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Speaker 1: Listeners far and wide, please give a warm I'm welcome

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Speaker 1: to Angela Johnson Reya's bubb I love it, Bubbalunchquik bubble Unch,

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Speaker 1: Quaker Cookie, every moleft over from the nut Pole. Hi Angela,

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Speaker 1: Hi Ryan, Thanks for having me. How are you? Oh,

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Speaker 1: and you're on friends. Is this right as a regular

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Speaker 1: It was like butterflies and just goose bumps and walking

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00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,520
Speaker 1: by the sound stage and then you know the smell

428
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: of a sound stage, like it's that paint in wood,

429
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,800
Speaker 1: and there's just something about it. And it's just like

430
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,480
Speaker 1: all the things are like, this is wow, this is movies,

431
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: this is TV, this is I'm doing it. And I

432
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,520
Speaker 1: remember walking into the stage at the big door was

433
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: open and I just walk right in and you see

434
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 1: like here's the guy's apartment, here's the girl's apartment, here's

435
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 1: central perk, and here's you know, the studio audience where

436
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 1: the audience sits. And I just remember walking in and

437
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,439
Speaker 1: being like a kid in a candy store. Could not

438
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 1: believe I was living my dream, like I was just

439
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: here to be an extra, but that was not even

440
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 1: what was on What I was on my mind was

441
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 1: like I cannot believe I made it, Like I am here.

442
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:33,159
Speaker 1: This is wild. And I ended up making friends with

443
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 1: the ad who was very funny, and I was funny,

444
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 1: so we would just make each other laugh. And so

445
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: he'd be like, Okay, I'm gonna bring you back tomorrow,

446
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,439
Speaker 1: and I'm like, okay, cool, I'll come back tomorrow. And

447
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: then he's like, okay, I'll bring you back next week.

448
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,440
Speaker 1: And next thing, you know, I'm an extra for season

449
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: nine and ten, like a regular, just in the coffee house,

450
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 1: and they end up inviting me to their Christmas party

451
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,640
Speaker 1: and I was able to have a conversation with every

452
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,919
Speaker 1: single one of the cast members without me being that

453
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,360
Speaker 1: weird extra who's just trying to talk to them. You know, yes,

454
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 1: it was. It was just an incredible experience that still

455
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 1: until this day, twenty years leader. It's my favorite job

456
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: I've ever had. Wow, that's amazing. Two things strike me immediately. One,

457
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 1: that's the difference between Friends and my show. You would

458
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,400
Speaker 1: never have gotten a job on our show. I mean,

459
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 1: Friends was so confident and how beautiful their cast was

460
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 1: that a first year out of a Raiders Raider at Cheerlead,

461
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,640
Speaker 1: you can just sit in the background and be an

462
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: extra because we are so confident and how beautiful all

463
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 1: we are as people. Yeah, they would You would never

464
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: have made it. In Stanton Pennsylvania. There is no there's

465
00:26:55,359 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: no chants, no chants. And two because we had you know,

466
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,320
Speaker 1: we did. We were warehouse workers. Let's be clear that

467
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 1: we had warehouse workers as extras, not other you know,

468
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: customers in the coffee shop. But they were there a

469
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,719
Speaker 1: lot and kind of became a part. So you felt

470
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,959
Speaker 1: like you were a part, and everybody was kind and

471
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,719
Speaker 1: good to you during during your time there. That's so

472
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: amazing to hear. Absolutely there was not one diva, not

473
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: one rude person to each other, to the crew, to

474
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 1: the extras. And you know, being an extra, you see

475
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of different shows and how people communicate. And

476
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: I remember being on certain shows and watching actors communicate

477
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,879
Speaker 1: with the director or with camera a or whoever, and

478
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 1: they're just like rude and snappy, and yeah, god, they

479
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: were never not one ever was an attitude. It was

480
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: really incredible that that was my first experience that I

481
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 1: got to watch and learn from these classy, talented people.

482
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: Have you run into any of them since I have?

483
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: But of course I don't remember or recognize me, which

484
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,120
Speaker 1: I would never think that they would, right, But there

485
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,120
Speaker 1: was one time in the airport I ran into one

486
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: of the creators of Okay, this is what I was weird.

487
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 1: Marta Kaufman, who's one of the creators. I remember driving

488
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: in Hollywood one day and I see her pull into

489
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,919
Speaker 1: a seven eleven like I'm at the stoplight and I

490
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 1: see her, and I was like, oh my god, that's

491
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 1: Marta Kaufman. So I like pull into seven to eleven

492
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: and at this point, I'm broke. I have no money,

493
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: but I was like, I need to talk. I need

494
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: to like say something, and like, I don't know, like

495
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: what I thought. I was about to like get on

496
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: whatever new show she was on, and so I walk

497
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: into seven to eleven and I'm just like eyeballing her.

498
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: She's with her child, for the love of God, and

499
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 1: I am walking in and I'm like, okay, let me

500
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: just pretend to buy some thing and get in line

501
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: behind her. Brian, when I tell you, I didn't have

502
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,479
Speaker 1: money to pretend to buy something. So I just got

503
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: in line behind her and I go, are you Marta Kaufman?

504
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: And she goes I am, and I was like hi,

505
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: and I left. I had I froze. I don't know

506
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: what to say. I just oh God, how good? Ay?

507
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: It was right? You are Marta Kaufman, thank you, goodbye?

508
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 1: What a stalker? So waits I actually we're gonna totally

509
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: tangentialize here. Now that's not a word. Why say are

510
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 1: you when you know it's her? Because this I've often said,

511
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: this is the this is my worst fan interaction, my

512
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: worst and I love, I love love the fans, and

513
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: that's that is true. But when someone comes up and

514
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: says it's usually this. Has anyone ever told you that

515
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: you look like right? Or or what you said? Are you? Now?

