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Speaker 1: My next guest has a content creating production company called

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Speaker 1: Magic Lemonade. I love that name. The production company specializes

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Speaker 1: in television, film, and new media, with offices in Hollywood, California,

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Speaker 1: and Atlanta, Georgia. Her company, Magic Lemonade, creates and produces

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Speaker 1: content from pre to post production for networks and studios.

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Speaker 1: Known as the Woman behind the Labs, I've known her

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Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of years, so I know

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Speaker 1: for a fact she's been associated with me on many

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Speaker 1: comedy productions. She made history last year is the first

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Speaker 1: African American female recipient of an Emmy for Outstanding Variety

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Speaker 1: Special for her role as producer of a Dave Chappelle

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Speaker 1: comedy special and also want a Grammy for Best Comedy Album.

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Speaker 1: Please Welcome to money making Conversation and fantastic and brilliant

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Speaker 1: producer Ricky Hughes. Hey, how are you? I have to

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Speaker 1: put it out there? Girl? You know you're out there

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Speaker 1: doing it. You know you know I saw your photos

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Speaker 1: holding the Grammy and holding the Emmy. I love it.

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Speaker 1: I love shared us. You know, thank you, you know,

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Speaker 1: because I don't like to, you know, because I got

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Speaker 1: a couple of Grammage, I got some image awards, and

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Speaker 1: I you know, you can find him in my house.

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Speaker 1: You know they're not They're not somewhere right there, right there.

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Speaker 1: Either you're blind or you just don't want to look.

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Speaker 1: My mom. You can see my stuff when you walk

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Speaker 1: in my house. So because because you know, as a

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Speaker 1: as a producer, you know, it's kind of like the

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Speaker 1: crown jewel of people recognizing what you do. Because we

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Speaker 1: operate behind the scenes. You know, the talent always gets recognized,

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Speaker 1: gets recognizing in the streets, generally gets recognized with a

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Speaker 1: bigger paycheck. But as a producer, talked to us about

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Speaker 1: winning those awards, I mean, you know these awards. One,

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Speaker 1: you know, working with Dave Chappelle is always a joy,

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Speaker 1: a pleasure and honor um. And then to be recognized Dave,

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Speaker 1: as you said, it is always front and center, which

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Speaker 1: as he should be. And you know, these awards were

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Speaker 1: really about our peers recognizing us for especially to Emmy,

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Speaker 1: was you know for stand Laton and I to be

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Speaker 1: recoge nice, you know, as a producers who really you know,

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Speaker 1: put the show together and protected the voice for Dave.

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Speaker 1: So you know, when we sat there and you know,

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Speaker 1: we were up against some really big names and you know,

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Speaker 1: some comeback, Carl Burnett to come back, you know, and

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Speaker 1: speaking the room Martin Short, you know, carful karaoke like,

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Speaker 1: there was some really big names there. So we were

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Speaker 1: really in the place, We're excited to be in this

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Speaker 1: building at this moment, you know, sharing the moment. And

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Speaker 1: then they started playing killing Me Softly and we heard

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Speaker 1: the song We're like, wait, that's Day's favorite song. And

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Speaker 1: then they said saying Latey Ricky Hughes a Chappelle and

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Speaker 1: we kind of looked these other were like, yet up,

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Speaker 1: So you know, you know, finally got up because we

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Speaker 1: just didn't really anticipate that um but we still stood

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Speaker 1: in a lot of gratitude and had a great time

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Speaker 1: sharing that moment. And it's always great to feel like

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Speaker 1: you're recognized by your peers, you know, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: really special because stan Lathan, you know that that that's

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Speaker 1: a legendary name that needs a documentary attached to his name, Okay,

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Speaker 1: because I tell him all the time he is, you know,

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Speaker 1: he is what if you want to say, the King

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Speaker 1: of comedy, I would call staying the king or the Emperor,

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Speaker 1: you know, because and he's so humble and you know

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Speaker 1: in his approach, but in the end, he's definitely one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite people. On the surface. You know, Standing

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Speaker 1: and I you know, did Deaf Comedy Jam together, Standing,

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Speaker 1: did Steve Harvey's sitcom that was on the w B

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Speaker 1: Staying did Uh the Kevin hart Uh improv show on

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Speaker 1: a bt UM. You know, he's he's he's he's constantly

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Speaker 1: staying current. He's constantly stays revel and I apologize I

