Jenny Lopez joins host Chris Lindstrom to chat about her Pittsburgh Fringe show, "Silver Linings and Alternate Realities."
Two stand-up comics and a drag queen walk into a bar. Challenged with dilemmas that our audience might be facing at the time. Their goal is to find the silver linings and alternative realities that could exist in our world today. Take the perspective of two stand-up comics 20 years apart with a grain of salt and some laughs. It's an interactive show where audience members will provide the comedians with prompts on difficult situations and see if they can wiggle their way out
Silver linings and Alternate realities-Comedy
Company: Bougie Bitch Comedy/ Jenny Lopez
Date(s): March 20, 2026
Time(s): 7:00 pm
Genre: Comedy
Venue: Conjure Bar & Stage
https://pittsburghfringe.org/events/silver-linings-and-alternate-realities-comedy/
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Well, that music means it's time for another episode of just can't not.
Speaker A:I'm your host, Chris Lindstrom, and this is part of our preview for the Pittsburgh Fringe festival.
Speaker A:I know this is outside of the typical Rochester and surrounding area content, but fringe is universal, and we're thrilled to partner with the Pittsburgh team for their 13th year running from March 19th to the 28th.
Speaker A:To learn more about the shows and get Tickets, go to pittsburghfringe.org Tickets cap out at $20 and an entire event pass is only $150.
Speaker A:So make sure to get your tickets today and join the action over on Penn ave.
Speaker A:So I'm here with a guest guest.
Speaker A:Why don't you introduce yourself?
Speaker B:Hi, Chris.
Speaker B:I'm Jenny Lopez.
Speaker B:I am a Pittsburgh stand up comic,
Speaker A:which is a, like, I mean, that's a lot of things all at once.
Speaker A:Pittsburgh's a lot.
Speaker A:And I really love it for that.
Speaker B:I do love Pittsburgh.
Speaker B:I'm not originally from here.
Speaker B:I'm actually from Los Angeles.
Speaker B:And this is a big town, little city, and there's so much.
Speaker B:There's so much to see, and there's so many people that are just the kindest, nicest people I have ever met.
Speaker A:How did you find your way to Pittsburgh?
Speaker B:I actually met my husband in Seattle and he had family out here.
Speaker B:So we.
Speaker B:We make the trudge out here to be closer to family.
Speaker B:And it was the.
Speaker B:Was the right choice.
Speaker B:It was perfect.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:That is the endless story of a lot of cities.
Speaker A:Like, you know, Pittsburgh and Rochester and Buffalo.
Speaker A:You see a lot of that.
Speaker A:Like somebody travels there for their, you know, for, you know, for their loved one who live there, or they left and came back.
Speaker A:It's that story.
Speaker A:But I think the thing you hear a lot after the move is how much people appreciate what you.
Speaker A:The opportunities you have in a.
Speaker A:Not the biggest city.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:The opportunities, the openings, and the ability to make your own mark in a place just because you want to.
Speaker B:I definitely consider it like an incubator city.
Speaker B:Like, I would not be able to do what I'm doing.
Speaker B:I don't know what I would be able to do in L. A or New York or whatnot.
Speaker B:But, like, it definitely you.
Speaker B:You can create the community you want to be in here.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:As opposed to fitting into what already ex exists.
Speaker B:So people have played along and everybody really wants to kind of grow.
Speaker B:So that's.
Speaker B:That's an awesome place to be in the city.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And I've found that, you know, the more I. I've stayed here, I'VE stayed in, you know, the Buffalo, Rochester area, my life.
Speaker A:And the more I've seen people that are coming back and then appreciating what you, you know, all those opportunities, the more clearly that you see, like, oh, yeah, but I love that.
Speaker A:And yeah, the big cities offer a lot of different things, but whenever you hear the, oh, I'm bored in Pittsburgh or I'm bored in Buffalo, I'm bored in Rochester, I'm like, that's your fault.
Speaker A:Like, make your own, make your own fun, make your own things, follow your own passions and you know something about doing stand up comedy in a city.
Speaker A:Like, you can be, you can make your own open mic things, you can do all these things.
Speaker A:So I'm kind of intrigued.
