The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Keith Robinson On New Netflix Special 'Different Strokes,' Surviving 2 Strokes, Comedy Idols + More

Episode Date: July 17, 2024

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Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. That's right. He has a new Netflix special, new Netflix stand-up special. Plus, it's just a very, very great story, man. Keith Robinson is here. What's happening?

And the Netflix special is Different Strokes. That's right. Keith Robinson, welcome. Yes, sir. How you feelingkes. That's right. Keith Robison, welcome. Yes, sir. How you feeling this morning, brother? I'm feeling good, man. I'm doing my thing. I'm traveling here, almost getting to my usual fights in a car.

Who was you fighting with? I'm a car hunk, you know what I mean? And a guy rolled past me and almost hit my damn car. So I'm like, yo, what's up? But I know I can't fight. So I was just hoping he didn't get out the car. You know, I'm like, what's up? And I told him, get out the car.

Why would you say that? Because it felt good saying it. You know what I mean? Well, you know, it does feel good. But, you know, he seen my placard, so I was hoping that, all right, I got it. What's the placard, like a decal or something? Handicap placard. Like a handicap.

Okay, okay, okay. Handicap. Yeah. A decal. He said a decal. He's calling it a handicap decal. A handicap placard. Oh, I know.

Placard. Placard, yeah. Yeah, I ain't going to say I used to have one, but every now and then somebody will give you one. Yeah. He did. He definitely did. He definitely had a plaque.

Get a good parking space, you know? Now, Keith, you have an amazing story. You are clearly here for a real reason because you survived having a stroke twice. Yes. I started to say you survived multiple strokes but that sounded gay so you survived having a stroke twice yes yeah the first one i wasn't feeling too good you know i mean i'm like yeah this stroke yeah and then number one more and I'll know for sure. I'm joking, man. I said, what?

He's looking. I said, what? So the first stroke that you got, what happened? Where were you, and did they know why, or was it? Yes. It was my fault. Both strokes was my fault. Was it your lifestyle?

No. I read that you said you took Viagra. Absolutely. Who don't take Viagra? You're only 50, Keith. I'm not 50. How old are you? Don't worry about it. I've been doing comedy for 40 years.

Damn. Okay. I'm 45. Get the fuck out of here. So you're close to 60. Yes. Okay. I'm 45. Get the fuck out of here. So you're close to 60. Yes. Okay. Got you. So when did you start taking Viagra? I would have took Viagra if I was 20.

Huh? If I was 20 years old, I would have took Viagra. Why? Because it's an enhancement. I don't know what keeps joking or not, man. I heard the Viagra story before. I heard't know what keep joking and not I heard the Viagra story before.

I heard that you said you took Viagra. That's what led to a stroke. Yeah. Is that true? No. Well, maybe.

Maybe. I was on. Here's what happened. On like 2020, November 23rd, right there. Thanksgiving. So we were in COVID during that time.

Yes. This girl wanted me to come out to Arizona. So, you know, a man can't miss out on that. I've wanted this girl for 20 years. So I decide to go, let me go to Arizona and thing now and shit every time I leave the house I check my blood

pressure this time I didn't I get on a flight first class of course you know I'm not going to

you know have a stroke and coach before you go that far hold on man shut up shut up man no

no let him tell the story go ahead I was going to ask because you said you check your blood pressure every time why Before you go that far. Hold on, man. Shut up. No, no. Let him tell the story. All right, go ahead. I was going to ask, because you said you check your blood pressure every time. Why? Why do you check your blood pressure every time? To make sure, you know what I mean? It's right.

Okay. It's regular. I checked mine yesterday, because I take statin, you know, and I had high blood pressure, so I take mine regularly, too. Yeah, so when you pop it, you take some on the flight, but I'm drinking. You know, first class, they give you all the good stuff. You took the Viagra before you got on the plane? No.

Okay, okay. I'm drinking, drinking, drinking. I'm drunk. All right, I'm drunk. 20 minutes. 20 minutes. The flight with the guy that fly the plane. The pilot.

The pilot, yeah, him. He made an announcement, right? He said 20 minutes left on the flight. And I know it was 10 minutes to the girl's house. Total 30 minutes. You get it? What takes 30 minutes to kick in? So you popped that Viagra.

