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The Night Biggie Was Shot: Chris Spencer's Story | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Nov 10, 2024
Join Sway In The Morning for an exclusive interview with Chris Spencer as he shares his unforgettable story about the night Biggie was shot. Dive into Chris's journey through Hollywood, his collaborations with legendary comedians, and his reflections on the ever-evolving comedy scene. From his experiences with the Wayans family to writing for Jamie Foxx, Chris offers a rare glimpse into the life of a comedian who has been a silent force behind many iconic moments. Watch as he reveals insights from the Vibe TV launch party, discusses what makes a stand-up comedian great, and shares personal anecdotes about his career. This video is packed with history, humor, and heartfelt stories. Don't miss out—subscribe for more insightful content from Sway’s Universe, and follow us on social media for updates and exclusive content. #chrisspencerinterview #celebritycharityevent #comedy #standupcomedy #funnyvideo CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Affion Crockett 05:02 - Learning from Bombing in Comedy 08:37 - The Night Biggie Got Shot: A Personal Account 11:19 - Becoming a Late Night Host: My Journey 17:15 - Writing for Award Shows: Tips and Insights 18:53 - Chris's Take on Kevin Hart: Comedy Perspectives 21:00 - Chris Spencer on His Looks and Career Journey 23:34 - The History of Black Comedy: Influential Figures 30:35 - Dos and Don'ts of Making and Maintaining Relationships 32:31 - Personal Responsibility in Relationships 34:08 - Terry from LA: A Listener's Perspective 37:06 - Jack from ATL: Sharing Stories 41:03 - Chris Spencer: Insights and Experiences 44:27 - Your Top 5 Stand-Up Comedians: A Discussion
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hold up man listen we've been waiting for this one man I I woke up excited this morning because
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it's often heav be I I I've had a very blessed Journey that I've been able to
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witness so much greatness right absolutely and and I've seen things pre
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social media or YouTube or you know all the technology that allows us to see everything you right and then I hear
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people tell stories about people who are also great but I always feel like damn you but you missed this guy and you
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missed this guy and you missed this moment and there's certain people even
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with that Paul Mooney was one of those people to me right one of no matter what
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Paul Moy was one of those people to me like no matter what you missed Paul Mooney was still there yep and because
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you missed it you know doesn't mean it didn't happen and it wasn't important and I say that about this guy and he
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reminded me of how great I always thought he was when most recently Heather and I was um hosting the Blue
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Note jazz festival the black radio experience we had fun and we had a great time right we had fun and we had a great
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time and this guy who I've been bumping into at high school track meets in the
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valley you wasn't trying to relive your career your old career I thought my expertise was necessary for my niece
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Talia keing Tech daughter W and I was like yo is that Chris Spencer right
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there it I I was see him in the weirdest places and go that can't be him right
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wearing shorts and [ __ ] looking like a father you know what I mean but I will
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say citizens this man has easily been in the DNA of many of your favorite and
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some of the greatest comedians of all time he has done many shows whether it's
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the Jimmy Kimmel show whether it's the Chris Rock Show whether it's HBO death Comedy Jam um one of the first places a
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lot of people got to see him on the mainstream platform was on Vibe TV I remember that back in
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1997 uh don't be a minister to South Central While Drinking juice Drinking Your Juice in the Hood the six men
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significant others whing out um helping Nick Cannon with whing out that became a billion dooll IP yeah think about this
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helping out with Jamie Fox with the weighin you know all of these different things that this man has done should be
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celebrated and I'm really happy to have him here and when he did his standup on stage that day it reminded me of how
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great this dude is and he was working with a crowd that was sleep they was
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they was hot they didn't want to be they was tired the show n hours day and he
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turned that [ __ ] upside down I said that's why he's great give it up for the
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an Aon Crocket and then they start teaming up and a f is [ __ ] ridiculous
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and a fana is in that category of of greatness that everybody doesn't recognize yet or maybe they haven't seen
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But I want to say welcome to the show my brother good to have you up here man give it up for the one and only the director the actor the comedian the
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writer the producer the Father the the radio show host he does it all give it
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up for the one know stand SP he's really thank you he's here he's
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here no we standing up Trac yeah Tracy get you I mean thank you
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thank you guys thank you yo Chris how you doing bro I am superb I am superb to
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be here in New York sniffling well how cold is it outside cold stupid cold yeah we in La
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we don't even come outside when it's this cold it's unnecessary yeah no it's unnecessary coldness right yeah yo man
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when you were doing let's go straight to that stage right um you talking about in Nappa in Nappa Thea state that that
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wasn't your common com comedic crowd like you know that was they were there for wine and Jaz and and
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and uh people like you yeah exactly and common and Jill Scott
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and and and John Legend yeah yeah yeah yeah what what what what makes a great
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standup comedian to you the ability to adapt okay so there's a lot of
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great comedians who could be greater had if they had the ability to to adapt like
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a lot of them are great in one room you know what I mean like they're great in The Black Room they're they're great in
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the white room they're great in the Latino room but they can't play them all so to be great great you have to be able
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to adapt not necessarily change the material but you have to know your audience and you might have to change
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your Cadence up a little bit or take this word out or kind of just adjust
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uhhuh you know what I mean you have to be able to call her audible when did you learn that cuz every committee I talk to got that that