516
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: Why would you say that? What? What? Like? What was

517
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: it in your brain? You have done a U turn

518
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 1: screeched into a seven eleven parking lot because you knew

519
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: it's her, yet that was your question? Why was that

520
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: your question? I think you start doubting everything. You're like, wait,

521
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: this is her, right? I okay, I want her to

522
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: know that I know that that's her. And there was

523
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: something about she was not one of the stars of

524
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: the shows. You don't see her face every week. I

525
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: saw her face because I was on set, right, So

526
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: it was like, I need her to know that I

527
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: know it's her. You're a Marta Kaufman, right, uh huh

528
00:30:54,880 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: oh oh? So well at least I understand a little

529
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: of the psychology of it now, because it's always so perplexing. Yeah,

530
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: it's always so perplexing when I get you look like right,

531
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: I It depends on what would I'm in me too.

532
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: Times I just go I get that a lot and

533
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: and they'll be like really, and then every now and

534
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: I go, no, it's me. Yeah, it's it's a It's

535
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: the toughest thing people, it is it because it's like

536
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: what the person is wanting me to say is well, yes,

537
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: that is I, which then just makes me weird, right

538
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: right right to say like, yes, that is me, thank

539
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: you for recognizing me. That's a weird thing for me

540
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: to say. It's kind of like us just going you're welcome,

541
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: yeah right, Oh are you Marta Kaufman. Yes, it just ends.

542
00:31:54,800 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: Oh god, that's so good. Um. At this time, you're

543
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: making jokes with the A D and he's bringing you back.

544
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: But you also someone encourages you to take a joke

545
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: writing class and you start you start writing jokes. Now

546
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: are you thinking at this point, M stand up or

547
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: are you just writing jokes? You're you're taking a writing class,

548
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: You're trying to develop characters. What is that I've never

549
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: taken a joke writing class, So clearly, at this point

550
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: I did not want to be a stand up comedian. Okay,

551
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: I've been to one stand up comedy show at a

552
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: restaurant and it was an accident. I was just on

553
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: a date with a guy that I don't even remember

554
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: who he was like. It was just like a random sure,

555
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: I'll go out with you, and we went to this

556
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: restaurant and there is like an open mic or something.

557
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: People were going up on stage, and that was the

558
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: first time that I had seen life stand up comedy.

559
00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: And I remember watching that and thinking, oh, I bet

560
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: you I could turn my little nail slum character into

561
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: a joke, because at this point it it was a

562
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: character that I would do for all my friends and family.

563
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: I could do the accent, I would get into character,

564
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: and I knew I could do that, but that was it.

565
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: I had never wanted to be a stand up. Then

566
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: I'm at this church and I get very involved in

567
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: the church, and you know, on Sunday mornings, I'm doing

568
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: like the Welcome Team where people walk in the door

569
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: and I'm like, hey, welcome everybody. And then on Tuesday

570
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: nights they would do their creative arts night. They were

571
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: aware that everybody at their church was in the entertainment

572
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: industry somehow, So on Tuesday nights they would have an

573
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: acting class, a dance class, production class. We want to

574
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: learn about production, whatever aspect of the entertainment industry wanted

575
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: to be end they had a class. So I'm in

576
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: the acting class. We would do improv games and I

577
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: would be funny in the improv games. I've never taken

578
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: improv classes before. I would just be funny. I was

579
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: quick witted. I get it from my dad. My dad

580
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: is quick, so I was quick, but I didn't know

581
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: like rules of improv, and so that's what they were

582
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: teaching us, you know, yes, and the rule of three,

583
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: like all the things. And there was a woman in

584
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: the class who did stand up comedy and she was like, Hey,

585
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be teaching a joke writing stand up comedy class.

586
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 1: Do you want to come take my class? And I

587
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: was like, I don't know. Is it free? And she

588
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: was like yeah, And I was like, I guess I

589
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: had desired a median And I told her. I was like,

590
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 1: you know, I do this nail salon character. I think

591
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: I can make that into a joke, and she was like,

592
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: Nail Salan jokes are so hacky, Like everybody has a

593
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: Nail Salan joke. Just steer clear of Nail Salan jokes.

594
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: And I was like, but I don't know if people

595
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: do it like me though, so I think I'll just

596
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: do it anyway. And I did. And that was one

597
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: of the first jokes that I wrote in this free

598
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: stand up comedy class on Tuesday nights at a church.

599
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: The joke evolved over time time like, but the skeleton

600
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: of it, the structure of it. This was the beginning

601
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: of that joke and that Yeah, it ended up being

602
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: what put me on the map. That's crazy. I was

603
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: just listening to it again this morning, and well, what

604
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: do you think the joke is about. I mean, it's

605
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: I mean to me like, it's like the central humor

606
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: is about being intimidated or constantly getting up sold. I

607
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: guess I don't know. Sure, Yeah, this is the story

608
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 1: of how I got got I got got by the

609
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:37,280
Speaker 1: nail Solon. They just really I was planning I'm spending

610
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: twenty dollars when I walked in and I left paying eighty.

611
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: How did you do that? Were you one of the

612
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: first to be Internet famous. I think so my video

613
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: was definitely the first comedy video to go viral. It

614
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,919
Speaker 1: was right around the time when like Justin Bieber blew

615
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 1: up from YouTube so music, Yeah, yeah, so I was

616
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: definitely in this comedy world now. Myself and Justin Bieber

617
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: went on to live very different levels of lives. We

618
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: both started on YouTube. Yeah. Do you think that viral

619
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: success helped you to get mad TV? Oh? One, I

620
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: would have never What happened was I did a set

621
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 1: at the Ice House in Pasadena and there was a

622
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: company there. They were going to be videotaping your set

623
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: and if you come do ten minutes, they'll give you

624
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: twenty five bucks. And I was like, hell, yeah, I

625
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: need gas, I need groceries. This twenty five bucks is

626
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: going to take me a long way because I'm broke

627
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: at this time. Wait, they would give you twenty five

628
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: dollars for them to film you, right, So it wasn't

629
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: the Ice House. It was a separate company that was

630
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,800
Speaker 1: coming in. They were doing a special night during flip

631
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: phone era. They were like, we're gonna videotape your set

632
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: and we're going to upload it to Verizon cell phones

633
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: and for a dollar ninety nine. People can download comedy clips.