Popped that Viagra. But when it landed, I was a little dizzy. You know what I mean? I was like, oh, shit. And I get in the Uber, I'm like, oh man, my heart's beating fast and all that.

And I'm like, okay, I have to make this decision. Should I go to the girl's house and get laid? Or should I go to the hospital and live? So, of course, I'm knocking on the girl's door. Huh? I had to, man. No, you didn't. You chose to.

So you had a stroke at her house? Well, I had two strokes at her. No. I had one stroke and a half a stroke. I got a couple of pumps before. No, I didn't mean that stroke. Not that stroke. So you had the physical stroke.

Both physical strokes, sir. Yes. There you go. There you go. No, I mean, I was chilling, and I'm spending the night. Damn. Well, when I woke up, I couldn't walk. So they called an ambulance. I went to the hospital.

And for some reason, I felt a little better, and I flew back to New York. And that's when I went to the hospital. So did they tell you when you were in Arizona that you had just gotten a stroke and you still got on a plane and flew back? I'm who I am, man. You know, TK Kirkland and Sherri Shepherd. I heard it with TK first.

TK tells a joke, and it's not even really a joke. It's actually real. He was like, the older we get, you need to be with a woman that can recognize the signs of a stroke. Did the woman you was with recognize the signs of a stroke? No. Not at all? No.

Damn. Not at all. But I have one who would have recognized it, but I flew out to another. Come on, man. And this is a real thing. Every man that I know has put their life at risk one way or another to get something.

When we was kids. No, no, no. Okay, 30s. Yeah. It's still good. You know, like, I remember in Phil Nothing, right? I went to a Richard Allen housing project at one in the morning.

And at that time, in the 80s, Richard Allen, there's, look, there's a 90, and we go there at that time in the morning there's 99% chance you get robbed or beaten or worse but that 1%

was all I needed and I'm gone you know so we all do stupid stuff this was dumb I had nothing to do with COVID. And I went there like a dumb dog. So did she think she put it on you so bad that's why you couldn't get out of bed?

Is that what she thought, though? No. Oh. No, no. She don't want me on whatever. And you don't speak to her anymore? Yes. You still speak to her?

I said, I'm coming back. I'm coming back one more time to make sure. And no stroke this time. You still fucking? Absolutely. Okay. I'm still popping blues, too. No, man.

Cut it out, Keith. Huh? Did the doctor say the Viagra was the reason? No. No. He didn't know I had Viagra. You ain't tell him? I ain't tell the doctor.

Yo, man. I wasn't there to fucking have Viagra. But you did the Viagra. You did the alcohol. You did everything. Yes. So I don't know where it was. It probably could have been lifestyle leading up to that.

Not eating right. No, I mean, before I used to box. I boxed in the gym. You boxed there. Gleason's? I boxed there too. But I worked train. I seen you there a couple of times.

You saw him getting his ass kicked? I seen him hitting everybody. Wasn't good. No. But that was it. The first person I called when I'm in the hospital was Ken. Okay, because for people who don't know, if you know anything about Kevin Hart,

if you've read Kevin Hart's books, you know that Keith Robinson is a mentor to Kevin Hart. You call him little dumbass. Yeah, little dummy. Robinson is a mentor to Kevin Hart. You call him little dumbass. Yeah. Little dummy. So I call him up, and I told this on the Mark Twain Award. I called Cam. I'm like, man, they're going to put me in the COVID section.

And Cam, who know how to bullshit with the best of them. Oh, no, they won't. No, they're not. Let me make this call. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. And he hung up. Wait a minute. Who the fuck is he going to call?

Dr. Fauci? What are you talking about? So I end up in the COVID section. I ain't hear from Kevin until I get out of the COVID section. Hilarious. I was like, God damn. Now, you are a mentor to Kevin Hart. What did you see in Kevin early that maybe everybody sees now?

It took a while. But I asked Kev, I told Kev, should I say, you got to get a videotape. So he made me like 16 videotapes of them. Like, I'm like, no, no, no. But I found them wrong, and that was the shit. I said, this guy can mean something. And I put it on,

we did that tape and it started going around and a guy named Dave Vettel gave the tape to Dave Becky. And Dave Becky seen that tape and that was the beginning of Little Dummy. And Dame Becky seen that tape and that was the beginning

of Little Dummy. And he started going up and up and up and up. And boom. So you knew he was going to be a star? You never know. But I was like, this guy has something special. And when people talk about

Kev and all that, he had to work. Come around people, like, when people talk about Kev and all that, he had to work. Come around, all the comics, me, Patrice O'Neal, he had to work. We gave him hell. You know, we would tell him to get on stage,

then we'd throw books at him. Throw books, like, yellow pages. Yeah, everything Throw books, like yellow pages. Yeah, everything. He got two yellow pages that he was performing? Yes. So, Kel went through hell. He drove up and down the turnpike.

