JB Smoove FULL EPISODE | EPISODE 9 | CLUB SHAY SHAY

hello welcome to another edition of Club. Shay I am your host and proprietor and. the gentleman that stops by the club for. some conversation and a drink today is a. comedian he's an actor he's a writer. he's a producer Mr JB. smooth grinding all my life sacrifice. hustle P the price want a slice got the. roll of dice that's why all my life i'. been grinding on my life all my life. grinding on my life sacrifice hustle B. the bright.

a slice roll dice that's why all my life. been gring all my. life smooth what's going on. bro hey man I told you man I'm working. on these guns right now trying to get. trying to get these guns right now most. people work out they they get the guns. right for the summer I get my guns right. for the winter time I'm more of a you. know I like my turtleneck look good on. me I'm a turtleneck guy I don't know. about you I like a good turtleneck man a. well fit turtleneck look good with arms.

and your chest a little bit you know it. it does it's it's it's kind of like. almost like the bodysuit for the the. female the cat the bodysuit cat suit for. the female because it accentuates if you. if you're muscular if you got decent uh. body structure it like wow okay yeah. yeah I like that let me tell you. something Shannon the turtleneck is the. greatest invention in fashion history. the turtl when the turtleneck came out. and see and it transcends all all time. at time listen in the future I'm telling.

you in the future it's cats wearing. turtlenecks in the future and wearing. them in the past the turtleneck has been. around a long time well because you can. dress it up or dress it down you can. wear it with a suit you can wear it with. jeans yeah yeah it's it's it's a great. it's a great piece I I recommend that. every man have at least. one I've not seen I've not seen anybody. wear one with shorts yet but no but. because see you just gave somebody an. idea. because you remember smooth it used to.

be you never saw anyone wear uh uh. shorts with a tie or with a suit jacket. and now guys wearing shorts and ties and. B ties so you just gave someone an idea. I just gave my dope idea hey why not man. this is this is about to be turtleneck. weather I'm getting I'm getting my. turtlenecks lined up I got a bunch of. them all all colors lined up ready to go. well considering considering you're. saying it's about to be turtleneck. weather it's very apparent to me you do.

not live in LA you live back east no it. doesn't matter to me where I live you. understand I'm I'm on the west coast of. course I'm back and forth in New York. but guess what when I if I go to New. York and I'm wearing a turtleneck and I. fly back wearing said turtleneck and I. land at LAX and it's 90 degrees outside. I'm still wearing that damn turene home. I'm wear that I'm GNA pull I'm gonna. pull it off and have a tank top underne. underneath I don't wear no damn tank top.

underneath my turtleneck cuz I wanted to. look smooth I don't want you to see I. don't want you to see the turtle the. damn yeah you you want to see that. silhouette you want everybody to see. that silhouette you want see the PS and. the deps and yeah yeah the traps you. want all that to accentuate it to me a. turt a damn a tank top getting away yeah. I hate it's like seeing a bra strap on. on a on a on a on a on a bodysuit like. why she got that damn that damn Brazil.

showing up under that damn cats. suit so BR tell me what's going on how. how you been man I'm doing good man just. uh you know we we camping out man we on. the quarantine right now of course we. all camping the easy no no we doing. though you you gotta come over one night. uh we do a little social distancing. picnic in the yard okay you know. everybody bring a little blanket you. know I even got myself one of those. picnic baskets you know really do you. have one of those I do not let me tell.

you something when when I walk into my. yard right and we we Mak it a whole. event right make it a whole event I get. P Little P little shirt on you know I. have my uh my little sandals on or. whatever or or go barefoot it it is my. damn yard and I bring my little picnic. basket now in that picnic basket you you. put little wine glasses in there you put. a little put some little snacks like the. snack on I'm tell you something a't. nothing in the world better than and. some grapes you know maybe some vegan.

cheeses an assortment an assortment of. vegan. [Music]. cheeses you getting dressed up you going. through all this this this this this. show and dance to walk 50 feet to your. backyard hey hey I'm dressed up right. now you man I a sh I got when they say I. want to be on your show I put my shoes. on I got my dress pants on you know I. thw I threw a little J smooth t-shirt on. yeah I see. that I'm glad you not making the mistake.

like some of these people doing on zoom. and they doing a little bit too much on. Zoom they forget that you do realize on. Zoom people can see you this is not the. old the old the old just the audio this. is visual also so the Antics that you. think you might have had going back. there you can't do that on a zoom call. hey technology has advanced to the point. where you can't do you got to be careful. and watch what the hell you say and. watch what you doing you be live people. be living all the time.

anything that happen when you live. anything can go wrong you know I watched. the lady the other day she was helping. up obviously at home kids at home and. the lady walk by she Ain got no bra on. and the teach like ma'am ma'am your. son's old you're old. ma' back in hey back in the day we call. that show and tell yeah we call that. show and tell back in the day you bring. you know you bring something to class. right there you got to talk about. it so obviously there've been you know. with the Pand going on there's not.

obviously you couldn't do a whole lot. but are there any projects have you been. working on any projects since some of. the quarantine has been lifted Yes Man. yes this has been a remarkable kind of. thing that we're dealing with right now. you know it forces your hand you know. when you're dealing with uh you know. this limited access to Studios and and. your co-workers and all that kind of. stuff so you got you gotta like like we. just said the technology has advanced to. the point where you got to be creative. with it and I've been I've been. recording.

animated shows crib via Zoom or whatever. like we doing right now uh of course a. lot of people might have heard my voice. in the in the in the woke on uh Netflix. no um um woke uh the woke series is on. Hulu I'm sure a lot of people heard that. uh and caught that um that's been fun um. with Lam Mo and and a bunch of us on. that show it's really fun I play the pen. I play I play the damnn pen man I play. the pen on the show so.

so it has been amazing doing that kind. of stuff uh recorded some uh other. animation I did some U uh American Dad. stuff and a bunch of that kind of stuff. but at the same time um you know I also. recorded a bunch of U stuff at IFC we. did some uh Promos in my yard I just did. something for the NFL just about an hour. ago really the crew just left out of. here man you know it just keeps you uh. but you know what I've been lucky. because I planted a lot of seeds man.

right you know I just plant a lot of. seeds man you know I show up early I. stay late you know uh people come over. do stuff whether I'm in a studio even. before the pandemic I just kept planting. these little seeds I rather have the. phone keep ringing continuously over a. long period of time as opposed to me. just doing things one thing here and. another thing you know whatever but I. like to plant those little seeds man so. I stay busy you know um and of course.

Kirby enthusiasm we're coming back with. season 11 that's gonna be a blast man so. you know I'm always looking forward to. see what uh what Crazy Larry got got up. his sleeve man you know he always finds. a way to attach the the climate of the. world to the show so I want to see what. he brings you know dealing with all this. stuff right here you know out of his. head and uh we go back to work and we'll. start doing that again and then um you. know of course I'm producing a bunch of. stuff um and this is kind of my season. man you know um I I love I love being.

busy about this time you know the fall. is kind of my thing man right of course. of course we can't you know I I had to. cancel like 15 maybe 20 shows uh off my. tour my standup tour but you know what. we'll we'll get back to it when things. are safer it's the main thing is that. people are safe you know I did this I. was on um you know all the clubs have. limited seating now right you know it's. Li it's limited seating because they. can't even in restaurants we can't have. a a whole people no more but you want.

these restaurants and these clubs to. make their money correct you know you. want them to be able to stay a flat so I. was on um con Brian I told con I said. man look here's my idea you know since. you can't have people that close to each. other it's about the proximity people to. each other so I told them the restaurant. should get to back to maximum. compacity by having something I call lap. seats so you get a lap seat you go with.

your lady to a restaurant she got to sit. on your lap your whole your whole family. you you on a bottom of course your lady. on your lap your kids on on each other. laps and you step each other up like to. see that way the restaurants can still. get a lot of people but you ain't so you. know you going up you ain't going out so. you you ain't too close to each other. you go up see most I don't um out here. in La most of the restaurants now have. partitions most everybody has booth now.

so it's like it's like off of everybody. but they still keeping the the your. amount of people d right because they. can't have people spread all out too. close even with a partition correct now. a partition but a bowl you in a bowl you. ever see that TV show that movie back in. the day John tool was in it it called. the boy in a plastic bubble I I did yeah. the boy in the bubble oh man I justed. love that damn show that was a good. movie right there come on sh I just love.

that one and remember the other one the. other show they all came out the same. era we had the after school specials. back then I only remember after school. special on ABC had all the good shows. remember had the boy uh what was his. name oh oh it was called James at at 16. remember that the boy would would peeing. peeing the bed every day remember and. then his mama would take a sheet she was. a mean lady she was taking sheets and. hanging sheets out the window for all. the kids can see it so everybody can see. it embarrassing so James James would run.

home from school every day to beat the. kids home so he can pull a sheep in the. window that boy ran every day for a. whole year became a track star shanon. the boy became a track star man running. from school every day to beat his mama. from putting that damn that damn that. damn sheet out the window Shing come on. man you don't never you never know where. your athletic ability gonna come from. yeah you're exactly right smooth the.

last six seven months obviously. everybody's been in this pandemic has. been going on you've been quarantined. what have you been most appreciative of. what have you've been most thankful for. oh oh I've been really thankful for my. wife man because I I feel like you know. a lot of people tell you you really have. to have a true friendship with your. companion with your wife you know uh. whoever you're quarantine with you know. you got to still look for growth you got. to still look for all the things that uh. that that you loved about see what my. wife and I do we we she calls me her.

husb a huso is half boyfriend half. husband so that way you keep it fresh. and I'm tell you something Shannon my. wife change her hairstyle like four. times a month see so I don't been with. everybody so you got a different woman. you got a different woman I did all the. girls. man sh I'm telling you four times four. times a month a new hair doe man come. home. come home to somebody different I what.

