Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino - Jay Pharoah

Episode Date: May 12, 2023

Andrew sits down with the hilarious comedian, SNL alum, and one of the world's best impersonators Jay Pharoah! They sip some of the sauce and have a great ADHD fueled silly a$$ time! Settle in and enjoy! #jaypharoah #whiskeyginger #podcast =========================================================== SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS BETTER HELP Get the help you need from a licensed professional 10% off your first month https://betterhelp.com/whiskey BESPOKE POST PROMO CODE: Whiskey for 20% off your first box https://boxofawesome.com ======================== Follow Andrew Santino: https://www.instagram.com/cheetosantino/ https://twitter.com/CheetoSantino Follow Whiskey Ginger: https://www.instagram.com/whiskeyging... https://twitter.com/whiskeyginger_ Produced and edited by Joe Faria IG: @itsjoefaria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What up, Whiskey Ginger fans? Welcome back to the show. If this is your first time joining us on this show, welcome to the show. We got a good one. My man Jay Pharoah is on, the man of many voices, the wonderment of SNL

who could transform into any character you've ever seen and now has since been doing so many other wonderful things. He's so funny, so talented. Love Jay Pharoah. We have a couple of sip saps and we start to chit chat. It was great. He's on the road. Please go see Jay in a local city near you. I think it's Jay Pharoah Live. We have a couple of sipsaps and we start to chit chat. It was great. Uh, he's on the road.

Please go see Jay in a local city near you. I think it's Jay Farrell live. We talked about it, but check out Jay Farrell, go grab some tickets. And I am on the road right now. Come see me, me and Bobby Lee are doing bad friends tour, uh, a big, huge tour, 33, 34 cities. Who knows? We're adding shows, adding dates, go to bad friends, pod.com,, badfriendspod.com to get those tickets. Enough rambling from me. Let's go to that episode. In here, we pour whiskey, whiskey, whiskey, whiskey, whiskey. You're that creature in the ginger beard.

Sturdy and ginger. Like vampires, the ginger gene is a curse. Gingers are beautiful. You owe me $5 for the whiskey and $75 for the horse. Gingers are hell no. This whiskey is excellent. Ginger. I like gingers.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Whiskey Ginger. My guest today is one of my favorite people on earth. I say that for all my guests, but I mean it once again. Today, it is Jay Pharoah's in the house. Man, you just did a Twister impression. That was fire. That was the bust around. Chicago, and that's me from Chicago.

I like Twister. From Chicago? I'm Chicago, yeah. Twister and I grew up together. Cheers. On the same block, you know? On the same block. On the same block. Same block, Twister and I.

Ran the same circles. I mean, technically, the street probably goes all the way up to where I lived. So maybe. But you might be telling the truth. That's what's so charming about it. No, no, no. Yeah, no, I don't. Twister and I, no

Different worlds Also, much respect to Twista Dude One of the greatest of all time I think that's the kind of stuff that our age range We're close in age I think I'm a little older You can tell in my face

I mean, you know Yeah Well, you are Caucasian too Like, I'm gonna look I'm gonna look 25 until I Die I die Yeah, until the end of your life right we don't start silver and graying until like three years before it's over like a lot of us yeah that's great yeah

but those that do it's tough yeah is there a word for them um gray early in the black community is there a word uh anomalies anomaly early silver early. Early Silvers. God dang it, the Fox. The Zaddies. That's what they get called. Yeah, they call them Zaddies. They get called Zaddies. I wouldn't mind. I mean, listen, I am not hoping that I gray early,

but if I had a couple of joins, it would just add to the flavor. It's the style. It's the style. Look, it's like how you play it, right? Like LeBron, right? LeBron with his hair. He makes jokes about it now. But you're like, at least he plays with it.

You know what I mean? For a long time, it was like a hush-hush thing. Right. And now at least he jokes about it. And which is, it's a little. So the more you do that, the more people are like, oh, okay. Well, I like it then. If he doesn't take himself that serious, then I'm down with it.

And it takes the power away from the people who are trying to just like, all right, you're LeBron James. What else? Okay, the one thing that's messing up in your life is your hairline. Everything else is great. Yeah, you're good. Yeah, you're good. You're winning.

Yeah, you're good. You're real shit. It's just tough when it gets patchy is when it gets tough when it looks like you took a piece of tape and and went to a barbershop and went but there's so many different well if you look at what somebody honorable mention that what it's not honorable at all because we're about to talk about it but yo kevin durant's head like the back of that is that's interesting it's it looks like's Brillo. It's like a... It's like when you go in the water

and you see, like, the sponges and you see them collectively in one spot and then you see, like, clear coral and that's what his head looks like. Kind of looks like the moon. You see a graph of the moon. You'll see little chunks of different colors. Kevin Ritt listening right now,

pulling out his earbuds, really sad. He's like, hey, man. Hey, look, there's help out there, bro. There's help. You can get it. You can get it. You two can get it. Listen, you're off. How long are they off on the season? Three months? They get three months off? Yeah, you got it, man. You can do it. You can go get the FUE, get your

little plugs and everything. Get it put in, baby. You can get it. Don't do it by machine. Get an actual doctor to do it that understands African-American hair because, listen, our stuff is curly, so it will curl back in your scalp. Let's say one of the first guys that did it. Deion Sanders? Oh, did he? Was he the first? Well, yeah. Deion Sanders is definitely, he was gone and he got resurrected.

I brought that. It used to just happen, but it took more than three days, but he got it back in like six months. He got it back. He got it back, man. I just think it's funny when hair doctors are bald. It's like, bro,

I suffer alopecia, so I walked in a place to see if I get, you know, see what could happen. The doctor walked out. He was bald. I left.

He was like, where you going? I was like, I'm leaving. I was like, I'm leaving. I was like, dude, if you can't help yourself, you can't help me. Yeah, no. But you know what's so funny? Every time I've ever heard people that get LASIK, LASIK doctors all wear glasses. So you're like, what's the math?

What's the math there? Something's missing, dude. Like a fat trainer. What are you doing here? Today, we're going to do circuit. I'm going to sit and eat. It's like, what the fuck are you going to do? Give me a little bit of help.

All right, so let me, I want to talk to you about a million different things. Sure. But first off, I want to bring this up just because I was just shooting a movie with him. You just did a movie with my boy, Jermaine Fowler. You did. And I saw a preview for it literally two days ago. I was in the theater. Absolutely.

And the blackening is coming out. Dude. What, in a month or two? A couple months, right? It's coming out. Yeah, Juneteenth is coming out. Oh, it is Juneteenth? It's Juneteenth.

Okay. How black is that? That's real black. Yeah, well, keep it black. They wanted to make sure. Yeah, the only day they could have released it on would have been Kwanzaa to make it. You know what I mean? A little more black. A little more black.

A little more black. But, dude, right on the 19th. So, shout out to Jermaine Fowler. But, yeah, I saw the preview for that movie when I was going to see John Wick. Me too. That's when I saw it. Yeah, I was just chilling in the theater. Yum, yum, yum.

Eating my popcorn. Yum, yum, yum. And then all of a sudden, I was like, oh, is that me? That's me, baby. And then I'm looking around like, oh, shit. And then all of a sudden, I was like, oh, is that me? That's me, baby. And then I'm looking around like, oh, shit, and they have no fucking idea. It felt so good. It does, except for one person that's like, he's sitting right there. Jay Pharoah's right there.

He's right at the C3. That's his seat. He tried to come in with a hoodie on. We know his eyes. He had a mask on. We saw. All right, tell me when you go to the movie theater, what's your order? I'm by myself. I'm solo.

Oh, really? Always? I'm dolo, always. I don't want to answer questions. I feel like a lot of ladies become chatty patties and ask me these questions. I'm like, this is my first time seeing it, too. See, I make my wife sit three rows back. That's how we do it. I buy a ticket for me. I buy a ticket for her.

And then she's like, K, why am I K-12? Wait, what are you? I'm like, that's weird. I'm H-4. That's nuts. Well, love you. See you after the movie. What was it?

