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Play now please. 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: Players must be eighteen years older to purchase playfue Welcome 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: to Money Making Conversations. I am your host, Rashaan McDonald. 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: Each Money Making Conversation talk show us about entrepreneurship and entertainment. 22 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: I provide to consume and business owner access to celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs, 23 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: and industry decision makers. I recognize that we all have 24 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: different definitions of success. For some insercizable paycheck. Mine is 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: helping people wake up and inspire them to accomplish their 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: goal and living the very purpose of their life, their passions, 27 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: their gifts. That's what I'm all about, That's what I 28 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: want to do. I want you to stop tripping over 29 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: these little small things in life because you've got way 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: bigger obstacles out there that are gonna be waiting on 31 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: you that you've got to be ready and prepared for. 32 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: That's the information I try to give you on Money 33 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: Making Conversations. Not alonely do I try to give you. 34 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: I give it to you. The trying point is what 35 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: fuel willing to accept the information that my guests and 36 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: what I give to you every time you listen to 37 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: your Money Making Conversation interview. I want to make conversation 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: interview provide relatable information to the listen about career and 39 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: financial planning, entrepreneurship, motivation, leadership, overcoming the arts, and how 40 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: to live a balanced life. It's time, this young man, 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: it's time. My next guest is a stand up comic, 42 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: right there, let's start right there, A stand up comic. 43 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: That's what I used to be. But I always it's 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: hard for him to say that, because I always feel 45 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: I'm ill always be a stand up comic. But I 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: gotta say that's what I used to be because of 47 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: the fact that that's what he does. That's what he 48 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: does for a living, and he's one of the best. Daddy, 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: He's an actor and a writer as comedian. As a comedian, 50 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: he has performed all over the country and made various 51 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: TV appearances. A twenty years stand up veteran who has 52 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: made his living performing, acting, writing for TV and film, 53 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: and training other comedians. You hear me right there scraining 54 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: other comedians. David has performed on Comedy Central to BT. 55 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: He has three stand up specials to his credit, and 56 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: released his fourth, Fat Ballerina, produced by my man Kevin 57 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: Hard Fat Ballerina, Who so Netflix? Right now? That's what 58 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: I saw. What I saw. I'm telling you, I was 59 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: landing big. I went, you know, because what happens is, hey, brother, 60 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: we aren't hoo at the house. Okay, I'm going through 61 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: And really really I saw you before the whole pandemic 62 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: thing got going. So I saw you. So so I 63 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: go to Netflix. I got you know, netflick comes up. 64 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: Push my my little AVATARO because my wife got to Avatar. 65 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: My daughter got avatar. You know, like like they're looking 66 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: at something different than I'm looking at. We all look 67 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: at the same Netflix program. So I go, okay, you know, 68 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: I see who's David David Fat looks like David right there. Man, 69 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: I just my boy, So I click it. I sat 70 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: there the whole time laughing. Then my wife come in 71 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: the room. I said, I know him. That's what I said, David, 72 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: I know it. I told my wife I know him, 73 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: and she went, you know, everybody, okay whatever, when I 74 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: know him, man, I tell you absolutely the truth, man. 75 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: And then you get to the end, the very end. 76 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: Producer Kim whitty Man one of the finest character comedian 77 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: actresses in the game today and a stand up I 78 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: immediately immediately text Kim Whitman said, I just saw and 79 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: you can she she she can screenshot at itself. I 80 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: just saw David Special Man. Was he good? I said, 81 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: I have to I have to get him on my show. 82 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: One of the main conversations David. She went, wasn't he good? 83 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,119 Speaker 1: Wasn't he good? I said, girl, he was more than good, 84 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: he was fantastic. So David, congratulations, brother. I just had 85 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: to tell you how all went down. How how person 86 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: Some people say I got a lot of statue in 87 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: this business. I like to just say, I'm just a 88 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: hard working brother. But to see what you mean, you do, 89 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: you've done you. I mean, come on, man, everybody you 90 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: know you you have, you have, you have helped guide 91 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: