WEBVTT - Questlove Supreme: Robin Thede (Live At The 2022 Roots Picnic)

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<v Speaker 1>Quest Love Supreme is a production of iHeartRadio Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>Fire chiad set.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I fucked that up totally.

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<v Speaker 3>What he meant to say was fireside chat, sirefi chat,

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<v Speaker 3>not too.

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<v Speaker 4>I think there's a proper term when you reverse. This

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<v Speaker 4>is already turning into a QLs rural jury.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's get into it. How's everyone doing out there?

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<v Speaker 4>These these are things, These are things that rappers asked

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<v Speaker 4>before they start performing, Like it's Philly in the house

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<v Speaker 4>and then it's dead silence exactly. All right, Yes, we

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<v Speaker 4>are introducing but more importantly, for the first time in

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<v Speaker 4>two years.

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<v Speaker 2>Fuck we get our theme back. We have not done

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<v Speaker 2>our theme, Like, you better get on your ship real fast.

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<v Speaker 2>Hurry up.

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<v Speaker 4>The people are waiting with actually in breath. Can we

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<v Speaker 4>bring our special guest out right now with us?

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<v Speaker 5>Do it?

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<v Speaker 6>Hi, everybody?

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<v Speaker 7>Supremo Supremo, roll call, Suprema Suck Supremo, roll call, Suprema.

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<v Speaker 6>Suprema, roll call Suprema. Sure.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't believe it. Yeah, I don't have a rhyme.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah it's time for roll call. Yeah wait, I messed

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<v Speaker 4>up the rhyme.

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<v Speaker 7>Supremo Supremo roll Call, Suprema Sun sun Suprema.

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<v Speaker 2>Roll call my name sugar. Yeah, I've missed you all. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>what I missed the most?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, Suprema s Suprema.

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<v Speaker 2>Okayprema suck suck Supreme call. I'm on paid Phil. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>now what to do?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>We in Philly.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of the soul part Tooma so pre roll call, Suprema.

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<v Speaker 6>So Supremo roll Yeah, it's hot as hades. Yeah, somebody robin. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I'm a black lady.

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<v Speaker 7>Roll call Supremo, shut shut Supremo, roll Supremo Supremo roll.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>And I'm not needy. Yeah, I know what else rhymes?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, let's start this needy.

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<v Speaker 7>S roll Suprema so sure, Supremo Sun So Supremo roll call.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, all right, that was.

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<v Speaker 9>Unprepared.

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<v Speaker 2>Please, class.

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<v Speaker 6>You never let me do it.

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<v Speaker 9>I didn't know you were gonna let.

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<v Speaker 6>Me do it today.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, every you've done it. What do I do?

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<v Speaker 9>Improv for a living?

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<v Speaker 6>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Some of us?

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<v Speaker 6>Hi, everybody, what's up feeling?

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<v Speaker 4>So, ladies and gentlemen, we are a quest Love Supreme

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<v Speaker 4>doing our first show in front of each other in

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<v Speaker 4>two years.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost. You look different, we all look different.

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<v Speaker 9>Fair, you look more award winning.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, drip you look like an oscar. Beat you into

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<v Speaker 2>faith in a good way. Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to Team Supreme. All right, can you pause that?

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<v Speaker 9>Or welcome boss.

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<v Speaker 6>Welcome Boss to the other stage.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, welcome. Welcome is not rock Kim.

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<v Speaker 4>So anyway, if you're not familiar with the show or

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<v Speaker 4>are far right, we have the one and only president

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<v Speaker 4>of the Sugar Network, Sugar.

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<v Speaker 5>Steve lock I missed the theme song exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>And then on our far left over here on the stage,

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<v Speaker 4>of course, our organizer, our our mother, our everything. Give

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<v Speaker 4>it up for ladies, John to my direct left. If

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<v Speaker 4>you have kids that still watch Sesame Street, this is

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<v Speaker 4>basically I mean, you're much more than that, Thanks Hamilton.

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<v Speaker 4>That seems like rather No, I mean you're you're damn

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<v Speaker 4>near in egot. You're at so are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? You were you were first? Anyway, Well, combined we're

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<v Speaker 2>kind of an egot. We are, let's take it. Yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so together we're an egot. Ladies and gentlemen, give it

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<v Speaker 2>up for this is a long the best part.

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<v Speaker 3>So quick, Paul, whose theme song is the best yours

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<v Speaker 3>is actually I'll take it.

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<v Speaker 2>Moving on, of course, we have to give.

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<v Speaker 4>A shout out to the heart of the show, which

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<v Speaker 4>is fun Tigelow, who is not here.

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<v Speaker 10>He's working hard on this Little Brother documents.

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<v Speaker 2>He's also afraid of Covidlow.

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<v Speaker 10>He also hasn't left North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 4>And he's been you know, he's been doing Little Brother

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<v Speaker 4>shows now and then, so that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all one.

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<v Speaker 4>Ready to get out the house. Ladies and gentlemen, please

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<v Speaker 4>welcome our steam guest. One of my favorite shows on television.

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<v Speaker 5>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>The last time you were on the show, of course,

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<v Speaker 4>you were promote your BT talk show, right and now

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<v Speaker 4>I think Black Lady Sketch shows. I'm sorry, Black Ladies

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<v Speaker 4>Sketch Show is one of my.

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<v Speaker 2>Favorite shows of all time. Yes, please welcome Robin Fati.

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<v Speaker 6>To Robin, I have no themes on you couldn't blame

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<v Speaker 6>some meg.

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<v Speaker 4>No, I was going to you know, I was, I

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<v Speaker 4>was quite I was half ass in it. I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 4>and I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 6>People say about you you half as everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I do half ass. You actually flew in just

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<v Speaker 2>to just now, just to do this.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm flying right back out. Yes, yes, very busy person.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel very touched.

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<v Speaker 6>I did it for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>Y'all. I really did it for y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>Somebody yell we love you. That's never happened to me.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm a rock star.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that was me.

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<v Speaker 6>They might not have been yelling at me, to be fair.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you were telling me that you're going back because

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<v Speaker 2>you Yes, it's weird.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess if you're a showrunner, you don't get a

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<v Speaker 4>summer because you have to prepare your next So when

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<v Speaker 4>do you get time off?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't. I'm still doing stuff for marketing for season

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<v Speaker 6>three and promoting for Emmys that we hope to be

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<v Speaker 6>nominated for.

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<v Speaker 10>Congratulations for your season.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, we're starting. We're going right into season four. So

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<v Speaker 6>I'm so excited. We're gonna We're gonna get started right away.

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<v Speaker 4>Ok you got fat so as a fan of the show,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm glad I caught it.

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<v Speaker 3>Did everybody just get an amber alert? Hold on, is

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<v Speaker 3>that not the craziest ship that ever happened?

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<v Speaker 2>That's fante that was bad ship Silver Suzuki. Right, huh

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<v Speaker 2>huh okay, okay, sorry continue, Wait what does happen? So

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<v Speaker 2>my everything?

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone just vibrated, correct, and everyone just got an amber

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<v Speaker 3>alert and it says Silver Suzuki XL seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody in this audience just got the same And why

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<v Speaker 2>didn't you get it? What's wrong with you? That's what

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know.

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<v Speaker 4>Is it because I have a flip phone or it

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<v Speaker 4>might be you that flip phote. I'm very old school,

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<v Speaker 4>you are. I was born in the seventies.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, we know. It says a lot about you early.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is this is what I want to know.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I started studying like when the pandemic started.

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<v Speaker 4>Season one was you know where I fell into the

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<v Speaker 4>rabbit hole? And of course season two and season three,

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<v Speaker 4>I've watched each episode maybe like ten times each and

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<v Speaker 4>there's so many meta hidden jokes inside of each episode.

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<v Speaker 4>It's almost like you're seeing it for the first time,

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<v Speaker 4>blinking you missed it. Can you walk us through how

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<v Speaker 4>you get inspiration? Because I feel like you're covering everything

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<v Speaker 4>that I've not seen television cover as far as like

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<v Speaker 4>black comedy is concerned.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think without giving away all the secret sauce.

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<v Speaker 6>I think for us it was like we didn't want

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<v Speaker 6>to give y'all. We were going to have something called

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<v Speaker 6>a Black Lady Sketch show. We wanted to give you layers.

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<v Speaker 6>We wanted people to feel seen. We wanted to like

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<v Speaker 6>create something that was cinematically the most beautiful sketch show ever.

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<v Speaker 6>We wanted to have black women look good and all

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<v Speaker 6>light like. It was just important. So so in order

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<v Speaker 6>to do that, we wanted to really layer the show

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<v Speaker 6>so it wasn't just a funny character. There were also

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<v Speaker 6>crossover elements between sketches because I knew, have y'all seen

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<v Speaker 6>Season three? Okay, perfect, perfect, So spoilers for anybody who hasn't,

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<v Speaker 6>but y'all seem to be good. So I knew what

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<v Speaker 6>was gonna happen in the finale, and I knew that

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<v Speaker 6>the women over these three seasons, it wasn't really the

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<v Speaker 6>end of the world.

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<v Speaker 9>It's the end of the world?

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<v Speaker 6>Is we all know it? Because what world would have

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<v Speaker 6>elected doctor had also president?

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, you're spoiler alearning from Oh.

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<v Speaker 6>No, they've seen it.

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<v Speaker 9>You haven't seen the finale?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, cool?

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<v Speaker 6>Who I didn't see the finale? Final?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, alright, all the fans are in this audience, every

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<v Speaker 2>single listen. Here's the thing. And I admitted this in

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<v Speaker 2>the book.

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<v Speaker 4>I have things, mamhow Oh yes, yes, I thought.

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<v Speaker 9>That was my people have been watching my career more

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<v Speaker 9>a while.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 4>I was saying that whenever I watch any series, especially

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<v Speaker 4>in streaming, it's something about the penultimate episode. In the

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<v Speaker 4>final episode, I won't watch it until I know that

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<v Speaker 4>season four is ready.

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, So anyway, that's so dump.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you, Oh Robin, I've been waiting for that moment go.

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<v Speaker 9>Ahead with so you're gonna get it spoiled. I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 6>But but I knew that the world was going to

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<v Speaker 6>be the end of the world storyline was gonna be

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<v Speaker 6>wrapped up so we could.

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<v Speaker 9>Kind of start something new in season four.