634
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: Oh no, on your little flip phone. So this is

635
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: this is before YouTube. So I was like, hell yeah,

636
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: So I go and I signed my life away and

637
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: they give me my twenty five dollars and I do

638
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,439
Speaker 1: my ten minutes of jokes. I really at this point

639
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 1: all I had was like twelve minutes tops, Like that's

640
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 1: all I had. And so I do my whole set

641
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: and they videotape it. And the next thing, you know,

642
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: like within months, this brand new thing called YouTube comes

643
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: out and they put it on YouTube. They put it

644
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,879
Speaker 1: on YouTube. So instead of doing comedy clips where people

645
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: have to pay, who's going to pay when you can

646
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 1: watch free things on YouTube? And all the sudden I

647
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: started getting this is my Space days. I started getting

648
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: messagers on my Space, emails from family members and friends,

649
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 1: text message from family members and friends that were like, Hey,

650
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: there's this email going around at work. And my cousin

651
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: at the time worked for like a bank, and she

652
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: was like, there's an email going around everybody sending it

653
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: to each other of this video and it was of you.

654
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 1: But they didn't even know that I knew you. They

655
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: just sent it to me and that was the phone

656
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: call that I was getting from people like my work

657
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 1: is sending this video of you. And I was like,

658
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: how do they know? And like what's happening? And I

659
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: was like I don't know, Like what video are you

660
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: talking about? And it's this nail slum clip and it

661
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: starts blowing up. Then my MySpace page starts blowing up.

662
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: People from all over the world. Hey, when are you

663
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: coming to Australia? When are you coming to the Philippines,

664
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 1: When are you coming to you know, Boise, Idaho? When

665
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: are you coming phil on the blank and I was like,

666
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 1: oh my god, I only have like twelve minutes of material.

667
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm doing, you know, and going.

668
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: I was so overwhelmed. I was getting thousands of messages

669
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 1: a day from all over the world on my Space.

670
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to be famous. Nobody teaches you.

671
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: There's no course. So what I was doing was I

672
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: was replying to every person who messaged me, because I

673
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: didn't know that you don't have to reply to every person.

674
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: So I was spending hours on my Space being like,

675
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: thank you so much for watching my video, thank you

676
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: so much for watching my video. Then I was like, Ooh,

677
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be smart. Copy paste, copy paste, And then

678
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: I remember this one girl replying and being like, is

679
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: this a robot? You already sent this to me? And

680
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,880
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, I'm getting repeat fans. Sorry, I

681
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: don't know how to be famous. My bad. This is

682
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: really overwhelming. And I didn't have an agent. Nobody knew

683
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 1: how to get a hold of me in Hollywood, but

684
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: everyone was seeing this video, but nobody knew how to

685
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: get ahold of me. So they were sending their assistant

686
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: to my Space to come find me and leave me

687
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: a message. So then I started getting messages that were like, Hey,

688
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: I'm the assistant to so and so at Fox, at CBS,

689
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: at ABC, like everybody was messaging me they want to

690
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: have a meeting with you. Hey, they want you to

691
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: come and read for this pilot. Hey blah blah blah

692
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,440
Speaker 1: blah blah. And I was like, oh my gosh, I

693
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: had to buy a calendar. I didn't this is I thought, like,

694
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: I went to Staples and I bought a calendar and

695
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: some pins, and I was like, I had meetings that

696
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: I was going to and I remember being in you know,

697
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,919
Speaker 1: the office at the CW Network and I'm just like,

698
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,279
Speaker 1: I have no idea what I'm doing. I have no

699
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 1: guidance at this point of like an agent telling me like, okay,

700
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,879
Speaker 1: this is how you handle a cold read, right, And

701
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: I was just like sitting there and they're like, Okay,

702
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: we have this pilot that we're thinking for you. Can

703
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: you read these lines? And I'm like okay, sure you know,

704
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: and I'm like no idea what I'm doing. And it

705
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,919
Speaker 1: just started blowing up my spot. And so from that,

706
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: I end up getting an agent, I get a new manager.

707
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 1: I get auditions, and one of those auditions was for

708
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 1: Mad TV. I end up getting an agent, I get

709
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: a new manager, I get auditions, and one of those

710
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: auditions was for Mad TV. My agents had sent the

711
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 1: casting director my nail salon video and they were like, great,

712
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: come audition for Mad TV. We need you to come

713
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: in with three original characters and three celebrity impressions. I

714
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:55,760
Speaker 1: didn't have characters. I never went to Groundlings or Second City.

715
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: I didn't have characters. I had my jokes that I

716
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: wrote in a free joke writing class at church. Oh

717
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 1: my god. So I was like, you know what, I

718
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: can take my stories that I tell and I tell

719
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: a story about my grandma, I tell story about my grandpa.

720
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: I'll just pad them up a little bit and I'll

721
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: act him out a little bit, and instead of being

722
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: my grandpa, I'll make it my grandma and I'll say, Okay,

723
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 1: this is my grandma blah blah blah. I did this

724
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 1: bone Queki character who she wanted to be a rapper.

725
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: So I was like, Okay, this is my sister, she

726
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,440
Speaker 1: wants to be a rapper. And then I did my

727
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: bone Queki character. And so I was basically taking my

728
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: characters from my stories that I tell in my stand

729
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: up class and just kind of giving them a little

730
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: extra mannerism, a little extra something, and I would just

731
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: act them out for the casting directors. And they were like, okay,

732
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,840
Speaker 1: we need three celebrity impressions. I've never done impression in

733
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: my life. I didn't know how to do celebrity impression.

734
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:58,240
Speaker 1: But this brand new thing called YouTube videos of different

735
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: celebrities on there. So what I did was, I'm like, Okay,

736
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 1: let me see who's famous Latina. Okay, I'll do her Lopez,

737
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:12,720
Speaker 1: Rosslyn Sanchez, and Paula Abdul. And this is when Paula

738
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: Abdul was on American American Idol was okay, yeah, she

739
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: was a little intoxicated. Yeah, I got you, I got you.

740
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,839
Speaker 1: I just did my Jo Paula clap, you know right.

741
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 1: And I watched videos Jennifer Lopez on the Red Carpet

742
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,760
Speaker 1: and I noticed that in a lot of her videos

743
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 1: she had the same wave. She waved like this, open clothes.

744
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: It was not a finger wave, it was not this.