Speaker A:How did you get into, how'd you get into standup?
Speaker A:Was that a later thing?
Speaker A:Was that an earlier thing?
Speaker B:It's definitely a later thing in life.
Speaker B:I, I went to school to be a physical therapist and I, I've been a physical therapist for the last 10 years.
Speaker B:So I have mostly done, you know, like, I, I, I've always cared for people and wanted to make an impact, but I also, I think I care too much.
Speaker B:And I, you know, the healthcare is very, very, very difficult.
Speaker B:And it kind of, if you care too much for your patients, you don't really care for the people around you as much.
Speaker B:They're kind of like, oh, you hurt your toe, I could care less.
Speaker B:There's something that happens where you just become a different person because you need to survive that way.
Speaker B:You have your patients die every day and you have all these things that happen and you're just going to have to be a little numb to it.
Speaker B:And I didn't want that for myself.
Speaker B:And I took a stand up comic class around the same time that I was going through all this and I loved it.
Speaker B:It turned my brain on.
Speaker B:I was excited about things.
Speaker B:I had emotions, I had feelings, I had things I cared about.
Speaker B:And I would, I was like, I need to go in this direction because this is making me a person that actually cares about people and not just my patients, but like the, the community around me.
Speaker B:Like, I need to, I need to do more for the community, community around me than just what I'm getting paid for.
Speaker A:There's, I think that's one of those wildly unappreciated things in life, is that moment where you might think about it, you might know it in your head, but when you start doing it, how much it changes, how much it changes your life, that focus on maybe helping others or being involved in a community that's outside of the day job.
Speaker A:And this isn't to say, like, I enjoy my day job, right?
Speaker A:And that's part of what facilitates everything else I do.
Speaker A:But having that tie to the community to not just giving back, but helping others do things is the thing that, like, oh, yeah, this feels great.
Speaker A:This feels like I'm doing something.
Speaker A:And it feels like you're participating in a whole community.
Speaker A:And that's so unbelievably valuable in life.
Speaker B:People good, you know, people good.
Speaker B:And we're good for each other.
Speaker B:And I think Covid really shook us up and showed us how good people are for, for our health.
Speaker B:And so, like, we, we do need to be around a community.
Speaker B:Not just like, put our heads down and, and do the work, but do something that you enjoy doing so that, you know, you, you feed other people's desire to do the same.
Speaker B:Like, if they see you doing something that you love doing, that's the best thing.
Speaker B:At least when I see shows or when I see performances, like, if the performers look like they're doing something they enjoy doing, you fall in love.
Speaker B:Like, you're kind of like, oh my God, like, let's.
Speaker B:It's so inspiring.
Speaker B:And I was like, I need, I need to be doing that.
Speaker B:I need to be doing something where I'm clearly just enjoying myself so fully that everybody else gets to see.
Speaker B:Like, it's doable.
Speaker B:It's, it's.
Speaker B:You can still make an impact.
Speaker B:You can still touch people's lives, but you also can take care of yourself and not have to be like, I'm the martyr.
Speaker B:I'm the one sacrificing my own health and sanity to make sure you're okay and then you're just going to die.
Speaker B:And so it's.
Speaker B:Yeah, it was a, it was a life changing experience.
Speaker A:Well, I think that's also, I mean, that's the other truism in many things.
Speaker A:And also the thing you hate to hear when you're, when you're not feeling good about yourself is when you're following your passions, when you're around people who are passionate, people see that it's.
Speaker A:There's a.
Speaker A:And I don't.
Speaker A:I'm not a. I'm not a.
Speaker A:Like, you know, oh, you know, attract laws of attraction, all that stuff.
Speaker A:But it's like there is a, there's a presence of somebody who's following their passion.
Speaker A:There's a presence of somebody who knows who they are.
Speaker A:Like, when I was desperate, I was trying, not trying, but Wanting things and wanting, like, oh, to find a partner, to be a part of a community.
Speaker A:The way it happened is I was just following the things I liked and things fell in the way they did.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:And those are the things you hate to hear the most when you're feeling that way.
Speaker A:But the realism is that if you find something you actually care about, that's the interesting part, is if you want people to be interested in you, whether as friends or a community, you have to be interesting.