one of the people who have been who have become 92 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: you know, a staple in the commedy community. You know 93 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And it takes a lot to do that, man, 94 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: It takes a lot to because you know, we're not 95 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: easy people, and so it takes a lot to be 96 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: able to go on a journey with somebody. And also, 97 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: like you said, you did stand up comedy too, So 98 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: to be able to you know, adjust your lens and 99 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: start helping somebody else to do something is is an 100 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: incredible thing within itself. So when I when they called 101 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: me and they told me, like, let me give you 102 00:05:52,920 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: our connection. You don't know before. So you you helped 103 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: inspire a guy who started me doing, who started me 104 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: writing and producing TV. His name is Anthony Hill. That's 105 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: my boy. Absolutely I know Anthony is Anthony. Me and 106 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: Anthony met doing Tony Rocks. TV showed that I was 107 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: I was brought in to do puncher pot. I was. 108 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: Actually I wasn't even asked to go. They asked Chris 109 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: Spencer to go. Chris Spencer asked if he could bring 110 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 1: his friend to do some punch up. Anthony was wearing 111 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: under the room. Long story short, Anthony got rid of 112 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: everybody and kept me and me and Anthony became good friends. 113 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: Anthony went on to run House of Plain and Nic 114 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: the bronspitality period at Lant And the first thing he 115 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: did when they put him in charge, which he brought me, 116 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: Anthony showed me how to write. Anthony told me that 117 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: you showed him and told him and you take this 118 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: little play that you wrote and turn it into this 119 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: and that is and he credits you for that. So 120 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 1: now when I got the call, you know, hey, you 121 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: want to chop it over? Saw I was like, yeah, 122 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: because he has no idea that somebody who you helped 123 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: also added another another strength in my world, which is 124 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: now television writing and producing. So he came back around. 125 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: So I just want to say on that thank you. 126 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: And then we met one time. We met. We yeah, 127 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: we met one time when I was in I think 128 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: it was in North Carolina maybe South Carolina, I can't remember. 129 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: But I opened up for Steve and I have been 130 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: doing stand up all of twenty minutes literally, and you 131 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's always nice enough to 132 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: talk to me in the back and makes me feel 133 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: like I was, you know, a person, but it was 134 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: I never forget that that was the one encounter that 135 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: I had with Steve, which literally had to be twenty 136 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: twenty one year, twenty three years ago, because I was 137 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: brand new, you know, I mean, I've a stand up 138 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: twenty four years somebody. I know, I was within my 139 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: first two years of door stand up because I had 140 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: about twenty minutes of material. So it was dope then. 141 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: So it's great to hear somebody who's um affected your 142 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: career indirectly to now see that, oh you saw something 143 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: that I did and you thought that it was funny 144 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: that makes me feel good. Man. First of all, the callbacks. See, 145 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: people don't do callbacks anymore. And a callback, just explain 146 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: people with a callback is in a in a funny 147 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: comedy routine, is that you're set up a statement and 148 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: then you you're indirectly bring it back it laid on 149 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: into your show again. He has like three callbacks in 150 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: his specially Okay, And I'm not gonna tell you because 151 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: if I tell you what the callback is, this won't 152 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: be funny when you hear the first time. So I'm 153 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: not gonna ruin a joke. But know that. Yeah, but everybody, 154 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: But let me just tell it for everybody who's listening 155 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: to always tell people that you gotta put in David 156 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: a Arnold or you won't find me. If you do 157 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: David Arnold, you're gonna find the white guy that produces 158 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: all the soundtracks to James Barmer. But if you put 159 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: in David a Arnold, you'll find me. Because a lot 160 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: of people are searching Netflix and they're searching David Arnold 161 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: and sometimes that won't bring it. But if you put 162 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: in David a Arnor with stat Ballerina, that's how you 163 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: can find me. Especially they're and on social media. So yeah, 164 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: but go ahead that that's absolutely the thing, and that 165 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: that's really an art form. It's a lost art form, 166 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: especially with so many you know, scial media comedians and 167 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: YouTube comedians you know, who just just want to say 168 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: something for two or three minutes and all of a 169 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: sudden they walk off and say and take about But 170 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: that's not nothing negative them. They just take advantage of technology. 