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. >>>
. >>> NOW
. >>> NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST
DEBORAH DUNCAN.
DEBORAH DUNCAN. >> GOOD MORNING IT IS GREAT DAY
HOUSTON, IF YOU WANT A DATE
NIGHT WITH YOUR BOO OR YOUR
BESTTIES.
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. >>> I
. >>> I GREW UP IN AMERICA SO I'M
COOL WITH THAT.
MY COUSIN SAID CALL ME TO VISIT
ME IN NEW YORK, I'M LIKE.
WE COME WITH YOU.
IN NEW YORK CITY.
I'M LIKE, NOT WITH THAT
ACCENTS.
ACCENTS.
ACCENTS. MY COUSINS THE WAY THEY TALK TO
WOMEN, WOMEN, COME HERE.
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?
>> WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
GODFRY.
GODFRY.
GODFRY. WATCHING IT, I'VE NEVER SEEN
THAT FOOTAGE.
THAT FOOTAGE. IT IS OUT THERE.
SO MUCH ON THE INTERNET.
THE THING IS, YOU ARE LIKE IN
IT.
IT.
IT. WHICH
IT. WHICH BY THE WAY WE HAVE A
LARGENIGERIAN POPULATION.
LARGENIGERIAN POPULATION. >> THEY ARE LIKE, I DON'T NEED
TO SEE HIM.
>> BUT THEY STICK TOGETHER TOO.
>> EBO, I WAS BORN IN NEBRASKA
RAISED IN CHICAGO.
GREW UP AROUND A WHOLE DIVERSE
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WHICH IS A GREAT KIND OF
LANDSCAPE COMPANY.
LANDSCAPE COMPANY. BECAUSE CHICAGO IS THE MOST
SEGREGATED CITY IN THE NATION,
WE LIVED IN THE MOST DIVERSE
ARE IN CHICAGO IT IS CALLED
UPTOWN, IT WAS ALL IMMIGRANT
ALWAYS, AND IT WAS CULTURE
SHOCK WHEN I WENT TO PAUL WADE
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. WHERE DID THE REST OF THE WORLD
GO?
GO?
GO? YOU
GO? YOU WERE KIND OF A CLASS CLOWN.
THE THING IS ALL MY FRIENDS
WERE CLOWNED.
WERE CLOWNED. IN GRADE SCHOOL, EVERYBODY IS
FUNNY.
FUNNY.
FUNNY. YOU HANG OUT WITH ALL THE FUNNY
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. YOU ALWAYS GOT IN TROUBLE, ALL
OF US WOULD END UP IN THE FRONT
OF THE CLASS, THEN WE GET MOVED
TO THE MIDDLE.
THEN WE'RE IN THE HALL WAY.
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. I
OKAY. I JUST NEED HELP, MY FATHER IS
A TEACHER, TOO.
YOU WERE THAT KID IN A FISHBOWL
TYPE OF THING.
WHEN DID YOU REALIZE THAT
LAUGHTER WAS YOUR GIG?
FOR SOME REASON THE PAST COUPLE
WEEKS ALL OF THEM HAVE SAID --
>> BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT WAS AT
LARA FINISHIN COLLEGE, SHE
SAID I THINK I WANT TO DO STAND
UP, IN COLLEGE YOU ARE A FAKE
ADULT.
ADULT.
ADULT. YOU ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW YOU ARE
A FAKE ADULT IN COLLEGE, I WENT
AWAY FOR COLLEGE, YOU ARE A
FREE THINKER, YOU ARE A FAKE
ADULT UNTIL YOU NEED MONEY TO
YOUR PARENTS.
YOUR PARENTS. , THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO, I
WAS ANGRY, FUNNY, THAT'S THE
ONLY TIME I COULD DO SOMETHING
TO TELL THEM TO BE QUIET.
>> WHEN YOU DO INTELLIGENT
HUMOR YOU ARE DEALING WITH NUTS
IN THE AUDIENCE.
ALREADY DEALING WITH ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY.
PSYCHOLOGY. >> THIS IS A THERAPY SESSION.
IT IS LIKE GIVING THEM THEIR,
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH CERTAIN
PSYCHOLOGICAL THEY THINKS, YOU
ARE GIVING THEM RELEASE, RELIEF
EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE CRAZY TOO.
IT IS LIKE THE BLIND LEADING
THE BLIND.
THE BLIND. >> USE USED TO WARM UP THE
AUDIENCE FOR COSBY.
>> IT IS QUEENS NEW YORK.
>> WE WERE IN THE STUDIOS.
>> I WAS THE LIFETIME SHOW
SESAME STREET.