the hell you doing in my house you. know hey baby oh I look at you girl you. know me that keep it spicy keep it spicy. man change that hairstyle once in a. while keep things intered yeah when you. you find you learn a lot because I think. most couples if you if you're married. and you work they go to work come home. you go to work come home there's A8 n. hour gap between but when everybody's. quarantined there is no Gap is 24 hours.

so you going have to find a way to go. about your day and not get on your get. on their nerves and they don't want to. get on your nerves because I can imagine. being around someone 24 hours a day you. know what hey I like my co-workers not. 24 hours I might like really like. someone but 24 hours is asking a bit. much 24 hours man hey it's people in. jail who who at some point they gonna. get tired of that top bump exactly they. know I'm about tired of top bunk I want.

go down there can out maybe we split the. difference you know maybe half the year. you get the bottom bunk half the year I. get the bottom bunk I you gota work. things out but when you like you're. right when you're in a home together and. you still got to make things happen you. still got you still got so many things. uh to be blessed with and thankful for. because you know uh in this climate. people are losing their businesses yes. losing their families so many things. come into play that you have to be uh. you know have a compassion for and.

understand and and and feel it every. night every night before we eat our meal. we pray for those who do not have and. pray for those who you know who have. enough to to progress and make that more. and and be able to sustain themselves in. this climate because I know and you know. we as comedians as standup guys we are. there are comedians who are my friends. who only do stand up so when this all. started happening since comedians are.

the ones who brighten your day and give. you laughter to get you through your day. or through your year and we have a way. to connect and and make things relatable. and take the the the weight of the world. and things that go on take it and we. repr process it and give it to you in a. funnier form so you can deal with stuff. I immediately thought about wow you know. I want know what they're doing since we. give a piece of ourselves every time we. hit that stage you know we take our all. our things that happened ever happened.

to us and we take that and reshape it. and we make it relatable for you to. understand but at the same time a lot of. people in the audience are going through. the same thing that we grew up with or. things that we've been through so we. have put that to the side and still go. on that stage and make people laugh and. enjoy themselves I thought about those. guys because I know those guys you know. a lot of my friends don't have that you. know I've been blessed to be I've really. been 30 years in the game I have been so. blessed to be able to touch different. areas I've been able to do commercial.

TV film uh WR you know uh everything. that I've ever done I have been able to. use that at my disposal use that in a in. a in a way to give other guys work use. that in a way to um to still spread the. word of laughter and find some way to. make all this we going through make. sense so we we still do that I thought. about those guys who only have that one. one Revenue coming in to their homes you. know and I know that their bread and. butter was the road going on the road.

making people laugh so I think about. those guys and I think about what. they've given already uh to Their. audience and to their fans um but I'm. I'm I'm pretty lucky to be able to be in. a position where I can um help these. guys get work spread know if I find out. something that's out there I'll call a. buddy and say hey man I know someone's. auditioning for something maybe should. go out and read for it or talk to this. guy you know and right now of course. everything is not p in person anymore. but they're finding a way to make it. work to keep everybody safe that's the.

that's the biggest key and I I tell. people all the time uh you know if you. go back and study history the greatest. key for survival is not speed it's not. strength it's not size it's not IQ it's. adaptability you have to be able to. adapt okay well this is what I normally. only would do but okay in order for. survive instead of just doing standup. you might have to do take a TV you might. have to do sitcom you might have to do. other things to generate a source of. Revenue it's kind of like an animal okay. an animal only eats fish and the stream. drives up he's going to find another way.

to survive or he will die so your guys. and for you to put them on like that. that's what I love to hear I love. someone that's fortunate to be that's. willing to help someone that's less. fortunate because sometimes we get in a. situation well I'm doing good okay I'm. straight over here and you see. especially in today's society smooth you. see a lot of people that are like that. well I'm doing good that ain't me well. you got to have empathy you got to have. sympathy you got to have compassion for. your fellow. and then it will come back to you tfold.

it will come back to you tfold man and. I'm I tell people all the time man I I. am you know I I don't want to be I'm. just a more open individual um you know. my wife we we we go RV in we have these. RV parties I think I might have invited. you to a few of the RV parties at the. beach uh you know a few years ago uh we. do that kind of stuff man we we love to. entertain we have a Hu oh you came to. our uh our uh newk parties before you.

you you you the you the entertaining I. don't know who uh I mean you new Dick. Clark you have New Year party and you. might as well put yours on TV hey I'mma. tell you though I'm G tell you something. about last I I was 2019 party was so. damn crazy I mean it was it was a it was. amazing just just now we just had it in. January it was sick and I'm me tell you. something crazy 2019 was the. greatest we sat there man we was like.

everybody at the I said everybody when. when when this we go into. 2020 I would everybody say boy 2019 get. out my face because 2019 was 2019 was. bad yeah but who would know that. 2020 would take 2019 Fold It Up in a. little piece of paper and put 2019 in. their mouth and eat it you know what I. mean. as bad as 2019 was 2020 has taken 2019.

and drop kicked it you know what I mean. drop like Drop Kick It Like H you know. what mean yeah we're gonna look back. we're GNA look like back 20 years from. now maybe even not even 20 years maybe. even 10 years we gonna look back and. when something goes back we're gonna be. like man that was so 2020 and you be. like yeah you right. [Music]. [Applause]. that smooth let me smooth you've done a. lot of you've done a lot of movies.

you've done Barber Shop py Tang kir Your. Enthusiasm I mean TV shows Monsters uh. uh you've done animations yeah can you. tell us the difference between preparing. for a movie role as far as a TV a sitcom. oh yeah I tell you different see um film. film film is like this film is the to me. I just love movies so much I feel like. with a. movie certain some things you have time.

to develop things and sometimes you. don't have time to develop things a film. is kind of what it is unless you get. I've been blessed to get directors who. have allowed me to and that that goes. across the board TV and film who have. blessed I've been blessed to be able to. and that's what I mean by planting those. seeds that's what I mean by planting. them seeds Sharon you plant enough seeds. that when people do call you they ain't. wasting your time they calling you for. something very specific specific they. know they know you a good tight endend.

they calling you a trade trade for you. and know you a damn tight end and you do. something totally different I want you. to throw the ball down field you know. what I mean throw throw the ball to. yourself you know I don't know but that. is the reason I I love film so much but. in film you really don't have time to. develop a character you know I mean you. you you don't have time for those. nuances CU that script is written you. know for what it is is that script leads.

to other characters it it defines it. determines so much that you got to you. got to tell a story from A to B okay in. a in a in a TV show let's just say you. get a TV show and y'all got 21 episodes. right and that's only 21 episodes if you. get renewed you get another 20 something. episode right keep on going keep on. going if you so you get the so in other. words in TV you get to not only do you. get to develop you get to build on the. character as a movie shooting that you. you take three months six months and.

that character is done this charact even. in in TV you get an opportunity to. evolve the character you get a. opportunity to evolve the character you. know and that and and then you have the. inner workings which is different you. have you have multi cam you got single. cam you got shows like Kirby enthusiasm. that I'm on where there is no script we. just have an outline seven eight page. outline and we make our own we make our. own we create own dialogue we. improvising which is a whole another.

Lane so now it depends what it is like. Network TV is different the streaming. services are different and I love I. personally love movies you know when I. was on in Spider-Man when I was in. almost Christmas and barber shop I. freaking loved it but that to that also. took me having a director who uh brought. me brought me in you know because he. knew that I would take a character and. make it my own and they allow me to have.

fun and elaborate with the character and. make it fun so that they got to give you. a little a little rope they gota give. you a little rope and let you have fun. let you let you do your seeds so do they. let you are you are you able to ad live. more in in movie than TV or vice versa. it depends what the what the project is. now I got now they let me get nice they. let me go in barers shop they let me go. in in in almost chrisp. they let me go a little bit in.

Spider-Man so they know that I'm coming. I'm coming from The Improv world all. right and they know exactly what I do so. they're gonna they're gonna naturally. let me they don't want me to come on. stage and be a robot on set right they. want me to do go do JB you know we BR we. got you in the movie because we want you. to we want you to go yeah but that but. that also expands the writing you know. for the writers if they know you coming. in they're going to say oh. let's let's just give him a framework.

and I know JB gonna take it and he gonna. start to get worthy he gonna have fun. with it he gonna make it what it is. right you know all that all that stuff. in Barber Shop playing around me and. said going back and forth joking around. that barber shop that's all like some of. that stuff we just came up off top of. our head with that and that's what a lot. of us on the set because you know when. when you're comedians they gonna let you. elaborate and let you improvise let you. have fun now but that's not saying it's. not that's not saying is easier right.

but now Cur enthusiasm take that some. people some people don't as amazing as. they are they can't improvise as well. right they they rather have that's a. yeah give me give me what I'm gon say. and I'm gonna give you exactly what you. want right right now but that does not. say it doesn't come with making. decisions right like when I'm working. I'm working with Larry I got to sit. there and say you know since there is. no full script I got to sit there and. say I gota make a decision in the moment.

am I going to have Larry's back in this. scene or do I want to go against him. right and that that and I gotta think. about how many laughs am I gonna get out. of having his back and going along with. him with this craziness or how much. mileage I'm gonna get out of going. against him right you know what I mean. saying you're wrong Larry you're wrong. or you right you know so I gotta sit. there and try to think how how I can. make this work and get the most funny. out of it right and at same and at the.

same time I'm also you know I'm making a. point since it is improv and since my. character doesn't have any origin they. don't know where the hell my my. character really came from I just keep. giving him I keep giving him something. new that he didn't know about my. character every time we go on camera I. try to give him something new he didn't. know about Leon you know what I mean so. I say I still say that TV gives you more. of a chance to expand the character. because you get more you get more bats.

