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RoyBrothersPodcast Ep 134
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Meet the Roy Brothers, comedians who've turned sibling rivalry into stand-up gold. In this refreshingly candid conversation, Rob and Matt Roy share how they went from ball-busting at construction jobs to performing at the Comedy Connection in just seven months—a trajectory that many comics only dream about.
The brothers reveal how taking John Parada's comedy class together became the catalyst for their comedy careers, giving them the confidence and repetition needed to hit the ground running. What makes their story particularly compelling is the natural division of labor between them—Matt handles podcast bookings while Rob schedules their open mic appearances, creating a partnership that keeps them accountable when the grind gets tough.
This raw honesty extends to their material, with Matt sharing a hilariously cringe-worthy date story involving a burger bar that he's performed even with his in-laws in attendance.
Beyond their comedy, what stands out is their genuine kindness in an industry that can breed cynicism. They maintain a pay-it-forward mentality, treating hosts and fellow comics with respect and approachability. Their Roy Brothers Podcast, available on YouTube, further extends this community-building approach as they interview fellow comedians from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Whether you're an aspiring comic, podcast enthusiast, or simply appreciate authentic conversations, this episode offers a glimpse into the humor, hustle, and heart that's quickly making the Roy Brothers standouts in the New England comedy scene. Give it a listen, then check out their podcast to support these rising comedy stars who prove that genuine niceness and relentless work ethic still have a place in stand-up.
Good evening. I apologize. I have been lacking on the podcast as of late, but here's a brand new episode for you. I have been in the field, I have been doing mics, I have been working hard, I have been hitting the gym. I have been doing great, but I do miss you and I do love you.
Speaker 1:And here's a podcast with a very cool, very nice Roy Brothers, two comedians from Rhode Island that have already ascended to heights I can only imagine and dream of. I really enjoyed talking to them and they were very cool. In addition to that, the recording thing died about 15 minutes in and then we jumped back in and it did a quick two minutes. So this is a quick one, just to remind you I'm alive and that there's still cool, genuine, nice people in the world. Check out the roy brothers podcast. I'm going to put a link in the description somewhere too. Love, you mean it. Goodbye. Testing one, two, three. Testing one, two, three. And yeah, it says that we're talking and it says that you mind, roy brothers, you mind, I don't even know your first names.
Speaker 2:Go ahead, roy brothers what's up this is rob test, matt test. Yes, really aggressive. Yeah, I see words. Okay, it's odd. So you guys co-host the roy brothers podcast. How long? What's up this is?
Speaker 1:Rob Test, matt Test. Yes, this is really aggressive.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I see where it's.
Speaker 1:Okay, it's on. So you guys co-host the Roy Brothers Podcast. How long have you been doing stand-up and did you do it together or did one of you do it first?
Speaker 3:So we've been doing stand-up for what Rob like seven months now. We started it together, we took John Parada's comedy class together, graduated together back in November and we've been hitting the mics and doing shows since. It's been a blast.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I got to be honest, you've had a rapid ascent. I already see you've done stuff like the Comedy. Connection and shit like that. I've been doing comedy probably give or take three years have not ascended to that. Do you believe it was the comedy class that did it is like a showcase there. Or do you believe it was the comedy class that did it is like a showcase there? Do you think it was like actually getting the raw?
Speaker 3:skills from it. That kind of helped you get there. So me personally, um, doing the comedy connection, I think it really came from, you know, having the confidence that I learned in the comedy class because you got up there every night. You know rob can attest to that really helps you get the um, you know the repetitions in and it's a good spot to just practice and you know get the, you know get the rhythm of things. And so then I had the kind of gave me the confidence um to. You know, reach out to brian, who um does the booking for comedy connection. He was, you know, awesome enough to give me a show. But you know, as soon as you graduate the class, john will, you know, he'll give you pointers like where to find the mics and he runs three of them. You know how he'll book you for a show or two. So I started doing that and then I'm like hey, and did you get a tape out of it too?
