November 5, 2024 • 21 mins
Comedian Earthquake talks with Nick about his 30 year standup career
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
You speaking that that should not have made it to
the rest of the time.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Thoughts Jack Jack, We're live, baby, welcome back to you
inside Thoughts gonna get a wood. We're so excited. That's Ams.
She's super excited that I'm doing this podcast yelling in
the apartment. I got a super cool interview for you
at the end of the podcast. Legendary comedian Earthquake. Got
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to talk to him a while back. He's super cool,
So I got that for you at the end of
the podcast. How you doing, You're doing good. Everybody. Everybody
got to get up to go to work tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
It's it's okay. So if you've been following along, you
saw I got caught up in the iheartwlayoffs, and it's fine.
You know, it's part of the business. I do have
to say, though, it was kind of funny how I
got let go. I was like, you know, whenever wayofs
happen in radio, everybody is like they're they're writing articles
(01:15):
about it, and people find out and start texting around
to like, you know, figure out what's going on, that
type of stuff. So unfortunately, you know, one of my
friends in Cleveland got laid off, and he was posting
a video on social about it. He was like, yeah,
you know, he just found out that they're letting me go.
You know, it stinks. Part of the business. Blah blah blah.
(01:38):
Wish everybody well. And as soon as I got to
the end of his video, one of the big bosses
from Charlotte walks in and I laughed. I go, oh,
come on really, and he goes, yeah, I'm sorry. It
felt like Joe Peshy and Goodfellas, you know, when he
thinks he's getting made and he walks into the room.
Those two guys are staying behind him in the rooms empty.
(01:58):
He just goes, oh, no oh, and then they shoot
them in the back of the head. That's what it
felt like. But it's fine, it's part of it's part
of what happens. I I appreciate everybody reaching out and
you know, saying nice things. I do have a problem though,
with everybody the way they're treating me like. I understand,
losing the job is is tough, but y'all got to
(02:20):
stop treating me like I have a terminal disease. Man.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Everybody's like, it's gonna be okay, It's gonna be all right,
now you can make it. Just keep fighting. It's gonna
be better. I don't have cancer. I know I'm bald,
but like I just lost the job. It's gonna be fun.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
And you know they're they're still gonna be paying me
for a little bit, hopefully. That's I'm waiting for that call. Well, actually, uh,
there's something that happens. We're not gonna give you anybody. No,
it's fine that it's part of the business. They give
you the little severance package and they're like, hey, thank
you for your service. Get out of here. You know,
we'll see you back around. It's not as glamorous as
(02:56):
an NFL head coach getting fired, though, well it's getting
fired and having a big contract gotta be the best
way to go out. Like those NFL coaches every time
they get fired, everybody's like, he couldn't get the job done.
He stinks, he's terrible, and he walks off smiling. You
want to know why. He's just got twenty MILLI in
the bank that was guaranteed to him. Now I'm not
in that position, but you know, it's fine. It's just
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you know, it is what it is. I will say this.
I appreciate all of you reaching out, but I'm a
little I don't know how to feel about this. Because
I put a post out saying I got fired. Everybody
liked it, everybody commented. I put a post out about
stand up or some content that I'm trying to do.
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Five likes, ten likes. Nobody cares. Fake man, y'all just
like to see the downfall. Huh. You only like to
come around when it's bad.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
You're like, oh, I'm so sorry. You know that support
me when I had a job. I'm just kidding. I'm
just yelling that that's gonna be real loud in your speakers,
So I apologize. It's all jokes, just a little ampt
up ames. You just said to change change. Yeah, that
(04:12):
was a perfect impression of what you sound like. Anyway,
the election's about to be over tonight, Thank god. I'm
so tired of seeing political ads. But I will say this,
you're allowed to have your own opinion on the election.
Hey gee, thanks Nick for letting us think we can
have our own opinion. No, you can have your own opinion,
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but stop wearing the hats of whatever candidate you likee
You guys look like dorks. Well, I'm gonna walk around
my Trump head. I'm gonna walk around with my Kamala head.
I'm so cool. No, you need a wedgie. And what's
even worse is I saw this picture online of like
these group are little kids that could have been more
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than like eleven twelve years old, and they were wearing
the hats saying my team whoever? And I'm like the
parents got to be smacked a little bit, you know
what I mean. Like, the coolest part about being a
kid is you don't have to care about the world's problems.
