Sean Kanan Reveals Mike Barnes' Evolution in Cobra Kai Season 6

[00:00:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Sean, thank you for joining me today on Pop Culture Unplugged.

[00:00:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for having me, Kyle.

[00:00:14] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a pleasure.

[00:00:14] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm excited to have my friend Season 6 right around the corner.

[00:00:18] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll be dropping this interview on that day because we're going to be talking about spoilers

[00:00:21] [SPEAKER_01]: and I don't want...

[00:00:23] [SPEAKER_01]: There's a lot of things happening this season, a lot of things happening.

[00:00:26] [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of moving parts.

[00:00:27] [SPEAKER_01]: That's right.

[00:00:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Last time we spoke, I want to bring this up.

[00:00:29] [SPEAKER_01]: Last time we spoke, you had no idea you were going to be part of this and

[00:00:33] [SPEAKER_01]: you wanted to be part of this.

[00:00:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Now that you are part of this, how does it feel for somebody like you to be part of this

[00:00:38] [SPEAKER_01]: project after all these years?

[00:00:41] [SPEAKER_00]: I would say it's incredible.

[00:00:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I've always joked that if I've had one really great talent in my career, it's the ability

[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_00]: to catch onto coattails bigger than mine.

[00:00:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Whether it was being a part of General Hospital or Bold and the Beautiful Now, which is

[00:00:55] [SPEAKER_00]: the most watched daytime drama in the world and now Cobra Kai, which is pretty much

[00:01:01] [SPEAKER_00]: the most watched streaming show in the world.

[00:01:05] [SPEAKER_00]: I think because they announced that season six is going to be the final season, it's going

[00:01:12] [SPEAKER_00]: to have an epic amount of viewership.

[00:01:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Might even be historic and I'm just so honored to be a part of it.

[00:01:18] [SPEAKER_00]: I can't wait for everybody to see it.

[00:01:20] [SPEAKER_01]: If you go on Reddit or Facebook, everybody wants Mike Barnes.

[00:01:26] [SPEAKER_01]: That's what's great about it.

[00:01:28] [SPEAKER_01]: What's your thoughts about this character?

[00:01:29] [SPEAKER_01]: He's gone through all these years and everything.

[00:01:31] [SPEAKER_01]: People, Karate Kippart three, you're the bad guy.

[00:01:35] [SPEAKER_01]: But now it's like things have turned around for you, but the fans love you.

[00:01:38] [SPEAKER_01]: The fans love this character.

[00:01:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm completely flattered by it.

[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I'll tell you this, if I had met Mike Barnes when I was 17, he was

[00:01:46] [SPEAKER_00]: spared the crap out of me.

[00:01:49] [SPEAKER_00]: There wasn't a whole lot of redeemable qualities that he had.

[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_00]: But when the big three brought me back, they gave Barnes a redemption arc.

[00:02:00] [SPEAKER_00]: And we were able to see a lot more layers and nuance to the character that didn't

[00:02:04] [SPEAKER_00]: exist in Karate Kippart three.

[00:02:07] [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that has only compounded the interest of the fans about who really is this guy.

[00:02:14] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's been fun for me to learn more about him as I've done Cobra Kai.

[00:02:19] [SPEAKER_01]: So in season six, we see you have a unique role in this season, I believe.

[00:02:24] [SPEAKER_00]: I definitely have the baddest ass key in season six.

[00:02:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Right, I have it on.

[00:02:29] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll take a look at that.

[00:02:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that great?

[00:02:31] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, did you have any input on that key?

[00:02:34] [SPEAKER_01]: I did have some input.

[00:02:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I did actually.

[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Frank Helmer, who was the Cobra Kai costume designer is a brilliant guy.

[00:02:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I had a little bit of input on it.

[00:02:47] [SPEAKER_00]: We were trying to figure out what kind of patch would represent the martial arts

[00:02:53] [SPEAKER_00]: that Mike studied and Shodakon was the first thing I ever studied.

[00:02:57] [SPEAKER_00]: So what was Shodakon?