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one story where they flopped exactly in a room bombed and they learned the most
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from it did you got you have that story yes um my bomb story happened actually
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with TK Kirkland TK Kirkland TK that's OG right there that's the homie what a
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lot of people don't know about TK is that he would take a lot of comedians under his wing so he took me out one
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night uh there was a show uh on on on Vine at the palace there was a little Comedy Room at the palace and I went up
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there and and got my ass handed to me uhhuh and he brought me back on stage just hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
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hey no no no no you act like you scared like what are you talking about you out there you know you you used to doing
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mainstream rooms huh I go yeah you know he goes you got to go out there and let the black people know you ain't afraid I
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want you to go to the edge of the stage and do the same set again I said are you out of your mind in front of the same
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people the same people the same jokes yes and it worked it worked it worked
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now he I didn't do the whole 15minute set but he said go back out there and do whatever and I went back out there and I
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that's how black people are we're we you have to white people are different right you go to a comedy club you assume he's
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great I paid my money he's on the Marquee this guy's got to be great us
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make me laugh Eddie Murphy prove it who is it who this guy Chris Rock I got a
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cousin funnier than him go so you have to actually go get them and let them
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know that you're not afraid uh huh and and and it's been I've been successful uh ever since how many years now you
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don't like that old you decades okay that's how long okay wow why do you think the black audience is like that
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that's just how we are period yeah you know what I mean we like we we don't like stuff easy like I I talked to uh
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Turk is here Turk Stevens I told story peace out to the transformation album was
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incredible he is a real Fair like if if you're playing hoop and let's
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say Iverson came to the court white guy would be like come on this isn't fair he played at Georgetown and and the and the
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Sixers he can't play I'm not gonna play give me my ball black people oh IV in here [ __ ] I got
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him that I got him he he had 48 on you yeah but you see what I tapped the ball
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at one time when he went by that's us that's us right like a challenge it can't be easy here's
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another story I'm going tell you about we don't give it up I don't care who you are if you're a celebrity uhhuh Ernest
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Harden Ernest Thomas Roger from from what's Happening yeah what's happening now I brought him up at The Comedy Store
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remember we were doing tripping on Tuesdays ladies and gentlemen Ernest toppic Roger they play the
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song he did the dance he did the dance the crowd is going bananas we ain't never seen him on stage right the first
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minute okay I see what you doing all right okay second minute third minute by the fourth minute
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they were like what's happening and they wasn't shouting out the show no no wait he does comedy he
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did I think he ended that night oh sorry I like I think he ended that set me up
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there will be no rerun will be no you no r no he was doing stand up he was trying
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to do stand up really yes but there'll be no re I hold
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up he know his room he looked at me when he said that I got to figure out people my age
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group we be no rerun just just look over here brother I got you we we were talking about um Quincy Jones yes and I
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want to say it was 97 was it 97 this was a big deal I was in LA working on the beat at the time in the bay so we're
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going back and forth and I remember when the Vibe TV show just happened right now
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you got to put things in context Pac had La was you know a powder well you got to
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remember this the the actual launch party uhhuh for Vibe TV which I thought
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it was yeah was the night he got big got shot that's the night biggy got shot so
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let me let me just rewind so it was that the uh Peterson Museum roer and uh uh
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Fairfax and I thought the party was for me they told me it was my party it's the vibe launch party right get out listen
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so I I got on an outfit I would never ever wear right I got on Leopard
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and like Raiders jersey I something that's just going get pictures right so I get there and I'm noticing that they
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have these huge pictures remember like this of people it's it's Mary Jay it's
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biggie it's little it's everybody but me so I'm like your picture wasn't up to I
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don't think this is a VI I think this is a Vibe magazine part this is not a VI TV
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yeah is anybody maybe in the other room yeah over there what in the other room
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faith and everybody else Craig Mack so the whole party I was sad cuz I was like
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wow is this what Hollywood is all about and it ended up being that's what it's all about so that night is is the night
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when you know uh big big shot got shot yeah wow so that was my first four-way
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into Hollywood as a did you see big that night yeah I actually saw him at the W Hotel the day uh during the day uhhuh
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and then I saw him at night and I walked out and I was we you know we nodded we shook hands and spoke and then moments
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later I'm in the garage and I saw them get in the car and leave yeah and then
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all of a sudden you started I think we were beepers or I don't know if it was everybody's whatever we was doing
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and getting the news that you know that the car got shot up and we're like what are you talking about I just saw him
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yeah yeah that was s i was liter I was on air at the beat wow headed to that
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party that party was incredible yeah and uh when we got and somebody had called us except for the lack of Chris Spencer
