The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Tony Baker On Wet Handshakes, Serial Killers, Diddy Revelations + More

Episode Date: June 30, 2025

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Early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy, we are The Breakfast Club, Lauren LaRosa is here as well, and we got a special guest in the building. Our guy. We got comedian Tony Baker, welcome. What's up man?

How you feeling? Good, I feel great. First time I met you, I wasn't here the first time you came to The Breakfast Club. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was traveling. You was hiding from me, man. I wasn't hiding.

I was gonna ask you the hard-hitting questions. Sorry, we. I really didn't have. Yeah. But how you feeling, brother? I'm good, man. You know, blessed to be out here. I love coming to New York.

I can never, I never get enough time out here though. It's always a quick in and out. I want to be out here for like a month. You said driving in New York makes you bolder. Yeah, man. How did you come to that country? It was stressful, man. You drove here from Chicago?

I rented a car. I shouldn't have messed around. No, I flew in, I rented a car. Okay. And then I drove from JFK to Manhattan. I was like, I knew nothing. I knew nothing. Nobody drives from the airport. Even the people that live here, you take a car or.

Yeah, it was a big mistake. I lost all my hair. It was luxurious. I had a full head. Before you came in. Yeah. And I also saw you say that a whole bagel is just too dense.

It's just too much, man. You need half a bagel. Why would you eat a bagel, Tony? Well, I don't really eat bagels like that because they so thick. So it's like half. But now, but New York is known for bagels and pizza. I ain't never, you know, when I first moved to New York,

I was waking up in the morning to ask people for biscuits. Yeah. And they was looking at me like I was crazy. I love biscuits. Now come on now. I love biscuits. Now come on now. I'm Biscuits McGee.

Biscuit Head, that's what they call me in the trap. Really, in now. I love biscuits. Now come on now. I'm Biscuits McGee. Biscuit Head, that's what they call me in the trap. Really, in the trap? Hell yeah, in the trap, man. Biscuit Head, man, watch out. Biscuit Head got you. Damn. Hell yeah, man.

Where did that name come from? Just cause you eat them or? I just made it up recently because I'm a fiend for the biscuits. They got some good vegan biscuits out here at Peace Food. Ain't no such thing. They good though. But they kinda dry, but I like them dry.

Are you vegan? Pretty much, yeah. I'm vegetarian 100 vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan?

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What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's the difference between a vegan and a vegan? What's So I can't claim vegan, you know, them vegans are serious. They be like, nah, why you eating the, I was like, you know what I'm saying, my back was against the wall. So I don't fully claim it, but 100% vegetarian. But you eat fish or don't eat fish either? No, no animals. Okay, no animals. Why people always exclude fish from the meat?

I don't know, she just said it to me, I heard her ask somebody like, would you still eat fish though? No, I said, do you still eat shrimp? Cause someone was saying that they were vegan. It's all meat. If you're an animal, you meat. Well, now I'm confused.

Because I know people who don't eat meat, but will still eat fish and shrimp. Because they're pescetarian. Yeah, they still eat meat, though. But you just said it's meat. Yeah, it's all meat. If it's an animal, you meat. And when you say you don't eat meat, like, I don't eat beef.

I don't eat red meat. That's meat. Yeah, that's meat, for sure. But I don't eat beef. I don't eat red meat. But I will eat fish. I eat meat. And when you say you don't eat meat, like I don't eat beef. I don't eat red meat. That's meat. Yeah, that's meat for sure. But I don't eat beef. I don't eat red meat, but I will eat fish. I eat chicken. I eat turkey. Yeah.

Yeah. You in the game still. Absolutely. I ain't going nowhere until my doctor tell me I can't. Period. You know, but I love when you do your 10 thoughts of the day, man, cause like, when you put a fat Joe, don't let people talk.

He don't let nobody talk, man. I'll be watching him and Jada, man. Jada be saying five words an episode. But I watch every episode, his story defied. It's such a good, it's so good, right? I love it. I'm glad they did it. But the way Jada reacts to Joe,

he be like, she's crazy! Crazy! And so, but Joe don't let people talk, man. He come in, man, he ruled all over. Jim Jones, as soon as the episode started. Yeah. Yeah, but. Except for when it came to the Nas conversation.