171 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: If I had technology, I may have been a YouTube comedian. 172 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: Who knows if I had that ability to chew it up. 173 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: The brilliance of Kevin harden Is said he figured out 174 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: social media before everybody figuring out as a comedian. That is, 175 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: let me tell you something. Was on the phone with 176 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: a friend of mine last yesterday and then Desi Banks 177 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: as he is a YouTube or a Instagram social media 178 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: influencer personality, got like four and a half million followers. 179 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: He's now he's been doing stand up about two years, 180 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: two or three years, and me and him were talking 181 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: about this. I realized about two years ago. With two 182 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: years ago, I had sixteen hundred followers, right because I'm 183 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: you know, I'm like what I look like yelling in 184 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: the camera all day, So I but I realized that 185 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: this is the way that the world is being reached now. 186 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: So what I didn't want to do with to be 187 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: that old school comedian complaining about these young dudes who 188 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: are making moves in the way in which the world 189 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: is moving. So I started taking my point of view, 190 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: my comedy, my voice, and I started posting on Instagram 191 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: and Facebook. I got over six hundred thousand followers now 192 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: and in eighteen months. Because I've decided this is the 193 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: game they're playing, I'm gonna play that game too. I'm 194 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: gonna work on my stand up, but I'm gonna play 195 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: this social media game as well. So it's been incredible 196 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: that six hundred thousand Rashaan gave me the launching pad 197 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: when my Netflix special came out a few weeks ago. 198 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: That gave me the launching pad to send it out 199 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: to six hundred thousand people and let them know it 200 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: was up, and that's what sparked it and got it 201 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: trending the second day it came out, right, And that's 202 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: what people to understand that I just telling my side 203 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: story with Steve Harvey is that in two thousand and seven, 204 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: I started noticing on CNN and all the sports shows, 205 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: Twitter feeds and Twitter. They had the Twitter handles and 206 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: I go, wow, what is this because Twitter handles. Twitter 207 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: handles Twitter handles And at the time, we had like 208 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: seven hundred, eight hundred thousand fan club members and I went, ways, 209 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: my time, we got eight hundred thousand fan club members. 210 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: And so we sit down, you know something, we don't 211 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: want to be left out and so so well Bro 212 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: at the time, he had like fifty house and at 213 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: that time, and so we brought in the young lady 214 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: to be his social media person and avatar, you know, 215 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: act like he's posting that he's not posting and so 216 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 1: and move right there. If we did not do that move, 217 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: we will not have been able to launch his talk 218 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: show in two twelve because I was able to compare 219 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: this social media follow with you know, doctor Dr Phil 220 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: with ln D General, with his competitors who are coming 221 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: along at the same time. And so what you also 222 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: tell the people is that if you don't have social 223 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: media followers, it can damage your opportunities because a lot 224 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: of companies look at you, now go what can you 225 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: do for us? We're gonna put your TV? What can 226 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: you do for us? That's so true you've got to 227 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: have us. I tell all the young comics that I 228 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: talked to now and even these older ones, like all 229 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: the young comics tell me, or the the young influencers, 230 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: They'll tell me you are the first, one of the 231 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: first um stand up comedians o g. As they called 232 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: me stand up comic to have figured out the social 233 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 1: media game. And I'm like, because I'm not gonna let 234 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: this pass me by, especially because I have not yet 235 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: gotten my just to do. I have not yet been seen, 236 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: like I feel like I need to be seen. So 237 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: therefore I started building. Uh, I started building a following, 238 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: and I was like, listen, they posted up videos that 239 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: are two and a half sixty seconds to three minutes long, 240 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: and most of them ain't funny. I'm funny. I know 241 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,599 Speaker 1: I'm funny. So I'm like, I could be funny, I 242 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: say for the rest of my life. I d I 243 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: leave at your I leaned into it and like, I'm 244 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: not gonna complain about the game. I'm gonna get with 245 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: the game. And now I got these two worlds and 246 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: I got to be honest with you, man. I love 247 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: being able to talk to my fans on social media 248 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: and Facebook and Instagram, I love it. I went live 249 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: yesterday on Facebook. People was watching me. That's the most 250 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: people I've ever got a chance theater. It's amazing. It's amazing. 