The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Rickey Smiley Brings 'Big Chris' On The Breakfast Club

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

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Listen to VoiceOver on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wake that ass up. In the morning. The Breakfast Club. wherever you get your own show? Yeah, I got it on early. I'm on pre-recorded a prank phone call. So let me slide on over here to be with my folks. Man, Ricky, I would laugh so much watching your special, man. I was telling him that this morning. You saw it?

What you mean, I saw it? OK, yeah. I knew you was going to be with it. Man, I laughed so hard. You know why? Because it felt warm. Right. You know what I'm saying?

Regardless of what you said that people might be offended by, it just felt like it was coming from a good place. Yeah. They'll be all right. That's the problem, man. The comedy is just, everybody is too sensitive right now. We need to get back to the 90s, when comedians did what they did.

Eddie Murphy, Raw is still funny. Yeah. I don't get offended at nothing. Eddie Murphy, Delirious is funny. All, Fox, Jamie Foxx, Martin Lawrence, those specials are, Mark Curry, all of those specials are still funny, man. We just in a council culture.

And on this one, I just say what the hell I wanna say and just have fun with the audience. The audience that came out to see you, they said, we want you. And that's what I gave them. I wouldn't want a young kid to watch Eddie Murphy raw deliver especially a young member of the LGBTQ community. You gotta ease into that one. You can't just turn that one on now. But is that why it took you 10 years to do another special? No man you know what happened I got in radio, got into raising the kids.

I was still performing on the weekend. You just have to give yourself some space, give yourself a cushion to have a balanced life. You know, do radio, do shows or whatever, but then push the kids on the swing set and just have some fun and enjoy life and sit on the beach a few weekends instead of three shows on a Saturday,

two shows on a Friday. And it ain ain't the shows it's the in-between show just you know the two hour that two and a half to three hour wait for you to go back on stage in between shows sitting in a room with comedians and we run out of things to talk about and your voice gone and it just that was kind of I just needed I just needed a cushion so I didn't put pressure on myself to do another one. I just kept performing in David Talbert, in Land Talbert. It was like, hey man, you need to do another special. You haven't done one in years.

I said, okay. We put it off and we was on a boat swimming with sharks. He said, man, excuse my language. I wanna put some cinema on your shit. Like that. You cursed? Yeah, I cursed. He said, I'm gonna put some cinema on your shit. I said, I don't like that. You cursed? Yeah, I cursed. He said, I'm going to put some cinema on your shit. I said, OK.

He said, when you look at Eddie Murphy raw, Eddie Murphy delirious, he said, I want to shoot your, you know, say you haven't been presented the right way. You did comedy specials on Comedy Central and on all these other shows. He said, but man, we got to do you right. So I was like, cool. And we did it.

We shot it. We did three shows. And it was fun. I had a good time. If I had one critique, I just felt like I, and we did it. We shot it, did three shows. And it was fun. I had a good time. If I had one critique, I just felt like I had something to prove. And I think I should have just took a deep breath and just relaxed a little bit.

When I go back and look at it, you're your own worst critic. You hear yourself on the radio, you're going to turn the station. You ain't going to sit up and listen to it. I can't stand to listen to myself. Prove to who? Who you got to prove to? You just feel like you just have something to prove like you coming out.

Like, night, night, night, nigga, calm down. I'm not right now. I feel like it was like a walk in the park. It was like an uncle at a cookout. Like you, that's what I was gonna ask you. Did you write anything? It just seemed like you just had it and it was just, it was there, like.

Yeah, just I had been working on some of that material for years and it was just sharp. It was developed. I had oh my God. Yeah, just I had been working on some of that material for years and it was just sharp. It was developed. I had did it in comedy club. I had Rita Brent, Comedian Special K, Big Sean, LeVar Walker, you know, helping me out or whatever, giving me, you know, punching up the stuff, making it funny and performing it.

