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Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Russell Peters

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Russell Peters (Act Your Age Live in Abu Dhabi & Much More) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. 00:00 Intro 00:23 Meeting Neal with Chappelle in the 90s 1:24 Marriage & Co-Parenting 4:21 Relationships 8:56 Why Russell Likes Nice Things 10:25 Financial Incompetence 18:20 Touring 19:23 What he’d tell his younger self 22:09 How His Life Has Improved 29:21 Phoniness of the Industry 37:50 Inferiority Complex But Happy 46:09 Challenges of Being A Parent 56:17 Goals for Himself ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

My guest today I first met in 1997.

0:03.6

He was in a Mercedes car.

0:06.6

Lexus, actually.

0:07.4

It was a Lexus in 1997.

0:09.7

It was on the big street in Canada.

0:12.7

And from the Sutton Place, I was filming half-baked.

0:16.4

He was the comedian in Canada where he was, it's Russell Peters like John it's true

0:22.5

um still him yep and uh that's a true story correct i was with dave yep hanging out at his

0:28.6

hotel room i was dating a girl named rochelle at the time i remember rochelle girl and i was

0:34.2

trying to hook her sister up with dave oh. And her sister wasn't really having it.

0:38.3

And I'm like, wait, he's really funny. And he's, you know, she's like, I don't know. And then I remember one day we were hanging out in his hotel room there. And that's when Dave had his white Pomeranian, Stallonius. It was just Monk, yeah. And so we were hanging out in Dave's hotel room, and we're all laughing and joking, and the dog's barking, and we're having a good time. And then we hear on the door. And I'm sitting on the bed so I can see who's at the front at the door. And Dave opens the door, and all we hear is, will you keep it down in there and Dave looks at me and I

1:12.1

look at him and I go oh shit it was a Esther roll she was staying in either in across

1:18.2

the hall or in the room next door it was the mom from good times and we both out oh my

1:21.9

god Mrs. Evans just yelled at us unbelievable I was truly across the hall was that you

1:26.9

I didn't I didn't tip her off.

1:28.3

You just did.

1:29.3

But God bless.

1:30.3

So Russell, I know, here's what it looks like from the outside.

1:35.3

Here's what it looks like from the outside.

1:39.3

We get it, we get a little deep on this show, which I know.

1:42.3

That's fine.

1:43.3

Maybe not your thing, but we'll see what you can do.

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