Oh yeah, well yeah, he got it. Except for when it came to the Nas conversation. He let him talk. Nah. No, he did, on the Nas. Oh yeah, he did. And then he was like, but then, Jim Jones put his foot in his mouth,

and he was like, put the billboards up. And then, that's way he messed up. Yeah, I mean, I don't even know why that's even a conversation. Like, you know what I mean? Like I love Jim Jones a lot. I think Jim Jones has been putting out some of the best music from New York

over the last several years. Probably the best music from New York. Until now I started dropping those King's diseases. Oh man, that's running right there. Nas is my favorite rapper of all time. And with that Hit Boy run, that just solidified his spot for me. That late in the game, making albums that hot,

I don't know who else has done that. And making them for people our age. Yeah, for sure. Don't even run Scarface and Jay-Z can still make great music. And Common, there's a lot of guys over in that age that make great music. For sure, but they put out like, you know one,

like you know Kamen and P-Rock did a phenomenal job. But they just be like, you know one. Nas of the Series. J-Slow got a lot, yeah Nas of the Series, but Nas still gets busy. Yeah. Hands down. Six albums?

Yeah. They were all good? Listen, you ain't gonna win his first Grammy? Crazy. You ain't gonna get no debate out of me about that one? He was overdue, so yeah, he my favorite. You said Ashanti has a great laugh. She do, she be laughing.

And I'm a comedian, so I be looking for the laugh. Like, you know, I feed off that. Like, y'all just sitting there taking it, I'm like, man. I remember audition for SNL a few years back, and they were just sitting in the shadows, gave me nothing. I was up there giving 100,000%, man. They was just sitting in the shadows. It was just Silhouettes. They was sitting there like 100,000%, man. They was just sitting in the shadows. It was just silhouettes.

They was sitting there like he's sitting right now, just with robes on, just looking, squinty-eyed. And I was like, yeah, full commitment, nothing. Ain't that what auditions are like, though? They normally don't give you much in an audition. They gotta give me something, man. I'm on stage, just sitting there, and they're live. I can see if it was a drama.

Like, if I'm doing a Viola Davis scene, I done lost the kids, you know what I'm saying? So you was sweating like a mother. Man, I was up there giving it all I had. And they was like, huh, I don't even know if I got that. And they was silhouetted. So how do you leave that? You be like, all right, they gone.

Oh, and they was silhouetted. Yeah, I couldn't see it. All I saw was bodies. And it was just like, it was like they was all on gangland confessing about the crimes. And you just couldn't see nothing. And I was like, all right. Damn.

Thanks for having me, y'all. You ever got any cheeks because you told a girl she had a great laugh? I don't think so. Yeah. I can't remember that being the reason, like, man, you got a great laugh, and then the panties dropped.

No, I can't. No, because they always say if you're a comedian, if you can make them laugh, you can crack their ass. So I always wondered, I wonder if you making them laugh and then you give them that compliment, does that do something for them? I don't know. I don't know.

Yeah. I don't know. Usually I give that compliment in the moment, like during the show. Like, man, you got a great laugh. That happened to me at Austin last weekend. She had a great laugh. But you could just be doing that

cause you want the crowd to keep laughing. No, she really had a good one though. Cause she, it was like a residual holdover laugh. Cause some audiences laugh real quick and then hush. And I hate those. How many people were in the audience that you heard just heard laugh? Like she was in the front row.

She was like, and there was like, I would say something to joke and finish and she's still giggling. And then with the tear wipe, but I got the laugh and the tear wipe. So I'm like, oh, this is, I need to clone her and just bring her to every show. You said that was the Austin show?

It was Austin, yeah, I was in Austin last weekend. And you just bring her to every show. You said that was the Austin show? It was Austin, yeah, I was in Austin last weekend. And you said you would have canceled the show if you knew they had a serial killer. Yeah, they had a serial killer. I didn't know that, I ain't see that nowhere. They got a serial killer, allegedly, out there. It's a whole bunch of men, they've been finding men

at this lake called Lady Bird Lake, and just, you know, dead dudes, and they're thinking like they be capturing them, because it's a lot of like partying around there and like drinking and so they've been finding these bodies like dozens. Three weeks ago was 38 bodies found. 38?

Rumors rife as 38 bodies found in and around Lady Bird Lake so far. They be quiet on these serial killers. There was one in Long Island too. What? Yes. Recently? Yes.

