Mick Unplugged - Beyond the Punchline: Mastering Business & Life from Bruce Bruce

Episode Date: April 16, 2026

Bruce Bruce is an entertainment legend, a master of comedic timing whose sharp wit and improvisational brilliance have captivated audiences for decades across stand-up, television, and film. With a new Netflix special "I Ain't Playing" that has audiences roaring from start to finish, he redefines longevity and authenticity in the comedy game, building a career on delivering big laughs infused with relatable human insights. A true "goat" of comedy, Bruce Bruce consistently draws sold-out crowds with fresh material and an unwavering dedication to his craft, proving that genuine connection and humor are timeless.Takeaways:Authenticity in Performance: Bruce Bruce emphasizes the importance of being genuinely yourself, stating "He's the same person. It's not a difference. I'm not putting out a front."Treating Your Craft as a Business: He advises aspiring comedians and creators to view their passion as a business, highlighting the need for consistency, professionalism, and continuous improvement.Longevity Through Adaptability: Bruce Bruce’s sustained success is attributed to staying relevant, embracing new platforms like social media, and evolving his material to connect with contemporary audiences while still delivering classic humor.The Power of Mentorship and Communication: He emphasizes the value of honest feedback and open communication within relationships, whether with family, managers, or colleagues, to foster growth and avoid pitfalls.Joy in the Journey: Despite the demands of a long career, Bruce Bruce reiterated that his driving force is his genuine love for what he does, underscoring that passion sustains effort over time.Sound Bytes:"I wanna be like, look, I'm about to throw up. This dude is about to make me throw up. So that's what I wanted. And I think that's what I got.""If you like stripping strip, if you like stealing cars, still them, but you got to love what you do.""When people come to see you, have something for them to go home and talk about.""I don't care about nothing else but nobody should be 80 years old with a shag and a bang.""In every aspect of life, man, like my manager and I, we go back and forth on stuff. Sometimes I get hot here at Bruce."Connect & Discover Bruce Bruce:Website: bruce-bruce.comFacebook: @mybrucebruceInstagram: @mybrucebruceX: @mybrucebruceTikTok: @mybrucebruceNetflix: I Ain't Playin' 🔥 Ready to Lead Different & Win Bigger? 🔥 How to Be a Good Leader When You’ve Never Had One by Mick Hunt isn’t just a book - it’s your blueprint to set up, stand out, and lead with confidence (even if no one ever showed you how).Straight talk. Real Strategy. No fluff. Just the tools you need to elevate your leadership and life.👉 Get your copy now and start leading on your terms → Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million FOLLOW MICK ON:Spotify: MickUnpluggedInstagram: @mickunplugged Facebook: @mickunpluggedYouTube: @MickUnpluggedPodcast LinkedIn: @mickhunt Website: MickHuntOfficial.comWebsite: howtobeagoodleader.comWebsite: Leadloudseries.comApple: MickUnpluggedEXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/mickunplugged Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You're listening to Mick Unplugged, hosted by the one and only Mick Hunt. This is where purpose meets power and stories spark transformation. Mick takes you beyond the motivation and into meaning, helping you discover your because and becoming unstoppable. I'm Rudy Rush, and trust me, you're in the right place. Let's get Unplugged. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged, and today I've got a goat.

I've got a guy who helped get me through some of the toughest times of my life just by making me laugh so I could forget about it. He is none other than the incomparable, the unstoppable, the iconic, the goats, Mr. Bruce Bruce. You, man, I'm good, man. I'm doing great now that I'm with you, man. My man, I like that, brother. Hey, so I'm just going to go straight into this Netflix special, bro. Okay. I had a watch party at my house, so I have like 27 first cousins.

we were all at the crib, like we were at a comedy club with popcorn, maybe some adult beverages. Yes, sir. We were laughing our butts off. That's good. I like that. I like to hear that. Yes, sir.

So tell us about how that show came to be, man. Well, it's like this, man. I had did a special like that in 15 years, actually 60. And, man, let me tell you, man. Everybody said, why you wait so long? Well, see, the first time, the first one I did it, my mother passed. Right. Right, on that Monday, right?