251 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: It's it's amazing when you realize you have that type 252 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: of marketing control. We're gonna be right back from in 253 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: this break, come back with my man, David A. Arnold. 254 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: He is an amazingly funny specially on Netflix. It's called 255 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: fat Ballerina. We will be right back with David. 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He has a 293 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: very very comedy special on Netflix called fat Ballerina is 294 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: produced under the banner of Kevin Hart. And we left 295 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: last we was talking about social media, the impact of 296 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: social media, the importance of social media. With that being said, 297 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: I look at Kevin Hart and I remember when I 298 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: was well, I remember wad watch him walk around in 299 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: the in the in the different clothes. He's always had 300 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: somebody walking with him with some camera who's always running 301 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: from club to club to club. That's why I remember 302 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: by yeah, and then and then then when I when 303 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: I when we cast him in the movie, UM thinking 304 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: like a man. The very first one UM he had 305 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: like about I wanted to say, he had like by 306 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: five million, talking about five million Facebook followers at the 307 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: time at the time, And I remember right right, you know, 308 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: I was just remember I was talking about Facebook because 309 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,719 Speaker 1: he had all he had Twitter and Instagram. He had 310 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: everything okay, but and you said, Rashan, I picked up 311 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: twenty thousand followers on Sunday. Hmm right right, twenty thousands 312 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: followers in one day. That's what hard. Right then I 313 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 1: knew he was on to something to pick up twenty 314 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: followers in one day. And I say that it means 315 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: something and so and that's why he's a power broker 316 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: today because he controls his media. And so one of 317 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: the things that you know, I managed Steven A. Smith. 318 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: When we sat down and Stephen A. Smith was not 319 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: on Instagram at all. He was just a Twitter and 320 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: a Facebook guy, and I said, hey, man, here we 321 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: talk about opening a Twitter Instagram account. He said, he 322 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: Isn't that for young people? You think that's my market share? 323 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: Were two point eight million Instagram followers later, Yes it is, 324 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: Yes it is. And so now he is to following 325 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and so now he controls 326 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: his market share. And so when I stopped managing Steve 327 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: Harvey in one of the first things that I wanted 328 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: to do was because how create my own voice? David? 329 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: I wonder the was my voice? And people people always 330 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: look at me, go, we'll you're you're successful now I'm 331 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: successful with Steve Harvard. That's not my voice. That's not 332 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: my voice. I said, what what would make people follow me? 333 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: What would make people well? I could bake real good. 334 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: So I started baking everything. And every time I post 335 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: a bag, I get thousands to thousand likes. I'll go 336 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: viral by baking post. But that wasn't me, and so 337 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: I had to sit back. That was just a gift 338 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: that God gave me. And so I can sit back 339 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: and go, you know what I'm saying, that was just 340 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: a gift. And so a lot of people understand that 341 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: that might not be your in goal. But I always 342 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: tell people, if God gives you a window, why it please, 343 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: you know, look at it, Please open the please, And 344 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: that's what I did. I opened it and I started baking. 