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<v Speaker 6>So the layers, without getting into the spoilers, are really

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<v Speaker 6>important to me because I wanted the characters to start

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<v Speaker 6>to meet, as you saw happen in the finale. I

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<v Speaker 6>won't tell you who, but they all start. They start

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<v Speaker 6>to meet, The world starts to kind of fold in

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<v Speaker 6>on itself to create new possibilities for these women now

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<v Speaker 6>that they're evolved. So there's that story within a story.

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<v Speaker 6>But then the scat you start to realize if you

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<v Speaker 6>look in the background, it's like, oh, that Patti LaBelle

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<v Speaker 6>poster from all my own Season one is in a sketch.

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<v Speaker 6>Season three is in what if I'm.

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<v Speaker 9>Three in season three.

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<v Speaker 6>And like stuff is like starting to characters are starting.

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<v Speaker 9>To meet, things are starting to happen.

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<v Speaker 6>So I knew if we could do that, we could

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<v Speaker 6>create this Black Lady Multiverse with these characters that you

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<v Speaker 6>guys are Black Lady Multiverse, Black Lady Multiverse.

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<v Speaker 11>And so I'm excited for you guys to see now

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<v Speaker 11>what can happen with them because you know that any

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<v Speaker 11>of them can interact like doctor Hedasa can meet you know,

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<v Speaker 11>the Coral Reeves, like Chris can meet Trinity or whatever.

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<v Speaker 9>Right, so it's exciting just asking for a.

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<v Speaker 2>Friend, what's the sign for Black Lady Multiverse? There it is,

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<v Speaker 2>it's black Lady.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, okay, wait wait woman, go ahead, Black Lady Multiverse.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that. That was amazing.

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<v Speaker 10>Moving on, the signers at the Roose pic nigs have

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<v Speaker 10>always been legendary.

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<v Speaker 6>Can I ask you yo?

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<v Speaker 2>I know Soude that was on to reach set. He's

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<v Speaker 2>he's like on Twitter.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, more than the roots, because when you put your

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<v Speaker 6>body in its next level. But let me let me

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<v Speaker 6>ask this general. Black ladies.

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<v Speaker 10>Guess your question because I always want to notice as

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<v Speaker 10>a watcher, how much are the ladies that we see

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<v Speaker 10>that are a part of the show involved in the writing.

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<v Speaker 10>And if they're not, like how much, say how does

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<v Speaker 10>that go? How does that that labor work? I know

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<v Speaker 10>there are other people we don't see in the background.

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<v Speaker 6>The ladies that we do see are Emmy nominated writers. Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>so Ashley Nicole Black wrote on seasons one and two.

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<v Speaker 6>She's amazing, She's so sick. But that's it. That's the

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<v Speaker 6>only person who's written besides me, So Gab Quinta sky Lady.

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<v Speaker 6>None of them wrote. But but that's not to take

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<v Speaker 6>away from their creative collaborations. I was gonna say, the

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<v Speaker 6>improv must be them is crazy. They also bring the

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<v Speaker 6>looks how they want their characters to look. They design

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<v Speaker 6>that piece by piece with all of our black lady

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<v Speaker 6>glam departments. So no dabs are people? She from Philly?

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<v Speaker 10>She I thought she was from Philly. Oh Ship, sometimes

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<v Speaker 10>you get.

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<v Speaker 6>Out I like the people I like to you, said DC,

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<v Speaker 6>Ohio and DC. Yeah, she kind of lived on my

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<v Speaker 6>other hometown. Why am I telling all her business?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? So what happened was when she was like watching tennis.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, so if I were betting man, when I

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<v Speaker 4>when I go tonight to watch the finality, which I.

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<v Speaker 9>Will, which I've spoiled.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm assuming that Quinta makes a return to the show.

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<v Speaker 6>Correct, I didn't say that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm assuming though, right?

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<v Speaker 9>Why would you assume that because he's wearing hairs?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 9>Does she make a return to the show. Are we

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<v Speaker 9>gonna tell him?

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<v Speaker 6>They're not gonna tell these are my mother fucking people.

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<v Speaker 6>They're not gonna tell you?

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<v Speaker 4>Is quest Love Superior is the only podcast in which

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<v Speaker 4>everyone actually hates those.

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<v Speaker 2>So true?

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<v Speaker 6>And that's not true?

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<v Speaker 9>How happy are we for Quinta? This woman is killing?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh we proud? Oh no, that pretty Philly is proud.

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<v Speaker 6>She's very hard, best, she's the best.

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<v Speaker 2>Robin be supreme.

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<v Speaker 9>Now I got enough, I got enough to do to

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<v Speaker 9>do It's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, So that's what I want to know.

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<v Speaker 4>As far as the crafting, does it start with like

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<v Speaker 4>out of a dream, like oh we should do blah

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<v Speaker 4>blah blah blah blah blah blah, like when you did

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<v Speaker 4>the hair sketch that was the cold open for season three.

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<v Speaker 9>The product purge?

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<v Speaker 6>Yes?

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<v Speaker 4>So is there just a sort of a think board

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<v Speaker 4>on Yeah, I'm going on No, No, here's how you

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<v Speaker 4>get then like, they'll have no book.

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<v Speaker 6>Our show is very interesting, so we only have like

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<v Speaker 6>seven writers and they write everything.

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<v Speaker 9>So they come in.

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<v Speaker 6>They come in with a pitch that has a beginning, middle, twist,

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<v Speaker 6>and end. Like they come in with their raw, their

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<v Speaker 6>own concepts. Because it was really important to me that

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<v Speaker 6>this it's not a Robin Thede sketch show.

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<v Speaker 9>It's a black lady sketch show. So it's really important

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<v Speaker 9>that we have different points of view. So no, they

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<v Speaker 9>come in.

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<v Speaker 6>And that was actually Akuila Green who wrote that. Who's credible.

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<v Speaker 6>She works on Black Monday and a bunch of other shows.

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<v Speaker 6>She actually wrote that in season two, but we couldn't

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<v Speaker 6>shoot it till season three because we couldn't have one

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<v Speaker 6>hundred women running down the street during COVID.

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<v Speaker 9>So so yeah, she just came in and pitches.

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<v Speaker 6>She was like, what if, like the movie The Purge,

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<v Speaker 6>black women had fifteen minutes to return all their unused

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<v Speaker 6>hair products and get a full refundy, Like how chaotic

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<v Speaker 6>would that be? And I was like, yes, go write that,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, but yeah, the way, I gotta give the

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<v Speaker 6>writer's credit. I write a lot of these sketches too,

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<v Speaker 6>but it's it is collaborative. Like sometimes they'll be like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 6>I have an idea, it's like Romeo and Juliet, but

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<v Speaker 6>we're not sure what to do with it. And I'm like, okay, Ben,

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<v Speaker 6>let's put that together with the stand culture sketch and

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<v Speaker 6>do it. And I am at pentameter and then you

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<v Speaker 6>get Roman Julyssa, you know, so we it's very collaborative too.

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<v Speaker 4>Now working at thirty Rock, I often meet writers who

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<v Speaker 4>at SNL getting their feelings if their.

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<v Speaker 2>Sketch doesn't make it to the show, So how are you? Also,

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<v Speaker 2>do you have to play the bad guy at the

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<v Speaker 2>show as the leader of the show?

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<v Speaker 6>And yeah, sometimes, but I think we all kind of

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<v Speaker 6>know which sketches are rising to the top, so we'll

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<v Speaker 6>do like internal table reads and perform it and you know,

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<v Speaker 6>critique it.

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<v Speaker 9>But I think it's pretty clear by the time we

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<v Speaker 9>go to our shooting scripts what's gonna work.

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<v Speaker 6>But no, they don't get their feelings hurt because everybody

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<v Speaker 6>gets sketches on. Because we have so few writers, everybody

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<v Speaker 6>gets sketches on. So do y'all ever get pushed back

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<v Speaker 6>from HBO?

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<v Speaker 9>Like has there ever been a subject that was or

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<v Speaker 9>no taboo.

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<v Speaker 6>No, it's HBO. You can do anything, but.

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<v Speaker 10>Can you You're the first black lead Craft Country?

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<v Speaker 2>What's that Craft Country?

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, well, look, don't talk no mess.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know about that.

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<v Speaker 2>It got nineteen nominations now.

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<v Speaker 10>Right, but it wasn't there because he didn't want to

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<v Speaker 10>continue the person that did it.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know, Robin don't want to be on that

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<v Speaker 6>side of it.

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<v Speaker 9>I don't want to do I don't want to I

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<v Speaker 9>don't want to get involved.

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<v Speaker 6>I love that show. Yeah, I think for us, No,

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<v Speaker 6>we really don't get any pushback. I think it's just

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<v Speaker 6>like the funniest stuff rises to the top and they

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<v Speaker 6>just say, you know, be true to the show. But

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<v Speaker 6>we really don't get a lot of puchback. There's no

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<v Speaker 6>real taboo subjects. They've never said, oh, don't do that.

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<v Speaker 10>What's the sketches that y'all? I had problems getting through

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<v Speaker 10>because y'all just been dying.

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<v Speaker 6>I just need to know, like, have y'all ever been dying?

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<v Speaker 6>Laughing so hard? It has been hard to get you

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<v Speaker 6>know what we're performing?

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<v Speaker 10>Oh, my guys, and my mind was I'm going to

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<v Speaker 10>take it back to the to the courtroom, but I

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<v Speaker 10>feel like that was likely courtroom.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, Lisa is very easy to break, so I could. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I messed with her really bad. Whenever she's in a sketch,

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<v Speaker 6>She's like, why are you always with me in every sketch.

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<v Speaker 2>That I do?

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<v Speaker 10>And I'm like, I don't know, but I know it's

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<v Speaker 10>because I want to mess with It looks like, y'all

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<v Speaker 10>you're challenging her, You're trying to whole face and look

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<v Speaker 10>like you're holding fast, Like, bitch, how long your sketch?

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<v Speaker 6>Every sketch, not just Issa, all of our casts. My

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<v Speaker 6>job is to make them break, but they're so good

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<v Speaker 6>they don't. The Last Supper and The Resurrection, like those

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<v Speaker 6>disciple At sketches are really hard to get through anything with,

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<v Speaker 6>Like Gabrielle as the head of the Coral Reefs at least,

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<v Speaker 6>it's hard to get through. A lot of them are

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<v Speaker 6>really hard to get through, to be honest, especially this season.

