87: The Wayback #87 | Craig Shoemaker

The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

Comedy Interviews, Stand-up, Society & Culture, Relationships, Comedy

4.8 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Craig Shoemaker takes a ride in The Wayback as we head to 1970s and early 80s in the suburbs of Philadelphia. (Check out his tour dates at craigshoemaker.com and his company laughterworx.com). We get nostalgic pool hopping, playing in the woods, and the lost art of busting balls as a form of affection. A delinquent as a kid, Craig also shares stories about starting a neighborhood gang, shoplifting, and the time he got arrested and went to court at Veteran's stadium. We then reminisce about sneaking into old, abandoned buildings, and Craig tells the story of how he would to break into and give tours of the second largest home in the United States, the Stotesbury Mansion.

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0:00.0	Hey, baby, we're going to be here all day.
0:04.6	We're going to be here all day, baby.
0:06.3	I like this kind of party.
0:07.9	Welcome back to the way back, everybody.
0:10.2	Ryan Sickler here.
0:11.5	Thank you guys.
0:12.4	Thank you for supporting this show.
0:13.9	Thank you for watching this.
0:15.2	It's so fun to sit back here and go through everybody's childhood
0:18.4	and get nostalgic about all the wild stuff we did
0:21.4	that I can't believe anyone lives past 16 to be honest.
0:25.6	Very excited to have this guest here with us back here today.
0:28.5	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Craig Shoemaker.
0:30.9	Welcome to the way back, brother.
0:31.9	This is the perfect show for me.
0:33.6	It is.
0:34.4	You know what I mean?
0:35.0	I just love the past.
0:37.5	Well, we're going to dive into it, but before we do, promote everything you'd like, please. Just go to Craig Shoeemaker.com and that's got everything. It's Craig Shoeemaker, not Mocker. A, K-E-R, shoe-locker. Like I'm off the boat from Bavaria. It's just a shoemaker. or you make shoes, you don't mock shoes, or you don't mock the shoes, unless they're crocs, those you can mock.
0:38.1	You know what the holes are for yourself? from Bavaria. It's just a shoemaker. It makes shoes. You don't mock shoes or you don't mock the
0:54.7	shoes. Unless they're crocs, those you can mock. You know what the holes are for? So your self-esteem could slip back. But that's what you do. Craigshemaker.com. And it's got all official Craig Shoemaker on Instagram. Let's get me some followers. Let's do it. I need the young followers. Tell me about this seat here. So this seat's the old school seat facing traffic. I know you grew up in that era. Remember you the Woody wagon? Did someone in your family have the? Yes. Grandfather. And they face backwards. You make fun of the people behind you. Yeah, yeah. Hoping you give you the finger. Remember, yeah. Remember that? Or you give it. You give it.
1:27.7	Well, I was, I tried to get, because that was a victory.
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