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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 features comedian Bert Kreischer discussing his rise to fame after being named the number one party animal by Rolling Stone magazine in 1997. Kreischer shares stories about his college experience at Florida State University, the unexpected attention he received, and how it changed his life.

Kreischer recounts how he became the focus of the article when Rolling Stone needed a chaperone for their visit to the campus. He describes his surprise at being featured on the cover and the subsequent media opportunities that followed, including appearances on morning shows and interest from Oprah's team.

The conversation touches on Kreischer's early experiences with stand-up comedy, including a memorable first performance where he unexpectedly excelled despite being set up to fail. He reflects on the challenges and excitement of entering the comedy scene during a time when fame was harder to achieve.

Throughout the episode, Kreischer shares humorous anecdotes about his interactions with radio stations and the chaotic nature of morning shows, highlighting the unpredictable environment of live broadcasting.

This episode captures Kreischer's journey from a college student to a well-known comedian, illustrating the impact of a single article on his life and career.

TL;DR

Bert Kreischer discusses his rise to fame after being featured as the number one party animal by Rolling Stone in 1997.

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

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Episode Highlights

  • Rolling Stone's Article
    In 1997, Rolling Stone dubbed 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 comedy show without prior experience and received rave reviews.
    “I had murdered!”
    @ 02m 12s
    March 15, 2023

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

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