AI. AI fucked it up, right? AI fucked it up. So you said, do you do that for real? No, dude. I'm about to say, that's kind of genius. She would kill me, though, if I put her over there. If I was like, they ran out of seats. She looks around. It's just open seats everywhere. that for real no that's kind of genius she would kill me though if i put her over there if i was

like they ran out of seats she looks around that's just open seats everywhere just you like but i go like this so she knows that we've had we've done this dance before where you know if we're both we're both going to be inquisitive but you just wait to the end to be like what was that shit about in the blood she knows now because at home we've gotten enough arguments where she'll go Where is that guy from? And it's like, babe, how could we know? Nobody knows Exactly We're going to figure it out together

Listen In the theater she doesn't do it anymore We're both virgins to this movie Yeah, right We're popping the cherry right now We pop at the same time So it's like we let it get popped and then questions afterwards Right, then clean it up afterwards

I don't know I love my mom to death But she, yeah, I don't know how my dad does it. Like, yo, she'll sit there and ask, interrogate this man the whole movie, and he will answer every, he'll have an answer to every question. I'm like, I know you bullshitting on some of that. There's no way that you know all of this when we're all coming in here for the first time maybe he wrote down predestined predetermined answers maybe he was like this is what you i know she's gonna say some shit about this so maybe i'll maybe i'll answer this like this that's because

of years of dadding he's had when you've dadded so long yeah he's got that shit locked and loaded that's always an answer no no kids yet man i got, my second one is on the way right now. Congrats. Thank you. I found out during the Super Bowl it was wild. Can I have your second kid? I can have the second kid. I mean, yeah, man. Me and Rihanna's babies, so yeah, it's whatever.

That's right. It's me and Riri's. Okay, good. I identify as a baby father. This is not shit you can say. You know what I mean? Not in this culture, not in this day and age. That's the world we live in.

That's just the way it is. It is. Hey, dude, it's so easy to, i don't even have to talk to the baby i just watch on television and i just i wave i cheer us on there it is every time we get an award every time we sing at an award show i'm like go babe yeah stay winning i do great job at the super bowl your kids did a great job thank you thank you uh unbelievable i just but what i said to myself babe, do you really want to reveal it at the Super Bowl? Yeah. You can wait.

You can wait. But it was a big, everybody was looking, so she wanted to do it. So I was happy. There you go. To accommodate. God bless, man. Good for you, bro. I'm happy for you.

Me too. I'm so happy about my delusion. It's great. Before we get away from it, I want to know. When you get snacks in the movies, give me your snack order before you get into the movies. Oh, boy. Got to get the large bucket of popcorn. Got to be a big boy.

Yeah, got to be a big boy. Got to be a big boy. I'm a reformed fat kid, so yeah. You were fat when you were young? I was a little fat. You're in great shape now. When did you lose all of it? When I was 17. That was the turning point. You were like, no was a little fat. I was a fat. You're in great shape now. When did you lose all of it? When I was 17.

That was the turning point. You were like, no more of this bullshit. I was depressed. I was at a bad place, and I had to lose weight, because if I didn't, I probably would have done something untoward towards myself. But, you know, it didn't work out like that. Yeah, real talk, bro. Yeah.

I was scrutinizing. I was joked everywhere like church school neighborhood the house like you know so you know man it was uh it was i was it was dark it was dark for me but we got light you know yeah you saw through it when you were a kid when you were a kid though and you were a heavy kid yeah uh do you were was it was it was it just because it was a part of you and who you were that it was like, I like sweets and I didn't, you know, and that was my thing? Or was it like you were eating the cover up stuff?

Were you bummed about a lot of shit? Was it a tough, did you, because you had a tough go as a kid? Food just tasted amazing. Yeah, it does. It's just some great shit. Like, yo, Krispy Kreme. Yo, honorable mention to Krispy Kreme, when that shit comes out like right out of the red light, and it's like dripping, like yo, why wouldn't I eat this?

You gonna dangle this in front of my face, I'm not gonna eat it, oh well, on a diet, no fuck that, I'm eating it. I gotta be careful, Andrew, because if I don't fucking run Because if I don't fucking run If I don't keep this shit off I'll start looking better than my woman Yeah I'll be like yo you need to get your shit together And I ain't even go down to Brazil and get a BBL

Bitch this is all natural You gotta do something I look great This is all natty This is non GMO baby 100% organic Free range baby This is natural. This is all natty. This is all. This is non-GMO, baby. You know what I'm saying? 100% organic. So what are we doing? Free range, baby.

I'm free range. This is rice milk. What are we doing? This is rice, oat milk, everything. This is all organic shit. You need to get yourself together. So I had, so man, I lost 75 when I was 17. Damn, that's a lot.

Yeah, 75 is a lot when you're a kid because you don't weigh that much when you're that young. Nah, I was 250 and I lost 75 in four months. That shit was crazy. Wild. Like I said, I had to do it, so whatever. We ain't got to talk about that. Well, did you play sports when you were a kid? I was in football.

Yeah. I played football. Wait, let me guess. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Yeah, you know. How tall are you right now? You're 6'3"? Yeah, 6'2", 6'6".

Yeah. So I would say back then you probably, you're on defense? Yeah. Yeah. You're a corner? You play corner? I played corner at one point. Yes, I did.

Okay. But most of the time I was either a guard. I was a guard. Okay. Guard or a tackle, you know, guard, tackle. Yeah. Because I was going to say, in my mind, I feel like, you feel like what you would do is probably lose some of the weight to get to a place to show off that you were quick.

You know what I mean? Where you're like, I'm quicker than my body. Right. Watch me lose the weight and prove to you that I'm quicker than what I look like. I didn't even know I could dunk until I was 20, bro. Oh, really? I got up there. Are we talking one hand or two hands?

We talking like one, bro, like jamming the bitch. Like getting up there. I was like, what the fuck? It's almost as if I had on the same shoes that Lil Bow Wow had on. Like Mike. You remember the Jordans? It's like I had them shits on and they were working. Even though they were fucking New Balances. I remember that.

I dunked in some fucking New Balances. But I did it, bro. You might have been the first and only dude to dunk in New Balances. In New Balances, yeah. I mean, I'm sure a lot of middle-aged dads have attempted it, but, you know. They touch net. They'll get a couple nets. They touch net.

Actually, you know what? That's not true. Kawhi's New Balance. Isn't Kawhi Leonard's shoe company New Balance? Oh, shit, it is. I feel like he is. Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like he is. I mean, but he's different.

Yeah, he is different. Kawhi is not. He's different. He doesn't talk a lot. He's just. That, he is different. Kawhi is different. He doesn't talk a lot. He's just... That laugh haunts my nightmares. I think he might have a little bit of spectrum. Yeah.

Well, people that know that saw that clip, because I love the dude, but when I saw that clip of him laughing... I don't even know where you're sitting right now. He's a serial killer. That's so good. OJ Simpson was like, all right, he the one you need to question, motherfucker. That's the one you need to talk to right there, him.

Yeah, talk to that motherfucker. He killed my wife. Yeah, he the one. The way he laughed, I watched it a dozen times that night. That was a stabby stab laugh. I was like, holy shit, that's the creepiest thing. And then you know he went home and saw it and was like, what the fuck, I need to address this.

I need to do something about this. I need to get my laugh back out there. I need to re-up a new laugh. But then he stopped and he was like, no, let them think I'm weird. Yeah, good for him. Fuck it. Yeah, whatever. He's that good of a hooper that it doesn't really matter how weird your laugh is.

Kawhi Leonard, God bless him and his Harriet Tubman braids. God bless him. He does, man. He's got the fuzziest shit. Him and Jim Jones. Shout out to Jim Jones. Keep it fuzzy, man. Keep it fuzzy.

Yo, it's almost as if they get them done and then they just roll around on the ground and say, who have you been wrestling? You just got them finished? Who are you wrestling? Rikishi? Did he do the, did he do the butt thing on you? I don't know.

Shout out to Rikishi. Follow me on Instagram, man. I'm such a fan. I love Rikishi. Did you go to, did you go to, one of them,

WrestleMania? WrestleMania, yeah, it was just here. I wasn't here, bro. I got invited. I did get invited

because I do, I know a couple of the people there, but I didn't, man, I didn't get a chance. You got invited. I did get invited because I do know a couple of the people there. But I didn't, man, I didn't get a chance to. You missed out. I could have gone. I was busy. I had Sami Zayn come on the show because we've been compared to each other over the years on the internet. Every time Sami Zayn is on something, people are like, Santino, I didn't know you were in WWE.

I'm like, oh, my God, dude. It's never ending with that dude. But he was a wonderful guy. I mean, I loved him. And you know what's funny? It's like when I was a kid, you know, wrestling was big for everybody when we were kids. And then somehow, you know, it waned away from me. And I know guys, like I have friends like Dan Soder and other comics that are still like, they're hardcore into it.

And I wasn't as big into it later in life. But when we were kids, man, it was like the, it was the coolest fantasy I'd ever seen. It was like the it was the coolest fantasy I'd ever seen it was cooler than any fantasy movie that was presented to me Cuz it was like you got to you got to you got to see these guys that in your mind Were 100% that that was exactly who they were you believed it regardless of everything you knew but you still were like dude that no That's I thought the Undertaker was a Satanist for Yeah, I didn't know he was Mark Calloway, like the motherfucker who likes to cook Angus beef and talk about bull riding and shit.