345 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: So I swear to you, I could be walking at 346 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: the mall. I could be walking. I was walking in 347 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: the Beverly Hills walking. This lady pulled down her roll 348 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: down that window said are you the baking guy? I go, wow, 349 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: are you? Yeah? Right? Right right right right, So so 350 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: so I was in the deult allowed this lady came 351 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: in to me, almost in tears. She was she worked 352 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: and she's a worker in the deult allowed she said. 353 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: She said, sir, I spoke to you when you when 354 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: you when you when you walk by, I go, uh, 355 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: I said hi back then she said, yes you did. 356 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: But what you didn't know? Are you the to get 357 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: who bakes? I go? I follow you, I follow you. Man, 358 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: this lady almost broke down the team to hug this lady. 359 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: I said, uh, I had to get up out of 360 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: my chair. Man. It's all right, you know. She said, Wow, 361 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: I can't believe a meeting you and I only bring 362 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: up these scenarios to show that that's the power of 363 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: controlling your own voice, and that's what you're talking about, 364 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: and the power of that translating to the person like me. 365 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: Ras Sean McDonald contacting you, saying, hey, man, I can't 366 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: believe I'm a fan watching this guy. It's a fan 367 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: and I'm telling my wife I know him, and she's 368 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 1: looking at me blowing me off. David, they are you 369 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: know Aaron? I know him. You know You're like, like, 370 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: what it's so dope for me is to watch everybody 371 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: the two worlds meet now because a lot of like 372 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: I told you, a lot of my fan base and 373 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: built lately dramatically in social media, Facebook and Instagram. So 374 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: now when I told them, hen, go watch my Netflix special, 375 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: they went watched it and then they were like, oh, 376 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: I didn't know you. I mean, I know you funny 377 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: on Instagram and Facebook, but I didn't know you're a 378 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: real stand up comedian. A lot of people don't know that. 379 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: I've been doing stand up for twenty four years and 380 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: this is not my first role. This is not my 381 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: first rodeo. This is the first national stage that I've 382 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: been on, and it's been dope, eat it eat like this. 383 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: This Netflix special idea I produced, I put I did 384 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,239 Speaker 1: all of this myself. It's an independent project. It's not 385 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: a Netflix original. It is an independent project that they 386 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: licensed and they put up. And it's great for me 387 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: to go that thing on the second day started trending, 388 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: and it trended that number one first ten days that 389 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: it was out. It beat out the originals that they 390 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: are really and it makes me feel good finally get 391 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: something and get a moment where people go, this, dude 392 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 1: is good, and man, not only you good, but you 393 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: can never do another special in the comedy club. You 394 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: are Arenas and that brother, you are venues of three 395 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: thousand and more. That's where I need to see your 396 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: next special at because because you are, you are a star. 397 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 1: Temptell about stars. Stars can never be seen, can never 398 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: be touchable. I can't look down and and being able 399 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 1: to touch on one of my fans. I'm not a 400 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: star because see people, that's what people perceive. Security. You know, 401 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,479 Speaker 1: way up there, they can you a little bit on 402 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: the stage. She stars. You know, that's what stars do. 403 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: They motivate people. Even though it's an inconvenience visually, you 404 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: still gotta be there to see you. So when you 405 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: do these specials, you know your next one, you're gonna 406 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: have another one. You gotta be in the vision already, 407 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: already the one there you go. You gotta be up 408 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: on the phone. Now, come on, come on, you gotta 409 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: be up there, look up there and point at somebody. 410 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: Look you're looking at around. That's what you gotta do, David, 411 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: because you already star. And the reason I say that, man, 412 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: because you're doing the comedy the way comedy is supposed 413 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: to be done. You know, the way Chris Rock do it, 414 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: the way Steve Hard would do it. Why Dave do it? 415 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: But when you're throwing those call backs. Brother, When you're 416 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: throwing those callbacks, man, I went this, brother can write this, 417 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: brother understands and his courageous in his stand up coming. 