Speaker 3:um no, so I'd end up just having some. Oh, it was aaron leidiger that ended up taking a bunch of photos of me and there we go like headshots and the like yeah it was cool like active at live shots and stuff like that. And uh, you know rob can attest to all I I'll let him speak on that, but I think doing that class definitely helps with the repetition and you're getting ready to jump out into the mic world.
Speaker 1:I don't want to say you could hold the mic in between the two of you, but I don't know if that would work or if just weirdly making you bash your heads together right there. Yeah, Rob will be the mic holder. Rob is the mic holder. So, what made you guys want to do comedy?
Speaker 2:Who were so? Uh, what made you guys want to do comedy? Who were your inspirations? What brought this about? Why did we want to do comedy, do you remember? I think it really started out with the planets aligned because we kind of wanted to do it at the same time. Um, when I first got exposed to comedy, it was during the old comedy central presents. Oh yeah, it's like early.
Speaker 1:Yeah, those og 20 minute things they'd put on the phone when they comedy central actually showed comedy instead of the fucking office and shit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I remember I remember I saw I don't know why the internet hates the guy, but I saw dane cook. Oh, dude, he's great. Yeah, I thought he was funny.
Speaker 1:He had an amazing energy. He was like screaming and shit. He had like a band set up behind him. I watched the 20 minute special on there recently.
Speaker 2:Yeah, was that his first gig? I don't even know like professional I'm not sure, but he had the whole acid he spit on the subway.
Speaker 1:Also the crazy thing about Dane Cook is like well, first of all he had a bit about did you ever hear the bit he did about fucking a girl with a remote control? No, that shit has haunted me my whole life and that's like. The real beauty of comedy is something if they say something that I can't get out of my head because he talks about. There's this girl and she's like give it to me raw dog. And I'm like if a woman knows the phrase raw dog, I don't want to put it in raw. He's like I don't have a laminate machine, I just fucked her with my remote. It was just like and that like it just floats in my head forever and that is really what we're trying to do is deeply emotionally scar people for the rest of their lives. Yeah, like because I agree with that.
Speaker 2:That was such, yeah, that was such a cool like little thing that they and you can still watch the old episodes. But yeah, that was my first guy I really got into. Then, um, there was also like papa francisco was really funny.
Speaker 1:I don't know him, but also dank, who was like the biggest in the world for a while, which is crazy oh yeah he was like on early 2000s I think he had employee of the month or some other weird movie like that. Like he was out there, bro, he's like the golden child and it's kind of sort of like matt rife right now, where everyone talks shit about him and everyone's kind of like hating. Like you know, I'm saying they're like yeah, yeah, he's out there working and putting out like eight hours of comedy.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying. And they can hate all they want, but if you're fucking working, no one gives a shit, dude true that?
Speaker 2:oh, yeah, yeah. So those guys are cool brian, regan. So those three were my first like stint and I was like, yeah, I like this, just a way to like relax and then you know, flash forward to now. Um dude for me, I was just talking shit yeah, like I was, like I'm gonna do some comedy, because I was just ball busting with people at work yeah and it gets really bad, like if, if you're in, uh, that kind of like a construction work kind of environment like it's just so bad.
Speaker 2:It's like I'm gonna try this yeah and then matt was like all right, you know, maybe we'll look for some classes, okay, then a year went by and then again he goes. Listen, dude, this guy, parada, has a class. You want to do it?
Speaker 1:I'm like yeah, what a very constructive like. You know what I'm saying. It's like you went to college, took the major and like you're getting the job. You know what?
Speaker 2:I'm like so. And then finally just called my bluff and he's like well, guess what? I signed us up. I'm like oh fuck, you know, I was just talking shit, right?
Speaker 1:Yeah, now I got to show up, you know what I'm saying yeah, and now, months down the road, you're still showing up, because your brother is.
