speaker 3Yeah , you're not allowed to eat that . You're gonna be gripping up tuna fish , the whole time Like you can't imagine .
Speaker 1And let me tell you something when you , when you do a show no matter how great your show is and wherever your event is or podcast is If you meet people afterwards and you have bad breath , that's all they're ever gonna remember .
Speaker 2I told you that . That's why I put listerine in your rider .
Speaker 1That's why in my green room listerine is in there .
Speaker 2It's mostly for me , because I love listerine . You do I love listerine , I have it . You know what I put it in . Do you know those like deli style big , clear squirt bottles ? That put the ketchup in . Yeah , I fill that with listerine . No , it's a squeezy bottle , it's like a condiment bottle , so I could just .
Speaker 1Who came ? Who came up with that idea ? That was you . That was you . Yeah , could you imagine you have the listerine to take it off ? You need to . You need dexterity and pushing in and squeeze and bring it out , and then you use the cup and put it back . It's a squeezy bottle , is more fun , squeezy bottle like an athlete and hey , but , but , but .
Speaker 3So I'm just letting you know that okay , so I didn't eat it , and then I wound up it was 17 dollars . Well , that's your problem and then I tried to bring it home and guy was like you're not bringing that home . That's disgusting . It's been sitting out .
Speaker 2Yeah , he doesn't want to smell you either .
Speaker 1And what's funny was when we came home was the first thing I ate tuna fish from russ and daughter , by the way , the best tuna fish in All of new york city at russ and daughter and I'm telling you they should sponsor us . They should sponsor , but let me tell you who really should sponsor . So if we're , if we're just giving out , free .
Speaker 2Let's see what who should sponsor us we bought for the house . Oh , moe is obsessed . Okay , keep going .
Speaker 1Dawn , dawn , dish , dish , dish , soap . So , that's what you use to clean the dishes . Yeah , and it comes in this squirt bottle thing . Yeah , I think it was right on the thing foaming like a foam .
Speaker 1We have , you know , we have this beautiful , uh , marble thing and I had to make a hole in it . So we have a squirt , you have to fill it . It always spills over . It's miserable . Okay , I literally bought that and the hot water thing just for the resale value , um , and we never use the hot water , we never use any of it , anyway . But this dawn Squirt thing Right on whether the sponge or on whatever you're cleaning . Yeah you know , and it's so amazing , I bought this exact product before and he doesn't .
Speaker 1Usually you have to put a little bit on the sponge and then , like , rub it into the sponge and then clean whatever you're cleaning . Modi doesn't ?
Speaker 2this is one time and learns about dish soap , like that's what's happening , I think he's like isn't this amazing . I'm like , yeah , it's dawn , it's pretty heavy duty to use it on oil .
Speaker 3I was going to say , to be honest , how many times we have two plates .
Speaker 1We have two plates in the house . We have a whole set of everything . Who you ?
Speaker 3when do you do dishes ?
Speaker 2I want to know what dishes like one time last week and I was like this is amazing .
Speaker 1I couldn't get over it . I couldn't get over it .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , yeah , okay , I'm glad you can .
Speaker 2I got those things , please you . Anyway , if anyone at dawn is listening , we'd like , we'd like to be a sponsorship .
Speaker 1Okay , what , what , what else were the great moments of that night um ?
Speaker 3I want to get back to the outfit .
Speaker 1Oh my god , really yes , we . I feel like we got we got like sidetracked .
Speaker 2You started the thing and then you meandered this is really because moe's trying to fine tune your look for the the paramount in long island at on february 15th and 18 .
Speaker 1Yes , tickets at moe's livecom periel will be opening the show , ilan altman will be doing a set and then I will be going on . So we're trying to figure out . First of all , we should also figure . I love your act . The other day you did the show you opened up with um I'm married to an israeli . Uh-huh , the audience loved it . They were like they oh , because I always say a jewish audience needs to know where you fall in their world Because she's an american girl that married in israeli . They now they already got it Stacey , she's a stacey .
Speaker 1I'm , I'm , but I'm not a stacey because you speak hebu too , but I'm basically you were born in , but you were born in america , correct ? And you married in israeli Correct period , correct ? That's what happened , that is . And so now you're living this thing and then you built into the fact that you're a mom , but it's the last thing on earth you want to be right and there she didn't even like no , he's the best thing that ever happened to me .