418 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: And I'm talking to David a. Arnold. He's the star 419 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: of the new Netflix hit the trended on Netflix called 420 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: Fact Ballerina, produced under the banner of Kevin Hart. I'm 421 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: throwing out your credits, brother, because you don't know who 422 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: might be listening to. Who are he talking to? It 423 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: sounds good talking to I'm talking to David An Okay, 424 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: so I've been listening to I've been listening to the 425 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: radio lot. I go, this sounds good, but who is 426 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: he talking to? You gotta up, you gotta kee it 427 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: up every five ten minutes to let him know. No, absolutely, 428 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: and so and so when I look at the opportunities 429 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: that you're bringing to the stage, I wanted to bring 430 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: up this whole, this whole moment when I talked to 431 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: your credits that you would when I said, you've trained 432 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: successful comedians, Yeah, tell us a lot, tell us about 433 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: that scenario, that part of your life. Um, okay, So 434 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: about ten years ago I started I created a stand 435 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,479 Speaker 1: up comedy class. It's called the art of stand up comedy. 436 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: You can see you can get information on it if 437 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: you go to my website, which is David Ahanold dot 438 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: com and you can click on the class and you 439 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: can see this. I started doing that about ten years ago. 440 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why. In the beginning, I love 441 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: stand up. I love the art of stand up. And 442 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: when I moved here to Los Angeles, I moved here 443 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: with two trash bags of clothes, no car, not one 444 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: single friend, and two addresses to two comedy clubs, the 445 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: Comedy Store and the laugh Factory. And the only thing 446 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 1: I knew if I wanted to be a comedian. I 447 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: didn't have nobody to tell me you should go on 448 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: this day and you should talk to this person, you 449 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: should stay and here I didn't know nothing. So I 450 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: meandered and found my way by myself. And when I 451 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: got to a place where I felt like I had 452 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: some information to share, I decided to teach a class. Now, 453 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: in the beginning, I didn't want to teach a class 454 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: because they say those who teach teach because they cannot 455 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: do and that is that. That was my ego, saying, yeah, 456 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 1: that's true. I'm not teaching the classes he's gonna make 457 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: it look like a lot and gave up on trying 458 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: to be a comedian. So now I'm gonna teach other people. 459 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: But then I realized, no, no, I'm gonna break the mold. 460 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: I teach because I do, and I do well, and 461 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: I know what I'm doing. So when I changed my 462 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 1: mindset and I started to teach these classes, I don't 463 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: know what happened, but I can tell you now I 464 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: have the largest stand up comedy class in the country. 465 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 1: I have well over three d and fifty five people 466 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: on my waiting list when I opened up my class, 467 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: and I only do twenty people, and that sells out 468 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: within within the quickest it ever sold, I was thirty 469 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: seven minutes. The deceats the most of the Tamil averages 470 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: about two and a half hours, but the classes cute. 471 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: I can't teach you to be funny, that's in you 472 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: or not. But what I can show you is the 473 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: process in which I go through that I've been through 474 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: and that my friends go through to build an act, 475 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: to learn how to take this art of storytelling and 476 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,959 Speaker 1: make it work for yourself. So you can do that. 477 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: Because most people that are comedians, they have no idea 478 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: how to construct a story and tell a story. They 479 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: just talking this. That's why you see a lot of 480 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: comedians that have great personality and they're very interesting to 481 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: look at, but they're not talking about ship and you 482 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: can't remember nothing they saying, you know what I mean. So, like, 483 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: I just started teaching the class and I wrote a 484 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: book called The Artist Stand Up Comedy, which I'm about 485 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: to be leave. Um it is it's I love doing it, 486 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: and people thought that I would stop doing it when 487 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: I started making money. And I ain't gonna be doing 488 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: that when you're making money and I still do the class. 489 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't do it as often as I 490 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 1: used to because I'm more busy now, but I still 491 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: do it. I opened up and I started teaching people 492 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: on line. So I've worked with I worked with people 493 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: in England and Holland, in New Jersey, in Minnesota. If 494 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: you can get on stage and get online and send 495 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 1: me a set and I can look at it and 496 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: we can face time and talk about your work, you 497 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: can take my class. So it's been incredibly successful. It 498 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: was something that I didn't see coming and because it's 499 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: something that I love and I love talking about communito comedians. 