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<v Speaker 6>The improv is crazy, Like the outtakes are so much longer.

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<v Speaker 6>We have so much stuff we couldn't even show you

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<v Speaker 6>guys because we have a time limit. Like there's so

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<v Speaker 6>many jokes that the world will liver see.

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<v Speaker 10>I have a dream world where like Larry David does

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<v Speaker 10>a guest spot on The Black Ladies Sketch Show and

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<v Speaker 10>it's like Battle.

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<v Speaker 6>Of the Improv.

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<v Speaker 2>That's your dream world.

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<v Speaker 6>That's to have a lot of dream worlds. They're about

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<v Speaker 6>twenty thousand.

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<v Speaker 9>That's like, can you guys tell her why that would

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<v Speaker 9>be impossible.

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<v Speaker 10>Because it's a Black Lady Sketch show and there are

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<v Speaker 10>no white people on The Black Ladies Sketch Show.

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<v Speaker 6>Never, not one. Oh I'm cool with that, not even

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<v Speaker 6>in the background bad not even not even out the

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<v Speaker 6>art on the walls.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that.

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<v Speaker 9>Correct where black women. I love Larry play all of

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<v Speaker 9>the characters the.

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<v Speaker 2>Multitude to start back at season.

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<v Speaker 9>One, never even in ature on a wall.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh my god, is that what freedom looks like? That's

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<v Speaker 6>what the finale is saying, Like, when you live in

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<v Speaker 6>this book whatever, you have to watch a finale, But

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<v Speaker 6>when you live in this world and you get to

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<v Speaker 6>evolve to your then you get to enter into this

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<v Speaker 6>world where we are free of the gaze of anyone else.

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<v Speaker 9>And to me, that's Mecca, that's heaven.

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<v Speaker 6>That's so yeah, because isn't that amazing? And it's not

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<v Speaker 6>like I got lost for a second I'm sorry. Well,

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<v Speaker 6>I know it's not at the exclusion of anyone else,

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<v Speaker 6>it's just at the celebration of us. I'm like, if

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<v Speaker 6>I have a chance to create something on HBO, like,

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<v Speaker 6>let me create this dream scenario. I think it frees

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<v Speaker 6>up the comedy too, right, because I don't want to

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<v Speaker 6>do a Karen sketch or microaggression sketch, Like I don't want.

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<v Speaker 12>To do that.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm not saying they don't have value.

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<v Speaker 6>We don't do that. Wow, we don't got to rewatch

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<v Speaker 6>it because you got you gotta caster. Well, because I

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<v Speaker 6>don't want to re traumatize us. I want you to

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<v Speaker 6>have thirty minutes of joy, like I want you to

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<v Speaker 6>you know, my god joy.

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<v Speaker 2>So no white Jewish guys at all.

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<v Speaker 9>No, no, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>They probably pay a bill or something, but not even

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<v Speaker 3>like the biggest white Jewish guy, right David, Nope, not no, sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>So where I.

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<v Speaker 2>Know that for a lot of sketch comedians.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh there, Mecca is Second City or like in Chicago

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<v Speaker 4>or Bright Citizens.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right, was it? You see b if you are black? Like,

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<v Speaker 2>is there what's the version of that?

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<v Speaker 6>No, No, there's not it.

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<v Speaker 9>It's now my show.

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<v Speaker 6>But no, I think because I did Second City and

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<v Speaker 6>I owe and I've done some shows at uc B,

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<v Speaker 6>but no, they're not actually just joined the advisory board

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<v Speaker 6>or Second City because I think we need to do

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<v Speaker 6>better and we need to invite us in legitimately, not

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<v Speaker 6>us in to be tokens in a class. We need

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<v Speaker 6>to legitimately have experiences that are authentic and that teach

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<v Speaker 6>us how to hone our comedy, not how to do

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<v Speaker 6>somebody else's comedy, how to do ours.

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<v Speaker 9>So yeah, no, I think I think we're.

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<v Speaker 6>Gonna We're gonna try some things to help out the

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<v Speaker 6>school that raised me. And you know, I think we

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<v Speaker 6>got a long way to go, but we're definitely working

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<v Speaker 6>at it.

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<v Speaker 2>Impressive.

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<v Speaker 4>I love my enjoyment because you know, like I live

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<v Speaker 4>in a world where everyone's always improving, and like with music,

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<v Speaker 4>I can handle it, but with words, I can't handle it.

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<v Speaker 4>And I feel like the person that said on a

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<v Speaker 4>you know, double dutching that can't get inside the roop,

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<v Speaker 4>Like I'm constantly.

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<v Speaker 6>Like, well you saw me. The moment music was playing,

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<v Speaker 6>I floundered. I couldn't even rhyme with my own last name.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think, yeah, I think the answer is always yes.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, yes, it's yes and no, but nobody but you

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<v Speaker 6>know what's interesting, But we don't. It's not that hard.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not like an improv school on our set. It's

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<v Speaker 6>like we're just trying to make a funny ass show.

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<v Speaker 6>So wherever we go, we'll just follow, like you know,

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<v Speaker 6>Gabrielle in those in the Resurrections sketches especially but the

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<v Speaker 6>Last Supper, just because I mentioned that, when she comes

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<v Speaker 6>in the scene as Mary, we know she's just gonna

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<v Speaker 6>be chaos. So she plays Mary Magdalen, and we've made

0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:10.400
<v Speaker 6>her this like mean girl to these other women who

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<v Speaker 6>aren't invited.

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<v Speaker 9>To any of the disciple events, and she is.

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<v Speaker 6>She's just so we know when she.

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<v Speaker 9>Comes in, it's just gonna be a mess.

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<v Speaker 6>She's gonna do what's scripted, but everything else is gonna

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<v Speaker 6>go out of the window.

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<v Speaker 9>So we just follow each other.

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<v Speaker 6>Really well, I think for us it's not necessarily yes.

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<v Speaker 9>Anne, but it's just follow.

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<v Speaker 6>Where they take you and anybody can move the story along,

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<v Speaker 6>but as long as we all go together.

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<v Speaker 9>So I think that's what you see on the screen,

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<v Speaker 9>especially in season three.

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<v Speaker 4>How many people have reached out to you about like

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<v Speaker 4>getting on the show or like I know that you

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<v Speaker 4>added sky to the oh.

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<v Speaker 6>For the cast or celebrity guests.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, not even a celebrity guests.

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<v Speaker 10>I just mean, like, for it, do regular people because

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<v Speaker 10>I want to know my way of doing it, because

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<v Speaker 10>I just be stalking you every six months ahead to

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<v Speaker 10>be doing well.

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<v Speaker 6>You know what's funny for the core cast, because we really.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't Now I don't know what the fuck just happened over.

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<v Speaker 9>Skin these men.

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<v Speaker 6>No, for the core cast, we don't really change it

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<v Speaker 6>that much. I mean we add takeaway each season one

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<v Speaker 6>or two maybe, I guess.

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<v Speaker 9>But people don't really approach me for that. They tag

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<v Speaker 9>me mostly in like people's tiktoks.

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<v Speaker 6>But I'm like, here's the thing. If you can't do

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<v Speaker 6>a hundred impressions and characters, like, I don't know what

0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:34.080
<v Speaker 6>to tell hundred. Yeah, we've all in three seasons, those

0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:35.520
<v Speaker 6>of us who have been there since day one have

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<v Speaker 6>played over one hundred characters in eighteen episodes. So it's like,

0:23:39.280 --> 0:23:41.520
<v Speaker 6>if you don't have that kind of depth and range,

0:23:42.119 --> 0:23:45.719
<v Speaker 6>then people don't. Really, it's way more celebrities pitching than

0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:47.800
<v Speaker 6>people trying to be regulars in the cast. It's a

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<v Speaker 6>hard job. It's a hard job. You know, other skeed

0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:52.919
<v Speaker 6>sules have big, big cast, but like, we're a small,

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<v Speaker 6>scrappy show. We play all the characters, no believe it

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<v Speaker 6>or not.

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<v Speaker 10>I think a lot of people watch it. With Gabrielle

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<v Speaker 10>was like, did not know she had all had depth?

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<v Speaker 9>It's crazy.

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<v Speaker 6>We were all like wait, even like she's killing it

0:24:05.640 --> 0:24:07.000
<v Speaker 6>and she's kills.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, wait, who's this person?

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<v Speaker 9>No, y'all sleep on Beautiful Surprise.

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<v Speaker 6>It was beautiful. I mean y'all not sleeping, but the

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<v Speaker 6>people listening to the podcast, y'all sleeping on Gabrielle. She's

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<v Speaker 6>so versatile, she's so incredible. Like people are like, oh,

0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:22.080
<v Speaker 6>I just knew her on the game and I didn't

0:24:22.160 --> 0:24:25.359
<v Speaker 6>like her, and it's like, okay, but this one so

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<v Speaker 6>I met her. She actually beat me out for a

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<v Speaker 6>sketch show on Showtime when that Damon Wayne's was doing

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<v Speaker 6>back in the day. This is like fifteen years ago,

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<v Speaker 6>and I remember being at the audition. We were like

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<v Speaker 6>the last two and she got it and I heard

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<v Speaker 6>her in the room and I was like, shit, she

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<v Speaker 6>needs to get that.

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<v Speaker 9>She's really good.

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<v Speaker 6>So no, I used to watch her doing stand up

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<v Speaker 6>back in the day. I used to watch her doing

0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:50.840
<v Speaker 6>sketch like she can mimic any singer, And because we

0:24:50.920 --> 0:24:52.920
<v Speaker 6>can't afford to do that a lot on the show,

0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:54.040
<v Speaker 6>she doesn't really get to use it.

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<v Speaker 9>But I'm gonna try to do it more next season.

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<v Speaker 10>But she can mimic any singer living or gone. We

0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:02.000
<v Speaker 10>should never female singer. We should have her a mirror

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<v Speaker 10>should She's incredible. She has an ear for musical mime,

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<v Speaker 10>which is incredible. And then she's just got a ton

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<v Speaker 10>of characters. You throw anything her way, She's like, I'll

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<v Speaker 10>figure it out. She played a character named Steve in

0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:18.159
<v Speaker 10>this sketch called Escrow Download, like this dude that just

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<v Speaker 10>like had an accent, but it was every accent. She

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<v Speaker 10>wasn't supposed to play that character.