That's what being a kid like. You got to teach
your kids about the problems of the world, you know,
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to protect them a little bit, but you don't actively
bring them in to the situation where it's their problem, right.
I just like I don't understand going like, it's fine
if you want your kids, you know, to be on
your team or whatever, but you're gonna go buy them
a hat and be like, Okay, we're gonna go to
the rally and we're gonna be super You're being dorks, man.
(05:39):
What happened to like wearing sports teams hats and getting
hyped up about that? We used to have arguments about
stupid things in this country, and it was awesome. Remember,
like the early twenty tens was that way, two thousands
it was Team Edward versus Team who was it, Jacob? Yeah,
Team Edward verus Team j That's the kind of stuff
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we used to argue about. Those people are cooler than you,
guys wearing your political hats. Well, I have deep Trump,
I have tep Cabala your team. You need a wedgie,
that's what you want. Camelo, My bad, Kamalo. Sorry, I
didn't mean. I'm just saying, like, can we just get
back to arguing about stuff that didn't matter? No, because
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the other side made us not do that. I get that, man.
But at the end of the day, somebody's making a
whole bunch of money off of it, and it's not you.
That's all I'm gonna say, And we'll talk about something happier,
though a little more upbeat. It was Halloween. What last Thursday?
(06:46):
I don't know. It felt like it was Halloween for
two weeks. We celebrated the weekend before Halloween, we celebrated
on Halloween, and the weekend after that was too much Halloween.
But I was reading this thing while I was just
scrolling around. That said people with the sweet tooth also
have a sweetheart. Games, isn't that nice? Sweetest hop she said?
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She must have the biggest sweetest heart. Research is shown
that a preference for sweet foods is associated with trait agreeableness,
which coincides with terms sometimes used to describe kind and
nice people, as well as people we love in some
cultures sweet, sweetie, honey. The study found that agreeableness was
significantly and positively correlated with the two different measures of
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sweet taste preferences. Particularly, people who like sweet foods are
more likely to sympathize with others feelings, take time out
for others, and have a soft heart and so on.
So if you like sweets, you don't have diabetes. You
have a sweetheart. You're gonna have heart problems later, but
you have a sweetheart. Are you like a sweet person
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if you like sweets? Because you know you're content, you
got the sugar rush your hat, You're willing to listen
to what people got going on? Or do you just
agree to put anything in your mouth? Is that what
you're doing?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
You're just like, oh yeah, roseless snickers. Yeah, I'm also
agreeable one of your dogs? Was that too far?
Speaker 2 (08:22):
I'm sorry, all right, this is gonna be a relatively
quick podcast. I gotta get out of here and go
to go to stand up. So let's get to your
headline of the week. That was? That was not the
headline it was. It was a nice headline, but it was.
It is not the right one. Where where is it?
Where is it? Pigs covering their food? Up? Pig, I'm
(08:42):
not stealing it, man, don't care, all right your headline
of the week. Doom scrollers are more likely to be
celebrity worshipers. Researchers found the college students who frequently engage
in doom scrolling a tendency to scroll through negative social
media content. We're also more likely to exhibit levels of
celebrity worship. Additionally, both doom scrolling and celebrity worship are
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associated with negative psychological outcomes, including hire, future anxiety, and
reduced well being. Yeah you want to know why, because
if you don't have any discipline to get off social
media whenever it's making you sad or angry, you're a
dumb person. So yeah, you're gonna believe whatever Joe Rogan
or Cardi B Things like Oh yeah, no, no, no,
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whatever they say, I believe it too. Matter of fact,
I'm gonna go get me a hat. I'm gonna put
it on. I'll be super cool, super cool. Yeah. So
just look, don't listen to what famous people say. Have
your own opinions, and uh, get off the phone. If
it's making you said, it's not that hard aims. You
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got a British word of the week. Oh I'm sorry.
All right, Well how about this just just be British
in the microphone real quick? That was perfect, nailed it.
They're so British. All right, let's get into this interview
with a legendary comedian Earthquake. What's going on? Earthquake?