Speaker 1He's like no , I want to be a mom like I want root canal . You just don't like other moms , you know . And then you hate other moms , correct ? And I told you that it's that the punchlines there are like that , because every mom thinks she's the cool mom . I'm the cool mom , I'm the cool mom , but you're like producing and co-hosting two award-winning podcasts . They're not , they're pilates .
Speaker 3See , I feel like he thinks that's really funny . I feel like you don't want to like go and be like I'm so cool , I'm like it's not so funny , it's funnier to be like I'm actually the outsider in these Deprecating yeah .
Speaker 1Oh , self deprecating , you're gonna go .
Speaker 3I don't know if it's self deprecating . I think that , um to be like , I'm cooler than all of you , I mean not all of the audience , just you're the fellow moms at Ari's School don't forget people watching you think there as cool as you because they're at your show .
Speaker 1Yeah , so you got that going . Yeah . George Collins always said always would like crap on people and go , not you , because you all bought tickets . Literally he would say that in his , in his in his specials .
Speaker 2See , someone made a new George Collins special based on AI . Yeah , there's families like furious . How is it ? Is it good ?
Speaker 3How is it ? Is it good ?
Speaker 2I have . I've refused to watch it because yeah , they're furious , and rightly so yeah , it's crazy , it's really crazy . There's a bit . There's a clip going super viral on Twitter right now . That's Taylor Swift at the Grammys holding up a trump flag . Oh my , and it looks so Wow and it's like AI generated , but like to the average person they would think it was real .
Speaker 3Like yeah , it's not , it's not good .
Speaker 2We're about to enter a moment where people the things they see on the internet and stuff they're not going to know if it's real or not . It's really scary yeah .
Speaker 3Could you say anything Did ?
Speaker 2I tell you someone , did I talk about my grandma getting scammed ? No , they used my voice I'm guessing based off podcast clips and AI'd my voice and called my grandma saying that I had been in a car accident and I need money to not go to jail . And I'm like what's the point of that ? I'm like what's the point of that ? Isn't that terrifying ? And she thought it was real . So she called my sister . I don't know why she didn't call me .
Speaker 2And my sister texted me like are you OK ? Grandma just got a call saying from you quotes saying that you're in jail . I was like no
Prada Paul Shout Out and Magical Night
Speaker 2, that's not me .
Speaker 1By the way , is that shirt from ?
Speaker 2Prada Paul . This shirt is from Prada Paul .
Speaker 1We never did a real shout out to Prada Paul .
Speaker 3Who is Prada Paul ?
Speaker 1You forgot what ? Prada Paul , no , no , no , no , no . No need to any names , we don't need to give anybody's name , it's just Prada Paul is Was . Was rest in peace . So we did a show in Detroit in this beautiful synagogue . It looked like it's an . It's an architectural landmark Landmark .
Speaker 1The synagogue , 1100 people . Someone in the audience we don't need to mention names Reached out to us and sent an email and said you know , we heard you love Prada t-shirts and her father , whose name was Paul , used to only wear Prada t-shirts and whenever he got to the season he would go and buy the newest Prada tops top .
Speaker 3Cute .
Speaker 1And they were in great shape and they and she saved them and she felt bad throwing them out and they used to call him Prada Paul .
Speaker 3I love this .
Speaker 1And she said can I bring you these shirts ? She came with two huge bags full of Prada t-shirts like vintage but still in good shape , like with the zipper in the back and the red thing on the side .
Speaker 2You remember the black polo I was wearing backstage with the wife .
Speaker 3Yeah , of course .
Speaker 2Change . That's Prada Paul too .
Speaker 1So she bought these two big bags . One of them , not one thing that could fit on my thigh yeah , it was Prada Paul was not , but from the days he was a little bit heavy . Some of the shirts were good for Leo . So we took a week out . A little bit heavy , good for Leo . No , Prada Paul was no , because it fit you . It was a small , smalls and we took those shirts and they were great and the daughter was so happy to be able to give it to somebody because she couldn't throw them away .