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<v Speaker 6>It was supposed to be a guest star and we

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<v Speaker 6>table read it and she just started doing this character

0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:29.640
<v Speaker 6>and I was like, well that's you now, Like it's

0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:32.880
<v Speaker 6>just she just like will grab these roles we never

0:25:33.080 --> 0:25:35.439
<v Speaker 6>intended to be as funny, you know, we wanted them

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<v Speaker 6>to be funny, but the way she takes it to

0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:38.359
<v Speaker 6>the n degree is just crazy.

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<v Speaker 9>They all do that though.

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<v Speaker 6>Sky's really coming into her own Ashley's genius Ashley, and

0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:45.880
<v Speaker 6>what's the character at first season?

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<v Speaker 9>Trinity?

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<v Speaker 10>No black woman who superhero Trinity, nobody knows the world's

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<v Speaker 10>most Yes, the world's best Spike.

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<v Speaker 6>She's called the invisible Spike because she's just like a

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<v Speaker 6>plus sized black woman who's not wearing makeup, so no

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<v Speaker 6>one acknowledges her. I mean that's a statement and a half,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, talk about the development of that character.

0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:11.760
<v Speaker 9>So she actually brought that to us first season.

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<v Speaker 6>She was like, Yo, I think my superpower is being

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<v Speaker 6>like a plus sized black woman who just blends in

0:26:18.240 --> 0:26:21.000
<v Speaker 6>because nobody even notices I'm there. So she's like, I

0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:23.360
<v Speaker 6>want to make that the world's the cia is best spy.

0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:25.120
<v Speaker 6>And I was like, that's fucking genius.

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<v Speaker 9>So, I mean that's just what she does.

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<v Speaker 10>Though.

0:26:27.920 --> 0:26:29.320
<v Speaker 9>She just comes up with sketch it so easy.

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<v Speaker 6>She also came in the room and goes, what if

0:26:31.160 --> 0:26:33.880
<v Speaker 6>Patti LaBelle every time you get broken up.

0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:39.200
<v Speaker 9>With makes you sing on my own till you like,

0:26:39.400 --> 0:26:41.119
<v Speaker 9>she won't leave until you sing on my own. I

0:26:41.240 --> 0:26:43.280
<v Speaker 9>was like, yeah, what about that?

0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:44.639
<v Speaker 6>Go write it? Why not?

0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:48.360
<v Speaker 9>She came up with black Lady Courtroom. She's amazing.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, she wrote the first one, I wrote the second one.

0:26:51.680 --> 0:26:55.400
<v Speaker 9>But yeah, like those those ladies. The writers are so good.

0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:56.960
<v Speaker 6>Like I think a lot of people think the magic

0:26:57.080 --> 0:27:00.560
<v Speaker 6>just happens on set, but those scripts are incredible.

0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:03.080
<v Speaker 10>Whatever it is, it looks like y'all come together like Voltron.

0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:05.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah night.

0:27:05.400 --> 0:27:10.200
<v Speaker 4>So is there uh for you a dream sketch that

0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:14.280
<v Speaker 4>you're eating, like either for a production cost or whatever,

0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:15.480
<v Speaker 4>like we.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you get close to her executing that sketch? Yes,

0:27:19.640 --> 0:27:21.040
<v Speaker 2>I will, And that's all he can say.

0:27:21.440 --> 0:27:23.119
<v Speaker 9>No, I'm gonna tell you what it is.

0:27:23.640 --> 0:27:26.840
<v Speaker 6>Tell me because I'm campaigning this season to get Janet

0:27:26.880 --> 0:27:27.680
<v Speaker 6>Jackson on the show.

0:27:29.720 --> 0:27:32.879
<v Speaker 5>You came to the right place, Come on, I was like,

0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:36.960
<v Speaker 5>so I want you.

0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:39.320
<v Speaker 2>I need to can you picture in thirty seconds?

0:27:44.520 --> 0:27:45.560
<v Speaker 6>ROBERTA is now never?

0:27:45.840 --> 0:27:47.680
<v Speaker 9>Rob it is now never is now never?

0:27:47.800 --> 0:27:49.600
<v Speaker 6>You got come on to me? Here is now a never.

0:27:49.800 --> 0:27:51.159
<v Speaker 6>You said you wanted it, you put it out there,

0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:55.320
<v Speaker 6>don't put see y'all lesson. Put something show us and listen.

0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:57.960
<v Speaker 2>Listen. I'm gonna videotape you.

0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:00.919
<v Speaker 6>Okay, that's my or are you gonna FaceTime?

0:28:02.320 --> 0:28:03.520
<v Speaker 3>I don't want to put it on the spot, but

0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:05.680
<v Speaker 3>I will send this to it in the background. Or

0:28:06.840 --> 0:28:08.680
<v Speaker 3>got a cheer at the end, be the uncomfortable white

0:28:08.720 --> 0:28:11.680
<v Speaker 3>guy in the background. Go hang on, all right, Jen,

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:13.960
<v Speaker 3>I'm not putting you on the spot, but this is the.

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<v Speaker 6>Pitch, Janet Jackson, It's Robin Thiety from a Black Lady's

0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:19.960
<v Speaker 6>Sketch Show. You are cordially invited to season four.

0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:23.600
<v Speaker 9>To star in the most epic sketch we've ever done,

0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:24.879
<v Speaker 9>and the world.

0:28:24.640 --> 0:28:26.680
<v Speaker 6>Wants to see it. We love you and we want

0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:27.080
<v Speaker 6>to see it.

0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:30.600
<v Speaker 9>Right, We'll take care of you.

0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:32.320
<v Speaker 1>We got you, did it ship?

0:28:32.440 --> 0:28:33.080
<v Speaker 9>Come see us?

0:28:33.400 --> 0:28:36.040
<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, I'm gonna send that to her and then.

0:28:36.359 --> 0:28:39.760
<v Speaker 6>She can do whatever the fuck you wants, right Like

0:28:39.840 --> 0:28:41.120
<v Speaker 6>I want to play doctor Hadassa.

0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:43.400
<v Speaker 9>I'll be like, fine, I'll coach you on the board.

0:28:43.520 --> 0:28:49.560
<v Speaker 2>You literally just said that ship, it's doable, got oscar Son.

0:28:49.680 --> 0:28:51.960
<v Speaker 6>I think she would have hit her before. I know,

0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:53.320
<v Speaker 6>I just said you would have hit her before.

0:28:53.320 --> 0:28:56.600
<v Speaker 2>There's three people in the world. You're either giver, a taker,

0:28:56.880 --> 0:29:00.040
<v Speaker 2>or a connector. Yeah I'm a connector, you're.

0:29:00.040 --> 0:29:02.720
<v Speaker 6>Connector Oh nice to meet you. I'm a connector.

0:29:04.280 --> 0:29:06.360
<v Speaker 2>That's why you're here. All of us are connected. The

0:29:06.440 --> 0:29:08.920
<v Speaker 2>only time you guys have ever gotten along ever you connected.

0:29:10.200 --> 0:29:18.200
<v Speaker 13>I've taken some ship, but you've always been paid on time, right,

0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:20.200
<v Speaker 13>I'm a connector, but I'm a connector.

0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:24.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but thank you. I think that that was awesome.

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:26.760
<v Speaker 2>That's like, now I really want to It's going to happen.

0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:27.560
<v Speaker 6>It's gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 9>Rob I know manifest that absolutely, I want to.

0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:35.400
<v Speaker 6>I think she's hilarious. I think she's such a phenomenal actress.

0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:36.640
<v Speaker 6>I think she's so funny.

0:29:37.120 --> 0:29:37.960
<v Speaker 9>You know, the reason why.

0:29:37.880 --> 0:29:41.600
<v Speaker 6>Angela Bassett did the show is she said, I did

0:29:41.640 --> 0:29:44.120
<v Speaker 6>it because you asked, and no one thinks I'm funny.

0:29:45.440 --> 0:29:47.640
<v Speaker 9>And she got nominated for an Emmy for Bad.

0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 6>Bite some war group. Like she's so dope, like and

0:29:50.920 --> 0:29:52.960
<v Speaker 6>she's so dope, she's so supportive. She was actually the

0:29:53.040 --> 0:29:55.520
<v Speaker 6>first guest star we booked. We hadn't been on the air,

0:29:55.680 --> 0:29:58.000
<v Speaker 6>no one knew what the show was. She was like, Yo,

0:29:58.120 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 6>I like your late night show and I want to

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:01.600
<v Speaker 6>do it. No one thinks I can be funny. She

0:30:01.760 --> 0:30:04.000
<v Speaker 6>never these I mean, think about it. These black women

0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:05.320
<v Speaker 6>that have been on the show, and the black men

0:30:05.360 --> 0:30:07.200
<v Speaker 6>that have been on the show, they none of them

0:30:07.280 --> 0:30:09.080
<v Speaker 6>have ever hosted SNL. None of them have ever, And

0:30:09.160 --> 0:30:10.880
<v Speaker 6>this is no shade to SNL. It's just like we

0:30:11.000 --> 0:30:13.240
<v Speaker 6>just didn't have an outlet for us. You know, that

0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:15.160
<v Speaker 6>was that was dedicated to us. So that's what I

0:30:15.240 --> 0:30:17.160
<v Speaker 6>want to try to provide. Oh, we got time.

0:30:17.440 --> 0:30:18.880
<v Speaker 9>Let's say questions from the audio.

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<v Speaker 6>That would be so fun.

0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:22.800
<v Speaker 10>I mean, whatever you say, am I feel like they

0:30:22.920 --> 0:30:24.440
<v Speaker 10>have some Oh my god, can we do it?

0:30:24.520 --> 0:30:27.480
<v Speaker 6>I'll come out, Greg, I'm not coming to you. Okay,

0:30:27.520 --> 0:30:28.280
<v Speaker 6>who got a question?

0:30:28.360 --> 0:30:28.479
<v Speaker 3>Oh?

0:30:28.520 --> 0:30:32.960
<v Speaker 9>Okay, we should Yeah? All right, you don't have to

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:35.240
<v Speaker 9>go jump out like doing this stuff.

0:30:35.600 --> 0:30:36.000
<v Speaker 6>You can't.

0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:39.680
<v Speaker 9>How are you gonna get down there, y'all yelling?

0:30:39.920 --> 0:30:40.160
<v Speaker 6>Jump?

0:30:40.520 --> 0:30:43.680
<v Speaker 5>Wait?

