The Questlove Show - QLS Classic: A Very Gina Rodriguez Christmas

Episode Date: December 13, 2021

Actress and model Gina Rodriguez stops by to enjoy libations and celebrate the 2017 holidays, congratulate Phonte on his nuptials, find out how Team Supreme knows each other and talk about her projects. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And this QLS classic episode, we like to call a very... Gina Rodriguez Christmas. Yes, actress and Malagina Rodriguez stops by to enjoy libations, celebrate the holidays, and get all up in our business as she congratulates Fonte on his nuptials, finds out how Team Supreme knows each other, and even talks about her projects as well. Oh, we had a good old time. This episode originally aired December 20th, 2017. Enjoy.

Yeah, you'll be spinning verse. All right. All right. Are we ready? Verses. I'm so fucking ready. I want to throw in a sparse. I'm always prepared.

Are you? We're prepared. Suprema. Suprema, Role call. Supremea. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Hang on, hang on. That was tight. Everyone, I want you to take a swing first. Okay. A swing? A swing? A swing? We are taking a swing.

You said like someone who doesn't drink. Exactly. I don't. Swing. Yes, we are taking a swing. You ready? It's a swing. All right, you doesn't have a cup in a hand.

Salo. Let's do it. Here we go. Suprema, Suprema, Subrema roll call. Suprema, Subrema, Subrema,

Roca Call. Suprema, Submma, Submara Roca call. Supremea Rocaulco. Yeah. So, the beginning of the episode,

Yeah. I'm like, damn, Gina. Yeah. End of this episode. Yeah. I'm like, damn, Gina. Subima Subrama

Roll Car Subrama Roca My name is Fonte Yeah Spit in these heaters Yeah Y'all know it's Christmas

Shout out to Jesus Rocah Supremma Subrima Roeca Supremma Subrama Roca Call

Happy because Hanukkah pays. Supremma roll car. Suprema, sub, sub, subprima roll call. Dradle, dreidel. Yeah. I made you out of clay. Yeah. Fuck you, Hanukkah.

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I know Ladies and gentlemen Yeah For start We made it an entire year Remember when we used to think That we This is the end of the second year

Well I'm drunk already But it's still another year This is another year And we're always surprised That we're Still here Around

Yeah still around Ladies and gentlemen Welcome to a special Shaka Khan Holiday episode Because there's Last year we have the debate over Christmas versus Hanukkah

versus Kwanza versus... No. Navi... I mean, just... We're good. I'm just saying it's Shaka Khan. It's Shaka Khan.

Yeah, it's Shaka Khan. So, welcome to another Shaka Khan addition to the holiday episode. Shout out to Hove. Shout out to Hove for the Doucet and shout out to D.I'm sorry, brother love.

Brother love. Shout out to brother love for the A Rock. Yeah, I don't know how I feel about that. Did you tell him? Shout out to Pringles. I mean, it's not like you use the brother part of your name in like 20 years. You know, but I'm just saying that most black men that have attended Ivy League school,

they call me Brother Love. Like, seriously, that's where. Really? That's what Dyson calls me. Dyson. Oh, wow. Say, what's like, brother love? Yeah, and I'm like, you know.

It sounds too much like Buddy Love. Well, okay. And that was like a, well, he's a barber back in my. where I went to school. You had a real barber named Buddy Love from like a nutty Professor Buddy Love? It's a lot of Buddy Loves in the world. That's very unfortunate.

Well, true to Quest Love Supreme Forum, we always leave our guests hanging in there. We almost forgot she was here. No, y'all did forget I was here. And I stayed real quiet. Real quiet. I don't repeat, though. So, yeah, this is actually, this is not necessarily the Gina Rodriguez

episode of West Love Supreme, but she's joining. us for the Shaka Khan episode. So can we... I showed up. She's a member of Team Supreme. Gina Rock. Yes.

Gina Robbiz. Yes. You're here. Okay. And can I say she showed up talking about give me the brown. Give me the brown. Yeah.

She asked me, do you want to clear the brown? That's right. Oh yeah. That's a walk of a real woman. So how... I hate to say this. How was everyone's year? Like, do we speak of this?

Oh, no. It's already dark. Yeah. Mine started out dark. Yeah, yours is this. But let's be real. we live in a bubble. Let's not get it twisted. Talk about it, Gene. I mean, I do. I do believe that 100%. Here in New York, as well as in L.A., and in the industry we're in, and all the blessed

lives we all have, we live in a bubble. We're the lucky ones. We're the lucky ones. And to say that we are affected is definitely the truth, because I think emotionally, I was definitely affected this year. But... You ever have sciatica? We ain't touching you that. Okay. Yes. My, my hairstylist has been complaining about it for the past two days. I feel like I feel it too. Sympathy pains. We all feel like. I mean, we all got family.

We all got, you know. Yeah. We got people. People that are affected. Wait a minute. I'm sorry. I hate to turn this around on a weird note. Okay, so I do have your Wikipedia page up.

Do you? And you know, like, how I'm realizing that you're not the only Gina Rodriguez in entertainment. Oh, how dare you? How dare you? Do it. Do it. No. No.

Have you seen your? Wikipedia page? So about five? Wait, wait, wait, wait, no, I haven't. What does it say? Well, you know, there's you, and then there's, there happens to be a pornographic actress name Gina Rodriguez as well.

Oh, wow. And you two are sharing the type of name in Google real quick? No, I, you know. Is she hot? Yes. I didn't, I didn't search it. Sugar, have you taken a look? Yeah.

So a few years ago, I was dating somebody. And I hadn't done shit, right? So I hadn't done anything like Jane that was putting me on the map where people were Googling my name. Right. So his mom, he was Asian. He was Chinese and his mother. Oh, we'll talk about that after that. Yeah, girl.

He was Chinese and his mother Googled me and she called him and she said, what happened? She's in Ohio. He was in L.A. She was, what happened? How could you be dating this woman? She's 20 years your senior. They Googled me and it was the other woman. Oh, man.

Oh, that's what she was concerned about? The 20? Right. I say that's a pretty progressive mom. She was born in 1967. Oh. Yeah, she's much older than I am. Wow.

So that literally bit you in the ass? Yeah, it did. No, literally would actually be an ass bite happening. Right. Nobody got bitten the ass. So you guys are just going to be to start off the gate. Wait, I can't see you over all the fringles. There's like a mountain of Pringles here.

Look, I have to say that... It's like a stoner convention. I'm just saying that last year, we were deep on the drinks. Yeah. And, you know, there was nothing to... Light on the snacks. Light on the snacks.

So... Because if you recall that we were, like, on the floor by the 20th minute. Yeah. Can we just tell the people what you brought? No. Can we just... I mean...

What did he bring? He brought the strawberry. Pringles. I took my money and brought y'all some snacks. He bought us six singles. I could have just did nothing. He bought us the light skin Oreos. Dude, the light skin Oreos.

Don't know the light skin. They're good ones. I've actually never had the lightskin. Neither have I. Thank you, Gina. No, they're good. Neither have I. The mulatto Orioles.

They're delicious. But he also bought like six bags of the Peppers Farm that aren't Bordeaux? No Milan, no chestmen, just all strawberry. Dude, the strawberry peppers farm, just try one. The strawberry, they get sticky. Like, it was sticky to the top of the teeth. It's got that little gel. The gel stuff.

Yeah, it just, I was not, I was not moved. You didn't appreciate the strawberry walls of that? No, it just wasn't, it was too much. It was too much going on at one time. I like just a simple texture. It's very similar, so that's why, you know, take care of. Yeah, you take care of your teeth. Oh, yeah, yeah, I do.

You know, it makes flossing a little bit more involved than I like. There you go. So, so yeah, I try to stay away from the sticky substances off the teeth, you know what I'm saying? Oh, pause now. Wait, marriage is. Oh, yes. It just meant you enunciate all your words clearly now. No, I think it was duce to make me not say it longer.

If I do say so. I have to say that you're now a month and some change into your marriage. Into my nuptials, yes. I never thought this day would come. This is the man who for two years has been giving me advice about my whole phase and being single and whatever the fuck else. And now you're fucking married. I feel like I've lost a friend.

No, man, I'm still here. I just have to lead brothers to the light. That's right. You know what I'm saying? So it's like you have to go through after divorce. You have to go through your whole phase. You got to go through your fuck everything phase. You got to go through that.

But you can find your way back to the light, fellas. And I found it. What light? What light? Well, I mean, just, well, I would say this. Like, for me. Sounds scary. Shout to my wife.

Shout to my wife. Shout to my wife. She's amazing. Shout to my wife, Al Dia. Yeah, it's been, yeah, it's like a month. And yeah, man, we had a great time. We had a great wedding. We had the DJ.

We was at this Mediterranean. Who was the Lebanese restaurant? The DJ was my homie flashed. Oh, yeah. He's cool. He cool. So, yeah, we had... Because you know I can't leave no wedding unturned.

Quest Love was booked. Yeah, we had at this Lebanese restaurant. They gave us lamb chops and salmon and like this white, like cheese. It was amazing. Gave it to you? Well, I mean, we paid for it. Okay, that was going to... But that was what was on the menu.

They had this chicken. They had the salmon. It was like some nice, like a Jasmine rice with, like, some saffron in it. It was like a... amazing. And so then, you know, we had the cake. The cake, we actually had. What's the flavor? Oh, the cake. It was lemon cake. It was lemon cake with a lemon frosting. It was like a nice, like a whipped . Lemon's much. And man, it was really good. And we had a, we had a, um, we had a, um, uh, we had a, uh, we had a caricature artist that was like this. Wait, wait, wait, a curriculum.

What? A curricula artist. Excuse me. One more time. One more time. A curricature. A curricature artist. I know what I'm saying. No, you're not. That's not. That's not a word. Yes. Do we know what he said? A caricaturist? No, you mean a caricature.

A caricature. Okay, so I put, I put, okay, so what? I put the emphasis on the wrong syllable. Yes. Okay, okay. A caricature. I got to write that shit down.

A caricature. Yeah, caricature. Motherfuck I'm looking this shit up on a week of TV. I said it wrong. A caricature. You were so confident. I've heard it pronounced both ways. You were so confident.

Curricature. As I have. I have. Do you know what I read it? was so confident. Go ahead. No, I was. We had a caricature artist, and he drew pictures of all our family and stuff, and he drew one of me and my wife. And I'm proud to say, you'd be happy for this, Laia.

We, like, most of our vendors, like, pretty much all our vendors were exception of the cake that came from cold foods. All of our vendors were young black, like, entrepreneurs. Like, our caricature artist was black. Our DJ was black. I did her hair. They were all up incoming black people. Who owned the place? Who owned the place? Oh, my photographer shot in my photographer Chris Charles.