[00:02:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Shodakon is also Japanese, as is Wamyagi does Okinawan.

[00:03:04] [SPEAKER_00]: But what the Cobra Kai studied was Korean.

[00:03:08] [SPEAKER_00]: So I like the fact that it was different than what the Cobra Kai studied.

[00:03:15] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I took one look at that thing.

[00:03:18] [SPEAKER_00]: And then when I realized that all the kids would be wearing white geez visually,

[00:03:23] [SPEAKER_00]: I understood how important it was that he chose this key

[00:03:27] [SPEAKER_00]: that in a seat of white geez is going to stand out.

[00:03:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I was like, wow, thank you so much.

[00:03:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And it really does.

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_01]: At one point, you're watching those scenes too and you're like,

[00:03:36] [SPEAKER_01]: is Mike Barnes in charge of this?

[00:03:39] [SPEAKER_01]: Like, that's what it cut.

[00:03:40] [SPEAKER_01]: Well, I've seen it so we can talk a little about that.

[00:03:43] [SPEAKER_01]: Like, I like your role this season.

[00:03:44] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, like, I like how he's training.

[00:03:46] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, he's kind of like training both dojos, but at the same time,

[00:03:49] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, he's given a responsibility.

[00:03:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. And you know, I think this is it furthers Mike Barnes' redemption arc.

[00:03:58] [SPEAKER_00]: He's hardened the kids, but he's fair.

[00:04:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And and I think that this is another way that without overtly saying,

[00:04:07] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sorry to Daniel, he can say I'm sorry to Daniel and try and do something positive.

[00:04:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, in my mind, you know, Mike Barnes is certainly not going to be paid for this.

[00:04:17] [SPEAKER_00]: He's doing this because he feels this is a way that he can give back

[00:04:21] [SPEAKER_00]: not only to Daniel, but to the kids.

[00:04:24] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, there was an ad lib.

[00:04:29] [SPEAKER_00]: What was an ad lib?

[00:04:29] [SPEAKER_00]: I asked if we could add the line that, you know, when Mike says,

[00:04:33] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, I blew my chance to go to the Sakai Taikai and look over at Daniel

[00:04:40] [SPEAKER_00]: referencing, you know, his behavior at the All Valley and the ad lib.

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_00]: The change in line was I'm here to make sure that you don't do the same thing,

[00:04:50] [SPEAKER_00]: something to do. And I thought that was important because,

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, I think here's a guy that has sort of lost everything.

[00:04:58] [SPEAKER_00]: And yet he still is getting back in touch with right in Rome

[00:05:03] [SPEAKER_00]: and realizes he has an opportunity to make a positive impact on his kids.

[00:05:08] [SPEAKER_01]: As an actor, when you're reading through scripts and everything,

[00:05:11] [SPEAKER_01]: like when you were reading the script for this upcoming season,

[00:05:14] [SPEAKER_01]: what went through your mind?

[00:05:15] [SPEAKER_01]: Were you like, were you getting excited?

[00:05:17] [SPEAKER_01]: Did you call the big three say you love it?

[00:05:19] [SPEAKER_01]: You want to throw something else in there?

[00:05:20] [SPEAKER_01]: Take something away?

[00:05:21] [SPEAKER_01]: Like, well, what went through your mind?

[00:05:23] [SPEAKER_00]: I was I mean, I was really excited.

[00:05:24] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, this is this is something that I've been angling for a long time.

[00:05:29] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I kept putting out there, you know, who better than my Barnes

[00:05:33] [SPEAKER_00]: to train the kids for the sky?

[00:05:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Tyke, because he's a national champion.

[00:05:37] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, that great line actually made its way into the script where

[00:05:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Johnny says, you know, I'm a champion, man.

[00:05:45] [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm like, yeah, of the valley.

[00:05:47] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm a national.

[00:05:48] [SPEAKER_00]: That's right.

[00:05:49] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I was so excited with it.

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_00]: And as I was down there, it seemed like I was kind of getting

[00:05:58] [SPEAKER_00]: put in more and more scenes, even if I wasn't necessarily talking.