Yeah. You know, so when you perform this stuff, you know just when we did shows together, you know how I'm saying, I'll pull y'all to the side and say, hey, look, you make a mistake right here, do this right here, and then flip that, do that right there. I wish I could coach comedy. That's what I want.

You can. You definitely need some comedy coaches. I will tell her, I was on B. Simone ass one night. I said, why did you do that? I bought her a dress and I said, you need to do this like this. She said, for real? She said, I bought her a dress and I said, you need to do this like this. She said, for real? She said, I just really appreciate you even taking the time.

Are they receptive though? You know the comedians? Yes, she was. Well, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But she was because she did exactly what he, because we were all on the same show. We were on the same show.

Exactly what he told her to and she got a bigger response. Sure did. Yeah. And man, when she came off stage, man, we jumping and hugging everybody like, what's going on? I said, we had made a critique and I said, hey, you should do this like this or whatever

thing with the cell phone. Had everybody light it up. I said, don't cut that off. You got to keep that moment. You got the bill off of that. And then boom, boom, boom. And she did it the very next night in Houston. And we was just going crazy about it because, you know, I take the time to coach them.

I pull just to the side and say, hey, let's do this like this. Or what do you think? Or do you think this will work better? I don't try to tell them what to do. But that's our job because we was coached. You couldn't make no mistakes. Steve, did I ever tell you that story?

No. Man, I was dressed like LL Cool J one night on the show with Steve Harvey. Oh yeah, you did. Okay. Yeah, he told you to put you on. Yeah with Steve Harvey. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, he told you to put a tune on. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Damn right, man, you have to respect that somebody think enough of you to pull you to the side, because most people not gonna say nothing. Yeah. Can you coach people when they not funny? Yeah, hey, hey, just don't go back on that. Don't go back on that. UPS is high, right?

Now, you can write jokes, you can write funny, but they have to know how to perform it. Yeah, yeah. Or whatever, or you just have to find that, find that whatever that niche is and build from there. Or whatever, yeah, so. Is it okay for comedians to have writers? Yeah.

Okay, so, because, you know, some people are like, nah, I write my own jokes, I do my own stuff. Like, you see that so much, but now is the day, rappers got writers now, they help with certain things. Is that okay, or is it one of those things like, I wanna write my own stuff? Yeah, my own stuff. Like you see that so much, but now is the day. Rappers got writers now. They help with certain things. Is that okay? Or is it one of those things like, I want to write my own stuff? Yeah, you give them your concept.

You say, sometime I have a punch line. I say, here's a punch line. I tell you what, I tell you another story. Cedric the Entertainer wrote Lil Darryl. No, not that I didn't know. That's a true story. Now, you know know the hotel in Atlanta when you get off on 14th Street by Georgia Tech,

that Marriott right there next to the Four Seasons? Right there on 14th Street, we were staying at the hotel because we opened up Uptown Comedy Club that was behind Houston's. We was doing the very opening weekend. And I said, said, I got this joke about this kid saying this Easter speech. And we was in a 79 cutlass driving up Peachtree. He said, oh man, I said what should I name it? He said, oh man,

he was going through that. He said Lil Darrell. He said Lil Darrell. He said yeah he's saying the Easter speech and he said my name Lil Darrell and said 70s Entertainment pretty much helped me develop that entire joke that changed my entire career. I did that joke on Comic View and my career took off. They still talk about it. People weren't even born. I don't know if you was born when I did.

No, but I know exactly, I know it. Right, Sed developed that joke from me. You're saying things in this special that people need to hear. For example, tell this brother Envy why he shouldn't die his bit. Yeah, yeah, don't die because, that's just for men or whatever.

It's just for men, that's exactly what he do. I got a little die in there, but I let the little great seep out a little bit because women like that, right? You a zaddy. Okay, okay. B1. A zaddy. Envy,. B1. A zaddy.