Speaker A:You have to live a life.
Speaker A:You can't just be in a room and do this.
Speaker A:You have to go out and try and risk being.
Speaker A:Risk going on stage and risk trying to be funny or risk trying to write something.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:You're putting yourself out there and that's.
Speaker A:That's all that is.
Speaker A:Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker B:Finding yourself.
Speaker B:Like, it's still a process.
Speaker B:Like, I'm.
Speaker B:I'm just trying things on right now.
Speaker B:Literally just trying different things on to see what feels good.
Speaker B:Because like I said, healthcare, you.
Speaker B:You dedicate yourself in a certain manner that you become.
Speaker B:I was like a listener, you know, I was a listener.
Speaker B:I was a person that gave insight to something like the expert in.
Speaker B:In this field that would give people, you know, tools that they needed to get through their life and be a little bit more functional and enjoy their lives more.
Speaker B:But it was.
Speaker B:So, yeah, it didn't let me expand on who I was and, you know, and, yeah, if I got.
Speaker B:I was lucky enough to be able to be in a position where I was able to drop that and pursue this.
Speaker B:And it is crazy.
Speaker B:You don't want to hear it.
Speaker B:It is one of those things that just like, we can't all follow our dreams, but if you try, sometimes things do work out.
Speaker B:If you.
Speaker B:I like thinking about it as if we always think of the worst case scenario and we prepare for the worst.
Speaker B:And so we have all these action plans for if these things happen, what would we do?
Speaker B:As opposed to, like, what's the best case scenario?
Speaker B:And then looking at all the tools you already have to make that happen and be like, all right, I'm on a good.
Speaker B:I have a good foundation.
Speaker B:Like, let's go forward based on everything I have already.
Speaker B:So, yeah, that's kind of my mentality and where I want to take these shows that I'm doing.
Speaker A:Yeah, so, yeah, let's bring up the plugs for the shows that you are doing.
Speaker A:What's the venue?
Speaker A:What are the dates?
Speaker B:So for the Fringe Festival, it's going to be at the Conjure Bar and stage in the little neighborhood in Allentown in Pittsburgh.
Speaker B:It's a cute little speakeasy so you walk in and it's kind of one of those oddity shops and in the back there's a bar and then there's a second room that has a stage and tables and whatnot.
Speaker B:And it's a beautiful, beautiful place.
Speaker B:And I've been doing my open mics there, comedy open mics on Wednesdays and they agree to do be part of the Fringe Festival.
Speaker B:So it's kind of a trial because it's off the beaten path of where the other shows will be.
Speaker B:But there'll be a couple of shows in that area as well.
Speaker B:And yeah, the show that I'm doing is 3-20-20 it's at 7pm it's called silver Linings and Alternate Realities.
Speaker B:And it's just that it's, it's.
Speaker B:The idea is to do somewhat stand up format and somewhat interactive where it's me, nearly 40 year old comic and Angelo Collins who is a nearly 20 year old comic.
Speaker B:So there's 20 years apart and he's just such a, a positive kid going through, you know, what we all go through around that age, discovering himself.
Speaker B:And I think it was just really awesome when we were in a room together like, you know, people would talk about their lives and their perspectives and we would kind of look at each other, be like, oh, it might not be, you know, like there's actually like different ways to look at that, you know and we, we were a great team with that.
Speaker B:So I thought that would be an awesome idea for a show is kind of giving people, they give us their dilemmas or scenarios that they're going through and then we can be like, all right, what's another possibility that makes that may exist in this reality too, you know, with the same facts.
Speaker B:And then I have a local drag queen, nbcin who's just amazing, just so energetic, has ah, just inspiring and so she's going to be hosting and hopefully sharing a little bit of her story as well.
Speaker A:Yeah, I mean that's, that just sounds like just a fun night.
Speaker A:Like it's not, you know, it's not too much, it's not too little.
Speaker A:It's just like hey, let's, let's bounce around, let's have a good time.
Speaker A:Like that is, that's the joy of those kind of like panel like talk to the audience things is if you have confidence that you're going to react and that you're going to figure it out.
Speaker A:It can be really special when you get that feedback, when you get those.
Speaker A:Those questions that you just like something sparks in your head.