[00:06:02] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, as an actor, I'm always looking to be impactful

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_00]: in the story and create an arc for my character.

[00:06:13] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I was really happy with it.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_00]: It was a lot of fun.

[00:06:17] [SPEAKER_00]: And I thought it was, you know, there's a there's an awesome fight in it

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_00]: that I think a lot of people will see for quite a while.

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't think it disappoints.

[00:06:26] [SPEAKER_01]: That's right.

[00:06:27] [SPEAKER_01]: Actually, my next set of questions were about that big fight of yours.

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Like every throughout the seasons, you know, when you go on the forums,

[00:06:34] [SPEAKER_01]: they want to see a Barnes and Johnny fight.

[00:06:36] [SPEAKER_01]: We finally get to see one.

[00:06:37] [SPEAKER_01]: What tells us about that?

[00:06:39] [SPEAKER_01]: Describe that whole that whole when you guys were filming that scene?

[00:06:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, you know, I adore Billy.

[00:06:46] [SPEAKER_00]: He's he's great.

[00:06:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, I knew that.

[00:06:52] [SPEAKER_00]: OK, I'll tell you the challenges of that scene were as follows.

[00:06:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Billy had a ton of stuff that he had to do for the show, much more than I did.

[00:07:03] [SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, having the opportunity to actually rehearse with Billy a lot

[00:07:06] [SPEAKER_00]: was challenging, which was all the more reason that I had to really kind of be on my game.

[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_00]: My challenge was that I have a full and complete

[00:07:16] [SPEAKER_00]: tear of my super spinatus in my rotator cuff and I'm having surgery

[00:07:20] [SPEAKER_00]: this having circle.

[00:07:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I'll have had it by the time this airs on having surgery

[00:07:24] [SPEAKER_00]: on the 11th.

[00:07:27] [SPEAKER_00]: So they told me, the doctor, he said, look,

[00:07:32] [SPEAKER_00]: if you think you're going to do Cobra Kai and at this point,

[00:07:34] [SPEAKER_00]: I hadn't been asked back for season six.

[00:07:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I just was planning as if he said, there's no way you'll be able to do it.

[00:07:40] [SPEAKER_00]: And so I put the surgery off and was able to, you know, get through the fight scene.

[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_00]: But when I was done, it came back to LA.

[00:07:50] [SPEAKER_00]: It was it was just evident that I had to have the surgery.

[00:07:53] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm glad I put it off, but I have to have it now.

[00:07:55] [SPEAKER_00]: So that was a challenge.

[00:07:58] [SPEAKER_00]: And you know, I think from a character point of view,

[00:08:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Johnny and Johnny and Barnes don't hate each other at all.

[00:08:06] [SPEAKER_00]: No matter the fact, they like and respect each other.

[00:08:09] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, they're kind of cut from the same mold.

[00:08:11] [SPEAKER_00]: I think with Barnes, he lost everything.

[00:08:13] [SPEAKER_00]: And he's just like, I need to know that I could still cowboy up.

[00:08:17] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I mean, it almost doesn't matter if I win.

[00:08:20] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I think I'm going to win.

[00:08:21] [SPEAKER_00]: But if I don't, I need to know that, you know,

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_00]: 35 years later as a guy that's, you know, kind of been making furniture

[00:08:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and now lost everything that that a push comes to shove

[00:08:31] [SPEAKER_00]: that I still can draw on the bad boy when I have to.

[00:08:36] [SPEAKER_00]: And I like the fact that after the physical confrontation is over,

[00:08:42] [SPEAKER_00]: you can see that these guys, they respect each other.

[00:08:46] [SPEAKER_01]: They do.

[00:08:47] [SPEAKER_01]: And people are going to be talking about this fight years to come.

[00:08:49] [SPEAKER_01]: I think when they go back to revisiting the karate kid, Kober Kair.

[00:08:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I hope so.

[00:08:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that would be the honor that they were talking about it.

[00:08:59] [SPEAKER_01]: Who do you think won the fight?

