Ear Biscuits with Rhett & Link - Ep. 6 GloZell Green - Ear Biscuits

Episode Date: November 1, 2013

Self-proclaimed "Queen of YouTube," GloZell Green, joins Rhett & Link this week to discuss growing up in an all-white private school in the South, accidental viral video success, and being permanently banned from attending The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This, this, this, this is Mythical. Welcome to Ear Biscuits. I'm Link. And I'm Rhett. It's time for another candid conversation with someone interesting from the internet. This week on the round table of dim lighting, well not on it, just around it, we have Glozell Green, vlogger extraordinaire, self-proclaimed queen of the internet. That's what it says on her YouTube channel.

I'm not gonna deny it. She's queenly. She's got millions of views. 400 million views, that might make you queen of the internet. Yeah, I'll take that. She's gonna talk about growing up as the only black person in an all-white school. How she got banned from the Tonight Show.

And the fact that she accidentally, accidentally made a video that now has over 20 million views. It's called My Push-Up Bra Will Help Me Get My Man. And I gotta say, I'm very envious of her because, and she's gonna tell you the story of what I mean by accidentally made a viral video. When she told that story, I thought to myself, really, really, you didn't even intend this thing

to be a viral video, now it has more views than anything we have ever made, and we've been sitting here for six years trying so hard to make viral videos. We try very hard, we always have tried very hard. I'm not gonna, you know, we're not gonna lie to make viral videos. We try very hard. We always have tried very hard. I'm not going to, you know, we're not going to lie to you about it. Every video that we, oh, this is the one.

This one's really going to do it. And, you know, we've been fortunate enough to create videos that have gotten millions of views, some really quickly. Other ones have really surprised us. But which ones have surprised us? I think once you say that, I kind of need to say. I was specifically thinking of the chiropractor commercial. Well, yeah.

I was surprised that that went as big as it did as quickly as it did. But I mean, maybe I just, well, it's a different thing. We're not vloggers. We could never create the video that she created that got that many views. Never. But it fascinated me that it was a very different approach and a different strategy, but has become what it is today, the GloZell green that you're going to meet and going

to enjoy. Another story that she's going to share with all of us is how she met Elijah Wood in a Quiznos. And the bathroom is involved. That's all I'm going to tell you. And then what happened there ends up translating into a story that Elijah Wood talks about on Jimmy Kimmel. So it's just crazy how she just kind of finds herself in these situations, sometimes making videos that just change the course of her life.

I love that about her story. But the other thing it made me think of was an encounter that my wife had with a famous person in a public restroom. Oh, yeah. I've told you this before. Now, Katie Holmes, before she was in Batman and before she married and divorced Tom Cruise,

she was, what was that show she was in? Dawson's Creek? Dawson's Creek. Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Yep, and Dawson's Creek was kind of winding up. I think you wind down. Wind up is like getting ready to start winding down as it's about to end. Thank you for catching that.

Because I want to be clear that it's when Dawson's Creek was winding down. Yeah, yeah. There's a big difference. It was over. She was, her career was winding up is what I was thinking. Okay, yeah. But for some reason, she was back in Wilmington and my wife Christy

was also in Wilmington at a seafood restaurant. Yeah, well it is next to the beach. Lots of seafood restaurants. And I think there was a buzz around the restaurant. I was not there. So this is second-hand knowledge to me. That there was a buzz around the restaurant.

Katie Holmes is dining in this seafood restaurant. Katie Holmes, look, she got the fried shrimp and the flounder. She's in the restaurant. She is here. She had too much of the flounder. She's got to go to the restroom now. Christy saw her dining there, and then she's- Flounders have two eyes on one side of their head.

And then she's leaving. Do you really want to talk about that right now? I'm just filling in, get the gaps. Okay, you're just peppering the story with flounder facts. Thank you. Like a salt and peppered flounder. Christy has to go to the restroom after she's eaten. She's about to pay.

She had the flounder too. You have to get up and pay at this place. It's one of those fish camp type places in Wilmington. She goes to the bathroom. Someone's in the bathroom. Wonder who it is. Door's locked. She's waiting there a while.

Take a little Dawson's Peak in there. See who's in there. I'm sorry. I'll just tell the story. It's a great story. I've heard it before, though, so I'm trying to entertain myself for the second telling. She's waiting. And then finally, finally the door opens

after what seemed like hours, it was just minutes probably, and lo and behold, you know who it is, Miss Katie Holmes comes out and her eyes meet Christy's as Christy's about to go in the restroom, one person at a time type deal, obviously. And Katie says to Christy's, as Christy's about to go in the restroom, one person at a time type deal, obviously. And Katie says to Christy, I wouldn't go in there.

It's out of order. Oh. The bathroom's out of order. You know what that means. And then Christy says, well, I gotta go. I gotta give a shot. I gotta go in there anyway. She goes in there and it's like clogged up big time.

Katie clogged. Katie dropped a big old bomb. Little girl, big bomb. Oh, man. She felt right at homes in that bathroom. Oh, man. You're horrible. She did not want anyone to go in there.

I mean, it could have been on the tabloids. My wife was gracious. She only told me the story, and then many years later, am I disseminating it through SoundCloud and iTunes? Yeah, it's in the past now. But yeah, I mean, she lied and tried to cover it up. She just said, hey, I blew it up in there.

You can't do that when you're a celebrity. You can't do that. You can't admit to that kind of thing. You're still human. I was just washing my hands in there. And here we are with bathroom humor again. The crazy thing about Glozell's story with Elijah Woods is it's- Wood. There's no S.

It's not plural. There's one guy. Elijah Wood, it's kind of the opposite, but it's equally impressive and crazy of a story. And she's got an equally impressive career thus far with 2.2 million subscribers on the YouTube and over 400 million views on her channel. Queen of the internet.

Cinnamon challenge video alone has over 33 million views. And she's got quite the interesting story. And here it is, our conversation with Glozell Green. You guys are so cute. Maybe I'll keep my sexy voice as well. Are you taking a picture of... You're only going to be... I'm professional honey

I can get it on Now GloZell I noticed that you have Your pocketbook Still around your shoulder Yes cause I don't know you peoples And I'm from Florida And y'all will get away with

Doing whatever y'all want to to me I already know that So I have to be prepared to run Cause it's just us And there's dim lighting I don't know you And I am sexy. You know what I'm saying?

