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Tom Segura Overdoses - This Is Not Happening - Uncensored

Tom Segura returns home from college for the first time and ends up in the emergency room.

Comedy Central

10 years ago

- This woman goes "Hey Tom, you are in the emergency room and you overdosed." And they're like "what did you take?" So, I write, 'Heroine.' And they go "Are you serious?" And, I write, "Jk." (intense dubstep music) - [Ari Shaffir] Welcome to 'This Is Not Happening' presents one crazy night. So, this is what we do. We're a bunch of comedians. We tell stories about a similar subject. So, this is just one crazy night. - Give it up for my friend and yours Mr. Tom Segura everybody! Let him hear it! (
cheering) - Thanks, Ari Shaffir, everybody. Let him hear it. Ari Shaffir. (applause) Alright. Let's go back to 1997. Holy shit. Fuck. That time flies. And, I'm a freshman in college. And, Thanksgiving. Remember Thanksgiving everybody? (laughter) That's the first time that you go, usually, back home. That's your first break in your freshman year. And, it's a big deal, because it's also like a mini class reunion, because it's the first time you see everybody you used to go to school with everyday.
You're back. Your first few months. And, everybody's recapping. And the big thing is the next day. The day after Thanksgiving. Everybody gets together and parties their fucking balls off while acting like they're a new person. Right I start off, I find the guy, one of the guys that didn't go to school, and he's like "I'm the new drug supplier." And, I'm like "I remember you from math." (laughter) And uh, he asks me what I want and I'm like "What do you got?" And, he goes "I have ecstasy." And,
I go "Yeah!" "Everyone says that's fun, let's try it!" (laughter) And I start taking it, and, oh! I forgot to mention. Before I went to college, senior year, I got really into a drug that was making its way especially through the south, through Florida, called GHB. And, I'm sure, I don't know if you know what it is, it's gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid your body naturally produces it. Sometimes, there are some places where they regulate it as an anesthetic. But, basically, when you get it, somebody ma
de it in a bathtub (laughter) and that's the good stuff, alright? (laughter) And they sell it to you, and they get it in a water bottle. They also call it the date rape drug, I, no I didn't do that. I gave it to myself all the time, (laughter) it does have an amazing effect on sex. on masturbating, let's be honest. On masturbating Uh, I really had some crazy masturbation seminars. (laughter) As a senior, and then I passed out, and I'm like "Who jerked me off?" And then I'm like, "oh yeah, it was
me" (laughter) So... anyways... Okay, so I get the ecstasy into my system and then, I take it, I'd never taken it, so as soon as I'd taken it, I go like "Hey, man... Fuckin'...I don't feel anything." He's like, "You just took it man, like, give it a minute, alright?" "Alright." So, I'm hanging out at this party, we're at a party everyone's together, and then we're going to go to a bar and at the end of the house party on the way to the bar I go "Hey man, I don't feel anything." So he goes "Alri
ght, when we get to the bar, come find me and I have GHB." So I'm like "Okay." So, I find him and he's like "Alright, let's go the car." And that's always the big move when you go to the car, you're like ah, this is where dreams come true, in the car. (laughter) Drug dealers cars, where it all lives, so I'm expecting what I know, which is a water bottle, and then a dose is the cap. So all you do, is you pour the water into the cap, and you drink it like that, and it takes like ocean water, like
sea water, right? salt water, and then, it's immediate. GHB, if it's good stuff, it's like, we used to call it perma-grin. Cause you'd be like (inebriated sounds) And if someone's like "Fuck you!" You're like "(happy inebriated sounds)" (laughter) So, I'm like "Alright, where is it?" And he goes "It's right there!" and he has a gallon jug. Right? And, I'm like "Wow, that's not a water bottle" And he's like "Yeah, I haven't even put it into the water bottles yet. That's the full thing." And it's
a full gallon. Now if you think about a full gallon you know that A) the cap is much different, it's flatter you're not gonna, and it's also heavier, so I don't know how to pour it, so he's like "Just take a shot!" And I'm like "Alright!" (laughter) So I put it up and then I go in my mind, oh shit, I have like nine shots in my mouth right now. (laughter) So, the options are: do I spit it back into (laughter) the main jug, which I feel like he's gonna be not cool with that, you know? Being that h
e's a drug dealer and all. (laughter) the other thing would be spit it out on the ground, and I don't wanna be rude, right? So, I just go like (grunts) (laughter) And, I'm like "Holy fuckin' shit, I have taken way too much GHB." Now, I'm leaving out the point that you're not supposed to mix GHB and alcohol. It is potentially fatal. You may have known this, if you didn't, it can be. At this point, I am on 13 or 14 drinks (audience exclaims) and it's liquor, you know, vodka drinks, and I'm just po
unding 'em, I get the nine shots into me, and then I walk back into the bar, and I'm like "What's up everybah?" Like, I'm fuckin' (laughter). They're like "Where does all this personality come from?" "Ah, it's just natural man." And then, I sat down I remember sitting down and then a girlfriend came, and she sat on my lap and then lights out like I just don't remember anything like I went to sleep. All I remember is that I wake up, and I'm looking at lights on a ceiling right? I'm just like "Oh,
shit, is this heaven?" And, then I see a woman come in the frame, right? Because I'm laying on my back. I can't talk. I can't move my arms. And this woman goes, "Hey Tom, you are in the Emergency Room, and you overdosed on drugs and now you're coming out of a coma." And, I'm just like "(unintelligible sounds of affirmation)" (laughter) Like processing it, but the process literally was just eyes closed, like "Ah, shit" and my only thought was like "I hope nobody knows." That's the only thing I'm
thinking. (laughter) I hope nobody knows. And then I open my eyes again and my parents come in the frame. And I'm like "Ah, everybody knows." (laughter) And they look so, just like "We thought you were a good kid what the fuck?" So, I'd never been in trouble They won't let your arm out cause I would pull out the tubes. I have a tube for breathing, I have another tube that's pumping liquid charcoal into my stomach because that makes the chemicals of the drugs come together and then you also can'
t digest it, so you vomit. Which is what they want you to do. So, as I'm like (embarrassed whimpers), I'm also like (retching sounds) and throwing up, right? (laughter) So, they give me a piece of paper and a pen, but I can't really write normally, cause I'm strapped down, but I can kinda chicken scratch, and they're like "What did you take?" Cause they're tryna figure out they don't even know what I took. So I write "Heroin." And they go, "Are you serious?!" And I write, "Jk" (laughter) They're
not like "Good one!" They're like "What the fuck, are you joking right now?" (raucous laughter) So then, the kid in me, I'm looking at my parents and I'm so worried about them. I write on the paper I go "Are you mad at me?" - [Audience Member] Awww. And my parents, at that moment my dad reads it and goes "No, buddy, just disappointed." (laughter) Can you save that for when I'm breathing on my own? Like So, I'm in that emergency room, I get moved to critical then ICU, and in the ICU, a doctor co
mes in who I hadn't seen yet. And, I'm later told this is the doctor, they tell me, this is the doctor that saved your life. So, I'm sitting there in the bed and he comes in, and he goes "Are you in a band?" (laughter) And I was like "What, man? What?" And he goes "Are you in a band?" And I was like "No, I'm not in a fuckin' band." And he goes, "Well you had enough in you to take down two drum players and a bass player man" (laughter) And, I'm like "You, now, with the fuckin' jokes? Really?" (la
ughter) And he goes "What did you take?" And I go, I don't know "I took a couple pills" I told him honestly, "I had some drinks And, I took, uh you know, some GHB probably enough for a whole lot of people (laughter) And he goes, "What about the heroine?" And I go "nah, I was just joking." And he goes "No, you have heroine in your system." And I was like "(laughs) really?" And he's like "Yeah, you have heroine, you have cocaine you have PCP, you also have the same chemicals that are in um, cleane
rs, like some of the, like the super duty cleaners." And I'm like "What the fuck, man?" And he goes "Where'd you get your GHB from?" And I go "one of my buddies from high school." He's like "yeah, he's a good friend. He gave you some fuckin' WD40 to put in your system." So, I, you know, eventually get to breathe on my own and all this shit and then he comes back, and they're like "You know, the doctor" the nurse tells me "the doctor that saved you wants to talk to you." And, I'm like "Alright."
And, I ask him, "how did I survive?" And he was like, "honestly... cause you're fat (laughter) like you're pretty fat." (laughter) I was like "What, man?" (laughter continues) And he goes "I mean, a smaller person would definitely, like a 120 pound person would die halfway through this. This is just one of the only times where it's good to be fat, right now" and that's yeah, that's why I still haven't lost the weight, you guys. (laughter, cheering) (upbeat electronic music) - The best part is wh
en he called you fat. Tom Segura everybody, keep it going for Tom Segura. Hey everybody, I just took a break from flying through space to tell you to, uh, click the link over there so we get more YouTube hits. And, don't forget to subscribe, so that next week when the story comes out, you'll get that as well. Oh, there goes a celestial planet. Hi, planet. (staccato tones)

