1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Podcast play an I'm Buzznight, the host of the Taking 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: a Walk podcast. If you have suggestions of guests, go 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: to our website at takinwalk dot com. You could sign 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: up for the newsletter, leave us a comment, and also 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: you can follow us there as well so you never 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: miss an episode. Today we have a multi talented treat actor, comedian, musician, 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: author Tommy Davidson is our guest original cast member from 8 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: a Living color. This resume also includes Booty Call, Malcolm 9 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: and Eddie, the Proud Family, and he co headlined with 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: Kat Williams on a recent tour. Let's welcome Tommy Davidson 11 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: to Taking a Walk? Is this Tommy Davidson one of 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: the busiest men in show business. I have one of them. 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: I would call Wahlberg if you want the other one. 14 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: You know, Hi, Tyler, thank you for being on you 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: man for having me. Congratulations on Proud Family season two 16 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: on Disney Plus. Uh tell me how you got involved 17 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: with with that project and how much fun it is. 18 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: Fun is an understatement. It's a it's a barrel of monkeys. 19 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: You remember that time? Yep? And if you played with 20 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 1: boring toys like I did, you know you know somehow 21 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: we had to look these monkeys by the wrists and 22 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: that was supposed to be fun. But anyway, doing all 23 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: the things that I've done with this series, wretching my 24 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: voice to the to the moon, you know, being being 25 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: syd a million characters of the individ collar, being able 26 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: to being able to take lines, and making my own 27 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: get on the program, and eating profam. Now I'm exhilerated 28 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: to this moment when I'm tired. I am tired, but 29 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: I'm tired of doing good stuff. How can you beat that? Yeah, 30 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: it's a great energy when you just exhausted because you 31 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: know you've poured it out there. We'll go back to 32 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: that experience of the Living color. Did you ever imagine 33 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: that that would become such a pivotal show in our life? 34 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: I did? I mean me and Jim and David Dame, 35 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: and you know, we knew what the show was going 36 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: to do. We just didn't think it'd ever get on 37 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: the air. You know, we come from you know, the 38 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: mid to late eighties, and there was no show in 39 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: sight that was going to be like that. You know. 40 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: The thing that was surprising to me is I didn't 41 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: know that we contained the seed of a coming culture, 42 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: But we did. We got on the air. Nothing's been 43 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: the same when it comes to TV and movies and 44 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: radio and radio. He changed radio because all of a sudden, 45 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: there was comedy talked about every single morning, you know, 46 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: from the time you got signed on to the time 47 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: you got signed off, you know, talking about characters and 48 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: talking about that, laughing about this and about that, and 49 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: it brought everybody together. Now everybody's apart in their phones. Yeah. 50 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: Do you think Steve Jobs intended things to be this 51 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: way with the iPhones and such? Yeah, I think it 52 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: was ahead of the ahead of the curve. You imagine 53 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: that it would ate in some divisions. You Now, I 54 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: only say that this is subjective. But I only say 55 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: that because seventy percent of the activity is isolated, not 56 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: interactive with other people that you can see and talk to. 57 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: You they're represented by Sure and even though they really 58 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:08,119 Speaker 1: are Go back Tommy to uh working on Martin. There's 59 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: a gentleman that was on this podcast some time ago 60 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: named Topper Carew that I was fortunate to get to 61 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: run into what was that Martin project? And working with 62 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: Topper and the whole whole crew there Martin, What was 63 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: that like? That was That was great. Martin had just 64 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: man had really hit a crescendo in his career and 65 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: he got out there with me in a seven in 66 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: Hollywood from Washington, d C. And Tommy had run into 67 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: a good producer was doing a lot of stuff. He 68 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: had done DC cab Papac who had done a lot 69 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: of stuff, and they looked up and did a TV 70 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: show and it worked. Martin called me, asked me to 71 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: do a guest spot, ended up being one of the 72 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: best guest spots on the whole show and we haven't 73 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: looked back. That's great. So I want to talk about 74 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: the musical influences that led you to your your music 75 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: path today. Who were some of those musical influences. Let 76 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: me see and his Grand Funk Rush, Parliament Funk, Ohio Players, 77 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: Klan and Tire, Sameo, Greet Will Mack and the Jackson Five, 78 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: I mean, Dion Warwick, Uh New York Times, I mean, 79 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: you know for it on me. Wow, that's diverse, my friend. Yeah, yeah, 80 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: And I got lucky because I was a kid in 81 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: the seventies and diverse. We're already diverse because we had 82 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: to listen to AM. And with the AM you had 83 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: to listen to everything. We all have different backgrounds, different 84 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: different different economic background, religious backgrounds, and all of a 85 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: sudden we were all in school together and works. That 86 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: experiment actually works. Yeah, you agree, I could completely agree completely. 87 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: So what was it like headlining co headlining on the 88 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: tour recently Kat Williams and your association with that Dave 89 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: Kus guide. What was that experience? Like? I do got that? 90 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: I I got it. I'm lucky, the lucky charms, a 91 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: little lipocon, you know, being able to work with people 92 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: that they wanted to work with. And I hadn't met 93 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: Kat Williams before, and each turn out to be a 94 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: great guy. And I got a great position on the 95 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: show where we're traveling the country. I get to do 96 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: a comedy each time. I get to do what I 97 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: love to do. Great, great day man. Who are the 98 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: people that you haven't had a chance to work with? 99 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: Did you like to have a chance? Dine, Eddie Murphy, 100 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: ro Street, Beth Nieckler, the cowboy guy, we all know him. 101 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna blank this morning. Will we know somebody with 102 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: his cigar? And you know the cigar and he was 103 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: an unforgiven Oh Clinton, Yeah, each word, Holly day. I mean, 104 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: the list could go on and on. Adam Chandler, it's 105 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: a pretty darn good list. Tommy, Holly Hunter and Donald working. 106 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Holly Hunter my whole brief career. I love her. I definitely, 107 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,679 Speaker 1: I definitely have a menu of a lot of things 108 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: that have a variety of menu of of of aspirations 109 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: to perform, you know, and that inspires you every day 110 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: you wake up. Yeah, every day, you know. Every day 111 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: every day I wake up, I'm inspired that I woke up. 112 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: You're the best. This is so cool to be talking 113 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: to you. Want to congratulate you on Proud Family Season two, 114 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: Disney Plus, but I want to congratulate you on everything 115 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: going on, and I only wish you an outstanding rest 116 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty three. Thank you so much, and things 117 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: are going like absolutely good. Thanks man, appreciate it. Absolutely good. 118 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk with Buzznight is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, 119 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.