Speaker 3:Who is in the dynamic Like when you were younger. Old. All the time I think I fought with my younger brother because we got another Roy brother, jonathan that me and him definitely fought more, but it was more like this is going to sound corny, but I always looked up to Rob and the fact that I always wanted to do what he was doing. So that's why I skateboard and I listen to metal music. He still does stuff like that. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Exactly, I do it more do it more and shit.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so, like it's always been, like I'm always trying to, like, you know, I was always trying to follow in his footsteps. But I think, honestly, I think it's a little bit of both. Like with the podcast stuff, like, um, that we're doing I definitely direct the conversation and I'm always trying to book people. But rob is, you know, when it comes to the open mics, usually the one that's like all right, I'm doing, he's like we're doing this mic, this mic, this mic, yeah, this week, you know what I mean I'm I'm more like let's hit, I'll hit, always hit blue moon, you know. I mean he's like, well, let's do jake and johnny's, get us signed up, stuff like that. So it's a little bit of both.
Speaker 1:But, um, you know, I think it's a trade-off, you know no, it's also and it's really beautiful they have a partner in this. Because I'll be honest, like the, I would have be way more committed to doing open mics and other shit like that. Because I can I can let myself down anytime I want. I'm really good at that. But if my friend says let's go to the gym at like 4.30 in the morning, I'm like okay, we'll do it, because I can't be the one that lets them down. But if I'm saying I'm waking up tomorrow and going to the gym, like I'm going to say when I go to bed tonight, I'm not going to do it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's why I like to draw that comparison too. You you know how many times I quit the gym. Oh dude.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I will give you credit, because Rob's had a million hobbies and he kind of jumps in between them, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3:But comedy it's like you know. I think it fits him well because we grew up in a family of ball busters right, yeah, Like everyone's busting chops, you know what I mean and we're very quick with it. Comedy is a bit different structured jokes but rob's been with it and I definitely you know he's got a passion for it. So I think it's pretty cool that we've stuck with it this long and we're really enjoying it. And, dude, we're doing a podcast and this is great yeah, what?
Speaker 1:like nick rutherford said, I've butchered that dude's name. He's a rhode island comic, he's associated with sam hyde, but he said the poison got into me. Yeah, it's, and like if you catch the poison and it's like once you do something and you get that high and you can't stop, like that's what keeps me coming back, is like literally, like even if I bomb unconditionally, I'm like I force people to go through my mind state tonight, like you know what I'm saying. It's like your gas. It's like I'm like taking them through the organ trail of my mind to like what I live every day and that's really what's fun about it to me. Yeah, but, um, what made you think? Did you just think like naturally? Oh yes, podcasts are like what comics do, because that's kind of what happened to me.
Speaker 2:I don't know. I just always wanted to do it. I always wanted to, like, talk to people. Yeah, I don't know. That's a good question. What have you been?
Speaker 3:saying I went, I want to do a podcast, I want to do a podcast.
Speaker 2:Oh, I had all kinds of crack Yo. I think my battery died in the car.
Speaker 1:Shit.
Speaker 4:That'd be crazy.
Speaker 1:One sec, actually, you mind just putting it into the ignition and seeing yeah, everybody, we're actually in the morning rain.
Speaker 2:Sitting in my car.
Speaker 6:Just stick it in the. Okay, well, it locked, so that's a good sign. Sorry, we.
Speaker 1:Oh, look at that.
Speaker 2:Oh now, now you're Gucci, let's see, okay we're good, turn it on and get some. Ac in here One sec.
Speaker 1:Let me take my sweatshirt off. This is fancy. It's a 2009 dog.
Speaker 3:It's not that I never even sat in a BMW before. Wow, what are you doing, dude?
Speaker 1:I'm glad I could feel like the weird creepy producer that's taking advantage of me. You want to sit in a BMW.
Speaker 2:Roy Tyler Weinstein.
Speaker 1:I can only hope to have one of those.
Speaker 2:Okay, matt's trying to fumble. Fuck with the key.
Speaker 1:Okay, you don't turn it, push the brake and hit the button. Yeah, you gotta push the brake, bro. I think you gotta push it in again Like the key itself. There you go. How old are you guys? Yeah, there we go. Too old, too old, I feel too old. I'm 35. I'm 29.