Speaker 1 (10:03):
How you doing, brother? How you doing?
Speaker 2 (10:05):
How you doing? God?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
It's great. The Commanders we in there.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Commander's looking good, man, Jadon Daniels is looking like he's
something special.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
How you feel about that?
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Oh? Man, he is special? Come on, man, he was
Stevie Wonder because see he just play.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
I was like, I was kind of mad last week
because I'm a Browns fan, So I was watching the
Commanders whop up on the Browns, just thinking, man, how
nice would it be to actually have a good quarterback.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
That's that's all I was saying. So I'm happy for you.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Well, y'all had a good quarterback who he got too
many massageants.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Hey run the town out of it.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Man.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
He went to got too many messages and he got
a deep tissue that turned him into a scrub and
rubbed his game.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Out, rubbed his game on two out. Yeah that's crazy, bro.
But yeah, I'm happy for Commanders fans because you'all been through.
But I want to I want to talk about you
coming to Raleigh. You got four shows October twenty fifth
and twenty sixth to a night you're gonna be at
the Raleigh Improv.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
What's an earthquake show? For people who don't.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Know, Well, if they don't know, they need to get
out more often. But everybody knows one hundred percent. No
by product, just a straight up eating this show. Oh
eating it. You know what I'm saying, laughing? Can you
see your face? Something to do? Good time jokes keep
coming at you. And I'm getting ready for my next
(11:37):
next slick special. So you're going to get to see
some good stuff.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
That's what's up, man. So gearing up for a new special.
People get to see the new stuff. I want to
talk about your last special little bit because it was
hilarious and I just wanted to kind of ask because
you're legendary, but in the stand up space your legendary,
I feel like there's a disconnect some I'm we're in
the twenty tens of like people who were really good
(12:04):
in the nineties and two thousands not getting their due
like in current day streaming services. What was it like
actually getting on Netflix and being like, oh, now people
finally know how good I am or everybody knows how
good I am?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Was that like a thought or no.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Hey, well, I mean always a thought. But you know,
I tell people all the time, all the great comedians
that people call great, and only things separate them from
the people that's only great in the club is these
people got an opportunity and got a chance to cash
in on it. And that's what happened. Dave Chapelle called
me and said, I want to produce your special and
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I knew from then on that this was going to
be the biggest break in my career.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
That's awesome, man.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
That had to feel good, Like if you got done
doing it, you're like, Okay, I'm set now.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Well, yes it was. When it first happened, I thought
it was a prank caller. Really yeah, I thought they
was having to prank me. Man, come on off the blue.
They said, Dave Skarb want to hang your number? And
then he called me and said, man, you know, I
know you've been knowing each other for twenty years. I
want to produce your special. They stopped playing with me.
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I thought there was somebody franking me, but it really
was him.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
That's awesome, man.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
So you got the Nuts Network special done, You got
a new one coming out. You got your back is
Uncle Mike on Everybody still hates Chris on Comedy Central.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Yes, well, what's it? What's it like doing voiceovers?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
I know you've done it a little bit, but what's
the difference between live action and doing voiceovers?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
You still acting acting?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
But see what boss, and you get to read the
lines right there. You don't have to remember him.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Oh you know what I mean? Yeah, better deal.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Just read them off the thing, off the teller process,
you know what I mean. So that's beautiful. You ain't
got to rehearse something. Matter of fact, I lost a
job one time like that, you know what I mean?
So because I said, let me let it, just do
it off the top of my head. But it really
was like a real table read, and I had read
the thing off of it. They gave me the booty boot.
(14:04):
I'm like, hey, I didn't know who was coming. I
thought he was coming in because you wanted to be fresh,
you know, regurgitated and keep on going as you practiced it.
But it was actually I hadn't read the script or nothing.
So they time I got back to my car, my
manager called me said, they said they don't need your
services no more.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
That's crazy, because yeah, like you don't want the magic
to be gone. If you're doing a table read, you
want to see if something else pops up while you're
reading it. Then everybody shows up with their scripts ready
to go. You're like, oh, y'all were ready ready? Okay,
I got.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
You, Yeah they ready ready. You know what I mean.