Who on the venue? Come on, you ain't no black man. Noges you know black men. That sure doesn't sound like. Come on. There's no Mediterranean to Mediterranean to it. Yeah, it's like,

welcome to Mediterranean times. I'm Jerome. How am I happy? No, nigga. They just got soulful spots. You don't know. No, that didn't work. So no, man, we had a beautiful time.

Like, it was one of the happiest days of my life. I mean that in all sincerity. We wrote our own vows. I wrote mine in the Uber on the way to the joint. No. You pulled a Rod Temperton? You pulled a Rod Temperton? Yeah.

I mean, I started them in the hotel before, and then I was just like, yo. Carricot. And I was in the Uber, me and my son. I worked well under pressure. I dig that. Yeah. You know, just. One person here digs that.

It's honest. Wait, wait. For music nerds, just know that Quincy Jones had to keep reminding Rod Timberton to write Vincent Parts rap at the end of thriller. Who's rap? He kept. Vincent Price. Vincent Price, not caricature.

Not parts, neither. Yeah, not Vincent Parts, either. I said Vincent Price. You said Vincent Parks. He said Vincent Parks. I do say whatever. I'm just saying that Rod Timberton wrote that entire verse in the back of the cab on the way to the studio

after lying to Quincy that he had. Oh yeah, I have it ready. And then he just... So exactly the same as this. It was very much so. So, yeah, man. So I did it. And it was a great. Did she cry when you did the valves? Um, nah, she didn't cry.

I was close to crying. I almost like, let you recite them. Can you re- recite them right now? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Are you doing it? I want to see.

Hell yeah. Can somebody turn on the air condition? No. Did I drink it? Did I drink it? Did you drink it at the altar? Yeah, so. You pulled out yourself on at the altar?

Yeah. I mean, I don't know like. Hold on, baby. Hold on. Let me tell you. All right. All right. It's about the media.

It's about the message. All right. I'm in second move. You're going to give some more. I want to see if I can cry. Do you? Let's see. Fun, Ticlo.

Here we go. Here we go. These are my house. Are you ready? Freestyle his vows? No, I didn't freestyle my vial. This is off the phone. Oh, you guys are freezellist?

Oh, yeah, she did. Oh, yeah, I forgot the music selection. Okay, so the music selections, I had a shout to my home girl, Shanna Tucker. She put together string quartet for me. And so we had a string quartet. And so coming down the screen quartet. down the aisle, first it was our mothers. So they walked down the aisle to a song for

Mama by Boys and Men. That's cute. That's cute. I like that. And the pastor walked down the aisle. My song was All True Man by Alizando Neal. Yeah. That's what I'm so funny. That's what she's all true man. I'm a man. Strong but sister, T. Yeah. Yeah. That's what it is. Keep going. So then so then her song, the bride song, was I can't help it by Michael Jackson. And my man, oh, I'm in tears. My homie, shout my man Nicholas Ryan Gant.

He sung that for me. Oh, like good times. You know. It was like good times. Like when we got married and didn't sing the song. Oh, when Ralph was a completely different song. Yeah, but it's a totally different song. But okay.

We'll go with that. Sorry, back to your bow. For the day. Anyway. So yeah, so yeah, that was our songs. And our first dance was Candy by Big Maybell. Say what? Candy.

I don't know that song. Candy. Yeah, Cosby classic. Exactly, yeah. Classic. We were going to do, we were going to do, what's the record, moving down the line by Raphael Sadiq, and we were going to swing to it.

But her dress was like she couldn't do the turns and all that stuff that we liked to do. So we decided just slow, slow dragging with candy. And I'm nearly rocked a little bit. That's a Cosby reference. Yeah. We just said that. Oh, DeSay.

Where do you been? Where have you been? Yeah, I just said too. Do you. Do it. Do you best part. Brought you by Ducey. Yeah.

All right. All right, so here's... But not really. They didn't pay shit for this. All right, so this is the vows. All right, this is what it was. Okay. All right.

Let me get this shit right. Al Dia, in the symphony of my life, you are God's greatest instrument. I remember asking you once, do you know how amazing you are, and you told me no. I thought it was a shame that someone who brought so much joy

and happiness to the lives of others could remain oblivious to their superpowers, and from that day on, I told myself that I would fix it. Al Dia, I want to thank you for teaching me the true meaning of courage, for there is nothing more courageous than to love wholeheartedly. I want to thank you for reminding me that everyone is worthy of love, grace, and mercy.

Amir's laughing right now. Growing closer to you has brought me closer to God. I give you my life, my heart, and all that is good and radiant within my soul. And from this moment on, whenever anyone asks you, do you know how amazing you are? I hope your answer is a loud and resounding yes. I love you and I'm yours. I do. I do.

Wait, are you about to marry Fonte right now? I do. I'm big of me, nigger. I'm getting my pita guns on. Let me just say that Fonte. I'm a meaner because she can sing. On the day that I decided to do that, you got a ghost write for me.

I got you, man. I got you. You know, my show will be all goofy. You're going to have a ghost writer for your vows? I mean, Puffy had a ghost writer for his biggest on him. I can't. What? Does that have to do?

That's his best friend. That was his best friend. Like, man, I'm so sad about this. Write something. I'll be missing you joint. Like, sauce money, please. All right, it was a great day. That's great.

So, Steve, yeah. Changes have been going on in your life as well. Yeah. You moved. Yeah. How's that been going? I'm just, I'm a little forklumped right now from his vows.

I almost cried during that, but I think that's because we're out of weed. Is that for real? It wasn't like five minutes ago. Yeah, and have it real quick. I was just making a joke lying. There's plenty of weed. Have we talked about Christmas yet? Anyway.

Right. Yeah. How's moving? Moves over. Everything's great. You're in your new spot? I'm in my new spot. Feeling great.

Ironically, in your old spot, though. Yes, I moved back to a building. He's back in the apartment that him and Heather Hunter used to live in. Wow. Wait, what? It was sort of a fluke. I had to move quickly, so I just went, I didn't feel like looking for it at a thousand

buildings. So I just went to this place. I used to live in 25 years ago. And, uh. Just got a spot there for like a year and a half. Word up, Shooksdy. Yeah, she was, she used to live there when I lived there 25 years ago. You weren't at that show.

You weren't at that episode. You didn't listen to it when it aired, Bill? No, because I was so fucking. I think sometimes when you miss an episode, you don't listen to the episode. I don't listen because I'm pissed and jealous that I've missed it. Yeah. He was mad. He was mad about that.

It's so many porn questions, that. Anyway, so what are our Christmas plans? I guess we should lead it to. Christmas. Yeah, Christmas. Are you still doing Hanukkah? I'm sorry, are you still doing Kwanza? Who are you looking at?

Yeah, it's cheap. Yeah, you can do that for free. Do what for free? Kwanza. Oh, this shit again? Yeah, and I'm just, I was thinking about that when Steve said he was excited about Hanukkah because he's about to get paid. I'm like, oh, that don't happen in Kwanza.

Hanukkah's bullshit. Let me tell you, growing up 34 years of Hanukkah, you get the good present on the first night and then it sucks and bullshit for seven days. It sucks. What's the good present? Oh, I just spit real hard. Like Nintendo. Yeah.

I love Nintendo. But then like your super Jewel cheap parents get you like Nintendo on day one and then like Duck on day two. The controller is on game four and the guns for duck on fuck you on game five. And the AC adapter on day. Right. And so by the time like the eighth day you're like oh great. All right.

Mike Tyson's punch out. Not all. It is. Not all Jewish parents are cheap. Sorry. What do you get Steve? I'm fascinated. What is?

Big fat check. That's all. Trust bubble. The checks be real, yo. How many? How many figures on that? and join like five. Like the checks are real that I technically don't have to have Steve on payroll, but.

That's not that good. It's good to be sugar. Hanukkah's only one day of the year, you know. No, it's not as eight. Oh, you know what I mean. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying.

Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the fourth. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment,

and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So, if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to The Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. There's two golden rules that any man should live by.

Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And Rule 2, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends... Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck.

I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last. target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends.

Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Everyone, I'm Ago Wodom. My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network, it's Will Ferrell. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, And dad, I think I want to really give this a shot.

I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration.

It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks Dad on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. So, Gina, do you have any, what is your best Christmas memory? Or Hanukkah.

Because we celebrate them both because I was part of the June. We should all celebrate. Sassy and neurotic. We did not know this. Okay. Yeah. Which one of your parents is which? My mother's side is Jewish.

Okay. My great grandfather was a Jew. Yeah, because if your mom is Jewish, then you're Jewish. She's a real Jew. But if your dad is Jewish, then you're not Jewish. That's bogus. Not unless he's rich. I didn't know.

I feel like that's, yeah, that's bogus. I just learned that. It's true. So if you're saying it, your mom is Jewish, you're Jewish, but if your dad is Jewish, you're not Jewish. Well, you know, I mean, you're still Jewish, but you're not, it's like, you know, it's not. It's all relative. Good. I guess this is a birth thing, you know.

Oh, I'm out of a Jewish vagina. Jewish vagina. Shout out to Jewish vaginas. Yeah, shout out, shout out. That's the first shout out to Jewish vaginas ever, by the way. I think it is, yeah. Probably. Wait, and since you say that, Steve, we might as well play your theme.

That was just good. Finally. We've had that for fucking a year. You know, I never used that. Why? It's so good. You made that separately from today. Gina Rodriguez, we've had that for a year.

We talked about how great it was going to be and it was the first time we ever used it. Wow. I forgot to use it, discovered it, accidentally erased it. Fonte resented to me. Okay, Fonte. Thank you. Fonte.

And all because of the Jewish vaginas. So I grew up heavily Puerto Rican, so sarsa dancing and pork and like a big old pig. Being twisted up in a backyard in like a ditch type of shit. Where were you born? Chicago. Oh, damn. Right next to Puerto Rico.

Yeah, right next to Puerto Rico. It's called Humbold Park and it literally is like many Puerto Rico. But my parents are from Puerto Rico and we spend half of our life there in Puerto Rico as well. Puerto Rico is in some shit right now, guys. It ain't alone. We all in some shit. They're really in some shit. The Puerto Rico's in some serious shit.

They're winning the insom shit. Like Hispanic Federation. corporation.org, everybody go and donate like 10 cents to $10 to whatever you got because it's some shit. And the Virgin Islands too. The Virgin Islands as well, yes. I'm going to donate my whole Hanukkah check to Puerto Rico this year. How much? How much is that?

Exactly. How much is that I want to know right now? We'll notify the Hispanic Federation right now. We're not going to notify them right now. I'm very serious. How much is that Hanukkah check for? Yeah. How much is that checks?