745
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: It was an open, closed wave. So I was like, okay,

746
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: she does a wave. That's a thing. And her laugh,

747
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 1: her laugh was very like high pitched and nasally and

748
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: like from the back, and so I was like copying

749
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 1: her laugh. And so there was one interview that she

750
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: did where the guy tells her, you know, this is

751
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,400
Speaker 1: for a station in Philly, and she just looks in

752
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: the camera and she goes hihy and then she laughs.

753
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: And so I just got that sentence down. And I

754
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,720
Speaker 1: remember being in the room. I said, this is Jennifer

755
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: Lopez on the Red Carpet. Every question that the casting

756
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: director would ask me, my answer was hi, Philly and

757
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: I would play in our black And that was they

758
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 1: thought it was genius, says is just and they were

759
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: like Oh my god, genius. But really, that's all that

760
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: I could do of Jennifer Lopez. Yes, okay, but hold

761
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 1: on a second, because you know, I had a conversation

762
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:42,399
Speaker 1: with Kevin Pollock. Kevin Pollock is an amazing impression as

763
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,719
Speaker 1: stand up comedian for a good jillion years. And you

764
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: know what you're doing the same thing that he talked

765
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,399
Speaker 1: to me about, which is finding a hook. You may

766
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 1: not have even known what it was at the time, right,

767
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: but you had the instincts to go, like, what is

768
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: the hook? What is the one one thing the drunk clap?

769
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: Like you were finding that hook from so early on.

770
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: I'm impressed by that, and too, I'm impressed that I

771
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,280
Speaker 1: did not know that bon quiqui, this was a creation

772
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: of yours before mad TV. Yeah, yeah, wow, wild crazy.

773
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: Let me ask you this I saw on YouTube today.

774
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:27,439
Speaker 1: It says Angela Johnson, American actress, and so it made

775
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: me wonder, well, are you an actress? Are you a comedian?

776
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,720
Speaker 1: Where did it say that? That's so funny. I consider

777
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: myself an actress and a comedian. Okay, that's interesting to

778
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,839
Speaker 1: hear you say, because now, especially in the age of

779
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: social media, when people are famous on TikTok for being funny,

780
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: but they're not comedians. They're like, they're a married couple

781
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: from Wisconsin who do funny videos and challenges and they

782
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 1: make people laugh and they have like millions of followers.

783
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 1: And if they ever are interviewed, like, here's comedian so

784
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 1: and so, but really, this is a dad from Wisconsin.

785
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,839
Speaker 1: But what do you call them because they're still being

786
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 1: funny and they're still entertaining people. Is do we need

787
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: to come up with a new word, like is that

788
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 1: an influencer? So, but you could be an influencer who

789
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,800
Speaker 1: just does makeup, you know what I mean. She's not funny,

790
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: she just does makeup tutorials and she has millions of followers.

791
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: So when I hear comedian, I do think of people

792
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 1: doing stand up. But I'm aware that now the term

793
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 1: is so broad. When they're introducing this is comedian so

794
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: and so, and I'll be like, oh, they do funny

795
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,840
Speaker 1: videos is what they do. But they're still being funny.

796
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: I don't discredit the fact that they're being funny. I

797
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: just know that they don't actually do stand up, So

798
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:53,240
Speaker 1: maybe it's we're just stand up comedians. Like a comedian

799
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: is so general but I'm a stand up comedian. I

800
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: don't know, right. I mean, so what you're saying is

801
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 1: if you consider me funny, then I can be considered

802
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,720
Speaker 1: a comedian because that is someone who makes someone laugh.

803
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: But I think it's about the approach and in some ways,

804
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,400
Speaker 1: how you define yourself, which is why I ask you

805
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:19,399
Speaker 1: the question. Like for me, my intention, generally, it's not

806
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:21,200
Speaker 1: about I was going to say, it's not about making

807
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: people laugh. That's a lie. I do try to make

808
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: people laugh, but my whole basis is about creating characters,

809
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: and the comedy comes from behavior as opposed to jokes.

810
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, totally. And it could come down to stories,

811
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: it could come down to a facial expression, it could

812
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:45,400
Speaker 1: come down to whatever that is. I know there have

813
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 1: been times where I've seen, like earlier on, there's a

814
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: talk show and they're like, please welcome comedian so and so,

815
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:58,920
Speaker 1: and I'd be like, she's not a comedian. An actress

816
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: is very successful, yes, but ensure she's done some funny roles,

817
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: but right, comedian. But I mean, at this point I

818
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: should worry about me, and I do me, so you

819
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 1: don't define it. Honestly, I'm a comedian and an actress,

820
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: and if my managers and agents get involved, and then

821
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: it's my whole resume comes in. She's an author, she's

822
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:24,640
Speaker 1: an actor, ye, But no, I just say I'm an

823
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 1: actress in the comedian. And also it also depends who

824
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 1: I'm talking to and what mood I'm in. So if

825
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,720
Speaker 1: I'm on an airplane, I say I'm in the entertainment industry,

826
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:37,239
Speaker 1: and and just like that. And then if they're like,

827
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,400
Speaker 1: pry a little bit more than I say actress, and

828
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 1: they'll go, oh, have I seen you in anything? I

829
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: can name a couple of things and be on my way.

830
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 1: But the second I say I'm a comedian, whoa, it's

831
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,879
Speaker 1: like mind blowing. And now they have all the questions

832
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: right median, and I'm like, oh, this is gonna be

833
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 1: a conversation a long time. I really respond with that

834
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: is if I got time and I'm like, you know,

835
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: I'm in the mood to chat, sure, I'll say comedian

836
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: and answer all the questions. But a lot of times

837
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 1: I'll stick to as vague as I can, and I'll

838
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:14,360
Speaker 1: say actress and I'll name a couple of things that

839
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 1: I did, and they'll be impressed and they'll go Oh wow,

840
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: that's very cool. And then I'll be like, what do

841
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,759
Speaker 1: you do? Tell me about accounting? Tell me these things

842
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 1: we talked very early on about your fictionalizing your parents

843
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:34,400
Speaker 1: and talking about your family. I feel like you have

844
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: chosen to be at least outwardly very personal and connecting

845
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: with your fans. You're bringing your fans into your life

846
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:49,480
Speaker 1: with your husband about the birth of your child. And see,

847
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 1: that is something that I don't do. And so is

848
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: that the difference between someone who's a comedian and or

849
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: an actor. Now, certainly there are actors who do that,

850
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,880
Speaker 1: but for me, if I am going to play a role,

851
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,359
Speaker 1: I believe it serves me to be as anonymous as

852
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 1: possible in my personal life. You've chosen the other way,

853
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 1: and I wonder why and if that has to do

854
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 1: with your connection to fans through through your stand up comedy.