I saw nobody go to Long Island. What kind of dead though? Just dead like booty hole tampered with? They didn't Yes. Recently? Yes. It was not nobody that go to Long Island. What kind of dead though? Just dead like booty hole tampered with? They didn't say the cause of death though. What? Does it matter? Yes, I want to know what's going on. Anything missing?

Like I'm serious, like he just killing people and just putting the body there like nothing. There's no motive, no. Cause usually they got an MO like, you know, they been killed this way, but I don't, they not really explain it. And take a finger or something. Yeah, you know what I mean?

No souvenirs, you know, mark of a serial killer. Okay. So you really felt unsafe? No, I didn't. Okay, okay, okay. I went to the scene of the crime. Yeah. Hold on, but wait, I mean.

What? I went to the scene of the crime. Because the 38. Uh-oh. I mean, this is, no, nevermind, I'm not gonna say that. It's gonna sound sensitive, nevermind. It's gonna sound insensitive probably. Yeah, that's what I meant.

That's what I said. I was gonna say the 38 bodies is over three years. Girl, you know how long that is? A lot of bodies. That's a short period of time. I told y'all I didn't wanna say it, y'all made me say it. Oh, gotcha, gotcha, yeah. That's a lot, though.

But when you say serial killer, I'm thinking like how like a Jeffrey Dahmer where it's like everything's back to back to back to back to back. You gotta space it out now. You know how long it took for them to catch Jeffrey Dahmer where it's like everything's back to back to back to back to back Right. They gotta space it out now. How long it took for them to catch Jeffrey Dahmer? No, well the movie scene was like an hour.

Man. It took a while. I'm sorry. It took a while for everything to get caught. Jeffrey Dahmer was killing people for at least several years. If the cops had him dead to rights early on, they pulled him over and everything. He had a body trunk. He had a body trunk, yep.

If he was black, he would have got caught immediately. Oh, absolutely. He definitely would have checked that trunk. He would have got half a victim if he was black. Now you said. Yes, Jeffrey Dahmer was out for 13 years. Oh wow. From 78 to 91.

He killed his first victim in 78. My bad bro, you could be scared. You could be scared. What? I'm like it's a serious killer, but he's a little dormant, like you were fine. But okay, but no, he's very on. That's not funny, because people have died.

Nobody laughing. Nobody laughing but you. I'm Nobody laughing. Nobody laughing but you. Nobody knew what you said was funny. You know what, you continue on. Let me shut up in this one. Now you said Diddy might get off. I think he, well they, you know, they changed it. What, they dropped some of the charges, right?

They dropped the charges, Lord? I know you the professional on this. Hold on, one quick, real quick. Do you know Jeffrey DeNoma killed 17 people in 13 years? So Austin got 38 bodies in three years? I didn't know the timeline on Jeffrey Dahmer. I thought it was way quicker. God damn.

I didn't know the timeline. 38 is crazy. 38 is crazy. And that number is, they're trying to figure out the number. It's still reports and rumors claim 38 bodies have recovered from the lake in three years. Not just saying Austin police, they're still trying to figure out the numbers. And at least Dama was eating the men.

Not at least, but at least. Like what is this guy doing? Whoever this person is. It could be a woman. Could be a woman, yeah. It could be a woman. Cause it's all men. She gotta be a diesel woman

cause she gotta carry the man to the lake, right? What's weird about the Austin thing is I can't find like causes of death. Like they've been finding them in the water, maybe drowning or whatever. So it's like- I'm looking at it now. But they, and the numbers keep changing.

It's 19, then it's 38, then it's 38, then it's 19. But you know- But we don't even know how they dying. No. No. They didn't have it listed. Damn. Yeah, the causes of death have been mainly attributed to accidental drownings, but the second thing

that they're saying is potential suicide, as well as drug overdose and natural causes. So where you get the serial killer from, Tony? And this is just for two teens that were found. Tony, where'd you get the serial killer? Because they just might have gone to the lake killing themselves that many times. No, articles are saying serial killer,

but then they all, they're trying to figure it out. Maybe it's like romantic. Maybe somebody's luring them to the lake and they're being romantic about it and then killing them in some subtle way. But you know what I mean? Like drugging somebody and then take them to the lake and just throw them in there.