No, we're getting to Puerto Rico. I can't reveal such things. But they will get the check. They will get the check, right? Can I assume they're from Sam, are they from San Juan? My parents are from Bonse and Bayamon. Yeah, my father's childhood home was destroyed. They said, and my parents' home, we don't know what's going on with them.

So we haven't been back yet. It's really bad. So your parents are stateside? They're here now. Right now they are because of the hurricane. My grandma was with us as well because she had to leave son Juan. We got her out before. The hurricane.

So they were living in Puerto Rico doing that? My parents live like both. L.A. and Puerto Rico. They fly in between because all their grandkids are in L.A. Oh, gotcha. You think folks gonna reelect that governor?

That dude right there. Yo, the whole island needs revamping. I mean, I love the mayor of San Juan. She's good. She's amazing. Carmen is amazing. She'd be dropping the truth.

Yeah, she'd be, yeah. She is no shame that woman, and I love it. She needs to become the governor. So I have a question. Mm-hmm. So what's the number one thing that needs to happen in Puerto Rico to, I guess, not only rebuild, but to, but to, you know, make sure this kind of damage doesn't happen again? I mean, you could just say infrastructure, but what specifically needs to get done? I don't know, but I'm going to say that the debt needs to be pardoned.

I think that the way to rebuild that, I mean, listen, I am not the truth. I am not, I am not the end-all be-all. I am not standing here thinking that I know the answer, but I think that that would be... What about like statehood? Does statehood get them more, you know... Well, right now, Puerto Ricans have no rights. Yeah, I don't even know what being a territory.

Yeah, the difference. Just think about that statement right there. I don't know what being a territory is. Who wants to be a territory of anything? They should be a state. Ever. They should totally be a state. I don't know.

I mean, a lot of people... They won't be a state because, you know, We know where they would lean politically. But why don't we want them to be a state? Because they're staying more blue than everything. Usually the territories. The same with D.C. Well, most of the territories are brown, right?

Anything that's... Right, exactly. So that would sort of create a balance or... We're just going to take Hawaii. What are the other territories? Guam? Is that a territory? Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands.

Virgin Islands. Philippines are not, right? You really about to ask us a quiz or what you say to Rock Night? I mean, I just, I'm not going to laugh. I was like, I didn't say that. So now we've done it three times. Three times. It just, I mean, it's a series of three times.

It's our new, it apparently is the new thing. I'm making up for it. You're making up for a loss. Anyway, so I was asking you, what were your Christmas Hanukkah memories? What was your best one? Weren't you? Um. My best memory.

I love when my show producer just makes fun of me on the show. Go ahead. My best memory. It sounds worse when you're drinking. It's okay. I don't actually know if I have one. I feel like I can't remember too much before, like, the age of 13. Wow.

Yeah, I'm going to be real. Like, I don't know how many memories I had prior to 13. Bob Mitzvah. What was it about 13 that was so pivotal? Bob Metzvah. Really? I'm kidding. Did you have one?

Did you have one? No, no. I didn't have a contingent yet. I didn't have anything. We were too broke for that. Yeah, yeah. I'll throw you one. Have some Syrac and some du Cete.

I'm doing it. It's great. It's in, yeah, that's time. And you get to still be a virgin. Twice. So like that you're living a dream. Girl, height. That's been.

She's been. She's been. She's been. She's been re-hominated. Yes, re-hyminated. That was a caricature. What the fuck you're talking about? Yes.

I don't want it, but it sounds interesting. Yeah, it doesn't it? Rehyminated. It does. But new favorite thing you ever said. I don't think we should drink on the show anymore. I think we should. I think we should always drink.

There's a lot of truth coming out. Tats of dancing. Dancing, growing up, dancing, dancing with my father and my mother, my family, dancing and joy and happiness and pre-Trump. Those are my best greatest memories of pre-Trump. What kind of stuff was it like finding your all-star stuff? Like, who are your, the stuff you go to? That we would listen to?

Yeah, yeah. Hector Laval. Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, you know, Bonavisa Social Club. Jerry Rivera. Mark Anthony. Mark Anthony, when he first started, was just everything. I was a salsa dancer growing up.

I danced professional salsa dancing for like 10 years. I want to go salsa dancing with you. Let's just go. Why are we doing after here? Oh, my God. Let's go dance, great. It's fun. Wait, can you explain something to me?

Okay, I hate to ask. This cultural question and sound like a naive person. I know a lot of you are crissing. That's me every time we do this show. What are you about to ask? No, no, no, no. As a DJ.

Yeah. This is about Suavemente. How'd you know? Swavemente is just the ultimate. It's like... Oh, she's for it. Never mind. Forget it.

No, anytime I troll my audience by playing Swavemente because whenever I put it on social, social media, everyone pretty much everyone brown

just clowns me about playing that song. So what's funny to me is that it feels like it was just a staple in my life. So how old is it? 25 years old?

30 years old. Okay, so early 90s or late. Okay. Who sings that song? Who sings Swalimpyth? Elvis Crespo. Crespo. Wikipedia.

No, Elvis Crespo. I will. How old should it be? But I just want to know how come everyone that I know just pretty much looks down on that song. Amir, what ethnicity are you?

Gomez, where is it? Oh, no, no, no. For every one million followers, I changed my last name on Twitter. I'm African-American. He black. Philly Blake.

Right, but everyone asks why that she's going. Wait, wait, wait. Because last time I was thinking, Wait, wait, wait. Every one million followers. For years, I thought you were Latino. Get out. Really?

What kind of, you should have been? What did you think you were? Panamanian, Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican. You do know that they're like? I know, but you, yeah. Because Puerto Rican is. No, I didn't know. No, I did know.

I just look at you. I just look at you all the time and I don't see the, but I. Puerto Rican is African, Spaniard, and Thaino, Indian. That's like on. I'm educated on culture. No, no, but no, meaning like my father looks like you. My sister looks like you. Amir, stop it.

My other sister looks like Emily. Keep on. My other sister looks like Emily. Keep on. And I look Asian. Wait. Words of wisdom. With Gina Rodriguez.

Watch narcos? I say that because on narcos, let me say watch that. It sounds racist, but on narcos there is, the brown. The brown is, I'm just saying on TV, technically, you don't see a lot of brown. You're not, you're right. You're 100% correct. Thank you, Gene. I'm sorry to sweat.

Like I'm saying something wrong. No, Las Alonzo is Latino. Right, and that's the darkest you'll get. I knew he was. There's darker. There's darker. Go to Cuba. TV.

But on TV, she's not wrong. TV doesn't matter. I mean TV. It does. It does. It does. It does. It's representation. And everybody doesn't get to go to Cuba. We know that television doesn't properly represent minorities all that way. Your boys is Cuban.

But middle America don't. Middle America don't. That's what I'm saying. People think that Brazilians look like Jazeel Bunchkin. I've been to Brazil. I know they look like me, you, you, you, you. But everybody doesn't know that. Wait. Can we get into Cuba? Middle America. Get out. Faison love is.

Yes. Yes, he is. You knew this, Jen. How did you know that? I feel like I wanted to joke by Mexico. He was excited about it. Way to catch him up front, though. How did he know that? Yes. Yeah, he's Cuban.

Big worm is Cuban. He beat that dude up at the airport. Big worm is Cuban. Yeah, big worm is Cuban. Did you have confirmation? Yeah. That he speaks Spanish. I don't know if he speaks Spanish, but he's Cuban.

I did not know that. How did you know that? Wikipedia. Fonte, what would we do without you, man? What would we do without you, man? Just trolling Wikipedia. See, I knew the Lazile Because he played that role in Miracle in San Anna that was like, bam, blam, blam.

Everything. He's everything. He's everything. Hello. And Talonzo? Well, yeah, when he's acting. Yeah. That's it.

That's it. We can talk about when he's acting. What else is he doing? Some people are different when they're not working. That's what I'm saying. Like, in his acting life, he is, yes, everything. What other life does he have? Yeah.

Is it another life we miss? In real life, walking around, he's like, oh, hey, last. You know? Some people like that, you know. I'm confused. They look, they're cooler in their roles than they are in real life. We were talking about that today. Yeah.

True. We were talking about people not being as dope as their characters. Wait, see you. And then you meet them, people not being as dope as their characters. And then you meet them and you're like, damn, I fucking love you on television or on film. And then I meet you and I'm like, oh, it's too bad you're not as dope as you. Oh, yeah, that's my life story, man. Questlove's an asshole.

But, you know. And you're not Latino. I'm sorry for misleading you. The onlyness week. So when we first met at the Grammys and you were like extra excited to see me, you thought that we were. I thought you were my people. You're still my people.

But I literally thought I got to like be a part of. No. It's just that I don't have a last name for my moniker and I had to provide a last name. And so I figured every one million followers on Twitter, I would change my last name. Well, you're Latino now. So what's going to be you're almost at the next last name? Yeah, where is it going?

I don't know. I'm stuck at 700. Goldberg. I think Twitter. I think Twitter is. Goldberg. I was Goldberg for the first million. Oh.

And then I was Jenkins, the second million. You need to be Lee. And now I'm stuck at Gomez. Lee's next. My mic is. I was. I was going to go Asian. Fucking out.

Titty fucking you. Post-Wingston. Post-Wingston. He whinesseen the shit out of me. I was Gina. I'm just here for a witness and there's a settlement. You know what I'm saying?

No, no, no. Yeah, you can get his Hanukkah check. You can sue him for Hanukkah check. I don't want Hanukkah check. Give me to Puerto Rico. You said that you were a salsa dance in the beginning. Like, you meant as in you were trying to professionally pursue it. I was a professional salsa dancer.

I performed all over the world salsa dancing. Really? From age 7 to 17 with two different salsa companies. And we would go and open for performances or we'd open congresses. And it was super dope. It gave me all the comments. confidence I needed because at a young age when you look like a little tie boy, you want to be able to like this. Yes, y'all. This is a podcast so I can't pull up a picture. Yeah, I want to, I want to prove it. It's real. I want to watch you walk now. You want to see you walk because I'm like, if you even saw the dance, your walk is like, you walk like a tie boy. You walk like a tally. You walk like a tiboy. I'm like online. I do it later, not in front of the boys, but I'm going to check you out. I don't want you to be caught up guard when I do. I will because I do walk like a little tie boy.

Yeah, I don't know what that means. It changed my life. It was great. It was fantastic. So how did acting into the picture? Because I realized while I was on stage, I wanted to do more. Dancing wasn't enough. I wanted everybody to fucking go away.

I wanted the spotlight to hit and I wanted to talk. Oh. Yeah. And so then I went to school for it. I went to NYU for acting. Really? Yeah. Black acting school.

That's dope. I'm sorry. I lost my train of thought because that's what. what happens when you drink. Shut up, Bill. All right, everyone, Bill wants to, boss Bill wants everyone to know that he's not drinking tonight.