Envy, we got to get off that van. We got to get off that van with them OGs, with them gray beers, with them suits on. That's right. Envy, we got to get off the van with them. I like my little jessamine a little bit. I like my little jessamine. Let the little gray come on out. Women like that.

I got a couple. I got a couple. Couple of them coming. Yeah. Now, I got the little gray coming out or whatever, but I took an eyeliner, the little mascara and kind of brushed over this part or whatever, but you got to make sure you got a nice blend. Like I'm young, but the gray shows the wisdom. You know what I'm saying? You do that and you take your two honey packs and have them sticking out of your pocket. Let them know

you can still clap them cheeks. Let them know you still got it. Clap them cheeks. That Shorty Low hit too, man, when you came out, man. Why you wanted to use that song and call it a special foolish? My producer, my morning show, we did a live broadcast somewhere and she said I was all over the place. Cause you know, I go find winos and crackheads

and put them on stage and let them sing and stuff. I let people get it out. You know what I'm saying? Like I put them on, and let them sing and stuff. I let people get it out. You know what I'm saying? Like I put them on. I got a surprise for you later on. No. I got a surprise for you. You're a good dude. I got something for you that's going to bless your life. You too, Jess. I got something for you.

Envy, you just stay with me. I know. We here. We here. We right here. I got something for y'all last this morning because y'all a comedian. This is going to bless your life. I ain We right here. I got something for y'all last this morning cause y'all comedians, this gon' bless your life. I ain't no comedian. I just like to laugh. Oh no, no, you got a whole lot of,

you and Don L. Rollins, y'all be cracking me up. Or whatever, yeah, you in the comedy family. So yeah, you one of us, we need to pledge him. Yeah. He gon' get pledged later. Listen, I wanted to ask about Butterfly. You still have butterflies when you perform on stage? Hell yeah.

You do it so much. Man, if you don't have a bubble in your air, you about to fart like you, Brian. You got passing gas. You know, Jess, you ever farted, like hit it to the microphone? I'm talking about like tone, take a shit, like right before, like 20 seconds before you gotta go on,

you feel it right at the tip. You be like, damn. She's done that here, how about that? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Jess and Mike, Jess and Mike Epps don't care. They'll blow up anybody's bathroom. What? Mike Epps took a shit one time. Mike Epps farted on the set of Friday After Next, and we had to stop taping. No, man. Yeah, it was in the little house where we was doing the the scene with the Christmas tree fighting. Mike Ips let one go that day. They said we gotta take a break. God damn. We it wasn't

it wasn't it wasn't enough spray. It wasn't it was something in there. I don't know where Mike Ips ate but him and just they don't care. They didn't they blew up bad from I I I got sick. Uh I was so nervous. Uh oh. Don L. Rollins low down the **** Oh, I don't know if you did that show when the Martin Lawrence tour was in Atlanta. I don't know if you I think it was B Simone. Yeah. So, COVID had just came out. Don L. Rollins goes on stage and man, he started doing this

thing. He took the hand sanitizer on stage and and you know, when COVID first started because two weeks after that that they canceled all the shows to work because COVID had got dangerous and he had the hand sanitizer and he was pumping and skiing the hand sanitizer everywhere on stage. That freaking audience was going crazy. I'm on stage, yeah, not realizing that I was next. I'm celebrating. I'm like yeah. My roommate said, hey Rick, you next. You need to get your shit together because look what he doing. Man, he did a 26,000 standing ovation.

However many people that are in, 12,000, 20,000, whatever the state farmer really got, a four-house standing ovation. I don't believe none of the Rolins ever got a standing ovation. No, no, we ain't gonna do that. We ain't gonna do that. We ain't gonna do that. You ain't gonna do that to...that's my guy.

That's my guy. He always get mad though. Donald really gets mad. He won't even believe that we have a standing ovation. Oh, you should have been there. I got it. I believe. I don't know if it's funny. Tell Benji Brown to send you the video. Benji Brown got it on tape. Shout out to Benji Brown.

