Building an Empire: From Stand-Up to Film Production | Joe Gatto DSH #1108

I love it.

Yeah, that sibling.

Sibyl, I got two older sisters that are the best.

Those sibling battles, though, growing up, I heard.

Yeah, me and my older sister and a middle sister.

Me and the middle sister didn't get along for a minute while we were going through our teens.

But they were in Sarah.

You know, I was an annoying teen, 12-year-old brother, you know, and then she was, you know, dealing with what she was, starting to like boys and knowing what's going on.

Were you protecting her?

Uh, I tried, but she ended up protecting me more than I protected her, to be honest.

Yeah,

all right, guys, Joe got out of here.

What happened, man?

Nothing.

I won.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just decided, you know, I decided to just let everybody else have the money this time.

What a nice time.

I'm nicer longer than I thought I was going to, which is great.

But yeah, I just couldn't get the cards, man.

Couldn't get the cards.

AP was at the table and he was just invincible.

I think he had like 100% win rate the whole time I was in.

He didn't lose once.

And the one time I was able to go in, we had the same cards, Queen 10.

But yeah, it was always a good time.

It's always good.

Poker's a blast.

You play a lot of poker?

I do not.

No.

I don't play poker anywhere besides here.

Wow.

That's a true story.

Yeah.

I mean, you're busy with your comedy shows, right?

Well, yeah, that's why.

I mean, but I like taking money from the house.

I'm a craps player, a baccarat player.

Okay.

I don't really do, you know, poker.

I do sometimes friendly games and whatnot, but I never really ended up playing poker.

I'll say craps is the most fun.

Craps I love.

A good craps table where everybody's winning money is the best.

Energetic.

But baccarat's the best odds.

For sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And baccarat, I just started playing recently, and I just really enjoy like when you play that with your friends too.

Like when you play blackjack with your peeps, not everybody wins when the cards are right.

You know, you could win and somebody's losing and you're cheering and they're losing.

I don't like that.

I like when everybody's on the same page.

Absolutely.

So craps, baccarat, that happens.

Yeah, those Asians love that baccarat.

They love that baccarat, baby.

Yeah.

There's always a noodle bar close by.

Yeah.

You got an Asian mentor in Baccarat?

No, I just, I, you know what?

I didn't even really know how to play.

It was like the one game I didn't know how to play.

Yeah.

I play a lot.

I gamble everything.

And I was like, I don't know how to play this.

And I just sat down and I had this great dealer one-on-one.

And they were just explaining what was going on.

And I still aren't 100% sure on the draws and whatnot, but for the most part, it's just really fun.

I mean, it's not that complicated.

It isn't.

No.

And I say I play player the whole time.

Yeah.

I don't know.

You don't ever change.

I don't chase.

What a strategy.

Yeah.

And it works out.

Really?

I have to say, I've definitely have a winning record in baccarat just sticking with player.

Okay.

What's your favorite casino to gamble at?

I love them all, man.

I, you know, I'm all about the people, though.

I love when I have a good, especially at a craps table, you need good deals.

I know what's going on.

They pay you the right amount.

They keep the game moving.

Yeah, for sure.

So I think that.

But I mean, Vegas is always great to come to.

It's always a fun time.

I go through Ohio a lot on my comedy tour.

Yeah.

You know, that's your hometown?

Yeah.

Well, no, I'm in New York, but when I go through Ohio, I do a lot of casino shows there.

Nice.

You know, and I'm actually in Chicago this weekend.

There's a, there's a couple of casinos I like there this weekend, too.

With my uh,

I didn't know you were a little adrenaline junkie.

I am.

I love to, I have no vices besides gambling.

I don't drink, don't smoke, never try to drug or a cigarette in my life, never been drunk.

You are fearless.

I am pretty fearless.

I've seen you on the show.

I would say you have the biggest balls out of everybody.

People in my whole life actually always thought I was drunk.

Really?

They're always like, this guy's got to be wasted.

I'm going to dance all by myself, just air humping.

And they're like, this guy's wasted.

And my friend's like, no, he's just having fun.

Have you always had that fearless attitude or did you have to get rejected a lot and build it up?

No, when I was younger, I had an incident with my sister i had tripped in a packed restaurant and everybody laughed my laughed and my sister and i didn't get along and she pointed at me and went ha ha and i jumped up and went ta-da and the whole place laughed and i think that was the last time i felt like i was like oh this is fun i could turn this into like a thing like my armor so yeah have you made up with your sister since then oh she's my best friend i love it yeah i love it yeah that sibling uh

i got two older sisters that are the best those sibling battles though growing up i heard yeah me and my i have an older sister and a middle sister me and the middle sister didn't get along for a minute while we were going through our teens

you know i was an annoying teen, 12-year-old brother, you know, and then she was, you know, dealing with what she was, starting to like boys and know what's going on.

Were you protecting her?

Uh, I tried, but she ended up protecting me more than I protected her, to be honest.

Yeah, were you getting trouble out growing up?

No, I was pretty good.

Really?

Straight now.

I was a nerd.

I was like a mathlete.

What?

Yeah.

You were athletic and a nerd?

Not athletic.

Just

mathletic.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I didn't math.

I played chess.

I played chess.

We got to play each other.

Oh, yeah.

What's your rating?

Okay.

Okay.

I would say I'm okay.

My boy plays chess.

My son.

I have a seven-year-old.

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Son.

Okay.

And he's really good.

Starting him young.

It's fun.

Well, he picked it up.

He saw me playing with his grandfather, just messing around the house, you know, and he's like, how's this game work?

And we just told him.

And they have like a chess club for his second graders.

He plays.

He starts playing the fourth graders.

Okay.

He's really good.

You got a smart kid.

Hey, it's not bad.

Good genetics, huh?

It's good genetics for sure.

You ever tested your IQ?

It was great.

It came back as great.

I love it, man.

Well, what's next?

I know you've got the comedy tour.

Yeah, the Let's Get Into It Tour is happening right now.

Traveling all over the country, which is great.

Just announced more dates too.

JoeGattoofficial.com for the website to get your tickets.

Got that going on.

A couple of little projects in the works.

Time to announce it.

Maybe.

Okay.

Maybe, maybe.

If you know, you know.

There may be some.

But yeah, I'm working on getting some movies made.

I'm a filmmaker at heart.

So I'm working on getting some movies made.

I got some scripts, some action comedies, some horrors.

So

we're going to allow that.

Yeah, we'll link below.

Thanks for coming on.

Thank you.

Y'all so much.