I am drinking. He's the designated driver. Okay, you're not the designated driver. I see. All right, so you don't have any particular fond Christmas memories. Fonte. You went all the way back there.

I was still at, your father looks like Laia. You said that like five minutes ago. Can we go into that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He does. He has blue eyes. Wow.

Wow. You would like that, wouldn't you, Steve? So you're, her complexly has blue eyes. Yeah. He was getting all the holes. Yeah, he was. That's why my dad's got mad babies all over the land. So, yeah, yeah.

Pimping all over the world. And talk about Lai as well. Okay, let's see. Lai Lidahia. Liza, I designated bartender. You want me to? I thought you, girl. I designated bartender.

He's breaking this whole podcast for a drink. Sorry. It's happening. Anybody wants? Oh, shit, Gina. You better. Oh, God. Anybody need pringles? Thank you.

Okay. I just want to let everyone to know that our resident boss still with us. Bill has told us not to make much noise with the snacks and the drinks, but we can't help that right now. And of course. Bill, you're the boss. I try to be. You know, like, Alvin is too much. He's Dave Seville.

Yeah. What? I didn't think there was. Anybody else outside of Alvin and the chipmunks? Well, Alvin was a human. Dave was the Davy? He was a human. Yeah, he was the, the yeller. Like it.

Bill, are you a yeller? No, I'm just a... He's just angry. Just the quiet, passive-aggressive, angry type? Yeah, how do you know? I send angry to text messages and emails. Do you? Are they angry or are they passive-aggressive?

They're angry. They're angry. But face-to-face, you just smile like that. Yeah, yeah. It's... Do you know breaking you down? down right now about still you're watching Have you ever fought before Bill?

Oh this is such a good question That's such a good question I'm sorry Like hand-to-hand combat Yeah, fist fight I came close once in middle school But the kid pushed me and I just turned around I laughed at him

I knew this what's the answer And I've been holding on it Every person and ever since Yeah I was going to say that I laughed at him and he walked away I feel like a lot of shorter people Fight more Because we have the Napoleon complex

Yeah, big people don't fight. No one ever mess with me because they would just assume that. Yeah, they just assume. Right, right. Thanks for me and Mrs. Yeah. You don't have to thank them for that. I would like to disagree with that.

I've been in many fights and I was always big for my age. Yes. Really? Tell me about a fist fight. We're two. Wait, you, I would hear your fist fight. A couple times in elementary school. Stop it.

You were jumped? Yeah. Why? You know, do you ever see this game in elementary school? What would you ever do that someone would want to do a cheer? Why? Yeah? What?

Bad rhymes. No. Did you say you talk a lot? I didn't know that. I didn't know that. In past tense. She was talking about past tense. I got to fight once because this boy was like, you know, if you say one more thing to me, I'm going to smack to shout of you.

And I fight. Oh, wait. That's a real fight. One more thing. Yes. You're fighting boys. Yeah, he told me. He was shorter than me, though, so.

In the music room. A win is a win. A win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep. That's me. Clever Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skis.

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He put his drink down. Here we go. It's empty. Because you didn't talk about your Christmas, any of it. last year. Toboggans? Last year was not a good Christmas to talk about. Okay, but have you had a good Christmas?

Yeah, I've had many good Christmases. Tell us about a Christmas. Indiana. I mean, the Christmas I got the Atari $7,800. That was pretty awesome. Wow, you had the $7,800. I only got the $2,600. I had the $5,200.

What was the $7,800? It was better than the $5,200. It sucked. What were the differences? One sucked, one didn't. Anyway, all right. I remember the $7,800 was, like, bigger, if I'm not mistaken. No, the $5,200.

was like a bigger box. Oh, okay. And the carches were bigger. But the 7,800 could play the original 2,600 cartridges. Couldn't play the 5,200 cartridges because those were pretty much shitty anyway. But it could play the 7,800 ones. And you're not even looking at me. So this is that.

I'm ignoring you right now, bro. You probably had an Atari Jaguar too, didn't you? What the hell was that? I was wondering what the fuck. I remember. You were wondering because you were born in 93. You were like, I don't know. You were born in 1999.

Yeah, yeah. 83. 93. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Christmas, 80. You're 17. It was very eight. You was like negative five years old. What was Atari Jaguar? That was the one they tried to come back. No, but Atari was the stick.

Right, right, right. Yeah, we had the Pac-Man. The Jaguar. We had the Atari. We had the Atari growing up. Around Sega Genesis era. Because then it was the Atari. Was it before or after the links?

The Atari lease? I think it was around the same time. Oh my God. Yes. One answer. Okay, so we just got drowned out. Sorry. But when I love.

Bubble Bobble. Y'all ever played bubble bubble bubble That was on Nintendo. I remember that. You remember that? You remember that? What's bubble bubble bubble? I flipped bubble bubble.

Y'all, I flipped it mad times. Say that again. We say that again. Was it like a Tetris? What was the object? Yeah, there was like a hundred levels. So it was like the original candy crush. I remember that.

I guess so. But could you flip it mad times? But I flipped it mad times. How many times did you flip it there, Marigas? Did you flip it down and snack it as well? Mad times. How many times? Mad times.

Yeah, and it made me feel really good about myself. I'm not going to lie. I wasn't doing very much at that. Were you a Super Mario head? Super Mario for sure. Oh, yeah, like one, two, three, yeah. Speaking of... Speaking of Super Mario Odyssey from Nintendo Switch is the greatest game.

What is this? What is this? This is. Why I just know what we're talking about? Greatest fucking game in the world. Really? Is it current? Are we still back in the 80s prior to my life?

It just came out. It just came out. It's late October. Please tell me the differences, like, the world's, like, what do you say? Yeah, what is the game to get this year? The last one was Nintendo Wii. You get the Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo Switch is it.

This is today, right? The Nintendo Switch is like a, like a giant iPad that you can hook on your TV that has these two controllers. You can play two players. It's this big. No one, it's on the radio. It's about the size of a laptop. And my,

Children have one and it's fantastic. You can get one. You can get it to them before Christmas? You can hook it up to the television. You can play like a handheld game. So because we're talking about this, we're all getting one, right? Yeah. So Nintendo, you know what?

You get a switch. You get a switch. She's serious. She's right. Bill, she and she in your lane right now. You know what I'm saying? They pay for this moment because we're about to all get us some Nintendo's. Hello.

Ameri, can you get us some switches? Can I get a switch? All right. So you're saying that Nintendo Switch is the system to get the series. Yes. That's the one. I think that's the one. It's fun.

And the Mario Brothers game is... It's not... Well, it's just Mario. It's Super Mario Odyssey. Is that the only game for it right now? No, no. You got to get the... Go-cart hands.

Mario Kart. Now, these are all the old school games. Are they revamped? Yes. Yes. And they look good? Like, the Mario game, it's what they call an open world thing where you can just go...

If you can see it, you can go there. Yeah. It's like life. It's not a linear. It's too much. That's too much. This sounds like what dreams may come the movie. What Dreams May Come is one of my favorite films

Who just dropped that? You said, what my dreams may come? Robin Williams? Oh my God, it's so sad. The most. Was that the one with like the chick died? One of my favorite, though. That could be any movie.

Yes. The paintings. The paintings. The paintings. The paintings. Yes. Oh, suicide. Oh, heaven and hell.

Wow. I feel like what dreams may come. What dreams may come, Fonte. I believe is like the Phil Collins of movies because... Wait, who? Wait, what? Excuse me? Steve woke up.

It's the Phil Collins of movies because... What is? I only hear black people acclaiming what James may come as a masterpiece. Whereas I often hear white people be, you know, they're very dismissive about it. Yeah, I've never seen that movie. I never saw it either. I really wanted to love it and I'm dismissing it. I didn't like it at all.

Really? It's one of my favorites. Wasn't too sad for you, Steve? Huh? No, I saw in the theater. And you went to see it in the theater? Was it a date? Yeah, I didn't do that.

A good day movie. I just remember not a good day movie. It didn't seem real to me. Like, you know, like when she was in hell or whatever, like, or he went down. To the house. Like, all the people, shit. All the people are too many people. Wait, can you do that again?

That is the visual. That's what it is. She goes to hell. She goes to hell. Mad people going like this. All of that. That's a real interpretive dancer. Hell is actually like, yeah, fucking Avobar dance.

It's Martha Graham. Martha Graham. It's like Martha Graham. That's knowledge. Deep reference there. It is. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I remember me. It sounds familiar. You have to be a dancer, choreographer. Why are you trying to play me? I was a, yes. Before I got breast, I wanted to be a dancer. So just so you know, I was going to be Debbie Allen.

How did breasts? Yes. Yeah. Well, have you seen your dancers? Breast? They get in the way. But you got the breasts. Depends on what kind of dance you're talking about.

Right. I mean, Rosa Perez, not that long. I mean, you asked my same. You did work at that strip club for a while. You did work at that strip club for a while. I did. As a waitress, as a waitress. Thank you because we just met Gina and I don't want her to make. As a waitress.

I would never judge you. That you were a waitress. I would never judge you. If you thought that I could work in the strip club, I wouldn't be mad, though, because because you are beautiful and your breasts are beautiful. Listen. She served mad for a lot. She's dropping drinks on the floor.

It's the truth. I feel like we should play a James Blunt song. Or the seed. Beautiful. Anyway. Really? Can we take control this episode, please? Nope.

How are we going to do that? I don't know. We're just seven friends talking to each other. I hope everybody listening right now is drunk. Can I ask a question? Sure. Yeah. How do y'all know each other?

What's going on? Bill doesn't like this question. Okay, so. Wait, you don't like this question? Okay, then how about y'all are? No, that's a great question. I love answering this question. She's putting words in my mind.

All right, here's the situation. Tell me. Now, I believe that Laia is who I've known the longest. How many years? She loves saying that you've known me since I was, what, 12. Give me the age that you're going to make me feel like a creep. I'll just say we saw each other and I was 12. We spoke to each other.

I might have been 14, 15. Okay. I was at least someone in that proximity. Was he the same age? Yes, I hope. Yes. He's like a toddler's age older than me. A toddler's age older.

I like that. I like that. That was delicate. That was delicate. For him. Laya comes from broadcast royalty. So she comes from, I'm sorry for chewing in the microphone. She comes from a lineage and all of her family and close friends are in radio, deep in radio and all that stuff.

So with us, that's how I know her from Philadelphia. We're from the same city. That's awesome. Now, as far as Fonte and Bill are concerned. Okay. Yeah. So in short. Yeah, because it's a long version.

In short. Your aunt phone. I like to say that I invented social media. You did. The entirety of it. There's a one of the apps. He got to do it. I literally invented social.

All right. The thing was in 1998, web TV. When there was. When there was. In 1998, when it was the Super Information Highway or whatever. I was kind of miffed that a lot of... Who?