Speaker 2:I'm the oldest guy, here it's okay, I was always the oldest person in like my friend group and shit, like did you experience that? No, but I experienced it at work. It's like I was. I was talking to one guy the other day and we were like dude, who are we supposed to go to for the answers? Now the old, old guys are retiring. Yeah, we just looked at it like oh, we're the old guys now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's us dude, because all the guys in the office are like 20, like I never had 25. I never had empathy for teachers before until I had to manage some 15-year-olds at my catering job. Bro, I was just like why would you ban fidget spinners? I was all on kids' sides before and then they came in. They won't start hitting their dab carts or taking their AirPods out for five minutes to do anything. Dude, it's agony, but at the same time it like I don't know.
Speaker 3:they'll show you cool instagram reels and all that bullshit. Yeah, it's weird getting older man. I'm, I'm only, I'm only gonna be 32, but I work with people. Um, I work with some younger, a younger crowd at my job, some older, seasoned people, but it's just weird because it's like they're in their, they're in their mid-20s and back at when I was that age, I thought I was getting older now. Then I now look at them like they're kind of like, they're kind of like young to me oh yeah, it's weird, man, it's crazy.
Speaker 1:I mean, well, for me it was like when I was like, oh, like I don't look at college girls and think, oh, I want to fuck them anymore. I'm like, wow, I'm kind of too old for them at this point you know what I'm saying. Speak for yourself.
Speaker 4:Hey man.
Speaker 1:He doesn't give a fuck. What's the craziest shit you've seen at a mic or in your experience in comedy? Has there been anything that you've seen? I hosted once and I had to get a homeless chick off the stage once. Have you experienced anything like that? I haven't, but Matt might have one.
Speaker 2:I don't think it was a mic, but it was a show, right yeah?
Speaker 3:I think, I mean I think the craziest thing I've seen on a mic. Anyway, I don't want to name anybody yet, but some stuff got thrown at it wasn't thrown. It was part of the bit. A hot dog went across the person's face. No, it was part of the bit. It just got tossed across the floor.
Speaker 1:Oh, they were trying to be carrot top. They were trying to use some props.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it was like a hot dog and got thrown in. Honestly, it was really funny. That was the crazy thing I'm like. I don't know if I saw anything crazy at a show yet.
Speaker 2:Dude, you gotta bring up the guy that showed his ass on stage.
Speaker 1:You got mooned.
Speaker 3:Yeah, they're like, let me do some stand-up. Long story short, the guy mooned everybody.
Speaker 1:Best set of the night. Holy fuck, it gets better, he gets up on the mic.
Speaker 3:The lady gives him the mic and he puts his mouth on the whole. Speaker and deep throats the mic. And then everyone's like what the fuck?
Speaker 4:And then speaker and deep thots the mic, and then everyone's like what the fuck?
Speaker 3:and then he's like, yeah I'm all drunk and he turned out, sticks his ass out and barry wilson was performing that night and he did a little bit, a bit. He talked about it on our podcast, um, and it was just really funny because, like it was like this guy's ass was like so dark his crack looked. He hasn't watched it in weeks and it was. It was really funny. I was like what the? Fuck's going on, and I was front row to see it all so definitely yeah, not a short form that, but craziest thing I saw.
Speaker 1:It was a good time yeah, you were downwind from it. Actually you got to experience.
Speaker 1:I had a great angle my friend went to tampa, florida, and they went to an all-news strip club and they were like actually we wish they had a little bit of something on to like protect us. You know, I'm saying just one fart. Everyone's getting pink. I think about it just twerking on stage, air ventilation going. It's crazy. I used to be very scared of getting pink. I was like I fart in my bed sometimes and like my boxers. My friend was like bro, I'd be eating my girl's pussy with her ass and she farts in my face and I haven't got pink. Guy, I think you're safe yeah, I think you're good.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's just how you earn your wings there right Red wings, brown wings.
Speaker 1:But you guys share about your life a lot. Do you ever get kind of worried talking about your personal shit on stage? Because I know people that have a very firm line for them.
Speaker 2:Maybe I mean I don't talk about work or anything, yeah.
Speaker 1:Are you actually? Did you actually get your? What's the male tube tie? Uh?