855
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 1: I think it's definitely that my role as a stand

856
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:30,879
Speaker 1: up comedian, my goal is not necessarily just to make

857
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: people laugh, but it's to connect with people on a

858
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 1: human level. And so when I'm writing jokes, it's is

859
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,440
Speaker 1: this funny? But also is it relatable? And am I

860
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 1: going to connect with people? And so a lot of times,

861
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: I'll talk about my husband, I'll talk about my sister,

862
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,760
Speaker 1: I'll talk about my dog and things that my dog does,

863
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,719
Speaker 1: because I know this is very human. You may not

864
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: have a husband, but you have a relationship in your life,

865
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:03,360
Speaker 1: be a co worker, your next door neighbor, you have

866
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: a relationship with someone that is a human connection that

867
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:11,319
Speaker 1: you can see some of yourself in me in what

868
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: I'm saying. And so I do that on stand up

869
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:19,120
Speaker 1: and then in my social media. I feel like it's

870
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 1: a way to make my stories tangible and give a

871
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,839
Speaker 1: picture to what I'm saying, kind of like when you

872
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: watch a movie and it says based on a true story,

873
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 1: and then at the end of the movie they say,

874
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,239
Speaker 1: here's the real guy who invented this, and it's like,

875
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,839
Speaker 1: you see who the real person is. You see this

876
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 1: as his wife, you see this as a picture of

877
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: him in his real office where he created this thing,

878
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:47,880
Speaker 1: and it does something that connects the story that you

879
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 1: just heard to like a real person. So I feel

880
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: like with social media when I am so generous with

881
00:51:56,120 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 1: my family and friends and I show people, I like

882
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 1: to invite people into my world. But again with what

883
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 1: I'm comfortable doing, like I wouldn't do a reality show

884
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,160
Speaker 1: where there's a producer deciding what if my life gets

885
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: shown to the world, right, But I will do my

886
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: Instagram stories where I'm comfortable showing you this is me

887
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: and my husband and my dog and they're asleep, but

888
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: I'm awake at four in the morning because I have insomnia,

889
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: and this is my husband sleeping, like choking me with

890
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 1: his hand over here and like, And immediately in that

891
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,240
Speaker 1: I have people replying, oh my god, my husband sleeps

892
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 1: the same way. He's always whatever. And so I'm connecting

893
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: on a different level. And I'm connecting. And then when

894
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: people come to my shows, they're like, they feel a

895
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:43,360
Speaker 1: part of my life and what I'm doing it makes

896
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: total sense because you're playing a version of yourself in

897
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:52,720
Speaker 1: front of thousands of people, yeah, and so enabling them

898
00:52:53,520 --> 00:53:00,760
Speaker 1: in a way to validate that truth. Bas you're showing

899
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,799
Speaker 1: things that support the version of the story that you're

900
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 1: telling or the character that you're creating of yourself. Because

901
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 1: obviously there are things that happened that you don't show, absolutely,

902
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 1: and there are things that happen that you don't show,

903
00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:17,200
Speaker 1: maybe because they don't validate the story that you're telling.

904
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 1: Instagram is the highlight reel. So I'm not going to

905
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,920
Speaker 1: show you guys an argument with me and my husband,

906
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 1: but I will talk about it on stage. I'll talk

907
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 1: about this is how my husband argues. He likes to

908
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,040
Speaker 1: ask a lot of questions. Now, I'm not going to

909
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 1: show you that argument on Instagram, but I'm obviously not

910
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: going to blow up my camera when we're in like

911
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:36,359
Speaker 1: the heat of like a passionate argument and then be like,

912
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 1: tag at Mammal, which character that you created had the

913
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 1: greatest impact on your career, the nail salon. They both

914
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 1: blew up and we're crazy. But the nail salon. If

915
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: you are going to go get your nails done and

916
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: you google nail salon, you're gonna see the new nails

917
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: on your neighborhood. But my video is also going to

918
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: pop up, and it's something that's generationally stuck around because

919
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: that joke is sixteen years old, and now with every

920
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 1: new social media app that comes up, there's a new

921
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,920
Speaker 1: version of my joke that goes out like I'll be

922
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:24,200
Speaker 1: out somewhere, and it depends on what is hot right now.

923
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:25,879
Speaker 1: So people would be like, oh my gosh, I saw

924
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: your video on YouTube for years and then it's now,

925
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:34,239
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, you're a TikTok a right right, But

926
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:36,640
Speaker 1: they know me from my stand up comedy. They saw

927
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: my special that I did for Comedy Central in two

928
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:44,880
Speaker 1: thousand and nine that they saw on TikTok. Yeah, that's crazy.

929
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 1: This just happened to me that it was probably about

930
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:51,319
Speaker 1: two thousand and nine. I don't know what. I just

931
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 1: got sent three times in one day, and in the

932
00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: airport this weekend, someone referenced it to me that they

933
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: saw me do the like lady and gentlemen start your

934
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 1: engines at a NASCAR event that I did ten years ago,

935
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 1: but it was a TikTok thing. They sent me to

936
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 1: the TikTok And it's the same thing with hate mail too,

937
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:20,200
Speaker 1: so like some people will send me when they're very

938
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:24,280
Speaker 1: upset about something that I said my Second Hour special,

939
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 1: I talked about my honeymoon and I went to Saint Lucia,

940
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 1: and the whole story about it was I was comparing

941
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:33,359
Speaker 1: it to going on a mission's trip, and there were

942
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:36,480
Speaker 1: some Saint Lucians that were real upset with that joke. Now,

943
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:39,960
Speaker 1: when the joke first came out, nobody cared nobody said anything.