0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:46.840
<v Speaker 6>Time out. I'm a radio girl. I'm a Philly radio girl.

0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:50.800
<v Speaker 2>All right, So you.

0:30:53.560 --> 0:30:54.120
<v Speaker 6>Got a question?

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:56.720
<v Speaker 10>Which make sure you introduce yourself to everybody.

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<v Speaker 9>Hello, guys, I am Elizabeth.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm from Philly.

0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:03.440
<v Speaker 9>We love Philly.

0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:06.560
<v Speaker 6>I have a question for you, Robin. Could we extend

0:31:06.640 --> 0:31:09.680
<v Speaker 6>this to possibly a movie? A black lady movie?

0:31:11.760 --> 0:31:14.080
<v Speaker 9>I mean, Bob Bob's Burger's got one?

0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 6>Why we can't?

0:31:16.440 --> 0:31:17.480
<v Speaker 9>Why are you so mad at boss?

0:31:17.680 --> 0:31:21.080
<v Speaker 6>I just started watching bobs Burgers.

0:31:21.080 --> 0:31:21.920
<v Speaker 10>It's been on ten years.

0:31:22.000 --> 0:31:22.360
<v Speaker 8>I know.

0:31:22.560 --> 0:31:23.720
<v Speaker 6>Is that something y'all would watch?

0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:24.680
<v Speaker 2>Yes?

0:31:26.080 --> 0:31:28.320
<v Speaker 6>Sure, why not. I don't know when I'm gonna have

0:31:28.400 --> 0:31:29.400
<v Speaker 6>time to do it, but why not?

0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:30.680
<v Speaker 4>Why not?

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:31.080
<v Speaker 6>All right?

0:31:31.400 --> 0:31:32.200
<v Speaker 9>I love that idea.

0:31:33.560 --> 0:31:35.320
<v Speaker 10>Hey, y'all, I'm India, I'm from Texas.

0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:35.800
<v Speaker 2>Hello.

0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:40.280
<v Speaker 14>Hey, So my question is, with the show being so amazing,

0:31:40.520 --> 0:31:42.840
<v Speaker 14>do you ever have writer's block? Or have you ever

0:31:42.960 --> 0:31:45.480
<v Speaker 14>had a sketch come out where it took so long

0:31:45.560 --> 0:31:47.600
<v Speaker 14>to produce that you had to prolong it to another season?

0:31:48.000 --> 0:31:48.880
<v Speaker 2>Real life questions.

0:31:49.840 --> 0:31:52.160
<v Speaker 6>No, we had some sketches we couldn't make in COVID

0:31:52.160 --> 0:31:53.800
<v Speaker 6>because they had like kids, or like a bunch of

0:31:53.840 --> 0:31:56.400
<v Speaker 6>extras or whatever. But no, we never had to postpone

0:31:56.400 --> 0:31:58.880
<v Speaker 6>it to another season for any other reason. Do I

0:31:58.920 --> 0:31:59.800
<v Speaker 6>ever have writer's block?

0:32:00.840 --> 0:32:02.960
<v Speaker 9>I always, I'm always thinking of sketches.

0:32:03.200 --> 0:32:04.760
<v Speaker 10>My mind just kind of works that way. So then

0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:06.920
<v Speaker 10>you don't smoke or drink. You don't smoke or drink.

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:08.000
<v Speaker 9>I don't drink.

0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:14.600
<v Speaker 6>Ah, you're a writer too, Yeah, I mean, look, writer's

0:32:14.640 --> 0:32:16.640
<v Speaker 6>black can happen. There's some people that don't believe in it.

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:18.960
<v Speaker 6>But sometimes you just don't feel like doing the shit,

0:32:19.120 --> 0:32:21.160
<v Speaker 6>or you just can't get an idea. You know what

0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:22.600
<v Speaker 6>you gotta do, Just write a bunch of.

0:32:22.600 --> 0:32:23.960
<v Speaker 9>Bullshit and some of it'll be good.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, just keep typing or take a nap.

0:32:26.400 --> 0:32:28.680
<v Speaker 2>How many drafts do you go to before a lot?

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<v Speaker 6>The sketches go through a lot of drafts, sometimes ten

0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:34.240
<v Speaker 6>twelve drafts for sure, and then we continue to punch

0:32:34.280 --> 0:32:36.880
<v Speaker 6>on set and then we improvise and then we edit different.

0:32:36.960 --> 0:32:37.960
<v Speaker 9>So it's always Yeah.

0:32:38.240 --> 0:32:38.880
<v Speaker 2>Have you ever had a.

0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:42.000
<v Speaker 4>Moment where you are reading one of your things and

0:32:42.120 --> 0:32:45.120
<v Speaker 4>you know it's not working and oh, DA's silent.

0:32:45.760 --> 0:32:47.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh god, they try to force laugh there.

0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:48.120
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

0:32:49.520 --> 0:32:51.880
<v Speaker 6>No, they will not laugh at me. If my shit

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:55.640
<v Speaker 6>is whack, they'll be like dead silent. One of the

0:32:55.680 --> 0:32:58.920
<v Speaker 6>writers season two, cent I, was like, why are y'all laughing?

0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:01.200
<v Speaker 6>I'm killing at this. This is why how Keisha got

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:03.560
<v Speaker 6>the joke Keisha the bad Sanda comedian. That's how she

0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:08.080
<v Speaker 6>happened because that was me. And they like pitching bad

0:33:08.480 --> 0:33:11.840
<v Speaker 6>sketches and jokes because I'm just a pitch machine. Like

0:33:11.920 --> 0:33:13.920
<v Speaker 6>I'm one of those people that's just like right, like

0:33:14.000 --> 0:33:15.840
<v Speaker 6>you're just gonna get a hundred ideas.

0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:19.120
<v Speaker 4>And they're allowed to be honest with you. Yeah about no,

0:33:19.600 --> 0:33:23.480
<v Speaker 4>you say yes for know, people with egos where you

0:33:23.680 --> 0:33:24.520
<v Speaker 4>have to laugh at the.

0:33:26.280 --> 0:33:29.240
<v Speaker 2>Don't do that ship laugh at their bosses jokes I heard.

0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:31.640
<v Speaker 6>I was about to say that don't happen here.

0:33:31.960 --> 0:33:35.400
<v Speaker 2>You know people with egos, But no, you can't have an.

0:33:35.400 --> 0:33:37.360
<v Speaker 9>Ego because the audience isn't gonna give a ship. The

0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:39.680
<v Speaker 9>ship's not funny Jackson.

0:33:39.720 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 10>All right, we got another question, bro.

0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:42.000
<v Speaker 6>Do you thank you?

0:33:42.520 --> 0:33:45.120
<v Speaker 2>Thank you for your question? Yes? No, no, no? The

0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:48.040
<v Speaker 2>numbers all right.

0:33:48.560 --> 0:33:51.480
<v Speaker 8>My name is Ralph from Virginia. My question is very simple.

0:33:52.080 --> 0:33:54.240
<v Speaker 8>I love the credits to opening credits that y'all do.

0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:56.000
<v Speaker 8>Can you explain that because I feel like they change

0:33:56.040 --> 0:33:58.880
<v Speaker 8>a ship? But I could be high and missing ship.

0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:03.560
<v Speaker 8>I don't know, I know, pausing the ship like it

0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:05.440
<v Speaker 8>be long in a motherfucker. So like, I'm sorry, I

0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:08.080
<v Speaker 8>got open. My point is like, could you could you

0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:09.920
<v Speaker 8>talk about that to me? Because I thought, like the

0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:11.919
<v Speaker 8>layers and shit like trying to get them the ship.

0:34:12.080 --> 0:34:15.800
<v Speaker 8>Now you told me this season to look for and

0:34:15.960 --> 0:34:19.640
<v Speaker 8>I did and I couldn't find.

0:34:19.760 --> 0:34:21.640
<v Speaker 4>I was like, I must be an idiot because I

0:34:21.680 --> 0:34:25.239
<v Speaker 4>don't see a difference in like how obvious.

0:34:24.920 --> 0:34:27.399
<v Speaker 6>Are the wait? So you see the finale, Well it's

0:34:27.680 --> 0:34:32.360
<v Speaker 6>the text. So this year's opening credits the opening sequence

0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:36.480
<v Speaker 6>is exactly the same except for the text on the screen,

0:34:36.760 --> 0:34:40.279
<v Speaker 6>and it tells a separate story. But that story, I'll

0:34:40.320 --> 0:34:42.680
<v Speaker 6>tell you, mister Virginia, is a bit of a red herring.

0:34:43.280 --> 0:34:43.400
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

0:34:43.760 --> 0:34:45.600
<v Speaker 9>It's supposed to throw you off.

0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:48.560
<v Speaker 6>The trail of who's actually mind controlling them by sending

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:49.960
<v Speaker 6>you down this other rabbit hole.

0:34:51.000 --> 0:34:53.799
<v Speaker 9>But it all dovetails into this idea that.

0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:57.320
<v Speaker 6>These black women are creating these characters in this universe,

0:34:57.400 --> 0:35:00.520
<v Speaker 6>and it's giving you long story for each of the

0:35:00.640 --> 0:35:02.440
<v Speaker 6>I can't believe you haven't noticed, because I know you've

0:35:02.480 --> 0:35:04.960
<v Speaker 6>seen one through five, six.

0:35:04.920 --> 0:35:06.400
<v Speaker 9>You'll be able to see you have to pause it.

0:35:06.760 --> 0:35:08.680
<v Speaker 6>It was also kind of a It was also.

0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:09.960
<v Speaker 9>A fun thing. Yeah, for the audience.

0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:12.279
<v Speaker 6>I wanted you to have to pause it to read

0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:16.239
<v Speaker 6>the ongoing story as long as fuck long.

0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:17.560
<v Speaker 2>Why would you do that to us?

0:35:17.960 --> 0:35:20.279
<v Speaker 6>Because I think it's hilarious, and because I think that

0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:23.120
<v Speaker 6>I want y'all to have to be so engaged, because

0:35:23.160 --> 0:35:25.600
<v Speaker 6>people like people will be like, oh wow, that was sketch,

0:35:25.640 --> 0:35:27.120
<v Speaker 6>went by so fast, and I'm like, I want you

0:35:27.200 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 6>to have to actively, like have to pause and like

0:35:29.760 --> 0:35:32.000
<v Speaker 6>really digest it, and I want you to get in

0:35:32.040 --> 0:35:34.120
<v Speaker 6>the Bible doing that for the sketches because they'll be

0:35:34.239 --> 0:35:36.320
<v Speaker 6>so much more rich if you do that.