Speaker 2:no, I, I, that's all, that's all, that's all I'm shooting live rounds.
Speaker 3:Don't ever get it fucked up yeah, I think it's funny because, like richard shop was great.
Speaker 1:I love that. Yeah, I like that joke.
Speaker 3:No, I think I think it's funny. You know, we're just giving the different names you know what I mean, but I think a lot of comics bring their personal life into comedy, which I think is great, and I think at the end of the day, all comics are just all trauma-binding together.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, literally I used to just dump whatever I'm feeling that day into it, and that's fine.
Speaker 3:I think it's a form of therapy for some people. Me personally. I have some jokes that I wrote and I want to joke about, but they're too personal. It's where, if my family was there, they'd probably kick the shit out of me.
Speaker 1:No, I got the same shit, my dad's the funniest dude ever and his life is just very insane and crazy. I feel like I could write a book or I could do tons of jokes about it, but like I feel him standing behind me. Yeah, you know what I'm saying, like oh yeah, dude and it's just like, even though I'm a grown-ass man, that's still just lurking. You know what I mean all the time he's like it's fine. Buddy, I'm fine. You don't sound like no yeah, beat your ass out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's. What's crazy is the shit that comes over our mouths. Our parents come to our mics sometimes. Oh, fuck, fuck. Yeah, they were actually at Blue Moon a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1:I tell them not to listen to my podcast or anything.
Speaker 3:Mom, don't listen to this. Don't listen to it. You're going to hear some shit.
Speaker 1:Do you have an open relationship with your parents? Are you very candid in your household talking about all that kind of stuff?
Speaker 3:I would say so.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:We're pretty open. I mean, was it? I told I think it's funny you talk about like your parents being at the shows I had it's a long story short. I made a joke about how you know I went on a date with this chick and I went down on her after she took a shit. I didn't know she took a shit. I didn't know she legit she looked good. We went to a burger bar for the second date. Big mistake, yeah.
Speaker 1:Big mistake Burger bar.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so we go to the burger bar.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that raw meat will get those bowels moving. What?
Speaker 3:happens is that she must have had an upset stomach. I didn't know. I never fucking had a crazy night like that with a chick before, so I'm all like yeah, I'm an amateur, let's go. You know, what I mean I haven't been lucky enough to hook with a hot chick like that right. So long story short making done before we started. I should, I didn't know, I, I should. That should have been the first red flag yeah so she goes.
Speaker 3:She comes back 10 minutes later. I go down. I go to go down. I don't do my thing, you know what I mean. And that's when it just hit me. It just smelled like straight up shit fuck yeah, and I was like, oh, that's disgusting. And I was like what the fuck?
Speaker 3:so that's a no, it happens to most men, yeah, so I told that joke right yeah and I oh, I wrote told that joke and I wrote it and I said it in the comedy class and Jimmy Roy, who we love doing comedy with, was like you're going to tell that joke in front of your in-laws, you sick fuck. I said yes, I am.
Speaker 1:No, and.
Speaker 3:I did, and my father-in-law was like honey.
Speaker 1:I'm so proud of you.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and I said it in front of my father-in-law too, and he's like honey Matt's funny. I just wanted to say that burger bar joke in front of your grandmother, wayne, because I didn't know the show where even our grandparents came. Hopefully he'll tell that joke with grandma around and he kind of laughed about it, I don't know if I did it that night.
Speaker 1:I told a stinky pussy joke and the input I got afterwards was a dude was like why are you telling a stinky pussy joke, bro? Everyone at providence is a stinky pussy joke, bro.
Speaker 4:Like like come on, mike, it's gonna do something like this.
Speaker 3:One girl's just running around and just nuking all of us with tear gas oh gosh now this is probably a question for the host, but how do you feel about dirty comedy people talking about their dicks all the time? Do you think it kind of gets redundant, or you think it's a good to have a?