right you get more bats right that movie. on they say cut moving on you can't go. back and God dang it I want to say this. so bad right so okay you got we got. movie we got TV and then we have. animation so obviously animation you're. in a film studio I mean you're in a. studio you're in a booth there's nobody. else around because let me tell people. the story on American Dad when they did. American Dad they were going to actually. have you to do me I was going to I was. originally schedule and you were going.

to do me and then they called because. like because no one knew who I they they. knew me but they didn't know if I would. actually do the do the voice over so. what they called me I was like well if I. don't do it who are you gonna have to do. the voiceover for me they said J uh JB. smooth and so at the time I didn't. really know who you were because that. was that was probably like over a decade. ago so I Googled you yeah I was like. okay then I pulled up some of your stuff. I was like okay he could definitely do. it I said but I can't pass up this. opportunity. I love I love voice over work because.

you can really get animated because no. one sees you in the booth and so you can. make your voice rise you can make it. fall you can have a Cadence it is I love. I love that you strike me as a guy that. loves that also no I when I tell you I. one day uh what I say I was doing a. radio show and sometimes the radio guys. they'll they'll pull your IMDb up right. and and and the guys just ran down some. stuff that I totally forgot I did I to. got but and the animated world is so fun.

you know uh of course I've done the. Black Dynamite stuff I've done American. Dad you know I've done the Simpsons I've. done Smurfs I've done I'm in the Harley. Quinn Series right now uh with the. Harley Quinn animated series Monsters. University Monsters man I done did I. done did so much that I I get in there. and I visualize like when I'm in the. booth I just close my eyes and I just.

visualize what I need to do and like you. said the Cadence and all those things. you you got to be in that Booth you. gotta really embody That animated. character because you got to bring him. to life correct you gotta bring you. gotta have all those emotions all those. things going on yes you you got to hit. it hit it hit it because that determines. the next person and next now I have been. in rooms when I was doing um Ninja. Turtles I Ninja Turtles I play bbop in. Turtles right um the animated show of.

Nickelodeon now that right there. sometimes we'll be in the same room. together okay myself and rock steady. we'll be in the same room together but a. lot of times yes just you by yourself in. the script 75% of the time I'm by myself. so right I gotta still I gotta still. match the energy right as if as if he. was there correct and you're you're. right you got you have to hit the. emotions the tatoes you got to hit all. these little things that that that's. going to bring that character animated. character to life without someone being.

around because you know when you. shooting a live when you shooting a live. movie scene you got the other character. you got someone to play off of it's like. you know you playing with a team that's. one thing but then you got playing one. on-one but you playing by yourself it. ain't no nobody to defend you it's no. one it's really no one to play off of. it's kind of like when you it's kind of. like them damn tickers boy we you down. by one point or two point and that. goddamn kick a walk out there nobody. look at him nobody talk to him nobody do.

nothing he got he gotta get his own. energy up and he gota he gotta s to. himself and figure away hey he gotta see. that ball already went through he gota. pretend the ball went through already he. gotta pretend this already happened. already right I I took a step back in. time I already kicked this thing already. we already won the game I'm I'm my. physical body is already in the locker. room I'm already in the shower this game. been over. so L man do you remember what's one of.

your most remember uh memorable. auditions oh the one the one I think. about the most is uh matter of fact I. just posted myself uh in being um In. audition with Larry so I have my first. time meeting Larry uh in that audition I. posted and I tell you I tell I'll tell. you a little bit backstory on it so I. was at SNL working at SNL three seasons. uh my fourth season I didn't get renewed.

so uh I was free as a bird so the time I. didn't get on uh my my fourth season on. SNL to the time when I walked in the. room for audition with Larry for curb. you talking about maybe two months maybe. two months okay so I had already I had. already didn't get renewed had already. fired my old agent fired I got rid every. every every damn body was gone because I. you know I just wanted to clean sleep.

and and just see what I can do I'm not. behind the camera anymore writing on SNL. now I'm back in front of stuff so let me. get my butt out there came to my wife. had already told me I was gonna be on. SNL she already said you're gonna I. could see you and Larry together I don't. know what it is but I see it you always. say crazy stuff and Larry say crazy. stuff I can see y'all working together. one day and long and then all of a. sudden I was on the road in Atlanta. and I got a phone call that one of my.

buddies had passed away um OG I know you. I'm sure you probably know OG OG Pierce. he uh he produced the song This is How. We Do It for Mel Jordan he produced that. song that's how I do it this how I do. it's how you know this is how we do um. so I came to La for one day one day to. pay my respects for him they had a. memorial service for I met him when I. was doing Cedric the Entertainer present. sketch. show he was the music guy on that show. so I met him there we became good. friends you know he's a producer my wife.

sings so everything kind of worked out. and I heard that he had passed one of. his friends had called me because my. phone had rang my phone rang and I saw. his name up there I'm I'm in Atlanta in. the hotel room like do my show about do. my show I just came from my show M fact. and my phone r i saw OG on my phone I. said oh after the phone and and a woman. was on the phone and she said hey JB. this is a friend of OG's but I wanted to. call you let you know OG pass I'm like. oh man you know so I said I said oh man.

my buddy you know so I came to La for. that one day and got and I just signed. with a new agent in New York who also. had an office in La so I get in I said. you know what while I'm in town for one. day you know the memorial services. tonight so I got here early I said I'm. gonna go say hi to my new agent I go in. there and say hi to my new agent to beat. them and then agent comes in late and. say hey man how long you in town I said. I leave tomorrow I only came in for one.

day cuz my buddy passed away and said oh. I'm going to uh I got an audition here I. said uh I said what's it before and he. said Cirby enthusiasm so I was like wow. then immediately I thought I said damn. that's crazy I said I'm only in town for. one day because my buddy passed. away my wife told me I was going to be. on Kirby enthusiasm One Day SNL didn't. resign me for my fourth season so if any.

one of those three. things had not. happened I would have never been on. Kirby enthusiasm right number one if I. got if I got renewed I'd have been. sitting behind the desk still typing. jokes on snna my wife told me I was. gonna be on the show if my buddy didn't. pass away you even if he didn't pass. away that that that those few days. earlier you know I mean I still wouldn't. have been in town you know what I mean I. still would have been here and then um I.

came in town that was PARTA of my you. know because I'm making a point here's. what I do auditions I don't tell. everybody to do this but don't be afraid. to try this all these young actors out. there I always walk into the room as the. character I I don't I feel I feel like I. gota it's like starting a car on a cold. day if you walk in there you walk. outside your car cold like I'm not. talking about the new car the new car's. got the the the fuel all that stuff I'm. talking about you know I'm talking about. Shannon of car you got you got to pump.

the gas a little bit pump the. gas turn that key so uh you know I don't. like pumping the gas when I walk into. the room I don't like introducing myself. and then all of a sudden I gotta turn on. the character it's a weird transition. you know mean you're already in. character man I like to be that dude in. I like to be that dude while I'm sitting. down waiting to go in so by the time I. walk in that door I'm already I'm I walk. in the room as my character already I'm.

ready to go I say I say stuff that. the character would say immediately I. jump I just jump right in it you know. what I mean I make I like to control I. like to drive the car I'm not I'm a. terrible I'm not a good passenger I like. to drive I like to drive the car a. little bit you know let me drive a. little bit I'll let you drive but I tell. you I tell you when I you know I'll get. out the car and walk around other side. and get in the passenger side you slide. over smooth you mentioned go ahead I'm. sorry to cut you off but you mentioned. SNL is it every comedian's dream to be.

on SNL to write be in front of the. camera because it's launched a lot of. people's career and it seems to me. that's one of the launching points for. for greater success now and from what. I've heard it's not easy to be on there. for a length of time I mean anybody can. do it for a year but to do it year after. year and then walk away on your terms. yeah yeah it's a it's a it's a it's a. it's definitely not easy and you know.

and when you're writing on when you're. writing those sketches every week you. know what it's like here what it's. like it's like trying out for the. cheerleading team every damn week right. you know how you know how they remember. how they would put you know uh a list of. who made the team on a piece of paper. and they stick it to the wall and you. got to go up there everybody's crowded. around trying to see if you made see. your name you trying to look for your. name okay okay where where the S hey you.

hoping it's not in alphabetical order. maybe it's not in alphabetical order I. don't see my name yet you know right. right you try to find your name like oh. man and it's like every week when you. submit those jokes those scripts and you. pray you get you pray you get one picked. and man I'mma tell you something I got I. probably count on one hand how many in. three years how many I got picked up. but ain't going never forget get my ass. around that M I tell you that much I. made I always make a presence you know I.

mean you ain't gonna never say JB ain't. work hard you ain't GNA never say JB and. show up for me you never say you know. because when I got there I had to I had. to like do my New York I had to do my. New York hust right I I was writing on. the show I did warm up on the show for. two years two seasons I did uh uh I was. in sketches all the time you right they. put me in monologues all the time like. the opening in the show so that's a. right I I three jobs already as a writer.

number four I had four jobs so col. O'Brien was still at NBC at that time. col Bryan found out I was working. upstairs as a writer and we had worked. together before he did con' bryen 11. damn times probably while I was working. as a writer upstairs they would call. Lauren Michaels and say hey can we. borrow JB for a sketch and I would get. he said he'll call my office and say JB. we got a cing call you want to know if. you wanted to come downstairs and do a. sketch go down there do the sketch come.

back up and finish a SK finish writing I. all right cool I get the elevator go. down there I do a damn sketch with con. and go back upstairs get behind the. computer keep working so I was blessed I. was bless that's and and Shannon that's. four checks right that's four Separate. Checks four they gotta pay you for doing. every last one of those four things so I. said so it's not like TV it's not like. really TV now like okay I okay you pay. me to do this show but if I feeling to.

do somebody else show that's for free if. I do somebody else radio gig that's for. free and if I do something that's for. free too you get four checks four. different jobs hey you get paid for each. individual thing you do everything you. do hey B they call me Allah goddam it. they call. me Smo when I'm looking at your resume. smooth I look at some of the people you. comedians Chris Rock Kevin Hart Adam. Sandler you mentioned Larry David S the. Entertainer Tracy Morgan Jerry Seinfeld.