So I was next. So I have a playbook, Charlamagne. So I have acts one through nine. So it's not different jokes, but it's the order that I do the jokes depend on what happens before I go on stage. You know what I'm saying? I watch Nick Saban's speech before I perform.

Oh, okay. You watch a Nick Saban or a Coach Prime speech, you can transform that into comedy in order to get motivated. I'm not lying, man, football. So what has Nick Saban or Prime said that you actually, like, with the mind that you remember that you go out there and you... It's like he always talk about winning and being your best and just, it just builds you

up to where you need to be to do whatever it is that you need to do even though we're not playing football. So here, Darnell Rodden's on stage, and you got all of the bloggers on the first two rows, all the celebrities on the first two rows. And if you have a bad show in Atlanta, just, whew, you can kiss comedy. Period.

Let's just kiss and say goodbye. Your career is over. You're finna be in all the blogs that they walk out on you. You're about to be in the blogs, and he got got a standing ovation and I had to come with it and I went on stage and I put that work in and got a standing ovation behind him. I saw the blog, I saw when they wrote about you getting a standing ovation in Atlanta. They ain't mentioned Don Al though. They did! Now you're gonna have him showing up at my show, standing up in an aisle, and it's gonna be a Donnell Rodgers and Ricky Smiley

instead of Donnell Rodgers and Corey Hogan. Hey, Donnell, you know you my boy, I'm giving you props. Kick Charlamagne's ass, not mine. Yeah, so, and I went backstage, and I was throwing up and shitting. Damn. Yeah, at the same time, because there was pressure. and shitting. Dang it. Yeah. At the same time, because there was pressure.

You can't get no standing ovation. Your career is over. Everything you work for, if you don't have a good show in Atlanta. Atlanta? You look at every show like that, like you have to get that off. No.

No, that particular city in Don L. Rollins had did this COVID joke that shocked the crowd. And it was so freaking funny. I don't even think he wrote that damn- Because COVID was fresh. COVID was fresh. So we was like right just tipping. And he did the joke off the top of his head.

And he was just improving. That wasn't no written joke because you can't- The joke was not developed. Right? Because COVID had just came out so it's fresh so he off the top of his head he ripping i'm seeing drug dealers niggas with necklaces on falling all on the floor crying people getting up slapping each other you ain't seeing that's in death gem that's great not that kind of laughing slapping each other you know black people got to be airy ah yeah guys is going too much. Yeah.

Did doing the special in Birmingham make you too comfortable? No. OK. No, because I didn't even realize where I was. You know you in Birmingham, but you playing to the cameras. I'm playing to a national audience. Like y'all sit here and do this show, yeah,

you see 125th Street, but you also see Highway 280 on Birmingham and 95th and Miami. When you're on radio, you see Baltimore, you see people driving on the tollway. Absolutely. So yeah, you playing to the cameras, you feel like you got something to prove because you haven't done one in a while.

And then we took about 40 minutes off of it. I produced it. Yeah, so I saw you say at the beginning, you was like, I'm we took about 40 minutes off of it. I produced it. Yeah, so I saw you say at the beginning, you was like, I'm about to be up here for two hours. But at the beginning of this special, you was like, I'm gonna be up here for two hours. I got it all out. You know, I used to be trying to save jokes for the road.

Man, I was like, the hell with that. I figured that other part out. Let me just give it all. So I laid it all on the table. But that editing process gotta be stressful, man. To cut it down to an hour? Cutting a whole hour? Cut it down to an hour? It was a lot of stuff in there, a lot of good stuff.

I could take the leftover stuff that I didn't use and do a whole another 30 minute special. Yeah, I could. Would you do that? That'd be dope. Well, what we'll probably do is just take some, I'll get some advice from y'all because y'all good with stuff like that.