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pictures yeah well you I didn't even know you didn't know honestly this the first time I ever heard you had anything
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to do with that part exactly but it leopard pants on it was a crazy time
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yeah uh but Quincy wanted to do Vibe TV yes right Quincy Jones When Did you first meet him and then how did your
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relationship for him so uh Jamie Masada the owner of the Laugh Factory it was in
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business with Quincy Jones actually with laugh factories and he was telling me they're trying to after Areno had had uh
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retired or whatever there there was a void in the late night talk show space and are they looking for another talk
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show host I'm like not me I'm an actor I'm a thes I yeah do Shakespeare
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so they were he kept asking me weekly you want to go you should go just go meet him I said if I meet him he's going to talk me into
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it so I was like I'm not going to go I'm G keep doing these bad auditions that I'm not getting and uh I finally went to
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go meet him and literally am I allowed to cuss yeah his back was turned to me where this was a universal and they go
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Mr Mr Mr Jones Chris spener is here he turns and sees me goes so you're the
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[ __ ] that don't want to meet me I was like wow
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wow not you not like whatever face y'all got not that no but we're just going on with it go ahead acting good job uh and
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so then he we talked to me and he talked about why late night was missing this and we talked about you know Carson and
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Jack par and he I like he he had very incredible knowledge of the late night
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talk show space and why it was needed to come back uh right then and now and so I
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had like a they they looked at like hundreds of different Comedians and actors across the country they narrowed
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it down to like five of us where we did like a a simulated show sort of like a a
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pilot if you will yeah not even a pilot these were like test audition there was audition aition yes and
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so I was I guess the best and and got the job wow congratulations it didn't
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last long but I want talk let's talk about that though don't even know why they say Vibe it should be called The V
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cuz that's how long I was but your first guest I believe was Bill Clinton wasn't it yeah damn that was huge at that time
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bro I was there what are you talking about great memories Bill Clinton yes
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Whoopi uh uh Brandy uh Anthony Edwards if you remember him from uh from uh ER
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yep Anthony Edwards you had Will and Jada came on and I feel will was bald yep yeah well that was actually in the
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test show so the test show to get it we uh it was hiy Steve Harvey will J it was
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incredible right and so they used that they took it to napy and then they showed showed it to all the buyers and
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they were like yo I think this guy is at least worth 11 weeks of
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TV and then sbag came in right yeah got to say it like that I'm just saying that's what happened I just like to get
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the facts right I'm right here right here these are very loud let turn this down turn
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that volume down how did they tell you we're going to go with someone the reason why I say this is because we all
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got these stories right when we hit these dead ends and opportunities we think is going to catapult us to
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stratospheres we never and then the Day of Reckoning happens and you got to pick
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that [ __ ] you got to pick yourself back up and keep going but how did they tell you didn't M my grandmother called me
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rest in peace okay and said uh baby she Jamaican did you know
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um you're you're no longer hosting Vibe I what are you talking about look on the news this just in Chris Spencer is no
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longer hosting Vibe wow wow yes that's how he told me and so I called Quincy so
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yeah hey you want to go to lunch I go no why don't you take my agent to lunch it wasn't Quincy I'm sorry it was the white
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guy uh-huh y never blame the brother never blame the brother always bet on black always bet they want to take me to
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they want to take me to breakfast or whatever cuz it was early in the morning and I was like no no take my agent but yeah that's how I found out that's how you found out that's how I found out so
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what happened next for you after that cocaine okay all right Brown of for the truth powerful drug on black sniff
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selling it selling it not doing it I'm black okay no actually uh then it became the writing started to no let me I start
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I went back to uh auditioning and still doing stand done tons of commercials and then uh the writing started to happen
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okay and so let me explain how because a lot of people ask me how do I become a writer right yeah and so what happens in
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Hollywood you and your friends are all comedians somebody's going to blow
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up and some will also blow to go up
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so if sway gets you going kick them out don't kick them out no this is this St
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if sway gets asked to host the MTV Awards they're going to give him a group of writers yeah and then he's going to
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be like no I also need my writers and these are the guys he came up with in the trenches usually cuz they know his
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voice and so that's what happened with me early on with Jamie Fox okay and and and and later on Kevin and the way and
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Mike EPs and Tiffany so I you're GNA get this group of people who write the show and then you're gonna get you're going
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to go I need my people and then the reason I become the headwriter a lot is because I can speak both languages okay
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you know what I mean when I'm I can go to them Jamie ain't doing that joke and then they're like I go Jamie you got to
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do that joke you know what I mean and I'm not afraid to tell him that he's not
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going to do it and I'm I'm not afraid to tell the star that you have to do this because of whatever reason and that's
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why I kind of get hired a lot because I'm not afraid of either party like a lot of times you get around the star and