Speaker A:And there's a specialness to that live interaction that is hard to replicate.
Speaker B:Yeah, you can't.
Speaker B:You don't know what you're really going to get.
Speaker B:So there's always so much preparing you can have, and it's really just like, are you someone who can see things differently already?
Speaker B:Like, can you?
Speaker B:And people would always call me devil's advocate, because if there was anybody in the room and someone's talking about them, I'm just like, I'm always defending the person that's not there, even if they're like the worst person in the world.
Speaker B:Just because it's like, you don't.
Speaker B:You're not always right, you know, and it takes up so much of your headspace to be so negative about people that, like, let's just not either.
Speaker B:Let's just not talk about them or, like, you might be wrong, you know, so it's like, how much weight are we putting into these conversations or these feelings that we have about situations or people that are just dragging us down?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And like, I think that's the focus on doing something positive.
Speaker A:And I'll say, you know, being positive is difficult sometimes.
Speaker A:I know it's a lot of work for me to be positive sometimes, but I think it's also work that is very much worth doing and interviewing people and being around people who are trying to do things that are good, that's the stuff that makes you.
Speaker A:It makes you okay because, you know, there can be a lot of other stuff going on.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's a.
Speaker B:It's a job.
Speaker B:And I always say the world is in surplus of negativity and it's.
Speaker B:It's going to bring bad for you no matter what.
Speaker B:Like, there are people that exist that just, you know, and if our lives is just a matter of perspective that needs to be tweaked, then try, like, do it like it's work and it's not easy and it's not something that you just turn on one day and it's there.
Speaker B:It's an everyday job.
Speaker B:Yeah, it is an everyday job.
Speaker A:Well, and I'm kind of intrigued.
Speaker A:So you, you mentioned that this spurred out of doing.
Speaker A:Of hosting an open mic.
Speaker A:I know, you know, a number of comedians that have done that.
Speaker A:It seems like it's just an intriguing little microcosm of the comedy community is hosting an open mic because.
Speaker A:And I'll say words so, you know, it can be the people that show up every week that are doing the same thing and don't change the people that are trying stuff.
Speaker A:The people are just getting in, or the people that are rebounding from, like, oh, this didn't go well, or just learning something.
Speaker A:How have you found, you know, doing the hosting?
Speaker A:How has that experience been?
Speaker A:Because you have to work with a ton of different divergent people.
Speaker B:Very divergent people.
Speaker B:I think there's a joke of if they have this comic funny or do they have ADHD or autism?
Speaker B:And that's kind of the running joke of, like, we're all.
Speaker B:We're all divergent in some way.
Speaker B:Yeah, it.
Speaker B:This is all new to me.
Speaker B:So I went to lots of mics, I watched a lot of mics.
Speaker B:I kind of took parts and pieces of things that people did that I really enjoyed and appreciated.
Speaker B:And then I kind of just started running it as a normal.
Speaker B:Everyone comes in, everyone says, signs up, we do a mic.
Speaker B:You do your five minutes and kind of getting things going.
Speaker B:But this March, I'm going to kind of trial a feedback mic.
Speaker B:So the problem is getting audience members in the seat.
Speaker B:So comics, they're all happy to have a space to be able to perform, but after a while, you're performing to each other and there's practice, but there's not necessarily, like, you're on your own for finding your own improvement.
Speaker B:And so I'm going to trial a feedback mic where we do, you know, two to three, three to five minutes of a set, and then like two minutes of feedback with different themes.
Speaker B:Like, does it even have a punchline?
Speaker B:Things like that.
Speaker B:To just have people come in with something that they're ready to perform and that they're willing to accept feedback on and then go from there.
Speaker B:But it'll be a trial and to see how that goes.
Speaker A:I love that that's the possible question is we're going to do a whole segment of.
Speaker A:Does this have a conclusion?
Speaker B:Yeah, because sometimes it's a story that we just get out and the mic is a perfect place.
Speaker B:You need to say it for the first time.
Speaker B:And then if someone hears your story and they hear a punchline that you didn't hear it, it might be just something that we have a conversation about.
Speaker B:Where does that lie?
Speaker B:Where does the story go?