I'll probably take some of those clips and link them on the internet or whatever. But I own the license and I taped it and I walked it over to Hulu. Kevin Hart was negotiating with him and then Netflix said, we like it. We'll give you a date for 2026 because they already have-

Comedians lined up. Comedians lined up and Hulu said, we'll take it now. And then I thought that was cool because Bill Burr and then Roy Wood Jr. did theirs. You know, Roy Wood and we come from the same station. We both come from Birmingham. I was like, well, that's a nice bit. They doing comedy now.

So they took it and here we are. What's success to you when it comes to that type of special? Or just getting it out, is that just enough? Making sure that it's special. That's the thing, they call them specials, but the question becomes you want it to be special. You want it to be one that you and your mom gonna pull out on Thanksgiving.

Like this special right here, I believe that they're gonna pull it out every Thanksgiving and every Christmas. We're gonna sit down and watch the specials. Not a lot of cussing, maybe one or two cuss words, you can watch it with your kids. They can get by the one or two cuss words that I use and you know, every Thanksgiving and Christmas that's gonna be something that people will watch just like they watch Lil Darryl and the How You Do That there with the bass guitar. Charlamagne, I had that in there. We had to edit it out because I couldn't get 10% so whoever owned 10% of that song, we could not find

them to pay them. Wow. Or whatever but the Thanksgiving and the Christmas part of it is my favorite. Tommy Davidson FaceTime me yesterday still laughing at one joke about the midget and it just wiped him out. He went from. Yo. We were at the improv in Hollywood out. He went from- Yo! Yes. We was at the Improv in Hollywood. Tommy Davidson went from table to table repeating his joke while it was still showing on the screen. He went to sit his ass down

and he was going from table to table just repeating that joke and I just sat back. Salute to Tommy. That's a lot of funny shit in there. I like when you say, she call herself trying pussy. That is so true, yo. lot of funny shit today. I like when you say, she call herself trying pussy. That is so true. Every aunt, every uncle, every grandmother. Yeah, the black mamas don't play that. The white people say, oh my God, my daughter is

gay. The black mamas, where Brianna? Calling herself liking pussy. That's some holiday shit though. That's when you find out about that table sitting. And all people missing. Because nobody asked you. We asked, where is Brianna? Why does she have to say that? Why can't she just say she's in the back room? Back there and hear some mess calling herself like a...

Yo. Yeah, that was the moment they hit the floor. Yes. That shit was funny, man. I wanted to ask you something about Hulu. Do you think the screaming platforms are changing the landscape of stand-up comedians? Yeah, I don't know a lot about it. I'm still learning as I go because my agent,

they have to kind of sit me down and explain to me how this stuff works. Because you think you shoot a special, okay, let's run it over to BET. Because that's what I'm used to. That's what I've always done. I've always done my comedy specials on BET. Shout out to BET for giving me my start.

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Everyone thought they knew her until they didn't. I remember sitting on her couch and asking her, is this real? Is this real? Is this real? Is this real? I just couldn't wrap my head around what kind of person would do that to another person

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and my friend Buddy Lewis riding around LA. Oh, I think, because he was at St. Martin with me this weekend, the last week. His ass was in LA, talking about him and Buddy Lewis riding around, Lani Love came. Shade on Chris. You know he's the mayor of LA. Absolutely. I'm just throwing shade in him

because he's like my brother. And I never do anything without talking to Chris Spencer. I get on his nerves, he get on my nerves, but if I have an idea about doing something, I never made a move without picking up the phone, calling Chris Spencer. Why Chris? He just gives you good direction?