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us you know people cow down m is that the word toow cow cow cow like coward
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coward yeah is that what it means all these years I I just he threw that out there good seem like it's a root base
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word yeah coward that's it okay um and so that's why I've gotten these jobs because I've been able to tell him no
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and tell him yes and vice versa I like this man Chris Spencer is
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here so when you when you write award shows like um the Emy or day Chappelle
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uh Kennedy Center Honors that sort of stuff how is that how does that differ that's the same thing that's like like
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you just said Dave Chappelle well for the Mark Twain Prize I did it for Dave and I did it for Kevin um but it's the
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same reason why they hire me not only am I pretty funny but I'm not afraid to say that [ __ ] ain't funny and he ain't gonna
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do I I know his voice to tell him he ain't goingon to do this he doesn't talk he doesn't do political jokes he doesn't
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do racial humor he doesn't do you know what I mean and then they finally and then after a while they come to me like you think you'll say this I'll be like
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let me see maybe and so that's what happens a lot m like matter of fact we just did
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Jamie Fox's Netflix special wait till you see this ladies and gentlemen wow
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it's it's unfair his talent yeah I call him Sammy Davis sophomore yeah s sof why
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why you call him that because he he can sing rap dance in just one show he could do everything you know what I mean and
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it's and I I quate because he you know he does stand up and you know he can sing his special it's a oneman show
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dealing with the stroke M so it's basically Dave Chappelle meets whoopy Goldberg meets Hamilton wow because it's
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so the it's going to I mean we had 3 hours of material they had to bring down to like 60 70 minutes so I haven't seen
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the Final Cut but he's different he's one of the greatest of this era any era
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any era any era he's the greatest Storyteller I know period bar nun wow J
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fox that yeah Storyteller the greatest I'm curious to your take like when I I I really I'm a
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big fan of um Kevin mhm Kevin Hart because of his heart right no pun
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intended but I I look at things differently I see how folks come up we we've been here a long time man right
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and so when I see people bringing other people up you could do no wrong with me and then he created a blueprint in his
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digital space because it was his digital presence that helped catapult his you know his comedy and in doing so he
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showed a lot of people whether they say it or not how to do it to the the highest level he's the blueprint for
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that for he's the blueprint what can you say about him and even his talent as a standup comedian so here's what's so
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funny since he has soared to these Heights as this incredible businessman
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like people are forgetting how funny he is like Kevin Hart is funny first and
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that's how that's how vegan restaurants and Champagnes and sneakers came about
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even his last special was very funny now a lot of people don't like Eddie a lot
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of people don't like Rock don't a lot of people don't like Kevin Hart so you can't please everybody you know what I
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mean and I think Kevin has Way Way Gone way past trying to please anybody he
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knows his audience he knows what they laugh at he knows what they want to buy and he caters to that
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audience as a writer uh what do you think makes him tick what's his strong point honesty the honesty this dude the
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Inc ain't even drown his divorce and he's doing jokes about it his father was on crack he's talking body grew up in
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whatever the it wasn't quite the projects but I've seen pictures and the same Rats from the projects used to
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spend the night at his house so he's not afraid he's an open
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book you know what I mean yeah he's an open book and people whether that's your
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story or not he's so relatable and he's so charming and that's his gift that's yo Chris
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Spencer is here man get this man a round up applaud yes Chris MH I could be mistaken right I
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this is just from my personal point of you but you say I'm the best looking comedian out there yeah you know yeah you know no I was but you do you are a
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great that's a comedian jacket though that is something a comedian the tag the tag is right here tag tag guy yeah yeah
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yeah you got yeah I give you props for that the look is great um is like what's wrong with it is
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um or maybe you don't feel the same way I feel I just don't think enough people
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uh recognize your body of work right and I didn't even recognize you started
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reading all that stuff I'm like and I didn't read all of it bro right I didn't read all of it that's why these people call me Unk
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yeah oh gee but has that ever has that ever bothered you at all that people I
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mean like you're as good as the best right but you don't have the that's the best right right I think it's just it's
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it's about it's just timing yeah you know what I mean there's a lot of people who are in these churches around the
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country that sing just as well as Yolanda Adams or Whitney Houston but if it's not in the cards it's not in the cards you know what I mean so it might
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be my place to be this writer producer director guy as opposed to you know we
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all aspirations of being Eddie Murphy yeah even Steve Harvey but he went a different Lane he's doing talk shows and
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and game shows and stuff like that radio radio so you know uh Larry David you know his goal was to be whatever Steve
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Martin probably at one time and then he he kind of came came at backwards you know what I mean he went to become this
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writer showrunner and then all of a sudden HBO was like let's do something about you doing standup and then that blew up and then Here Comes Kirby
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enthusiasm so my goal is to do that just what Larry David did kind of what Louis