I was like, who the fuck is this? This the Undertaker? Aren't you the devil? Aren't you the devil? Aren't you Satan's son? Aren't you the son of perdition? Ain't that you? I used to, yo, The Rock.

Yo, shout out to The Rock. And he's always, Dwayne Johnson is always giving me love no matter what. That's why I'm giving, shout out to the rock, and he's always, Dwayne Johnson is always giving me love no matter what. That's why I'm giving this shout out to him on Whiskey and Ginger because he did give me a shout out on the Fallon Show. Oh, he did? Dude. He was like, yo, he's good, man. He's good.

Yeah, he's real good. He sounds just like a, yeah, he's, Jay is really talented. Yeah, he's a real, yeah, he is. He's good, man. He is. He's good, man. He is. So when I saw him at the, because I went to the Black Adam premiere, you know what I mean? Because I said, man, look, all my dudes are in the movie. You got Aldis Hodge.

You got freaking, you got Mo Amir. It's so happy for him. And you got Dwayne Johnson, who I love. So I'm like, yo, let me go to the premiere. Went to the premiere. I'm chilling there, sitting. The rock walks past I'm like, yo, let me go to the premiere. Went to the premiere. I'm chilling there, sitting. The rock walks past. I say, yo, what up?

He was like, hey, Jay, what's up, man? Yeah. He was like, yo, me and Jimmy were just talking about you. I was like, Jimmy? What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't know what he meant. He was like, yeah, yeah, I'll send you the bill. And I was like, what the fuck is he talking about?

I get all these tweets late. I get all these tweets that he talked about the impression on uh on a fallon oh yeah i didn't fuck i was like oh shit he didn't have to say shit but he did yeah that's why i will always be team dewane johnson team the rock baby team the rock i told my reverend to know his role and shut his mouth it wasn't a reverend it was uh uh it was uh what the fuck he was a deacon. We got different hierarchies in the church, but he was a deacon. I told him to know his roll, shut his mouth. I told him I was going to take his Bible, dust it off, turn it sideways, and stick it

straight up his candy yams. He said I said ass, so I got punished, but I really said yams. And I was trying to explain that to my parents, but I got strict. I had strict apostolic parents. So they were just like, no, no smackdown. My mother took my television out of my room and put it in the hallway for a year. A year? A year, bro. That's a long time.

Yeah, I know. I was fucked up. It was fucked up beginnings for me, Santino. It was a lot of strictness. But you know what? You grew up... I feel like if your parents had any church in them, where we grew up, we had strict, but as years went on, it got slower. And then my sister got like, no strictness.

It was like- Were you the older? Yes, older. Yeah. So I got everything, man. Yo. It was like, if you were the oldest. Were you the older? Yes, older. Yeah. So I got everything, man. Yo, it was reversed for me. Oh, really? My sister did everything, and I'm the baby, and I couldn't do shit. You got in trouble?

I got in trouble. The baby usually gets away with whatever they want. But I didn't. The only thing I think I got away with was just jerking off. But even that, I got caught like twice. You know what I mean? Two times? Just twice.

You didn't learn your lesson the first time? I didn't. I didn't. Change your plans, man. I didn didn't andrew i didn't know that my dad look okay so my room used to have four storages in it right yeah and they used to keep different stuff in there so sometimes they would come in and they didn't say anything so it was 2005 remember when the white tees were hot them long ass dress shirt, right? Yeah. Yeah. So I had one, right? And I was going to town and it was black and my dad came in and he was, um, he just wanted to go put some shit in storage and he just busted in.

And you see me, you see me with this long ass white tee with this hard on and I couldn't say anything. so I just got up. I got up, moved, and walked out in my dad's face, because he knew what I was doing. He just was like this. He knew. All in my white tee. That's where all in my white tee came from.

All in my white tee. I damn sure did it. All in the white tee. I leaned with it and rocked all in the all in the white team and that shit i leaned with it and rocked with it all in my white team every look and you know what i think most i would say percentage wise 70 of us have been caught the 30 that got away sly sly fox it's gonna happen it's gonna happen they're gonna get you it's gonna be great kids and some shit they're gonna walk in well now and then you get older, and then we go home. You know, my wife and I go back to my parents' house,

and you got to hook up in your childhood bed, which is still, because my parents still have my old bullshit little tiny bed, and it's all crickety and, you know, like, it's the original headboard from the old bed. Shut up. So it's literally got to be like. Does it? I've never.

Well, oh, I do have something similar to that. Doesn't it make it. It makes it a little more because you got to be more careful. Then it like it's more erotic. It's hotter for some reason. Yeah. Yeah. Because it's wrong.

Because, you know, they're downstairs cooking dinner. And we got to knock this out right now. Talking about how pure you were at 12 right right it's true i uh i remember oh man my dad would probably see this but he knows already it's fine we talk about everything like that he'll love you no matter what yeah it's like yeah it's you you made you made this okay but uh i remember when uh my ex from myspace was myspace days baby oh man what man. What was your screen name? Do you remember your screen name?

It was J-Hulk. J-Hulk? J-Hulk. I mean, because as I was rapping back, I was rapping. I still spit whatever, but I was like a... Okay, let's just put it out there.

All black kids, probably in their teens, rapped. Yeah. Let's not... And for the black kids that didn't rap in their teens, what do you have to say for them? They skateboarded.

Right. They were Pharrell. You got to do one of the two. Yeah, you got to. Or you skate and you rap and then you're Pharrell. Pharrell. Yeah.

Then you are. But he didn't, I mean, okay, okay, no, I'm doing something in the water. He did rap. Shout out Pharrell. Yeah. Shout out Pharrell.

But, damn it, let's go back to what the fuck I was saying. No, you said you were rapping. I was rapping. Yeah, when you were young. it was rap when I was younger and I don't remember what the fuck I'm going Whiskey kicking it No, I want to get this off. No, I have brain cells. They're working. Yeah, they're gonna kick in a full gear

They were set we were talking about I said, what about what about young black kids that don't rap you said me Yeah, I got you i got you okay so um we were talking about the spaces that you're doing twin bears and all that yeah yeah uh my space i actually look like nia long she was bad as hell i don't know what but she was a stripper in the blood she told me that three months after we were talking holy shit oh yeah that yeah. That's something that you kind of want to put in the manual before. Yeah. Let me know. Open the box.

Let me know. She didn't say shit about it. But, so, I was in my parents' room. And, you know, on the bed. Right on the bed. And I do it. And later that day, my dad comes back home. He was like,

I know you did something in here. And I'm going to find out. I'm going to find out what it is. I know you did something in here, but I'm going to find out. I'm going to find out exactly what it is. I know you did something though. What you doing here?

I said, nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

Nothing. Exactly. Perfect response. Nothing. Nothing. I did nothing. That's what I did. Boy.

That was a fire one, boy. We reenacted, me and her reenacted Soul Food. It was so dope. I was Macabre Pfeiffer. It was great. Been a freak a long time, Santino. When was your first time? When'd you lose your virginity? How old were you? I was 18. 18 and she was what 38 no no she wasn't 30 you didn't go for the old one no she was like me i didn't i didn't smash anybody older until i think my seventh time give me the oldest oldest that i smashed i was 28 and she was 39 that's good yeah that's good i liked i liked oh i like the older ladies because I know they got a lingerie closet and they got like little furry robes and shit. Right.

And they got them long ass Cruella DeVille cigarettes. Like this. I'll be right back, Jay. Young man, young man, young man. You just sit there, Jay. I'll put you on the wheel, young man, if you do a good job. So I like that and them little fuzzy slippers. I don't know why.

It probably, something probably happened to me when I was a kid that I don't fucking remember. But, well, I know something happened when I was six. It was nursing home. But anyway, it was all good. Okay. Okay. But I have always liked older. I've always fucked with older women.

Yeah, that's been your thing. I've always thought they were sexy as hell. Even like when we were, you know, watching like porn wise, bro. Like I was never into the newer Jones. I like Kendra Lust and Lisa Ann and all them motherfuckers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Look like that always. Kendra Lust always gets it done. Oh, yeah. A lot of people say Sarah J gets it done, but Kendra Luss always gets it done. Shout out to Kendra.

She's the best. She's the homie. I'm going to see her when I go to Detroit. She is. Yeah, she's... Oh, word. She got introduced to me through Rogan because she's a big UFC fan.