Like, I, you know, might arouse you. But do we look trustworthy? Not at all. Not at all. He looks shady. I look trustworthy. A little. But that's the ones you got to watch.

You got that sweater, you know, like it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. It's like, mm-mm. So I don't know. So you have issues with Mr. Rogers. He was from Florida, so I do like him. However, there was some mystery about him. I don't know. He played with trains and little kids.

I don't know. Now, you just said a second ago that you have never tried coffee. Never. I've never tried coffee, alcohol, or any kind of drugs or smoking anything. Well, hold on. You just threw coffee in with alcohol and drugs. I'm just saying these are the things I haven't tried. Is coffee a gateway drug for you?

You know what? It could be. I won't know because I haven't tried it. I mean, I got some right here. Link's got some right there. No. Well, see, now that I'm over 40, what's the point? Now it's just a novelty of saying it and then watch people go, what?

So now it's fun. I won't try it because people are just like, huh? But Starbucks, well, they have tea. Hello. Look, you look very perplexed. So you do tea. She's serious. You do tea.

I do do tea because I do like the British and I like pretending. I really do. I put on the hat and I do this. And my name is Cicely Cardew. I have a really great time by myself. I can see that. I mean, I'm not by myself. It's just nobody else is there.

I have this coffee right here. This could be the opportunity. Hello? No. Okay. No, don't even try it. Now, you said that- You see how people want to press you into doing stuff?

Just like, no to drugs, cinnamon, and coffee. I'm just throwing that out there. Oh, we know about cinnamon. Oh, no. about cinnamon. Oh. 33 million views later, everybody knows about cinnamon. Hello. But it- Now, you said that you don't know us, but I'm trying to tell you that we've met on multiple

occasions. Maybe twice. Did you have the beard? Were y'all white still? Yep. I was white, and I've had this beard for quite some time. Okay. I haven't shaved the bottom part of the beard in over a decade.

It was after the streamies. After the streamies. Our wives wanted their picture taken with you. I bet you I remember the wives. What did they have on? You don't remember? Clothes. They looked good, though.

They looked great. It was towards the end. It was after the stream, right? Like over to your side? Yeah, you were in the parking lot afterwards. And you were almost totally away. Oh! You don't remember.

No, because I took a picture with this girl from the middle. Do you remember that? Uh-huh. I don't remember the picture. I know the middle, though. The girl? The middle? The show. Yeah, the show. She was there that? I don't remember the picture. I know the middle though. The girl, the middle. The show. Yeah, the show. She was there

and I took a picture and then you guys came up after that. So I do remember that now. That is right. Yes. See? I remember because I didn't have coffee. And prior to that we had a text exchange because I got a hold of your cellular telephone number and I started texting you

and trying to tell you who I was because I wanted you to be a Supernote captain. Do you remember this? And I was like, I'm Link from Renton, Inc. Lord, if I had remembered that, I would not have been here. Yeah, I was like, I'm Link from Renton, Inc. And you were like, I don't know who you are. I know who you are.

You guys are very famous, popular. Yeah, you were messing with me. I remember now. I'm now making the connection to the two things. Okay, but you were pretty busy. I mean, you're a busy lady. This was a very busy time. I was getting ready to go out to country or something right at that time.

Right, yeah, right. It was a bad time. I totally remember that. And plus, you have to understand, when I do videos, I don't edit. I don't do anything. So when people ask me to do stuff that requires effort, really, like even driving, I'm like, okay. If it wasn't for Uber car, how would I get away?

Uber car, I like that. It just wouldn't... But I've seen you driving in videos. No. You see me behind a wheel in videos. Oh. Filming yourself while the car moves. Yeah.

That's what I see. I just bought a car, but I don't drive it. Now, you recently got married, like I'm talking weeks ago. Yes. Almost two months. So I want to get to that, but we can't Now, you recently got married. Yes. I'm talking weeks ago. Yes, almost two months. So I want to get to that. For you, we would.

Pray for him. We usually like to kind of go back to the start, but I will say congratulations. Thank you. You can go back to the start of what? The first marriage? Of your life. Your first memory. My first memory.

I actually remember being born. Okay. Tell us about it. When I say that, see, this is why I'm usually not with people, because that sounded strange, but I do. I remember going, like, late. My mom says I remember, like, a dream about it, but I remember it, I feel. You were probably just looking at photos, and then you thought. There's no photos of me being born. Yeah, they didn't do that kind of photo. No. That's like.

Yeah, because I'm over 40. You said you're over 40. Yeah, I'm over 40. I know black don't crack, but it's starting to give, so I might get a little Botox-y, Tox-y. Just a little on this side because this side is drooping just a little bit right now. Just on this side.

Make it even. You see it's even now? If you get a lot of that, it'll just make you look surprised constantly. That's fine. That's pretty good i do that all the time anyway hello okay so you remember emerging i do i do being born i don't believe that for the record nobody does what's the next memory i remember that where was this what what state are

we in we're in florida okay where all the loony people come from. Where? Orlando. I was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Mm-hmm. And I was, fun fact, I was breastfed until I was four. So you do remember that. Yeah, because I was on one side of my sister who was three and a half years apart from us. So I know I had to be around four. There you go. So you were competing with your sister.

I won because- Well, there's two. There's not really a competition. Well, I won. I won because... Well, there's two. There's not really a competition. Well, I won. I won. You mean you took both breasts? No, because I was breastfed the longest. Because my mom was like, forget this, after two of them. Now, who ended that, you or your mom?

My mother. Okay. She was like, enough. She cut it off at some point. Yeah. So, there you go. It wasn't like you were like, this is weird. No. She was like... No. If I. So, there you go. It wasn't like you were like, this is weird. No. She was like,

No. If I had kids, I would go that long. Well, you know, actually, four is the international standard age for breastfeeding. I think so, but most people are like, oh, are you not pleased? Like, their face is like, this is so strange. I believe in breastfeeding. Well, I'm talking about kids. I've got three of them. You do?

Yeah. I got two of them. You do? Yeah. I got two of them. You do? Y'all look good. And they all nursed. There you go. There you're right. And it worked. I believe in it.