[00:09:00] [SPEAKER_01]: I got to put you on the spot.

[00:09:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, who do I think won the fight?

[00:09:03] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, Johnny won the fight.

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, there's no doubt about that.

[00:09:09] [SPEAKER_00]: I think Barnes definitely got some shots in.

[00:09:15] [SPEAKER_00]: But, you know, I think, you know, I think Barnes did pretty well.

[00:09:19] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, we only got to go at it one time

[00:09:26] [SPEAKER_00]: because it's the final season.

[00:09:27] [SPEAKER_00]: But yes, I have to I have to bow my head in respect to

[00:09:32] [SPEAKER_00]: since it was no.

[00:09:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Would you know, they've talked about all these possible spin offs or everything.

[00:09:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Would you be on board from like Barnes?

[00:09:38] [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, my God.

[00:09:39] [SPEAKER_00]: So I put this thing out on on social as a joke about,

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, chosen and Barnes being like two cops.

[00:09:48] [SPEAKER_00]: I, too, a detective sensei's in the valley,

[00:09:52] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, trying to solve crimes and,

[00:09:55] [SPEAKER_00]: and, you know, navigate the over 50 dating scene without much luck.

[00:09:59] [SPEAKER_00]: And they're the roommates like the odd couple, you know, maybe

[00:10:03] [SPEAKER_00]: chosen to complete slab and Barnes is like a meat freak.

[00:10:06] [SPEAKER_00]: And I think there's a lot of comedic energy.

[00:10:09] [SPEAKER_00]: I put it out as a joke and people like love this idea.

[00:10:13] [SPEAKER_00]: So she's like, yeah, I'd be I'd be head over heels to do some kind

[00:10:17] [SPEAKER_00]: of a spin off if that came to fruition.

[00:10:22] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I know like now Cobra Kai is a broken

[00:10:23] [SPEAKER_01]: to like three different parts for the upcoming last part.

[00:10:26] [SPEAKER_01]: Right. Are we going to see you again?

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_01]: Can you tease anything?

[00:10:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Can you say anything?

[00:10:29] [SPEAKER_00]: I cannot say.

[00:10:31] [SPEAKER_00]: I cannot comment on that.

[00:10:33] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, you just you just got to draw your own conclusions

[00:10:37] [SPEAKER_00]: from the first Tron should episodes that comes out on July 18.

[00:10:41] [SPEAKER_01]: And they're the way they're dragging it.

[00:10:42] [SPEAKER_01]: Like I said, I watched the first first five

[00:10:45] [SPEAKER_01]: and now I'm like, now I got to wait till November.

[00:10:47] [SPEAKER_01]: It's like, yeah.

[00:10:48] [SPEAKER_01]: It's but you know, what are you going to do?

[00:10:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Right. That's how the shows get you.

[00:10:52] [SPEAKER_01]: That's how the shows get you.

[00:10:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.

[00:10:54] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, it gives people time to watch the other seasons

[00:10:58] [SPEAKER_00]: if they they haven't gotten caught up.

[00:11:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I think it's going to be a part of.

[00:11:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Television history.

[00:11:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I think this has the potential

[00:11:09] [SPEAKER_00]: to be the biggest streaming event so far because it's,

[00:11:15] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, in three different blocks.

[00:11:17] [SPEAKER_00]: And because it's been announced as the final season,

[00:11:19] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm just I'm just really honored to be a part of it.

[00:11:23] [SPEAKER_01]: How would you say like, you know,

[00:11:24] [SPEAKER_01]: you mentioned you're working with Billy and everything

[00:11:25] [SPEAKER_01]: even being on screen again with the Ralph?

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Like how do you describe that chemistry

[00:11:29] [SPEAKER_01]: between all three of you?

[00:11:33] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I describe it as.

[00:11:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Being comfortable.

[00:11:39] [SPEAKER_00]: I think that we've worked together enough

[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_00]: to trust each other.

[00:11:43] [SPEAKER_00]: I have a deep respect for both of them as actors.