Speaker 3I love that , yeah .
Speaker 1So shout out to Prada Paul .
Speaker 3Also , he just said , you were great .
Speaker 1And you're wearing the shirt now and you've been killing the other ones that you have from him .
Speaker 2No , yeah , they're pretty form fitting .
Speaker 1Yes , so this is the t-shirt .
Speaker 2I wore at the Y . Yeah , my nipples are out .
Speaker 1No , your t-shirt was amazing .
Speaker 2It was amazing , yeah , and noticeable nipples .
Speaker 3You didn't wear a suit . How come he doesn't have to wear a suit ?
Speaker 1Because look at me , because if you looked like him , you wouldn't have to wear a suit .
Speaker 2Because I'm a lady .
Speaker 3You have to come out in your Speedo .
Speaker 2Oh Jesus , jesus , no , maybe if we get a Speedo sponsor .
Speaker 3Oh my god , I love that .
Speaker 1You had that Charlie , or whatever . It was no , sammy , sammy , sammy , yeah the bottom line is .
Speaker 1I want to tell you , one of the nicest things about that 92nd Street Y was I was in and out of two worlds nonstop . I was in and out of the gay world and the Orthodox Jewish world , smoothly and simultaneously . I was doing a Dvar Torah about Talmudic stuff up there . I was doing Anche Bedikhe the , anche Bedikhe Talmud a piece of Talmud , and then talking about how I met my best friend , donny at a gay bar . We were talking about how I married and talking about doing kid-ish and talking . It was just very seamlessly between the two and that's how it should be .
Speaker 2I agree that's how it should be Great job , and the Y wants us back , I think .
Speaker 3Shout out to .
Speaker 2Ellie , she was our producer for you .
Speaker 1Oh my God , Ellie works at the Y . That was it . It was just . It was a magical night . It was 100 percent machine energy .
Speaker 2It was boring .
Speaker 3First of all , I was surprised that Ari stayed . My 10-year-old stayed the whole time . I brought his babysitter with us because I figured he would come say hi , come backstage in his little cute Gilbert Godfrey oh he was so cute .
Speaker 2Yeah , see the pictures of him and you and Guy in the drive .
Speaker 3He and Guy look great . They look great too . Anyway , he was so excited to come backstage and he , I guess he went to school the next day and told everybody about it and he was like so excited that we mentioned him on stage . It was so cute .
Speaker 2Shout out to Ari . He likes your muscles .
Speaker 1Ari good for him .
Speaker 3He always likes Leo's muscles .
Speaker 1Leo's muscles . Ok , good , good , very happy for him and he said that it was .
Speaker 3I was like did you enjoy it ? And he said it was a little bit interesting and a little bit boring . Yeah .
Speaker 1At least he's honest and he's honest . Yeah , I'm sure it was a little bit boring . He's a 10-year-old kid . Yeah , we didn't discuss whatever 10-year-old people discuss no-transcript .
Speaker 3I was so glad , you , I was so glad .
Speaker 1See , I was right .
Speaker 3I was so glad you told that joke .
Speaker 1What joke .
Speaker 3What's your favorite joke ?
Speaker 1Is that one of the audience ? Well , we have questions .
Speaker 2Yes , I told my favorite joke . What's your favorite joke ? Yeah , that's when I got a good line in . What was it ? Oh , oh my God . Yes , you said a joke about a piano .
Speaker 3Don't they say the joke .
Speaker 1If you want to hear the joke , you can listen to episode 100 . Yeah , it's a good joke and you can hear the joke . It was a good joke .
Speaker 2Your joke was good , but my response was also good .
Speaker 3Yes , you killed it . Your response was amazing .
Speaker 1Yes , but we have questions that people so hold on . While we're doing this , while we are doing this podcast at the 92nd Street Y and we're sitting there , there are ushers walking up and down the aisle with cue cards and it looks like when they do the Colneidre Pledge Appeal . And I'm like and it's so distracting and the joke about that was good too , because whenever they do the Colneidre those who don't know Colneidre the service they do an appeal and they have these little cards that sit in the chair and you fold the amount you want to give , so it'll be like the Schwarzberg family , and then you fold over 1,800 . And then they read them all out and then the few people whisper in the ear of the God by the usher an amount and just say anonymous . And you hear like ghosting family $180 . Brahmawitz family $1,800 . $360 from the Berkowitz family , and then $100 , anonymous , $200 , anonymous . And all of a sudden you hear Steve Lefkowitz from Lefkowitz Lighting and Plumbing Supplies $300 , anonymous .