I don't get sad. I did not. I did not breastfeed as a child. I was a formula baby. I was a formula baby. That's why I drink coffee. And you guys are tall, so that... But I'm super formula.

I'm not as smart As I think I could be I'm not as dumb As I am People are like You're really dumb I'm not that dumb But I am I'm not as dumb as I am

Yeah Like I'm not gonna tell you That I'm brilliant Because I'm not brilliant But I'm not Cinnamon out my nose That was not smart But I'm not as dumb

As I am So Okay So You're breastfeeding Alongside Your younger sister Who was three and a half years younger than you. Yeah, she still is. Yep, it's kind of a constant rate of aging.

Well, it depends if one of you travels in space for an extended period of time, then that starts to change. We don't really want to go there. We don't want to go there. To space? Well, yeah, we want to go to space, but we don't really want to go to that part of the conversation. Okay, so take us back to growing up. Give us, paint us more of a picture of

GloZell growing up. First of all, your name. You were given the name GloZell. Thank you for saying that. We have unique names, but... Oh, that's a real damn good. My middle name is Lincoln. Real names. Rhett and Link. And I've met a number of Rett's. Have you ever met a Link?

Never met a Link. Never met a Link, but you know of Links. There's Link in a video game or whatever. I do know. Have you ever met another Glozell or heard of another Glozell? No. I mean, people are naming their animals. Someone just named a dog.

There's a fish named after me. But, of course, that's after you. Yes, yes, yes. You're talking about fans. Yeah. Or enemies. It depends on if they don't like them. Depends on what they do To their dog

Yeah it depends on Yeah exactly Exactly But my father Was named Ozel Green And my mother's name Gloria Green So Glozel

There you go People always try to Did they give you that name Or did you Is this like an internet name Didn't I just say My dad was named Ozel And my mother was named Gloria?

I know, but did you put that together? On my birth certificate, it says Glozel Lanique Green. Yeah, she wrote it. The day she was born, she remembers the whole thing. I remember, I remember. And she wrote Glozel.

I was there. She was like, I got an idea, Ozel and Gloria. There you go. That's the only name I've ever had. I didn't name myself. That's the only thing I feel like they really got right was my name. And I am sorry.

Everything else my mom has done has been wrong. I'm sorry for asking you that because I do get offended when people say, all right, well, tell me your real name. Yes. Like, no, my name is Lincoln. It's just short for Lincoln. So I got it honest. You don't even have to tell them that. Like if you said my name was Kat and people, and that's not your real name, but that's what you want to go by, then that's what you want to go by. Who is this person to go by? No, what is your real name? That's what I want you to call me, heifer. Shut up. Okay, I understand.

That's what he does. I'm sorry. No, not in the interview section. I'm talking about in the street. I don't know why you're giving me an interview. No, I want you to accept my apology. I'm going to think about it. I don't want people interviewing me at Whole Foods, stuff like that.

People do that. Just this week. Hi, can I take a picture? Sure, yeah, click. Do you have any kids? No, no, I'm over 40. I don't think I'm going to have any kids. Well, have you ever been pregnant?

Hello? Who are you? Like, what? Yeah, yeah. Somebody asked you that at Whole Foods. Yes, like, it gets yeah. Somebody asked you that at Whole Foods. Yes. Like, it gets strange. I get strange.

But, you know, people are a reflection of yourself. So maybe, you know. What's the strangest thing that a fan has ever? Well, you get, like, the weird, weird, scary ones. Like, if you don't follow me, then I'm going to kill my dog. And they send a picture of, like, a knife up against the dog. And my dog's name is Glozell. Oh, yeah.

Just add that part to it. You're like, if you follow me, I'll stop cutting myself. Like, I don't like, that's not joking. Like,

I don't even know. So do you block them? And then you find out they killed themselves or what? You just kind of like. Wow. Yeah. It gets really, really,

really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really,

really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really,

really, really, really, really, we haven't gotten that kind of thing. How young is your audience? Like, I have like,

right where I'm kind of confused. I'm not sure. I know who I am sometimes. We're on YouTube. So I think we've got, you know, we've got a young, confused audience. But you might have more, right where I'm kind of confused I'm not sure I know who I am sometimes and that kind of we're on YouTube so I think we've got you gotta say we've got a young

confused audience but you might have more maybe you have more guys yeah probably and they just like I just want to laugh and just you know talk about farts

and that's really funny and you know girls boobs but I get some wow problem cases overall good it's just that

I did get some of those this week and I'm like now okay so your sister does she have an interesting name that I did get some of those This week And I'm like Now Okay So your sister Does she have an interesting name That's a different combination

Of your parents' names No Yeah In a way Just my dad When she was born The song On my way to San Jose

Or something like that By Dionne Warwick Was out So my sister Is named Dionne Zell After Dionne Warwick Who she's never met And your father

Yeah my father Yes It was met. And your father. Yeah, my father, yes. It was your mom and your dad combined their names for your name. And then your dad and Dionne Warwick. Some stranger. Yes. Okay. That's fair. Because Ozoria would have worked.

Think about that. I need to write that. That is nice. Yeah, I mean, it's the other combination of Gloria and Ozzell. Right. Ozzell and Ozoria. They didn't do that. I like that.

I should have been there. You know how many people have given me, like, mixtures of names? I never heard that one. Yeah, well, okay. But her name is Dionzel, so there you go. I mean, that's a great name. It's actually, she says Dionzel, but it's Dionzel is what the reflection is. Is she a fan of Dion Warwick?

I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't think anybody's like an enemy of her, but I don't think she went and got like an album or anything. I think she had albums, but she was also in the Psychic Network hotline. The Psychic Friends thing is the thing that really screwed it up for me and Dionne.

That was what, 15 years ago? Infomercial. Okay, so growing up in Florida. Yes, growing up in Florida. Did that just mean Going to a bunch of amusement parks And having A glorious life

Every year I really enjoyed Growing up in Orlando, Florida I went to Trinity Lutheran School From kindergarten Eighth grade And I went to Luther High From ninth to twelfth grade

So I was brought up Lutheran There you go Class of So it's like a private school Were you wearing Like a uniform? We didn't have to wear uniforms.