I'm sorry, my manager's calling me right now. Okay, all right. Can I do some super tacky? Should we hold? Which one? Put it on speaker. Hey, Sean. We're live on the air right now.

He knows that. He got the calendar. I'm getting a call to you guys. I'm getting a call to you guys. I'm getting a call to. I'm answering the Cheryl on the air. Yeah. Stop staring at me at saying Cheryl T's so uncomfortable.

He said, it's Cheryl T's. You went back for that one. I got to go. I just want to acknowledge that I've always kept my phone off on most of our episodes. Now, that's the first time I can remember going off in a while. This is the first. You should have used it to call people.

Should I feel offended? I've never, I've always turned my phone out. You know, you know that he don't drink. No, I hate the phone. Excuse me, sir. When's the last time you had a cocktail before it is tonight? Probably last year? Last year?

That's what I'm thinking. So that's why he didn't dip you. Blaming on the afternoon. He don't know what that mean because he's not. Because he's not Latino. Exactly. Even though Stachbuck. Anyway, so there was the Roots website.

OkayPlayer. OkayPlayer.com. Thank you for helping me because I forgot what it was called. Fonte knows everything. It was called the roots.com. It was Roots.com. No. No. So I created okayplayer.com and the difference between that site and most websites,

especially in 1998, was the fact that you could actually talk to me and I would interact with you. So once people got over the novelty of, oh my God, Questlove, is this really you? I love the roots. And I sort of became one of the crew. Then we built. People don't even say I built an ant farm,

but it was really a community. No, you said that. Right, but I was just being joking, but you guys really took that shit to heart. Because it was true. I'm just saying that through this community of people, and especially the first generation of people that joined the website. Yeah.

That's how I knew. these two. Fonte probably pioneered the idea of creating records on the internet or using a computer to make a career. Sending files back and forth. Yes. He made classic records just on his computer without the use of his studio. So Amir invented the internet, Fonte invented music. And the rest of us are going to be kind of a letter. So, what did you do? So Bill

Bill, um, pay Bill and I were lucky, participants in a very little known play called Hamilton we produced the soundtrack record and you also did you write any of the songs or you just produced it with

Are you interviewing him right now? You didn't know this? Notting is not going to know. I don't know what the songwriting credits are. I didn't write any of the songs. But you did for In the Heights, right? I orchestrated in the Heights. Okay. So yeah, he's a big deal. He's won MES. He's an E got minus a... Gina Rodriguez and I have worked together. She was on my show. You were on Sesame Street.

ABC is of hip hop if you don't remember that long time ago he does everything He probably doesn't wear that scully to work He only does that when he works with the blacks First of all

Lai is cut off What the fuck What the fuck with this hat When I work with the black You owe this man in apology You owe this man in a apology You know this man in a apology She's on a real Trump right now

That was legit I'm with Laiian I'm a joke Wow He called me a bitch lag Last year in the holiday, we all, come on, y'all. I did, come on. Last year was where we had a hole, do you remember?

Yeah, the last half of the holiday show did get a little dark. I blacked out the last night of the holiday show. It got darked. Can I black out? So Sugar Steve. I invented sugar. You did. You son of a bitch, it's killing all of us.

It's killed him too. That's why he's named Sugar Steve. Fuck these light. He has got Oreos. Anyway. Hung. Fuck you Sugar Steve has been our long time engineer

for like 20 plus years That's awesome Yeah he's engineered many a classic record So when you guys decided to do all of this You clearly enjoy each other's company No No When I got this show

I decided I didn't want to do any of the thinking for myself So I was like let me hire the five I need someone that's the mouth the knowledge the stern discipline yeah the disciplinarian the white guy which is really funny

and the jokes and the Jew oh you said the Jew or the jokes oh my bad I didn't drink that much I didn't drink that much I'll be happy I did you know too right

I did have fulfilled both that way but you should know this that I was the first interview I was the pilot episode was interviewing me which was our first interview so does that mean I get to stay

if you want to if you want to I'm gonna come around like fuck it y'all I do not You can easily, you know. Go fly back and forth from L.A. to here just to do this. Yeah?

Yeah. Yeah. What do you? We don't have a Puerto Rico. You don't have a Puerto Rico. You know what? You don't have a Latino now that you ain't Latino questions. Y'all are missing.

Let's have a group meeting. Let's have a group meeting. I'm going to close my eyes. Let's have a group meeting. Soon we add Gina Rodriguez who are final. Yeah. Wait, do we act like she's not here and go? Yes, act like I'm not here.

But what are Rosie Perez called? I just, as a joke, of course. How about we 50-50 it? I love Rosie. I love Rosie, but I don't think the audience can handle Rosie's voice every week. I love Rosie. I love her. I can work on, like, this is nice.

I like what you tell you. The huskiness? Yes, you got the huskiness. You sound like, it's like a Puerto Rican Kathleen Turner. It's amazing. Jewel of the Nile, Kathleen Turner, Romantic Stone. She has the voice I call

the mulatto rasp. All the way up to the blue. It's like every like, more of the roses, that was the That was the last one. The baby blues with Dennis Quay when they did the movie. Nobody saw that.

You went deep. Nobody did not. Nobody saw that. I'm sorry. I didn't either and I watch them all. Until today. When did it turn? Today.

Yeah, when did it change? It was like somewhere, between new kids on the block and I don't know that took them off my wall it was like a whole by River Phoenix you had new kids on the block on your wall I had the heads board size new kids on the block River Phoenix Corey Hame

Corey Feldman I had to wow girl Bob team beat my parents had to have a full intervention like bitch we march They were trying to brainwash you Yeah Whoa

I don't Wait a minute I get it I know I had a new kids on the block Who was yours? A sleeping bag. Who was your favorite? Joey.

Girls at that time. Oh, wait. Oh, man. This episode is the option. Wait a minute. Yeah, play the Sugar Steve song or something. I wasn't about the TV operas at that time. I wasn't about the.

Okay, no, no. I was, I'm with you. I just wasn't, I didn't know we were revealing that. If we can do that. I can do that, too. I can do that. So who was the, okay, so new kids on the block, they was the hot.

white boys at the time. When did you get off the train? Was it a step-by-step album or was it there? The Teddy Riley album went hard though. You probably know. Wait, baby. Wait, gotta get to you can. Wait, wait, wait.

Lots of fun. I feel like that's the second album though, right? Nobody heard the face music album except you and me. Was that the one where they came back hard? The Teddy Riley album. I never heard it. K-T-O-B. Yeah, that was the N-K-O-T-B. You're right.

I never heard it, though. Three hard Teddy Riley joins. Is that the second album? No, no. That's the third album. No, it's the fourth album. Oh, my God. I can't believe I hang out with you guys.

I don't know so much more. There was an album before Hanging Tuck. It was. Because Hanging Tuff was the one where they kind of, that was the one where they blew up. There was an album before that. Oh, did not blow your mind this time. The one before that was,

please don't go go to that was. That's Hanging Tuff. That's Hanging Tuff. The first album before that. They did, they redid the Osmond's one bad apple. That was a good song. Did Not Blow Your Mind this time on the first album. Ah, okay.

That came out in 87. Why do I know this? I'm sorry, Steve. Steve looks like he's on the girl. It was. And then the Christmas album. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. What are you saying?

Steve, I know all music. They were my very star group. Dude, you love fucking Bay City Rollers. That's real music, though. That's the mid-7. You know what that is. You know what that is talking about. You love New Kids on the Block is you love Bay City Rollers.

Like those are all equal part? That's incredible. Bay City Rollers. Who's Bay City Rolling? I don't know. I've never heard Bay City Rollers. That's the first group that... That's the first boy band, basically.

How old are you? What are you saying? I thought the Jackson were. And they were from like the... Bay City Rollers, like, they pretty much... They were the first group that... I'm about to say Don Imus. They were the first group that Clive Davis signed the Arester Records.

Yeah, I don't know if that's true. I look that up. Oh, you lie to me? No, no, no, no. That's true. to me. No, it's true. The first act when I think

Retired of me. They were sucking You know hump up the world Wait Listen, can I take a wild guess? All right, so in this room, it's not just the seven of us,

but also all genius people's here, and they're all texting right now. No, we got two that are three steadings. To read what this group's text. It's happening right now. And I put you a means. Well, we need a hit. Who knows this nigga Questlow was so funny.

How do we get the fuck out of him? Yeah. All right, look, the Bay City Rolls were on Bell records. And then he started Arista and Arrestra absorbed Bell, so he didn't technically sign them. His new label, absorbed in here. Well, he speaks of that, and I have the autobiography. Well, he's lying to you. Okay, so his book is lies.

So Eric Carmen, that's his first act? I don't know. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, Eric Carmen. So Christmas. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying.

Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show.

This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you by, behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast, it's a space for honest conversations,

stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So, if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network, on TikTok. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes.

And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends... Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care.

So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Ago Wadam. My next guest, you know from Step Brothers, Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. Woo. Woo.

My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with him one day. And I was like, and dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent.

He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. Mm. and he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit.

If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks Dad on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

Fonte, what's up? Would you bless this with the holiday story as only you can? Man, I think probably my favorite Christmas memory. It would have to be, because it would have to be when I was older, because at that point I thought Christmas was over for me. But I was sadly mistaken. And so this had to be, I was maybe 18 years old. I graduated high school, and I was amongst one of the first of my generation to go to college.

I went to the acclaimed historically black college, North Carolina Central University, where I majored in English. In what? In communication. English. With a minor in communications. You just wanted to be broke. I wanted to report and talk about the things I loved and speak on the injustices of the world. Very eloquently, yes. So, upon my matriculation at North Carolina Central University,

I came home for my first Christmas post-graduation, high school graduation. And, you know, normally I would just buy stuff for my brothers. You know, I had a little job working at KB Toys nonetheless. Ooh, yes. And I would buy story. I would buy clothes and stuff for my brothers and toys for them. So I pretty much was just focused on doing for them, but when I woke up that Christmas morning

and I came out of my room, which at that point in time had been turned into a guest room. They got me out, and so I remember waking up and setting up all the gifts for my brother. I think I bought my youngest brother. I think I had bought him like a truck or some kind of thing with wheels. My middle brother. They were younger.

They were younger. My middle brother. wheels. I bought him a guitar. Mad wheels. I brought him, I brought him a first, a little acoustic guitar. And so I thought it was over, so I went to bed and when I woke up, I saw a PlayStation one that was sitting in the living room and the game that we had was teching. And I remember we played that as a family with my brothers. And I remember that just being so touching to me. I thought I had been forgotten and cast aside. But I was so happy to know that I hadn't been forgotten and my mother, she gave it to me and she said, you know, I'm proud of you.