And I met her out there. And then she's come... She and all her friends have come to every show I've ever done when I come through Detroit. Like, almost every time she's shown love. She's like a massive comedy fan. It's's so funny there's such a big crossover between their world and our world it's like constant i mean it's i mean when you look at it it's just entertainment yeah yeah entertainment and it's and their version is you know this is me maybe giving us all too

much credit but their version is so vulnerable and then they see ours as super vulnerable yep that a lot of times other live performers, I mean other versions of performance that aren't live, it's just not the same, right? Like live what we do is so oddly hard, and not to give ourselves credit, but like I think that's what they see in us, that it's like, ooh, that's a kind of tough, that's a tough gig.

It's a lot of praise and a lot of hate, and a lot of praise and a lot of hate, and a lot of praise and a lot of hate, and then speckled and easy moments in between. But then it's just these mountains of climbing of up and down. Like we talked about right before we started rolling, there are shows that we've done over the years that, man, they hurt. And you're like, I'm not going back to that fucking city. Right, yeah.

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You know what's dope about not being in a relationship? Not that I'm not, but when you're not in a relationship, you don't have to respond back. You know what I mean? Ah, yeah. Like, I don't like having to check in. Like, it feels so good not checking in. Just doing, just flying free. Yeah, there's no, there's no, there's no moment in the day where you go, ah, I gotta, I have to go.

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Good for you Good for you It's happening man Well then Cause when you do settle down Then it's check in time But you're not settling down, so you're good. But I feel like as a Libra man, and I feel like—

When's your birthday? October 14th. 16. Get the fuck out of here. Same guy. That's—oh, that's— 16. That's why—okay.

I was like, why? That's the connection. Why do we fuck with each other's energy? Other than the fact that we're just two young black men in the world just getting through. Other than that, outside of that, it's the Libra. It's the Libra. Two black men just trying to survive every day. Just trying to get through.

Trying to get through, man. Just trying to get through. Trying to let people know that we matter. That's what it is. Libra lives matter. Libra lives fucking matter LLM I know everybody asks you

And I'm not going to Everyone asks you impression stuff Yeah, I mean, I don't get it But I want to know Has there ever been one Because for people that don't know Which everybody who's listening Assumably knows

That you're a phenomenal comedian And actor And an impressionist A cast member on The greatest institution of Sketch comedy history Mad TV No, I'm kidding phenomenal comedian and actor and and an impressionist uh a cast member on the greatest institution of sketch comedy history and mad t no fuck which wild and out yeah um mind of men's mind of men's it was on schumer show yeah it was inside amy jesus is there another one? I mean, Chappelle.

Well, Chappelle. Chappelle, but that was. And then if we can't mention the same breath, Chappelle and Key and Peele, because you know Dave might get upset about it. I mean. That beef was so weird and so short-lived because I think he realized it was so weird. It was such an odd thing to even get mad about. Well, the thing is,pelle is such a genius he's a genius that

is going to inspire generations probably thousands of years yeah sure he'll he'll go down in history as one of the greatest of all time without absolute yeah there's no that's already been cemented so if you have that title if there's anybody else that is in the ethosphere of whatever, it's like, do you even need to address it? Not saying, like, yo, Michael Keegan and Jordan Peele, they have done amazing things. Yeah. No bullshit. They have, of course, when there was a void on Comedy Central,

they kind of filled that void a little bit. Yeah, for sure. You know? Of course. But Chappelle is Chappelle, and they even know that. Chappelle is Chappelle. Yeah. And does he even have to, he doesn't even have to address a situation like that just because of the caliber of comedian that he is that a lot of folks will never get to

that level no no no most you say most the word most almost all almost all comedians will never get to the level of dave chappelle where you can bend reality and still be in reality and be funny yeah i mean he's transcended i was in i was shooting a movie in australia and which one was this this is called called Ricky Snicky. It's going to come out at the end of the year. I've seen you killing it. I've just got to say congratulations. Thank you, man.

I appreciate you. Look, I even saw you in House Party. I said, yo, Santino is for the culture. They called me up. They called me up. They were like, we need a white. I was like, I'm on my way. I'm like, yo, bro, you have done so many culture movies.

Weren't you in with Jonah Hill? Weren't you in that joint? No, I never worked with the dude. You didn't work with him? No, but I love him. You're talking about you people, right? I thought you were in You People, too. You weren't in that one.

You were in another. I saw you in another movie. But a lot of people we know were a part of that movie, which was kind of wild to see how many people. It's funny, as I've grown in my career, and you can say the same thing, I'm sure, from when we started when you were young, and then you get older and you watch all of your peers and stuff,

and it's almost surreal that you're like, dude, I know everybody in that movie. And that's not like a bragging right thing. I just mean you started with all these people. So then as you get older, you literally watch them rise and do their own things yeah and it's impressive to watch multiple people that you started with doing things in the same thing together that's what i said like you know with you with jermaine and it's like it's so weird it's so wonderful to see people you know

uh have cultivated their careers and what they're great at and grow together and do things i don't know that is one of those things where as i get older i do love that shit i love that shit i love to see people that are good who work hard get shit and work together on good shit you're like oh this is fucking fantastic because the outside world doesn't really know that version you know what i mean they they don't understand that's a tough thing to communicate because how much work it goes into doing the thing i mean when I mean, when did you start? When did you start in the business? Shit.

I mean, I started doing stand-up at 15, 16. Yeah, I was going to say 16 is what I thought. But I didn't get into, like, Charlie Murphy took me in the road when I was 19. So that's when it kind of started. Like, he started introducing me to people. Where did he see you first, Charlie? He saw me in Virginia Beach.

Yeah. And that was all thanks to, shout out to my old head, I got to say it, Freeze Love. He was on Malcolm and Eddie. He played Hector, the repairman. But he introduced me to Charlie. Did he put you on and then that's how Charlie saw you or no? He put me on. Yeah, wow.

He put me on. He said, yo, Charlie, there's this kid in Virginia you gotta watch. And Charlie was like, yeah, man, shit. Yeah, we'll see, nigga. And he came and he watched. He was like, yo, man, when you did that camera, I dipset shit. I was on my back, shitting, laughing like a turtle, man. Take me on the road, man.

You ready? And it was like, after that, he. Take me on a roll, man. You ready? And it was like, after that, he started taking me on a roll with him. I met so many people through Charlie. I met fucking, I met Fabulous. I met Omarion. I met all of Eddie Murphy's family, except for Eddie Murphy. Except for that.

You know what I mean? That dude, yeah. Not that dude. He didn not meeting that dude not that dude he didn't that dude but everybody else I knew the other 35 Murphys I knew all

of the Murphy I even knew I'm not gonna say that I'm trying to remember the name of the show it was a show called Murphy I was gonna add it

into the joke like Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Murphy Lee I met all the Murph, Murphy Brown. Murphy Lee. I met all the Murphys except for Eddie Murphy. I didn't meet Eddie until 2015, but Charlie was... He definitely was so nice and accommodating and definitely would tell me, yo man, tell you some real shit, man.

You got the same chops as my brother, man. I'm not lying, son. I watch him, I know you do man. I been around this man. How's that make you feel man? Scared? I was like, well actually the face is scaring me. The way you're looking at me is freaking me the fuck out. He's got convict vibes he did.

Yeah, he'll fuck you up. He feels like he'll fuck you up. Dude, I remember, yo, Charlie told me this fuck out. He's got convict vibes. He did. Yeah, he'll fuck you up. He feels like he'll fuck you up. Dude, I remember, yo, Charlie told me this one thing. He told me, he was like, yo, J, man, if you ever get in a fight

with somebody, man, he say, hit them on the back of their knuckles as hard as you can. Hit them on the back of their knuckles? On the back of their knuckles.

That way, when they hit you, their hand will break on your face. Oh, shit. Fight one, man. Dude. Fatality motherfucker But that's real shit He was a genius

That dude was a fucking genius Did you ever work with him? No man I wish That was one of those guys where You know you'd always hear the lore of him You'd hear stories about him You know from other comics or other people Always good stories

Oh man they were. They really, like, everything about that dude. Like, even the stories that Dave told on that show. Absolutely Andrew Santino. A little type of little shit. Yeah, but Dave constantly, he goes, when we were in Australia, we were backstage with Dave, he kept going, look at Bill Burr with hair. Hair Bill Burr. Bill Burr with hair. He kept going, look at Bill Burr with hair.

Hair Bill Burr. Bill Burr with hair. He kept saying that. Hey, check out Bill Burr with hair. Is that? That's who he's calling? Yeah, Bill Burr with hair. Hey, everybody, everybody, check out Bill Burr with hair.

Little Billy Burr with hair. Little Billy Burr with hair. And then at some point, I was like, you've said that a hundred times. And Donnell. That's because it's still funny, motherfucker. Wait, what did Donnell say? What did Donnell say? Donnell, he ain't nothing like Bill Burr.