We're not Catholic. Come on. But we couldn't wear denim. And our... We couldn't wear denim. Denim was like the anti, anti. And your skirt had to go longer than your hands. Your fingertips.

Your fingertips. When down by your side. Yes. You couldn't wear a jean jacket? We couldn't wear denim. That way you just eliminated everything because you couldn't be that casual that you were in jeans. That's what it was. And we got spanked

also back when you had paddling. They don't have that now. So did you get paddled or spanked? I got spanked at home, yes. Paddled at school. I mean, come on. That wasn't strange. You got paddled a lot at school? Not a lot, but I did get paddled. What's something you got paddled for? For not doing my math homework.

Really? Whoa. Yes. This is intense. Yes, but here's the thing with a paddle, with a board, it depends on how bad it was. You get one with one hole or two holes in it in the paddle. The more holes, the more it hurts, right?

Yes, it does. Yes, yes. However, they didn't hit you as hard as you got hit at home. I'm like, my mom was trying to kill me. So this ain't nothing. I'm not going to do my homework tomorrow. We might as well go ahead and hit me again. You told them this.

No, but I was thinking this is not nothing. You're going to switch off the tree, try to kill me. I would think it would be worse because you couldn't wear denim, and that's one of the thickest materials You want to cover your Your hind end Well you're putting it all together now That's why you couldn't wear denim

Because they're like Listen these kids wear denim We can't hurt them Can't phase them with the paddle No So I mean that's the worst you did So I didn't wear jeans I didn't get my first pair of jeans

Until I went to college Because like if you couldn't wear it to school What was the point? Yeah That must have been a great day. Well, that's when I found out I had a lot of junk-a-junk. I was like, what? What y'all staring at me for?

Oh, I'm fine. Oh, okay. So you're like, I can't wait to go to college. I get to wear jeans. Yes, that's what my wild thing was. So, okay, so what is the school like? I mean, this is a pretty unique experience, I would think, a private Lutheran school

It's not unique to me Because I went there from kindergarten to 12th grade With some of the same people Some of the same people from kindergarten to 12th grade Similar thing for us, you know Kindergarten to 12th grade, pretty much the same group of friends Yeah, so that's not weird But the Lutheran part

The no denim part Some people have Some people have uniforms That means they're not wearing denim They're not wearing this They're not wearing that So I think it's weird To wear uniforms

I didn't have to wear a uniform So what were your friends like? They were like you They were white Oh no let's whisper Oh no One of my friends was like Well we're

I guess regular regular people. It was a white school. Is that what you're saying? Yes. I guess there's some black Lutherans. We're going to call in. We're the black Lutherans. We don't check off.

People don't call in. Oh, good. So, but yeah. Okay. What was that like? I've never had a black teacher, you know. And I remember the first time I was talking about Martin Luther to my mom. And she said, Martin Luther King.

And she brought out a picture. I'm like, that ain't Martin Luther. He white. I don't know what Jesus, what they teaching at the school. Lord have mercy. You know, like you sent me there. So, hello. Hello.

There you go. So, you knew Martin Luther before you knew him? I knew Martin Luther, yes. Who, Martin Luther Senior. That's Martin Luther Senior knew Martin Luther before you knew him? I knew Martin Luther, yes. Who? Martin Luther Sr. That's Martin Luther Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. Okay. Martin Luther King Jr.

Right. Martin Luther King Sr. was named after Martin Luther, the monk. So it's all related. Everybody became a minister. So why did your parents put you in a private Christian school? They put me in a private Christian school because they thought that I would get beat up at a public school. What do you mean? Because I was very awkward and I know I don't seem shy, but I'm an introvert.

I was just talking about that today on Facebook. I'm an introvert. Even though I pretend not to be or somehow it seems like I'm not. Well, you're an introvert by definition is you're you're not energized by being around people being around people is more of a drain but i could i mean i run i both consider ourselves an introvert i mean we're we're entertainers we like to engage a group right but but we're drained by lots of conversations with people need alone time preach somebody that understands.

And see, that helps you. It's kind of strange because you end up being with people like you, and you can sit in the room and you're just not talking. We're having a great time. Yeah, let's try that right now. Just sit in silence. Great for a podcast. Awesome.

But I went to this school with the same people, so I wasn't too much of an introvert so to speak but I was with we know the same you know your mother and father of everybody to go to school your brothers and sisters because you go for so long you were comfortable with these yeah so you you don't realize that you such an introvert till you go you know 13th the 14th year and at UF and you're just like I don't know these people's parents. They don't know me. You don't know

Ozel and Gloria. You know, it's what? But fortunately or unfortunately, I guess unfortunately, unfortunately, edit,

unfortunately, there was a, the Gainesville murderers were going on when I went to UF. So everybody was staying in. So I didn't seem that odd because nobody was going out

because people were getting murdered. Really? The Gainesville murder? This was in college? Yes. At UF, University of Florida. Yes.

Okay. So back before we get to college. I'm still going back. So do you think it was a good choice? It seems like the way you talk about it was a positive experience for you there. I think so. Because I wouldn't be in YouTube. I wouldn't be able to be.

I get along with a lot of people, and a lot of people like me. I'm a little more. I feel like I'm diverse, you know. But if not, then I might be angry at hating white people, and they don't do nothing. They are mad at Obama. You know, where I don't feel that at all. I'm just like, but these are my friends. So you're saying that from a young age, all the friends you grew up with, they were mostly white people.

They were all 100% white people. 100% white people. Yes. I was the only black person in my class. And that was, I mean, there had to have been some negatives associated with that. I mean, oh, you know, Glozell, the one black girl in our school. Is that what it was? Well, yeah, but the only, there was some, the down part didn't come from the students.

It came from their parents early in the 70s when you, okay, like, here we go. Like on Monday and you find out there was a sleepover and you weren't invited and the kids were like, I wish you could come. Well, you know, mom said, you know, we couldn't invite nobody black over to the house. That kind of thing. Now that changed by the time I got to 12th grade. But in the beginning, early on, some of that did happen. And that was an issue. And how did you deal with that?