He's just a good dude, man. He's just a good dude, man. He ain't gonna screw you over. He ain't gonna talk about you behind your back. He gonna always give you the good dude, man. He's just a good dude, man. He ain't gonna screw you over. He ain't gonna talk about you behind your back. He gonna always give you the best advice, man. And he's genuine. Then he ain't gonna be on the phone with you all day. He gonna say what he got to say,

get his ass on the phone. And that's that. I just really respect him. And I respect how other comedians, and I respect them on stage. You know, Chris is funny as hell, but he didn't show up to my thing thing. You know how like when your dad is operating exercising his visitation rights and you're on

the porch and you care about you know you all your cousins that y'all have in the family union but your your dad didn't come and then that that music come on. It hurts. I was standing in front of the Hollywood improv and I hope when y'all shoot, y'all do a split screen with Chris Spencer and me. It was hurtful just that thing. I bring it up to therapy, but I got something for y'all.

Do you ever, oh God, he gets me nervous. Do you ever feel like you have to reinvent yourself for the new generation? I did, I did at one point. But I stopped doing it. I just started feeling like I have a fan base. I have audience that love me and love what I do. And y'all don't ever forget this. Stick to what you do.

You don't have to fit in with certain crowds and certain cultures and certain organizations. You don't have to fit in and do what you do. Why do people come to see you? I don't care who's in and do what you do. Why do people come to see you? I don't care who's funny and how funny they are. You might not be as funny, do you? You know, God brought you here for a reason, God.

Like these last two years have been the toughest two years of my life. I wrote my son's name and birth date on the wrist of my arm before I went on stage, because my son was a comedian, you know. And my son is on the wrist of my arm before I went on stage. Because my son was a comedian, you know. And my son is on the special. So after I say good night or whatever and the credits rolling, you will see a clip of me and Brandon on stage.

And Brandon standing there performing. He, you know, it shows about five minutes of his performance, you know, split screen with the credits on the other side. So what a great way to honor your son, you know, with us on stage together like we was. I had him on stage when he was seven years old telling jokes. And so I would take him on tour, have toys in the dressing room,

or whatever, raise all my kids in the dressing room. They could tell you what every dressing room looked like. So it was a blessing to do that. Yeah. And you've always spoke about feeling Brandon's presence during performances. So how does that spiritual connection manifest on stage for you?

Yeah, it's almost like you doing it for him. You doing it for your son. Now my son, or whatever, he had his favorite comedians. You know your kids always wanna try to be different from you. I don't wanna be like you. My son loved Eddie Griffin. My son loved Roy Wood Jr. and stuff. And he just had the different comedians that he liked

or whatever. So he had a whole different style of doing comedy. His comedy was more kind of like thoughtful, a mix between Roy Wood Jr. and Lil Rel. You know what I'm saying? That was his whole style. He had a lot more, he was a lot more Roy Wood Jr. and Lil Rel. You know what I'm saying? That was his whole style. He had a lot more, he was a lot more intelligent on stage. So he didn't know a lot of the older comedians.

He just had his picks. But he just had his own style of performing, whatever. I enjoyed him, I miss him, but these last two years was really, really tough. And now I'm at home being a dad, you gotta beat my twins. I did. Yeah, they're a lot of fun.

I got some real daddy's girls. And God just, that was a blessing to my life. And I thank God gave me those twins as a distraction to my grief because I felt like I was dying. I felt like I was dying inside. Yeah, I feel like one of these mornings I was not gonna wake up.

That's how bad it is. That's how hurtful it is. You have a beautiful family. Your babies, man. And I don't wish that on nobody. I don't wish that on my worst enemy. It's horrible. So shout out to all the mothers,

all the parents out there that had to bury a child and lost a child. Keep your kids in sports, keep them in athletics, the discipline and the structure matter. We got to learn to give kids more of what we had as opposed to what we did not have. That's what's ruining kids. If you like who you are, then give the kids what you had.

You know what I'm saying? And I just wish everybody the best and I hope all of y'all kids are safe, graduate college and go on to be productive people. I agree with all of that, but I will say some of these kids need a little bit more than going to the water fountain. If you're dealing with some issues.