Nothing like Bill Burr. He don't look like Bill Burr. He kept saying that. Is that shit? Let me ask you a question. Was that one of your idols that you were looking up to when you were? Burr? Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, you know, like when I was young, I mean, I love i still look up to him i think he's i think he's one of the greatest that i've ever seen i mean i think he's 84 right 83 83 yeah 83 yeah but when i was a kid i mean i i think like the people that i started to see that influenced me that i thought were that i was like jealous of it was it was an array like I thought can I guess before you say yeah go ahead do it yeah tell me who yeah Carlin I liked Carlin but it wasn't like a it wasn't like my like that's my guy okay well the first there was only one guy that I fell in love with when I was a kid nice clay no really I never now I'm not no that's no hate I just mean there was one comic that Mitch Hedgberg. I loved Mitch.

I'm trying to figure out who is this guy. Well, we already named him. Who is this guy? We already named him. Who? Eddie. Oh, yeah. Fuck yeah.

I always think Caucasian. You went to white guys. You went to white guys. I get it. I get it. Because he's culturally appropriate for everyone. Eddie was... I don't even remember who showed me Eddiedie uh when i was a kid but i remember

seeing i remember seeing him probably when i was like 13 or 14 and just being like in shock that i was like he was more than a comic he was like a entity it was different and so other comics were fun i loved there was a lot of other comics i loved as time had gone on, but when I was a kid, I was mesmerized by that guy. I thought he was just a magician of fucking, of vibes. He just.

What special was better to you? What special? Which one of his two specials do you like the best? Because I know which one I like the best. And I. I don't,

honestly, I mean, I don't, I mean I don't it's hard not to say raw just because I I feel like you're a raw head that's cool

I love this I'm a delirious I like delirious delirious was great I don't know something about raw just felt like it was like everything I wanted comedy to be yeah he was pissed

yeah it was great it was like and that's who kind of cause I I kind of have that I kind of have that like fuck you fuck this this is fucking insane what the fuck, because I kind of have that. I kind of have that like, fuck you.

Fuck this. This is fucking insane. What the fuck are we talking about? I like that. Like, that was always what I loved about comedy was it was like, look at this fucking chaos. I like that so much. That's why I liked Greg Giraldo and those guys and Patrice. And I liked all these guys that kind of had this sardonic, dark.

Yeah, he was great. I fucking loved him. And Patrice and that crew of guys that were kind of had this sardonic dark, yeah he was great I fucking loved him, and Patrice and that crew of guys that were kind of like fucking fuck this bullshit it was fun, it was what I kind of loved because I had a little teen angsty thing and you know, because my dad and all this bullshit

because my dad was in prison when I was a kid I didn't know that and I grew up with a single mother for a little while and my stepdad who was a great guy and changed our life. But I had all that teenage angst. So it was like it was hitting at the perfect time for me as a kid to be like Eddie Murphy Raw was perfect for that.

Like, fuck this bullshit. I love that idea. No pussy is worth, no pussy is worth, what did he say? No pussy is worth $150 million. No pussy. There's no pussy worth $150 million. And then you see Carson's wife in front of the National Choir like. Rob Markman, Jr.: Just the, oh man.

That guy, to be compared... Okay. To be looked, to look like this motherfucker so much, and why would I say motherfucker? To look like this person so much. Yeah. And to have similar sensibilities. I feel like even on SNL, it made it harder for me. You think it made it harder when you were on SNL?

Absolutely. Without a doubt. But do you think, well, I want to get to SNL stuff too, because I think, do you think it made it harder when you run absolutely without a doubt but do you think it well i want to get to snl stuff too because i think do you think because your your repertoire was deeper than most and i'm not saying anything about anybody else i'm just saying deeper than most hey it just is it just facts are facts yeah yeah like over 200 let's talk yeah it's deeper than almost everybody particularly people that you were working with when you were on the show. Do you think the pressure...

Well, do you think the pressure of that was... Facts. Do you think the pressure of that made it almost more difficult and more scrutinized because that was such a specialty where they were like, well, if Jay doesn't do this exactly how we think it should be, then it will be flushed, put aside, not written. You know what I mean?

Pushed away because the scrutiny is harder for those that are better. You're always going to do that. Look at athletes. You're going to criticize LeBron's last shot way more than a fucking someone off the bench. It's just the, it's just the way it goes. That's dope that you, that's dope that you, uh, you, you said LeBron, you know what I mean? And comparatively. Well, you know what I mean? No bullshit.

If you're one of the best at the thing. Look, absolutely. I've said that. I've said that. When you are so gifted and talented at that, at that yeah if it's if there's a slight like bro if it's 83 it's just not regarded as it's like oh okay cool well he did this other 100 why the fuck he didn't do this one at 83 bitch i have over 200 of these motherfuckers yeah so it's like you want me to master every single one it's impossible like fully like come on i'll get the essence of a person you know yeah and i would say being so talented in that space definitely made it harder for me in stand-up because it's because the impression is that is so great the joke has to be just as yeah just as good right yeah that's true that's true and it's like it is a lot of it's a lot of pressure in it there there does uh with the territory is a lot of scrutiny with the territory well yeah

because right you're right because like i said i think that's the toughest part about what you had to face in the tenure at SNL was because you were kind of the go-to or the one that did that thing better than anybody. Anybody, yeah. Well, then it was like, well, of course you're going to get more meticulously picked apart because that's what you do. Versus, let's just say I go on there and I do. You do Bill Burr. And I do, yeah. Oh, dude, fucking this guy, Jay Pharoah.

Love that guy. Fucking guys. Pharoah. Fucking Pharoah. Jay, his fucking beanie's hanging off his head. Like he's the fucking summer winter for this guy. How the fuck does this stay on? Yeah, yeah.

The fuck, is it glue? Is it gorilla glue? What is he doing? It's glued. It's doing? It's glued! It's glued! It's glued to the back of his head! Black people's hair doesn't hold up fetus! Yeah, but if I do that, if I go on and do something, right, it's gonna be laughed at.

Even though that, even though that shit will spot the fucker. It's pretty good, it's alright. It's pretty good, that one's good. But shit, it's- But I'm saying you didn't, you didn't have that luxury of that thing. So the pressure you felt like was harder because of it at SNL. Absolutely. It was a nightmare. And then

another pressure where you are writing actively, bro. Like I would write three sketches a week and it would get pulled. Who was head writer when you were there for the most part? At first it was Seth Myers. Yeah. And I love Who was head writer when you were there for the most part? At first it was Seth Meyers. Yeah.

And I love Seth. Love Seth to death. I love all the head writers, whatever. I'm just saying. Yeah, no, no, no. I felt like Seth really was trying to help me out because I was young. I was a kid. I was 22 when I got the show.

It's wild. I was a baby. I didn't know sketch for real. I had funny ideas, but I didn't know sketch for real i had funny ideas but i didn't know how to um articulate them in the best way yeah you know what i mean but did you get help from a writing team at all when you were there absolutely yeah like uh shout out to brian tucker brian tucker my guy also wrote uh at the chris rock show um uh john solomon uh andrew uh freaking John Solomon, Andrew, freaking Rob Klein. I was about to say Andrew.

We're not putting his Andrew in there. No. Fucking James Anderson and Kent Sublett. Like all of those guys, I feel like really were advocating for me at the time. Because they took what you were doing and they were like, we can package him and make this work. Yeah, yeah. I mean, and like, dude, I had like ADD is serious, bro. I got it.

You got it too. We've been doing it. This show has been a lot of ADD. Yeah, it has. But we have, you know what I like about it? Every topic that we have talked about, we have flushed it out. Yeah, we get the juice out of it. Absolutely.

But we have to go back because we both have the thing. Yeah, I call it the tree ADD where it starts here and it's a great place and then it breaks off, but I do go back to the tree and then I got to go back to another branch. I can't help it. Does it make you feel good when you forget something and then like five minutes later you're like yep oh yeah that's right that's what i was thinking yeah that happens to me constantly like a fucking accomplishment yeah yeah that's what acid flashback feels like for people do you coach yourself what do you mean

all right like like all right cool all right cool like for instance if i'm washing my clothes all right cool separate these put this in there turn it on heat do you section off my whole day otherwise I'll lose everything okay okay cause I talk to myself it's chaos I talk and coach myself

so I'm not crazy I speak to myself in the shower I'll be in the shower going here's what we have to do today and I'll have fucking the shower going, here's what we have to do today. And I'll fucking lay it out. And then my entire day will be predicated upon remembering what I said in the shower. Like, you had to do this, and you know you had to do this. And you said, and what did I, when I washed my ass, what did I say?