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CK did is now that I've done this and I've accomplished this my my Tombstone
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can't read he could write his ass off like I am a stand up comedian yes like although I do all these other things
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like if we were in high school and I walked in the room and Kenya Baris and
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and Gina bwood Prince was over here and and uh uh will Packer is over here and
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Kevin and Mike epon Cedric and DL I'm coming right over this is where I'm sitting that's where you sitting this is
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who I am uhuh at heart as a standup comedian if anything could go away all
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that could go away but this I I I would die if I couldn't do this yeah
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man Chris Spencer man I love it man um 888 742 3345 we're going to come back
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open up these phone lines Chris Spencer is here lot of history here a lot of gems to be dropped yeah all right give
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us a call shade45 Shay 45 Sway in the morning we got the legendary Chris
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Spencer is here man looking great looking sharp we going over his journey
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love it we're going over his journey director actor writer producer father hold husband husband oh come on husband
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yes yes your wife yes salute to her I love the opportunity yes um to talk
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about our partners she's from that really beautiful island out there in the um the Atlantic called uh Puerto Rico
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she's from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico salute the Magnificent people of Puerto Rico salute Puerto Rico
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yeah that was um we'll come back to that she was very instrument in getting you
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to do the new show or what was her role in this so uh Michael strand's company is called
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smack right um and they joined with Tiffany hades's Company she ready uh and
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they wanted to do this show called uh it was called the history of black comedy before it became black comedy in America
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and so my wife was running Tiffany hades's Company okay and she's like well you know if we want this to be done
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right we got to get my husband uh and so I came on as an EP and then we started talking about host she was like well you
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know he has to be one of the host and they all agreed and not just because of my funny but my Rolodex for like of a
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better word Rolodex is this thing we used to have and put our I think I remember remember that you studi that
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you study that in history so when you watch the show just know
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that I'll say 85% of the show was booked due to myself and my wife and uh
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Danielle Kennedy who's uh the God I'm the Godmother she's our godmother to uh to our our kids and I'm to her kids uh
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we basically picked up the phone I mean you have people that booked the show but then was like okay let me cuz you know
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how we are H maybe I don't know or or or
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or can I say [ __ ] blocker damn it I just did There's [ __ ] blockers right
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especially in our industry for some reason who don't want us to do stuff
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together what do you mean by that there's Cog blockers what do you mean AG managers publicists so I might call Don
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Cheeto and go yo I got something no the booker will call Don cheo's people uhhuh hey we want to do something with Don
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Cheeto and then we don't hear nothing back yeah or they'll say no right no Don's not Don's Don's and Mars shooting
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you know uh uh something with Dao yes yes and
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so I'll have to call Don and go don why' you say no no say no to what
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we're doing this thing and we your people said no who of course I want to do it I call you right back then he
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calls the whites and couses them out and then ends up doing the project but that happens and I'm just I'm not saying that
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happened with Don Cheeto I'm just using it as an example it happens all when I say the talent has no idea the stuff
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that the agent manager look at T's shaking his head he knows yeah it's been going on for years when I did the movie
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I did a movie uh uh uh called back to back on the strip and star Tiffany had Wesley Snipes Jamie Fox we didn't get to
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do radio and publicize it because it was during the strike so we made $74 mhm
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yeah that's all no Tracy is all in I got to say I got to say lol after
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every I prefer ELO and so yeah I have to call these
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people and go I can't believe I'll be like what what was it about the script you didn't like what
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script your people said you didn't like the script I don't know I I don't know nothing about no script even with in
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Tiffany's case she's called him and says I haven't even read the script I'm doing the movie Chris is my big brother I'm
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doing the movie still weeks and weeks and weeks of them still [ __ ] blocking still [ __ ] so
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what is that they don't want to give up the power a lot of times a lot of
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times I don't know but a lot of times they don't they they they also want to make it seem like they wouldn't got the
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work for you that's the power and that's the valid the fact that your friend your little your little buddy Chris has
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something for you that's not me going and get it getting something from somebody like a Kenya Baris or somebody
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bigger you know a Jud appal I see what you mean so it ain't worth it to them
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and then if you make the connection you just they they don't have any value in the deal you got to remember everybody
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you see on TV right now who's my age group right I'm talking about about the people who got an immunization shot on their arm right here
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mhm I I am their friend imation I have to do I didn't
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have to do L take it with you bro you got it I'll be at the uh City Winery in
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Philly in November 12th you front row seats so that's what happened so tell me who
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did you who were you able to book you said 85% who's going to be featured on the show so the first episode which was
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three weeks ago we had a basically a Kings of Comedy reunion that was amazing get that around man that was huge