Speaker 1And then I got it was literally that was what I was watching . You know , when you see ushers walking down with cue cards like this , it's so distracting .
Calvin Klein Ads, Perfume Jingles, Comedy
Speaker 1But some of the questions that were not answered that night .
Speaker 2Let's hear . Yeah , this first one . You answered on stage about that Calvin Klein ad campaign which you got a good story in . So if you want to hear that episode or watch the episode , the question is who should be the next Calvin Klein model ?
Speaker 1Leo Vega .
Speaker 2Calvin Klein , if you're listening . Infoatmodialivecom .
Speaker 1And you have that underwear that came back .
Speaker 3Calvin Klein might be listening . He's a New Yorker , but that's the ad from back in the . Yeah , yeah , those famous ads you would be giving me Marky Mark , yeah 100% .
Speaker 1By the way , do you know what jingle popped into my head that I maybe you'll remember , but definitely not Leo ? What Do you remember ? Back in the late 80s or 90s , there was a perfume called Charlie . Kind of now kind of wow , charlie . Kind of hip , kind of wow , charlie . Kind of fragrance that makes your day Charlie .
Speaker 3Oh my god , do you remember that or no ? Yes , I remember that .
Speaker 1And then there was there was the one that was the one that came and she cooked them . She came home from work and she cooked the meal . I can put on another that I Jolie , oh my god , I Jolie , I can . No , no , no , no , no . This woman comes in . This is the commercial in the 80s . She comes in with like a suit from work . She's like a working mom in the 80s , comes in power , I can bring home the bacon , don't , I'm not fired up in a . I never , never , never forget something with my man . I Jolie . And she's right , remember , the woman's perfume is a woman's perfume . But Charlie was amazing , kind of Pip , kind of wow Charlie , kind of Well you , work day back then .
Speaker 1One time we were in a hotel and Leo's stomach was a little bit off , so I go to him . He said to me I want Alka Sal Sir . I go plop , plop fistfist . He goes no , alka Sal Sir . And I made him listen to the commercial plop , plop fistfist . Oh , what a relief .
Speaker 2it is Bam OK .
Speaker 3Alka .
Speaker 2Sal , sir , if you're listening to a plea for sponsors , you don't remember the Calvin Klein ads in the 90s ?
Speaker 3Of course I do .
Speaker 1How are you born ? You were barely born Like those born in 92 .
Speaker 3Right so .
Speaker 2So some of my earliest memories are of Markie Mark and those tidy little whiteies . Yeah .
Speaker 1And then it went to the anorexic crackhead looking models . No , but it was .
Speaker 3Kate Moss and Markie Mark .
Speaker 2Right , that was when . Heroin .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2Yeah , ok . Next question is our size inclusive ? Ok , it is . It really is Not really a question , periel , but thank you for all that you are doing for Israel . No snaps for Periel . You were selling tickets . Did you sell sweatshirts of the thing ?
Speaker 3No , they were too expensive .
Speaker 2Are you on because pulled focus .
Speaker 3No , I just don't think that . I don't , I don't know . Anyway , periel is making really cute sweatshirts .
Speaker 2You should go to her Instagram and send her a DM and order one , but you only have a week Next . Why can I hear everyone so well ? Dot , dot , dot , dot dot . But when my wife of 47 years speaks , I can't underline , underline , underline , Hear what she says . And she never hears when I speak .
Speaker 1Oh , that's because of the joke , I did yeah About the hearing About the hearing thing . No , about the married and the . I did a lot of jokes in episode 100 . You should go listen to it , yeah .
Speaker 3But a woman came to you when and she said you can hear I ?
Speaker 1don't remember when you perform .
Speaker 2I will say something to .
Speaker 1I never hear you clearly at home . We never .