Me, went sleeping head to head almost. That's right. Kel put the work in. Period. You feel like comedians put the work in like that now? No. Because the internet is easy. You just go on the internet. When you go on the internet, that makes it a lot easier. I've been listening to you guys a lot with a common sword and all that and a lot of common like I never bomb I know bomb

well we don't bomb you're probably a joke thief or a hack. Because comedy is a continual experiment. You're trying shit out. And you can't be good if you're afraid to be mad. And that's how I am. That's old school, but old is always classic. And classic is what works.

You gotta work out. You know. And I feel like a lot of comics just make a funny face on the internet and get thousands of views and then, you know, become somebody.

You know, it's interesting. You talked about driving up and down the turnpike with Kev. Kev talks about that in his first book, You Can, it's interesting. You talked about driving up and down the turnpike with Kev. Kev talks about that in his first book, You Can't Make This Up. When you heard Cat Williams say that

basically Kevin didn't put the work in. Nobody knew who Kev was in L.A., California. What did you think about that, being that you were there from the... Right. I was there from the beginning, and I knew that just wasn't... didn't make sense mm-hmm Kev had to put in work and I made sure he did mm-hmm like you have a trees and

all Bill Burr and all of them around you Rich Falls you know Colin Quinn you got them putting in work. And, you know, a lot of people don't realize that they had Montreal and Jets for Lions back then. You go to Montreal and you get a deal. Like, Chappelle got a lot of deals out of Montreal. I got a deal out of Montreal, you know. So when Carroll went to Montreal, he got a deal out of Montreal. You know? So when Kev went to Montreal, he got a deal. That's where that came from. And that's where you get the money,

and all the agents and execs are there, from Disney or NBC, ABC. And that's how that works. And I think Kev knows how it works. You know? And, you know, but Cat, like, for sure,

put in a lot of work. What do you say to people who said Kevin tried to sacrifice you twice for the Illuminati to gain more success? Illuminati? That is the dumbest shit I've ever heard. I think he just made that up.

I never heard that before in my life. He just heard. I think he just made that up. I never heard that before in my life. He just made that up. He just made that up. I've never heard dumber shit in my life. But he did. He tried to sacrifice me. Twice. Yeah.

And for more shit. But, you know, Kevin, that's my young fella that's my girl Amy Schumer that's my girl Amy does a lot for the folks

you know you rode on train wreck I've been train wrecked I mean John Cena was going there. Mm-hmm. You know, hey, Mark Wahlberg, you know, and all that. Mm-hmm. But, yeah, whatever Amy's in, she puts me in.

Amy is good for a lot of stuff. And she puts a lot of black folks in a lot of things. How did you develop that relationship with Amy? Well, I met her, you know, at a cellar, at a company cellar, and we started hanging out, and we actually was going boxing to work training, and, you know, we developed a nice relationship from there, and, you know, we sparred a little bit.

I hit her in the gut just to let her know. No, I hit her in the gut. But we just hang out and have fun. And the company sounds like a big family. Everybody hangs out there and have fun and all that. So, yeah. And you wrote on Chappelle's show too, right? Yes. Yeah, what sketch did you write?

What did you write? Well, it was the third season. The third season. And you know what's funny? On that season, we wrote the BM B-M-I-N-D That season, we wrote the BMID experiment.

That one's called the Black Men in Dresses experiment. Wow. You know, because we saw first it was syphilis, then the worst of all, the BMDI, whatever, black men in dresses. And that's why a lot of that crazy shit started. Oh, so when Dave was getting to the point where he wanted to walk away, it was because of that?

Well, yeah, and all that. But it was a sketch y'all wrote, so I'm sure it had a perspective. No, well, I was thinking about, you know, we were thinking, but Dave just left completely after that. Oh, so you wrote that after he was gone? No, we told him we were going to write it. Okay, okay. But, I mean, Dave was in and out back and forth.