Marlon Williams whoopy. Goldberg when you guys look like when. you guys get. together is it is it joke telling all. the time part of the time none of the. time I'm me tell you something each one. of those names you mentioned every last. person you just said shows up who you. think they are they show up as who you. think who you know them to be right. that's how they show the hell up and.

that's what makes that's what makes. every last one of those people you name. so unique it's like everyone brings. something to the table and you get like. let's take the movie uh top five right. that Chris Rock there man he had every. man he had everybody in that damn movie. let me tell you something man you should. said everybody is exactly who the hell. you you want them to be you know there. one thing about there one thing about. and when we when we at that level if you.

meet someone bigger than you right like. someone up there you want them you want. them to be who you hope they are right. the worst thing for a person the worst. thing for a person to meet their heroes. or meet someone and they ain't who they. thought they were nothing like you. expected them to be oh man you be like. godamn man and they break your heart man. and bring your heart to the point you. like God damn I a want I didn't want. that to happen I thought they were. somebody else man right but blessing but. bless that Chris pulled together some.

amazing uh Comedians and ma' is Flawless. and and he allowed everyone to do them. that's the key to a actor as a key to a. comedian is for you to get these. opportunities that they allow you to do. you and bring and let you do exactly. what they bring you on the project to do. you know and they've been and that's how. that's a good director that's a good. show Runner that's a good producer that. is what you need at your disposal to.

make whatever you're writing come to. life because I always think about like. this you know I always try to show up. and always try to make I question the. director I question the producers what. exactly do you need from me right what. exactly do you need from me you know. what I mean and I need to know that. clearly so I don't step on no toes so I. don't burn no Bri. is this is this his scene or am I a part.

of the scene am I am I am I pitching him. am I'm fast balling him what am I doing. in this scene you know so that I don't. mess up whatever you however you. envision this scene I want to know so I. don't I don't mess up whatever you need. out of it because that's their you know. yeah realize you meet producers you meet. directors that's their thing that's. their dream they always wanted to be. that right and and the only way they. gonna get that is you give them what.

they are looking for you know and and. and why why and why show up you know uh. and half ass something that's theirs. that's their thing their dream you know. what I mean their job is to make you. look good and your job is to make sure. that you give them the tools to make you. look good so it's got to work like that. and and that's how that's the only way. you know and and those opportunities. sometimes you don't get that many swings.

at the ball right you don't get that. many you don't get that many swings now. B blessings have come upon us that we. we've been getting more as far as black. people we've been getting more. opportunities now to to be on camera and. and also have our own shows and stuff so. that's a blessing you know but sometimes. I remember back in the days man I. know a few of my buddies who had deals. and sometimes you get one sometimes. get one shot one shot you get one you. get one shot I know people who got shows.

and them shows lasted two episodes you. know you like God dang it two episodes. man that's not enough to. Showcase yeah they'll pull a damn repeat. in in your slot at 8m you're like God. dang. it put a whole show on it smooth you got. one of your big start I believe your. first start on De Comedy Jam which was. probably responsible for launching more. black comedian career than probably any. other you know from the DL hug to the.

Bernie ma the Bruce Bru some of the. great comedians who have gone on to not. just do standup but to do television. shows to be in movies to become leads. how instrumental was death Comedy Jam. for you and other black comedians men. and women death oh men and women death. Comedy Jam was the you know here's. another thing I let people know all the. time is that death Jam was. amazing but it's kind of like this it's.

kind of like we have all these there's. so there was so much going on that no. one knew about you know in the comedy. world in the black comedy World CA you. know being from New York we had this. spot called the Uptown Comedy Club right. which was R in RA in Harlem on 125th. Street uh and um let me tell you. something man that place oh my God man.

that was even before the Comedy Jam. before bet ComEd before all that but you. you you are gonna have these pockets of. these pockets of comedy clubs or. nightclubs that had a comedy night we. had man we would be busy let me tell you. something we worked like every every. night in New York because is a. metropolitan area you could be in. Connecticut Queens Brooklyn The Bronx.

Westchester you could be in Jersey. that's six different Burrows that you. could easily be in and you could. probably do if you hustle you got a nice. a car that run you can probably do two. or three a night if you really want if. you really got to hustle right and this. is before death Comedy Jam before bet. before any of these shows you talking. about the it you had to have a something.

had to light it you know something had. to light that fuse the Slow Burn but by. the time you know uh the explosion of. black comedy hit hit his Plateau the. death comedy jams the BET Comic views. they you gota realize you can't have all. those comedians you're talking about a. lot of damn. comedians lot of damn did D comedy they. had to come from somewhere you know I. mean they had to come from somewhere and.

you talking about every major city in. the United States had these funny unique. comedians all around the country that. death Comedy Jam could grab and say hey. we got a platform for you this is gonna. be perfect for everybody everybody's. gonna be able to shine and do their. thing man we got Martin Lawrence hosting. it see I got I got I got blessed man I. was on the second taping of the first. season I was so happy man to be able to. get on that show and tell you something.

that audition process wasn't no joke and. you talk about back then man you talking. about you talking about cats fighting. for positions let me tell you something. man that thing became it became I'm tell. you something man it's kind of like. fighting for for your for a three of. tight ends damn tight ends on on your. team and they all good and you're like. godam what can I do different right. outside of knocking one of these dudes. out. with a damn impr practice how can I make.

it sure I I got I gotta be unique enough. I gotta have that in tangible that is. gonna bring something to the show. because my my thing has always been make. the show amazing I never think about. myself as an individual because it's. really not about us it's about you know. when you're doing a stage show you're. doing standup it's really about the. audience enjoying their money's worth in. a good time I never make it about myself.

you know hell I I never make I make it I. never make it about myself to the point. where I have had nights when. just went wrong right it went wrong it. went wrong it went wrong and and it's a. it's a stumble but I I'm the first to um. to claim you know and learn from. everything so these that death Comedy. Jam was a platform a springboard for. everybody man it became it became the. one show you wanted to get on you would.

you would do anything to get on that. damn show and you want to watch it too. you want to watch it hey you know how. many times death C down would come on. man and I and I was supposed to go out. man we would sit there right start. getting dressed to go to the club but we. will make sure we slow down a little bit. so we go watch D Comedy Jam while we. getting dressed to go to the club and we. waited till it went off and then we go. out and get in the car and go to the. club we had to see death Comedy Jam but.

it it propelled everybody you think. everybody you Nam it propelled everybody. and it was like I cannot explain how. amazing that time period was that. finally we had this this this place we. can go to and we can all express our. style all express our humor and we all. had this unique opportunity and I I. think I think Russell Simmons and and. Death Jam and Martin and everybody who. was a part of that because that is.

really is that is the f is the is the. fuse that was lit to propel all these. amazing people you see today man there. is there is a class of death comedy JY. there is a a unique class of comedians. you know they should I mean we've had a. reunion and we we've had a uh a tribute. show and that kind of stuff but man it's. just amazing at the and how that that. show made a lot of comedians Bob suner.

also an amazing he he's he ran all the. all those um all those auditions man Bob. was a big part of that man he's a big. part of it you got all those comedians. on board right when you look at. comedians do most comedian okay you do. you start out doing standup but do most. comedians all comedians how what. percentage do you think says you know. what I want to graduate to te TV I want. to graduate to movies is that or do some.

people just like you know stand up my. gig I want to do stand up because it was. like once Eddie once Eddie was Eddie. Eddie Murphy obviously I'm talking about. Eddie Murphy once he graduated from. standup and started doing did you know. movies yeah I think he's GNA do another. Netflix special but he went totally away. you see Jared Seinfeld he had a TV he. went back a lot of people Kevin Hart. does movies he comes back Chris Rock did. movies comes back is it is it that you. okay once you do you always want to come.

back because you know some guys come. back some guys. don't let me say something stand up if. you're stand up will always. be the bread and butter of any comic. it's just what it is here's what the. benefit you get out of doing stand up is. TV you do shoot TV on TV you gotta shoot. stuff you gotta shoot stuff they gotta. package it they gotta do Post they gotta.

air it movies you got to shoot the movie. you gota be on you gotta do all this. stuff you got to do all this mess when. it comes to movies movies movies movies. movies movies sometimes you won't see a. movie eight nine sometime a year by. the time you see that damn movie and. I'mma tell you. something even as an actor a lot of time. you grow in those eight nine months. right major and majority of the time you. don't like the movie because you sit. there like damn I could have done that. better I'm a better actor a year later.

than I was when I shot that damn movie. okay you know what I'm saying so we so. you have to there and then there are. comedians who are. totally satisfied with being standups. and could care less about movies and TV. here's the thing you get out of doing. standup standup that's why I compare it. to TV and film you might not see that. move for a year TV you got to do all. that work shoot all these damn episodes.

you know by the time people see it stand. up you get a chance to be in the moment. it's instantaneous you walk on that damn. stage you can perform you got people. laughing their ass off they could touch. you after the show you can hug them they. could tell you oh I needed that so much. thank you so much I needed that laugh in. the moment you can get in your car you. can go home you can drive home like damn. that was that that was a good show you. feel it on your skin in the moment that.

is you it's there that just happened you. in the moment you felt it they felt it. it was a great time they talking about. you right now while you driving home. they driving home talking about you. because they had a good time TV film man. you can tell people all you want man. what you see this movie coming out when. it coming out oh man about nine months. about nine months man but it's good it's. good right so and that's why people. thirst they they thirst to get back they. want that immediate they want they want.