Yeah, I buried her that Monday, and I had to do the show that Friday, the same week. And I dedicated everything to her, which I dedicated this one to her. But I thought about it. I said, what about my mother want me to do? You know what I'm saying? And she wanted me to keep going, keep moving, doing my thing. So that's what I did. But I will not wait this long again.

I promise you, I'm only 15 years, no more. And I'm going to do a lot. I'm going to try to do one next year. But what I want to, I perfected this show. You know, when I was working on it, I was working on. I was adding stuff, moving stuff, adding stuff, moving stuff. And I picked the best out of the best because I wanted to be funny from the beginning to the end. And see, most comedians, they'll give you a roller coaster ride.

You know, they'd be up and down. You know, it's funny. They didn't go down. You go, oh, that's funny. You go, I didn't want that. I want to be like, look, I'm about to throw up. This dude is about to make me throw up. So that's what I wanted.

And I think that's what I got. You know what I mean? Not I think, brother. You deliver because genuinely. that's what everybody said, because Bruce Bruce said it, so I don't have to say it. A lot of comics in their specials,

the first seven minutes are they get you. I mean, you're laying in the floor. You're laying in the floor. Then you go like, what happened? Then you got 15 to 20 minutes. How much longer is that? And see, one thing about me, like when I look at stuff on social media,

and if it don't grab me right then, I'll go to something else. You got to grab them. I heard James Brown. You know, I'm a James Brown fanatic. You probably don't know. that, but I love James Brown. I got the memoir. Yeah, and I love James Brown. And I heard him say one time. He was, they was doing the interview. He said, once you grab him, he said, you got him. So I come

out and grab you. I'm going to grab you. I'm going to tell you that right now. I'm going to grab you. And I I just wanted to be the best man. And I have had bad shows, but then nobody knew about me. You know, I'd be on my team and something. I said, it could have been better. They're like, what? I said, could have been better. I say, could have been better. I say, the next show, I got to turn it up a lot. And that's what I do. I try to perfect it, man. And people got to say, you got to love what you do. You got to love what you do. If you like stripping strip.

If you like stealing, call, steal them. But you got to love what you do. And like I tell, all these new comedians that on social media, they work at social media because it's great. Give the people more than the five minutes that they see on social media. You know, you got five minutes. It's great. But when people come to see you, there's something for them to go home and talk about.

You know what I mean? Just don't have that little five minutes. Hey, thank you. And then you get all the money, you know, because me, I've been doing it for 36 years. So I've been getting repeated, repeated. I can go every club every year and do a show and sell out every year. And I bring them something new every time. And that's what I'm going to give you your flowers on now,

because when I believe in giving people their flowers and when they can actually see them and smell them. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I've seen Bruce Bruce at five shows in the past two years. And you are relevant in every show. And I'm trying. single show because here's the thing.

Society's changing and evolving. And again, I'm going to say this so Bruce Bruce doesn't have to say it. There are comedians that the jokes they were telling 10 years ago are the same jokes they're telling that. Hey, you know what? And don't get me wrong. It's nothing wrong with that because sometimes I have a good joke is a good joke. Yeah, that's like, hey, do that joke about the bus driver.

I have to do it, you know. But you got to stay on top of your game. Like, people always ask me why I don't talk about Donald Trump. It's just one thing I don't like about Donald Trump. And that's his hair. I don't care about nothing else, but nobody should be 80 years old with a shag and a bang. Did you hear me play?

That means he got a shabang. Did you hear what I said? And, you know, we all see, people know, he's playing crazy. Donald Trump told you from the beginning what he was going to do. No surprises. I mean, no surprise. So one thing I can say, he didn't lie.

He didn't lie about that. And he did do the same. So what you get is what you got. So he told you from the beginning. There it is. Yeah. I love it. Yeah.

I love it. So let's talk about this longevity you have, man, because in your world, you get comics that are here today, going tomorrow, you got the social media comics that it's cute to be funny and silly, but then you got to be real. Like, you got to be able to take that and then go live or go corporate or have real conversations. You're one of a very few people, and I'm just going to say it, that also look like us that's just been here for a long time, brother. Like, what has been your secret?