Speaker B:So, yeah, just giving a little bit more direction than just like.
Speaker B:Which is kind of what I do.
Speaker B:You know, I'll show up at Mike's and I'm like, I have things I want to talk about, and I really just try to let it all out.
Speaker B:And see what catches, like what lands and what doesn't land and.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:Are you more of an internalizer or are you recording and then pulling and rewriting?
Speaker A:Or are you like more of a read and react kind of person when you're trying to develop a joke?
Speaker B:I definitely have to record because I.
Speaker B:There's so many components to performing that are just like I, you know.
Speaker B:You know, you're performing and you're timing and the wording and interacting with the audience.
Speaker B:Like there's so many things going on in the moment that my brain can't fully.
Speaker B:I'm not there yet.
Speaker B:Yeah, I'm not there to be able, like, oh, that one was good.
Speaker B:Like, I try to be in the moment and I record it and then I listen to it and.
Speaker B:And then I see what kind of is consistently working and then rewrite based on.
Speaker B:Based on that.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:Because I've always found that process fascinating.
Speaker A:But I think that's the thing that people will try to write fully formed jokes right away.
Speaker A:They'll try to do, oh, I've seen this where somebody does a 15 minute story into multiple punchlines.
Speaker A:I'm like, that's expert level stuff, guys.
Speaker A:This is like, that's the culmination of a 10, 15 year journey.
Speaker A:Often to be able to do those longer bits that roll and bounce and have that dynamic contrast of everything works because you can carry the audience into ups and downs.
Speaker A:That's the expertise, right?
Speaker A:That's the time, that's the, oh, I know I can read what's going on and alter the little things.
Speaker A:Like, get the, can I do a baseline thing and get a joke out and then do the next one, do the next one, then see if they work together.
Speaker A:But that's, that's the whole open mic thing is like, hey, try different stuff out and don't be static.
Speaker A:Don't be the person doing the same joke 20 weeks in a row.
Speaker A:Because that's not the point.
Speaker B:Like, change something about it, you know?
Speaker B:Like, do you like, play with it?
Speaker B:If you have a joke that's written down, you're saying the exact same thing the exact same way.
Speaker B:Like, that's one thing, but say the exact same thing a different way and play with how.
Speaker B:Like you can do anything with that just by changing the delivery, flipping it around, flipping it upside down.
Speaker B:Like, there's so many things that you can do with just this.
Speaker B:Just you write one thing and you just play with that one thing and it can take you so many different places.
Speaker B:And then there's so Many rabbit holes.
Speaker B:Now you have, like, all these options and also haven't.
Speaker A:You know, you can have an inspiration.
Speaker A:You can have somebody who might have been your.
Speaker A:Like, oh, this is my golden compass towards, you know, this is the person.
Speaker A:Like, I love their.
Speaker A:The way they do comedy, but also, you can't.
Speaker A:You can't just copy their thing.
Speaker A:You have to find your own voice.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker A:Yeah, of course, like, starting with a cadence or starting with this thing, but if somebody sees you and like, okay, all right.
Speaker A:Not.
Speaker A:I mean, not to date myself.
Speaker A:Like, oh, it's.
Speaker A:Oh, you're doing Dave Attell.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:You're doing that.
Speaker A:You're doing that thing.
Speaker A:You're doing, you know, Mark Norman.
Speaker A:You're doing somebody else.
Speaker A:Like, don't be.
Speaker A:Don't be that person where somebody can identify who you're doing and, you know, do.
Speaker A:Do your own thing.
Speaker B:Yeah, I think.
Speaker B:I think trying things on is probably part of the way that people grow.
Speaker B:It's especially.
Speaker B:So I'm.
Speaker B:I'm of Latin origin, and language is such an interesting thing to me.
Speaker B:I mean, what do I sound like to you?
Speaker B:Do I sound like a brown woman?
Speaker A:I mean, no, no.
Speaker A:No particular accent, but, you know, it's.
Speaker A:That's also like, part of the lived experience of people who are now.
Speaker A:Like, if you lived in California your whole life, it's part of culture, but when you move, it's not part of culture anymore.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And so now it's just a part of, like, my.
Speaker B:My language, of the way I speak and the things I say.