I'm like, oh, no, I thought we were just being
here playing around. I'm ready, ready ready. They got to
show the pads on and everything. I got my shorts on,
so we were just doing a walk boot.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Yeah I'm not doing full pads.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Yeah, you know what I mean? Like, man, I just
hate right.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
That's awesome man.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Now you you also have radio show on Serious, Quake's House.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
You've been in radio.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
First of all, congratuations for getting to go to Sirious
out of terrestrial at the right time. But how's it feel? Yeah,
how's it feel going from terrestrial radio to just being
able to do whatever you want on Serious? Now?
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Well, the money is better on terrestrial than it is satellite,
so I mean I missed that part of it, But
the freedom to say what you want to say is great.
Shout up to my boy Kevin Hart. You know, he
has his own channel and he made me his flagship show,
and we in our seventh season being number number one
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on Serious. So we're having a great time. It's called
Quake House. It's like the View with jokes. I bring
comedians every day, different comedians every day, and we talk
about hot copies and everything and from a comedic standpoint.
So it's a great show. So when you're driving whatevy
is just to laugh all the way home. Shout out
to all the truck drivers that you know loved to
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hear on the road.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Yeah, I was I was cracking up because I was
watching your interview you did on the Breakfast club talking
about terrestrial radio, and you go, man, it's a cutthrow business.
You walk in and you didn't get invited to the meeting.
You know, somebody got fired. It's like yo, oh you.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Know what when they had them unscheduled meeting, I means
somebody get knack.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Uh. So now every quarter you just wait for that
email like am I safe from my getting the early
morning one on one meeting?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
And I'm like, okay, I'm safe. I'm safe.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, a person down the glass and they un get
traffic in sales.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Right, yeah, where that goes?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Man? But hey, I want to know, because you've done
so much in your career. Uh, you know, comic view,
def Jam TV shows, you own your own comedy club,
you've been on Netflix. What is like left that keeps
you going? Like?
Speaker 3 (16:57):
What what do you want to accomplish? Or you just
have fun going out every night and seeing people.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Well I love stand up, it's the fame. I love
that more than anything. But I'm looking forward to having
my own TV show, you know what I mean. That's
what I really want to do, have my own TV
show or you more movies, those type of things. So
that's what I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
I got you.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
I got you so uh, you know real quick because
I grew up in Atlanta and I know you started
the Uptown Comedy Club.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
In uh Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Have you been to the new one since it moved,
uh down near the airport.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, a good friend of my owners name of site.
I try to support that club and the all black
comedy clubs. That's truly, because it's very few of them
in the country. Though we're the number one selling ticket
sellers black comedian, we had very few, you know, our
own comedy club. And you know it's you, you know,
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as you black are the best consumers, but very few
the people that own the things that's being consumed. So
I try to support it because I know how important
it is for people, for especially black comedy club own
us see us come back and to the show that
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we still come back and support that club so the
patients could come by and keep on coming through and
paying homage to these clubs, and it's very important. So yeah,
I go to the Uptown Comedy comb as much as
I can.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
That's what's up, man, Yeah, I was. I talked to
Nate Jackson. What's his comedy club up in Tacoma? The
very funny comedy club.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Yeah, he told me the same thing because I didn't
know that. Because he was telling me the same thing.
He goes, the best comedians of all time are black,
but there's only two black owned comedy clubs, and he
was kind of framing it to me like that. I
was like, Yeah, that's that's why I didn't even think
about that.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Yeah, I mean, we tell more tickets than any period
black comedy club black comedian, but we don't own any
comedy clubs but two in the country, and so it's
kind of disturbing, to be quite honest with you.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yeah, well, I'm glad that there's more ownership heading that
direction with you and Nate Jackson doing that.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Yeah, Mike Episodes open, you open one in Detroit. So
I think comedians senses ourselves understand it, and we're partnering
up with other people open up other clubs so we
can get a future comedian, especially black comedian, somewhere to
perform at.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
I got you. Well, that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Do you I know you don't have too much time,
but do you have anything else you want to promote
for I'll let you get out of here.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
I don't want to take out too much.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Oh yeah, man, make sure that you come and get
my tickets. Probably North Carolina. I know right now, y'all
don't want to see the Panther. Come on back home
to the aka old Redskins down commanders. You know the Panthers.