I shouldn't even say secret because I don't like that. Okay. Because you put in the work, and I know that that's part of it. You put in the work to stay relevant. But also, bro, the other part of that is you still look like Bruce Bruce is 27, 28 years old, too, bro. Hey, man, let me tell you. Like I say this again, what, I used to be a chef, I'd not a cook. I used to work for Friedo-Lay Potato Chip.

And one thing about Frito-Lay Potato Chip, driving that truck, going from store to store that taught me how to run a business. It taught me how to run a business, run my own business. And I let these communities know, even the guys that work for me. Hey, man, we go out here, we have fun. You know, we eat it the best places. We have fun, but it's still a business. And you got to treat it like a business.

You know, even though we are out here, you know, these guys talking every woman, they can see and all that. It's not about that with me. It's about me coming in, doing my jokes, doing it for the love, staying consistent and come back and do it again next year. I got a wife. I don't need no other woman. I cannot have a business.

I got it down. You understand what I'm saying? I'm trying to get rid of her, but she won't lead because I'm too good to her. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, handle it as a business. This is a business. It's like if you go and work at, you can work at McDonald's. You know, no matter, you might have fun, but it's a business.

And you got to respect people and you got to have good customer service. And that's one thing I like. I got a customer service. I'm nice to everybody. and my granddad taught me so when I was John. He said, the only thing free in life

is being nice that don't cost nothing. So you ain't got to be mean to people who are used. See, when you arrogant and conceited and stuck up,

that's too much energy for me, man. I can be doing something out of, I can be eating some Popeye chicken. You know what I'm saying?

I ain't got to be out here. I can get some papas and give me an apple pie, you know, like a 36 piece. You know something like that with a diet coat. You know what I'm talking about.

Got to have a Diet Coke. You know what I'm saying. Got to have a diet coat. don't want to gain no weight. But the thing is, just treat it like a business, but have fun while you do it. I got my nephew working for me. I got one of my grandkids working for my baby boys, my road manager. And man, they do a good job.

They're really good on the computer. So they keep me on top of the game. My son told me, I remember when social media came out, he said, hey, pop, if you don't change, man, you're going to be behind. And I thought about it. And I said, you know what, he's right. And if I had social media 36, 37 years ago, Man, I will be bigger

to Richard Fry, Red Fox, Bill Cosby, Miltonboro, George Copp, put together. The social media is a good,

good avenue to take, but use it right. Don't do that crazy. Don't be on there slapping your girl and shooting people. No, use it for your platform.

Just like, they didn't get me a TV show yet. I'm not going to worry about it. I'm going to put a TV show on social media. I'm going to do my own TV show. You know what I'm going to say? I'm going to use that platform.

And I'm going to be the first subscriber you have. Hey, man, it's going to be good, man. It's going to be good. I am there for it. I am there for it. I want to go, because I want people to hear this and understand this because I've heard you talk about it quite a bit, but I'm going to ask it in a different way.

Your comedic career, that journey, going back to when you got into the game, you've been authentically Bruce Bruce. What I want people to understand is this. When Bruce Bruce got into the game, the game was call people out of their name, use any any kind of language, right? Be loud, be different, attack the crowd, like, go do that. Bruce, Bruce was different.

He was always him every day. Talk through that journey, brother. I see the thing is, people, they sometimes ask, how is he at home? She said, just like he is on stage. He's the same person. It's not a difference. I'm not putting out a front, you know, you know, I'm the same person on

and off states. Even when I was a kid, I was funny. I was, you know, I was a neighborhood clown, church clown, school clown. I just had fun. I never did anything to hurt anybody. You know, I didn't want to hurt their feelings. Except one girl with that ponytail. If you saw it in that little bit of pony tail,

that you know, I picked the hundred days. She made me be her boyfriend. She said, you're going to be my boyfriend. So the thing is, hey, man, you know, you don't take all that to make people laugh. I can sit now and talk somebody and let's just say, I'm in the bank and it's taking a long time. I said, well, I said, why?

