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Rolling Stone Named Bert Kreischer The #1 Party Animal in the Country | Fly on the Wall

March 15, 2023 / 03:14

This episode covers Burke Chrysler's rise to fame, his experience as the "number one party animal" at Florida State University, and his transition to stand-up comedy. Chrysler discusses the impact of a Rolling Stone article that changed his life overnight, leading to various media opportunities.

Burke Chrysler recalls how he became the focus of a Rolling Stone article in 1997, initially intended to cover Florida State University. He was chosen as a chaperone for the magazine's team, which led to his unexpected fame.

Chrysler reflects on the media frenzy that followed the article's release, including calls from major outlets like Oprah's team. He shares how he navigated this newfound attention and the challenges that came with it.

He recounts his first experience with stand-up comedy, where he performed after seasoned comics and succeeded despite having no prior experience. This performance opened doors for him in radio and comedy.

The episode highlights Chrysler's journey from college life to becoming a recognized figure in entertainment, illustrating the unpredictability of fame and the comedy industry.

TLDR

Burke Chrysler shares his unexpected rise to fame as a party animal and his first stand-up comedy experience.

Episode

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in 1997 Rolling Stone magazine wrote an article about me calling me the number one party animal right in the country at
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the number one school at the number one school so what what meant to happen was they were meaning to write an article
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about Florida State yeah and when they got there they met they needed a chaperone so I'm going to take them
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around they found me they just called up a bunch of people everyone's like you
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should hang out with this guy bird he's been here seven years he knows everyone
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so they come they party yeah I was I just I just had didn't know what I wanted to do and I was like I don't I
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don't need to leave yeah I can just get another Miner I just keep going yeah
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yeah and so I took this guy around he goes backs writes the article young Warner's like this doesn't it's too
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broad of subject let's just make it about this kid so then they and I'm on I
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have no idea that's gonna happen they end up writing the article about me I remember getting it and I was
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back was on the cover and I remember thinking it was me for a second yeah and I was like I look great and then I
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opened it and it's like a big centerfold of me and a fountain and the opening
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line was like it's taken Burke Chrysler six and a half years to become the man
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he is today the number one party or at the number one party school in the nation and it changed your life
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overnight overnight this is before fame was like a thing yeah like where everyone could get it all of a sudden
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I'm doing College Point everyone is famous now yeah there's no way under 25
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to be famous oh back then oh in 1997 the real world and Road Rules had just started happening like that within that
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era that was the only way you'd get famous yeah this comes out I'm on I do
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morning call-ins all morning long they just get my number Call my room my house um Oprah Oprah's people reached out
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wanted to have me and my parents on I did I did just all these huge things what went wrong yeah I think so well I
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remember going racer people and I was an open book I was like like this kid who partied and if you want to talk to me I
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would be like off the Record and they're like yeah sure off the Record and so I
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spilled everything and then uh uh and then this radio station gave me an opportunity to stand up they was they
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were setting him up to fail now you guys will both know this they had four Comics
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that that were Road dogs go do 20 minutes before me each and then I closed the show never having done stand up oh
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wow that's a setup yeah it was a setup but I killed I had murdered I murdered
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just stream of conscious probably you see that was literally the first time the literal first time usually the first
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time it's good especially if they said this is his first time doing stand-up
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did they say that uh I think it was implied I think everyone knew because a lot but a lot of people I was also
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pretty famous at the school so like a lot of everyone that showed up knew who I was sort of was attractive yeah a
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little bit it's like Eddie Murphy getting on stage and everyone's like oh
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[ __ ] no that's not the same morning so that's amazing I have to offer their
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Morning Show from that thing oh wow it'd be like zuku I was gonna be third Mike I
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was gonna be third mic for uh for like a couple months and then I'd take over the
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show you ever do it I'm gonna interrupt you do you ever do a phoneer for radio
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station they go hold please all right when we come back you're gonna be on with Zippy cuckoo a bird a parakeet a
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robot and Jim Jim he's gonna be in the helicopter all right you're on and I go
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what's this it's a zoo crew go go and I'm like who am I talking to they've had
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caffeine for three hours yeah and they're like [ __ ] Tommy in the bowl it's Susie a guy and an animal

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Episode Highlights

  • Rolling Stone Article
    In 1997, Rolling Stone called him the number one party animal at Florida State.
    “It changed your life overnight.”
    @ 01m 05s
    March 15, 2023
  • First Stand-Up Performance
    He closed a show without prior experience and received rave reviews.
    “I had murdered!”
    @ 02m 12s
    March 15, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • I was like, I look great!
    Rolling Stone Named Bert Kreischer The #1 Party Animal in the Country | Fly on the Wall
  • It changed your life overnight.
    Rolling Stone Named Bert Kreischer The #1 Party Animal in the Country | Fly on the Wall
  • I had murdered!
    Rolling Stone Named Bert Kreischer The #1 Party Animal in the Country | Fly on the Wall

Key Moments

  • Party Animal00:03
  • Life-Changing Article01:05
  • Stand-Up Debut02:06

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