And is it all men? Mostly men, yeah. A lot of the cases, about half of them, a lot of the cases remain unknown. There is one of the cases that I just mentioned that was ruled a murder. They're still trying to figure this out, y'all. I didn't know about this until I heard Tony talking about it.

Now I'm like, now you gonna have me down the rabbit hole all week? I'm in a dream, man. I'm down the rabbit hole now, because Austin police are saying they're denying the rumors of it being a serial killer, but at the same time, they're still investigating. Yeah. Well, looking back to his 10 thoughts of the day.

All right. Now, before I go to Diddy, you said you pay attention to a woman's hands, why? I just do, like I look at a woman's hand. Make sure they're not big? No, it's just I always look, you know, because a lot of women take care of their hands. Like, Lauren has great hands.

Oh, thank you. And the finger length and the moisturization and stuff like that. I pay attention to that. The nails, all that good stuff. Especially when they be taking selfies and they be holding the phone a certain way, I always look at the hand. Y'all been looking at woman's hands?

I'm married. David Marriott. Well, at your wife's hands, did y'all ever look at the hand? Yeah, all the time, absolutely. Remember that Seinfeld episode where he was dating the girl with the man hands? What does that mean?

Was she trans? Yeah, no, she had man hands. Like, she had a real pretty face, bro. Was she a woman though, for real? Huh? Was she a woman though? She was a woman in the episode, but her hands was like, you could tell there was a big man hand when she would

reach over to him, and she wanted to wipe some food off his cheek, and he was like, no, I'm good. And then you just see a big robust hand coming through. I never used to watch Seinfeld. Oh man, you missing out, man. I hear that, but I just never was into it for some reason. You from the South. Yeah, I never was into Seinfeld.

I never watched either. Now listen, you also said on your 10th author's day, you said, a wet handshake makes my soul weather. So what if it's a beautiful woman with nice hands, but her hands are wet? See what I'm saying? Yeah, the wet hands is just gross. I can't deal with it.

Especially if we're going to be talking, we're going to be intimate. It's going to be a wet hand all the time? She going to be massaging me with a wet hand? What if it's wet because she, because you got her like that and she's been putting her hands on it and playing with that thing. Nah, man.

Why you did it like that? You could have just said it without a ring with that thing. He could have. He did it like that. You could have just said it without a ring on it. He got the visual representation. But no, a wet handshake is the worst, though. Yeah. If I know you got a wet dab, I'm going to pound you up after that.

I hate the dude with the one nail. That one nail dude. The one pinky nail, man. Yeah, one pinky nail. I scratch you like. That's for the coke. I hate dabbing dudes with the long nails. Yeah.

I be like, man, you a vampire? You a drug dealer, man? The one long pinky is for the coke. That's for the coke smell. I be like, man, you a vampire? You a drug dealer, man? The one long pinky is for the coke. That's for the coke, man. I'm like, yo, if you ain't doin' that, then you better be a vampire if you scratchin' me up in the dab. Damn. And women be lookin' at man's hands.

It is disrespectful, I think about that all the time. You wash your hands, like, if I know my hands even a little dab, I tell her, I tell her, like, now my hand's damp and I give you an elbow or somethin'. Like, it's disrespectful, you don't do that. Come around the corner with random wetness, gross. You like, you peed on yourself, yeah, I get disrespect for you don't do that. Come around the corner with random witness. Gross. You might get peed on yourself.

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you tug your penis and somebody walk in, you give them a pound, you don't do that. Like, raw penis tug? Like, raw? Like, inside the tug? Yeah, y'all don't do that? Ah. You walk around and just tug your penis just randomly?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Why? It's a long story. But when I was younger, I had bought these pills called Magna RX. It made it seem like we all do it, but now he thinks it's a long story. I thought I was younger, I had bought these pills called Magna RX. He made it seem like we all do it, but now he's got some long story. I thought he meant like outside the clothing adjustment.

You was like. Yeah, when I was young, I had bought these pills called Magna RX, and they're supposed to be pills to make your penis bigger. Oh, it's nice. And so one of the things that they told you when you buy the Magna RX is you read it. They told you do this little exercise

where you tug on it when it's flaccid. And so that's just a habit I've had since I was young. I respect the fact that you admitted that you got the penis enlargement pills from the 7-11. No, I ordered them off the back of Double X Up. Wow. Did they work?