[00:11:48] [SPEAKER_00]: They're collaborative.

[00:11:51] [SPEAKER_00]: They're, you know, professional, great at what they do.

[00:11:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And we had a lot of fun doing it.

[00:11:58] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it was a fantastic work experience.

[00:12:01] [SPEAKER_01]: Definitely.

[00:12:02] [SPEAKER_01]: Overall, like, you know, like with Mike Barnes, everything

[00:12:04] [SPEAKER_01]: like how do you like, you know, like.

[00:12:07] [SPEAKER_01]: Everybody's going to remember you as Mike Barnes.

[00:12:08] [SPEAKER_01]: How do you feel connected with this character?

[00:12:10] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, it's really funny you say that because I just

[00:12:12] [SPEAKER_00]: watched that Andrew McCarthy documentary about love that.

[00:12:16] [SPEAKER_01]: I love it.

[00:12:16] [SPEAKER_01]: It was awesome.

[00:12:17] [SPEAKER_00]: I really liked it and I've always been a fan

[00:12:19] [SPEAKER_00]: of Andrew McCarthy's and I wasn't aware that

[00:12:25] [SPEAKER_00]: the moniker Brat Pack represented something

[00:12:29] [SPEAKER_00]: so pejorative and negative for a lot of them.

[00:12:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And like everybody, I figured, oh, God,

[00:12:35] [SPEAKER_00]: they're just all best friends and hang out and find out that.

[00:12:38] [SPEAKER_00]: So but I said to my wife, I said, you know,

[00:12:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I can really relate to this on a smaller level.

[00:12:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, obviously, you know, I didn't experience

[00:12:48] [SPEAKER_00]: that kind of manic fame that they did.

[00:12:51] [SPEAKER_00]: But my point was, I think there was a point in my life

[00:12:55] [SPEAKER_00]: where I very easily could have said, wow, am I going

[00:12:59] [SPEAKER_00]: to be Mike Barnes for the rest of my life and put

[00:13:02] [SPEAKER_00]: a negative spin on it?

[00:13:03] [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm a firm believer and I talk about this in my books

[00:13:06] [SPEAKER_00]: and my coaching and my speaking.

[00:13:10] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, it's really important, the story that you attach

[00:13:13] [SPEAKER_00]: to the experience of life and I attached a great story to it.

[00:13:17] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, first of all, you know, I had the whole thing

[00:13:18] [SPEAKER_00]: around this lost my life film in Karate Kid 3

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: and the fact that I made it through that.

[00:13:25] [SPEAKER_00]: Karate Kid 3 will always have an important place in my life.

[00:13:29] [SPEAKER_00]: But, you know, playing Mike Barnes has introduced me

[00:13:33] [SPEAKER_00]: to people all over the world.

[00:13:34] [SPEAKER_00]: It's provided me with the opportunity to come back

[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_00]: and be a part of this series.

[00:13:39] [SPEAKER_00]: And I think I would be foolish to be anything

[00:13:42] [SPEAKER_00]: but grateful for it.

[00:13:43] [SPEAKER_00]: So I've always had a positive attachment.

[00:13:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, by the same token, I've also gone on and done

[00:13:48] [SPEAKER_00]: an immense amount of work beyond my Barnes.

[00:13:52] [SPEAKER_00]: But I think even if I never did that,

[00:13:54] [SPEAKER_00]: I would probably choose to look at it in a positive way.

[00:13:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And I certainly do now.

[00:13:59] [SPEAKER_01]: Amazing, amazing.

[00:14:00] [SPEAKER_01]: So we have Cobra Kai season six, July 18th, you know,

[00:14:04] [SPEAKER_01]: obviously we're going to see Mike Barnes at it.

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_01]: Anything else you could tease about us or give us an

[00:14:08] [SPEAKER_01]: on you got like you say, you got the surgery coming up

[00:14:10] [SPEAKER_01]: but like, do you see?

[00:14:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm in my 24th year on the Bold and the Beautiful.

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_00]: 24th year since I started,

[00:14:18] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm still on the Bold and Beautiful for CBS.