that instant gratification they want. that that instant that's that instant. Rush it's not a s that I'm gonna get. that in nine months or a year I'm. getting that right now I'm getting that. that Euphoria I'm getting that high. right now oh man you got it right there. man you got that right in the moment man. it's like oh man we all were there in. this timeline we were there we did it. you know I mean the show is great all us. all the whole show was good look at it. everybody did great tonight the crowd. had a good time oh it works it works man.

if give me your give me your Mount. Rushmore of. comedians oh man and you know there's. only four Mount Rushmore so we can't do. no we can't do no tithe we only got four. we only got four. slots now are you basing it on here's. why here's what I ask you are you basing. it on impact in my life or you're basing. it on you know how even in top five.

everybody had their different opinion. right of who the best rappers were the. best the who the best hip hop do it. everybody had an opinion because you got. to go by what touches you and if I base. if I base it. on see I'm inspired by so many different. things you based on whatever you want. your criteria to be I want to know what. Smooths top I want to know smooth M. Rushmore comedian so you Bas however you.

want impact who have me laughing. whatever this may be see I'm like I'm. like Mike Tyson see here here's here's. what I. say Styles make fights for me right you. ask Mike Tyson about boxing he gonna. break down why and he gonna give you all. the little nuances of what the sweet. science is all about right right you. know there's guys who lost fights to me. who are still considered the greatest.

right some of the greatest boxers to me. right even though they even though they. lost they ain't undefeated but they lost. but they still get classified as the. greatest so here's what I was. say Dam this is hard because I know it's. hard I'm a fight fan see I'm a fight fan. I'm a fight fan you know what I mean I. can only go by what inspired me in my. movement you know I mean and you this. come from a guy who's inspired by music.

who inspired by comedy who's inspired by. anything in Everything Birds I'm. inspired by everything you could think. of okay Outdoors I'm inspired by. personality by people. so science the Stars astrology oh so I. say this. prior okay he would be on mine he'll be. on M prior. oh man see in my in my book fourth hard.

damn it man. prior Murphy I gotta go Murphy he'll be. mine now this this is the hard one. people gotta understand this one I I I I. was inspired by Bill Cosby okay but. here's why here's why here's why I tell. people as a as a Aster on it you cannot. if everybody had to give.

back the inspiration they got from. somebody because that. person didn't live up to it or something. happened where they got heavily flawed. flawed right that person was flawed now. think about this if you had to give all. that back know what it does to you it. drops you down because something about. them inspired you in that moment right. and your upbringing. that help. youel gra that microphone and start.

opening your mouth and they say 50% of. the job is grabbing a microphone right. just like you guys you you put a uniform. on you gota have G to put that uniform. on and walk on that field before that. before that kickoff you got you already. halfway there you already here you. showed up now you got another 50% to do. to win this damn game and put somebody. on the ass or whatever right so I say. those three right are now this is a hard.

one because I love me some Fox I love me. some red fox man I'm telling you I'm. telling you red fox is to me W that that. particular style right is hilarious he. he had the Party albums all the good. stuff right I'mma tell you another guy. but it's hard because he's too close to. my age. right Chris Rock his he had a run of.

four specials and I I dare you to put. him in order to the best of each one. those specials that Chris Rock. did he that rapid fire Chris Rock when. he on a roll and he banging that. microphone and walking back and forth. across that stage yeah oh come on man. ain't nobody GNA match that ain't no. going boom boom boom boom boom boom. walking you know what I'm saying and.

Chris walking back and forth hitting you. with the four toss salad and all them. jokes come on man Shannon you cannot. beat that pace you can't even keep up. you can't keep up with it because you're. like God damn this dude shooting the. out of me he's shooting he's. shooting me with these jokes right I'm. like oh oh oh I can't I can't even keep. my balance man but he's too close in age. to me he's reachable he he I can grab. him right now he a friend of mine right. I love him I love him I would love him.

to be up there but I gotta go see Chris. wasn't around I didn't know Chris when I. first had in my mind I wanted to do this. you know I mean I never stepped on on. stage before but this one guy I feel. like he was a big all these guys were a. big part of my and I needed these Styles. I said Styles make fights I needed a. balance all four of these guys in order. for me to get the courage to walk on.

stage and grab that microphone right so. I I I I feel like as far as stand up I. gotta add my man George Carlin. because all I can think about in this. moment. is George Colin was so all these. comedians are very outspoken in their. way every last one of them different. errors but very very very very very very. outspoken now I can only imagine what.

George Carin would do with this. show we got going on in the world today. I mean he would have a Field Day. Shannon you hear me he would have a no. he would take this stuff and he would. mangle it he will mangle what's going on. in the world today that was his style. that was his thing right you know. outspoken uh poignant all the things you. could think of this dude he he could. find a way to make you look so stupid in.

your thinking in the things you are. making important in your life the things. that the government is doing he will. take every half the stuff he said in his. last special happened right and the Man. is. dead the man been gone say right half. the stuff he said half the stuff he been. saying in all his specials it's. happening that's the crazy part you look. at it like damn he knew he knew stuff.

about human nature that you can that. only certain kind of certain comedians. can take it take human nature some some. are very storytellers which a prior you. know storytellers Eddie Murphy was very. uh uh uh I say he he's uh uh he can he. could talk about almost anything but. when he starts talking about his family. and different things like that oh oh. Eddie kill you yeah he how you dying you. know funny and know he has some he had. some stuff relationship stuff to kill. you to kill you you know what I mean um.

these are and Cosby he's sitting there. he sit he sit down he sat down on a. chair he and paint the he paint pictures. and tell you stories and paint pictures. man how can you not you sit there like. these damn Styles all these Styles how. you know and you sit and not one of them. is alike each and one of these guys is. comp completely different you couldn't. even put him in the ring together. because you couldn't tell who win you.

when I look. at and I think you left Chappelle off. because Chappelle is your age he's a. peer of yours I can't I can't I knew. Dave when he was 15 when he walked on. stage I'm 20 something he was 15 waiting. to go waiting to go on stage in the same. club right I no don't get me wrong. Chappelle is my. man right now if they was. right now he is definitely someone King.

right now who he is the king right now. there is no King right now other than. Dave Chappelle he's a king right now but. I gotta go by what inspired me that. little 15y old boy who's waiting to go. on stage in the comedy club he didn't. inspire me in my up in my upcoming right. right he was just he was another another. kid go another kids starting out who who. watching us and and you know who was. amazing in his young age but he he I was.

already on my you on your sin right s. yeah exactly I can't say you know had I. started today I would say I Gotta. Throw I gotta throw chel up in there. because I'll be starting today so let. let me ask you a question Robin Harris. was I think he was on ascend before he. he lost uh he died Bernie ma is still. one of my favorites you know what after. I've listened to him a couple of times.

you know who I like sefel and I didn't I. didn't watch his show and I wasn't a big. sefel Watcher but I've listened to some. of his things I can get down with sefel. see I think for me when I hear prior and. I hear red fox and I hear some of these. other guys that's relatable to me. because that's how we talk in our. community I can relate that you know. what I'm saying it's like it's like a a. a food disch you talk about oxtails you. talk about neck you talking about pig or. sandwiches that's things I can relate to. so when someone talks about cooking that.

okay I get that I don't always relate to. some of the other comedians that are. outside of my demographic and but you. know you know what I'm talking about. smooth I know that see here's the thing. here here's the thing here's the thing. that that's gonna put that in the. nutshell back when Blockbuster was open. right right I was I was walking around. Blockbuster right and I realized. something I said. I think I told my wife this I said baby. do you realize that we can walk in.

Blockbuster and we can rent anything in. here because we get it we can rent. anything in this damn Blockbuster take. it home put it in and get it because we. have to understand everybody we have to. it's just a nature of what it is right. as a black person we gotta understand. all we gota understand all this right. but. why people can't walk in Blockbuster and. just grab Friday right right they can't.

they ain't gonna get it no they. can't can't grab up oh hell no they. ain't gonna get it they Ain G laugh at. the right the right stuff they're gonna. be afraid to laugh right at stuff. because they ain't gonna know what what. what this laugh at they ain't gonna. get it they G understand. it house party you shanon come on man. you can't get you can't give that a gift. to somebody right you know your white. friend go ask party let me ask you this.

okay you doing a you're doing a show and. one of these other guys walk in they. might be before you they might be after. you I know when you go to obviously the. allstar game you let's just take. basketball allstar game you know guys. want to show okay Steph Curry you shoot. I can make threes too I can make local. three okay LeBron you want to dunk I can. dunk too are you in secretly competition. because I remember when I used to run I. go to the gym I'm at a treadmill you. might not think it but you racing me.

bro don't even worry about it don't it's. it's what what's what's known doesn't. need to be spoken but we racing you I. mean you trying to go TW 10 I'm going 11. you going 12 I'm going 13 you know we. oal you going 13,000 steps I'm going 15. we racing so are you in competition. against that guy at the club I am not. but that person's incomp comption with. me that's the bad part and that that's. the part that is sad on some levels um.

so yeah I it's it's sad but we as much. as we give to our audiences the inner. workings of it you know it can get a. little you know it gets a little messy. sometimes you know especially coming up. doing coming up but it it it is what it. is is if you know if you got a bunch of. cats in the circus and they all can walk.

on the tight RPP real good with the. chair and and they can they got all got. good balance you're not special then if. you if we all can do the same thing I. you gotta be able to do something. something that I can't do to be set to. set yourself apart now here's the thing. so that particular guy can walk on that. tip rope he got that chair he got you. know he can put that chair one leg of. that chair on that rope right and sit. his ass down Shannon right he's sitting. there bouncing himself out everybody.