500 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: We go to comedy clubs and work out, and then 501 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: we go to album student, to the diner or to 502 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: the restaurant and sit there and talk for another two 503 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: hours about stand up you know what I mean. Like 504 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: that's just when we knew so like this just lot 505 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: of me and gave I said, why don't I share 506 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: this information? The reason I charge you is because I'm 507 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: giving you twenty plus years of experience and I'm spending 508 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: time away from my family to give you something. So 509 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 1: that is what it's the cost of it. But now 510 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: with the Netflix special out and the success of my 511 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: producing career and people just seeing me perform, it's it's 512 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: it's unbelievable how great the class has been received and 513 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: the dope stuff that we're doing. I just love it, man, 514 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: I love it because it comes from my chest. Well, 515 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 1: the special is a fantastic I'm talking to David eight 516 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: On or stand up comic expert, actor writer. That's what 517 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: you call the triple threat. You know, I was that, 518 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: I was I was shitcome manager comic you know, as 519 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: a comedian is performed all over the country, various specials, 520 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: and uh, I know we got the pandemic right now 521 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: is shutting down a lot of opportunities right now. But 522 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: the beauty of it is that I saw you, man, 523 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: I saw you, and I just had to show your 524 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: love and respect and bring you on my show Conversations 525 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: and uh, tell the world you know that, you know, 526 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: you know. The amazing thing about this show, David, is 527 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: that so many people have told me how indirectly or 528 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: directly affected them and that it always catches me off. God, 529 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: because I'm always man that just uh, since i was 530 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: eighteen years old, I've always been paying it forward, you know. 531 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: And what I what I my computer classes or my 532 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: degree was in mathematics, helping people, trying to trying to 533 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: pull them up, trying to pull them up. And just 534 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: see that that that's still that's still part of your 535 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: your DNA with your class. Please do not stop your classes. Please, 536 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: that is part of your part. I will not stop them. 537 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 1: And if you guys want to, you should follow me 538 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: on Instagram and god David a Arnold or David a 539 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: Arnold on on Facebook and I'm across the board and 540 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: just you know, Twitter, all of it, and just go 541 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: for this ride. Man. I'm very excited about some of 542 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: the stuff that's coming up. I'm very excited about everything 543 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: I'm doing and I'm finally feeling like I'm getting a 544 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: little bit of a daylight to get shined on me 545 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: for the hard work that I've been doing. That and 546 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take every piece of it. But no that 547 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: I got a whole lot of work to do. Still, 548 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: look here, a big fan. When you do that next special, 549 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: it's got to be in the arena, it gotta be 550 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 1: in front of you. Said that, that's what they told me. Somebody, 551 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: the person that called me told me the exact thing. 552 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: But it will be just what I do, David, David, 553 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: this is what will be. And I would tell you 554 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: Netflix is uh is the network he's streaming on. Very 555 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: special is produced by under the banner of Kevin Hard. 556 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: So you know it's fantastic. Because it's more even more 557 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: fantastic is that he's funny. He's a good looking guy. 558 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: He's a good looking guy. So that that helps. That 559 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: helps help, you know, you know what funny you're saying help. 560 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: But I could tell you many a time when it 561 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: is hurt. It's been an obstacle. People be like, who 562 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: is this light skin curly in Oh my god, David 563 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: Man hurt you back there. But brother, okay, the social media, 564 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 1: it's always nice to follow a good looking guy. Okay, 565 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna let you know, my god, thanks for 566 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: taking the time to come on my show. I really 567 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: appreciate your patients. And uh tell sent me some banners, man, 568 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: some little snippets so I can post it on my 569 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: social media because I almost got I got eight hundred 570 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: thousand on my Facebook and I got my money making conversation. 571 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: So brother, look a here I heard. When we get 572 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: off the don't hang up what we get on. Let's talk. Okay, 573 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: my man, we do that all right, David. They thank 574 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: you for coming on my show. Man. Thank you. If 575 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: you want to hear more episodes of money Making Conversations, 576 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: go to Money Conversation dot com. I'm Rashan McDonald. 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