Oh, yeah, with the dog. Yeah, I do have to go do the thing with the dog. Oh, yeah. Dude, if I don't lay out exactly what I need to do during the course of the day, I'm... Fucked. I'm gone. I'm gone. And it's not due to laziness or apathy. It's because my mind is wandering. It's got all sorts of other... I'll start thinking about something and then I'll get lost in something.

Like, I'll think about something or get into a project or a thing and then I'll just... And I'll disappear. And I'll be like, oh shit, I forgot that. So if I don't set the standard of it, I'm fucked. How how is washing clothes for you do you have to sit there in the room you have to state you have first of all it's a fucking nightmare yeah absolutely well I delay it as much as I can because I know it's a big thing and then it shit is piling oh yeah dude I'm the fucking worst I was never good at that like I'm so bad at that shit i wait till one load is seven loads and then i'm like and then i have to then i start to get going where i'm like you know what it is when i have

to leave like if i have to go out of town like when i start you know i'm leaving in a day or whatever then it kicks into full gear we're like okay we got to do it i procrastinate like crazy absolutely yeah that's my it's like that's my biggest shortcoming is procrastination. And do you procrastinate because your mind splits and goes to other shit and you're doing other shit? Yeah, I'm thinking about it. I've got 50 other things. Yeah, 50 other things. And then I'll get back to it.

Also, I've tiered what's important, right? Like I've done that in my life now where I go, this is not that important. I will put this bitch off. Like I just know. Like I look at it, even though like a normal person would be like, well, you should. I'm like, I know, but fuck that shit. There's so. Like, I just know. Like, I look at it, even though, like, a normal person would be like, well, you should. I'm like, I know, but fuck that shit.

There's so many other things I care about. I'll get it. I will get it. You know what I mean? I will. And I do, but it takes me a minute. Like, you're on tour. I saw you're on tour the entire year, pretty much, until December.

You're moving. Yeah. You're moving. When the fuck am I going to shoot this special while I'm on a, I already know. When are you shooting? When are you doing a special? I mean, I have the material. I don't, I know where I want to shoot it, but I don't know when I'm shooting it.

You know what city you want to be in? I know what cities I want to be in. Can you, you want to tell me where you want to go or no? Either, it's either going to be Phoenix. Love Phoenix. Denver. Love Denver. That's where I did mine.

Love it. You did in Denver? I did in Denver at the Paramount. Yeah. Param. Love Phoenix. Denver. Love Denver. That's where I did mine. Love it. You did in Denver? I did in Denver at the Paramount. Yeah, Paramount. I love Denver. I mean, we have family there, so it means a lot to me. Colorado means a lot.

Denver means a lot. Phoenix is also fucking great. Phoenix is dope. But I find like, okay, I've narrowed it down to those couple of places and also L.A. just for like cost and production value. Because you're here yeah cause I'm here you're here like okay

you'll get a crew whatever we can shoot it but I find man now I feel like I have the

chuspa where I can shoot it wherever the fuck I want like I can shoot except for San Jose and uh fucking

San Antonio oh San Antonio you said yeah yeah San Jose you can do one of the Sands you pick one San Jose you might San Antonio. Oh, San Antonio, you said. Yeah, yeah. San Jose. You can do one of the Sands. You pick one.

San Jose, you might do fine. Have you been to San Jose? I don't think I've ever played the improv. You don't need to do it. You don't need to do it. Look, you my bro. I'm like, you don't need to do it. You don't like it.

It's not a... Okay. I like the people there. and I had an okay... It was okay for me. You did the improv? The San Jose improv? Yeah. My opener hated those motherfuckers. I thought they were cool, but they're just a little too cool.

Like, they don't laugh hard enough. Who's your opener, by the way? Do you take the same person all the time or no? Absolutely. A.J. Foster. A.J. Foster. Shout out to the Foster. He's from northern New York.

Upstate. Upstate New York. Oh, sorry. They say upstate up there. Well, I don't give a... They get all uppity about it. Well, you know... Upstate New York.

They're fucking... A lot of them... Not all of you, but a lot of y'all are weird and corny. So let's just say that. Because you know what that is? Because when somebody goes, where are you from? They say New York. And they go, oh, where? Like, you're from Brooklyn?'all are weird and corny. So let's just say that. You know what that is? Because when somebody goes, where are you from? They say, New York. And they go, oh, where? Like, you from Brooklyn?

And they go, no, no, I'm... The motherfuckers be like... Albany. You know, whatever. Have you noticed that the crowds out there are a little... weird? Upstate? Yes. Oh, yeah. Okay. I thought it was just me. No, I mean, I love it, but it's a different world.

You know what it is? it's a different world. You know what it is? It's because when you go to New York and you're in New York, New York is a thing. New York is its own unique, wonderful beast. Absolutely. And then you kind of, in your mind, you're like, well, I'm still in New York. Yeah. But you're not. Yeah, no.

You're way up there. You're way out. You're in a whole new world, man. You're in New York Mars. That's what the fuck you mean. Yeah, yeah. You're in New York Mars. Mars, it's got to be the shoes. You're in a whole new place when you're in new york mars that's what yeah yeah you're in new york mars mars it's got to

be the shoes you're in a whole new place when you get up there you're in like a it's a different world and and that's fine but i think you we've tricked ourselves as comics to think new york new york new york and then you go do it no that's not the same shit it's not the same how many cities are you doing on this new tour that you're doing now i don't even fucking know and 50 i mean it's a shitload i looked it was absurd it's it's gotta be at least it's 40 plus yeah it's insane yeah but you you too well i'm doing i'm doing me and bobby are doing a tour now for a couple months and then when i'm done in june i go to this charity event to go do this big charity event that i like to do and then i'm chilling well then i'm done but we're doing uh you're doing oh i'm doing burt

yeah but i'm only doing four with burt and you because you got you're on more than i am i think i think i'm on like seven or eight yeah i think i saw i'm only doing four shows because at the end of our tour i can loop it quickly back so i'm doing gorge uh washington and like northern california i'm doing everything on the west coast That's the only thing I could do And I told him I'll do those And then when I'm done dude

We're Adios for a little while I gotta go away I haven't been home In my home For real In 2023 For more than a week

Consistently Oh man Gone It's been You just wanna like Chill in your space I just I want some

I don't know I don't even know If it's here But I just want A piece of Respite I wanna like A little bit of leave me alone go away type of shit dude i usually i usually take one day for myself like i'm when i'm on the road yeah of course of course i'm here at the beginning of the week but during the weekends like i'm doing the fucking city whatever but i always used to have a day like i would just recharge for myself and that

has been eradicated so you got to get it back man like i gotta get it back you're gonna lose this man the brain goes away you start to you start to kind of lose but you know for people at home it's it's like it sounds like champagne problems it's like world's smallest violin it's like oh you're fucking killing it on the road big but you But you kind of don't get to be you sometimes. You don't get to just like chill in your element. And whatever your thing is like, what's the maximum Jay Pharoah, this is what I love the most, to chill out in my own world. What's your thing? Is it like cooking a meal by yourself?

Is it fucking getting high and watching a movie? What's your thing? Getting high and playing Call of Duty. Call of Duty, there it is. That's my shit. Getting high and playing Call of Duty. That's so simple there it is. That's my shit. Getting high and playing Call of Duty. That's so simple. No, no, that's perfect. That's what it needs to be.

It should be simple because it's all complex. You go into the airports and this and this and the show and the hotel and this and this and work with a feature and then it puts you on manager. The elements and the details, right? And then when you get home, you're like, I just want to get fucking lit up and play Call of Duty. I just want to chill. Because you need it to be easy. Yes.

Absolutely. Are you playing with fans ever on Call of Duty or no? No, I don't play with fans. I mean, there's a fake Jay Pharoah out there who's like- Masquerading as you? But he's on Xbox and I don't fuck with Xbox. So it's like, it's so funny because I'm like, I know that's not me because, bro, I hate Xbox, bro.

You're the PlayStation cat. I'm a PlayStation guy. Yeah. So what, there's Jay Pharoah that's over on Xbox. Listen up, Jay Farrell on Xbox. Better cool the fuck out before you find your IP and know where you are. Hey, look, you

do what the fuck you want to do, bro. If you feel good being somebody else, look, I got a lot of impressions. I know how it is, so impersonating me probably feel good. Yeah, that's pretty meta, though, right? You've done it your whole career and someone is impersonating you.

It's kind of meta, man. That's kind of inside. What's the one impression that always got you you couldn't do? What's the one that you were like, or you couldn't do? No, no, no.