If you're dealing. So you really need a water fountain. Man, what is he asking man? Oh yeah, he really watching all the way through. If you're dealing with some type of like mental health issues or emotional issues, you need more than the water fountain Ricky. Yeah, yeah. They didn All the way through. You're dealing with some type of mental health issues or emotional issues. You need more than the water fountain, Ricky. Yeah.

They didn't have medicine for ADHD. No, hell no. When we was growing up, it was going to the water fountain. You know what I'm saying? Sitting in the classroom with those lights like that going all the way across or whatever. Just back before you started changing classes, you was in one. You remember that elementary school? Oh, okay.

Being in one class? I don't even know if they got that. I. I keep wondering, do they still got the trailers in the back? Nope. Hey, stop. The trailers? Stop. Charlamagne was in one of those classes.

His class was in the trailer? That's the method that I failed to stand in that class. He was in the trailer? He was in that short bus too, for a second too. I don't know if they still got the short bus, do they? I don't even see them no more. No, they put them on the bus with the regular kids. And now, and I know back then then they go to lunch at 930.

Yeah, they eat before everybody else. They go to lunch at 930 because they get out at 12. And I had history class first period and I could hear them running down the street. I mean, not down the street, running down the hall at 930 when that little nine, there'd be a short bell like, dream dream or whatever, not a long bell. What you mean, you can hear them?

Like, bring them, you can hear them because of the the the it was like clicking the noise that the you know back then they wore the shoes with the you know with the steel on the side or whatever and they were not all of them not all of them but just some of them and some of them were running real fast or whatever and I would sit there and just crack the hell up. What did you sound like? Oh lunch lunch lunch lunch lunch running down the hall or whatever.

You going to hell, Ricky Smiles. You going to hell. You going to hell. But we want to bring love back. We going together on the show, bud. We all going to hell. And it's time for us to bring love. And Jess, I bought you a gift.

Man, where's the gifts at, Ricky? Where's that? Behind the couch. You want a gift? No, this is about to happen. Oh I bought you a gift. Man where's the gift at Ricky? It's behind the couch. You got the music ready. Here you go hit the music. Oh way. Oh, Chris. Wow. You know, just love a Chris now. Yes, it is Chris. Chris, don't let up. You ask for consent first Hey It's going down So may next other man you next He's not dead first I thought she was going to propose. I danced first. He said, I danced first. Chris, my guy. Uh-oh. Aww.

Chris. You got to get him though. I ain't nothing wrong with him. What? Ain't nothing wrong with him. Y'all didn't mess up his chick. Chris, make sure he pay you now. He paid you?

Come on, talk to him. He can talk. Come on, Chris. Yeah, like he said. He can talk. Y'all hear it go. What's up? Ricky said he can talk.

Yeah. Here you go, Chris. Chris. Did he pay you? I hope he gave you a down payment now before you got up here. Chris. Yeah, I got to talk to him. Now you got to be sure.

Come on, talk to him. Keep on calling this man. Yeah, talk to him. Now who was that? I know you was so well. Chris Now who is that I know you that I use how well huh? Yes, sir. Shalom ain't my no and he know Ricky and you know what that is. Yeah, I know who? female rapper Just hilarious, I know I know nice.'s close enough. That's just hilarious. I know. All right, he said, I know. Nice. Do you know him? You know him?

Who that is? DJ. I'm a butt right there. That's my butt. DJ, that's my butt. Oh, this is butt right there. That's my butt. He ain't say that.

Chris don't get down like that. He watch y'all every day. We appreciate you. So we had to give you a look. You know, have to say that. Thank you so much. He watch all every day Yeah, so we had to give you a look, you know Much thank you Chris. Hey Chris, we make sure you pay you man Yeah For my brother, right

Yeah, what is it for my brother? Sing it you do karaoke Hit that country grandma one time. So the name. Ricky ain't never played this song on the radio. You ain't never asked Ricky to play it? He ain't ask you do it. I'm asking you. I'm asking you. I want to play my **** Let me hear it man. See I knew this was gonna make your day. I knew this was gonna make your day. My bad, Chris. He asked about you last time,

that's why I brought you up here. I know. Oh. I know him. My God, Chris. I like his shirt. I love it. I like his shirt too.