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Cedric and Steve in this beautiful restaurant in Sherman o called be
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Boulevard and yeah we we got to just chop it up I mean it's the interview and
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you Al so funny there's another thing that happens all right you can have Cedric but he has a 115 out yeah okay so
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I'll be rushing I like said we got to get you out of here why you have a it's one you have 15 now man I ain't who told
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you that all the time yeah we was there for
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2 three hours almost talking Steve is you know was hella busy he just bought like a city in Saudi Arabia or something
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so you know we thinking he's got to get back LOL Tracy Y and he's chilling I like you know
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Steve we know you got to get out there at one hold don't Steve it says here that you have to get out every one man
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[ __ ] that I'm with I'm with my friend yeah wow and that's another thing that
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happens too they do have outs mhm and they do sometimes know but when they get around
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us it's like I'll be late to the other thing the other thing ain't going to feel like this you know what I mean like
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really us right here can sit here all day I know you got you got the governor over there that's got we need him we need him he's good
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he's going to integrate himself in watch how this works okay so I just want you
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to know that when we're when we're together it's magical yeah man we're sharing stories there's things it's just
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the culture you know what I mean can you speak on the dos and don'ts of making
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and maintaining relationships CU that doesn't come easy to everyone give me a give me a like a specific question if
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you're okay say you are mentoring somebody right who's new in the industry
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don't sleep with them don't sleep with them right that's number one they're a bit shy they get invited to a party
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where they're a lot of a-listers big no names and they want to start a
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conversation what would you say is the right entry point for them so it depends on the celebrity okay right there's some
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people who are inviting and then there's some people who are standoffish and you I'm sure where you
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from I'm from New York so you you know how to do double Dutch jump rope so you got to figure out when is it time to
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jump my ass in this conversation or if it's going too fast
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I missed this opportunity yeah just watch you know what I mean and you have to realize if this is something you want
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you're G to get your face cracked right they're gonna say not right now and you got to be like okay
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right but you might catch him again but you can't have attitude because this person gave you we don't know what
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they're going through right you know what I mean you might have caught him at a bad time cuz I've done that and I'll
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see somebody and like like what's up I'm like N I was at your party man I didn't tell you what happened and then you hear
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about a car accident or you know his he's on a diddy tape you you never know
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what could happen in this person life right what you doing Chris Serious XM
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right yeah well Chris speaking of Double Dutch I'm trying to Double Dutch my way into this conv it's good to meet you by the way we
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have a trophy for best dress coming out they're scratching my they're scratching my name off had it up the to till he
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walked in I was like is going on with the alderman with this beautiful vest oh
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that's hilarious I'm curious I know we just talked about like black Hollywood and sometimes like their teams or agents
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their publes I want to know what about ourselves like how much the onus is on
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ourselves of not wanting to work with each other um rather working with others thinking that others is the right way
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and the best way so I think this new generation is incredible like even even
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in golf right like back in the day tiger didn't like Mickelson and he didn't like Sergio Garcia these are these are
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golfers and uh you know and as we were coming up you would heard this comedian doesn't like this comedian he don't want
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to work with this comedian these young guys are different they is Desi and he's
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working with with uh DC youngfly and they're creating and doing stuff together like King Batch like they don't
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they're not into this it's this monkeys in the barrel thing that we kind of came up with like it's got to there only got
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to be one like they all and they're not waiting on Hollywood they're not trying to write down a pitch and go in in the
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tap dance like they're taking their phones or they're taking their money they've made from social media and they're buying equipment and they're
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doing their own podcast and they're shooting their own movies and so that mentality I think is not there anymore
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at least from what I can see with these young guys uh but yeah before it definitely was M mind mine all mine
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Chris Spencer say the name of the show it's called black comedy in America it's
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on Vice TV 1 p.m. Eastern uh and if you miss it on Vice TV it's on Hulu it's on
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Hulu yes come right back on Hulu Okay now we got T from Terry from La is on
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the line what up T hey Terry bing bang bong bring the damn Bell
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what's up homie oh that's my Terry what's up don't tell nobody where we from homie
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what's up I thought you was gonna tell them shh be quiet Terry
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Terry from La came with no don't say la Terry correct him please okay ter Terry from there we go okay Englewood came to
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uh the Blue Note Nappa for the black radio experience and he hanging out with us and Chris is saying hey man what's
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why you got a bodyguard like bro who I ain't got no bodyguard I'm in the bay I don't need no
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bodyguard he like no I said I met your bodyguard he said I ain't got no bodyguard I said
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Terry he goes That's my friend I said all right well he's here to protect you
