1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: All right, let's go everybody. He's here. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 2: He really needs no introduction, but I specialize in him. 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: He is one of my favorites. On the Pivot podcast. 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: Recently they asked me who sits on my Mount Rushmore 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 2: of comedy. 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Now. 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: I told him there's a public monument, and there's a 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 2: private monument. 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: In my private monument. 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: Six Cedricly entertainer, it's sis j Anthony Brown, and it's 11 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: sits earthquake. 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: I've never laughed so hard in a room with dee 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: fools right here and them three. 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: And if I had to add one more sitting in 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: the room that is smiling. Lord, I have vomited with 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: j Anthony Brown. Ricky Smiley, earthquake has said entertainer. Contre 17 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen. He's here, got another Netflix special. He's 18 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: on fire now, truly, No, God is never too late. 19 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: This boy just got special after space. He went from 20 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: no specials to specials everywhere. Happily mad, the brand new, 21 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 2: the one and only the living legend Earthquake. 22 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: Wait, wait. 23 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 3: End the shop ten over there, twenty four hours out. 24 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: We're in the top ten on next week as the 25 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: hotters in the country. Right now, it's called Joe Telling 26 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: Business because these foods need to start telling jokes. If 27 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 3: you say you're a comedian and you fly to band 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 3: us being a comedian, we want you to be funny. 29 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 3: Please get you the job descriptions. And that's what we're 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 3: talking about. And I think comedians need to do just 31 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 3: like driver's license, renew your license as a comic, get 32 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 3: out the game. You know what I'm saying. That's why 33 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: I name the Seve Joe Telling Business because I'm not 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: walking about nothing but these jokes. Number one was in 35 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: their fast like you taught me. And also Steve Dad. 36 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 3: It's so great. I got married town the right woman, 37 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 3: and I'm gonna have my own tickcom Go ahead, boy, 38 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: I love hit on that. 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: I'm coming on that because I just want to see 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: you act. 41 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 3: I'm gonna act for them. Check now, get the check quick. 42 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 2: Hey man, I'm a man. Tommy went to the wind, Tommy, 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: how was the big web out there? 44 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: Outstanding? Outstanding? Quack looked amazing, bride looked beautiful, it was good. 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 3: Everybody with the weather outstanding, the hotel, everything, it wasn't 46 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 3: nothing wrong. 47 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: It was outstanding. 48 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 3: A nice when essence right now you can watch it. 49 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 3: You can see it. It was out there to spend 50 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 3: a lot of money, Steve, I was trying to be 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,839 Speaker 3: like but I found my mandory and I'm happy. I'm 52 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 3: happily married. Turn them back loans now, don't look at 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 3: it happen when I was broke. 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, quit you happy. 55 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 3: Now, man, Man, I listen to say, I am so blessed. 56 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 3: I told you. People always ask us, say quack when 57 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: you're gonna blow up. I say, I'm one good black 58 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 3: woman from making it. And it happened, and I found her, 59 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 3: and that's why everything's working out because I got her now. 60 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 3: She believes in me. She believes in me, she loves 61 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 3: me unconditionally, and that's the most beautiful thing in the world. 62 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 3: Nothing like being loved by a black woman to change 63 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 3: your whole perspective. And you know, I was all I 64 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 3: only had quality because I didn't have quality. I had 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 3: the quality because I couldn't find the right woman. But 66 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 3: I got it now, So I'm out. I'm out, I'm 67 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: happy and it's great and we're doing big things. Brother. 68 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's an amazing statement. Yeah, when you're gonna blow up, 69 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: I'm just one black woman away from fine bruh and 70 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: you ain't never lied about that, man. You ain't never 71 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: lie hey man, So you know what you said something 72 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: else too, because one of the things I noticed, I'm 73 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: still a student of the game. Even though I got 74 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 2: out of stand up. You know, I still know the 75 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 2: business of it. And I had watched this business change. 76 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 2: I've watched comedians instead of telling jokes, they out there 77 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 2: making as brash a statement as they can and trying 78 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: to be shocking. Our job is not to be shocking. 79 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 2: Our job really is to be funny. And I guess 80 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: that's what prompted the name of the special joke telling business. 81 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, because they they're not sticking with the job description, 82 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. Then, if you're gonna be 83 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: all these things, you're gonna be a shock jock. You're 84 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 3: gonna be a You're gonna sit around here and tell 85 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 3: what people should or should not be in their life. 86 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 3: You're gonna bring up their past, and you don't put 87 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: no jokes to it. Then be that. But do not 88 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 3: fly around here with the banner saying you're a comedian 89 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 3: if you did not not telling no jokes to be funny. 