I don't know, actually. How old were you? I was my 20s, early 20s. These are the last four. So you don't know what they were? I don't know, that's a good question. You don't measure? I've been seven don't know, that's a good question. You don't measure? I've been seven inches three four for a long time,

eight when it's summertime. You don't measure, Envy? No. Why not? I've been married for so long, what am I measuring for? Stop leaning on marriage, y'all. It's the truth.

You ain't never measured. No. You say it like you do it often. I measure every year. Every year? Yeah, make sure ain't no fun and games happening. I measure annually. You've seen changes?

No, it's usually consistent. But you know when you get older, when you get older it naturally shrinks. You shrink. Yeah, yeah. And so you get shorter, I'm like, all right, let me see what's happening. Yeah.

Yeah, I measure every year. I just don't know when that, I know they say when you get older, I just don't know when. Right, I don't know when it kicks in. I'll be 47 on Sunday, I don't know. Happy birthday, by the way, man. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. So I'm the only person that do a little tug when it's flashing, huh? A raw tug is wild. Especially like where you be at? You be at home, you be at home foods. Home foods. With the raw tug?

It's crazy. Home foods. That's crazy. Home foods, raw tug. A whole foods, raw tug is wild. But nah. Well speaking of Diddy, you said Diddy might get off, right? Everybody was speaking of no goddamn Diddy. What the hell you talking about? You talking about ass crack, raw tuck,

somebody talking about no goddamn Diddy. In the thoughts of the day you said Diddy might get off. What's your thoughts on Diddy? Cause they were dropping some charges and I was like, oh okay. Not true, Tony. It's not true? Lauren?

No, they backed away from theories. Basically, the way that the jury was instructed to deliberate was like, don't worry too much about this because this is where we're stronger at. But no charges have actually been dropped. Oh, okay. So false headline. Yes.

Oh, okay. But did you think he was coming home before that? I thought he was going in. Now you don't think he's going in. Once they said that, they was like, they dropping the, what was it, sex trafficking. There was like a few that they had listed. They said the arson and the kidnapping, I think. Yeah, the arson, kidnapping, and the sex trafficking was,

I was like, oh, that sound like he might. Yeah, they didn't drop none at all. Well, then he going in. He going somewhere. Like, I don't know how long he getting, but he getting something. You put a pause after, damn, God damn. That's what they say.

That whole shit sound crazy, Tony. It's like, did this happen? He going in. I don't know how long he gonna be, but he getting something. You post this content, just put it on OnlyFans, cause y'all been in here tripping the whole. It's been Paul's episode.

But you put pause after Did He Might Get Off, why? Get off? Did He Might Get Off. Why? Get off? Did he might get off? Yeah. I knew what you meant. I don't think that needed a pause. I just put the pause in there, man. Just in case.

Just in case. You just felt like it, just did it. That whole case, you just gotta pause everything. I had to put a button on the 10 thoughts. What did you think when you heard that he allegedly likes men semen on his nipples? He does? You ain't heard nothing else but them charge a job.

You ain't heard that part? No. He likes men semen on his nipples. That's what one of the girls alleged. No, not a girl. Cassie said that. Cassie said that he used to like for the- I can't remember which one it was.

She is a girl. Cassie said, but you just said a girl. It's Cassie. I can't remember which one of the women- It was Cassie. It was Cassie, the star witness that's going to court every day. She said that the guys used to ejaculate on her

and then Denny would want her to rub the ejaculation on his nipples. He's not joking, he jokes a lot, but he did not joke, this is true. This is real. This is what Cassie said. That's wild business, dog. That's wild.

I ain't know that. I mean, we all into something, I guess. I ain't know that. I mean, we all into something I guess. I ain't into nothing like that. It's something, you be tugging raw. At Whole Foods, you know what I'm saying? You liable to do anything at this point. That would sound crazy in a court case, right? He was tugging raw at Whole Foods.

At Whole Foods. In Whole Foods? In the sales server part where you make your own plate? Man, it's wild. When you walk in your local Whole Foods now, they gonna look at you so differently. Crazy. I don't go in Whole Foods, I go in the Wegmans. Oh, thank God.