And we're like, is he going to stay? Is he going to leave? And he left. What do you think drove him to that point? I guess pressure. The pressure in the maybe

am I going to match my other seasons and the pressure of white, black? White, black gets you all the time. Every time people will call, they say, well, maybe that St. Charlemagne is a sellout. You'll get that. If you're on the radio long enough with an opinion,

sooner or later somebody black will call you a sellout. Especially with get that. If you're on the radio long enough with an opinion, sooner or later somebody black gonna call you a sellout. Especially with the success. Yes. Yeah. It's happened. Yeah. But that's what happened, so that may have been messed with Dave, too. Am I doing it right? Are black people happy?

Well, you can't worry about that. We're going to make mistakes. We're going to make mistakes. We're going to do whatever. That's right. But, you know, it'll work out. You know, and Dave is so dope, man. Dave, like, he's definitely one of the best. Absolutely genius.

Without question. Dave told me a joke right when and the chappelle show you're gonna tell me a joke and i'm like oh man that's funny he's like keith that's your joke i'm like ah you wrote the joke better than me you know but he's that good. And, like, I respect Chappelle, Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes. Legends. They work like never before. That's right. And keep coming out with stuff all the time.

So we know who the guys are. Right. You ain't got to look for them. You know who they are. Dave, Wanda, Chris, Kat. Kat's up there. And you know, all that is just like

I like to see that. I like to see us give folk credit that deserve credit. And those guys have been doing it for so long, and they're still doing it.

That takes a lot. Richard Pryor, who is the best, absolutely my top guy, without a doubt. But after that, you've got Dave, Chris. I say Wanda all the time because she don't get the love that she deserves. But, yeah, we got a good thing going. And when people go to comics, they're at each other. Everybody's at each other.

But the main thing, when I got sick, all the comics helped me out. Chris Frog, you know what I mean? Wanda, of course, that's my sister. We were roommates.

All of them, Judd Apatow, Seinfeld, Louis C.K. People don't even know all that. You and Wanda were roommates?

Yeah. When? 92.K. People don't even know all that. You and Wanda were roommates? Yeah. When? 92. Wow. Yeah. How'd that happen? Well, it happened through, like, me and Chris Rock. We were on BET together.

But I didn't like him at all. I'm going to get him. Why not? Why didn't you like him? Well, we... Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jopp. And I go by like him at all. I'm going to get him. Why not? Why didn't you like him? Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher.

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What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nemany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nemany here.

I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history history you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Because when I went to audition at the college strip a guy named D.F. Sweeler. He said, well, I thought it was good.

It was 86. I thought I killed. But he's like, nah, it wasn't good. You see a guy named Chris Rock. I'm like, fuck Chris Rock. So you was jealous. Yeah, yeah. So I finally got to meet Chris on BET 88.

And I'm like, yeah, that guy. What are you talking about? And a woman asked us on BET, what's your process? I said, well, I'm Philadelphia. I lift my shoulders up, you know what I mean? We do, we work out. We're trying to get better. Then Chris came up and said, well, I knew he had something.

He said, well, in New York, we're actually working for something. HBO, NBC, Saturday Night Live. And I stroke more and more of my chair as listening to that. And then after that, I called Wanda and said, we got to move to New York. And that's how we moved to New York. And then 10 years later Chris picked

Wanda for the Chris Rock show so you know like a lot of people don't know what everybody does and their connection a lot of people don't know your connection your connection

who hooked up and all that they don't know your connection, your connection, who hooked up and all that. They don't know that. They just think, you know. Yeah, they think it's some industry shit, but they don't realize, like, no, these are real relationships that forged over time. Relationships. Yeah, grinded out.

Yes, and grinding out and all that. Wilder was upset when, you know, about, you know, a lot of things that when Chris Rock brought on the show, that changed the arc of everything. And Chris Rock has got a lot of people in. And people don't know that. You think about that Chris Rock show. Chris Rock had Wanda Sykes, Louis C.K.

Who else was on that show? Dude that played Pootie Tang. What's the brother's name? I can't remember his name. Lance. Lance. Yeah. Same thing with Dave.

You watch Dave's show now. So many people that's... Somebody now is all over Chappelle's show. Bill Burr. Donnell. Yeah, Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan, yep. Who was Donnell?