0:35:36.600 --> 0:35:39.759
<v Speaker 4>Is there an Easter egg from one to or three

0:35:40.719 --> 0:35:44.040
<v Speaker 4>that is so deep and funny that no one has

0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:46.799
<v Speaker 4>come back to you yet with I see you there?

0:35:48.080 --> 0:35:50.520
<v Speaker 9>I mean there's shit that you would really have to

0:35:50.600 --> 0:35:51.359
<v Speaker 9>pause it to see.

0:35:51.520 --> 0:35:53.600
<v Speaker 6>In this sketch called It's getting a Heist in here,

0:35:53.680 --> 0:35:55.200
<v Speaker 6>it's a museum high sketch, kind of.

0:35:55.200 --> 0:35:55.960
<v Speaker 9>Like Ocean's eleven.

0:35:56.120 --> 0:35:56.279
<v Speaker 2>Yes.

0:35:56.840 --> 0:35:59.920
<v Speaker 6>In the cases, it's a Rihanna fashion exhibit, and there

0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:03.080
<v Speaker 6>is a Rihanna diamond, but all the fashion in the

0:36:03.200 --> 0:36:06.520
<v Speaker 6>cases that they go by are our interstitial outfits from

0:36:06.640 --> 0:36:10.880
<v Speaker 6>last year, and they're the last supper outfits also in

0:36:10.960 --> 0:36:12.960
<v Speaker 6>one of the cases. So it's like showing you that

0:36:13.120 --> 0:36:15.600
<v Speaker 6>this world is all starting to dumbtail. But the biggest

0:36:15.640 --> 0:36:19.120
<v Speaker 6>one is Millstone Coffee. So if you look, Millstone Coffee

0:36:19.200 --> 0:36:23.560
<v Speaker 6>was the corporation that plug your ears, that doctor Hadassa

0:36:23.719 --> 0:36:26.320
<v Speaker 6>secretly owned and used to fund her mind control of

0:36:26.320 --> 0:36:26.640
<v Speaker 6>the women.

0:36:26.680 --> 0:36:31.640
<v Speaker 9>Okay, you're done to wow, so you'll see Millstone.

0:36:32.480 --> 0:36:35.279
<v Speaker 6>Batmach support group starts with Angela Bassett pouring a cup

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:36.960
<v Speaker 6>of Millstone coffee like you see it.

0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:39.239
<v Speaker 9>Trinity kicked Nicole.

0:36:38.960 --> 0:36:42.000
<v Speaker 6>Byer into a case of Millstone boxes. The no makeup

0:36:42.080 --> 0:36:45.680
<v Speaker 6>sketch is at Millstone. She's like, how can I brew

0:36:45.800 --> 0:36:48.200
<v Speaker 6>up an answer for you? She's literally selling millstoneffee. So

0:36:48.480 --> 0:36:51.680
<v Speaker 6>Millstone has been there since episode one, and it culminates

0:36:51.719 --> 0:36:56.319
<v Speaker 6>as kind of the evil nefarious corporation in the end

0:36:56.360 --> 0:37:00.399
<v Speaker 6>of season three. One more question. All right, I'm making good, y'all.

0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:01.720
<v Speaker 9>What's up, y'all? My name is bre Daddy.

0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:04.360
<v Speaker 6>I'm coming all the way from Miami and the reason,

0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:05.600
<v Speaker 6>but I'm.

0:37:05.480 --> 0:37:07.640
<v Speaker 10>Feeling fucking Philly, so shout out Philly.

0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:14.200
<v Speaker 12>Horring as an Afro Latina woman, Black representation is so important,

0:37:14.560 --> 0:37:16.440
<v Speaker 12>but we all know how it is. It could be

0:37:16.480 --> 0:37:19.960
<v Speaker 12>hard to represent ourselves as black women, black men, non

0:37:20.000 --> 0:37:20.680
<v Speaker 12>binary whatever.

0:37:20.760 --> 0:37:23.080
<v Speaker 9>Y'all choice is, how do y'all get past? How do

0:37:23.160 --> 0:37:27.719
<v Speaker 9>you get past imposter syndrome? That is not where I

0:37:27.760 --> 0:37:36.440
<v Speaker 9>expected that question to go. I've never had imposter syndrome.

0:37:36.520 --> 0:37:38.640
<v Speaker 6>I don't even understand it, honestly, I just kind of

0:37:38.680 --> 0:37:40.840
<v Speaker 6>have reckless confidence and everything I do like it's just

0:37:40.880 --> 0:37:41.520
<v Speaker 6>gonna be greating.

0:37:41.880 --> 0:37:47.280
<v Speaker 9>So that's just real. I don't I'm never like, should

0:37:47.280 --> 0:37:47.920
<v Speaker 9>I be doing this?

0:37:48.600 --> 0:37:50.680
<v Speaker 6>What I will tell you is I do know that

0:37:50.760 --> 0:37:53.600
<v Speaker 6>there are people just as funny and funnier than me

0:37:54.000 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 6>who could have had this opportunity. So I don't want

0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:58.000
<v Speaker 6>to fuck it up because I want to keep the

0:37:58.040 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 6>door open for all of us to be able to

0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:01.440
<v Speaker 6>do it. That's why I called it a Black Lady sketchow,

0:38:01.520 --> 0:38:03.600
<v Speaker 6>not the because I can't represent us all and I

0:38:03.640 --> 0:38:06.240
<v Speaker 6>want us to be one of many. Right. I wanted

0:38:06.320 --> 0:38:08.080
<v Speaker 6>Amber Ruffing to go get her late now show ze

0:38:08.160 --> 0:38:10.200
<v Speaker 6>way to do what she's doing. All the sam jazz

0:38:11.440 --> 0:38:14.160
<v Speaker 6>bad women be doing this, and I think that we've

0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:17.040
<v Speaker 6>helped in that. I'm not taking responsibility for their success,

0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:19.839
<v Speaker 6>but I'm just saying, like us being their season after

0:38:20.000 --> 0:38:22.560
<v Speaker 6>season is showing the world how funny we can be.

0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:24.480
<v Speaker 9>The funniest women in the world. To me, are black

0:38:24.520 --> 0:38:26.040
<v Speaker 9>women like and you know on the.

0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:28.280
<v Speaker 6>Show, it's so important to us that our afer Latina sisters,

0:38:28.320 --> 0:38:30.800
<v Speaker 6>Gina Torres, marl n Egra, like all these Afa Latinas

0:38:30.840 --> 0:38:33.640
<v Speaker 6>on the show, reg and Gomez, like, it's important that

0:38:34.080 --> 0:38:36.640
<v Speaker 6>that they're there. It's important that our trans sistors are there.

0:38:36.680 --> 0:38:39.680
<v Speaker 6>It's important, Like it's really important to me because we're

0:38:39.719 --> 0:38:42.640
<v Speaker 6>not the same. We're so different and we have so

0:38:42.920 --> 0:38:46.759
<v Speaker 6>in this season coming up, it's really gonna explore a

0:38:46.840 --> 0:38:48.320
<v Speaker 6>lot of that in the way we haven't had a

0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:48.840
<v Speaker 6>chance to.

0:38:49.920 --> 0:38:51.719
<v Speaker 9>So I'm really excited about that because.

0:38:51.480 --> 0:38:54.560
<v Speaker 6>We're so rich, we're so you know, diverse amongst ourselves.

0:38:54.719 --> 0:38:57.160
<v Speaker 4>Speaking of seasons, I know this is a very like

0:38:57.440 --> 0:39:01.279
<v Speaker 4>BBC network thing, this whole like one season is only

0:39:01.360 --> 0:39:02.319
<v Speaker 4>four episodes thing.

0:39:02.800 --> 0:39:04.239
<v Speaker 9>We have six, thank you very much.

0:39:04.480 --> 0:39:05.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but that's what I'm.

0:39:05.760 --> 0:39:10.520
<v Speaker 4>Saying, like, why where is the traditional who decides what

0:39:10.719 --> 0:39:12.840
<v Speaker 4>an arnt is for the season as far as the

0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:15.120
<v Speaker 4>volume is concerned, Like, or is it.

0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:18.000
<v Speaker 6>The number of episodes? Yes, oh, that's determined by HBO.

0:39:18.040 --> 0:39:19.960
<v Speaker 6>I don't have any say about that. But what I

0:39:20.000 --> 0:39:23.040
<v Speaker 6>will say is, people, I know that the episodes go

0:39:23.160 --> 0:39:25.480
<v Speaker 6>by fast. Y'all tell me this all the time, But

0:39:25.560 --> 0:39:28.480
<v Speaker 6>if you think about it, we're doing like fifty short films,

0:39:29.040 --> 0:39:32.120
<v Speaker 6>Like it really is denser than most tell I know

0:39:32.239 --> 0:39:34.480
<v Speaker 6>that doesn't help because the show goes by fast. But

0:39:34.560 --> 0:39:34.840
<v Speaker 6>we're on.

0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:38.520
<v Speaker 9>Location, we don't shoot on a stage. We got new characters.

0:39:38.600 --> 0:39:42.440
<v Speaker 6>We're like reinventing a sitcom every day, twice a day sometimes,

0:39:42.520 --> 0:39:44.520
<v Speaker 6>So it's just it takes a while. Like I work

0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:46.359
<v Speaker 6>on the show three hundred and sixty five days a year.

0:39:46.400 --> 0:39:48.760
<v Speaker 6>People think I'm, like, you know, just doing six episodes

0:39:48.760 --> 0:39:51.360
<v Speaker 6>in like three weeks. No, we shoot for three months,

0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:53.960
<v Speaker 6>we write for three months, we prep I post for

0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:56.799
<v Speaker 6>three months, like you know, it takes a long time

0:39:56.880 --> 0:39:57.479
<v Speaker 6>to make the show.

0:39:57.640 --> 0:40:00.560
<v Speaker 10>But so any more episodes you wouldn't have anytime for yourself.

0:40:02.520 --> 0:40:04.520
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, but I don't anyway, So that's fine.

0:40:04.560 --> 0:40:07.840
<v Speaker 4>What are you afraid to take a break because what

0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:11.040
<v Speaker 4>I did learn with the pandemic. No, no, no, I'm

0:40:11.040 --> 0:40:12.560
<v Speaker 4>not trying to get deep, but I'm just saying what

0:40:12.600 --> 0:40:15.640
<v Speaker 4>I learned in the pandemic is when you have silence.