[00:14:21] [SPEAKER_00]: My show Studio City, which is an Emmy award winning

[00:14:26] [SPEAKER_00]: limited series is now on Roku, 2B, Voodoo,

[00:14:31] [SPEAKER_00]: the Dub Channel and Amazon Prime.

[00:14:34] [SPEAKER_00]: And if people haven't seen it, I really, really,

[00:14:37] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, appeal to you to watch it because it's

[00:14:40] [SPEAKER_00]: it's a terrific, terrific show.

[00:14:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's been my baby for years.

[00:14:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Going to be starting a new show that I'm going to be doing.

[00:14:51] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a timber in Vegas called Unsuited, which is

[00:14:55] [SPEAKER_00]: about the World Poker.

[00:14:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm very excited about that and going to have my new book,

[00:15:01] [SPEAKER_00]: which is the third installment of the Way to Cobra series

[00:15:03] [SPEAKER_00]: called Cobra Couples that I'm co-authoring with my wife, Michelle.

[00:15:06] [SPEAKER_00]: That'll be out at the end of the summer.

[00:15:10] [SPEAKER_00]: And gosh, what else?

[00:15:12] [SPEAKER_00]: I've got two other projects that are going to be happening this year.

[00:15:17] [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm doing a TED talk in October.

[00:15:19] [SPEAKER_00]: So this is you busy busy busy here, man.

[00:15:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I like it that way. You know, I think you stand in trouble.

[00:15:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Amazing. What about any stand?

[00:15:26] [SPEAKER_01]: Any more stand up coming up your way?

[00:15:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think I'm definitely going to put some more stand up stuff together.

[00:15:30] [SPEAKER_00]: It's just just a function of finding time to do everything, you know?

[00:15:34] [SPEAKER_00]: And the thing is, it's doing everything and doing it well.

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_00]: And to go back to Cobra Kai, I really respect the big three

[00:15:42] [SPEAKER_00]: for deciding to go out on top.

[00:15:44] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I mean, they they certainly could have done this

[00:15:46] [SPEAKER_00]: for another couple years.

[00:15:47] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, the audience wouldn't decline.

[00:15:49] [SPEAKER_00]: The probably the reviews would have diminished in their praise,

[00:15:53] [SPEAKER_00]: but they could have made a lot of money.

[00:15:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I just feel like if you're going to do something,

[00:15:58] [SPEAKER_00]: do it the absolute best you can do it or don't do it.

[00:16:02] [SPEAKER_00]: And and that's how I feel about my career.

[00:16:04] [SPEAKER_00]: And I know that's how they feel about Cobra Kai.

[00:16:06] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, again, just to go back to it,

[00:16:08] [SPEAKER_00]: that's why I'm so excited for everyone to see this final season

[00:16:11] [SPEAKER_00]: because I think they left everything on the field.

[00:16:14] [SPEAKER_01]: Amazing. Sean, let's end this by a hop in the viewers now.

[00:16:16] [SPEAKER_01]: The listeners find your social media to keep up with you

[00:16:18] [SPEAKER_01]: with your future projects more.

[00:16:20] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:16:20] [SPEAKER_01]: You know what?

[00:16:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Reach me on Instagram at Sean.Cannon

[00:16:24] [SPEAKER_00]: or on X previously Twitter at Sean.Cannon.

[00:16:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I keep my my DMs on

[00:16:30] [SPEAKER_00]: and try to respond as many people as I can.

[00:16:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And if you'd like to pick up my books,

[00:16:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Way of the Cobra, a welcome to the KUMATE, which is the sequel.

[00:16:37] [SPEAKER_00]: You can get them on Amazon, Audible, Kindle,

[00:16:41] [SPEAKER_00]: and if you'd like an autographed copy of WayoftheCobra.com.

[00:16:44] [SPEAKER_01]: Amazing. Sean, I want to thank you for giving me this today.

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, good. Good luck with everything.

[00:16:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you, brother. Best of luck to you, too.

[00:16:50] Thank you.