looking at him like oh man he just. showing out now right you know but I. guarantee you one of them other guys. gonna steal that and they gonna try to. do. it they gon go over practice then they. gonna be a to sit in the chair on the do. the same damn thing so the the the race. a race only comes into play if two. people agree that it's a. race you know one one guy might not even. know a race but you you hauling ass sh.

you hauling ass I'm just running youing. ass but somehow you whing ass so hard. but we still side by side right we still. but you working you working hard right. you working hard but I'm just like I'm. like striding I'm just striding youing. out I'm just striding out you like you. like you like you. got I'm running you hauling ass it's the. difference you know what I mean so I say. that because because there are are. people who are motivated by your you. know motiv motivated by your failure and.

that's it is the nature and I think in. this world of social media you see more. of of the character of people come out. you know and I think um you know. everything's more out front now you know. I think um it's almost it's almost cool. to hate it's almost cool to make it a. competition it's almost cool to compare. yourself to everybody all the time it's.

almost it's almost cool to boast it's. almost cool to do all these things which. is terrible but we we've have we have. somehow landed in this in this climate. but right you know some people think. you're you're racing them you're not. you're just you know you can only do you. you know and that's why I say time I. said at the top I said man I'm so. content man and I'm so happy and blessed. to have long vity 30 years in the game. have longevity have still have patience.

still willing to learn you know I. learned every day in this in this uh in. this in this in this standup World in. this acting world in in this world that. you. know constantly evolving right you know. constantly the comedian has to evolve. with the times because we have to be. able to make it relatable to what we're. talking about because the thing is that. you remember back in the day everything. kind of went you can make jokes about.

people's orientation you can make jokes. about People's race and religion where. that was acceptable then that's really. not acceptable now even though comedians. are supposed to push the boundaries so. you have to be careful you have to. evolve with the evolving and the. changing of the times has that been. difficult it it you know what it is it. has always been a part of the comedian. um it has always been there it's it's. never going to be something different it.

has always been there is actually what. we have to deal with constantly is uh. being PC and and and you know we've. always had to deal with that but you. realize you know like like like like uh. like Eddie you know you can't pull up. those old albums no you know you have to. you got to almost admit you were. thinking different back then you always. got to come out you know what you gotta.

almost say it yourself you can't allow. them to pull your albums up and start to. dissect it you gotta say you know what. man that era that time period w we got. away with so much yes anybody who I who. in this time in this in this time I. gotta say hey that was that was that was. some that was some early year stuff in. my in my youth I I took some chances in. comedy but people you know what people. loved it and the times were different um. of course I would never do any of those.

things nowadays because it just doesn't. fit the times everybody to PC you know. and I would never you know degrade or. say anything bad about women or or you. know or or your gender you know it just. you know I take this this a good example. so I um I had I had to pull up my old my. my old comedy comedy uh special and I. was like man so this this bit I used to. do people used to love it so I used to. do this about um police officers right.

right and I would sit there and do this. whole run on uh I talked about how you. know in living in La everybody's always. running from the police you know these. high all you see these highp speed Car. Chasers all the time I said man and. these you know I said and police. officers this is like years ago but. police off like five years ago but. police officers you know were getting. get mad because when you when they blow. your tires out they supp Spike strip. down and blow your tire you get out the.

car and start running and it's a whole. 15 minute bit about how once you get out. the car and start running a police. officer get mad as hell because he got. all that on that belt and I got and. I put everything on the Belt you can. think of but it's all about you know how. you know uh uh criminals and and police. officers now back then of course the. joke was relevant because people do run.

a lot in LA right you know they run they. love to run out here you know they will. have a cop chasing them all day if they. had to to the car run out of gas and you. trying to watch TV they still put those. chases on TV out here you oh yeah and. you run out you you be mad because they. interrupt your TV show you be like can't. watch nothing out here you know you like. man it would interrupt anything out here. in La it would I it will interrupt a. damn DVD they don't give a.

damn and so I did this whole bit about. police chasing people and catching. catching you and and and and all this. stuff on the Belt I talking about they. had a they had a a gun taser bullets you. know breathalizer that damn uh a lie. detector a coffee maker I had all this. stuff on the belt and I said man they be. mad because they got all that mess on. the Belt they chasing you and all that. stuff is shaking around and spilling. coffee and stuff and man don't it's. hilarious right then I said and I said.

the damn cop was so mad you know and. this is I'm I'm G tell you I'm gonna. wrap this up at the end but and I did I. said um when they catch you they be so. mad at you I said that the C pull his. billy club out and he he's so mad that. you made him chase you I said he hit. himself in the back and then he hit you. like boom boom boom boom that's how mad. he was at you now that's the times we we. live in right we talk about we talked. about how a lot of comedians because we.

have to make the obvious we have to make. pain we have to make we have to take. whatever's going on in the world make it. relevant because believe it or not. laughter is the cure for a lot of things. that we are going through and I say this. all the time you if you think there. wasn't at least one funny slave in the.

midst of all that on those plantations. you had to have one dude you had to have. one dude when they finish working on the. plantation you had to have one dude who. had to take the sting off of what we. going through and he'll stay on that box. boy he be T boy let me tell you. something he be talking about the the. the damn slave owners he be going in on. them damn they be laughing ass boy you.

do got a tight. ass you know what I mean you have to you. have to have that separation of what is. what is uh happening and how to deal. with it right now Sharon we going. through a terrible time right now yes. terrible pic black lives matter going. through a terrible presidential race we. going through it we are going 2020 is it.

like you said people going to be saying. man that so 2020 of you I'm telling. you it's gonna come a time Shannon when. this climate this time period our. timeline we are living in right. now it's going to come a time when a. comedian is going to go on stage and. completely clown 2020 of course even. though even though death even though.

pandemics even though uh police. brutality even though you name it you. name it you name it the rise of of of of. racial uh racist um groups you know even. in the midst of all this you can. not function mentally if all you hear is. negative negative negative you remember. when here's a good example remember uh.

The Fifth. Element yeah now this is this right here. might make you cry okay remember Fifth. Element when um I forgot her name but. anyway you know Bruce Willis had to uh. Help The Help the girl the lady right. and remember she didn't know anything. she a know anything remember they put. somehow she got a hold of some videos or. something happened. and remember she was watching it and it. was a history it was a complete history.

of the world remember that right all she. saw was she saw every good point and. every horrible part of this planet Earth. and she started crying sh that tear was. rolling down her face cuz she just saw. in a nutshell everything she needed to. find out about who she was where she. came from. and how this world is that she's about. to come into and she started crying.

because it was terrible right terrible. she saw War she saw famine she saw she. you name it she saw that all like this. back to back back to back back to back. back she didn't have time to even. process it and she started. crying no one in their right mind. Shannon can possibly people are. overwhelmed right now they over helmed. it's impossible for you to constantly. have overwhelming situations thrown at.

you you going crack you going crack and. that's when Revolution happens that's. when people go out on their own because. they feel like there is nothing they can. lose because they ain't getting nothing. out of this they gonna lose their. Marbles and you need to have some one to. take it repr who is who has a stronger. will who has a different mental uh. capacity of for pain and a lot of times.

comedians can take horrible things that. happen in their lives and they find some. way suppressing it writing it writing it. funny whether they had a bad father or. bad mama or whatever it is they suppress. it they find a way to through impression. of their dad or impression of their mom. and it could be undertone could be the. most horrible things ever but they find. some way to make it relatable to you.

sitting in that audience and you be. laughing your ass off because you know. that he couldn't be up there telling you. the full pain of it right and that's. what going this this right here that we. are going through right now somehow has. got to go. from from. this this this horrible feeling that we. are having to. somehow making sense of it and to me the. only person G make sense of it is one of.

these amazing comedians Dave Chapelle or. whoever is gonna walk on that stage and. be as blunt with you but in his honesty. it's G to make you laugh and realize. that we got to push through all this. somehow and we got to make sense of it. for some reason this is happening right. now for a reason you know we are not in. control of any of this stuff you know as. much as we are at the mercy of people. who are in government people who are you.

know I say this what I say I don't. really listen to people because I know. that people are all humans and we are. all actually. learning how things work at the same. time some people might find out before. you that doesn't make them smarter than. you you know there's things that they. could never understand and be smart. enough to do that you know how to do. right and there's things that they know. that you can't do but in all reality we. are all learning at the same time how.

the world works and what is and what it. is no one knows what it is I don't I. think everybody dumb every we're all. dumb we we all done believe me no one is. this freaking amazing person that knows. everything if they did they would have. saved the planet a long time ago corre. that person doesn't exist we are all. dumb as hell I promise you every day. something new comes out they find out. some fol been your body up all. these years you didn't know about right.

right they making drugs on TV they had a. thousand damn side effects they they. gotta find that stuff out after they. give it to you they can't just say it's. gonna cause this because they don't know. what's gonna happen until they give it. to somebody and test it on one one of us. so I say that because man we gonna find. some way to take all. this and it's got to make sense because. the only way to deal with go L is is to. have some version of. it that is able to take your mind away.

from the pain of it you can't take that. kind of pain forever you going you going. take pain pills to a certain point until. you become addicted to them and now you. now you mess your whole body up now you. can't get off so so that that saying the. comedian is is the Catalyst for. everything you know getting back to. production these Studios reopening. because they know people ain't going be. able. to people ain't going another year. without being able to go to the movies.

and go be entertained you better be able. to turn your TV on you better be able to. watch something and laugh because you w. You Gotta Laugh to Keep from Crying you. better laugh to keep them crying because. we don't know if it's gonna get worse we. don't know there have been a movement to. try to bring equality to Hollywood they. want more blacks more women en roles. what do you feel about and and this is. the animation we've seen and some have. given up those roles where we see white. actors and actresses doing voiceovers.

for black characters how do you feel. about. that animation is a unique thing because. i' I've seen it you know I can't I can't. say I haven't done a white character on. TV before I can't say I haven't done a. white voice I I can do just about any. voice you know I can I can do just about. anything you want to do and think about. this you know how many times I played. characters that weren't that weren't uh.

gender be black it wasn't black it. wasn't white it was just a character you. know what I mean now I can make him. sound however I want him to sound but. you know but that takes me looking at. the character every time I do a voice. over animation always say send me how he. looks that's the first thing I say let. me see if he's purple let me see if he's. has eight arms you know I just when I. did the Harley Quinn thing the Harley. Quinn um I play Frank the plant right um.