0:40:16.120 --> 0:40:17.200
<v Speaker 8>And like.

0:40:19.160 --> 0:40:22.040
<v Speaker 4>The sound of what we're hearing right now, that's where

0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:24.960
<v Speaker 4>ideals really come, and that's where.

0:40:24.840 --> 0:40:26.520
<v Speaker 2>The ideas flow in and inspiration.

0:40:26.800 --> 0:40:29.919
<v Speaker 4>So for you, if this is all year round, where

0:40:30.280 --> 0:40:33.680
<v Speaker 4>you have to now spend the summer months thinking and thinking,

0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:38.319
<v Speaker 4>crafting and building and building and then shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, and.

0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:41.480
<v Speaker 2>Then promoting, promoting, promoting, promoter and all that.

0:40:42.840 --> 0:40:46.440
<v Speaker 6>When I'm never out of ideas, I don't know.

0:40:47.000 --> 0:40:50.840
<v Speaker 2>What do you take time out just to have nothing happening.

0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:53.719
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, yeah, Like I definitely, like, you know, have

0:40:53.840 --> 0:40:56.120
<v Speaker 6>three or four day like a Memorial Day weekend or

0:40:56.160 --> 0:40:57.960
<v Speaker 6>something like that and go somewhere just chill out.

0:40:58.080 --> 0:40:59.520
<v Speaker 9>But that doesn't really help me.

0:40:59.680 --> 0:41:01.080
<v Speaker 6>I know, well, I know what you mean, but that

0:41:01.120 --> 0:41:02.319
<v Speaker 6>doesn't I'm not one of those people.

0:41:02.360 --> 0:41:04.480
<v Speaker 9>I work really weird. Like the more shit I have

0:41:04.560 --> 0:41:05.960
<v Speaker 9>going on, the more creative I am.

0:41:06.680 --> 0:41:08.160
<v Speaker 6>And I'm not going to say that the pandemic I

0:41:08.280 --> 0:41:10.600
<v Speaker 6>wasn't creative, but I don't like sitting still.

0:41:10.760 --> 0:41:11.960
<v Speaker 9>I'm not really that person.

0:41:12.200 --> 0:41:15.560
<v Speaker 6>So I mean, you know, for me, playing dozens of

0:41:15.640 --> 0:41:18.000
<v Speaker 6>characters in a season is like great, that's the status quo.

0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:20.960
<v Speaker 9>Like I can't imagine being on one show playing one character.

0:41:20.960 --> 0:41:21.920
<v Speaker 9>I would be so bored.

0:41:22.360 --> 0:41:25.040
<v Speaker 6>So for me, you know what, Also, you know, this

0:41:25.239 --> 0:41:27.040
<v Speaker 6>like this is like my seventh sketch show that I've

0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:29.439
<v Speaker 6>been on. So it's like I did shows with David

0:41:29.480 --> 0:41:33.800
<v Speaker 6>Allen Greer and Jamie Fox and Apion Krockett and everybody,

0:41:34.239 --> 0:41:36.040
<v Speaker 6>and so for me, it was like I got to

0:41:36.200 --> 0:41:40.200
<v Speaker 6>watch all of them have shows that happened really fast

0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:42.360
<v Speaker 6>and didn't get second seasons, and I was like, Okay,

0:41:42.400 --> 0:41:44.960
<v Speaker 6>I want to take all those lessons and make this

0:41:45.280 --> 0:41:47.680
<v Speaker 6>love letter to black women and like make it really

0:41:47.840 --> 0:41:49.280
<v Speaker 6>funny and like make history.

0:41:49.440 --> 0:41:51.120
<v Speaker 9>And I just don't take it for granted.

0:41:51.239 --> 0:41:53.399
<v Speaker 6>So taking a break as far as like the show,

0:41:53.600 --> 0:41:56.160
<v Speaker 6>like maybe not doing it one year or whatever. I've

0:41:56.280 --> 0:41:59.919
<v Speaker 6>thought about it because sleep is good, but I feel

0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:03.440
<v Speaker 6>like people need it, like especially in the pandemic, Like

0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:05.600
<v Speaker 6>people need it, and I think that's important.

0:42:05.600 --> 0:42:06.719
<v Speaker 9>And that's that's like we do.

0:42:06.880 --> 0:42:08.520
<v Speaker 10>But we don't never want you to put us before

0:42:08.560 --> 0:42:09.160
<v Speaker 10>your own self.

0:42:09.239 --> 0:42:14.239
<v Speaker 6>No, butsuse it's facrif no, no, no, no, here's the thing.

0:42:14.360 --> 0:42:16.080
<v Speaker 9>I'm very rich, so it's fine.

0:42:16.360 --> 0:42:18.719
<v Speaker 6>Okay, Well then this is the very last question.

0:42:18.840 --> 0:42:20.080
<v Speaker 9>Then all right, thank you.

0:42:20.280 --> 0:42:22.399
<v Speaker 6>Siya from Cleveland, Ohio. Two part question.

0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:25.720
<v Speaker 12>First, have you thought about a tour around the country

0:42:25.760 --> 0:42:28.120
<v Speaker 12>where you can expose new black female talent.

0:42:28.680 --> 0:42:31.239
<v Speaker 10>Second, what's the advice for young people who are trying

0:42:31.280 --> 0:42:32.040
<v Speaker 10>to get in this work?

0:42:33.640 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 6>Yes, I have thought about a tour. I wanted to

0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:39.040
<v Speaker 6>take my cast around. They're just so insanely busy. They

0:42:39.160 --> 0:42:41.680
<v Speaker 6>go to immediately to other shows when they're not shooting

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<v Speaker 6>this one. But in terms of showcasing like unknown talent,

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<v Speaker 6>that's I.

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<v Speaker 9>Mean, that would be dope. I mean we try to

0:42:47.520 --> 0:42:48.239
<v Speaker 9>get every year.

0:42:48.280 --> 0:42:51.000
<v Speaker 6>We try to get folks from like everything from Angela

0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:53.560
<v Speaker 6>Bassett to folks from TikTok and YouTube, and you'll see.

0:42:53.440 --> 0:42:54.000
<v Speaker 9>Them on the show.

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<v Speaker 6>Like you may not recognize some of them, but if

0:42:55.600 --> 0:42:59.160
<v Speaker 6>they're your favorites, you will. And then I just ran

0:42:59.200 --> 0:43:02.040
<v Speaker 6>into Duran and Bernardo was performing on the other stage.

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<v Speaker 6>He was so dope. Yeah, we got him in his

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<v Speaker 6>sketch this year, and like people you wouldn't expect to

0:43:06.560 --> 0:43:07.200
<v Speaker 6>see in sketches.

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<v Speaker 9>I think that's really fun. But yeah, I mean a

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<v Speaker 9>tour would be great.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know when I would do it, but I

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<v Speaker 6>would find time.

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<v Speaker 9>We could do it on the weekends.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, maybe.

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<v Speaker 9>But also what advice do I have? My thing is,

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<v Speaker 9>don't think you're.

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<v Speaker 6>Better than any job, Like, especially for young people. There's

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<v Speaker 6>a thing that's happening now that I'm seeing where like

0:43:25.600 --> 0:43:27.719
<v Speaker 6>people would be like, Okay, cool, I want to come

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<v Speaker 6>in as the CEO of the company, or I want

0:43:30.800 --> 0:43:33.040
<v Speaker 6>to come in like and have an overall deal at

0:43:33.080 --> 0:43:35.440
<v Speaker 6>a studio, and it's like we haven't done anything yet.

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<v Speaker 6>Like go be a PA, you know, go be a

0:43:37.800 --> 0:43:40.560
<v Speaker 6>production assistant, Go be a writer's assistant. Don't think you're

0:43:40.600 --> 0:43:42.880
<v Speaker 6>better than those things, you know, and just work your

0:43:42.920 --> 0:43:44.960
<v Speaker 6>way up. I'm a showrunner, right, so that means I

0:43:45.160 --> 0:43:47.680
<v Speaker 6>run the whole show. I manage a multimillion dollar budgets

0:43:47.760 --> 0:43:50.160
<v Speaker 6>and on any show that I run, and I also

0:43:50.239 --> 0:43:52.280
<v Speaker 6>write and I act and I you know, all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 6>So it's a lot of hats to wear. But the

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<v Speaker 6>only reason I was prepared to do that is because

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<v Speaker 6>I had twenty years in the business.

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<v Speaker 9>Doing every job on so many for shows. So I

0:44:01.200 --> 0:44:02.719
<v Speaker 9>don't know if y'all know a lot about where I

0:44:02.840 --> 0:44:03.239
<v Speaker 9>came from.

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<v Speaker 6>But like I was writing for Mike Epps and Chris

0:44:06.520 --> 0:44:08.600
<v Speaker 6>Rock and Kevin Hart and all these comedians, like I'll

0:44:08.640 --> 0:44:10.960
<v Speaker 6>be on the roll with comedians. Then I started writing

0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:13.960
<v Speaker 6>for award shows and writing like the monologues and the

0:44:14.040 --> 0:44:18.200
<v Speaker 6>sketches and the jokes. Then I got Then I started

0:44:18.239 --> 0:44:20.880
<v Speaker 6>staffing in rooms as those comedians started selling shows.

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<v Speaker 9>Then I, you know, worked my way up to being

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<v Speaker 9>head writer.

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<v Speaker 10>We should remind people, Robin that that story is actually

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<v Speaker 10>in the QLs classic.

0:44:27.680 --> 0:44:28.520
<v Speaker 8>It is.

0:44:28.920 --> 0:44:31.600
<v Speaker 10>It is also the Puppetsier version as well. We talked

0:44:31.600 --> 0:44:32.480
<v Speaker 10>about there too.

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<v Speaker 9>But I say all that to say, not to run

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<v Speaker 9>down the resume, but.

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<v Speaker 6>Just to say, like, I've been here a long time

0:44:37.920 --> 0:44:40.239
<v Speaker 6>and some people just got to know me yesterday, you

0:44:40.320 --> 0:44:42.280
<v Speaker 6>know so, and and I'm and I'm.

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<v Speaker 9>Grateful for that. I'm never better than somebody just now saying.