Well, I didn't get upset with the parents because the kids were so nice. I mean, I got along with everybody. We were together. I think it's fine. And plus, that one particular person, her daughter married a black person and I couldn't have been happier. I couldn't have been happier. I was just like,

whew, Lord have mercy. Calm up. Bite ya, bite ya, bite ya. Do they let him visit at Christmas or anything? I don't know. I don't care. I'm just so happy. That was the funniest thing to me. That particular person. So you weren't like, Mom, Dad, why you put me in with all these white people? I'm the oddball here.

No, I didn't know I was. Well, the first day of kindergarten, I go in and I'm like, oh, Robbie Gifford. He kind of looked like you. And I was like, something is wrong with him, his skin. Wow. But I'm going to be his friend because, you know, when the kids get here, they're going to pick at him. And I'm going to stick up for him because he's, you know, he's cool. And I was like, his eyes are the wrong color.

You can almost see through them. They're blue. That's gross. But you know what? I'm going to be his friend. And obviously he doesn't have a disease because they wouldn't have him here at school. And like his hair is yellow. But then as the other kids start coming in,

that's when I realized I'm like. Y'all got a disease. Like, there is another one. Uh-oh. I better figure out how to fit in right here. And fortunately, people thought I was funny. So it sounds like that your family, at least, was, if going to school at this school

where you were the only black person. And I wasn't black. No, somewhere between I became African-American. I don't know what year that was. I was like, who is African-American? Who are y'all talking about? I ain't never been to Africa. But yes, I was black then, yes.

I did not know who African-American was. That changed at some point. It changed right before I went to UF. Well, let's connect the dots. Let's fill in some of those gaps. So, college, you end up doing stand-up comedy because you went crazy.

You started wearing denim. Yeah. You started doing stand-up. You're wearing your jeans. Did you sow your wild oats? Did I sow my wild oats? What do you mean? She said she's never had coffee, alcohol, or tobacco.

But I do like the men's. I do like guys. That would be my drug of choice, I guess. Y'all's cute, too. You were with a lot of guys in college? No, no, no. I was a trick. No.

Uh-uh. No. You know what I'm saying? I don't know what sow your wild oats means exactly. I wasn't sowing. I don't know either. I was hoping you could just go with it. Well, I'm going to go with it.

My wild oats happened when I came here, so to speak, to California. How did Florida become Los Angeles? I moved to California in 2003, and I started one weekend, and I was going to the comedy clubs, and I was teaching. Was it like, one weekend and I was going to the comedy clubs and I was teaching was it like okay

if I'm gonna make a go at this I've gotta get to Los Angeles like what was yes the whole time well back on the Caravanette show there was a Tim Conway show

and on every credit there was say made in beautiful downtown Burbank or the Tonight Show made in you know we're in Burbank

I'm like if I just get to California then Burbank if the Tonight Show made in, you know, we're in Burbank. I'm like, if I just get to California, then. Burbank. If I could just get there, you know, then that's going to be it. You got to get to Burbank. Yes. And then when I went to University of Florida, Mr. Jay Leno said, let the gator growl, which is some kind of festival thing that we have at UF. So I'm thinking, when I tell him I went to UF, he's going to be like, well,

there you go. You so totally get tunnel vision for just yourself to hold on to something. So I'm like, I'll just go to the Tonight Show. Tell him I went to UF, and I'll probably start working there at the Tonight Show. He's going to love that. Well, it didn't turn out like that. I ended up going to 200 shows.

You said 200? I went to, no. I went to over 600 shows. Oh, what? Over two years. Yes, I've gone. And your plan, so what was your plan? The Tonight Show. You're going to the Tonight Show taping.

Tonight Show, yes. 600 times in two years. Yes, and it's documented. How do you do this? Well, what had happened was. Why do you do this? So I was like, why don't you go to the Tonight Show? Maybe you'll get an idea. And so I had

VIP tickets, so I didn't have to wait in line. I would just go, and I'm like, oh, maybe I'll get some ideas. And it was just nice watching the show. This is a classic show that I used to watch. I love the Tonight Show. And when I was growing up, it is not that way now. But when I was growing up, if you are a comic and you got on the Tonight

Show, whether you got the thumbs up to come sit down with Johnny Carson or not. Right. Don't you yawn. Are you yawning? No, I'm from, I'm enthralled.

If I was, I'm so enthralled that I was just opening my mouth in awe. It was not a yawn at all. It was like. I wish somebody could see the cameras.

Like, where's the camera right here? I watched a documentary on Johnny Carson recently and I was fascinated by the fact that the comics would come out, they would do their stand-up

and they would look over at Johnny. That was their life. Do you understand? Yeah, and if Johnny gave them the thumbs up, it would change their life. How do you go every day?

I mean, because that seems like a difficult thing to do. There's people who travel here and like, I want to go to the Tonight Show. No, I was living here and I knew someone that worked at NBC,

not at the Tonight Show, NBC, and they get on the VIP list. You just go on the list, you show up, you go to the show. It I want to go to the Tonight Show. No, I was living here and I knew someone that worked at NBC, not at the Tonight Show, NBC, and they get on the VIP list. You just get on the list, you show up, you go to the show, it's free to go. Right.

And they don't tape at 11, they tape at 4, so you're done with whatever you're doing and you can go watch the show. It's only, it's exactly an hour, that's it.

It didn't take much time out of your life. Right, okay. So. And you got the VIP ticket every day. Yeah, for seven months I had a VIP ticket.

Not realizing that the Tonight Show people are like, well, who is this? We don't know who she is. Is that Bill Cosby's granddaughter or something? You don't know who is able to come every day. So someone came up to me and said, why don't you start a blog? I'm like, a blog? I didn't even know what a blog was. I didn't even have a computer.

I didn't know. So I went to the library and I started a blog. And I was like, oh blog? I didn't even know what a blog was. I didn't even have a computer. I didn't know. So I went to the library and I started a blog. And I was like, oh, this is what happened. The bathrooms are dirty here at the Tonight Show today. And blah, blah, blah. I met this person. Blah, blah, blah. I was writing.

Not knowing that these people were reading it. And what year are we talking about here? 2008. Like 2008. Okay. And it was a blog strictly dedicated. It's still up. It's called ilovejlenal. Okay. And it was a blog strictly dedicated. It's still up. It's called ilovejleno.com.