944
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, like five years later, I get

945
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:50,840
Speaker 1: just a slew of hate messages from Saint Lucian's pissed,

946
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: and I was like, whoa, this special came out like

947
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:58,480
Speaker 1: five years ago. What happened? So I'm like, okay, either

948
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 1: my special just got released in Saint Lucia, like they

949
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 1: got it late, you know what I mean. On some streamer,

950
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:09,480
Speaker 1: there's some third party involved that all of a sudden

951
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:13,680
Speaker 1: put this joke back on the map for this particular

952
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: group of people. So I'll notice that as well, like

953
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, this one joke that I did

954
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: that people are very upset about me talking about an

955
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:26,359
Speaker 1: experience that I had in London. And then I get

956
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 1: people very upset about it. I was like, Okay, this

957
00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 1: definitely came out ten years ago, but somebody must or

958
00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:37,319
Speaker 1: now it's an Instagram or a TikTok account that has like,

959
00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:39,920
Speaker 1: you know, hundreds of thousands of followers. They just so

960
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:42,840
Speaker 1: happened to post it and all of their fans solid

961
00:56:43,000 --> 00:57:03,399
Speaker 1: so they're the ones messaging you know crazy. I saw

962
00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:07,440
Speaker 1: a video you posted recently where you've talked about the

963
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:10,640
Speaker 1: grind of being on the road and the time you

964
00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 1: took during COVID shutdown to enjoy your house and enjoy

965
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:19,480
Speaker 1: the things and settle back a little bit. Do you

966
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:23,240
Speaker 1: feel like you're now finding balance and taking some time

967
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 1: for yourself and your family. I definitely feel like this year,

968
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 1: I am going to do that now that I'm having

969
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 1: a child. Twenty twenty one, I went very light in

970
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:39,360
Speaker 1: the year. Twenty twenty two is my busiest year I've

971
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:44,400
Speaker 1: ever had in my life. However, I was more balanced

972
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:48,040
Speaker 1: about my health and I came in a little more

973
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 1: refreshed having taking that year off to realign with what

974
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:55,800
Speaker 1: do I really want to do, saying yes to the

975
00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:58,320
Speaker 1: things that I really want and saying no to the

976
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: things that don't matter to me. But twenty twenty two

977
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 1: was an insane year for me. I filmed two hour specials,

978
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 1: I launched a huge tour, I released my book. But

979
00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:14,120
Speaker 1: by the end of the year, my husband and I

980
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:16,520
Speaker 1: we had a conversation and he's like, I noticed that

981
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:20,000
Speaker 1: you aren't as depleted as you normally are. Typically by

982
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,440
Speaker 1: the end of the year, I'm just done. I'm like

983
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,360
Speaker 1: this is too much, and I'm complaining about everything. I'm like,

984
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:26,880
Speaker 1: why do I do this? Why do I say yes

985
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:28,680
Speaker 1: to this? Why do you say yes to that? And

986
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 1: this past year was the first year that by the

987
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,760
Speaker 1: end of it he was like, I've never seen you

988
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:38,800
Speaker 1: have this much energy and joy. At the end of

989
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,680
Speaker 1: a year, you were still okay, it didn't kill you.

990
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,000
Speaker 1: And I think that has a lot to do with

991
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: the boundaries that I gave myself about saying yes to

992
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:50,080
Speaker 1: things that matter and things that don't. Like seeing it

993
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 1: like a garden, you know, and every all of us,

994
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: whatever industry we're in, we have this garden, right, and

995
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:59,280
Speaker 1: there's all these things, some are thriving and some are

996
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:02,800
Speaker 1: not thriving. And then you got weeds growing everywhere. And

997
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 1: because it's this hustle mentality of like, oh, everybody's doing

998
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:08,600
Speaker 1: a podcast. I got to do a podcast. Everybody has

999
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:10,960
Speaker 1: a YouTube channel. I got channel TikTok. That's what we're

1000
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:12,360
Speaker 1: doing now. Okay, let me get out. How do we

1001
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:16,000
Speaker 1: do TikTok? What buttons do you press? Like all the things,

1002
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: all these things and you start like planting stuff in

1003
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:22,760
Speaker 1: your garden, and next thing you know, it is just

1004
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,320
Speaker 1: like a whole mess. Right, And so I feel like

1005
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:27,400
Speaker 1: twenty twenty was the year where I took my hands

1006
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:30,680
Speaker 1: off the garden, and I let things wither away and

1007
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:33,960
Speaker 1: things die that were not meant for me in my garden,

1008
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:37,120
Speaker 1: and whatever was left that was still thriving, that still

1009
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 1: had life, I was like, Okay, that's for me. That's

1010
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:42,479
Speaker 1: where I meant to grow and bloom. So I start

1011
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 1: feeding and investing in those. Everything else was like, that's

1012
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,439
Speaker 1: not for me. So I feel like when I drew

1013
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:50,840
Speaker 1: boundaries for myself. Yes, twenty twenty two was the busiest

1014
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:54,200
Speaker 1: year that I've ever had, but I was busy doing

1015
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:58,920
Speaker 1: things that were meant for me. It's really smart, really smart.

1016
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:03,360
Speaker 1: I'm glad that you're you've found that. Do you interact

1017
01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:06,720
Speaker 1: with a lot of fans after your show? Sometimes I

1018
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 1: do meet and greet. I used to come out and

1019
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:10,560
Speaker 1: meet everybody, But then that's another thing that would just

1020
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:12,920
Speaker 1: deplete me because that's like a show after a show,

1021
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: you know. I saw I saw one of your videos

1022
01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:17,080
Speaker 1: where you were meeting people, and that's why I ask,

1023
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:22,600
Speaker 1: because to me, that personal interaction after a show, as

1024
01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:25,160
Speaker 1: nice as it is at time, that is the thing

1025
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:28,480
Speaker 1: that exhausts me the most. Oh yeah, yeah, because it's

1026
01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:30,960
Speaker 1: a show after a show. But also you don't know

1027
01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:34,640
Speaker 1: what you're going to get from people. And then it's

1028
01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:40,440
Speaker 1: people energetically taking your energy from you. And and then

1029
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 1: a lot of times it's robot like you get in

1030
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:47,040
Speaker 1: robot mode. But even that is exhausting when we should

1031
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:49,240
Speaker 1: be resting before we go out for our second show

1032
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: of the night, you know. So now I when I

1033
01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:55,320
Speaker 1: do a meet and greet, it's a very small group.