Speaker 1:um, okay. So the lines are there's like disgusting for no reason, just trying to be like edgy, like that dude that talks about like eating pussy but not eating ass and like all this bullshit like that. But like I find myself like uh, anthony Jesnick was a big one. Someone showed me cause they talk about controversial things such as like domestic violence, rape, all of these dark subject matters, and I think like the true mark of a real comedian is being able to tread those scary waters because you're actually taking risks. You know what I'm saying? Yesterday, when I was at the Vets Open Mike I opened with I was like I love veterans because single girls can be slutty, but no one's sluttier than a girl with a boyfriend in the Army. Oh, man.
Speaker 1:In a place for veterans. They ate it. I, just from that moment on, I was like I had them, because you know, I'm saying no one else is going to say something that stupid, and it's just like yeah, exactly, this guy's got fucking balls of steel and it's just because you, you can go up and meander all you want, bro, and you could probably make a living hacking and asking people what they do for a living, but say something, something that fucking scars me.
Speaker 1:Like I said, I'm trying to ruin people's lives, damn dude. I'm trying to scar people. I'm trying to make them think like, oh wait, this sacred knowledge. I have to go leave my wife, who did she fuck while I was on deployment. Oh gosh.
Speaker 3:It's dark, but I mean I respect it If you got the balls to go up there and say that. I mean that's you, Rob, You've got kids and a wife. I don't, oh yeah, no, I don't do it to get away from the family.
Speaker 2:I mean my responsibilities are done, the day is sealed, and this is what I do in my free time. I have no other hobbies.
Speaker 1:That's amazing. And who are your favorite local comics? Oh my God, All of them. Yeah, every single one of them, I will say you guys are going to continue to be really successful in this because you are nice people and you offered to buy me a drink, even though I don't drink, and you bought the host drinks.
Speaker 2:And that goes very far in society. Yeah, I'm not trying to kiss ass or anything.
Speaker 1:No, just decent human beings, because there's a line, because people are scared to do shit like that, they're all like I can't be too nice or approachable.
Speaker 3:You know what I but yeah, it's good shit. Oh, that's interesting, I think you know. At the end of the day, me personally, it's like every time I come out I get like it's like a high of like of enjoyment, like I'm talking to people.
Speaker 3:The podcast is doing good and like we got good sets. What it comes down to? I'll keep it short. It's like we have a lot of good time, so I try to spread that energy that I'm feeling to other people. Yeah, pay it forward, and it's a great community and I'm happy to be a part of it. So I just want to continue to spread the love. That's what we're doing.
Speaker 1:Fuck yeah, dude, Positivity All right, and now plug your podcast. Explain what it is, when it's out and where you can find it.
Speaker 3:All right. So the Roy Brothers Podcast it's on YouTube and it's on Spotify and we interview comedians in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. If, and Massachusetts, if you're a comedian and you want to get on a show, message me, matt Roy, you can find me on Instagram and then you can also message Rob Roy Comedy as well, but I do a lot of the booking and you can. Again, you can find us on YouTube and Spotify on Roy Brothers Podcast. We interview local comedians and, hey, bigger name comedians. You want to get on the show? Message me, we'd love to have you. We want to hear your story. We're getting into comedy and you can plug your shows and we just want to have a general discussion on the comedy in general.
Speaker 1:What gets you here and why we're all like the comedy denominators.
Speaker 3:Yeah, what got you started, what's it to you? And just general comedy topics. But the main thing is we want to highlight you and, uh, you know that's really the thing, because we're having a great time, we want to be able to spread the positivity with everybody else and get your name out there and just talk about it all right, fuck, yeah, guys.
Speaker 1:Well, I hope we didn't lose the first 20 minutes. Thank you guys for being here. Thanks, tyler, and yeah, I'll catch you guys soon. All right, it's time, it's time to introduce you to a wonderful artist.
Speaker 6:We'll see you next time. I'm thinking different when it comes to you. Constantly make me feel like I need a friend. Constantly make me feel like I need a chance. You send me wet wishes, but I wish I had more bitches. You always bitchin' trippin'. I wish you always. Don't put me in this position. If I gotta take you, don't get to trip. I'll pick a picture and you won't always be in it.
Speaker 4:Just like the pictures that I've hosted you in. Thank you, so Thank you.