Donald Rollins, man. Stop it. Well, Donnell, let me tell you something. This is Donnell. He bugged me. Donnell? Yeah. He bugged me now. Let's talk stop it. Well, Darnell, let me tell you something. This is not now. He bugged me. Darnell? Yeah. He bugged me now.

Let's talk about it. Nah, we gonna talk about it. That's him right there. You see him right there getting a wedgie? That's him right there getting a wedgie. Let's talk about it.

He bugs me now. Let's talk about it. No. He bugs all of us. No, this is kind of funny, I guess. He was in a movie, right? Which movie?

I don't know. It was with Cameron or something oh Death of a Dynasty one of the movies whatever those stupid movies was but I hated him so bad

in the movie I was rooting for him to get shot yes I was rooting I'm like get him get him

get him yes and then when he finally got shot, he still was hamming it up. I'm like, I called him. I said, I can't stand you.

I was rooting for you to get shot. I'm going to use that one on him. He'll tell you well I do love him now that's why I love Donnell 94 95 I did a show

and a project mainly my boy Nate Singletary. You know, he had passed away, but he was always asking me to do a show in the neighborhood. But I wanted to, you know, be the guy and come back triumphant.

It didn't happen. So when he died, I was like, boom, we're going to do this show right in the project. And I brought Donnell, Will Simmons, Ian Edwards, and Rich Valls. And we went there, and Donnell killed so hard. He wasn't mild back then.

He was good. No, mild. He wasn't mild. You. He was good. No, mild. He wasn't mild. You're mild now, right? Yeah. But he killed so hard, they still talk about him. They talk about a guy named Fat Timmy on the bike, or Fat Timmy on Tommy.

It was so funny. Everybody in the neighborhood still remember Donnell from that joke. Wow. It was that powerful. And that's the only reason I like Donnell. Well, I don't have a reason to like Donnell. Donnell is one of the best stand-ups doing

it, though. You gotta give him his credit because he'll say that we didn't give him his credit. Don't give him too much credit, though. He's one of the best stand-ups doing it, though. You got to give him his credit because he'll say that we didn't give him his credit. Don't give him too much credit, though. Yes, but no, he's one of the best stand-ups doing it. Absolutely. Now, at one time, they said you lost your voice. Yes, man. And after the stroke, my voice was gone, my voice box and all that. And I got a contraption for $9,000.

I'm putting it in my mouth. Pause, I guess. Yeah, you pause. No, and a contraption stopped the air from escaping from my nose. You know, and I end up losing it but I had enough confidence by then with my voice coming back to go on I needed that one minute confidence but that was mostly was the confidence I can do it and And when you can't talk, and it's so frustrating, and I do a joke in the special.

Different strokes. About going through the drive-thru. And when you go through the drive-thru, when you can talk clear, they barely understand what you're saying. And they were like I was that and I say the chick fil a yeah I let the chick fil a and I'm like can I answer we don't understand you we don't understand I like hold up

yeah chick fil a you saw nothing but chicken. Guess what I want? You know? And just figure it out. You ain't got nothing else. Chicken. That's it. And, you know, and that was a frustration. And it really was frustrating when people don't understand you.

You can't curse somebody out because they go, what? You know? You talk, huh? Ah, shit. Did you ever think you lost your funny? Or did you ever lose your funny? Meaning like, you didn't find anything humorous.

No, not no. You know, I found a lot of stuff funny that happened. You know, because that's what it is. You know,

because like I said, when Chris, when I went back to the cellar, Chris Rock, his first thing was, hey, Strokey Robinson. See, I love shit like that.

But that let me know I was back. That's right, that's right. You know, I ain't getting mad. I was back. I'm like, yes, that's it. What did you say back to him, though? Nothing. I was laughing.

Okay. And he wouldn't understand anyway because my voice was still messed up. So he like suddenly said, Strokey Robinson. I'm like, my man, you know. What did you say to Chris after the Will Smith incident? You know, I'm from Philly. Will's from Philly. You know, Charlie Mack, I know him and all that.

I just didn't like it, you know, because Chris is like, you know, I love that guy. And, you know, I ain't mean well or a lot, but, you know, he's Philly, so I got to have Philly love for him either way. But that hurt to see that Because it was, you know, that moment, it was just, it wasn't nothing, I didn't laugh, I didn't, you know, I'm not, I wasn't. I mean, it wasn't nothing funny about it.

Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I found funny in everything, but not that. Maybe it was somebody else. I was like, it was Chris. You know what I mean? And that got me a little bit. You know.

But it's over, hopefully. What did you say to him? Did you say anything to him? No. Okay. I mean, I had a joke, but it was just a one-time joke. I ain't funny or nothing. Chris called me Strogie Robinson.

I called him Slappy Wank. That's a little corny joke. Salute to them. What qualities do the greats like Kevin, Dave, Chris, what qualities do they have that make them who they are? Right. They're working out. You know, we got the I'm coming guys, your boy Andrew Schultz.

That's my guy. He's coming, you know. Michael Che coming, you know. And I like to see that. I never was jealous of anyone. You were jealous of Chris. No, I wasn't jealous. I was fake mad.

I was kind of mad at him for somebody saying, hey, get out of here and you should meet Chris Rock. I mean, the guy was, looking back on it, the guy was absolutely right. But, you know, yeah. Like, I bring a lot of comics in. Like, at the end of my special, you see all the comics

around me when the credits rolling but that's all the comics you know you bring in and I think every comic bring another damn comic in stop talking

and yapping I love what Tiffany Haddish said. She had a day ready. Yeah. Bring comics in. That's right. That's right. Stop complaining and whining about you.

People make everything about themselves. But the comics, you keep bringing them in, and it helps out. So you have all the time you have all the coming and it's like and that keeps it going you know like I said, Andrew Schultz, Michael Chang, my young folks, Reggie Conquest, Monroe Martin, Derrick Gaines, Zaynab Johnson, Amina Amani, all those folks, bring them in. And, you know, and then you see it keeps going and going

and it never stops. What made you want to do it? Well, Kevin did that for you with Back of the Bus. Back of the Bus, funny. Yeah, that was your first special. That was a Kevin Hart presentation. Yeah, but Kevin knew better. What you mean?

He knew better. I'd sock him if he didn't. Oh, yeah. What did more for you, that special back then or this one now, the Netflix one? This one. Okay. Why you say that?

You can feel it. You can feel one's antenna, you know. The ecosystem. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You know, a different stroke. Now, that one is doing great because it's back on. Now, they've been on every platform.

Excuse me. That's 10 years. Every platform, back in the buses, keeps going. What made you want to do this special? What made you say, you know, I want to do it? Did you feel like, ah, I don't know if I want to put this out there? No, I wanted to do it? Did you feel like, I don't know if I want to put this out there? No, I wanted to put it out there. Before, when I was home and didn't even perform,

I was talking to Charlie Mack on the phone. I said, you know what? I'm going to do a special, and I'm going to call it Different Strokes. And he said, what? Yeah. He that's that's Charlie's input shut up Charlie but yeah I knew I wanted to do something and then when I got back on stage for the first time, it was like I was nervous because I didn't know if my voice would last. Right. So I was, you know, it wasn't pretty good.

And I kept going and going. I called Juana Sykes up. I said, Juana, I'm ready to go on the road. And Juana took me on the road and started building and building and building. And that was it. Wow. I heard you say that you don't want audiences to pity you. You know, you want their laughs.

How do you know you're not getting pity laughs? Oh, I know. Okay. I do my best. Like, you know, they look at me. When I see them pitying me, you know, I'll throw something in there to throw them off. Well, they go, this guy, he's an asshole.

Because I said, you know, I'm newly handicapped. I was never handicapped before. But I'm new at this shit. But I only think about it. Sometimes I forget that I'm handicapped. But I find myself laughing at handicapped people. So they go, uh. I give them those shots.

I feel like you can do that, though. It's like a black person saying the N-word. Like, we can say it because we black. Right. I feel like you can make handicapped jokes and laughing handicapped people because you're handicapped. No. This is what happened. People who have been handicapped all our lives, right, have a few comments.

Mm-hmm. They look at me like, this guy's a fraud. Mm-hmm. He wasn't born handicapped. We're born this way. And I saw the person looking at me. Bang. He was asking for it. This nigga was asking for it.

So there's a beef between naturally born. So you like a trend. You like trans. Jesus Christ. That's funny. I may be. I may be. So there's cis.

There's cis handicap. And trans. I may be a trans handicap. Oh I remember it was trans handicapped. Oh my goodness, you trans handicapped. Do you look at handicapped people differently? Did you look at

handicapped people differently? No. Because, you know, one time you would just handicap spot, you just take the spot. Yes.