I said let send me a photo of the plant. I want to see how he looks I want to see. how his face looks I want to see how you. know he has he has little he has little. leaves for his hands where you can point. and stuff so when I do my voiceover I I. do this this how I this how I do my. voice over because I want to i wna i w. to you know you Ed the character you. act man got a match so I'm going be.

honest man I met some black comedians. who can do some amazing white people and. I met some white comedians who can do a. black voice I I've seen him do it I'm. like this dude do a good Eddie Murphy oh. this dude do a good you know and I'm. like oh snap but you are still a product. of whatever you are around this is you. know if you're used to hanging around. with a mixed crowd or mixed audience or. you got black friends you naturally are. going to be able to do a black character.

and you know for. me see we want to make sure that here. what we want to make sure as as actors. and black actors is we are doing this. because we are like here's a question. you got to. ask uh we are doing this because I'm. talented right right that's what you. want to say uh we all doing. because I'm talented and not just. because I'm black right right I I don't. want you to give me I don't want.

you to give me nothing and I've always. been like that I'll turn down stuff I. don't want you to give me nothing I want. to show up to work because you want me. to come to work and do this right I. don't want you give me I don't want you. to give me nothing I don't want no hand. out I see I'm like this man I I am not a. handout dude you know um you know I I. wasn't even expect I dig my own self out. of stuff I'll get me a shovel and I dig.

myself out I'm like ain't gonna lie s. sometimes I have while I'm digging. myself out I have literally thrown dirt. over my shoulder back into the same damn. hole right PL times because I don't know. I I don't know sometimes what to think. right so a lot of times I stay in the. same spot and if you're digging a hole. and you're throwing the dirt over your. shoulder back into the same damn hole. You Dig you. get you still in the same position so I. don't want to be in the same position.

because you're giving me something. because just because I'm black right you. know what I'm saying and you have to do. it I don't like you have to do it you. know I want you to say this dude right. here is talented and man he's gonna be. great in my movie I don't like people. doing because someone told them. they had to do it because. that that throws me off because it makes. it makes what the work you put in to get. to your point minimal it makes like you.

not talented I'm just doing this. because I have to because they making me. do they making me do this. man that's a hurtful feeling man. how you show up knowing that someone had. to do. it you want to show up because they they. have to have you they want you that bad. right they need you they need you they. need your particular they need your. particular presence on this set they. don't you don't want man the last thing.

you want to do man is be slighted your. your work you put in slighted man you be. like man I feel so slighted I'll tell. you what that good example is this a. football it's a football one remember. when remember when goddamn uh the Jets. brought in t-bo yes I was mad as hell. man I was mad as hell I'mma tell you. something I'm tell you why. the guy only got in on third down like. maybe twice a game and guess what it.

did hand hand the ball off the man ran. the middle man that hurt me so bad man. and I know I know that man was hurt yeah. had but what he had to show up he he he. had to show up he had a contract man had. to show up how they use the. man I I was hurt because I know the dude. on the Heisman do you know the miracle. play in Pittsburgh and you know all this. stuff that happened and man to be.

relegated. to and run up the middle push for a. third and one or or it's like ouch God. damn it man like had to hurt the man I. had to hurt and I'm sure it's happened. in many other instances with people. athletes comedians whatever you whatever. you do but you don't want you don't want. to show up because someone had to do it. that's not where we need to be at. because nothing is going to be honest.

not coming from an honest place right so. if you are talented enough if you are. talented enough I could give a damn I'm. gonna be honest if you are talented. enough and it's obvious you more. talented of course have fun do show your. talents show your ass but man don't do. it because don't do it because you have. to do it it th it throws me off I can't. even give you 100% on set if I know Dam. if I know I'm just here because of of a. just because you had to do it right W.

you don't want come in for a coda you. don't want you don't want come in CU you. fit in the Cod right oh man that hurt. you so bad man like you know if you had. if you had a show up on the field and. you know damn well you catch the ball. you knock somebody up you can run you. could you you won't score some touchdown. and it's talk about block just keep. blocking don't don't worry about it just. block put you third down this block you. like man I don't need to be here this is. not why I'm should be here.

right smooth I'm gonna get you out of. here on a couple Sports. LeBron came to the Lakers he won a title. this year with Anthony Davis four titles. four MVPs talk to me what what what did. you see from LeBron this year what I saw. was see this is this is the thing. about here's what I think back to I. think back to that first. season uh Miami you know Dwayne way. playing against Dallas you know what I.

mean to me here's the thing that. happened when I watched that game I. watched a team that hadn't jailed yet I. watched a team you see do you know how. many bad passes was in that. game that was the. sloppiest I mean I know these guys a. never played together I mean they play. together but I know they ain't never. been in that kind of situation where and. you're on a big stage right I watched. that game like wow these dudes ain't.

ready they shouldn't even have I would. rather have stayed home and got. eliminated in the playoffs rather than. end up in Dallas and and and look that. like oh man it look bad man all I can. say was look. man I said give them a year I said once. they learn how to learn how to play with. each other. and learn how to learn the timing and. passing and all the little intangibles. this team gonna be good right and that's.

what that's what I feel like you know. but that's also because LeBron. is LeBron is a leader you know but he. needs to not rely on you on you but know. that he can rely on you corre which is. different which is different it's a. whole different thing so I I think this. year he found that in the Laker team I. think he turned it up I think LeBron is.

an amazing player man I think you know I. I agree with almost everything you you. say about him on on the show and I think. that this guy. is how do you you don't based on this. year he doesn't have no drop. off where where is his drop off where is. that moment we say oh okay it's a rap.

not the same he ain't got that it's a. rap moment yet right when this man might. this man might play till 40 years old. yeah no he has not shown the drop off. here here's what the thing is people. forget that this is not just all mental. I mean all physical this is a mental. thing oh absolutely oh you got to have. it you gotta have. have not just do you have to have you. know uh mental strength you got to have.

resilience you got to be you got to have. that bounce back because the man has. lost it ain't like to me the greatest. strength shown to me is when you lose. and you have the ability to still come. back and win again overcoming adversity. oh yeah when you lose when you lose lose. and people expect you to win that's the. D dou layer of of of of of pressure on. your mind I don't want to disappoint my. fans again I don't want to disappoint me.

I don't want to show up to the big game. and and not and not play right and lose. you know he that that to me is the. ultimate level of strength especially in. in the Sports World this dude I think. what they did for the Lakers man and the. timing of it you know I said it before. you know all this I said this is going. to make a great story right you know I I. live let me tell you something I live. right a exit away I mean literally I can.

see the area where from my house if I. stand on my roof I can see further. enough I can see almost in the vicinity. of where Kobe crashed at wow from my. house and let tell you something. crazy that. morning you know we we were in the. process of building our new home but we. were still at our house our old house. which is five six blocks away so we woke.

up that morning had plans to come over. to the new house and talk to the. concrete guy about the driveway so we. wake up in the morning and I said God. damn I said baby I don't think I ever. seen it this. foggy in my life and it was a weird like. I don't know what it is man but it was a. weird Eerie kind of like fogginess. outside it was that bad it was that bad.

Shannon I was like God dang it's it's. cloudy it's it's foggy outside and my. wife said wow yeah because we live our. old house is on the hill and we could. see the mountain we see the mountains. all the mountains and we couldn't see. you couldn't see nothing you couldn't. see nothing I was like I can't even see. the mountains at all I only see four of. houses blocks and I couldn't see nothing. else past that right we come over here.

to meet the concrete guy we're standing. in the driveway and we're talking and we. like you know so how we want to do this. and all we. heard right and we we all look around. like what was that it was a helicopter. flew over our house and Shan I'm tell. you something it was flying so low and. was so loud and all I can say was man. that helicopter is loud and we saw it go. over us we're was like damn right so.

this is crazy so we leave the concrete. guy you talking about this time span is. like 15 minutes we leave 10 15 minutes. we leave uh and go to rals to shopping. center by the time we parked right this. it's like two blocks away the rals go. around the corner and and uh I sat in. the car and then my my wife went went in. routs soon as she walked out the car my. buddy Shannon you know Shannon Smith. played basketball Shannon so Shannon.

text me and said hey I just heard some. something just came across the news. saying. that Kobe's helicopter crashed I'm like. yo my heart jumped out my chest man I. said yo yo and my wife was still in the. store so I got out the car and stood in. the parking lot like I'm looking around. like do anybody else know what the. just happened I'm around and this one. dude came by with a shopping cart he had. a I think he had a Lakers jersey on he. said yo man did you hear I think I just.

heard on my little earpiece that someone. said uh it was a helicopter crash and I. think Kobe was on it I'm like holy. man all I can think about was was that. his helicopter or was that someone going. to the site right C it was it was so. foggy it was so foggy like this. helicopter was literally I mean it was. it was flying low enough where it's. almost like it was trying to see what it. was going and you can't see when you up. there you you can only see you when you.

can see you can see you know what I mean. you can't right and I was like and I was. just going by the timeline I said man I. wonder was that someone rushing to their. aid right I didn't know I didn't know. because all I know was it was it was. almost surprising how loud and low it. was you know cuz they don't normally fly. that low right and you only fly that low. if you're trying to see right it was. that foggy shanon and it gave me a it.

