Spike Feresten, comedian and automotive enthusiast podcaster joins!

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"No Soup for You" "Muffin Tops"  He wrote for Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld! Spike Feresten, comedian and automotive enthusiast podcaster joins!

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00:00Who is the host of Spike's Car Radio podcast, Spike Ferenstin.

00:06And Wiggy is obsessed, not because of your podcast, but because he used to write not only for Jay Leno, but he used to write for Seinfeld.

00:14That's right. Yeah, yeah.

00:15Which episodes can we credit you?

00:18Soup Nazi was my first one.

00:20Wow.

00:20Maybe arguably the best ever, Seinfeld.

00:23I didn't feel that way when I wrote it, but people seemed to like it.

00:26Oh, that's a great one.

00:27You created the Soup Nazi?

00:29Yes.

00:30That is like the greatest of all time.

00:32Yes.

00:33And I'm from Massachusetts.

00:36I'm from New England.

00:37No way.

00:37Yeah.

00:38What else?

00:38Other episodes?

00:39Little Kicks where Elaine dances.

00:41Yes.

00:42Great moves.

00:43Muffin Tops?

00:44Yeah, yeah.

00:45This guy's royalty.

00:46I know.

00:46That's what I said.

00:47Holy cow.

00:48He's riding royalty and now you're car royalty.

00:51Yeah.

00:51Well, we've always been car guys.

00:53I used to write for David Letterman, who's a car guy.

00:55Then went to write for Jerry.

00:57I worked with Jay.

00:57You know, I've always been around kind of comedy and car people.

01:01Who has a better car collection?

01:02Jay Leno or Jerry Seinfeld?

01:04Seinfeld, for sure.

01:05Really?

01:06Yeah.

01:06I mean, better is a judgment.

01:08Yeah.

01:08But, you know, they're two different kinds of collections.

01:12Like, Jay's collection is amazing, but it's the other side of the hill.

01:17And Jerry's collection is very Porsche-focused.

01:20So, you know, each collection kind of is a reflection of who they are as kind of guys.

01:25It seems like people who collect end up being like a muscle car-focused collector or a, you

01:34know, European, you know, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari kind of.

01:39I think it's what they like to drive.

01:41I mean, it's really all it is, you know.

01:43And it's unfortunate if your cars end up costing more than the American muscle car, but it's

01:49like a sneaker.

01:50When you get in it and you drive it and you love it, that's your thing, whatever it is.

01:53Do you think it's the eras?

01:55Because I know I was talking to Rob Ninkovich, who plays for the Patriots, and he's big into

02:00cars.

02:01And we were talking about how, like, the Trans Am and the...

02:04He loves Broncos and stuff like that.

02:06But, like, the late 80s, early 90s Trans Ams, like Z28s are starting to come back in, or

02:13the Mustang 5.0s.

02:15Is it like the era that you kind of grow up in?

02:18Because I feel like that was my wheelhouse, and I love those type of cars.

02:21But I also love, like, the 60s Camaros and the Eleanor, the 68 Shelby Mustang.

02:27Yeah, yeah.

02:28So is it, like, more of the kind of, like, when you grew up and maybe the cars, like, just

02:33sparked your interest?

02:34It can be.

02:35You know, what you dreamed about.

02:36You know, there are kind of three stages to a car guy.

02:39There's the dreaming of stuff.

02:41If you're lucky enough to make enough money to afford it, the accumulating of stuff.

02:45And then there's kind of the selling of stuff.

02:47And right now, in the, like, collectible car business, it is about the 2000s and the 2010s

02:54and the late 90s.

02:55You know, that's the hottest part of the market right now.

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