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Speaker 1: forgot Deaf Comedy Jam, which changed the face of standing

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Speaker 1: up comedy today. That's staying late and that's that's just

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Speaker 1: part of that's why she says he's the king of

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Speaker 1: comedy from a producer jack the producer, from a director standpoint,

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Speaker 1: you know, he like I said, I I consider him

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Speaker 1: a friend, I consider a person mentor because I've been

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Speaker 1: But the key words that you say very humble. Oh

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Speaker 1: my god, he's so humble. It's it's it's almost ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: I mean the fact that he goes back to sestme

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Speaker 1: Street of Mom's navely like that, such a breast of

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Speaker 1: work that stands you know between it's just you know,

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Speaker 1: right now, you're the Queen of Queen of Comedy producer.

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Speaker 1: That's my girl here, Mrs Ricky Hughes. So you know,

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Speaker 1: let's let's talk about some of the times I met you. Okay, uh,

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Speaker 1: just to show you the journey. I like to say,

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Speaker 1: the first and only BT comedy special We Might Win

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Speaker 1: several times on Rip the Runway, uh, which I thought

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Speaker 1: a fashion our version of Victoria's Secrets Runway and um,

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Speaker 1: and those those moments of meeting you. What I always

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Speaker 1: encountered was professionalism. You knew your job and you stayed

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Speaker 1: on top of the game. Of course I talked about

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Speaker 1: the Monique Talk Show, just other projects that wouldn't personally involved.

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Speaker 1: I would walking in and see you. They're always smiling,

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Speaker 1: always on top of your game. What motivates you to

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Speaker 1: be successful? Just you know, my motivation is really just

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Speaker 1: to be great and and everything that I do and

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Speaker 1: make sure that I'm impeccable with my words. A lot

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Speaker 1: of times that keeps me with kind of with my

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Speaker 1: head down and just moving quickly through things. Um, I know,

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Speaker 1: as a leader of the ship, it's always important. I

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Speaker 1: always important to be calm, cool and collective. Like never

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Speaker 1: no one ever hears me speak above this voice, no

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Speaker 1: matter what's going on. And I know that there's a

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Speaker 1: responsibility in that, and I just you know, I own that.

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Speaker 1: And you know, it's really important for me that everything

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Speaker 1: what our intentions were. Now, it is really interesting when

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Speaker 1: when she's uh if she if she is upset, she

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Speaker 1: never I say, brings it out. She she would have

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Speaker 1: the conversations, let you know if you're doing your job

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Speaker 1: right or wrong. But the thing about is that consistency.

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Speaker 1: But let's talk about before we get into the how

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Speaker 1: you started in music and the transition of the name

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Speaker 1: of your company, Magic Lemonade. Give us that back story.

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Speaker 1: So Magic Lemonade one, I just want to do about

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Speaker 1: that Magic Lemonade. Where does that come from? Well, Magic

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Speaker 1: Lemonade came from a place, you know, at the point

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Speaker 1: you know what happens no matter no matter what happens

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Speaker 1: I create, I always have to add a little magic

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Speaker 1: absolutely though. It's just it's a reminder that we can't

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Speaker 1: just enjoy ourselves. To me, the journey is just as

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Speaker 1: just as important as the final product. So I like

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Speaker 1: to make sure that you know, I created a place

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Speaker 1: and that they understand that this is all just a

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Speaker 1: a good time. We know that. Really. First of all,

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Speaker 1: you're right, because when you said magic lemonade, I immediately

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Speaker 1: went to my you know, Chick fil A lemonade. I

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Speaker 1: know my favorite lemonades. I'm already smiling thinking about where

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Speaker 1: the radio show today. You know when I when I

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Speaker 1: think about the way we develop our relationships, it's always

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Speaker 1: a journey, like I finishes to be a producer, the writers,

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Speaker 1: shitcome and all the things I've done in my life

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Speaker 1: Jam came along and that gave me a comedic opportunity.

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Speaker 1: But you didn't start out being the queen of comedy

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Speaker 1: from a producing standpoint, talk about the start of your

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Speaker 1: career in music, not at all. You know, I started

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Speaker 1: through comedy. So that's why all my projects you see,

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Speaker 1: It's really when you started going down memory lane. Carl Craig,

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Speaker 1: a little brother uh to me. You know, he's right

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Speaker 1: do you look a look at them as mentors to you. Oh? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I mean I've learned something. Yeah. I probed myself on

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Speaker 1: a plan for us together, which was you know, really

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Speaker 1: great because you can just stepping in next to someone.