Speaker 2Oh , our house is weird . Acoustically you could be like 12 feet away from me , but if we are in certain spots I cannot hear anything .
Speaker 1And also he always speaks to me right when you're peeing . You're peeing right when I'm like washing , that one time I wash the dishes it's like all the water is running and he's like what ? Or we have like a bathroom , it's all tile . So if you're peeing in there , all you hear is Not Niagara Falls . And that's when he's like don't forget to , and you can't hear a word , but I speak .
Speaker 2I feel like you just hear the snoopy voice , exactly .
Speaker 3That's what my marriage is like . I speak and I don't even know if guy heard me , because he just never responds .
Speaker 1OK , that's good to know . It's good to know . I don't know what it is . It's the apartment . I actually know a couple that moved from their apartment because it was just so . It was so big in cameras that they couldn't even communicate . It was two guys that kept buying Our apartment is just too big . No , it's , acoustically , it's not .
Speaker 3It sounds like a dream .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah .
Speaker 2OK , next question . This says when you perform in other countries , is the humor the same or do you have to modify ? It depends on the country , it's slow down .
Speaker 1You definitely slow down , but let me tell you , no , anywhere Know your audience , but when you're performing in Germany , they know English and they're with you and they got it . When you're performing in Paris , when you're performing in Paris , you pray to God that people from other countries came to listen . Yeah , because they do not speak . They don't speak . We watch on . Instagram and we don't , we , but luckily , hi , we came from Belgium , we came from London , we came from Sweden and they all speak English .
Speaker 3But it's true that you change the jokes that you tell depending on who you're in front of .
Speaker 1No , yes , you have to Like . If you're making a reference to Home Depot or to Zales jewelry , you change it , find out what that place is there and they're so like blown away that you snap that into the joke .
Speaker 2But that's like , yeah , that's like an old tease Some stuff , some dates and some stuff about the special yes , yes , drum roll Guys . This is but this is beefy beefy news and you're only getting it because you listen to 23rd , so 20 . We filmed a special at Gramercy Theater like in 1843 . I did not realize how long . It was a learning process . It was a learning process , a learning process . Anyway , we're finally in the home stretch . The special will be coming out the 23rd of March , it will be available the 22nd of March .
Speaker 2It will be available behind a rental paywall and you'll find instructions on how to access it on your Instagram and and online . I'm gonna be sending an email out on the 15th to remind everyone .
Speaker 1I think that's all we should give right now that's very exciting , you guys okay , it'll be on that paywall 20 , 20 second .
Speaker 2You can watch it over Purim yes , it'll be available for Purim , so that's happening . And then just some upcoming shows . You have Long Island on the 15th and 18th , which this is probably gonna air after .
Speaker 1I can do this . I can do this on my own . I know these dates take it away .
Speaker 1I will be at the Paramount Theater on the 15th and 18th along with Periel . My co-host from the Annihils motor podcast , ilan Altman will be also on that show . Paramount Theater there's a few tickets left for each . Well , actually no one of them sold out , but look online . The Paramount Theater 18th and 15th . And then I'll be going to Boston for the on the 28th and 29th of still tickets available for the 28th . There's still tickets available for the 28th . Make sure to let your friends know who are in the area that I'm gonna be there and then we go to . I'm gonna go to San Diego for two shows at the Bilboa Balboa the Balboa Theater , it's , by the way , do you know ? I get that name wrong because my brother-in-law's name is Bill Bora , so Bill Bora and then Balboa for dyslexia .
Speaker 2That's not a great gift , so I'm gonna matinee and a seven o'clock show on the third so get tickets for the for that .
Speaker 1All tickets available on mori livecom , then I'm gonna be . This is gonna be sold out by the time this airs . Doing two shows for the hell of it in Los Angeles improv , hollywood improv , a seven and a nine o'clock . On that , the seven o'clock is sold out the fifth of March and and then we have St Louis and Orlando and Dallas and and Pittsburgh , cleveland , not Cleveland , cleveland , yeah , cleveland , you're going to Cleveland honey . I'm going to Cleveland . I can't wait . Last time I was there had a great time . What's not ? No , what else was ?
