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Habits and Hustle

Episode 257: Elon Gold: The Truth About Achieving Greatness in the Showbiz

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5818 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what life behind the mic of a comedian looks like?  In this episode of Habits and Hustle, we chat with the ever-so-hilarious and insightful, Elon Gold. We kick off with a raw and humorous chat on the hustle and grind of the comedy world and exploring how he started. Elon also expands on the significant impact of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David on Elon's career, to a chat about our comedy heroes, the industry's challenges, and how comedy can be a powerful tool against hatred. We delve into profound talks on faith, tradition, and God, underscoring the importance of having a support system. We reminisce on starting out in comedy, the struggles, and the glory. Elon opens up about the success of his 'Funny Quarantine' show and expresses his admiration for Howie Mandel’s comedic genius. There's also a thoughtful exposition on being Modern Orthodox and the essence of keeping traditions alive. Elon Gold is a comedian and actor who has starred in FOX's 'Stacked’ and NBC's 'In-Laws’. His one hour stand up special on Netflix, “Elon Gold: Chosen & Taken” received wide acclaim from audiences and peers alike. It is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.  What we discuss: (0:00:00) - About Elon Gold's Comedy Career (0:10:57) - How important is tradition and belief in God? (0:23:22) - How does the show business work? (0:28:06) - Joining Larry David's Show Journey (0:38:17) - How does making a living in comedy look like? (0:41:02) - What lessons can comedy teach us? (0:51:22) - What can comedy do to help with recent incidents against jews? (1:00:02) - Should comedians cover controversial topics?  (1:12:58) - Which women in comedy are the funniest? (1:18:55) - What type of people should we take advice from?  (1:33:36) - What does Elon like to do to relax? (1:43:43) - What is the secret to a successful marriage? Key takeaways: When you wake up in the morning, it’s important to meditate so you can focus on the beauty and truth in your life. However, it’s equally important that you express gratitude for everything worth being grateful about in your life. Whether you like to observe your own thoughts or talk to your God, spending time reflecting on your thoughts and thanking the Universe or God for everything you have is imperative to a happy and successful life.  In the show business, there’s no such thing as someone helping you out just for the sake of helping you out. In order for someone to give you a shot or a big break, it needs to be mutually beneficial. This is something that may sound harsh, but it is true in other types of relationships as well, such as romantic ones. If one partner is the only one doing all the work, the relationship won’t survive.  Every and any talent you have is God-given. You are born good at something for a reason but you have to work very hard to be great at it. This talent is given to you so you know which craft to work on and become the best at. To learn more about Elon: Website: https://www.elongold.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elongold/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEzx9WQFf1D2kJkk1VZjSA My links: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen

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0:00.0

Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

0:08.2

So I have Elon Gold on my podcast today. No, no, I'm serious. I mean, to go from Chevy Chase to

0:15.2

Elon Gold, this must be just the thrill of a lifetime for you. First of all. A legend in comedy to, didn't we go to camp together? That's my level of fame. We went to camp, right? No, I was on curb your enthusiasm and many other shows. You should know me, but nobody does. Nobody knows me. Nobody does, and they should, because you are the most hilarious. If anyone check,

0:38.0

you want to check out Elon Gold's comedy, his clips,

0:41.0

they are, what is-

0:41.9

Follow me on Instagram at Elon Gold, E-L-O-N, like the other guy.

0:45.9

He's Elon Musk, I'm Elon must do corporate gigs to pay mortgage.

0:49.9

But anyway, yeah, follow me.

0:51.6

I have good clips and good things on the YouTube's and the specials and the

0:55.5

Amazon's. Yeah, I try. You should be like Sebastian. That's so nice. And I love Sebastian. I started with

1:00.8

Sebastian. And the interesting thing about Sebastian is that, wait, put a pin in that because I want to just

1:06.7

address something to the fans at home. Jennifer, as I come here and she's so lovely, and we met

1:11.8

once before, right? Once. Jennifer, as I sit here, I sit down. She goes, you know, you blew me off.

1:18.3

And I went, I'm here. We met once. How is the blowoff between the first meeting and the showing up?

1:25.4

Where's the blowing? I want to know. Where's the blowing?

1:27.9

And I've been married 29 years, so that's a big question of my life. Where is the blowing? Where's the blowing? No, I gotta know how. You did it actually. I was, I think that I- You blew me off. I went. No, no, no, no, because you're like, oh, you're this, you're that, whatever and I remember when I first met you I came up to you and I was so elated to see you.

1:47.2

That's so nice. I was so excited. And you were kind of more like, yeah, yeah, thank you. Like, you're pleasant. I'm a pleasant person. But I was actually pleasantly surprised how nice you are that you came over. Yeah, I'm just a nice guy, you know. You were very pleasant. Yeah. And I, no offense, didn't know you, even though I know you're huge. I'm not. She's huge and she's doing so well. She's doing probably better than anybody. And you look at all these podcasters. and they're not doing well. They're not doing well. They're fakes, they're frauds, and they're total disasters.

2:18.3

But Jen is doing so fantastic.

2:21.2

And you know, And they're not doing well. They're not doing well. They're fakes, they're frauds, and they're total disasters. But Jen is doing so fantastic.

2:21.2

And, you know, she reminds me when I think of Jen. I think about my wife, melanoma. What is it? Melania. Melania Melanoma.

2:28.8

Either one will kill me eventually. I will tell you that. But my wife, melatonin. What is it? It's Melania, Melania Melitone. They both put me to sleep. I gotta be honest. But, you know, you're even more beautiful than my own wife and you're doing so well. Anyway, um, can you get back to so? So here's the thing. I didn't know you because I don't listen to podcast. Did you just make it up on the spot? I had a couple of those in the bag. I, uh, you did. You know, you always either pull things from your act or you just improvise. The blowing joke earlier was improvised. I didn't know I was going to say that. You know, and some things you pull from here and there and something. Johnny Carson famously said, uh, you're going to use everything you've ever had,

3:08.2

everything you got. You just use it. You use what you have. And when you work on things for, listen, I've been doing this 30 years, you've got a bag of tricks. And you pull them out every now and then. Here's my point. So I didn't know you, but I immediately took to you because you're like, cool and you have this energy and this aura that's very cool. Also, you're a fan of mine,

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