1034
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,640
Speaker 1: I can take my time with each person and they're

1035
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:02,400
Speaker 1: not rushed like cheese. But I choose by and it's

1036
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,000
Speaker 1: before the show, so I have a little bit more

1037
01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:06,560
Speaker 1: energy and that's it. And then sometimes I don't do

1038
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,240
Speaker 1: a meet and Greece. When I've been pregnant, I stopped

1039
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:10,880
Speaker 1: doing Meet and Greece just because I'm trying to like

1040
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: stay healthy and not I've like just super close interactions

1041
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:20,560
Speaker 1: with people. So it's different. Every situation is different for me.

1042
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:25,480
Speaker 1: I love meeting people and hearing their stories, and also

1043
01:01:26,360 --> 01:01:31,480
Speaker 1: I feel like I listen to God in these interactions

1044
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:35,280
Speaker 1: with people, because they're not just a fan that came

1045
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 1: to tell you that you're funny and they like you.

1046
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:43,800
Speaker 1: They're a human being who has their own life, their

1047
01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 1: own trauma, their own situation, they're dealing with. Somebody's in

1048
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 1: the hospital, somebody's going through a divorce, something's going on

1049
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:53,600
Speaker 1: in their lives. So I feel like I feel in

1050
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,600
Speaker 1: my heart that I need to say something more to

1051
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 1: this person. And whether it's just oh my gosh, I

1052
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:02,920
Speaker 1: love your sweater. It's so pretty. That color looks really

1053
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 1: good on you. Even if it's just that, if I

1054
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:09,520
Speaker 1: think it in my head, that's a pretty color on her,

1055
01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:14,800
Speaker 1: I'll say it because words are powerful and it does

1056
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: something that I have no idea. But I'm just trying

1057
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:21,520
Speaker 1: to listen to my spirit and say what I hear.

1058
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:23,960
Speaker 1: And there's when times where like I'll have a couple

1059
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:26,520
Speaker 1: come through the line and I'll say to a guy,

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Speaker 1: I'll be like, you're a good dad. You're a good dad,

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Speaker 1: hunt and the mom that the wife would be like,

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Speaker 1: he is a good dad. And I'd be like, I

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Speaker 1: can feel it, just like the way you're talking to me,

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Speaker 1: like in your voice, like I feel like you're a

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Speaker 1: good dad. And it's just a simple sentence. That's something

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Speaker 1: that is doing something in him in her that I

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01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:49,800
Speaker 1: have no idea. I just planted the seed and let

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Speaker 1: it go. So I love doing meet and greets for that.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Now I really like and I feel very

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Speaker 1: much the same way. But I know, you know, you're

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Speaker 1: doing a couple of shows at night, often you're on

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Speaker 1: the road. It's got to be difficult. But so I

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Speaker 1: hope one that you take care of yourself, especially now.

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Speaker 1: Other times who cares? But but that's awesome. God, I

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Speaker 1: could talk to you forever. We're going to do a

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Speaker 1: lightning round game ready. It's called the Set Memories Game

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Speaker 1: with Angela Johnson. It's the first time we've ever played

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Speaker 1: this game. Here you go, one reaction from some of

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Speaker 1: the multiple amazing shows that you've been on. Any reaction

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Speaker 1: that you have starting now, curb your enthusiasm. I was

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01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:45,840
Speaker 1: so intimidated by everyone on that cast. I was like,

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Speaker 1: who do I think I am to be here on

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Speaker 1: this set? But they were so welcoming and they played

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Speaker 1: with the yes and all everything. But I remember being

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01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,840
Speaker 1: like the odd dacy to walk on the set with

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Speaker 1: these people. Love that ugly Betty. Oh. It was my

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Speaker 1: favorite show at the time. I was so honored to

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Speaker 1: be a part of it, and I remember I would

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01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:11,000
Speaker 1: I watched every episode and I loved the show. And

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01:04:11,040 --> 01:04:13,600
Speaker 1: when I actually got to be a guest star on

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Speaker 1: the show. It was just like a wild dream come true,

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Speaker 1: Like no way, I've seen every episode of the show,

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01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,040
Speaker 1: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks. I remember

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Speaker 1: I was very proud of myself because it was one

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01:04:24,320 --> 01:04:28,640
Speaker 1: of the first like things that I really like, I

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01:04:28,920 --> 01:04:31,760
Speaker 1: auditioned for and I booked it like I got it,

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01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:34,600
Speaker 1: you know, like a real big director and a big

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01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:38,920
Speaker 1: movie franchise, and I auditioned just like everybody else, and

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Speaker 1: I booked it, and I remember being very proud of myself.

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Speaker 1: And finally, because this is the whole reason we played

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01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:50,840
Speaker 1: the game. Enough said with James Candellfoene star struck and

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Speaker 1: I don't usually get that way, like I'll be quiet

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01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:56,360
Speaker 1: and I know my place, but if you interact with me,

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Speaker 1: I interact back. But with him, I was just like

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01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 1: one word dance. Yeah. I remember him calling me out

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01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:07,240
Speaker 1: on it and he was like, you're you're a quiet one,

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01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,240
Speaker 1: and I was like, I'm actually not, like I'm just

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01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:12,960
Speaker 1: being that way with you and I don't know why, like,

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01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 1: and then he started like softening me up, like he

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01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:20,680
Speaker 1: would see me on set and give me a hug.

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01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:24,280
Speaker 1: He would call me mama, Hey, mama, and like then

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01:05:24,360 --> 01:05:25,960
Speaker 1: I was like able to interact with him. And I

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01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,440
Speaker 1: remember he came to my trailer one day with his

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01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:30,800
Speaker 1: son and he knocked on my door and he's like, hey,

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01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:32,520
Speaker 1: my son's a big fan. Can you get a picture

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01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:34,520
Speaker 1: with you? And I was like, oh my god, James

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01:05:34,560 --> 01:05:37,840
Speaker 1: Gonnafini is coming to me to ask me for a picture.