SESAME STREET. REMEMBER THAT FAMOUS SONG, CAN
WE TELL YOU HOW TO GET, HOW TO
GET TO, I KNEW HOW TO GET
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. REMEMBER THE SONG?
IT WAS 97, THAT WAS
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. YOU ARE A YOUNG COMIC, YOU GET
TO SEE HIM EVERY WEEK.
>> YOU HAVE GREAT ADVISER.
>> WHATEVER YOUR COMEDY IS YOUR
AGE, YOU ARE IN SEINFELD, SAY
HOW LONG YOU BEEN DOING 9
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. YEAH, 9 YEARS, YOU'RE IN
KINDERGARTEN.
KINDERGARTEN. >> ONE TEAM WHEN YOU HEARD
ABOUT COSBY.
ABOUT COSBY. >> WHEN YOU WARM UP THE SHOW
WHAT SHE IS LIKE DOING,
CONTROLLING THE AUDIENCE,
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. HOPE THE AUDIENCE COORDINATOR.
ALL RIGHT, GET BACK TO
COORDINATING.
COORDINATING. >> ONE DAY COSBY CAME OUT THEY
SAY YEAH COSBY IS GOING TO DO A
SET.
SET.
SET. HE
SET. HE CAME OUT TO TELL JOKES AND
TOSSED THE MIC TO ME AND SAID
FOLLOW THAT.
FOLLOW THAT. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. BUT
YEAH. BUT IT WAS GOOD I BROUGHT HIM
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. THAT'S FUNNY WHERE HE WAS LIKE,
WELL, LET ME SEE.
% HE GOT THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
>>> THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU DID
STAND UP, I DID IT FOR THREE
MONTHS, I DID, BECAUSE I WANTED
TO GET A PAYCHECK SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
ELSE.
ELSE. BUT
ELSE. BUT IT IS HARD BUT IT IS SO
FUN, PEOPLE HAVE PAID FOR YOU
TO MAKE THEM LAUGH.
ETOLD EVERYBODY , GET DOUBLE
DRINKS BECAUSE THINGS ARE
FUNNIER.
FUNNIER.
FUNNIER. >> DON'T DO IT WHEN YOU DRINK,
IT WON'T WORK.
>> DID IT WORK FOR YOU THE
FIRST TIME?
FIRST TIME? I WAS FUNNY BUT I DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY.
YOU HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH STUFF
AND GO THROUGH EXPERIENCES TO
GET GOOD AT THINGS.
IT IS LIKE 10 YEARS TO GET YOUR
VOICE AND ANOTHER 10 TO KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT IS ABOUT 20 YEARS.
THAT'S WITH ANY JOB, 10 YEARS,
10,000 HOURS.
10,000 HOURS. SO YOU NEED 10,000 HOURS TO DO
WHAT YOU DO, IT IS LIKE IN
MARTIAL ARTS BLACK BELT THAT'S
WHEN YOU BEGIN MARTIAL ARTS.
BLACK BELT IS WHEN YOU GET
LIKE, EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATIC.
>> MY SON TOOK HUSBAND KARATE
CLASS.
CLASS.
CLASS. HE
CLASS. HE GOES, NO, YOU JUST PUT THE
TAPE THERE AND I'M A BLACK BELT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> THAT'S THE SOCIETY NOW,
EVERYONE'S A WINNER.
EVERYONE'S A WINNER, YOU DON'T
EARN IT ANYMORE HOW DO YOUR
PARENTS FEEL ABOUT YOUR COMEDY
CAREER.
CAREER.
CAREER. >> WHEN I TOLD MY DAD, I WAS
LIKE, HEY, DAD HE SAID, IS THAT
A JOKE?
A JOKE?
A JOKE? BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT
STABILITY, ARE YOU GOING TO DO
THE FALL BACK?
I'M GOING TO FALL BACK TO
ANOTHER SHOW.
ANOTHER SHOW. THEN ONCE THEY SA I WAS
REAPING SOME BENEFITS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN I GOT TO CNN
REMEMBER MICHAEL RICHARDS SNAP.
I'VE DONE MIKE RICHARDS WHERE
HE SNAPPED BEFORE.
HE IS CRAMER, FOR REAL.
I WAS ON CNN ALL ME FATHER ALL
HE WATCHED WAS CNN, HE JUST
WATCHED THE NEWS.
NEWS, NEWS.
NEWS, NEWS. I ENDED UP ON CNN, THAT WAS THE
GREATEST THING , HE WOULD NEVER
WATCH ANY OF MY COMEDY SHOWS.
HE SAID HOW DID YOU GET ON CNN?
>> THEN YOUR SUPERSTAR COUSIN
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. >> WARMING