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Speaker 1: I always say, always stand next to a w and

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Speaker 1: everyone says, what does that mean? That's an always stand

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Speaker 1: that you're choosing to be a winner as well, you

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Speaker 1: make yourself a great company and you can move effortlessly

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Speaker 1: a moment there and we've always connected. And then when

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Speaker 1: you know, fast forward to when Dave decided I think

429
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Speaker 1: I'm ready to come back, you know and kind of

430
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Speaker 1: share some of the stuff with the world. Uh, Stand

431
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,840
Speaker 1: called and said, Ricky, you know, Dave's readyus has got

432
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Speaker 1: to be a really you know, we've got to really

433
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,240
Speaker 1: dial this in. It's really important, you know. We so

434
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,399
Speaker 1: we really understood the gravity of the situation, and we

435
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,399
Speaker 1: had a very very small crew. We shot this with

436
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,639
Speaker 1: Dave's own money. Like one thing I love is he

437
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:21,160
Speaker 1: just bets on himself and we um, we just created

438
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 1: the most intimate environment for him to create and UM

439
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,879
Speaker 1: and just respect the genius of it all. And you know,

440
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,800
Speaker 1: it's a process working with Dave that I absolutely love

441
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Speaker 1: and respect from the beginning all the way to the end.

442
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,920
Speaker 1: And we're just happy that everything that we've done thus far,

443
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Speaker 1: I've shot every special with Dave since he's come back,

444
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 1: and each one has gotten has been just better than

445
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Speaker 1: the last. And you know, I think we really have

446
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Speaker 1: a magical family together that works together, and we all

447
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 1: know and understand our role and respect everyone everyone's position

448
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,040
Speaker 1: in which I think is you know, you know I'll

449
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Speaker 1: be in a end up comic and watching these specials

450
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: because you know, because you look at him, is he

451
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: gonna do the same thing the same style that he

452
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,439
Speaker 1: did the previous special. Because that's how comics. That's how

453
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: you can see people work out, you know, out the

454
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,000
Speaker 1: while you see the same hook, the same angle. This

455
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 1: is how they get their laughs out. You know, everyone

456
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 1: has been they've been Dave Chappelle, but they have told

457
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,159
Speaker 1: a different story. And that's that's comedic genius. I know,

458
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:29,679
Speaker 1: you guys have to be sitting around going wow wow constantly,

459
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: you know. And another thing that we're always and uh,

460
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,640
Speaker 1: you know, Dave reinvent himself. I believe on every special,

461
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Speaker 1: every special, I can tell he's a conversation that had

462
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,919
Speaker 1: that was had before we shot the special, and he

463
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: everything was very deliberate. He was really clear about what

464
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Speaker 1: his intentions were for every single show, and I'm always

465
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Speaker 1: excited to see it all comes to fruitions because look,

466
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Speaker 1: we go. When he says he's ready, we go. We

467
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,159
Speaker 1: watched the workout, you know, see where he is. No

468
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,160
Speaker 1: one tells day of what to say, because but we definitely,

469
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: you know, weigh in and you know in the end,

470
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: Dave knows that he has to stand head and shoulders.

471
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Speaker 1: And the biggest thing, he's a comics comic, Like he

472
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,919
Speaker 1: loves this art form of comedy, so he doesn't take

473
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Speaker 1: it for granted. Definitely make sure everyone else around really

474
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Speaker 1: really you're telling the absolute truth. It is really is. Uh,

475
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Speaker 1: he is a comics comic. Is coming up? What what what? What?

476
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Speaker 1: What do we look for for magic lemonade? And you're

477
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: producing talents in um such exciting things were starting. You know,

478
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,000
Speaker 1: I just finished the Trumpet Awards shooting Trumpet Awards with

479
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Speaker 1: that will air in January, which magically May is really

480
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: excited about. You know, we came in to elevate the show.

481
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,640
Speaker 1: We brought us to the Adobe Theater and we had

482
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Speaker 1: the most amazing talent Martin Lawrence such as the entertainer

483
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,679
Speaker 1: wanted the psychs like it was amazing and it was

484
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 1: such an effortless production. You just pulled on your little comedy.