It is what it is. You know what I mean? Do you look at handicapped people differently? No, I mean, I see what they go through now, you know. And I'm more aware when I see a guy with a handicapped thing and he's walking with no problem, I get kind of angry.

Angry? Yeah. I'm like, come on, man. Look at me limping. You know look at me laughing I get it do you have any like stroke awareness like do you tell people like you know other comedians or just people in general things that they can change now so maybe have some preventative measures to not have a stroke? No. God damn, Keith. I don't give a damn, no. No, I, you know what?

No, I don't want to, I don't want to do that. Yeah. Walk around the stroke guy. The stroke guy. But, you know, like, because people should know, like, you know,

we talk about, I'll pay about men's health. He always talks about, you know, getting a colonoscopy. So I would just question, like, you know, you made fun earlier about the, you know, we talk about men's health. He always talks about, you know, getting a colonoscopy. So I would just question, like, you know, you made fun earlier about the Viagra. But do you know what the reason was? Was it high blood pressure? Was it the way that you ate?

Was it not sleeping? Was it? Yeah, probably all that, all above. And, you know, being a comic, I'm never going to do that all right anyway run them up all the time you know but I say if there's something going wrong

and you feel it go to the hospital I took every I was a jackass I would be still able to box if I went to the hospital. Still. But I got laid.

I'm joking. If there is something that you feel, you got to go to the hospital. Yeah, go see what it is. See what the hell it is. That's right. Because you never know, you know. And I knew, actually. You know, I wasn't, you know, walking around like limping, like, oh, shit.

What's going on? I'm probably aspirin. Like, that was going, you know. But God was with me through all that. And, you know, there it is. You think you're funnier now or funnier before this group?

Now, I think, you know, I actually think I'm funnier now because I'm more in the pocket. And more word economy. And I'm painting man in there. If you look at Back of the Bus Funny, I was all over the place. Moving around, I can jab, bump, bump. And I felt some movement can help out the jokes.

Movement now can't help out the jokes. Now I have to express exactly what it is to a team. So I think I may be better now, but I was always pretty good. I remember you and Amy had that podcast, Three Girls, One Keef. Yeah. Y'all stopped doing, One Keef. Yeah. Y'all stopped doing that. Was that after? Yeah.

No, that was the first drug. That was the first drug. Okay. The first drug, I was still moving. You know, we did a thing called, was I wrong? Now, I'm going to ask you guys, was I wrong? This girl called me from New York, right? She was in Philly.

She said, Keith, come to Philadelphia, and let's go to a restaurant and get something to eat. I said, well, I'm coming from New York. I'm not coming for no reason. Come on now, you know what I'm saying. She said, no, I got it. So we go to Red Lobster. That's where Red Lobster was a shit.

And I go there. She's eating Belgian. Right? I said, well, we want to go to this hotel. She said, no, I got a headache. I said, oh, okay, okay. And she said, order dessert. I'm going to the bathroom.

I went right back. Down in my car and drove home. Was I wrong? That woman, when she heard about you having a stroke, she said that was your karma. You think I was wrong? No, because you told her from the beginning. You should have at least paid your half.

If you had paid your half, it wouldn't have been that bad. You should have paid your half. You wasn't wrong, but you wasn't wrong. You told her from the beginning. You know what I mean? But you could have paid his half. Like, you know what that bad. You should have paid your half. You wasn't wrong, but you wasn't wrong. You told her from the beginning. You know what I mean? But you could have paid his half. Like, you know what? I'm going to tell you something, Keith.

Pussy has ruined your life. You should be gay. What? What? That's what I've gotten from this whole conversation. Pussy has absolutely ruined Keith Robinson's life. See, now you're thinking about it. from this whole conversation. Pussy has absolutely ruined Keith Robinson's life. No. See, now you're thinking about it.

Maybe I was wrong. Well, the Netflix special Different Strokes is out right now. Man, it's a pleasure to meet a legend like yourself, Keith, man. We appreciate you joining us this morning.

Thank you, man. Absolutely. Thank you, guys. Watch Different Strokes on Netflix right now, man. Keith Robinson, it's The Breakfast Club. Wake that ass up. In the morning. The Breakfast Club.

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