You know, you're going to college, you're doing your thing. And I think that may have been the first time she told me she loved me in about 15 years. And so after that moment. And many, many years of therapy, I just, I just, that was one of my best Christmases. I remember us playing and I later took the place. one back to my dorm room at North Carolina Central University. And me and my roommate, Milt, at the time.

Milton? Milton. Milton. Milton. Big milk. Real talk. And so we had a TV in our room, and we had the 27-inch TV. But, you know, it was back. This was 98. So it wasn't the flat screen.

It was when we had the big back TV, the fat-back joint. Yeah, I had that for a long time. The sharps. Yeah, the big sharp. Yeah, we had the big sharp. It was 27-inches. You know what I'm saying? It was real.

So it was like three feet deep. Very deep. You could hide all the Uncle Pete money in the joint like his soul food shit. It was real. Oh, I came right now. So I took it back with us and we started that spring. And that spring, I recall, that we had, I bought Resident Evil, which is a game that was very popular at that time. And we would sit and play it and people would come to our room to watch us play Resident Evil.

It was like a movie. It was cinematic. It had to do with the virus that broken out and it was turning people into zombies and you could play of either one of two white people Great You can't lose You can't lose

You can't lose It was playing as a white character It's the ultimate game genie The ultimate two-goat You know? Yo, I'm not the only one to know is that You picked the white character Because you know they gave it more power?

Oh my God man Playing as a white character Oh dude You're guaranteeing. So you could play as either the white man, Chris, or you could either play as the woman, the white woman. I can't remember her name. But anyway, it was a little harder if you played as the white man,

which I found it to be very unbelievable. I found it very highly unbelievable. Come on, man. Did you write a paper about it? I didn't write a paper about it. I didn't, a blog at that time. Blogs weren't popular at that time. So I was playing.

the game. And it was, you had to play as this white person that was going to save humanity from the T-virus that was turning everyone into zombies. And so, for that entire semester, I don't think me and my roommate went to class as we played

Resident Evil. And that was what I remember on the PlayStation 1. We had Resident Evil. We had Madden like 99, I think. And there was a code you could put in Madden 99 where you could get a team called Tiboron.

And so the Tiburon team had like a hundred everything. Like offense was 100. Defense was 100. Yes. Like everything. Passed and all that shit. They was like a team of super niggas. And so you can play with Tiburon.

And so I remember we would come and, you know, because we played football. And so boys would come to the room and we would play, you know what I'm saying, put in the Tiboran cheat code. And we had this one guy on our team named Craig. And Craig was before coming to play for us, he was in Rikers Island. Wait, wait, wait, that's amazing. Why did that's a preference? That's a beautiful story. He came from Rikers to college.

He came from Rikers to college. He was Craig. He played D-Line. That's a come-up story. Yeah, he came up story. He came from Rikas and he would, Hey, yo, Farns, yo. Yo, you do the cold.

You'll do Tiburon. I need Tiburon. He called you to come to this door and the... Yeah, he would come to my room and, like, everyone would call you to... Yeah, to do the code. Like, yo, you're Fon. I want Tiberon.

liberal on. That's right. Didn't Fonte also memorize the Mike Tyson? We got to talk about that too. This is the second year in a row that we've had a video game. Like that diary from fucking Fonte. Yeah, so that the PlayStation one, the gift from my mom, it brought us all together.

This is still the best Christmas story of his life, right? Yeah, it was a great time. That was like one of my best Christmas. I thought I'd been forgotten, but it was the PlayStation one that let me know that I still mattered in this world. And your mother's love. And my mother's love that I had been denied. For a while.

So are we all getting PlayStation? Yeah. PlayStation one? We get that too, right? That's a PlayStation and a Nintendo. Nintendo Switch. I'm good with the Nintendo. I'm winning.

I ain't got Christmas gift in a minute. You know what I'm saying? Ted, that was a good Christmas. That was a real good Christmas. My brothers, they had their Christmas. It was good. No, you bet. Fonte, do you regret Mike Tyson sort of,

not disavowed, but sort of his disdain, another disword, his disdain for Mike Tyson punch out? He doesn't like it? or the contract war. I don't think it was, I don't know if I, like, I don't regret it. I think at the time,

because I read an interview with him about that, I just don't think he knew how big it was. So, like, he, at the time, he said he signed the contract, and I think they gave him, like, up front it. It might have been, like, 50 grand or something. Oh, that's horrible. Right. And that shit sold, like, Huygens.

So, you know what I mean? So I think going back, he could have did a better deal and got royalties or percentage or whatever. But, yeah, I don't regret that game. I thought it was a great game. It was very racist. But, I mean, I thought it was fun, like America. Damn, that was deep.

Steve, you should have said that. I wish I said that. Yeah. Man, I don't regret Mike Tyson's punch out. It was, but again, it was the story of the Great White Hope, Little Mac, who was knocking out niggas all over the world. Yet another white savior story. I was playing Sonic.

Who does he even punch out? Not Sonic. You were playing Sonic was a hedgehog. No, I'm just saying, is that little Mac he's in Punch Out? Yeah, Little Mac didn't punchout. Sonic was a hedgehog. He didn't really. I said, I know Sonic.

I don't know your Mac. I was playing Sonic while y'all were Mac. Oh, okay, I didn't get the correlation. Yeah, no, Sonic was a hedgehog. He had, I don't know, he might have been black. He liked rings. Side note. Side note.

Lyia. Yes. You have to look up the oral history of, do you realize how much input that Michael Jackson had scored? Boring all the music for Sonic 3. Stop up, really? I saw that recently, like, an article on that. Like, when Sega came out, he, like, he was addicted to playing Sega.

Because he had Michael Jackson, Moonwalk. I had that game. Only on Sega. Yep. Yeah. Moonwalk was a joint. He was addicted to Sega, and so thus, he begged the Sonic people to let him do all the music. Wait, he wasn't d-da-d-d-d-d-d-no.

No, that's Mario Bros. Like, really, the music to Who Is It? was initially supposed to be the theme. Stranger in Moscow, too. Yeah, Stranger in Moscow as well. Wow. Wow. That's crazy. Like, there's an entire,

there's an oral history of Michael Jackson scoring the Sonic the Hedgehog thing. That is a man. But kind of, you know, took his credit away. Some of those songs are still in there, but that's how it's a snapple fact. Snap-o fact, you know what I'm saying?

It won't never be that good. No, they would never. That's crazy. You know Space Invaders, the original Space Invaders from Atari, like the first one? Did you do the music for that? The Beegeys did that. What? Amir, don't you dare.

Did you really fall in that? I did. Well, you can't tell. No, because, no, the baseline for Space Invaders. Oh, my God. This dude knows the baseline from Space Invasion. No. Listen, I'm not lying to you.

Like, back when we were black to. to the future. Okay. Wow. Whoa, that was the name of your band? That was the second incarnation of the roots. What? We were radioactivity.

Okay. I knew that. I knew that. Then we were black to the future. Who thought that was a good idea? That was all Tariq. All right. So it would just depend on what metaphor that Big Daddy Kaine was using at the time.

Then Tariq would call, yo, we changed our name again. So. Yo, why did you get away from radioactivity? Was it because of radio activity? head? No, no, no. We were just, I mean, I mean, you know, we were radioactivity. I was A sample.

He was a sample. No, when I'm drinking. He was T metaphor. Nigger, y'all was the story of us for real. Like, that was really, like, y'all were underground. Then, when we was black to the future. Okay. He was, he was, he gave me, I didn't like my name.

He was Marty McBlack. Right. That was. I was. I was, duck? I think my monica was divine technician. Yo. I was D.T. Stick or something like, what the fuck?

I had a porn name is that. But, no, Tarek was Hawk Smooth. Oh, wow. Hype African Warrior. Whoa. Kicking it smooth. Oh, no, it was an acronym. Oh, my God.

Hype African Warrior kicking it smooth. That might have been the worst one I've. heard since never ignorant gonna get another system or whatever was that a two box on? Yeah he was like I call myself a nigga because I'm never

ignorant gonna get accomplishments like nigga if you don't get the fuck I who the fuck I trying to think all that when they talk about niggins. So then we morphed into square roots and then you know the roots okay it's the journey

did he stole. Did you ever buy each other Christmas gifts? I know it sounds crazy, but I'm just curious you and Tariq since y'all have been the, you know. Yeah, we did. What did you give each other? Yeah, what did you give each other? The best present. Because I feel like you'd be asking.

No, I don't know the answer. I feel like you'll be asking questions. What? Just to start some shit? No, I really don't know the answer. It was one of my radio curious. I don't know you, sir. No, seriously, I don't.

Yeah, so what kind of gives to y'all, like, y'all give each other? Because y'all have these random, like, emotion, like the, you know, I just know. And what do you give to the man who has everything? The stuff I, I mean, but I, I treat people of stuff. Him, Black Thought. They go to escape the room. Black Thoughts not going to escape the room. Like escape?

Is he? You never did Escape the room? Okay. Is that the one where you like trapped in the place and you got to lock you in the room for an hour and then you got to figure out of it. It's a thing. We should do that on the show. It's fun as hell.

Escapers? Y'all been threatened. It's not like like Houdini where you're locked in the, You know, they'll put you in a room just like the studio. Okay. And then you gotta figure, they'll give you three clues and then you gotta figure out how to get out of this room. And the clue will send you to another clue.

But it's really great. Done this one. Gotcha. Have you. I have. I'm not a fan. Thank you. Why? Next time you're in LA, every time I'm in LA,

I always do escape the room. Because the thing is, is that I have a problem with the dynamics of what happens in the room when y'all get the clues. Like, people start deciding who's the chief, who's the this, You got to decide. So it's really like a social experiment. It's a social experiment.

And then you find out who's a asshole who's going to work with. This shit is like you're paying to be on Lord of the Flown. Shout out to Gina Kavancar, who is alpha female number one. Janina. Right. So whenever Janina and I do this all the time and I just automatically. I'm in. Can I get in?

But that's the thing though. Gina, can you warn you real quick? When they stealth to get in my game mode, it's another. No, no. I play the back. See, and me too. I feel like I'm pretty alpha female, but I'll fall back.

I'll fall back for the team. I'll solve one clue and just I'll swipe the card and let them have fun. Oh, that's different. That's different. That's just like the heart. Yeah, bring people together. That's why he's brother love.

I mean, weren't you there? Weren't you not there for a laser tag of the reunion? You didn't come to the reunion, 99? No. I was too young and too broke. Really? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

I was like freshman in college back. You missed it. Okay, yeah, I did. Y'all don't do paintball? Oh, that's dangerous. I don't fuck with that need. I don't fuck with that shit either. I got hit right up in the back.

I dropped my gun. I went and I tackled that motherfucker. Yeah. As you should have. I was not about it. I was like, you wouldn't hit me in the neck? In the neck? In the neck.