hurt me man I was like yo and once I. heard and I knew I knew I knew exactly. the area once they said this the the. exit I said oh baby it's right here it's. like right there this happened and and. I'm weird man there's people who want to. go down there I said man N I can't I. can't look at pain like that cuz I know. it's a terrible thing to happened man. and this is a icon of of Los Angeles man. this is respect this man's you know his.

daughter's on the flight it's other. friends and family man it's like respect. what happened you know I mean just don't. go down there and make it a spectacle. right and the last thing I would want to. do is go down there and you know. standing there and all of a sudden. people recognize you and they and then. it goes away from that to get a picture. with you or I wouldn't want to go down. there and take the you know these people. got a job to do and try to rescue people.

or whatever's happening and you can't be. that insensitive right and getting away. or you know and I I mean literally I. could I could dve my bike there it's. that close right it it was terrible man. so this is big for La this is what. needed to be done they needed to win. this to complete the story yes this. story would have been I'm tell you I. couldn't even imagine you showing up on.

the show and they lost oh no I I. couldn't take a vacation I know CA I. know I know how you feel about LeBron. and I know I I know how skip you know I. know I know what angle skip gonna come. from and I be like man I said man they. better win this game they had to they. had to win it I said they got to do they. got to do it for the city of Los Angeles. they got to do it for Kobe and you know.

and I'm happy that LeBron had enough. confidence in his team enough confidence. in what he wanted to do that sometimes I. tell people all the time sometimes you. got to speak your actions into existence. yes you got to speak on what you plan on. doing no no disrespect to the other team. no disrespect to anybody else this is. what I got to do I gotta make this go so.

I'm G say I'm G put it into the universe. and say we we have to win this and we're. gonna go for it we gonna give it our all. and we gonna win this game if you don't. say that you lose you step you get a. step back you know and that you know. what that's what I. told I I did the Jets um debut of their. new uniform. in New York right right and I told them. guys I said look man you guys got a. brand new. uniform you know no one's ever wore this.

uniform right I y'all gotta find some. way to make this make sense don't make. don't don't have this moment where you. can hit the reset button and you got a. brand new uniform this uniform is yours. I said y'all I said y'all scared to even. talk trash your job is to talk trash. your job is to go on that field and. punch somebody in the mouth you punch. people the mouth every week every Sunday. you punch somebody in the face how you.

going to sit there and say you ain't. gonna go out there and fight you better. say you gonna go out there and put. somebody in the mouth you better say it. you better make them think you g ain't. nothing worse than playing somebody and. they flinching they flinching flinching. can be this you can make them Flinch or. your Flinch you can make people Flinch. off words right if you talk enough trash. they gonna Flinch in their mind. all they thinking is this dude gonna. punch me in the mouth they don't know. when but it GNA get punched in the mouth. so you got to step on that field and be.

prepared to punch somebody in the mouth. even in a losing effort they better. leave there limping they better leave. there like God damn they whooped our ass. but we won yeah they gota remember next. time they come they gonna be flinching. because they like man last time we beat. yall by 21 but God boy y'all put it on. us you know what I mean yeah if you. don't have that what do you have and. that is a true Testament to this dude's. work ethic he made it happen man y he.

better happen and I'm gonna get you out. of here on this one your Nicks you had. an opportunity you missed on Zion you. missed on Kyrie you missed on. KD will you guys will the Knicks ever be. able to attract the Big Time free agent. and what are your expectations of the. Knicks next season. here's another I'll throw this in there. too I wish we had got I'm I'm this is. not the biggest piece in the world but.

see I go by this I go by getting pieces. to get a piece right you can't sometimes. you cannot get the big piece unless you. have a piece that the big piece want to. see right you can you we might have got. Zion but that gonna win right you need. something there so when Zion get there. he can say I see I see what we can do. but if you can't see what we can do.

ain't nobody gonna come to the Nicks. right what they should have did was. this they should have got. Kimber they should have jumped on Kimber. I would have made it happen I would have. brought the boy home we could have we. could have had a nucleus I was at a Nick. game one one night boy I saw K A Tear. our ass up I said man if they don't. bring it and I knew his contract was. going to be up and I knew he was going. to be free I said man if they don't get. this dude right here if they don't bring. if they don't get Kimber we got to start.

somewhere that's gonna make somebody. else come right of course we missed. everybody man now I think they was kind. of hoping they get Kyrie and. KD n but that's the thing if you don't. you you're hoping and waiting on K KD. and Kyrie but if you don't get one of. them then what you get nothing you get. nothing you got to get something to. bring something you cannot you can't. rely on getting those two dudes unless. those two dudes completely agree and we. both going to come to the next and we.

both going to change things you need to. get something there you need to get some. excitement what they should have did I. ain't lying I've been saying this for. years and I said on your show they. should have got goddamn got Mark Jackson. I don't know what is going on and why. this man this icon you got to give the. fans something to cheer for until they. have something to cheer for right you. know and and we're not going to get that. big time player we're not going to get. him I wish I wish I wish sh we would get.

out with that I wish we get the Greek. Freak to come on down from Milwaukee man. I wish I. wish you know and I I already got a. slogan for the for the team and. everything I'm I'm a marketing genius. man I love like play on words and stuff. right I was like yall got to go for this. dude man but I'm sorry we don't got we. got some good players the young players. but we need to entice people to come to.

the Knicks this is one of the biggest. Market teams in the in the country. sometimes you need a little fish to. attract the big fish you did you need it. man I said man if Giannis come over here. they need do a campaign you know I said. I said man look let me be the let me be. his damn publicist in the commercial all. it is and we promoting bringing him to. the Knicks maybe he comes to the next. that' be awesome and then we could go. out there and promote as a publicist I. would say man we are advocating that the.

new city of New York changes the city of. New York to the city of New Yannis see. that new Yannis oh what amazing. campaign people be amped up got new. Yannis shirts on it new Yiannis bring. the man to New York man let's make it. happen man I know I know Milwaukee going. try to hold on to that man cuz that's. all they got. if they lose him people are leaving. these small Market teams man super teams. so I I don't know but that just because.

you get it you got to know how to play. with a person you got to know you know. you can't just throw the man anywhere. right you don't want to waste that man. Korea yeah you don't want to waste it. man and the same thing with Zion you. gotta go somewhere where you can nurture. these young these young guys man and get. them right and they you got to have. somebody on on the team that they can. feed off you gota have something they. can somebody can talk to in the locker. room all the young guys need that they. all need that other they're just running. they're just running they just running.

running running they get hurt or. something happens they don't got. organization on the court you need you. need to put a team together like a. puzzle man and that team that won the. championship this team that was in that. bubble man which is another level of. mental you know your me your mental. Gotta Be Right standing that bubble for. that long man you got to you got to and. and to be away from your family and be. away from everybody that long man and. still have the have the have that in you.

that allow you to win this Championship. man that's you know we we G these Nicks. got a little ways to go but you need. something to get something and you gotta. be willing to make that small leap in. order to pull somebody here but I I I. still say Kim would have been a nice. piece to have and um he can push the. ball he can do a little bit everything. man he's exciting to watch play and um.

you know we'll see what happens man I I. don't know what's on the horizon for the. Knicks but you know we got some good. young players man I I do like RJ I do. like knocks I like I like what we got. but you know it it is a team that you. you gota you got to have some names on. that team man for the people to. understand what you're trying to do and. the fans just want to see you fans just. need effort man fans just want to see. effort you see you busting your ass.

that's okay you know you know the old. Knicks man you got man come on man you. you barely got out of that building with. 88 points back in the day remember y you. come in town you might score 80 you. might score 88 you'll be lucky to get in. the 90s because them boys they they put. it on you yep they put it on you man and. and and fans need to see that kind of. effort man and you know I'm I'm a Nick. through good and bad man I'm a Nick Fan. Man and we we going to see what happens.

man but uh we got a a lot of young. players we need to get we need to get. one good name there and and we need to. we need to get somebody a good name. there to be able to pull the big fish. and but we need but we also need some. sort. of management needs to have a little. more uh what's the word for. it we. gota I I don't like the management on. any level of of most of my New York.

teams I don't like how they handle. things right and I think I think it. pushes people away and I I just don't. want the city the fans to continue to. suffer. by people being pushed away right and. and it's not good for the fans and fans. just just got to hang on and it's it's. hard man it's hard be it's hard being a. loyal fan if you feel like you know you. you're not really doing it for the team. you don't know why they're doing it and.

you you just want to be on the same page. with the fans man you want to give them. what they come out to to see you want to. put a show on you want to make sure when. or lose that you're you're you're you're. G you're really giving attention to the. fans and making sure you're not just. doing stuff for spite or doing stuff. because you can it's really about. putting seats in there and making people. you know ain't nothing better than leav. I oh I left the old Nick game Starks and.

hu you know how many time I left that. bad boy even in a loss smiling because I. was like oh I can keep pulling up it's a. good play here and there you know what I. mean and that keep you going that keep. you going like Man Mark when Mark came. down court and threw that ball backwards. and Patrick cter and dumped it o we lost. but man that. play you see promise you see promise. yeah you know that's that's all we want. as a fan that's all we want I'm a real. fan I'm a real fan through the good and. bad I'm ride I'm G ride it out we'll see.

what happens smooth I really appreciate. it bro I really appreciate you taking. time spending a couple hours with me. today talking good catching up with you. I'll see you down the road I'll see you. down the road brother you know I love. you all right bro have a good. one grinding on my life sacrifice hustle. P the price want a slice got the roll of. Di that's why all my life been grinding. all my life all my life grinding all my. life. sacrifice price want a slice like the.

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