I mean, couldn't do the way you wanted to do it. Stumped you, so to speak. What's the one where you're like, God damn, I really could never get a hold of it the way I wanted? Jesus. I don't know if there's's there hasn't been one that you've tried

that you were like i can't do it like because eventually i get it you're gonna get it eventually like i think at first it was p diddy but that was just more of a more of a like self-critical hurdle is that what it was yeah yeah were you like i needed this to be better and better and better right because he was so big, you know? But it's, yeah. But it's also like the people I really do impersonations of that are great are people that I'm fans of. Right. And if I'm not a fan of you, like, then it's not going to be as good.

Well, you're probably not not gonna really commit to it then Right Cause you're like I don't fucking like that So I had to Kinda Had to connect to the Diddy Juice And

Get And And Make the impression better Cause at first it was just It was It wasn't good It wasn't

Well I'm not putting you on the spot Cause I don't wanna do that But let me Let me say this If I could name If I could name Hip hop artists From our youth Right I just want to see if you even tried them before i'll try you know everybody that you're gonna say i guarantee you i probably you tried go ahead right

rock him oh wow no i threw the biggest curve like he's like he's because you said that i was like all right all right he got the spirit bomb, like the Kamehameha wave. You just fucking put it together, Goku. Oh, I had you, dude. Okay, I've never tried rock. I've never attempted it. Okay, what about Nas? Yeah.

Nas, you have. Nas, Nas, I got. Yeah, nasty. God, son. It's just regular. Like, you know what I mean? Nas feels like easy to you. Yeah. God, son. It's just regular. Like, it's... You know what I mean? Nas feels like easy to you. Yeah.

Yeah? Yeah. Who's the hardest hip-hop artist from our youth that was the hardest for you to get to? Probably Dr. Dre. Yeah, that's specific as fuck. You know what's so funny about that? Because people don't realize,

his voice is almost... And this is... I'm not being disrespectful. It's almost common in a weird way. Where you're like, it's almost- Sounds like a regular black dude. Right, it's so regular, you're like, it's not specific. It's not, it's not out there.

It's not like, oh, he does that thing. He doesn't have a thing. No. It's just a black dude talking. Yeah. He's, little mini me's with a bunch of little mini you's walking around your backyard swimming pool. Over 80 million records sold. And I ain't have to do with 10 over the 11 year olds.

Remember he said that shit? Yeah, dude. Yeah, fuck. What you say is what you say. And then Eminem came in. You got an Eminem impression. No, dude. Honestly, I was always impressed by that dude.

Because he was like superhuman. He was like Mandark off of fucking Dexter's Lab. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Remember Dexter's Lab? Yeah, he was like... He was superhuman. He was like Mandark off of fucking Dexter's Lab. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Remember Dexter's Lab? Yeah, he was. Remember Dexter's Lab? Yeah, yeah. Hey, look, just for the record, I wanted to smash the mom.

I thought she was always bad. Where's she at now? Can we get a hold of her, please? Erased? Yeah. I don't think it's not... I don't think it's wrong wanting to smash certain cartoon characters it's a cartoon man

yeah Jessica Rabbit she was well bro are you kidding me that was like they sexualized her so fucking much

it was so comical it was almost a part of the joke they were like look at how hot we can make this cartoon but you can't fuck her no you can't fuck her

yeah she's not real you're gonna love her you're gonna love every second of her but you can't fuck her oh the eyes the tongue all that shit of people. Oh, man.

Yeah. Yeah, she was. Actually, I'm trying to think of who was, like, who was my, like, who was your Hollywood fictional or real, as a person, like, crush when you were a kid? What was the first time you saw and you were like, oh, my God. Yo, when I saw, all right, cool. So, fake people people it was jasmine jasmine off aladdin oh my god yeah when i saw her i was like yo yeah like there shouldn't like

this shouldn't exist like this is so set why is this so sexy i bought a carpet i was like i'm gonna go buy a carpet i want to take her on a ride man i went to a persian carpet store persian rug store i had to go buy a carpet. I was like, in case I meet this chick, I got to be ready. Oh, man, I need these patterns. They have to. I have to get these patterns. I got to match the patterns from Aladdin.

Otherwise, she's not going to want to fly on this carpet with me. Yo. Aladdin. So Jasmine from Aladdin. What about real? What about real? Real people? Queen Latifah

was my first crush. That was your first crush? My first crush. Wow. To find out that she's not playing, you know, our side,

it's crazy. Just like Raven-Symoné, you know what I mean? It's like, there's no hope there. Switched it up. It'd be just like Doja Cat. Like,

I know that I can get, you can get with Doja Cat. No. No, no, no, no. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. No, no, no, no. No, yes know that I can get, you can get with Doja Cat. No. No, yes, you can. No, no, no, no, no. No, yes, you can. Yes, you can. She did an episode of Dave where they fake fall in love, and Dave wouldn't even let me meet her.

That was it. They didn't even let me meet her. He was afraid that I would leave my family for her. I know. He knew that you would. He knew that if you would have been next to Doge That's right Dave It would've been a fucking wrap It would've been over But why was

I don't know why Lil Dicky would Cop block But No no no No I get it Okay Cause he was trying to get it

Now he was in love He was in love Yeah He was in love But she likes She doesn't She doesn't like me She doesn't like you

She doesn't like No chocolate No She wants peanut butter vanilla She doesn't like She likes the She likes cookies and cream More than she likes just the Hershey regular

Yeah, but I'll take the cookies and my cream That's fine At least I have some cookies in there I'll take it I'm just letting you know Even in your redhead You probably have even A little bit of cookies

I got a little bit of cookies in there Yeah Redheads are cookies and cream They're ready It's just got a caramel swirl That's all that is, man. But if I ever do put on white face, I'm going after Doja Cat. Yo, let's get you in white face, bro.

Let's do it, bro. Eddie Murphy did it. I could do it, too. So bullshit. Yo, when you did White Famous When you did White Famous Oh, yeah What year was White Famous? White Famous Because you were on

Yeah, you were on You were on Showtime We were on Showtime with that show That I'm Dying Up Here show And I think we had shot Where did you shoot? You shot I'll pull this cord towards you, by the way

Oh, shit, okay Where'd you shoot? Where'd you shoot? It was Where did we shoot? We were in Burbank We were in We were in America Mile

You had it nice. Wait, where the fuck did you shoot? Because we were both Showtime employees. Absolutely. And we shot at the Culver Stages by the river. Bro, and you want to talk. And I was like, are there other Showtime shows here? And they're like, no, not really.

And I was like, why do we have to shoot here and they were like this is how it goes so we shot in these three stages down there by the river and i remember they had said to us like the first year we were down there they had said uh uh shameless season one shot there and i was like hell yeah that's cool season one yeah yeah but then you know then they got to shoot on location it was you know dope and beautiful and they got to move around then he shot some in chicago and i was like when do we get to move out and they're like you don't this is it because you guys were on the air at the same time and you guys were shooting you know all over the city and it was i mean it was just so our my experience

with showtime was not bad it was just different that we shot in this like grungy it was a it was weird stages we were like you know let's not talk about it stages i learned i learned from that show that at the end of the day and this i i hate to switch i hate to switch this shit but just but i have to say this own your own your product produce your your product. Sure. And have all the power over it. Because if there's other people that are involved, nine out of ten, if anything goes wrong, the show will go away like this. It's gone. There's nothing you can do.

Right. So after that show, I was like, yo, I don't want to do another show without being an actor, producer, director, and writer on the show. You want it all. Because you have to. Yeah. Because it is so important, especially when you have a show like that. If the producers don't like each other, it's not going to work out.

Oh, yeah. And there's 30 of them. There's 30 producers. You know, you're like, how many dudes are on this fucking run? And you can only do as much as you can as the artist and the actor. Sure. But you have to own it. Like, I look at Donald Glover.

I look at Issa Rae. I look at, what is the young? Quinta's done a great job with her show. That Abbott Elementary. Yeah, I'm fucking, the Abbott Elementary. Yeah'm fucking The Abbott Elementary Yeah Absolutely Cause she's

A writer executive Rooster and star of the show I mean I don't know if she directs I don't know But I mean that's another That's another example of like The rise of

Multi-faceted Talent owning people Absolutely Where it's like You know You want some more by the way You want some more songs Yeah yeah yeah

You know I'll put some more in there. I was like, I'm a little dry right here. We're talking a little shit. I don't even see the camera no more. But that is the big rise, right? That's the new rise of like, you have to do all the shit. Because if you don't do all the shit, you know, then you're right. There is a power struggle.