It's called glowsuslovejleno.com. That's what it's called. Still there. All the old stuff. And it shows you pictures of me in line, you know. Crazy. So people started following this. People were interested.

Yeah, but I didn't know that people would follow. I was just writing my thoughts. So I was like, okay. Because I would write in a diary. I would write every day when I was sitting there. So now they know that people would follow. I was just writing my thoughts. I was like, okay, because I would write in a diary. I would write every day when I was sitting there. So now they know what I'm writing because I'm online. Dummy, I'm writing. Okay.

I'm like, oh, Jay should change this joke. And then the joke would change. I was like, hmm, what's the odds of that? And I've done that before. What do you mean the joke would change? Between taping to airing? No, because he would do the same joke more than once. He doesn't do brand new jokes all the time every night.

He might do a joke on Monday and turn around. If it's still hot about, let's say, Paris Hilton or somebody. He'll reword it a little bit, but he'll still talk about Paris. Sometimes it's the same joke. It was hot, it'll be hot again. Not everybody catches everything and watches every night. Really? joke. It was hot. It'll be hot again. Not everybody catches everything and watch it every night. Really? Right.

You should know. I know. Link's questioning you, but you went to 600 shows in two years. 600 documented shows. I think she's the authority here. Documented. Like, that is documented. I was in the paper, and it was getting a lot of attention.

That might be a world record, first of all. It might be. Have you ever thought about that? Okay, so you've got the blog going. People are interested in this. Right, right. For obvious reasons. Yeah, and people were visiting me.

Jokes are changing as a result of your blog. Two or three times. And then what? Then happened was the strike, which everybody from the inside was outside. This was like my dream come true. Everybody from every show was out there striking. I'm taking pictures, whatever. But I knew that they were going to go back.

And when they went back, they were looking at the blog. You know, I'm taking pictures of what's going on. They went back to a job. I was just going back to the Tonight Show. But you started making videos. I started making videos of the people in line interviewing. Like, hey, I thought that the interest was the people in line. Not thinking that people thought that I was funny interviewing people in line.

So I'm like, okay, so you're meeting people from Australia and Germany and this place and that place. And because of my background, I guess, you know, I could talk to them about anything. Like, oh, yeah. But you weren't harassing anybody, right? I wasn't harassing anybody, right? I wasn't harassing anybody. But I also was writing everything about good, bad, and ugly about The Tonight Show. About everything from the bathrooms to who got kicked out and what really happened, what didn't air. Too much information. They were uncomfortable with the amount of disclosure.

They never said. But I'm just saying this is what I was writing. Maybe they were seeing it kind of like stalker territory. Well, what happened was they asked me to come to the kind of like stalker territory. Well, what happened was they asked me to come to the green room, which I thought... This is my moment.

Two years. And they're like, you can't come here anymore. And I thought I was going to be punked. I'm waiting for Jay to come out. Like, what? Like, what? What?

I'm banned. One of two women, me and Joan Rivers, are banned from The Tonight Show. I kind of feel honored. But you know what I'm like, what? What? I'm banned. One of two women, me and Joan Rivers are banned from the Tonight Show. I kind of feel honored, but you know what I'm saying? And I,

it was, it was the greatest thing ever because right then my world was, it was done. My world was completely the Tonight Show. If people wanted to talk to me,

they would come to the Tonight Show and like, okay, because they knew that I was going to be there. People from my church would hold my spot in line

if I had to go do something because that was my thing. That was the only thing I had. So there you go. And once again, who comes to the Tonight Show? White people. I didn't realize how easy it was to spot that I was coming every day because the only thing black about the Tonight Show was the band. Right. I mean, the audience is not black at all.

Not even when Obama came. It was white. And Right. I mean, the audience is not like, oh, not even when Obama came. It was, what? And you. People had to work. How did you feel when you were shut out? First, I really tried to hate Jay, even though, you know, what if I had never been there,

never met him, he never said that thing when I was at UF, let the gator growl. And it's not his fault, even though I do believe that he was the one that's like, okay, this is enough. I believe it's him. But it was a good thing, and I love him. How was it a good thing?

It was a good thing because the guy from the Today Show, Lenny, I guess this is a black thing. We just stand out and watch white people shows. Anyway, he was there for over 20 years. That could have easily been me. Easily. I could have easily only talked about people that came to the Tonight Show and not done the Cinnamon Challenge and not do the other things. Because I thought what was important, what people were watching, was people that were going to Jay Leno. Because I thought the Tonight Show was so huge.

And now, Tonight Show is a— But you realize it was about you now they were entertained by you now I do but when did that happen when did you when did you understand that after I started doing videos like oh maybe I can watch the show start talking about I was still trying to connect to the show somehow because like who cared about me who was I I thought I was the, you know, just that was it. And since then, they've started their own blog, which is great. And moving on. But how did, so how did it shift from you were just watching the show and continuing to blog to I got to do something different? Well, no, I never did start. I'm like, well, I'll watch the show.

But then I was like, well, that's crazy. I mean, so it took a while for me to figure out what am I going to do. I don't know what I'm going to do. I've been doing this for two years, and it's been great. This is my cheers. People wrote to me like, can you pick me up a ticket? I'm coming in, but I didn't get a chance to get a ticket. Sure, I'm going to go to the office and pick up tickets all the time.

I love doing that. I didn't have a problem. And I was looking forward to meeting the people. There's people that I met in that line that I'm still friends with now. Really? So what was the first thing you did post Jay Leno? That's when my first viral hit came was

my push-up bra helped me get my man back. Driving in the car. What was the thought process? The thought process was like, we're going to do a ghetto soap opera and my name will be Tracy and this guy, his name will be Peter. And I was on my way to meet Peter at the park. However, an accident just happened.

So I was like, oh, I need to record this for the police. Nobody's here yet. So I was like, okay, hello, I'm on the corner of Cahuenga and Lancashire. This is, and then I look in the mirror, and I had on my little red hair. I'm like a shell. This is, and then I look in the mirror, and I had on my little red hair. I'm like, Tracy. You could tell that the voice changed. If you watch it from the beginning, because I'm like, I was really concerned. And I'm like, this is Tracy.