Speaker B:I hear so many things from different places.
Speaker B:Like, all the places I lived, I lived in Los Angeles.
Speaker B:I lived in San Francisco, I lived in Seattle.
Speaker B:I did.
Speaker B:I joined the circus at one point.
Speaker B:And I.
Speaker B:As you do, I was.
Speaker B:I was.
Speaker B:I mean, so the circus comes by to each city, and they'll hire locals to staff the place.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And if you want, you don't technically work for the circus, but you can follow them and be employed in whatever city they're in.
Speaker B:So I did that for.
Speaker B:For a portion of my life.
Speaker B:And I went to New York, I went to Boston, Hartford, Connecticut.
Speaker B:Like, I lived in different place places and picked up a lot of different things.
Speaker B:And I just.
Speaker B:I. I almost think of my language as, like, a memory of people and places that I've been.
Speaker B:Because, like, I say bag people from California don't say big.
Speaker A:No, no.
Speaker A:I was gonna say, like, when I heard, like, the hard.
Speaker A:You know, those.
Speaker A:Those northern, like, high, like, vowels, like.
Speaker A:Yeah, that is, like, that's what I Grew up around, you know, that's, you know, bordering Canada kind of stuff.
Speaker A:That's Buffalo, you know, Buffalo, Rochester, you know, all that stuff like Rochester, you know, all the, you know, the high nasals, like it's.
Speaker A:But that's, that is a specific thing.
Speaker A:I wouldn't have picked California based on when I heard that.
Speaker A:But what, all of it is that other than like, like when you say like, oh yeah, like having experience but like you traveled around with the circus, right?
Speaker A:Like this is like you live the weird ass life.
Speaker A:Like that's how you do this stuff.
Speaker A:That's a great thing.
Speaker B:Yeah, I've lived a, I've lived a very, very good life.
Speaker B:And I like mentally just the natural.
Speaker B:I mean, South Central Los Angeles was its own thing.
Speaker B:And growing up in, in the age of parents not knowing what love is is a different name.
Speaker B:Like we all grew up like with parents that were just discovering how to even love their children.
Speaker B:So yeah, discovering that late is kind of interesting.
Speaker B:But yeah, I've always lived a good life and I always told myself that like, we never know if we're gonna, you know, die old or young.
Speaker B:And I like the idea of both making a path for myself, like having something for my future self to step on, and also living as if you're gonna die tomorrow because that helps you really enjoy the moment and not be so focused on what might not happen, good or bad.
Speaker A:Well, so, I mean, throughout our interview, you've mentioned, you mentioned like death a number of times.
Speaker A:Obviously, as you know, it seems like that was part of your.
Speaker A:Part of your journey in the medical field was being involved with that and working with people who are going through that process.
Speaker A:Is that something you find you're going into, when you're writing about it and you're working through that?
Speaker A:Do you find that's part of what you do naturally at this point?
Speaker B:I think so.
Speaker B:I think I eventually, I don't know what I'm doing right now.
Speaker B:I'm just, like I said, I'm trying things on.
Speaker B:I'm playing with things.
Speaker B:I'm like learning.
Speaker B:I'm in the learning phase.
Speaker B:I'm in the learning and doing.
Speaker B:So I see and do and see and do and try things on.
Speaker B:But ultimately I definitely want my stuff to be like, just look at what you're doing in your life right now.
Speaker B:And if there are things that you can within your grasp, change, then do that.
Speaker B:Drink more water, for example.
Speaker B:You know, like drinking water is such an important thing.
Speaker B:And I didn't start doing it until two years ago, I drank coffee and then a ton of water.
Speaker B:Like a. Yeah.
Speaker B:At night.
Speaker B:And that's it.
Speaker B:And that was my.
Speaker B:That was my hydration station.
Speaker B:But, like, when you see people who are elderly not drink water and how much it impacts their lives, I'm like, if you get in the habit now, it'll make such a big difference, because mentally, physically, all of the above, for sure.
Speaker B:Walking.
Speaker B:Take a.
Speaker B:Take a fucking walk, everyone.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:Like, it's the little.
Speaker A:Right, it's that little.
Speaker A:I forget who the comedian was who was talking about.