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T what's up man hey T hey I'm at home good morning Tracy G good morning
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Heather be what's up family bam ho gang hey man you got are blow me where first
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of all with the Quincy tribute and everything I was at home I'm like damn I should have I'm glad I didn't miss this
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one yeah ma'am but when you put the homie
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on I'm G take it back if he was supposed to check in he ain't checked in homie
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you know what that means that's discipline homie please forgive me Father sound like EO that sound better please forgive me before I have
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sinned hey T know what you got a real question for no you ain't got a real
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question for him yes he do of course he do go ahead yes do go ahead with your successes is going on CU I remember you
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if you don't remember I remember you back when in the Way's days my son's
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mother used to do booking for you guys back there with W everybody with Damon
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and when they were all living the same North Hollywood wow yes I go back that far you talking about my son good 30
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years back right you guys were just coming in the game when you look back from where you started with that group
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of guys how many of your friends did you carry along with you and how many are still celebrating with you today all of
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them my Speedy all all of them now listen what happens is you may not see each other
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for a while you may not speak right but with the Advent of Instagram and Facebook you see each other every day
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and so I just work with Speedy I still talk to Ruben Paul uh buddy Lewis I mean
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I can name names for you you'll be like oh my God uh guy Tory Joe Tory were were just on um black comedy in America I put
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all of them on the show Flex is on the show suly McCulla who you guys may know as as Mouse from the Jamie Fox show or
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Crazy Legs from doia Menace he's I we don't move without each other that's
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amazing that's that's beautiful T great question man don't have those thanks t
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apprciate love yay absolutely all right you too family y' love you T love you okay we GNA go to
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ATL we got um Jack on the line Jack what's up say what up to Chris hey what's up family I just called
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to say good morning love you guys listen every day um Chris I just wanted to give
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you your flowers man I used to go to uh chocolate Sundays back in the day wow
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one one of your jokes I will never forget is when you were talking about being
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what it's like being Almost Famous yep yeah I still have that you still
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tell that joke yeah cuz I'm still Almost Famous you un popular you know I'm not famous
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I'm popular popular popular if this was high school I wouldn't be the quarterback I would be the the free safety you'll be the free you know what
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they know me but I ain't the quarterback you know what I mean I'm a valuable team member but you're not the quarterback
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all right hey Jack thanks for your call like you said you found your lane and you are great in your lane right where
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you are man keep up the good work thank you Jack okay man you're a super citizen let way in the morning what what what
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are you like I'm just as a comedian cuz Tony hinchcliff did get um a lot of
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backlash yes as he should yeah that so what do you what do is their place to draw the line I mean or that here's
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what's funny you're in front of all of them right yeah them uh and let me just say
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this quick I don't think everybody voting for Trump is racis but the racist
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are voting for Trump we can agree right yeah so if you're telling
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racial jokes at a trump rally and they're not laughing that's a problem like that's
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that's when you know you are out of pocket like they were taking off their hoods like going who is this guy
38:58
who that that see with us skin head said I'mma grow my hair I can't take this
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[ __ ] so it was the wrong he is known for doing those things right he is a he's a
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roast comedian and here's what's funny everybody's blaming him but that [ __ ] was in the teleprompter yeah he had a
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script that had to be you know somebody had to go okay you can say this thumbs up so they thought this was work they
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thought this he that's the word I was looking for so normally right before particularly like a week to two weeks out before a campaign just more even
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more color contacts for our audience I think this might be good information even when you go to a fundraiser with a
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principal candidate who are running for president you have to be vetted before you can stand in proximity with them before you can get a picture with them
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they have know your social security number they know your tax history your criminal record that's just for a fundraiser so if you're going to go on a
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stage a week two weeks out before a campaign the campaign has to vet everyone who comes on stage to touch
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that so they knew exactly who he was what he was going to say mhm yeah okay that's what and and especially the
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president like I hate to brag but I play I play golf with 44 every summer D what
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oh 44 44 yes okay is that your nickname for Barack Obama president of his
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friends call him that roll does he does he have your number no okay but I got the I got his
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number one AIDS number okay yeah so that's good right that's good enough that's no he might have my number I just
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ain't got his number okay but nonetheless when I first got a chance to play with them I had to be vetted like
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they had to find out not only name address phone number Social Security whatever credit credit history criminal
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history it's true favorite foods like they really know like so when I got to meet him he was asking me questions
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about me I'm like how did he know this president of the FBI like he knew stuff about me and
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so for that to happen don't he's you know Trump he's acting like h I I didn't
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know this guy it's like stop lying yeah yeah I can't wait for Wednesday why Wednesday because I'mma