They're working on Turtle today. I said, they're pretty slow today. and they're busts out laughing. You know what I'm saying? Like I'm at the airport one time. TSA going through everything I got. I said, my man, are you trying to make lieutenant? I said, because what you're looking for,

it's on the X-ray what I got in my bag. You see what's in my bag, but you want to check everything. You try to make lieutenant. I believe that he busts out laughing. He realized, he said, man, go on, man. Go, go, go, go, man. He's going through.

You know what I'm saying? So sometimes we go too far. You know, we go too forward things. And we just need to just keep it out of minimum, man. do your job, keep it moving. I go to the airport every week. I fly it every week. Everybody in Atlanta airport know me. Everybody except ISIS. They've got ICE down.

And I don't know what they're doing, man. They just standing there looking crazy. I got, like, I had a police one time, pulled me over, and I got a big dula. You got the drugs in the car. I said, no, I don't have the drugs. I said, now I do have some sandwiches in the back. I say, now I got about 74 subways. I said, now, if that's a crime,

you might be put the handcuffs on me now. I said, but right now, I don't care. He brought the dogs out, man. He was a dog running around the truck. I look up the dog. We went back to the police car. I just sat out. You know what I said?

I say, so he didn't smell that dude. I said he smelled them that roast beef and that bastrammy sandwich I had in the back. He probably wanted that. But, you know, man, you're going to run into all kinds of stuff. And it's a way to handle everything. You know, even with women, even your relationship, you got to communicate, man. Communicate. My wife has shut down sometimes.

I said, well, I wait until you get through having her silent moment. And then you can come talk to me. You know what I'm saying? And one day she got mad at me. I don't know what she got mad about. And I told her, I said, whenever you want to talk, I say, you come sit by me in the bedroom in this chair, put your big girl panties on and sit down and tell big daddy what's the problem. And we saw the problem in three seconds. You see what I'm saying?

You know, I'm that type. I'm come. I'm not a violent man. You know, my uncle told my uncle raised me. He said, don't ever hit no one. Don't ever leave, walk out the door. Run. He said, if you can't run out of the door.

He said, but you're going to be all right. And I live by that. You know, I live by that. And I teach my kids, you know, don't hit the woman. No, no, no, no, no. Because when you get a divorce, my brother, I don't know what it is. I don't know who made this rule up.

But the man always got to start from the bottom. I just don't understand that. Why do we have to start from the bottom? We don't build all this up. And then they just take it away. You know, I don't get that. I need to talk to some judges. I need to tell the judge, y'all need to work it out.

But, man, we can split something. Come on. We were in this thing together, player. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, it's just life. You know, it's life. And that's how the law is. That's how I set up.

And I encourage every young man to have children, take care of kids, no matter what. You know, when I got a divorce with my first wife, man, I was hoping she had a new dude. I was praying to God said, Father God, in the name of you, please let I have a new dude. Please, God, please answer my prayer. If you real, answer me, you know, and she did. But, you know, some things you got to let go because I was told you'd never make it. You'll never make it.

You fat. People are going to laugh at you because you're fat. And I said, well, I'll tell you what. I see you on TV. And here I am right here, 36 years later, man. Still doing it, still loving it. And people always say you have 15 minutes of fame. I always tell people I hadn't even started on my 15 minutes yet.

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Yeah, I love it. So, Bruce, one of the questions I usually ask all my guests at the very beginning, and I want to wait right here to ask you is, what is your because? Right? Like we hear start with why and what's your why. And I think your why is superficial, right? Like your wife is probably your kids, your wife or whatever. There's a reason that they're your why.

And I call that your because. So if I were to say Bruce Bruce, man, it is 2026. You could have stopped a long time ago, right? But you still got it. You still keep going. What's your because? What's your purpose? Why do you keep doing what you do?

Well, I can remember when I first started to answer your question in so many ways. I remember my first start. There was a comedian didn't like me, and he would never put me up. Never put me up. I could have easily walked away. You know, I could have easily say, you know what, man? Forget this, man. I ain't going to put up with this dude.