That I think people at home, it's not boring anybody, I hope, but it is a different world. They don't know all the different constituents, bro. People don't understand that there's so many people that are involved on the one thing that go down this line, and then that's who gets to make many of the decisions. So when somebody goes,

why did that show turn out that way? It's like, well, dude, there was 50 fucking people voicing their opinion about one thing, which imagine doing that go to your fucking friend group and say uh go to 50 of your you don't have 50 friends go to 10 of your friends at home and say yeah and say i want to go bowling tonight and see four of them go maybe i could go bowling and then three go fucking fucking bowling i don't want to bowl you know what i mean and then three of them go uh i

yeah i yeah no i want to bowl it's like you'll get so many mixed emotions trying to do one fucking thing it's it's so that's why i say and i've said this for years and years on this show uh i've never been not to not to kiss the ring that much, because who cares, but I've never been able to express to people how amazing it is to make an episode of TV like SNL does in a week. It's impossible. People don't understand. It's actually impossible.

It really is. So when somebody's like, I don't like it, or that sucks, and it's like, okay, man, fine. Also, it's fucking impossible. Because when we shoot Dave or scripted television, it takes so long and it's so much work to make it even happen i i'm i'm always impressed i'm always impressed because i'm like dude this thing shouldn't be what you see shouldn't be truly it's it's impossible to make a fucking a live television show in four days, five days. You're working at a job where, first of all,

you have to audition for your job every week. What a fucking nightmare. Bro. Like, I have so many weeks off a day where I'm like, dude, I'm mailing it in. Where I'm like, I've got a few lines in this episode, I can chill the fuck out. You gotta audition for your job every week,

and you have to prove yourself every week that you're funny. You're only as good as the last show that you've done. And if you weren't in the show, then you ain't shit. That's fucking hard. That's tough. It's crazy. I guess that's the charm of it.

A little bit. But at the same time, it's super arduous for people to go through that type of ring. It's just, it's fucking crazy. It's endless, right? And you're making, and like you're saying, you're creating a show from scratch every week. It's not like there have been scripts that have been written months, years before. Right, right. It's just every fucking week it's

some new shit new shit and if it doesn't connect to the uh the consciousness of the public then they have a fucking problem with it and they think they know every single detail of it i'm like yo i will watch people critique the show and i'm, you have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Yeah, it's almost like when you see them, when you hear them critiquing, you're like, you're critiquing the wrong thing, man. You're like, I have some critiques, but it's not the thing you're talking about. Absolutely. Because you're lost in this other, you know,

this other space of like, you know what I didn't like? You're like, well, I won. I would have done it, you know, if I was on the show, I would have done it like this, but here's the thing. By the way, you know what you just did? What? That's the Eddie Murphy white guy voice.

Is it? Identical. It's identical. Really? You know, the banana on the tailpipe. Such a fuck. Such a, such a, yeah, you're right. That's it.

That's it. That's exactly what he used to do. What do you put a banana on the tailpipe? Yo, when you grow up watching motherfuckers, they just become part of your fucking nucleus. Yeah, but that's amazing, because every time that white dude voiced it, he did. Oh, watch out, you put a banana on the tailpipe, Billy. Yes, we'll have lunch.

Let's have lunch. Yeah, that's it. That's it. Give me your white guy that isn't that guy that actually sounds like me. Just like a regular-ass white guy from... I would say probably John Mulaney. I would say probably John Mulaney. I would say.

John Mulaney sounds like 95% of the white folks to me. I'm just joking, but... Oh, yeah? But yeah. Yeah, but yeah. There's like a... It was like a, okay, this is a generic voice. He does have that voice.

It's him. But it's very direct. It's that, that, that that voice. It's him. But it's very direct. It's that, that, that, that. It's almost John Lovitz. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Yeah, because Lovitz had that. Yeah, that thing.

The pockets are different. Yeah, the pockets are different. That's what you find, right? You find little pockets when you're discovering a new impression. Yep. When you do it, when you find someone new when you're discovering a new impression Yep, when you when you do it When you find someone new that you want to do or you find someone that you like that you hit that you're like I got it. Is it kind of like that little moment of clarity? Is it is it like the oh shit? I found it like do you have like a little moment or is it just a slow build?

Um when there are people that I've been trying to crack for Months or whatever. Yeah, and I said, eventually I end up cracking it. But when I do crack that person or I get that, whatever the fuck they get, I'm like, ooh, that's it. Yeah, you feel it. It's like a little glitter. Yeah, a little bit of glitter. Like when you do it live on stage.

Oh, fuck. It's so different. It's so different live on stage and it probably would be on a television show or anything because like i'm i'm in the character yeah you live in it i can i can literally be there i mean of course there have been television shows that have showcased uh that total submerge into a different character total possession I would say Steve Harvey did a great job at that I would say some Ellen shows I've done have been great at that yeah but a lot of them they're probably 90% of what mmm 85% yeah especially if you want me to do them quick quick quick

quick yeah snap it out Right because you have to tune into something in your brain You have to disappear into it It's tough it's wild It's a blessing dude It's a great ability Amazing talent that you've cultivated And then from natural instincts and blessings

You've like You've tuned into it you've honed in on it You've worked to be able to access it which is it's almost impossible it's so strange like almost no one can do that kind of stuff people people can't even people can't do an impression of themselves no if you were like do yourself how do you sound what do you do during the day yo i want i can't wait for the person to like crack, like really crack Jay Pharoah and do me. It's not hard, but it's like nobody picks it up because I only use my, I use my home voice probably 50% of the time.

My home voice is so funny. You should do a show called My Home Voice. The moment you leave the house, you're someone else. But at home, we just get you, but the moment you walk out of that door, you become whatever it is

you become. It's Will Smith until I pretty much get to the normal guy, which is, God dang, Santino, can I do this shit right now?

Yeah, that. Hey, bro. That. Like, this is how I really sound. Yeah, that. Yeah, but the Will Smith just It's always in the back of your mind Always

Cause people Cause people always would People always say that You sound like him without trying And I'm like Really? Yeah I know what that means I know what that means

I get it but Yeah Like it's there It's still It's like it's It's like Will Smith undertone There's like undertones of the Of the Will Smith I think it's just I think it's still, it's like Will Smith undertoned. There's like undertones of the Will Smith. I think it's just being articulate.

Sure, the way you speak is, yeah, it has a similar cadence. There's similar like inflection that you do that's like him. And you do smack around people that talk about your fucking wife. Yeah, special people, yeah. Smack special people. That's what he did he smacked it smack somebody on the spectrum yeah it was kind of wild to watch uh rock special i watched the on the plane on the way back from australia i watched selective outrage that's what it was right did you

like it you know what's interesting it's like and of course i i i deflect because it's the answer isn't immediately yes right like i mean i want to pick your brain well well i deflect because it's the answer isn't immediately yes right like i mean i want to pick your brain well well truthfully like it's easy to be like yeah i like that but but but i liked a lot about it because i love rock but what to me was ironic and i mean i'm probably wrong and he'd probably be like you don't know what you're fucking talking about was i feel like when he touched on the will thing that obviously people were wanting to hear about it just didn't feel like he was all the way there in a weird way i was like i thought you would not like i wanted some great bit about it but i thought he would have a different uh he would go

in more yeah a viewpoint that i didn't think about or feel about you know what i mean like i'm not saying the joke writing was phenomenal. It's a great special. I just was like, I thought I was going to uncover something with him on that special about that moment that dynamically will change his life for the rest of time. I mean, it'd be like Hannibal not talking about Cosby ever again. And you know what I mean? It's like, it's unfortunate that your attachment is to that forever, but it's a fact of life.

The fact of comedy is like... I mean, maybe Chris Rock already felt that Marlon Wayans touched on it enough. He didn't need to talk about it. Marlon did a whole hour on the smack and how it was significant to him. But it was a fun special. No, it was significant to him. But it was a fun special. No, it was a good special.

I just, there was something, I guess, that my anticipation was built up being like, I wonder what the fuck he wants to say about that. And he didn't fulfill your smack wounds. Yeah, in a selfish manner. It was bullshit. It was my own, like, I really wanted to hear so much about it.

But then him talking about his daughters and his personal life, that version was great anyway. So, like, the special was still great. But, you know, don't smack people. Don't smack special people. Also, punch them if you're going to punch. If you're going to hit somebody, punch them.

Don't fucking smack them. Yeah, but don't punch or smack a special person. This man has literally talked about how he's on the spectrum. And that being said, ladies and gentlemen, don't you smack or punch any comedian that you see. And if you're going to go see a comedian, go see Jay Pharoah, who is on tour as we speak. He's got a million dates.

You can go look at all of the 50 cities he's going to or whatever. And who has been attacked on stage. Who has been attacked on stage. And it won't happen again. And it won't be fucking happening again. What's your website? Is it just jfarrell.com? It's jfarrellworld.com. jfarrellworld.com.

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