485
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: You just pulled on your little comedy connection right there.

486
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Speaker 1: You just threw out those names. Y see, I'm just

487
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: what you had not gonna come on my show and

488
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: act like you regular? Okay, what You're not gonna come

489
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: on my show and act like you can just throw

490
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: out Martin Lawrence, throw out Cedric, Cedric the entertainer, and

491
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: throw out wanted the Psyche and just keep moving on.

492
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Speaker 1: We know that they brought me into elevate it, so

493
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:21,120
Speaker 1: I stepped in and brought in a few people through people. Now,

494
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Speaker 1: it was an awesome event. I mean, for those who

495
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Speaker 1: don't know, we saw Martin guifts speech that went on

496
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 1: for about virus six menses, which is unheard of in

497
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Speaker 1: the history. I had Mike Epps who was there, who

498
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Speaker 1: did an amazing job. Mike sucks of the script, which

499
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Speaker 1: in fifteen years and working with it, I've never seen.

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Speaker 1: You know. Anthony Anderson came in and loved the word

501
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Speaker 1: that we're on the page, you know, So it was just, um,

502
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Speaker 1: you know, it was a moment where you feel like, oh,

503
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Speaker 1: we did this right. Well, you know that what I

504
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,879
Speaker 1: what I hear is this. I hear trust because talent

505
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 1: has to trust you. I hear credibility because your brand

506
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: has to say something for people. Because the trump Reate

507
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,159
Speaker 1: Awards has been around forever. It's a good job, but

508
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: never have they had the names that you radle off

509
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: in a group like this. That red carpet was on fire.

510
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:13,159
Speaker 1: That okay, and you know to throw our Anthony, I know,

511
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: Anthony an you know these these opinionated people will change

512
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: the script on you in a heartbeat. Okay. Same thing

513
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: with Mike Epps. These are opinionated people, okay. And and

514
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 1: you know when you're dealing with a person who's here's

515
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: the whole thing is that not one of those personalities

516
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 1: you said was similar. So you had to treat everyone unique,

517
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: had to greet everyone unique and make sure they valued

518
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Speaker 1: their purpose on the show. That is what a great

519
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 1: producer does, Ricky. And I'm glad, I'm glad you brought

520
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: this up because for me to be able to say

521
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: this to you and from a producer to another producer

522
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 1: and be able to say, that's a gift, young lady.

523
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Speaker 1: That's why magic eliminated successful and that's why you continue

524
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 1: to be successful. But I'm sure you have some more projects,

525
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: please get them out there. I know January Magic Time

526
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: and you know, you know you tying in the bad

527
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: bars released with the Trumpet Award appears. I know what

528
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: he's doing. I know it's all coming together in a

529
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: wonderful way. You know. I think it should be a

530
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: sylbiotic relationship with cross Promote. I'm doing a BFF Awards February,

531
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: which always an event that I absolutely love and I've

532
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: been doing with Jeff for the last four years Jeff Friday. Um,

533
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 1: so that's something really important for the community and really

534
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,880
Speaker 1: important for you know, for the world, and I love

535
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: the things that have always spring out of that event. Um.

536
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: I also, uh, you know, I managed Carlos Miller and

537
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Husson and Carlos I will put my stake, my

538
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: reputation on this will be the next one to blow

539
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: amazing comic. I can watch Carlos do Time for you know,

540
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: two hours and never repeat the same joke and do

541
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 1: it in a whole week, which is something I see

542
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 1: that Davies all the time. Um. He's never afraid of

543
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: someone's feeling this material because he's got much more of it.

544
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 1: So I love that. Um. I also, you know I

545
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: worked with the guys at eighty five South. I executive

546
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: produce those guys. What you know very well you're making

547
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 1: me mad. We actually should be doing lunch because you know,

548
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 1: you keep going hit it out of my life youth

549
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,640
Speaker 1: like that either, My guys, I've been working with DC

550
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: of those guys for six years, you know, and and

551
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 1: I've watched and your the Steve Harvey platform, and you

552
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: in particular were the road map for Chad and Joe

553
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: and they will always give it back to you. I

554
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: will always give it up to you. But what these

555
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: young men have created on their own, being their own bosses,

556
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: is a story that's meant to be told, and it's

557
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: meant to be told because it's at the level where

558
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: every person can meet them. These are, to me, I

559
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 1: called the Kings with the Common Touch, because these guys

560
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: are nothing short of amazing. They're fearless and now with

561
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: the business are built around them, like, we're in such

562
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: an amazing place. And the biggest thing is that I love.