0:44:46.560 --> 0:44:48.719
<v Speaker 9>There's probably people standing here who are like, who is

0:44:48.800 --> 0:44:49.560
<v Speaker 9>this woman talking?

0:44:49.960 --> 0:44:50.120
<v Speaker 2>You know?

0:44:50.280 --> 0:44:51.520
<v Speaker 6>But now you might go google.

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<v Speaker 9>So oh I thought they were saying us, we don't

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<v Speaker 9>know you if they're waving to you.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's yeah, right question.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, speaking of you writing for other comedians, will you

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<v Speaker 4>ever or is it even a bucket list of yours

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<v Speaker 4>to try stand up once? Because that's the thing I

0:45:13.520 --> 0:45:17.640
<v Speaker 4>was shocked at. I don't because you have never You

0:45:17.760 --> 0:45:19.200
<v Speaker 4>told me you never done stand up, and.

0:45:19.280 --> 0:45:21.759
<v Speaker 6>You yell at me because you're like your literal late

0:45:21.840 --> 0:45:24.360
<v Speaker 6>night show was you standing up telling jokes?

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<v Speaker 9>So I guess I did do stand up.

0:45:26.440 --> 0:45:26.480
<v Speaker 2>No.

0:45:26.680 --> 0:45:29.880
<v Speaker 6>I mean, look, I've wrote for literally name your favorite comedian.

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:32.880
<v Speaker 6>I wrote jokes for them, so, you know, being on

0:45:32.960 --> 0:45:34.880
<v Speaker 6>the road and watching them do what they do, do

0:45:34.960 --> 0:45:35.920
<v Speaker 6>you still feed them now?

0:45:36.080 --> 0:45:37.800
<v Speaker 2>Like, yeah, sometimes I have a good idea for you.

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<v Speaker 9>Why don't you sometimes?

0:45:39.080 --> 0:45:39.360
<v Speaker 2>Okay?

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<v Speaker 6>Sometimes but like I'll reach out to them because it's

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:45.200
<v Speaker 6>just that community. Like when Wanda was hosting the Oscars,

0:45:45.200 --> 0:45:46.480
<v Speaker 6>I was like, yo, you did some jokes. She was

0:45:46.480 --> 0:45:48.440
<v Speaker 6>like hit me, you know, and like and I didn't

0:45:48.440 --> 0:45:51.319
<v Speaker 6>because I'm a bad friend. But I just got caught

0:45:51.360 --> 0:45:54.040
<v Speaker 6>up doing shit and not I forgot but but but no,

0:45:54.200 --> 0:45:56.440
<v Speaker 6>it's that kind of community though. Or if they call me, like,

0:45:56.520 --> 0:45:58.560
<v Speaker 6>I'm there, if Rock calls me, if if want to

0:45:58.600 --> 0:45:59.799
<v Speaker 6>calls me, whoever, I'm there.

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<v Speaker 9>So But will I ever do stand up?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think so, for the same reasons that like

0:46:06.000 --> 0:46:09.000
<v Speaker 6>a lot of older comedians don't really do stand up anymore.

0:46:09.040 --> 0:46:11.840
<v Speaker 6>I think it's like you got to go out and

0:46:11.960 --> 0:46:15.400
<v Speaker 6>fail for a year doing that material. And because I

0:46:15.520 --> 0:46:17.000
<v Speaker 6>never put my ten years in right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now a good time.

0:46:17.920 --> 0:46:20.239
<v Speaker 9>No, it's not a good time to start. I don't

0:46:20.239 --> 0:46:20.759
<v Speaker 9>even want that.

0:46:22.120 --> 0:46:24.840
<v Speaker 2>No, no ten seconds stand up.

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<v Speaker 6>No, I will not be swayed there. This is why

0:46:30.800 --> 0:46:33.200
<v Speaker 6>I play the bad comedian, Like I know where my strengths.

0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:35.400
<v Speaker 6>I I know I'm good at impressions and characters, like

0:46:35.440 --> 0:46:37.480
<v Speaker 6>I'm not good at just standing up and being myself.

0:46:38.160 --> 0:46:40.800
<v Speaker 6>Maybe that's imposter syndrome for the lady that I don't know.

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<v Speaker 6>I know, it's just knowing.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't.

0:46:42.280 --> 0:46:44.239
<v Speaker 6>I don't like it. I tried it twice and I

0:46:44.320 --> 0:46:49.360
<v Speaker 6>almost uncomfortable zone. But for what most stand ups are

0:46:49.440 --> 0:46:50.800
<v Speaker 6>doing it so they can get a TV show. I

0:46:50.840 --> 0:46:55.680
<v Speaker 6>have had multiple television shows. I am multiple my active.

0:46:56.440 --> 0:46:59.120
<v Speaker 2>What you gotroactive? You gotta do the TV shows before

0:46:59.160 --> 0:47:01.280
<v Speaker 2>you do the stand up standing TV shows.

0:47:01.600 --> 0:47:03.880
<v Speaker 9>It would be hustling backwards.

0:47:03.400 --> 0:47:04.520
<v Speaker 2>Wouldn't it backwards?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, one day you should do what.

0:47:07.440 --> 0:47:07.960
<v Speaker 2>You want to do.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I have no desire, right, I mean, oh yeah,

0:47:10.640 --> 0:47:12.040
<v Speaker 6>I'm not doing a toxic mail.

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<v Speaker 10>You know why?

0:47:12.600 --> 0:47:13.200
<v Speaker 6>I think you were?

0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:14.160
<v Speaker 8>No.

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<v Speaker 6>You know why too, Because it's a very solitary life

0:47:18.440 --> 0:47:21.160
<v Speaker 6>and it's a very solitary pursuit. And I like doing

0:47:21.239 --> 0:47:24.160
<v Speaker 6>things with other people, and I like supporting us, and

0:47:24.280 --> 0:47:26.440
<v Speaker 6>I like showcasing us, and I feel like stand up

0:47:26.480 --> 0:47:28.600
<v Speaker 6>would just be showcasing me, which I don't think.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'll take that.

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<v Speaker 6>Wait before you wrap it up, can I gotta ask

0:47:32.280 --> 0:47:32.719
<v Speaker 6>you a question?

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<v Speaker 3>Boss?

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<v Speaker 6>Wait before you wrap it up?

0:47:34.440 --> 0:47:36.640
<v Speaker 10>Because we don't get moments with Questlove at the root

0:47:36.719 --> 0:47:38.719
<v Speaker 10>picnic rab and you don't know this, but this is

0:47:38.760 --> 0:47:41.360
<v Speaker 10>the only time that he actually leaves like area and

0:47:41.480 --> 0:47:43.440
<v Speaker 10>if this is really something, So can you give us

0:47:43.560 --> 0:47:46.560
<v Speaker 10>any insight on today what you're looking forward to? How

0:47:46.719 --> 0:47:49.440
<v Speaker 10>was last night like, tell us something, This is the

0:47:49.520 --> 0:47:51.239
<v Speaker 10>return of the Roofs Picnic in three years.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes it is.

0:47:54.040 --> 0:47:56.399
<v Speaker 4>You know, for me it's there's a biggest story because

0:47:56.640 --> 0:47:59.879
<v Speaker 4>the one thing we didn't talk about yesterday was yes,

0:48:00.120 --> 0:48:02.160
<v Speaker 4>it was is our thirtieth the Roots, as you know,

0:48:02.280 --> 0:48:04.040
<v Speaker 4>it was our thirtieth.

0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:07.600
<v Speaker 2>And oh my god, I be in her first for

0:48:07.719 --> 0:48:10.200
<v Speaker 2>me to see, you.

0:48:10.239 --> 0:48:14.920
<v Speaker 4>Know, two friends from high school busk on the corner

0:48:14.960 --> 0:48:19.319
<v Speaker 4>of South Street and you tell me, thirty years from

0:48:19.360 --> 0:48:23.440
<v Speaker 4>this date, you're going to hit over sixty thousand people

0:48:23.680 --> 0:48:25.400
<v Speaker 4>in the backyard.

0:48:25.320 --> 0:48:26.880
<v Speaker 2>Of the borough that you grew up in.

0:48:27.280 --> 0:48:29.600
<v Speaker 4>I mean I came here thirty years ago to see

0:48:29.680 --> 0:48:33.160
<v Speaker 4>in Vogue and arrested development and now it's like this

0:48:33.320 --> 0:48:33.839
<v Speaker 4>is my home.

0:48:34.040 --> 0:48:38.560
<v Speaker 2>So you know, for me, uh, it was a dream.

0:48:38.640 --> 0:48:39.200
<v Speaker 2>It was a dream.

0:48:39.200 --> 0:48:42.560
<v Speaker 4>Playing with Mary as well. You know, she definitely gave

0:48:42.640 --> 0:48:46.600
<v Speaker 4>us feed. She wants to she wants to make that

0:48:46.760 --> 0:48:47.279
<v Speaker 4>happen again.

0:48:47.440 --> 0:48:49.960
<v Speaker 10>So every time somebody does the Roots picnic, usher did

0:48:50.040 --> 0:48:52.080
<v Speaker 10>the same thing, right. Every time they do they perform

0:48:52.120 --> 0:48:54.480
<v Speaker 10>with the Roots Robin, they always been like, what else

0:48:54.480 --> 0:48:55.240
<v Speaker 10>we do in Vegas?

0:48:56.160 --> 0:48:56.279
<v Speaker 14>Right?

0:48:56.360 --> 0:48:59.800
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, well no band is gonna compare obviously.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

0:49:00.760 --> 0:49:02.440
<v Speaker 9>By the way, can you text Mary J.

0:49:02.520 --> 0:49:03.320
<v Speaker 6>Blige while you had it?

0:49:03.400 --> 0:49:04.280
<v Speaker 9>Also listen to yourself.

0:49:04.360 --> 0:49:07.520
<v Speaker 6>She will be good. I wanted them all on the show.

0:49:09.160 --> 0:49:10.320
<v Speaker 9>We're gonna get you on in season.

0:49:10.360 --> 0:49:12.640
<v Speaker 4>Anyways, Ladies and gentlemen, this is of course Love Supreme

0:49:13.160 --> 0:49:14.040
<v Speaker 4>on paid Bill.

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<v Speaker 2>He This is Robin Phoebe.

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<v Speaker 7>Thank you very.

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<v Speaker 2>So much. Enjoy the rest of the roofs picnic. Please

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<v Speaker 2>be safe, love one another West.

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