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play um all every every all for 24 hours I'mma play Can You Feel a brand new day
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The Whiz yes as old old to Quincy too oh look it come on that's called Full
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Circle ladies and gentlemen hit one of them buttons can you feel a brand new day
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F day so Philly uh and now December 12 is going to be Chris Spencer and sway at
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the City Winery cuz as you can see we're incredible tag team Duo I'm coming through too Chris this is just part one
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you got to keep coming up here man come on invite me man bro you got an open invite thank you man come on man we
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we've gotten to be you know see each other more in recent years no literally he we would see each other at the
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Georgia remember the restaurant on we see each other at Georgia now track meets track meets we just keep
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bumping into each other I festivals tech tech would be like yo ain't that the dude who said the line and don't be the
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men yes yo can you say that line do you still remember it you said you said it like please that was please father
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bread bread and water a Mor yeah uh and here's what's funny that line keeps me
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relevant uhhuh like especially this new generation they really think I'm famous right cuz they've watched that movie
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over and over and over again uh we're talking about don't be a minister South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the
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Hood he played the Muslim guy yeah the character's name was preach and literally people will see me and go like
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this they like what's like especially TSA you know TSA at the
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airport like is Morris chest up behind me why are you acting like
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that Legend I'm like man am I old enough and so so here's the this is why
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I I stay in the Zeitgeist or in in relevancy cuz anytime a brother gets in
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trouble with a white girl or they play that clip oh so like different actors who've
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gotten in trouble a picture of him on the boat with some white girl or yeah it's always this is ex Ricky Williams
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blah blah blah blah blah this is blah blah blah that's true right and they you know you're talking about excuse me play
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the clip man he ain't going to do it man you going to do setting it up okay um uh
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let me see if I can remember it my my my my milk of magnesia oh when the devil made you he
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broke the mold can you do me a favor my brown skinn angel can you tap that white girl
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for me ain't that it that's it oh my God hit one but was the funniest
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[ __ ] one of them one of them oh man I love it man hey brother I just want to
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say congratulations we're going to push all our all our listeners our fans we pushing them to watch the show once
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again tell them how they can see it black comedy in America uh I'm on the
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East Coast but 10 p.m. Eastern every Tuesday Vice uh on Vice TV as well as
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Hulu and YouTube and I'm sure uh uh
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another channel that we don't know about well cuz yeah cuz people will just take it and put it somewhere okay yeah
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definely rip it they'll definely rip it real quick your own personal top five standup comedians Richard okay Eddie
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uhhuh Dave uhhuh Chris
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uhhuh yeah five is tough yeah yeah yeah yeah got
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time the Press yeah oh Damon way Damon
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way oh okay all right that's who actually I love it that's that's who
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took me under his wing that's that was my first tour withan and Damon yes around the country yesp great who who do
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you feel like you learned the most from Damon way really yeah it got so bad that I I thought I was a
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WS literally I would I did Christmas with him Thanksgiving with him I would travel vacations yes I would walk around
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with my eyes like this so people would think I was one of them yes literally I remember the day I
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realized I wasn't a W uh we were uh we were parked uh in front of the Improv we
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just finished performing and Sean and Damon were on the front seat and I was in the back and they were talking they were kind of talking low and I was like
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this they were like this and they go excuse me Chris you mind if you step out real quick we we got to talk about some
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family [ __ ] I'm like I'm not family that was it and I I I walked out
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I walked out the car and I think they even drove off and I think the the music from The
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Incredible Hulk came on all of a sudden it was
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storming get out Chris get out shout out to Cy Grooms and der Heath who have that
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same joke uh yeah so that's when I realized and then and then Aon came along and did the rest of the
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movies I did the early '90s and then Aon did the Williams movies in the 2000s scary movies coming back it's coming
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back really I would love to see you and Aon on tour by the way oh listen as you saw
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me and this dude finish each other sentences we got a chance to work we hosted uh uh like the pre-image awards
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before and you know he's so talented and so I love you know I I'm
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like he calls me magic because I throw lobs I throw Aly oops I throw assist so I just set him up and just wait for him
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to go knocks it out every time in that that
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you know how you describe Jamie Fox yes aana is one of those too absolutely absolutely so many Lan Chris thank you
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for joining us today man give it up for Chris Spencer man guy is legendary so good
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legendary yes Chris what's your social citizens hit them up 5 six oh no no
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social social social security sorry no no uh uh Instagram the real Chris
47:24
Spencer Tik Tok Tik Tok the real Chris Spencer uh Facebook Chris Spencer and
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for those of you who just got out of jail Myspace Chris Spencer and I know there's some older
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people yeah a Black Planet Christopher St Albin Spencer all right
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