Who would you say you are? Whole Foods too expensive? It is expensive. What? Wegmans is nice. Wegmans is expensive too, but Whole Foods is too expensive. I was about to say, cause Wegmans ain't cheap. I've never been to Wegmans. Whole Foods is way more expensive than Wegmans. White food is expensive too, but it's hopefully super expensive. I was about to say, because white food ain't cheap. I never been to Wegmans.

Whole food is way more expensive than Wegmans. Whole food is disrespectful expensive. Especially when you build your own and you weigh it. They be like $37 for your rice and your little potato ball. What was you about to say? I don't even remember. You about to say. I don't even remember.

Oh, you know, I was gonna ask y'all, who would you say you are outside of comedy? Just a dad, just regular. I be playing games. I'm a movie nerd for sure, 1000%. Yeah, outside of comedy. I'm an actor too, so. I started out acting before the comedy,

and then I just started doing standup, and I was like, oh, I got more control over my career with this. So, you know, just a naturally funny dude. I denied the funny growing up because my brothers never laughed at me, so I felt like I wasn't funny. So then I would go to school and they'd be laughing,

but they never registered. So I was just like, yeah, whatever. That's why being a comedian is so tough, because it's like you need that validation. How you talked about when you did SNL and you didn't get no laughter from them and then you said your brothers didn't laugh at you. So how did you know you was funny?

People were saying it but it still just didn't register. It was just like girls be like, you funny. Like when you young, I didn't wanna be funny to the girls. This is before I knew funny was, you know. Make them laugh right there. You're funny, not like, man, I'm trying to be cool. And like, you know what I'm't want to be funny to the girls. This is before I knew funny was, you know. You're funny, not like, man, I'm trying to be cool. And like, you know what I'm saying? I'm trying to holla.

But then, then when I was going through college and stuff and hosting shows and all that stuff, and this random girl pulled me to the side and was like, you're hilarious. And I was like, who are you? And she was like, I saw you host that MC battle thing. And so then that's when it registered. Cause she pulled me out of nowhere.

I was at a common concert with Electric Circus Tour. And she said that, and then it just always stuck. Man, you know what I'm saying? I might be funny for real. Even though people have been saying it for years, it just never registered. And so, and then I used that once I moved to LA for acting and I was like, man, maybe I should try stand up

as a way to get roles and stuff. And then I did stand up one time and just kept going ever since. Remember your word show? Always talk about your word show and your best show. Oh hell yeah. What was your word show? I remember I bombed out here in the Bronx

at Rob Stapleton's room. Of course, Rob Stapleton, who else? Capone, I'm sure was there, Talent. They weren't there that night, it was just Rob, it was Salsa Confuego, his show. Salsa Confuego, yeah. I went in there, I wasn't planning on going up, I had shorts on.

Me and my ex-girlfriend, we was just there, I just wanted to see the room, because I've known Rob for a long time, let me just go peep, peep. So I'm just sitting there, he's like, yo, Tone, you wanna go up? I was like, nah, you know what I'm long time. Let me just go pee. So I'm just sitting there, he's like, yo, Tony, you wanna go up? I was like, nah, you know what I'm saying? We just chilling, you know what I'm saying?

And then he came back and I was like, oh, I really don't wanna go up. I had shorts on. What's wrong with shorts? You don't have any shorts? Basketball shorts or? I just had on like some jean shorts. Those hard to tug in, but yeah.

It was getting, you know what I'm saying? If you're not Gabriel Iglesias, put some pants on. And so I was just like, nah, you know. I didn't wanna say no, but I was trying to say no. Then he came back a third time, he was like, yo man, you know what I'm saying, five minutes sounds like. And then my girl was like, just do five minutes. And I was like, all right man, I'll do five minutes.

Went up there, man, telling my jokes. I went up there with the good material. And they was just distracted, they was on they phone. I was just like, damn, I'm gonna be tanking. It was other comedians up there with the good material. And they was just distracted. They was on their phone. I was just like, damn, I'm gonna be tankin'. It was other comedians up there like, man, let's see what Tony Baker's all about. Took the L. This is what made the L official. After I did that mediocre set,

before I get off stage, Rob was like, nah, man, come here, Tom. Y'all don't understand, man. This dude's funny, man. Damn was the nail in the coffin. I was a skeleton in his arms at that point. I was dead on the ride with that. Man, y'all don't get it, man. This guy funny.