They play like they don't then practice. You know what
I mean. You gott an owner down there, change his
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coach like and changes underwear. Y'all ain't got no future.
Come on over here and be with us, be with
the winner. Come back home, come back home. And if
you want free tickets to come see me, just follow
me on my Instagram at the real Earthquakes Loud in
the DM say you heard the funniest show right here
on radio right now with me, you be talking and
I got some free tickets for you. Brother. I want
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you to stay safe. And also, please please please North
Carolina vote and vote for Kamala Harris. We need a
black woman to make sure this stay. If we win
North Carolina, we can win the White House. So please
vote please. That's all the things I want to promote.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
That's what I'm talking about. Earthquake. I appreciate you. It
was like so cool getting to talk to you. Man,
Thank you, and go murder when you come to Raleigh.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Okay, all right, will Man, and thank you for having
me on your show. God bless you, brother, and stay safe.
Vote for calling on urans Man. Vote y'all, y'all, bless y'all.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I'm not all right, brother, have a good one.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Brother.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Thanks for Go money for Go, money for Go, Money
for Go money
You speaking that that should not have made it to
the rest of the time.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Thoughts Jack Jack, We're live, baby, welcome back to you
inside Thoughts gonna get a wood. We're so excited. That's Ams.
She's super excited that I'm doing this podcast yelling in
the apartment. I got a super cool interview for you
at the end of the podcast. Legendary comedian Earthquake. Got
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to talk to him a while back. He's super cool,
So I got that for you at the end of
the podcast. How you doing, You're doing good. Everybody. Everybody
got to get up to go to work tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
It's it's okay. So if you've been following along, you
saw I got caught up in the iheartwlayoffs, and it's fine.
You know, it's part of the business. I do have
to say, though, it was kind of funny how I
got let go. I was like, you know, whenever wayofs
happen in radio, everybody is like they're they're writing articles
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about it, and people find out and start texting around
to like, you know, figure out what's going on, that
type of stuff. So unfortunately, you know, one of my
friends in Cleveland got laid off, and he was posting
a video on social about it. He was like, yeah,
you know, he just found out that they're letting me go.
You know, it stinks. Part of the business. Blah blah blah.
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Wish everybody well. And as soon as I got to
the end of his video, one of the big bosses
from Charlotte walks in and I laughed. I go, oh,
come on really, and he goes, yeah, I'm sorry. It
felt like Joe Peshy and Goodfellas, you know, when he
thinks he's getting made and he walks into the room.
Those two guys are staying behind him in the rooms empty.
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He just goes, oh, no oh, and then they shoot
them in the back of the head. That's what it
felt like. But it's fine, it's part of it's part
of what happens. I I appreciate everybody reaching out and
you know, saying nice things. I do have a problem though,
with everybody the way they're treating me like. I understand,
losing the job is is tough, but y'all got to
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stop treating me like I have a terminal disease. Man.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Everybody's like, it's gonna be okay, It's gonna be all right,
now you can make it. Just keep fighting. It's gonna
be better. I don't have cancer. I know I'm bald,
but like I just lost the job. It's gonna be fun.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
And you know they're they're still gonna be paying me
for a little bit, hopefully. That's I'm waiting for that call. Well, actually, uh,
there's something that happens. We're not gonna give you anybody. No,
it's fine that it's part of the business. They give
you the little severance package and they're like, hey, thank
you for your service. Get out of here. You know,
we'll see you back around. It's not as glamorous as
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an NFL head coach getting fired, though, well it's getting
fired and having a big contract gotta be the best
way to go out. Like those NFL coaches every time
they get fired, everybody's like, he couldn't get the job done.
He stinks, he's terrible, and he walks off smiling. You
want to know why. He's just got twenty MILLI in
the bank that was guaranteed to him. Now I'm not
in that position, but you know, it's fine. It's just
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you know, it is what it is. I will say this.
I appreciate all of you reaching out, but I'm a
little I don't know how to feel about this. Because
I put a post out saying I got fired. Everybody
liked it, everybody commented. I put a post out about
stand up or some content that I'm trying to do.