Speaker 2then you have the Kennedy Center , but that's basically can you sort ? Of sold out Terry town , which we are actually announcing today . An added show in Terry town very tell you to do . To demand adding a show so you'll be able to access that information soon . Then the Count Basie Theater in New Jersey that's sold out . Then you have your pass-over tour eggs , wow , and then well , I also want to tease out some other stuff , so things that we have confirmed but not announced yet . Yes , london .
Speaker 1London later in 2024 .
Speaker 2Yes , we're finally coming back to London . Those are my favorite shows of 2023 . Okay , and also Australia , melbourne and Sydney Melbourne , and .
Speaker 1Sydney , melbourne , melbourne and Sydney sell out there too , we have some listeners in here about Australia , because you guys are on the fence about schlepping over there well are gonna take a Xanax and buckle up , buckle in there and get there and do it and kill it and have the best time and the I can tell the audience is like I can't wait to see the audience in Australia . I don't want to see any of the sites they have there are animals to go see the quala bears . I'm not seeing a lot of bears . I don't want to go quala bears and gonorrhea .
Speaker 1I'd rather see the Jews of Australia and all the Jewish allies and all the friends of the Jewish community . I can't wait to see because the Jewish community in Australia since COVID have been so supportive and so amazing and I can't wait to be with them and and make them laugh and unite with them and sing hentik for with them . And that's that's what it is and I will all the tickets are available on Modi live , modi live , comm .
Speaker 1Be the friend that brings the friends to the comedy show , get a few extra tickets and and that's it . And periel , you're on . Periel ashenbramble , we're gonna .
Speaker 2Oh , and Denver then we're coming to show , and now you pop in Denver .
Speaker 1No , we're not oh my god , right Denver , we had a bad we confirmed , denver has not been announced yet .
Speaker 2It's coming soon , so everyone in Denver a lot of stuff we've been giving a lot of requests for Denver , just Modi .
Speaker 1Live calm and let Leo know where you are specifically on the list . Sign up for the . I'm sorry , I'm trying to get one sentence out here today . I let you get several sentences on the contact . Let him know where you are so you don't get emails for other places , you just get for you are good about doing that okay , like all right , and then , and that's it . So we want anything for you , we're done at periel ashenbrand on Instagram . That's where you can find me thinking about maybe changing your name to just periel right ?
Speaker 2are you taking full creative like kid ?
Speaker 3all of her career . I mean , there are worse things okay , yeah , we can talk ashenbann is probably the longest it is .
Speaker 1I will say I struggle spelling sorry no , go ahead , go ahead , no , no , what what ? I don't mean . No , tell her what you tell her you're .
Speaker 2I struggle to spell your name every time I have to check your Instagram . It's very difficult name and it's the .
Speaker 1SNC ashen brown . Ashton , and you want the T to be in there .
Speaker 3Ashton brown no but like , what am I supposed to do ? What am I like Madonna ?
Speaker 1share yes Modi yes .
Speaker 3So then what am I changing my Instagram to peria ? I don't care .
Speaker 1I'm a periel on stage , it just easier and periel and people remember that . But what's soon as you give me that ashton brown ? There's like eight little shin brand . Yeah , there's like . So ash in brown brand , ashen brand brand . Another syllable duh at D . And you'd rather have the tea . I'd rather have the tea and lose the D agree with us 100% .
Speaker 2I don't know about changing your whole name like what am I supposed to ?
Speaker 3what is my Instagram ?
Speaker 1help me . Welcome to the stage periel . How amazing is that ? And people right away assume periel oh , I have a friend from camp named periel done . But then you hit them with the ashen brand at the end periel is gone . Just something's busy afterwards . Just is just my .
Speaker 2I've only been doing comedy for 30 years with the name Modi , so I just maybe you're so mad that the sign at the wise at Modi Rosenfeld , but I felt like it was more formal given the situation yeah , I just usually prefer Modi at all events .
Speaker 1Just it's nice and easy , all right , chic yeah okay , you know what ? These are all just no , no there are worse people to take creative direction from yeah , thank you to our sponsors , a and h provisions and whites in Luxembourg . See you all at the net . We'll see you all the next episode . Thanks for that . We love you . We love that you're a part of the and his Modi family . Thank you , bye , bye bye .