Speaker A:I think it was a podcast host I was listening to.
Speaker A:And it was like.
Speaker A:It was during.
Speaker A:You know, during the pandemic.
Speaker A:He's like, you know that Dr. Fauci always just says, just take a little fucking walk in the morning.
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker A:Like that.
Speaker A:But you know what?
Speaker A:Like, the days that I do come home and I take a walk around my neighborhood for 20 minutes with my wife is a way better day than when we don't do it.
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And it.
Speaker A:I hate it so much that that is the thing.
Speaker A:Like, oh, just take a walk and you're gonna feel better.
Speaker A:I'm like, shut up.
Speaker A:But it's like.
Speaker A:And then you do it.
Speaker A:You're like, God damn it.
Speaker A:Like, I just feel better because I took a little fucking walk.
Speaker B:Yeah, our bodies need it.
Speaker B:It's so silly.
Speaker B:And it is.
Speaker B:It is like.
Speaker B:It is.
Speaker B:It feels like it's just such an easy thing to do, but it's not.
Speaker B:It's not.
Speaker B:It's not drinking water, period.
Speaker B:Like, my son had to infuse water for me so that I would drink it.
Speaker B:He put, like, strawberries and, like, anything to do just so I could drink water.
Speaker B:And it took.
Speaker B:It took.
Speaker B:Can I say.
Speaker B:Can I talk about marijuana?
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, please.
Speaker B:I smoked marijuana for a whole year, and the dehydration from that is what made me drink more water.
Speaker B:So I was just like.
Speaker B:It put me in a habit.
Speaker B:It put me in a habit to drink water on a very frequent basis.
Speaker B:And that's literally the only way I personally was able to start consuming water, like, in.
Speaker B:In a decent amount.
Speaker B:I also love the necessity.
Speaker A:I also love that your son had to turn your water into a hotel lobby water.
Speaker A:Like, it's.
Speaker A:Your son is making you feel like you're in a hotel lobby drinking cucumbers and lemons in a goddamn water jug for you to want to hydrate.
Speaker B:He's so sweet.
Speaker B:He's so sweet, and he's such a.
Speaker B:He's such a freak of nature.
Speaker B:They're like, he puts.
Speaker B:Personally loves water himself.
Speaker B:Like, he doesn't do sodas and juices and stuff like that.
Speaker B:So, like, yeah, it was kind of.
Speaker B:You talk about the things that you want to see in yourself and.
Speaker B:And they pick up on it and do it themselves, and they're like, look what I can do.
Speaker B:Look how great I am.
Speaker B:Like, you are super great.
Speaker B:Someday I'll be like you and I'll be great.
Speaker A:How dare you be better than me.
Speaker A:Quit it.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:So it's great.
Speaker B:I mean, it is.
Speaker B:It is a.
Speaker B:Do what I do, what I say now what I do.
Speaker B:And he.
Speaker B:He.
Speaker B:He's doing good.
Speaker B:He's such a good kid.
Speaker A:I love that.
Speaker A:And I did want to bring up.
Speaker A:So you mentioned that, you know, you're also doing some.
Speaker A:You're donating some of your comedy proceeds to a charity and want to make sure you get a chance to talk about that for a second.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So comedy doesn't make a whole lot of money, especially where I'm at right now.
Speaker B:So I don't want that to be.
Speaker B:My goal is to, like, make a lot of money and get paid and figure out a way to make this into a good business model.
Speaker B:But I do want to make sure that is something that's there, but it's in the background and it's bubbling.
Speaker B:And Casa San Jose is doing incredible work in the Pittsburgh area for the Latino community.
Speaker B:They're providing, like, free legal services.
Speaker B:They're providing a lot of educational services.
Speaker B:One of the things that I will be involved with, which I'm kind of.
Speaker B:Kind of worried about, it's being part of the rapid response team, which is documenting whenever there's any ICE raids and stuff like that.
Speaker B:And me and my husband looked at each other and we're like, that's a white woman's job.
Speaker B:Like, if I show up to a rapid response, if they're there and they, you know, like, I go back and forth about what that's going to look like for me.
Speaker B: to donate all my proceeds in: Speaker B:And they have a steady stream, hopefully.
