This is the 911 calls podcast with the operator and his exact twin,

mine is being born and raised in Kentucky and his heroic military service and being born to a completely other mother, Kent Chungus.

Oh, hi, Kent. It's good to see you. It's good to see you too over the last hour and a half. How? Yeah, I feel like we have so much to talk about. Yeah, let's get off our chests. Yeah, a lot to get off our chest. Actually, it's funny that I can write all of the script that I'm about to share.

And like none of it comes up in the uncut. It's I come to the script and I'm like, oh boy, we got a lot to talk about. So let's just jump right in. Okay. Okay, I got a question for you. Hey, Kent. Hey, hey, hey, hey, did you know that there are no funny jokes that you can say about mental illness? Hold on, just give me a minute.

Okay, while you're thinking and before we lose a bunch of people, let me state that I was struck recently by an article by a woman who wrote about using humor to help her cope with her mental illness. So when I say that there are no funny jokes that you can say about mental illness, I mean you and I can say about mental illness.

This woman makes a really good point in that she uses humor to actually help her her own mental health. I like with this woman, her name is Victorian Maxwell, I like what she says about her approach to humor and dealing with mental health. She has two rules rule number one. If you don't have mental illness, it ain't your rodeo to ride in.

I live with multiple mental health issues. It's up to me if I want to joke about them or not. If you have a mental illness, you have the same choice. I like that rule. I think that's a pretty good rule.

It really feels exclusionary at the same time. No, I mean, as somebody who has, I'm taking many medications for me to say you can't joke. I think that's total bullshit.

I just grew that entirely. And I think this woman is wanting some kind of victimhood that she can class onto because it's really cool right now. Well, I think she's wanting something to hold on to to put herself in a special category. That's what she's wanting. Yes.

I guess through a certain prism, you could look at it that way because she is writing an article about all this. Yes. Her second rule, I don't make fun of people with mental illness. Yes, I may make fun of myself.

But mostly I discover the humor in the situations I find myself in because I have a mental illness.

I think the caveat there like this. I can't stand to be around people like this. These people that can dish it, but can't take it.

Well, okay. All right. And I don't know like it like if you went to her and said, what about comedians? Like where do they know absolutely not jump up on stage, slap them in the face and then say, keep my name out your mouth.

She's my wife's name out your mouth. And if she is that way, I am bummed. I am bummed because I think there are a few bastions left in society where our society needs to be able to have free rain. And that is one of those is comedy.

And think about what life would be like if we never had Andrew Dice Clay, you know, not much different.

Before you when you were out in this, you were like, who is the most least funny comedian that's ever existed?

Was your second example Chelsea handler? Did you have Amy Schumer on there too? What I really like Williams. Was that your.

But I really like about doing these episodes with you is I write these scripts thinking I'm super smart. And then you open your mouth and like I'm like, okay,

as soon as he's done, I'm just going to move on. I'm going to pretend like I never said I just said you should have used like Bill hits sand, canister, Richard prior.

Okay. What I mean, I guess is not what I mean, I guess what I what I meant was Andrew Dice Clay was sort of like Archie bunker of humor. Like he tried to push envelopes that he knew were taboo.

You know what I mean, they all did they all did. But that he survived at all and wasn't like lynched is still kind of surprising to me, you know, because a lot of people would not say he was comedian.

Yeah, because I think the punchline is so important. Shocked. Yeah. Yeah.

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