And then I'm trying to tell, oh, smoke it and get in the car. You see the car burning. The burned out car. It was really happening. On Coanga. Right then. You're telling the address of the accident. Yeah, I'm trying to save the world.

I'm trying to help somebody. And then you decided to go into character. Well, because I see that it was a GloZell. I'm like, well, that's, you know. So then I was like, yeah, that's a stricy. And then I almost hit a car. And I'm like, stay on your side. But I almost hit him.

I'm taping, trying to drive with a Kool-Aid hair. And these people are like burning up. Like literally. I'm taping, trying to drive with a Kool-Aid hair. And these people are like burning up, like literally. I'm like. Yeah, you totally forget about them. You never hear from them in the video. Once you go into character. And when you say viral video, I mean, we're talking. There's 20 million hits.

Yeah, 20 million views. That was viral then. It's not viral now. No, no, no. I hope it is. In our views, I hope it still is. No, you're looking at my friend Rebecca Black when she's got over 200 million.

Well, that's just a different stratosphere. But 20 million is incredible. And I think that I'm fascinated by the fact that how many people who have watched that video and shared it knew that you were playing a character at that point? Nobody. Nobody. And I was like, these people are crazy.

They're like, are you Shiso Ghetto or. And I was like, these people are crazy. They're like, you're so ghetto, whatever. I'm like, first of all, I was surprised that people didn't know you can dye your hair with Kool-Aid. Because black people do that. You can dye your hair with Kool-Aid. And people were like, that's so funny. I'm like, oh, okay. That's one of the things that I can bring the cultures together. You know, like you can.

Right, so you knew that you just understood based on the internet and YouTube at the time that most of the people Who were watching Were probably white people Who were commenting on this video And not understanding What you were doing I'm like no it really was

And then I go forget it It kept going One million Two million Three million There was no way To try to keep up Trying to explain

If you go to the first comment You'll see like The first couple of hundred I was trying to Like no really This really was happening And GloZell And I was like forget it But when did it hit you That okay Alright see like a first couple of hundred i was trying to like no really this really was happening and um glozel and i was like forget it but when did it hit you that okay all right this youtube thing

is getting this distraction i'm getting millions of views i'm gonna keep feeding this thing i'm gonna keep going back and trying to make this happen over and over again uh when i think the first big thing was perez h because I had heard of him. I thought like, wow, that's big. And he was like it when it comes to blogging and vlogging at the time. And I've read somewhere that, was it Elijah Wood mentioned you on the Jimmy Kimmel show? Yes, he did. Yes, he did.

So what video was he referencing and how did that go down? Oh, Lord. All right. We were in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of nowhere. And I'm obsessed with this show called Wilfred, right? Okay. Wilfred.

Yeah. Okay. So we're in the middle of nowhere. We go to this one Quiznos. There is nothing about two hours before and nothing like two hours afterwards. Go into the Quiznos, and then I was talking to – I watched Wilfred the night before. Okay. I'm really big on shows. When I love a show, I love a show. I had to go to the Quiznos and then I was talking to, I watched Wilfred the night before. Okay. I'm really big on shows. When I love a show, I love a show. I had to go to the bathroom. Meanwhile, I can't stand going to public bathrooms. Most people have never even known

me to go to a public bathroom. I put like 18,000 tissues all over that toilet, okay? Because I can't squat that long, you know what I'm saying? So I put all the paper towels, okay? And then I stuffed, and then I tried to flush them, but they wouldn't go down. And I was like, well, I walk out. Who is there? Elijah, I was like, no.

What? Elijah Wood? I was like. Is in the Quiznos? In the Quiznos. He ordered a vegetarian, just so you know. Of course. And I know that he's going to have to use the bathroom because there's nothing before you get to the end.

There's nothing after. What town is this? This was on the way. We went to Oakland. So on the way back, one stop. On like off the five or something? I mean in the in the bonies okay

this was like a crazy thing so you know so I know he's gonna have to go to the bathroom he knows that I just came out

and he knows all he sees is the brown paper just stuffed in there and I was just like may I take a picture with you and then I left

I did a video about Elijah I just want you to know that it was nothing else it was just number one in the bathroom but what had happened was that and I you know I just want you to know that it was nothing else. It was just number one in the bathroom. But what had happened was that, and I, you know, I just did a video. And you came clean talking directly to Elijah Wood. That's it. I'm going, you know, cause I'm so sorry. I really

love Wilfred. Oh, and I did say that I loved you in Lord of the Flies, even though I lied cause I don't watch movies. Right. So I didn't, I totally jacked that up. You know, I knew him from Wilfred. I didn't know him from any, whatever, whatever movies he did because I don't care about the movies. I saw Wilfred, you know. Most people don't come up to me

and be like, oh, that dog show, you know. But that's what I like. They're like, you're Bilbo. Yeah. That's what I like.

Or, yeah, sorry. So I'm like, oh, and Lord of the Flies, blah, blah, blah. And I'm looking at the comments like, oh, I need Lord of the Flies, you stupid. I'm like, I'm in Lord of the Flies, blah, blah, blah. And I'm looking at the comments like, I need Lord of the Flies, you stupid. I'm like, oh. You don't know either.

I'm worse than Glozell. I'm calling Frodo Bilbo of Lord of the Flies. Exactly. So when he went on the gym. And you didn't know he saw it until he was on Kemmel? No, no. And people were like, he talked about you. I'm like, oh.

But he didn't talk about The bathroom Which I was thankful Cause And he tweeted me He goes I did use a plunger I was like Oh my god No

Right He's yawning again Can we stop Where is your coffee No I wasn't yawning See hello Your coffee don't work Now you're

That's a false accusation I was not yawning No I was just I was laughing Well then you let one go You were like. That was an air biscuit. That was the Elijah Wood moment.

An air biscuit on air biscuits. Now, what about finding your husband? I was at a festival in the Orlando area, and my mom was supposed to go and pass out flyers for. Are you yawning? Okay, just checking. Okay. Pass out. I'm not yawning. I'm not just messing Okay. Pass out flyers for Congresswoman Corrine Brown.