All during the things fall apart, we used to always go laser tag. Okay. Laser tag is fun. That's better. That's better. So when the OK player reunion happened in Philly, I took all the OK players to midnight

laser tagging. Okay. Which was dangerous. How's that dangerous? Well, you know, we're like 30 strangers meeting each other for the first time. Oh, and that way, yeah. You really ain't going to tell me what you got black dog for Christmas? No, I'm not. Okay. I just... What did you get to Rique for Christmas?

Listen, I don't... You're supposed to say the same thing he got you last year. Exactly. In the year before that, in the year before that, and the year before that. Thank you, Bugs Bunny. I mean, I don't know. I buy a lot of Christmas gifts, but I don't know. I don't keep tab of what I'd buy people. You gave us Christmas bonuses last year.

I thought it was a mistake. I didn't even say nothing. I thought it was a clerical error. And what the fuck? I was like, fuck it. I earned it. Oh, so you thought I just made a mistake. Just in case.

You know it. So you missed when he announced it in the... He can say it all day. I said it doing roll call. Yeah, you said it to do a real call. He said a lot of things. He said a lot of things. And I've kept my word on everything.

You did, but just in case. The Angelo bet. But DiAngelo technically was on the show. Fuck that. He was. For forward. It was more on B. It's more R&B.

That's what he said. And then Diagello disappeared. I'm going to get cigarettes and I'm not coming back. Yeah. My brain is not working right now. It's fine. I just want to know if y'all had every exchange gifts. Because, I mean, he named his son after you.

So I'm like, what do you know? What have I done for Tareik lately? That's what you want to, that's what you really want to know. My man working hard on HBO. I'm like, what you do for your man? It's like, you know, I'm just joking. What about you, Gene? Do you give gifts?

Do you have a significant other or? Oh, nice way to getting in there? Do you like that? I do. I mean, if you don't want to talk about it, it's fine. I have a significant other who is fucking amazing. Okay. I have an awesome, awesome partner in crime.

I give gifts always. I'm just like I don't wait for the occasion because I can't remember the occasion Yeah so instead I just I give Talk that shit Kathleen I give them words every day Every day that I see them I give them So that's your love language words of encouragement

Words of wisdom My love language is giving Yes yes And my My thing is quality time Oh, I'm sorry. Acts of kindness. Acts of service.

Acts of service. That's the shit that I'm about. So you got to show it. Like, love is a doing word. Yes. For me, it's like if you have my back, oh, you're just showing me so much love. Like if you're like, yo, your day is super difficult,

let me help you do this. Oh. That's what it is. Oh, my God, I'm just like, yes. So if it's like, so if you came, so if your man hit you like, babe, I know you had a long day on set, I made some per nil, some shit.

Like, you good. Yeah, Benile, yeah. Yeah, my nigger. Yeah, my nigger. I'm trying to figure out what I work. Yeah, it's roast pork. It's like, it's pork. You put the mojo on top.

Yes. Yeah, it's pretty amazing. Shining up that apple fonta. Shined up the aisle. I'm gonna go up to the heights right now to give me some Pomogu. I'm gonna go to my secret spot on 190th Street. Okay.

R N-I-L. Ben-N-L. Yeah, that joint is it. A win is a win. A win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th.

You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music.

The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast, it's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl.

You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinnfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends... Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same proliferation. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me?

The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

What's up, everyone? I'm Ego Wodom. My next guest, you know from Stepbrothers, Anchorman, Saturday Night Live and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like,

and dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place they come, look for up-and-coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved.

and he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that.

There's a lot of luck. Listen to thanks, Dad, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. So are you the person in your family that like, like I draw, or Michael says, like your accountant, you have to tell your accountant that being the one person out of your family that made it is an expense? Are you the person who takes care of everybody? I have two older sisters.

One's a doctor and the other one's in a private equity. Damn. You good. You're good. So you're the only one. So we grew up mad poor and my two sisters are beasts. Damn. And thankfully, I have been able to join them in that.

Thank you, man. That's the blessing. And that is the blessing. Or you caught up to them. I caught up to them. Ah, I see. Yeah. Because I was, yeah, I'm the youngest of three and I was definitely behind.

Wow. And those women are insane. They go get it. Yeah, it's incredible. I don't know what my parents did, but I definitely studied them. I think it was like a mixture of like fear. You know what I'm saying? Like my parents instilled mad fear in us.

And the knowledge that rebellion would only fuck up our life. Like my father would steadily tell me. me, you ain't going to mess in my life. And we didn't grow up with much. My parents did not have much. They came home from Puerto Rico, and neither one of them graduated college, barely graduated high school, and they made, like, gold

out of fucking dirt. Are your folks still together? They're still together 45 years. Wow. That's amazing. Yeah. That's dope. Is that the goal for you you think? Are you asking? I don't know, I'm way behind. Let me tell you. I'm not going to marry tomorrow if I'm doing 45 years before I die.

Oh, yeah. I just mean it's something that long. Yeah, yeah, I feel like That would be tight, sure, to like roll with somebody for life Like that But I feel like I got mad lifers, like she's one of my lifers Right there, you know So I'll be all right. All right, we're looking to the right of the room

To one of your lifers. To Emily. You didn't know that what you were talking about you. Yeah, Emily. Emily, I'm talking about you. Emily, she's drunk. Emily, look this way. Oh, wow. I'm trying to Emily to life him.

I said you were on my life first. Emily's still in that group chat on how to get you out of this room in the next five minutes. Emily was drinking. I do say without juice. Yes, she was. It was real. It was real. Emily ain't fucking around.

Emily has this look on her face like, what the fuck is going on? I was Emily like, what, where? Okay, so Emily's been my best friend for 10 years and she's now a producing partner and we've been able to sell TV shows together and we're trying to change the world together. Just our little portion of it. I was going to say. Hey, what do you, now that it's December, what projects do you have coming out?

So we're about to jump into, I'm about to direct my first episode of Jane, the Virgin. Nice. Very exciting. We're in our fourth season. We're into the second half of the fourth season. I have a movie coming out called Annihilation by the director Alex Garland,

who did that movie, Ex Machina. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I used to call it X. Oscar Isaac. Yeah, ex machine. Ex machine. Such an American. No, I'm just saying, when they come on the show,

I play sex machine. So go ahead. Okay. Never mind. You got to. No, I got it. I got it. You got to know the history.

Because she in the movie, she was like a sex machine. Right. Exactly. Yeah. And she danced with him. She did. And it rhymes with X machine. You've been gone for like 45 minutes.

Here we go. Words of wisdom. You just got some from sugar steam. Thank God. We fucking found that again. Holy shit. That's me. Poor bitch, you guessed it.

Poor bitch you guessed it. Nah, bitch you guys is still a thing. Yeah. Anyway, so. So we got annihilation coming out. Emily and I are on our four TV show that we've sold now to network. Congratulations. Tell us.

Tell us about the show. Yeah, what kind of TV shows? So we have, so they're all right now up for pilot season. So we'll see what ends up getting up on the air, but we just sold. two TV shows to the CW, one of called Rafa the Great, and it is written by a young Latino, Ecuadorian, who...

Oh, never mind. Hey! What the Equatorians? Equatorians. Continue you, Gina, please. Thank you. He discovered that he was undocumented when he was 16 years old and heading to college.

And it is in a comedy, like, everybody hates Chris in the vein of the Wonder Years set in the 90s. Pretty dope, pretty funny. Really adorable. We have another show called Femm, which is about four badass bitches

and it's a feminist, secret feminist society of girls that try to take revenge and get into some trouble. We have another show called That sounds like reality TV to me. Well, let's fucking hope not. That's not what happened. That's Steve's reality.

That's my reality. Another one called Have Mercy that we sold to CBS. which is a medical drama about a Cuban-American woman that becomes like a Robin Hood in the medical world and helps undocumented and rape victims and people that can't go to our American health care system because it sucks.

Damn. Yeah, and then another show we sold to Hulu called Yaki Delgado wants to kick your ass, and it's about a young 16-year-old girl, Cuban from New York, and it'll be a bunch of Latinos in it, from Puerto Ricans to Dominicans to Mexicans, because we all exist here.

and it's a bully story. That's so dope. I gotta ask, so with these four shows that you're developed, and hopefully they'll make it. Hopefully one will make it, right? But, okay, so in the case of when Whitney Cummings got lucky enough to sell her show and two broke girls, she was telling me it was such a nightmare,

like juggling both at the same time, because she was involved heavily in both as far as the development of that stuff, how will you if should these shows get picked up how will you juggle those plates in the kitchen without dropping one and that's where yeah the one that just tapped you on the shoulder showing up and me out so it's beautiful is that like Emily Emily and I are like one and the same

we have the same kind of goals the same kind of idea of art and the kind of art we want to make and so well ideally we're both executive producers of these projects so we have showrunners and we have creatives, other creatives that are on it and that are all living in the same space as us. But these are projects we were working on for one, two years. I mean, it is a shit show.

I mean, it is a very difficult process. And we're so far from even hitting the air, but so much closer than we were before. I mean, it is just like leaps about. No, no. I really salute, like, you television writers, because, I mean, I've been a part of stuff where we shoot a pilot, get the series order,

and then even after that, they're like, Nah, on second thought. Yeah, it's so hard. It can turn on a dime. So we've got to have like lots of lottery tickets. We have lots of projects that are constantly in the works so that hopefully one of them will make it on the air. But ideally we do projects that show and reflect what America looks like.

So how we were talking about earlier in the beginning of this session, you were saying like, yeah, but we know that like that's not what America looks like. But the problem with that is that if we don't allow the media, television film to reflect America, then we are going to continue to fuck ourselves because everybody's attached to that thing, that computer, that phone, that TV screen, and the way that we see ourselves is a reflection of what we put out there. And art is dangerously powerful. So you can be behind projects that will create change, or you can be behind projects that

just continue to bring to shit television. Yeah, that are terrible. But like, so ideally we would do that. Ideally, that's what we'd be able to contribute. Put new faces, new narratives, new, body types, new skin colors, new new stories that'll help middle America not be so afraid of what they don't see every day.

When you talk of body types, my first time, I remember America Ferreira. Real women have courage. Yes, real women have curves. And at the end, monumental movements. When they took, like, all the big bitches got naked, I was like, yeah. We were ready.

We all got in dress. Yes. That shit was like that, son. That's exactly what it was. It was that way for me, 100%. I mean, what's beautiful is that now I get to Tell America how much she had affected me because we are a year apart in age. So when I saw her, I was also 17 looking at myself in the mirror, being like,

this is what a Puerto Rican body looks like. And yet I don't look like those billboards. And I don't look like the cover of that magazine. And I don't look like that. So something must be wrong with me. Something is wrong with me. They don't like me. They'll continue to not like me.