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Five likes, ten likes. Nobody cares. Fake man, y'all just
like to see the downfall. Huh. You only like to
come around when it's bad.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
You're like, oh, I'm so sorry. You know that support
me when I had a job. I'm just kidding. I'm
just yelling that that's gonna be real loud in your speakers,
So I apologize. It's all jokes, just a little ampt
up ames. You just said to change change. Yeah, that
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was a perfect impression of what you sound like. Anyway,
the election's about to be over tonight, Thank god. I'm
so tired of seeing political ads. But I will say this,
you're allowed to have your own opinion on the election.
Hey gee, thanks Nick for letting us think we can
have our own opinion. No, you can have your own opinion,
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but stop wearing the hats of whatever candidate you likee
You guys look like dorks. Well, I'm gonna walk around
my Trump head. I'm gonna walk around with my Kamala head.
I'm so cool. No, you need a wedgie. And what's
even worse is I saw this picture online of like
these group are little kids that could have been more
(04:54):
than like eleven twelve years old, and they were wearing
the hats saying my team whoever? And I'm like the
parents got to be smacked a little bit, you know
what I mean. Like, the coolest part about being a
kid is you don't have to care about the world's problems.
That's what being a kid like. You got to teach
your kids about the problems of the world, you know,
(05:16):
to protect them a little bit, but you don't actively
bring them in to the situation where it's their problem, right.
I just like I don't understand going like, it's fine
if you want your kids, you know, to be on
your team or whatever, but you're gonna go buy them
a hat and be like, Okay, we're gonna go to
the rally and we're gonna be super You're being dorks, man.
(05:39):
What happened to like wearing sports teams hats and getting
hyped up about that? We used to have arguments about
stupid things in this country, and it was awesome. Remember,
like the early twenty tens was that way, two thousands
it was Team Edward versus Team who was it, Jacob? Yeah,
Team Edward verus Team j That's the kind of stuff
(06:01):
we used to argue about. Those people are cooler than you,
guys wearing your political hats. Well, I have deep Trump,
I have tep Cabala your team. You need a wedgie,
that's what you want. Camelo, My bad, Kamalo. Sorry, I
didn't mean. I'm just saying, like, can we just get
back to arguing about stuff that didn't matter? No, because
(06:25):
the other side made us not do that. I get that, man.
But at the end of the day, somebody's making a
whole bunch of money off of it, and it's not you.
That's all I'm gonna say, And we'll talk about something happier,
though a little more upbeat. It was Halloween. What last Thursday?
(06:46):
I don't know. It felt like it was Halloween for
two weeks. We celebrated the weekend before Halloween, we celebrated
on Halloween, and the weekend after that was too much Halloween.
But I was reading this thing while I was just
scrolling around. That said people with the sweet tooth also
have a sweetheart. Games, isn't that nice? Sweetest hop she said?
(07:10):
She must have the biggest sweetest heart. Research is shown
that a preference for sweet foods is associated with trait agreeableness,
which coincides with terms sometimes used to describe kind and
nice people, as well as people we love in some
cultures sweet, sweetie, honey. The study found that agreeableness was
significantly and positively correlated with the two different measures of
(07:32):
sweet taste preferences. Particularly, people who like sweet foods are
more likely to sympathize with others feelings, take time out
for others, and have a soft heart and so on.
So if you like sweets, you don't have diabetes. You
have a sweetheart. You're gonna have heart problems later, but
you have a sweetheart. Are you like a sweet person
(07:54):
if you like sweets? Because you know you're content, you
got the sugar rush your hat, You're willing to listen
to what people got going on? Or do you just
agree to put anything in your mouth? Is that what
you're doing?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
You're just like, oh yeah, roseless snickers. Yeah, I'm also
agreeable one of your dogs? Was that too far?
Speaker 2 (08:22):
I'm sorry, all right, this is gonna be a relatively
quick podcast. I gotta get out of here and go
to go to stand up. So let's get to your
headline of the week. That was? That was not the
headline it was. It was a nice headline, but it was.
It is not the right one. Where where is it?