Zip me up, zip up my bag and throw me in the corner truck. Man, that is funny as shit. That was the nail in the coffin, man. What'd you tell your girl when you walked up? You said, I told y'all shit went up there. I was like, man, I had the shorts on. Did you say it?

And then, that's why we broke up. No, that's not why we broke up. I got revenge in Brooklyn the shorts on, you see it? And then, that's why we broke up. No, that's not why we broke up. I got revenge in Brooklyn like the next night, but that was like the latest bomb that sticks with me. I remember my first one though was at the J-Spot in Englewood. And I went up there and it was a black room, kind of hoodish, you know?

I went up there, did my material, they was just like, huh, you know what I'm saying? Ha, you know what I'm saying? And then I got up there, did my material, they was just like, huh, you know what I'm saying? Ha, you know what I'm saying? And then I got off stage, comedian was like, it looked like he just got out of jail, and was like, I'ma do comedy. Crowd laughed, I was like, that's crazy. So I took that L, then I went,

I was like, yo, I'ma get revenge. Anytime I take an L, I want revenge. I want another show. So I went up there a second time, did worse than the first time. Double L, LL Cool J, L Ron Hubbard. And then this is how official the L was. The dude was looking at me in the front row

and he was just looking at me. Then he just turned to the side and looked at this girl like, what's up with tonight? And I heard him say it. And I was just like, God damn. Cause he just turned, he was like, yeah, man, what's up with tonight? What did you just say?

Nothing, you took me to this whack ass comedy show, it's the best you could take me? I'd have been a skeleton. I'd have been a skeleton again, man. I had pants on. Yeah, you had pants on. Yeah, but I remember the L's, man, but they're always funnier than the wins, though.

Yeah, you know, you were one of the first to blend stand up and social media in a way, to me, that didn't feel forced. Yeah. But how did you avoid the trap of like, you know, saying, you know what, they say I suck on stage, so I'm gonna go full time influencer. Oh, nah, like stand up for me is everything. Like I just use social media just to get you

to come to my shows. And so, you know, when I was doing the voiceovers heavy, my following exploded. The animal voiceover. Yeah, and so once I started doing that, you know, now the stand-up clips are in, but once I started doing the voiceovers, I was like, good, come see me live.

Did they ever want you to do that on stage? Like you, do the animal voice, Tony. This lady said that recently, my show's in Detroit. She was like, I thought you were gonna do like some animal stuff. I was like, that don't translate on stage. She was like I thought you were gonna do like some animal stuff. I was like That don't translate on stage. Yeah, just just like you man I just thought she was gonna do something and I think I think the white audience looks at me like that a little bit You know cuz they come expecting one thing like the cats and you know, I'm saying black folks get it, but

She was white lady and I was like, nah, I don't do What I'm gonna do on stage? You know, I do talk about animals and stuff like that But man if I was at a show and I saw somebody bombing and then they broke out in the animal voice Oh my god, I would die. I'd be like cue up the video Just like a random cat video I'm just sitting there like man I would I would be dead inside Skeleton again, just put the shorts on me cuz I love I'm cat-ridden and I'm just sitting there like, man, I would be dead inside. Skeleton again, just put the shorts on me. Cause I'm not gonna frighten,

when somebody's doing really, really good, I'm silent. Really? Cause I'm listening. I actually, that's why I love watching stand up on TV. Cause there's nobody around you to laugh over what the next joke might be. Sometimes comedians, y'all will tell jokes and then it'll be just like something small, you'll stand to your breath, but you'll miss it because everybody laughing.

So I like to listen. So when somebody's really good, I'm like really intently listening and then I might chuckle. But when somebody's bombing, I'm dying. I don't know what that is. That's the worst. I don't know why, man.

I'll be feeling bad. I hate laughing at a bomb because I too could be a victim of the worst. I don't know why, man. I be feeling bad. I hate laughing at a bomb because I too could be a victim of the bomb. No comedian is above the bomb. Every comedian is bombed. So I'm always scared the karma's gonna come back. So I just be like, damn, man. But if a comedian is cocky in their bomb, I love it.

Oh, the best. I be eating it up back there. They be a full course meal. I be like, you thought she was just gonna go up there and rip. I think the thing that makes me laugh is I like seeing people trying to dig their way out of that hole. Oh my God, man. If you an asshole and you up there taking the air,

I be like, let's see you get out of this. Solomon's an asshole. Like he loves that. Like he loves to see comedians do it. There's one show he always talks about the guard. No, don't do that. I'm not gonna say the person today, but he talks about this show all the time.