And therefore, I don't like myself. And therefore, I have to jump over hurdles just to start life. Because before I even start life, I'm dealing with all this shit that is an illusion. All this shit that I've been programmed and domesticated to believe is what does not make me enough. More big women on TV is what we need. Yes. All the things. What's the point is, Dean is whole three minutes.

Beautiful, my love. That little so bad. Can I get a shout to Jameson now? I think the Jameson is gone. Wait, there's Jameson here? No, no, no. It was Jameson here, the urban... It was.

It's over now. It's either, you know, Diddy or Jay. Jitty or Jee Z at this point. Excuse me? Niggas and drunk all that Jamie Lee Curtis called. Is that with Jamie Lee Curtis? That's what I call it. That and what was her yogurt?

I'm sorry. Actibia. Actibia. Makes you shit. It really did, though. Did it? What? It was...

This is going all of it. Wait, I got to take control of this show. Please. You do? Yeah, I do. An hour and a half into it. I do. All right.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Christmas episode of Questlove Supreme. Welcome to. I'm your host, Questlet. What? I do feel sober. Let's do this. I'm going to go get the shenan. We're about to wrap this up, ladies and gentlemen.

Hold on. Hold on because Phil got to do his toast because he wasn't invited to Ponti's wedding. All right. So Fonte is going to give his rendition of a Christmas story? Twelve days of Christmas. No, no, no, no, no. The night before Christmas. What was you went out of the shit, man?

All that shit run together. It's twice the night before Christmas, that's what we're doing. Should I help you with the night? Okay. Well, yeah, I'm wondering everybody get a drink in the hand before you start. No, man, I want to say, like, seriously, as we fill the cups, like, joining this show has been, like, an incredible addition to my life. It's very hectic.

It is very, um, is, the traveling schedule can get kind of rough, but I just, I'm so honored to be in this room and that we made it another year. And there are people out there that actually are engaged and listening to what we bring. It's just, I just thank Questlove and all of you for just bringing a lot of joy to my life. And otherwise, kind of crazy, yeah, I think, for everybody. So thank you, man, just seriously. And to my wife, to my new wife and probably my only wife. But now I'm sorry, well, baby, we got another.

I just married. I just married Gina Rodriguez. So we got us. Man, so you got Laid, Gina Ribergis, yeah, I got, I got, I got everybody. Yeah, I got a chocolate,

I got a butter, a pecan. That's what I get for Christmas Laia. Yeah. White macadamia nut. So, nah, man, just,

nah, thank you. I thank all of y'all. This has been, of course of Supreme. And people, and to everybody listening, thank y'all too, man. Like, people hit us up.

Like, they really hit us like, yo, every Wednesday, you get us to work. You get me to work, man. I'd be listening to y'all join. So-and-so interview was crazy, like all that stuff. So let us raise a toast.

Wait, make the toast, Bill. I'm paying you. Yeah, Bill. Toastmaster. Wow, Toast master. Fonte was just making the toast to himself. Toast to me. I was toast to Quest of Supreme.

Toast the Quest of Supreme for the weirdest bunch of fucking people in the world in one room week after fucking week. And it's funny every time. And well done. for having us all together, I never would have imagined this. When I tell people about it, they can't fucking believe it. Cheers. Cheers.

Cheers. All right, so are you ready to give us your video? I'm ready. What is it? All right. Story time. This is a night before Christmas, the Tiggle-over dish. Okay.

And cue it. All right. All right, here we go. T'was the night before Christmas and all through my home. it was as quiet as Morris when he's not with Jerome the stockings were hung by the chimney with pride

in hopes that the child support check would arrive the children were snuggled all warm in their beds while visions of Xbox danced in their heads and me and my do-rag and mama in her bonnet

enjoying the sounds of Keith sweat, his album, get up on it. When out on the lawn, I heard a rattle and buzz, quickly grabbed my firearm. I got time today, Curs. Away to the front door, I ran from my bed, and prayed the intruder was not a crackhead. Stepped out on the lawn and not a crackhead in sight.

And for once I was happy that my neighbors were white. When what to my wondering eyes, what should appear? But a miniature sleigh and ate tiny reindeer. With the little old driver so lively in hood, I said to myself, This weed must be good. More rapid than refunds, his shout-houts, they came. He whistled and hollered and called them by name. Now Marvin, now Curtis, now Eldra and Stevie.

now Michael Now Marley Now Tito and Reedy To the top of the porch To the window To the wall Now dash away Dash away

Dash away all So up to the house top The Black reindeer flew With the sleighful of toys And St. Nicholas too I laughed and listened to each little hoof And I prayed this fat nigger Didn't fuck up my room

I took a sip from my drink and was turning around. I looked in the chimney and St. Nicholas came down. He was dressed all in fur from the cold, his protection and the finest red suit from the Steve Harvey collection. A bundle of toys

was flung on his back. The children couldn't wait to open the sack. He spoke not a word. but went straight to his work and said, what could be better, bitch, like the son of Brazil? He had a good puff,

and a toot up his nose. Threw up two fingers, and up the chimney he rose. He went to his sleigh, to his team, gave a whistle, and away they all flew like a North Korean missile. But I heard him exclaimed.

as his voice grew bigger. Merry Christmas to all from QLS, my nigger. That was the best idea I had all year. That was the best movie in the history of the show. Holy shit, you saved the entire show. Just play that. What a gift.

What a gift. That's it. That's it. That's it on the cab on the wheel. You dropped a son of a dessert reference. This is the greatest show. I think your wife might be mad.

I'm just bragging on my team. No, literally, this is the greatest show and one of my favorite things of all my 19 jobs. You totally missed it. Damn, Emily. Where you be it? Emily, you missed it, Emily.

Hold up, can we do a whole story? You'll have to listen. Only on Pandora. So, yeah, I would, that's the microphone drop moment. Ladies and gentlemen, This has been a very, this is another duce, Sir Rock edition of Questlove Supreme.

Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Can I add you one thing before? Yes, I had one thing, Bill. Since it is Christmas, I have a feeling that we should make the Mixed Supremas just a bunch of Christmas songs this week.

Let's do it. So, it's Christmasy. Yeah. So. Check out the Mick Suprema. Yes, definitely. All your Christmas favorites. I got some requests.

Ladies and gentlemen, just also. realize that for every episode I'm gonna cover every single one of these songs we didn't even ask Gina what her favorite was I'm not gonna ask you a favorite Christmas song yeah what's your favorite Christmas song would you say Emily Santa Claus is a black man

Fonte you are I love Fonte Christmas I try to when when Megan Kelly was on the show we'd Megan Kelly was here. Not on this show, not on this show. Okay.

It's white to brown and here. We have standards. Yeah, we do. You've got standards. I got shut down for trying to make that her walk-on song on the tonight show. Oh, Santa Claus of Black Man? Yeah.

Wow. You know I was trying to go there. I remember that. I'm not a good text. I want to just say it. Like, like you said, I'm going to forget by next week what I want to say. See it. It's sort of year-end show anyway.

I feel like we should thank, let's thank the people of Pandora, Evan, and all of them. Evan and Natalie and Jason and all of our engineers and studios. James Yost, David Silski. Everybody at GSI. Reservoir. I just met y'all, but you cool as hell. Electric Lady. Yes.

Yeah, reservoir, electric lady. Premier. Everybody has helped us this year. The African fish spot across the street from GSA. Yeah. Anyway, so, Fonte. What's up, Matt, what did you look? What is your holiday wish?

How they wish. Oh, man. And for my holiday wish, I just wish peace and happiness into my home, as always. Looking forward to spending my first holiday with my wife. My God. Mrs. Coleman. Yeah, man.

Yeah, Mrs. Coleman. And, yeah, just being peaceful, just chilling. And I wish that for all my friends and family. Just love. Rub it on. Can you rub it on? I'm going to rub it on. I'm next happy.

What do you wish for Christmas, Alley. I don't know about Christmas, but for life, I want some of what Fonte got. I want that. Christmas. So you want a husband and some loving. What? I want some good loving. And a place to call my own.

And peace for all and to impeach the president. So good goals. Good goals. So you're basically here, M's. So you might as well say what you're... Say what you want to. You've been here the whole time. So what is your Christmas wish?

That this podcast is over since. That is my wish too. That is my wish too. That is my wish too. all over the shit. She was laughing. The whole time I don't. You know what I'm saying?

What is your? Yeah, you were never on your phone. You were mad attentive. It was just a joke. It was my first time to do a joke on a podcast. I won't tell you, Bill. You nailed it, boo. My wish?

I want drunk Emily back. It was real rude. I know drunk Emily is great. I want drunk Emily and drunk Gina back at every podcast because the shit is fucking hilarious. It's amazing. We didn't not.

I've not played the song, by the way. What song? There was a song? Drunk. Oh. I'm sorry about that. Anyway, Steve. What do you want, Steve?

More weed. Yeah, more weed and the Hanukkah check. Oh, the Hanukkah check. I hope that keeps getting bigger and bigger every year. Well, you're donating at the point of way. It gets bigger every year. Damn. Damn, it gets bigger.

Yo, son. Like, by what? How much? It's smaller when you get older. Shit is major. It does. It does. It is major.

Dude, you're one of your DJ gigs It's like 20 Hanukas No, I'm just saying that You know, like... It's like Jim Brownsky, man. It's long and mean, man. This checks be up there. Yeah, well, I mean, most of my life I was broke

so it's a big check for me. It's awesome. All right, so Bill, kind of... Boss, Bill, redeem yourself. Show me that you have heart. What do you wish for Christmas? Just show any bit of lightness. Any bit of...

Don't say anything about the show or Amir? Pretend you're happy. Just easy. I love that the show and Amir are two separate categories. Nice and easy. Nice and easy.

Who he's thinking? Can I answer now? I'm Tracy Jordan. I'm nervous. He's Liz Lemon. Go ahead. Let it. Yeah.

Limon. Nice. Easy. Go. Can I go? No. Easy. Nice.

Happy. Shut up, Steve. Go ahead, Bill. I wish everyone just a merry, happy Christmas. Then don't die. Yeah. I would not do that.

That was pretty good. I'm just looking at Steve because Steve. You were so. All right. Ladies gentlemen, on behalf of sugar, Steve. Unpaid bill,

boss bill. Drunk Emily. It's Laia Fon Tigolo. Gina and all Gina's peeps that are on the group chat trying to figure out to get out of here.

This is Questlove wishing you a happy Chaka Khan and get home safely. We'll see you next week. We'll see you next week. And check out the QLS holiday mix.

Okay. Drunk. Yeah. Drunk. It's a mean old bottle. They call moonshine. Red, red wine, so mellow and fine. Come home at night with a swimming in the head.

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