Where is it? Pigs covering their food? Up? Pig, I'm
(08:42):
not stealing it, man, don't care, all right your headline
of the week. Doom scrollers are more likely to be
celebrity worshipers. Researchers found the college students who frequently engage
in doom scrolling a tendency to scroll through negative social
media content. We're also more likely to exhibit levels of
celebrity worship. Additionally, both doom scrolling and celebrity worship are
(09:04):
associated with negative psychological outcomes, including hire, future anxiety, and
reduced well being. Yeah you want to know why, because
if you don't have any discipline to get off social
media whenever it's making you sad or angry, you're a
dumb person. So yeah, you're gonna believe whatever Joe Rogan
or Cardi B Things like Oh yeah, no, no, no,
(09:25):
whatever they say, I believe it too. Matter of fact,
I'm gonna go get me a hat. I'm gonna put
it on. I'll be super cool, super cool. Yeah. So
just look, don't listen to what famous people say. Have
your own opinions, and uh, get off the phone. If
it's making you said, it's not that hard aims. You
(09:46):
got a British word of the week. Oh I'm sorry.
All right, Well how about this just just be British
in the microphone real quick? That was perfect, nailed it.
They're so British. All right, let's get into this interview
with a legendary comedian Earthquake. What's going on? Earthquake?
Speaker 1 (10:03):
How you doing, brother? How you doing?
Speaker 2 (10:05):
How you doing? God?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
It's great. The Commanders we in there.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Commander's looking good, man, Jadon Daniels is looking like he's
something special.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
How you feel about that?
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Oh? Man, he is special? Come on, man, he was
Stevie Wonder because see he just play.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
I was like, I was kind of mad last week
because I'm a Browns fan, So I was watching the
Commanders whop up on the Browns, just thinking, man, how
nice would it be to actually have a good quarterback.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
That's that's all I was saying. So I'm happy for you.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Well, y'all had a good quarterback who he got too
many massageants.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Hey run the town out of it.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Man.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
He went to got too many messages and he got
a deep tissue that turned him into a scrub and
rubbed his game.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Out, rubbed his game on two out. Yeah that's crazy, bro.
But yeah, I'm happy for Commanders fans because you'all been through.
But I want to I want to talk about you
coming to Raleigh. You got four shows October twenty fifth
and twenty sixth to a night you're gonna be at
the Raleigh Improv.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
What's an earthquake show? For people who don't.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Know, Well, if they don't know, they need to get
out more often. But everybody knows one hundred percent. No
by product, just a straight up eating this show. Oh
eating it. You know what I'm saying, laughing? Can you
see your face? Something to do? Good time jokes keep
coming at you. And I'm getting ready for my next
(11:37):
next slick special. So you're going to get to see
some good stuff.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
That's what's up, man. So gearing up for a new special.
People get to see the new stuff. I want to
talk about your last special little bit because it was
hilarious and I just wanted to kind of ask because
you're legendary, but in the stand up space your legendary,
I feel like there's a disconnect some I'm we're in
the twenty tens of like people who were really good
(12:04):
in the nineties and two thousands not getting their due
like in current day streaming services. What was it like
actually getting on Netflix and being like, oh, now people
finally know how good I am or everybody knows how
good I am?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Was that like a thought or no.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Hey, well, I mean always a thought. But you know,
I tell people all the time, all the great comedians
that people call great, and only things separate them from
the people that's only great in the club is these
people got an opportunity and got a chance to cash
in on it. And that's what happened. Dave Chapelle called
me and said, I want to produce your special and
(12:41):
I knew from then on that this was going to
be the biggest break in my career.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
That's awesome, man.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
That had to feel good, Like if you got done
doing it, you're like, Okay, I'm set now.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Well, yes it was. When it first happened, I thought
it was a prank caller. Really yeah, I thought they
was having to prank me. Man, come on off the blue.
They said, Dave Skarb want to hang your number? And
then he called me and said, man, you know, I
know you've been knowing each other for twenty years. I
want to produce your special. They stopped playing with me.
(13:12):
I thought there was somebody franking me, but it really
was him.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
That's awesome, man.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
So you got the Nuts Network special done, You got
a new one coming out. You got your back is
Uncle Mike on Everybody still hates Chris on Comedy Central.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Yes, well, what's it? What's it like doing voiceovers?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
I know you've done it a little bit, but what's
the difference between live action and doing voiceovers?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
You still acting acting?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
But see what boss, and you get to read the
lines right there. You don't have to remember him.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Oh you know what I mean? Yeah, better deal.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Just read them off the thing, off the teller process,
you know what I mean. So that's beautiful. You ain't
got to rehearse something. Matter of fact, I lost a
job one time like that, you know what I mean?