Who is it? You wanted to bring it up so bad. I'll tell you later. That's my man, and he's over that. He done got a scrub from the internet. Wait, somebody bombed at the garden? This is years, years, years, years ago. Madison Square Garden, they bombed?

Yes, but it was so funny. I mean, the best one ever. Dang, that's an epic bomb, though. On Biggie's birthday. Oh, come on. And he came out and he said, I want y'all to love me the way y'all love dead rappers. No.

He open with that? Yeah. Wait, was he the hairliner? No. Oh, okay. No, no, no. That's my guy though, I don't even wanna bring that up. Who is it?

Nah, I'll tell you later, I'll tell you later. Tell us now man. He's super funny by the way. Super funny, he just had a bad. Is he black? Yes. But Charlamagne never talks about the time, he's super funny, he always just talks about this one

incident, cause the bombs always stick out. You know, like when we talk to each other in the group chat, we'd be like, alright man, cause we had a friend of mine, he would always be like, I killed, I destroyed. We'd be like, alright man, you know what I'm saying I'm saying but when you bomb we be wanting to hear the story We'd be like this a funny story, but when he bombed tell him what they said, but I'm not doing that I'm not bringing it back up Tell you later. I won't do that. He's a good dude. You know he's not on the internet no more

I don't care. I don't even bring it up. It's not even bring it up. Is he still doing comedy? Yes. Yeah Yeah, he's funny as hell. You got movies? He won't bring it up. He won't bring it up. Is he still doing comedy? Yes. Yeah, yeah, he's funny as hell. He got movies? Not that I've seen.

But he's funny, he's funny. Sells out every time, he's funny. Yes, he's been around for a long time. He did that one show with just, yeah, he's been around, this was like 15 years ago. Man, stop trying to figure it out, Toad. What he have on at the end of the day. What city he from?

Tell me what city he from. I ain't doing that, you know. Well, Toad, he gonna be at the City Winery today and tomorrow. Yes. If you haven't got your tickets, get your tickets. And you come what, every eight years you come up here? Nine years?

No, I was here, last time I was in New York was, was it Caroline? So I wanna say 2022. Maybe it was 21 or 22. It's probably like, yeah. It's Caroline's clothes, right? Yeah, they're clothes. Yeah, so I think that was the last time

I came out here solo. Me and Kev are going on tour, me and Kev on stage going on tour in September, the Ball Brothers Tour, starting September through November. And we doing like 15 cities. And this is a show where we're both on stage at the same time, it's very audience interactive. Y'all super cool, right?

Oh yeah, that's my dog. Kev on stage is coming up here. Yeah. He be upall super cool, right? Oh yeah, that's my dog. Cable C is coming up here. Yeah. He be up here in about 15 minutes. He might be here now. He might be here now. He's here now?

Yes. Today? Yes. Sneaky bass. I was wondering why he was awake, because we play pool on the phone all the time. Yeah. And I thought he was in LA.

Now, yeah. And I was texting him, the pool game, and I was like, why you still up? I knew he an early bird. But yeah, we going on tour. So he probably gonna talk about it too then. So what's the website? You can get tickets on careonstage.com right now.

And it's gonna be on more links too. But we start that in September. That's dope, man. Traveling the country, getting money with your friends. That's dope, it's the best. It's the best. That's what I wanna sub to on stand up. Well get your tickets. He's gonna be in the's the best. That's why I want to stop doing stand up. Well get your tickets, he's going to be in the city this weekend and we appreciate you

for joining us Tony. Thanks for having me. Tell him to follow you and all that stuff too. You can follow me, Tony Baker on Instagram, Tony Baker Comedy on YouTube, Tony Baker Comedy. I hate my TikTok name. What's your TikTok name? Tony Baker Comedy Real. You know how you always got to add stuff because somebody took your name?

Because somebody took your name, yeah. Yeah, man. I'll just be like, that's why I don't even go on TikTok. I'll be like, man, here. But yeah, mainly Tony Baker Comedy. You can find me anywhere. And subscribe to Tony's podcast too, wherever you listen to podcasts at.

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