How did the idea for the show come about?
Andrew Schulz: Well, MTV created the idea and shot a pilot for it and after it started to get rolling that’s when they brought on a writer and brought me on too. I came on after they chose the jobs but before they kinda put the show together and got the formula down.
Ok cool. So I know you’ve worked with Nessa on Guy Code and Girl Code and now Jobs That Don’t Suck. How’s it working with her on another show?
AS: It’s great, she’s the sh*t. She’s a great person to work with man. Nessa is like a Egyptian peacock, she’s fun to look at haha.. But honestly she’s great, everything she says is with conviction and you will believe her. She can persuade you to drink a potion that can possible kill you and you will drink it haha…
That’s funny. So as you know, you guys over at MTV have a number of shows that use the same personalities from the Guy Code series to Guy Court. What makes this show different from the rest?
AS: Well, even though the show uses the same personalities the show is based around jobs. The show is basically based around hustle. The show primarily focuses on people that turned their side hustle into their main hustle. For me, I just want the show to be funny. That’s was a very important component for me.
Most definitely. I think this show will give people the confidence to put their best foot forward and follow their passion. So with the show based around jobs, what are some of the most bizarre jobs you ever seen or heard of?
AS: I would have to say those GoPro Sky divers. The camera company GoPro pays them half a million dollars to jump out of airplanes. That is hustle right there. People want to pay you, you just have to know how to hustle. People always say America is broke but I know we aren’t. The busboy at my restaurant is wearing Jordan’s so I know he’s doing something right hahaha…
That’s dope, so if GoPro was paying you half a mil to jump out of a plane would you do it?
AS: Hell f*cking no. I wouldn’t even do it for 10 billion dollars. I really don’t get why people do it. I mean, I do because its adrenaline but I rather get that when I walk into a bad neighborhood hahaa…
That’s hilarious
AS: Seriously, that’s what I want to do with these guys. I would take them to east New York and tell them “Hey guys, you know that rush you get when you’re diving out of planes, try walking in this neighborhood”.
So if you were not a comedian what job would you do?
AS: Honestly bro, this is all I want to do. I get asked that question a lot but honestly this is what I want to do just at different levels. Right now, I’m doing all these shows on MTV but next I want to write a show for MTV that I will star in then I want to do movies and an hour special. To be honest, if I couldn’t do comedy and someone was to fire me from comedy (like that can happen) I would try and play ball overseas. I don’t know why but I would have an agreement with whoever fired me to at least pay for my training sessions for a year straight. When I get overseas I would play in like Turkey and smash everything in Europe.
Can you even hoop man?
AS: Of course man I’m from New York.
What’s your squad?
AS: The Knicks of course.
Way to stay faithful man.
AS: Let me tell you something, I was going to go to the Nets/Raptors game and I bought these tickets from Craigslist and went to the Barclays and the lady scanned the ticket and it was a big “x”. That was the universe telling me that you’re a Knicks fan haha..
That’s crazy, so my last question to you is what can fans of the show expect to see for the remainder of the season?
AS: Well we are doing a lot of crazy stuff. We have a “Snake Milker” coming on the show and I get a colonic.
Pause. You get a colonic?
AS: This Puerto Rican shoves a tube up my** and makes me s*it so that was a bit interesting. I will say that changed the sex life with my girlfriend haha.. But honestly, I want people to see a lot of the jobs and get inspired and if you don’t at least you see a tube shoved up my a** haha..
Guess there is something for everybody haha..
AS: Exactly, something for everybody.
Well, this concludes the interview. Thanks for sitting down with The Source.
AS: It was my pleasure. Thanks for having me.