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@standup

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@JWnFlorida

Japanese parents are tuff...

@AutoKeyz

He’s so good at telling stories. He has this way of making you imagine everything he’s talking about. You’re not even watching him on stage.

@EbolaSquirrel

They should have a sign on each hospital light saying “you’re not dead,you’re in the hospital”

@astralok

Was his Drug dealer Ari?

@shooglechic

I am SO GLAD he survived.

@thesishimselfofficiall9470

I swear he has one of the most epicly perfect deliveries of all time. Period.

@jaylew889

He's not kidding, we had a party house and someone tried selling a bottle of ghb. When we figured out what it was we just took it from him so it didn't get used inappropriately. We divided up between the 6 of us to try and then poured the rest out. Holy shit it was like drinking 20 beers but not feeling bloated or uncomfortable. Somehow ended up at Walmart making sandwiches in the cold cuts section

@ridikipicklepeckinpuff583

"What did you take??" "Heroin" "ARE YOU SERIOUS??!!" "jk lol" -comedian to the end, and that's what I respect about this man 😁

@donutfam4421

i didn't want his story to end

@bmgag19

leads me to think, i wonder how many awesome comedians out there have a story like this and died and never made it big to tell the tale.

@bongobob4145

The bit should be called "How being fat saved my life"

@jonnygodoy6772

That same drug dealer spiked tom’s friend named Bert in his own house

@XenosSavior

You can tell Segura is a talented comic (among other reasons) because he artfully takes a story that was to him and would be anyone else very traumatic and full of negative emotions, and makes it genuinely funny. All in his timing and delivery.

@Nekron105

Man, I cringed when he said the parents came into the frame. That's almost worse then the actual overdose. The guilt and shame is SO BAD..."just disappointed" is like daggers in the eyes lol.

@michaeldoyle4701

Love Tom as a comedian but you can see how much he’s improved with he’s delivery and presence on the stage

@waynegretzkyy

Watching this for the first time ever, and apparently Tom has legit been one of the best story tellers. Clear spoken, relaxed and just funny

@AliceCullenTH

I see him and I think, BIKES!

@glockism1714

It all lead up to a fat joke...Toms a genius.

@Mgbmax15

I don’t understand how he just took drugs without even knowing what they do, THATS why his dad was disappointed lol