But I didn't because I just, it was something there. Some kept telling me, keep pushing, keep pushing. And I've always been tall. I've always been taught to press your weight. So, you know, I do it because I love it. I love what I do. When I went on stage the first time, I knew. I didn't know, but I knew.

that's why I should have been my whole entire life. I knew it. Like I have comedians, I go to them. I say, hey, man, got a show for you, man. I want you to do it with me. First thing they say, how much they're paying? I said, hold it, player. Hold on, hold up.

You even been seeing walking by a TV, much less on TV. And you asking me how much they pay. I say, when I ask you or tell you about a show, I'm going to make sure that you get paid. I said, but the key thing is, don't do it for the money. Do it for the love.

Let me tell you something. Don't ever run it money. Let the money run at you. And it's just that simple. Yes, sir. But that's right, man. I got three. I'm an older guy, man. I got older.

My kids are old. My baby girl is 40. My baby boy is 42. My older son is 45. When I tell people that they don't believe it. But I was laying it down back in the day. But I would have been proud of it. You know what I'm saying?

You'd be proud of them. I wouldn't laying it down, man, like a player. But my kids now, I like the best thing in the world to me. And my grandkids are even better. You know, I love kids. So I got 10 grandkids. My grandkids, man. And my grandkids are like my heart, you know, and they're so pure and so innocent.

And they're cool. They come talk to me about everything. I'm talking about everything. I got grown grandkids. And they talked to me about everything. And I just laid on them right. Like my uncle did me. My uncle used to tell me, said, look, I'm going to give you the good and the bad and the ugly.

He said, you got sense to us to pick the good and bad and ugly, right? I said, yes, sir. He said, all right, I'm going to let you make that decision. That's how he was, you know. So, you know, he'll give you a chance to make the right decision. Now, you go left. He's like, oh, wait a bit, wait, wait, wait, come here. Come in, let me talk to you.

You ain't thinking now. Thinking about what you, think about what you doing before you make this crazy decision. So that's where I did my kids. And, man, like I said, my baby boy, 42, he went to Fairbill State University in Fairbair, North Carolina. He was Mr. Fairville State. You know, he got three degrees. Hey, man, I mean, I went to college, you know, dropped my cousin off. But look.

But, you know, that's just how to it. But you just got to communicate. In every aspect of life, man. Like my manager and I, we go back and forth on stuff sometimes. I get hot. Bruce, I understand. I understand what you're saying, Bruce. I understand.

But listen, I get hot. I get holling and hooping and did here try to give me a different point of view. And I go, I say, well, let me think about that for a minute. So sometimes you need that. You don't need a brother cheering you on all the time. You need somebody to pull your rope and say, hey, man, hold up. Wait a minute. Before you do that, think about what you're doing because it'll cause you in the long way.

So that's what it's all about. Yeah. I love it. I love it. And here you talk about your kids, man, takes me back to the joke on the special about your daughter. They tell her. Oh, yeah.

And you know what? You know what? Let me tell you something now. This is one lady to say, I didn't like that joke you told about your daughter. I said, well, my daughter's 40. She's been married 18 years, going on 19 years. She got married when she was 21.

I said, and I counseled her and her husband. I counseled him from the beginning. When he asked me for her head in marriage, I told her he can get her, but he can't bring her back. I said, you cannot bring her. back and when they say, who gives this woman, I pushed her. You know, you're like to say, I pushed her up there. I said, look, but if a lot of fathers and mothers stop talking at their kids and

talk to your kids, you can get your porn across, and a lot of divorces wouldn't happen. See, your lady said, I don't like that joke you did about your daughter. So if your dad would talk, you probably wouldn't have three husbands right now, right? And then she looked at me, well, it was funny, you know, but I just don't think you should and saying that to your dog. Well, I'm going to tell her and I'm going to communicate with her. Because they cannot move back in my house. Did you hear what I said?

They cannot move back in my house. I'm sorry. I called the police. I say, I know them, but they need to lead the premises right now. Yes, sir. Hey, you got it rolling, man. And I know how busy you are, so I don't want to keep you long, man. But I just, again, I wanted to tell you, thank you.