Speaker B:A steady stream.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:If I get booked.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:And that's the idea.
Speaker B:It's like, I need the practice, they need the money.
Speaker B:So hopefully this, like, symbiotic relationship can help out and giving them more awareness as well.
Speaker B:Hopefully other people can start donating money because it's such a.
Speaker B:It's Such a helpful service and it's so dedicated to this community, which is really feeling it right now.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:And it's obviously in a time of, in a time of crisis, it's most important.
Speaker A:But, you know, these are also organizations that do good work in the community.
Speaker A:When there's not a crisis, an immediate crisis, an acute crisis.
Speaker A:These kind of organizations like help build community and help make people feel like they're part of something.
Speaker A:I know in Rochester we have a vibrant Puerto Rican community.
Speaker A:And to see those organizations work on building the community and helping in spots where they're needed, these are the things that build the community for our neighbors.
Speaker A:And I think that's the important point about all of it, is these are all of our neighbors.
Speaker A:See everybody as that.
Speaker A:And you're gonna have a better, richer life for being involved with people who have different experiences than you and being around different things.
Speaker A:And I know personally, having done a lot of work in the small minority owned restaurant community of our city, that is the thing that means so much.
Speaker A:It means so much to me, but it's made my life so much better and have way more flavor in many different ways to be involved in those things.
Speaker B:Yeah, flavor is, is a, is a nice thing.
Speaker B:And there's so many different areas that can, that need our help.
Speaker B:I always just say focus on what you know best and what you can do best.
Speaker B:Like, don't, don't go out of the way to stretch yourself in different directions unless you want to.
Speaker B:If you do it, awesome.
Speaker B:But just pick something.
Speaker B:Everyone's going to pick something and we're all going to take care of it.
Speaker B:Like, there's fires everywhere, but if there's firemen at every fire, then we're, we're okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:You know, they're being, they're being handled.
Speaker B:Just pick something, something and do that, you know, like help out that way.
Speaker A:Yeah, well.
Speaker A:And I think that's kind of, that's kind of where I kind of want to leave it is regardless of if you're looking to help, if you're looking to build yourself up, pick something.
Speaker A:Pick something.
Speaker A:Try it.
Speaker A:See if it clicks.
Speaker A:You're going to find something that you like.
Speaker A:It might not be the thing you stay with forever, but if you find something you like, then you're going to find something you love and you're going to be a better person for either contributing to somebody who needs help or helping yourself.
Speaker A:So you can be there for somebody else later.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:So plugs, once Again, we've got March 20th over at the Conjure Barn stage.
Speaker A:Tickets are $20.
Speaker A:You can go to Pittsburgh fringe.org to buy your tickets.
Speaker A:That's a 7 o' clock show.
Speaker A:Just sounds absolutely fantastic.
Speaker A:Jenny, any other plugs before we close out?
Speaker B:So that.
Speaker B:And we have the weekly open mics on Wednesday, same place.
Speaker B:Conjure Bar and stage o' clock is when they start.
Speaker B:And we're going to be trialing the feedback.
Speaker B:So if anybody is interested in doing a mic period or just being an audience member and kind of listening to the process of what we.
Speaker B:What we go through would be awesome and appreciated.
Speaker B:You guys can check more information out on bougie bitch comedy.
Speaker B:That's where I'll post any of the shows that are coming up or any of the productions that I'm putting on.
Speaker B:And yeah, I mean, I hope to.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's a start to something big and I'm excited and people are excited and that makes me even more excited.
Speaker B:So I think.
Speaker B:I think I'm on a good path and I want to see what happens next.
Speaker A:That's awesome.
Speaker A:So, Jenny, thank you so much for joining.
Speaker A:Just can't.
Speaker A:Not on the Lunchadore Podcast Network.
Speaker A:Make sure you go to pittsburghfringe.org to check out all the shows for the 13th year running from March 19th to the 28th, and we'll see you out on the fringe.
Speaker B:Thank you, Chris.
Speaker A:This has been a presentation of the Lunchadore Podcast Network.
Speaker A:Go eat some delight in Latin food.
Speaker A:Support the community.
Speaker B:Yeah.