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Speaker 1: This is wild. And I would thinking yeah, if I

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01:05:41,160 --> 01:05:45,080
Speaker 1: can get one with you, sure, But yeah, that was

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Speaker 1: an incredible experience. Do you like being on set or

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01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:52,720
Speaker 1: being on stage in front of people more? Such a

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01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:57,080
Speaker 1: tough one. There's no feeling like being on stage saying

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01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 1: a joke and having the immediate response of laughter and

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01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:08,280
Speaker 1: energy vibrations just shooting back at you. Like there is

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01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:13,520
Speaker 1: no feeling like that. But there's also no feeling like

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01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:16,720
Speaker 1: walking on a sound stage and that smell, that nostalgic

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01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:20,480
Speaker 1: smell of the sound stage and knowing that you get

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01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:24,360
Speaker 1: to be a part of like movie magic, and they're

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01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:28,760
Speaker 1: so different and both so special in their own way. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Do you reference the nail salon and or bond weekly

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01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:37,960
Speaker 1: in all of your shows? I have to, That's what

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Speaker 1: I can now. The nail salon has become my thank

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01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:45,560
Speaker 1: you to the audience. So at the end of the show,

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01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:48,480
Speaker 1: I kind of present it as an encore almost, and

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01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:52,320
Speaker 1: I just like, listen, I know there's a joke a

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01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 1: lot of you want to hear, and as soon as

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01:06:53,880 --> 01:06:59,560
Speaker 1: I say that, it's just eruption, and I let them

1138
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:04,600
Speaker 1: know that this joke put me on the map. And

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01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:07,880
Speaker 1: there's sometimes when I go to do this joke and

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01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:10,240
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my God, again, here we go. But

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01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:12,000
Speaker 1: then there's times when I go to do this joke

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01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:14,080
Speaker 1: and I'm reminded of stories that I've heard over the

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01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:16,880
Speaker 1: years from fans about how my comedy has impacted their

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01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:20,960
Speaker 1: lives and what this joke now means to them. And

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01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:25,280
Speaker 1: for that, I say, thank you for riding with me

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01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:28,520
Speaker 1: for so long. Here you go, and then I present

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01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:30,840
Speaker 1: it to them like that. So it's now kind of

1148
01:07:30,840 --> 01:07:34,760
Speaker 1: like my thank you. I love that you just wrapped

1149
01:07:34,840 --> 01:07:38,120
Speaker 1: up a big tour and you've joined forces on an

1150
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:43,800
Speaker 1: upcoming Prime holiday comedy, Candy Cane Lane that's out in

1151
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:47,080
Speaker 1: the holidays. Yeah, I hear it's coming out this Christmas.

1152
01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 1: They're very motivated to get it done because they're still

1153
01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:54,080
Speaker 1: filming my part's rappor Eddie, but they're still filming and

1154
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Speaker 1: it's supposed to come out this Christmas with Eddie Murphy,

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01:07:57,120 --> 01:08:01,880
Speaker 1: Tracy Ellis Ross, some really talented, funny people, and I'm

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01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:04,360
Speaker 1: honored that I got to be a part of that.

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01:08:04,360 --> 01:08:10,160
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Congratulations on the pregnancy again and on all

1158
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:12,960
Speaker 1: your success. I hope you get a chance to rest

1159
01:08:13,800 --> 01:08:17,320
Speaker 1: this year, and we'll see you at the holidays. And

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Speaker 1: I'm sure back on stage. What September, I'm coming back.

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01:08:21,360 --> 01:08:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm a little ambitious. I don't know what I'm thinking,

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01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:28,679
Speaker 1: but I'm coming back in September already. Good for you, Angela,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Thank you, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: This has been a fun, super fun conversation. Oh and

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01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:40,000
Speaker 1: I will say this. I started on YouTube years ago,

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01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:45,120
Speaker 1: and I just finished filming my sixth one hour special

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01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:49,400
Speaker 1: and I'm going to be releasing it on YouTube. So

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01:08:49,439 --> 01:08:51,920
Speaker 1: I'm coming back to YouTube where it all started, and

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01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:54,680
Speaker 1: back to YouTube. Yes, and I'm going to release my

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01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 1: new hour special on YouTube. What is that in May?

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01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:01,320
Speaker 1: On May four teenth. You're the first person to know

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01:09:01,400 --> 01:09:04,880
Speaker 1: that I haven't even announced it yet, that May fourteenth

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01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:08,960
Speaker 1: on YouTube. Let me ask you a question. Does that

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01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:11,640
Speaker 1: company that paid you twenty five dollars still own the

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01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:17,000
Speaker 1: nail Lady clip on YouTube? So they do? People thinking

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01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:19,719
Speaker 1: people think I made millions of dollars off of that video.

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01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:27,040
Speaker 1: I made, not one, not one penny. Stop it. Yeah,

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01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:30,320
Speaker 1: they don't own the joke, no, of course not. But

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01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:32,880
Speaker 1: they all that clip, the one that went viral and

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01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:34,960
Speaker 1: has the millions and millions of you that's there as

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01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:37,679
Speaker 1: they own it, the one that I watched this morning. Yeah,

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01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:43,679
Speaker 1: thank you on their behalf. Thank you. Oh my god,

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01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:48,200
Speaker 1: Well you're gonna get it back this uh this may

1184
01:09:48,360 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 1: on YouTube. That's right. Good luck to you. Thank you

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01:09:51,960 --> 01:10:10,000
Speaker 1: so much. Thank you Angela. Not a penny, not one penny. Well,

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01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:13,439
Speaker 1: I guess things worked out just fine. Thank you so

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01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,759
Speaker 1: much for coming on today. It was such a pleasure

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01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:19,360
Speaker 1: to have you on, and to all of you out

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Speaker 1: there listening, thank you, As always my trustee companions. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to be back next week, same time, same place,

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01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:32,439
Speaker 1: with another phenomenal guest. Also, make sure to follow us

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Speaker 1: on Instagram if you haven't already, at Off the Beat

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Speaker 1: and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for all your support and we will see you next week.

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Speaker 1: Off the Beat is hosted an executive produced by me

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Speaker 1: Diego Tapia. Our producers are Liz Hayes, Hannah Harris, and

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