You talk about fatherhood a lot. You talk about your family a lot and that inspired me. I mean, I would say, even with my kids now, we're at a point. where I'm no longer dad. I mean, I'm still going to be dad. Right. But we are friends, right? And we can have a conversation as friends.

And just like you, when they come to me for dad, it's more like the counseling, the advice. And outside of that, like, we are friends. And I got that from you, man, like hearing all the things that you do, following you for as long as I have, to be a present father, I think is the most important skill that all fathers can have. And one thing we got to understand, kids grow up and they become adults. So you got to talk to them like adults.

Now, I can tell you, man, I used to every day, every single day when my ex-wife and I got divorced, I call my kids every single day. I mean, every single day, not a day miss. I call them. Hey, dad, and when they answer the phone, you thought I've been gone for 30 years. How you doing? It's so happy to hear from me. But my uncle told me, said, look here, he said, you get a divorce.

He said, I understand that. He said, but somebody in this relationship got to have some sense. And he said, don't seem like she got none. He says, so it's going to have to be you to make sense and make things right. He said, I don't care who you see her with, what she say or what she do. He says, it's your job as a man to take care of them kids. He said, now, if you do what I tell you, you're going to come out on top. I never get he said this.

He said, might not be here to see it. He said, I might be dead and gone. He said, but when it happened, you're going to think about me. And he was exactly right. I kept my kids every weekend, not every other week, every weekend, because I was in love with my kids. I was in love with him, man. We had so much fun. And I was almost like their brother because I played with them constantly over and over constantly.

And they knew me. They would tell me anything. Even as a child, they would tell me everything, anything. And that's the kind of relationship you got to have with your children, man. Because a lot of guys, they think, well, I'm sitting in child support. That ain't got nothing to do with it, man. Do you know your child? Like, my dad, my mom and dad when I was four or five years old, right?

I found my dad when I was 40. We're talking 35, 30, 60. years later. And when I met him, when I got up with him, he was on the defense. But he thought I was feeling to come at him. You know, man, where you been? First of all, I don't know you. The only thing I know that you're my dad, I just want to talk to you. I say, man, how you doing? I say, I got three kids. You got three grandkids. And I said, I got a son just like you. And man, you can see the relief from his whole spirit of his body just like, man, is that right, man? He said, show up. He got to talking. And then he realized that

Then I started telling him stuff I remember as a child He said, you remember that? I said, yeah, man, I started to remember everything about you. I said, I don't know you, but I know I got a lot of your ways because my dad was a workaholic. He took care of the family. My mama ran them off. She did.

You know, whatever they're going to tell you truth. Before my mother passed, she said, yeah, I did run them off. I ran that joke off then. You know, and she knows she did. You know what I'm saying? But most of these guys be mad at their dad, man, the joke did my mama wrong. First of all, hold it.

You don't know the whole story. See, it's three sides of every story. Her side, his side and truth. You know what I'm saying? So find out the truth before you start blaming that he wasn't around. He wasn't doing it. It's the reason why he's not around. She doesn't tell him he'd be not coming around.

Then she got some old stupid jokes she'd go with, you know what I'm saying, smoking vice for her. Now, look, I don't need him over here. You understand. I don't know, I don't need him over here. I'm telling you. You know, so we got to understand what's going on. and learn to talk, not learn to august, screaming, holly, I ain't with all that.

I tell the young boy, now I got too old a fight, I'm triggered. I'm trying, I will pop them, they will see Jesus, and they will touch the hymn of his garment. Did you hear what I say, please? I'm telling you that, nothing up, man. We have gone to church. Yes, sir, yes, up. With the man himself. Bruce Bruce, man, again, love you.

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slash Mick. That's Z-A-P-I-E-R dot com slash M-I-C-K. My goodness. Check out the Netflix special. It's called I ain't playing. It's called I ain't playing. And I ain't playing. And please check it out.

Because if you don't know me or you never see me, trust me when you see this Netflix pressure, you're going to fall in love with me. And the thing is, I want everybody to know about, go to my social media. It's at my Bruce Bruce. That's Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, all that, at my Bruce. And tell me your likes and dislikes. Because if it's something you don't like, tell me, give me a chance to fix it.