90 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: And you need to not just lay on your loans 91 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 3: or wrestle your loans to what you. 92 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: Preleasedly did you need. 93 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,559 Speaker 3: To reading, You need to renegotiate and renew your life 94 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 3: to prove that you're a comedian and put something out 95 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 3: that's funny, because that's our job. We don't beef like this. 96 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 3: We're not rappers. Just we sit down there. We will 97 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 3: never have what we are coming to America or a 98 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 3: hall of night with the temperature that's going with comedians 99 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 3: like this. That's why we don't have metal detectors in 100 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 3: comedy clubs because we don't bring that. We are the 101 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 3: DNA of a clown. So be funny, show your perspective 102 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 3: and if not, get out of my jenre do something else. 103 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 3: But you're not a comedian if you're not funny, and 104 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 3: all platforms that put them on there they need to 105 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 3: hold them to that be funny. If you're gonna come 106 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 3: out as a comedian or get out the game. 107 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: That's all. 108 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: Just get on the podcast and being but funny. 109 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: You got it. 110 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 2: But hear what killed me though your opinion of somebody 111 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 2: else how they on to do. 112 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: But then you ain't none of who you talking about. 113 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 2: That's what be killing me that I'll be just sitting 114 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: there going, Wait a minute, man, you talking about people 115 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: you ain't even them. Instead they talking about what they are. 116 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: I'm proud of you, man, I am proud of you. 117 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: Boy the dog going anyway. You are living witness that 118 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 2: God is never too late. 119 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: Hey, we come back. 120 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,679 Speaker 2: We're gonna talk more with the legend earthquake spitting business. 121 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 2: We're joke telling business. That's the name of the Netflix special. 122 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: It's in the top ten. Already check it out. We'll 123 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 2: be right back. All right, y'all, we back. Our special 124 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 2: guest this morning is one and only longtime friend Quake. 125 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 2: I remember I was in a hotel room in Mobile, Alabama, 126 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 2: and you know, my door was facing the parking lot 127 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: and a knock on the door and I came to 128 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: the door with a fishing knife and I said, what. 129 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: Who is it? 130 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 2: And he said my name, Earthquake. Opened the door. He 131 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: told me he was in the Navy. 132 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: I didn't believe him, but. 133 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 2: He told me all of my jokes. He said, I 134 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 2: want to learn to bus. He came in and sat down. 135 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 2: That was in nineteen eighty eight, eighty seven. Wow, we've 136 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: been friends ever since. Earthquake. 137 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: See that brotherhood. I love it. That boy right there. 138 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: So quake, how you feel? Man with a man? 139 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: So tell me this. You got a sitcom deal with Fox? 140 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: What's going on? 141 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 1: Man? 142 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: Oh Man? The president of the network said he want me 143 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 3: on his network. They make it a transition from going 144 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 3: back to the founding when they started with a living 145 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 3: color and married with children, and he wants me to 146 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 3: be with my point of view. I hooked up with 147 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 3: the great my boy, Bill Burke from his production company, 148 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 3: and right now we're doing You've been through this before. 149 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 3: I'm just interviewing for my showrunner. Make sure I get 150 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 3: the right one, and we're gonna have it. And it's 151 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 3: called Still Quake about me the whole time I learned 152 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: from you from I take everything from you. Man. When 153 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: you told me you would never ever have another show 154 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 3: that your name after me and the boys went that 155 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 3: did not have your name, so I made sure they 156 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: put an earthquake name on everything. So it's Still Quake, 157 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: and I'm looking forward to it. The specially is doing well. Man, 158 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: My beautiful wife and everything coming in and I'm over 159 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 3: here getting it in. Man, I'm getting it in, getting 160 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 3: it in. So go ahead. 161 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: Have you come up with a premise for the sitcom. 162 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: Yeah are you still yeah? 163 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 3: Man? Well, as the primise of my sitcom is, I'm 164 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 3: in La My house got burned it down with the 165 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 3: La fly the fires, and I said, man, this must 166 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 3: be a time for God for me to move back home. 167 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 3: And I moved back home about bought my old comedy 168 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 3: club that I own. And that's what you know, It's 169 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: about me and my fields. They moved back with my 170 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 3: family everything, and I got my comedy club back in 171 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 3: and doing like me and you should do when we 172 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 3: had our own quaint. Oh, I'm going to do that 173 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: right there. 174 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: Boy, Quake. I used to come through your club and 175 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: sit there. I do four shows a night. You and 176 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: Gary Abdo and boy whoo, I was clocking dollars. 177 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: In them comedy clubs. Man, Thank you man, Yes, she 178 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: was you. 179 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 3: You showed me with money in the comedy club. 180 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: You showed me Quake, and you've done it well. Congratulations, man. 181 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: We got a sitcom coming out on Fox with right 182 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 2: Now Everybody. The Netflix specialist on Netflix Right Now is 183 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 2: called The Joke Telling Business. It is starring the one 184 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 2: the only Earthquake. Get your mind right, Quake. We love you, boy, 185 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 2: appreciate you. 186 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 3: Correct I love you more man. Thank you. You know. 187 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 3: I love y'all. Man. Thank you for the plug. See 188 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 3: look at it and tell me what you think, man, 189 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 3: And I love you man. 190 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: I watch it this week. 191 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: Appreciate you, lady, ladies and jentle earthquake. 192 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 3: That's it.