563
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: The first thing I said when I first started working,

564
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: I said, you guys, the first thing I want you

565
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: guys to do is no one to be hungry at

566
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: this table. I don't want to take any deal until

567
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 1: everyone is fed. So when everyone was fed, then we

568
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: started having meetings. And once we started having meetings, we

569
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 1: had the power of no and the world right now,

570
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: every agency, every management company, every studio wants to be involved.

571
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: But now we have the power of not to tell

572
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: the story the way we want the story to be told.

573
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 1: And I think it's the most beautiful, powerful position that

574
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: these guys can ever be in. And I'm so happy

575
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: that they trust me and that we've built this together,

576
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: you know. So, I mean, these guys are just amazing.

577
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: So people are detail give a little bit more detail

578
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: about what eight is and what they're doing with MS

579
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: and eighty five. I started off as a podcast and

580
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: as a podcast. Carlo's Miller had the idea for the podcast,

581
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 1: and he had been working with d c um On

582
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 1: while they're working on Wild and Out, And they also

583
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: had um Chico Beans who was working on Wild and

584
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: Out at the time too. They all came together and

585
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: did a podcast with also Clayton Thomas also comes in

586
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: from time to time and does and does some time

587
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Speaker 1: on a podcast. But then it started to grow through

588
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: social media and as it started to grow. Then we

589
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,959
Speaker 1: started to take it out on the road and starting

590
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: just doing show dates. They started selling out. And there's

591
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 1: a couple of people that are really important I have

592
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 1: to say at this point. You know, Chad was like, Hey,

593
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Speaker 1: can I get through space? Is Steve Harvey Studio? Can

594
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: I do whatever whatever favors could happen to make this happen.

595
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: They all made it happen. Joe would shoot everything, edit everything,

596
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: but he's also like a savant when it comes to

597
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: social media, so he was really clear to be able

598
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Speaker 1: to say this is where we need to go next.

599
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: And that was the to success because it didn't shows

600
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: sold out shows. The next kid is that because it's

601
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: improv there's never the same show. So this gives us

602
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: the ability that most shows don't have, and that is

603
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: to walk into the same market over and over again

604
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: and the same audience to show up and show out

605
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: for them. So, but it takes a special group of people.

606
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: So when you put DC Young Flyer, Carlos Miller and

607
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: Chico Beans and the forefront and allow them to be

608
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 1: who they are authentically and the rest of the machine

609
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 1: behind them supported, it's a really beautiful thing and it's

610
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: definitely some magic that's created on that stage every day

611
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: that the guys go out. Well, my friend, that's so

612
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 1: thankful you called it on my show. So thankful that

613
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: the past that I've walked in and then still walking

614
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: in you dancing and making them bigger. Uh. The note

615
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: that you're developing and mentoring and doing business with people

616
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: that I know, Chad and Joe. I should be so

617
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: hard on them, young man. You know he in fact,

618
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: Chack he called me two weeks ago and said thank you,

619
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: said thank you, he said, we know that. He said,

620
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: we give you credit up front on why we're successful

621
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: because we didn't understand the discipline that they took. The

622
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: discipline of being able to grind means something that people

623
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: around you just can't be your friends. They have to

624
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: be understanding work work hard for you the same dream

625
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 1: you're trying to work hard for. And that's what that's

626
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: the that's the corp Woarth Magic. Lemonade is correct. It

627
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: is absolutely absolutely with my friend. We're gonna talk soon.

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00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,719
Speaker 1: I'd love to bring you back on when we know

629
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: the Uh, Jeff Fry the show comes out, just to

630
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: talk about it, just to talk about it, you know,

631
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 1: that's that's gonna be the first quarter, because I know

632
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: you're gonna have something the second quarter, the third quarter,

633
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, uh you know you'll be throwing

634
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: out some sitcom talk, some tour talk, all kind of

635
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: good stuff. But that's what you do. And congratulations on

636
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: starting your production company. I know it's up being up

637
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: for a while, but working with people that I admire,

638
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: uh Rap Farquar, uh Stan Lathan called Craig. I went

639
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: out to say those three young men had an effect

640
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: on who ras Sean McDonald lives today. Absolutely, Thank you

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