You know, I'm not going to take it person. Just tell me I can fix it. You know what I'm saying? I don't walk around with security. That ain't my style. I'm from the hood of Atlanta. I don't see it at all. You cannot scare me.

You know what I don't see. I don't see Juggle just walk out the bushes. Just from no way. You walk down the sidewalk, brothers are there? Man, what are you there? I'm in the bushes over there. What are you doing in the bushes? You know, so I don't see it all.

And it's just all about life, man. And sometimes, like you told me earlier, I help you do a lot of things, you know. And I helped myself do a lot of things, man. And I grew up in the church, you know. I grew up in a holding this church. I went to the Baptist church holding this church. And I don't do it all, man. You know, the key thing is just keep it real.

Keep it real with yourself and keep it real with everybody else. And it makes it a lot better for you. The doors of the church are open. The doors of the church. And I'm going to be in Greenville. I'm going to be the coming is on the week. I'm telling you, if you miss this, you're going to miss a tree because the tickets are going fast. I'm letting everybody know now.

Every time I come to Greenville, I used to come to years ago, years ago, man. And they used to do comedy in a hotel. This is for the club even got there. And the Greenville show love, man. And I'm going to come and they go to S&S cafeteria, you know, because they took the one away down here in Atlanta. I don't know why. But then I go to S&S captain in South Carolina, and I see the same workers that was in Atlanta, working up there.

So I go show love, man. I go, I tip good. I treat the people good. People take pictures. Man, hey, man. It's all about just living your life. Life is too short, man. And, you know, rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.

You know, I know he passed and everything. And rest in peace of Jesse Jackson. There it is. Bruce is coming to my hometown. Yes, up. Carolina, I'm going to be there. Family friends are going to be there. We're going to celebrate Bruce Bruce.

We're going to laugh. We're probably going to cry. Our summer's going to be on the floor. It's going to be Bruce Bruce's fault. I'm going to blame him for it, but I won't every single moment of it, brother. But I'm going to tell you it's three snacks that I like. I ain't going to tell them they between me and you. It's three snacks that I like.

I like who's the cream donuts and I like cinnamon. And I like that little Debbie Zebrae cake. Let me tell you, sir, if you bring a little David Zebrakekekekekeke, I fight everybody in that club. You hear me? a fighter. Watch what's going to happen. Watch what you did.

Boy, let me tell you. And that little deba zebra's zebra cake. Oh, my goodness. Look here. I know there's a God in heaven. I know there's a God in heaven. Amen to that. So I'm going to have links to everything

in the show notes in the descriptions. I'm going to run a little teaser and trailer because Bruce Bruce will be in Greenville, South Carolina this week at the Comedy Zone. Make sure you are there. If you're too late, you're too late. That's all I go. Friday's Saturday and Sunday.

I will be there. I will be there. Yes, sir. Bruce, again, brother, thank you so much for all that you do. Thank you for who you are. And thank you for the mentorship. We didn't even talk about that, but thank you for the mentorship because you know how I can tell when a man is good? When they like seeing other people win above themselves.

Absolutely. Absolutely. My granddad always said he laid a room. He said, look here, we didn't know what it mean, but we knew it was something like a pimp move. He said, if you fall off the mattress, I would see you through the spring. You know what I'm saying? Now, we didn't know what it meant, but we just knew it was something different. And we thought it was a pelt move.

My great daddy had was a dude, man. So, hey, man, it's love to you, man, forever for life. And check out the next next week special. Tell everybody they got a TV to see Bruce Bruce on Netflix. I ain't playing. He ain't playing. Bruce, Bruce, I ain't playing. It is it.

Netflix, go get it. Bruce, love you, brother. I love you, too. Viewers and listeners, remember your because is your superpower. That's another powerful conversation on Mick Unplugged. If this episode moved you, and I'm sure, did, follow the show wherever you listen, share it with someone who needs that spark, and leave a review so more people can find there because. I'm Rudy Rush, and until next time,

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