And I come in town and I'm like, mom, I don't really want to go to the festival. And she's like, I need to go to my prayer meeting, which means she was playing cards. Okay. They don't even pray over cards. So I was like okay so I go there for my mom and I'm passing out the flyers it's hot it's outside I'm like I get up it's packed I get up from my seat I come back this guy's in the seat and how he was dressed I figured well he definitely don't have a woman and I was like oh he's kind of cute for a black guy you know because I'm one of you right that's how we talk he's a black guy and um so we were talking and talking and talking and talking and um there you go two two months later he moved to california i go i'm not i'm not moving back here so right you know see you

two months of just like talking on the phone yeah and, and I came back to Florida. All my family's in Florida. So I would see him, and then I'm like, well, I'm not moving here. So I don't know what, this really is going to be nothing, but so in the wild oats. There we go. And that's it. And he moved here. And a whole lot of women are mad at me, because how do you find a black man? We can't even, There ain't no black man

Nowhere And I went there one day You got to go to Orlando So okay So it's two months Of long distance dating When did he move out here How long ago was that

Before engagement We've known each other Five years So he moved out Oh So you were dating For five years After he moved out to LA

Yeah So he moved And I asked him To manage me because I'm like, I don't drive. I'm paranoid. I'm a crazy person. You know, if you could just, you know, emails come in and da-da-da, deal with people, you know, answer the phone. You were like, help me with my business.

Yes. I'll help you dress. That's what that was. It's a nice arrangement. Yes. Nice arrangement. He's 10 years older than me and from the military, so he's very, you dress. That was... It's a nice arrangement. Yes, yes. Nice arrangement. He's 10 years older than me, and from the military, so he's very... Okay.

You know, now he's a little more relaxed. You got him in denim. Yes, yes, yes. And you're two months into your marriage. Yes, uh-huh. And how's that going? Married to your manager now. I'm married to my manager.

All right, last question. Is you okay? Is I okay? Yes, I is. Is you okay? Is I okay? Yes, I is. Thank you, because you want to know. What had happened was, I used to say, hello, this is GloZell, everyone doing all right? When I did stand up.

And then I would say, hey, how are you doing? Because I love friends, right? But there's someone else named Wendy Williams that goes, I hear the word. And people are like, oh, Wendy Williams. And I was like, oh oh I have to change this because I don't want them to think that I was copying her

when I was copying friends anyway so I was like so is you alright is you okay and then people were like

is you okay they kept that was all the comments no one said anything about the video so I just kept that there's one video where I says, is you all right? And then the next one came, is you okay?

And they latched on to it. That was it. It was one of those. Everything that is good for me has been a mistake. Everything. So people are like, I don't know what I'm doing. And I think that's helped me. Because everybody else is like, we've got this kind of camera.

And we use this kind of this. And we edit all day. And I'm like, well, how everybody else is like, we've got this kind of camera and we use this kind of this and we edit all day. And I'm like, well, how many subscribers? I don't know. I hope over two million. I don't edit squad. I don't know how to add squad. I've actually beat up a computer because I don't know how to use it.

I couldn't get a Lady Gaga video to play. And I was just like, you know what? I hate this computer. And then she tweeted me. So it was worth it. Well, it seems to me like things are going pretty okay. Maybe better than okay for you. Well, I'm here.

I'm like, what? And I don't know what it's worth, but we do think that you are more than okay. It's worth a lot. Thanks for coming in here. You need to sign the table. All right. Sure. Wrong pen.

What? You see, I get it wrong. Why you had two? See, that's like. I don't even. This is a dry erase marker. You need a Wrong pen. What? You see, I get it wrong. Why you had two? See, that was like... I don't even... This is a dry erase marker. You need a green pen. Oh, wow.

You just went for it. Look at that. Kind of large. That was our conversation with Glozell Green. What a sweet person. She's very sweet. Very funny. I am, though, you know, a little uncomfortable

with the fact that she kept accusing me of yawning. Well, yeah, I would look over at you and you would, it looked like you were yawning, what are you? I yawned legitimately one time, and that was the time she caught me, and I was thinking, what happened? I'm gonna conceal this a little bit. It's just because I got up really early the other day.

The other day? I haven't gotten caught up on my sleep. I wasn't about to tune out or anything. I was totally engaged in the conversation. And then after that, every time I looked at her, the only thing I was thinking was, I can't look like I'm going to yawn. And I got to admit, I did yawn twice,

completely through my nose after that. Oh, good, but she called you out on those, too. No, no, no, no. I just opened my mouth getting ready to say something one time, and she called me out on it. Dude, you deserve it. And if you pull that again, this is gonna be solo. I'm gonna have to go solo.

Can you yawn completely through your nose? I've learned how to do that a long time ago. Well, why didn't you do it tonight? I did every other... What I'm telling you is that the only other time she accused me of it was I wasn't yawning. I did yawn twice that she didn't catch me. And it wasn't because I wasn't engaged. It's because I'm tired right now.

I'm a hardworking man. Can you yawn completely through your nose? Don't dodge the issue here. You're dodging the question. Can you yawn completely through your nose? I don't think so, Rhett. A lot of people don't realize that it's totally possible. Do you need to apologize to GloZell?

I'm doing it right now. I mean, do you need to tweet an apology to her? I just yawned completely, 100% through my nose. Direct message it. I'm not gonna apologize for something that isn't true. Was extremely rude? It isn't true. I know. You just said you did it three times. I did it once.

It's not professional, man. She caught me. The standard here on Ear Biscuits is high. And you are, you can't even see it. You're so low right now. Let's talk about GloZell. That was awesome. She's awesome. She's got a whole lot of views. She's got a festival. She's doing a festival. Oh yeah. She's got a festival. She's doing a festival.

Oh yeah, check out her channel, youtube.com slash GloZell1, that's GloZell green. Let her know that we sent you, and we're gonna be doing this next week, people. And I'm gonna... You know the pattern, every week. I'm going to be sleeping eight hours a day. For our next guest, I will not be yawning at all.

I won't even be yawning through my nose. There will be absolutely no indication that I am anywhere near tired. In fact, I'm going to sleep through the day before we do this next time. Okay. I will be totally rested and hope your ears will be ready to receive a biscuit.

All right, you'll hear from us next week. And Rhett, why don't you teach me how to yawn through my nose? Okay.