EP: 780- TJ Miller Interview (uncensored)

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TJ Miller describes an audience member with a dyed beard, skeleton gloves, and one blue eye, one red eye.

The episode features an interview with comedian TJ Miller on The Cruz Show. Miller opens by discussing his current stand-up shows at the Ontario Improv, noting the raucous audience and his ability to work with disruptive crowd members. He describes specific audience characters, including a man with a dyed beard and skeleton gloves, and a group of blonde girls drinking champagne who stood out. Miller reflects on the role of comedy as a respite from phone use and modern distractions, emphasizing its value in providing an unplugged experience. He shares that he avoids political material, focusing instead on silly, observational humor that makes audiences feel good. Miller talks about incorporating Spanish into his Ontario sets, surprising Latino audiences by switching languages mid-performance. The conversation shifts to his voiceover work for Kingdom Hearts, explaining the quick process of recording action phrases. Miller discusses his appearance on Hot Ones, contrasting his full completion with DJ Khaled's early exit. He promotes his ghost pepper hot sauce and peanut butter, available on his website. The hosts engage Miller in a debate about eliminating foods, where he initially chooses wings but later reconsiders. Miller praises the show as a home in Los Angeles radio and invites listeners to his Ontario shows with meet-and-greets. The episode includes banter among hosts J Cruz, Jackie Ramirez, Jeff Garcia, Nico Blitz, and DJ Lezlee, with recurring jokes about relationships and cultural references.

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TJ Miller's loose Crew Show return turns Spanish banter and bean jokes toward comedy, censorship, and fragile online reach.

TJ Miller returns to The Crew Show for a conversation that starts in a comic tangle of Spanish, bean jokes, whittling, and a recorder callback before turning toward a more unsettled question: how comedians keep reaching people at all.

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You get TJ Miller riffing on beans and Spanish banter, then turning into a real conversation about comedians, YouTube, and what happens when social accounts vanish.

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