How long it take to play a record? You gotta find it, man. So look, did you write it or just off the top of the head freestyle? Okay, I'll tell you something. I want to draw a hill. Yes, sir. Okay, my little brother gone.

Rest in peace. Look, I'm gonna tell you. And I'm gonna do it now, my brother me, I raised together. My little little ways, little baby. I raised a little baby. I'm gonna tell you this, my little baby. I'm talking to you this. A little brother.

I got something for you though. I got something for you. You're going. You're going to a brother. You hear what he said to me? What did he say? I'll be a brother, Chris. I'm a family.

I love you. You know, my girl. I'm making a song. Yes sir. I want a little something for you. You know what, if they can't find a song, you can just sing something to all the ladies. You gotta sing that song, cause it's sad.

You gotta sing something. I got a good song for my brother. How many girlfriends you got, Chris? I got one right now. Just one right now? That girl, he talking about this girl named Kiki. She got with somebody else though. How many you had before?

Everybody called everybody on Instagram. Look, look, look, look. I want to say a quick one. I want my friend to talk. Yes, sir. What's her name? What's her name? Nina.

Nina? Oh, Nina. Nice. You think she's talk. I don't know if you should be shouting her out yet, though. She might have another man. You sure?

Nah, Nina, man. I'm on my love. My Nina. You met her yet? You hit it? What? Stop. You hit it? You hit it? You went down on it? You said that too. Yeah, I Wear back Yeah, and the way I bet my family's he did it Yeah, and I wear a big Club start on he did it to me. Mm-hmm. I started on my family's. Yes Start don't startome ain't no joke. No, a white girl named Nino.

Yeah, okay. Yeah, don't do the white ass. You're absolutely right. Thank you for speaking so crazy. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl.

I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl.

I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I'm a little Be crispy baby. I love you man. I love you girl. Let's go big Chris laying it down quite flat is he you hear me like that game? Chris we got you I love you Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on. Scrape it up, Chris, come on. Scrape it up. Okay. I love you Get him! Oh! Let's go! Get him!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Keep going! Turn him, turn him, turn him, turn him, turn him, turn him!

Go, go! Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay! There you have it ladies and gentlemen! Big Chris, Ricky Smiley! The new special Foolish is streaming now on Roodle. The star of the show, Chris.

Big Chris. Chris Handplane. I love you Ricky, you're crazy. Tell them where to follow you on social media, Chris. Yeah, I got it. Okay, okay. Chris, I know how to do this. It's to help them.

Chris, I know how to do this. I Found it me on It's ground you too to describe me you too Me Chris a big Christmas baby big Christmas It's the breakfast club It's the breakfast club good morning. Hold on, hold on. One more time, sir. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. I'm telling long ass stories now. We gotta go. Go ahead, Chris. Do your thing, Chris. We gotta fight the hits. Go ahead, do your thing, Chris. Come on, hurry up.

We gotta go. You don't wanna eat, don't you? Sip it. Okay. That's right, Chris. Tell your story, Chris. You know what the hell going on. A little, little touch up, because I was with the stores.

He was back in the day when I met my brother. And now I'm going to tell him about me and him. You know, me and him, he's daddy. I'm going to tell him, I said I was a milf. I'm going to tell him something. I said, no, I'm a fan because I'm going to tell him go. I'm going to tell him go. I'm going to get this. I want your song gone. I got this.

I got my song. Yeah. Yes sir. I got my talk good. Yeah. My man, my man friend man. My grown ass man. Yeah.

That's right. Your grown ass man. That's right. We gotta go. Is that song on streaming services? It's on Apple? What's it on right now? On services? It's on uh, right now Go download it on YouTube right now

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