lo, and Sebastian Maniscalco. That
tour took him from playing clubs
with 250 people to venues filled
with 3,000 and was filmed as a
documentary every step of the way
and released across the country.
“The beautiful thing about the
show was that all of the comics really brought it,” he recalled. “The
way Vince designed it, he set everybody up to win.”
Unfortunately, the movie was released just before a writers’ strike
hit. The cast had all sorts of press
lined up that they weren’t able to
do. Ernst told the crew that it was
his fault, he’s always got bad luck.
An example of his bad luck was
the first time he was shown on
national television. At the time he
was delivering pizzas for a living
and wasn’t able to get off work. A
delivery led him to an apartment
building where he caught the
last few seconds of his tv appearance where he said “good night!”.
Ernst still remembers the guy who
ordered that pizza.
“The look on the guy’s face was
almost like ‘Wow, this is cool and
fuckin’ depressing!’” he said. “I
didn’t know what to say, so I had
said, ‘Yeah, I’m fast!’ I was trying to
make light of it and he kept asking
Watch Bret Ernst Rail Against Restaurant Jobs
New Jersey Stage
October 2014
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