So because I said, let me let it, just do
it off the top of my head. But it really
was like a real table read, and I had read
the thing off of it. They gave me the booty boot.
(14:04):
I'm like, hey, I didn't know who was coming. I
thought he was coming in because you wanted to be fresh,
you know, regurgitated and keep on going as you practiced it.
But it was actually I hadn't read the script or nothing.
So they time I got back to my car, my
manager called me said, they said they don't need your
services no more.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
That's crazy, because yeah, like you don't want the magic
to be gone. If you're doing a table read, you
want to see if something else pops up while you're
reading it. Then everybody shows up with their scripts ready
to go. You're like, oh, y'all were ready ready? Okay,
I got.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
You, Yeah they ready ready. You know what I mean.
I'm like, oh, no, I thought we were just being
here playing around. I'm ready, ready ready. They got to
show the pads on and everything. I got my shorts on,
so we were just doing a walk boot.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Yeah I'm not doing full pads.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Yeah, you know what I mean? Like, man, I just
hate right.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
That's awesome man.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Now you you also have radio show on Serious, Quake's House.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
You've been in radio.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
First of all, congratuations for getting to go to Sirious
out of terrestrial at the right time. But how's it feel? Yeah,
how's it feel going from terrestrial radio to just being
able to do whatever you want on Serious? Now?
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Well, the money is better on terrestrial than it is satellite,
so I mean I missed that part of it, But
the freedom to say what you want to say is great.
Shout up to my boy Kevin Hart. You know, he
has his own channel and he made me his flagship show,
and we in our seventh season being number number one
(15:40):
on Serious. So we're having a great time. It's called
Quake House. It's like the View with jokes. I bring
comedians every day, different comedians every day, and we talk
about hot copies and everything and from a comedic standpoint.
So it's a great show. So when you're driving whatevy
is just to laugh all the way home. Shout out
to all the truck drivers that you know loved to
(16:01):
hear on the road.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Yeah, I was I was cracking up because I was
watching your interview you did on the Breakfast club talking
about terrestrial radio, and you go, man, it's a cutthrow business.
You walk in and you didn't get invited to the meeting.
You know, somebody got fired. It's like yo, oh you.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Know what when they had them unscheduled meeting, I means
somebody get knack.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Uh. So now every quarter you just wait for that
email like am I safe from my getting the early
morning one on one meeting?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
And I'm like, okay, I'm safe. I'm safe.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, a person down the glass and they un get
traffic in sales.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Right, yeah, where that goes?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Man? But hey, I want to know, because you've done
so much in your career. Uh, you know, comic view,
def Jam TV shows, you own your own comedy club,
you've been on Netflix. What is like left that keeps
you going? Like?
Speaker 3 (16:57):
What what do you want to accomplish? Or you just
have fun going out every night and seeing people.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Well I love stand up, it's the fame. I love
that more than anything. But I'm looking forward to having
my own TV show, you know what I mean. That's
what I really want to do, have my own TV
show or you more movies, those type of things. So
that's what I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
I got you.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
I got you so uh, you know real quick because
I grew up in Atlanta and I know you started
the Uptown Comedy Club.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
In uh Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Have you been to the new one since it moved,
uh down near the airport.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, a good friend of my owners name of site.
I try to support that club and the all black
comedy clubs. That's truly, because it's very few of them
in the country. Though we're the number one selling ticket
sellers black comedian, we had very few, you know, our
own comedy club. And you know it's you, you know,
(17:58):
as you black are the best consumers, but very few
the people that own the things that's being consumed. So
I try to support it because I know how important
it is for people, for especially black comedy club own
us see us come back and to the show that
(18:20):
we still come back and support that club so the
patients could come by and keep on coming through and
paying homage to these clubs, and it's very important. So yeah,
I go to the Uptown Comedy comb as much as
I can.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
That's what's up, man, Yeah, I was. I talked to
Nate Jackson. What's his comedy club up in Tacoma? The
very funny comedy club.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Yeah, he told me the same thing because I didn't
know that. Because he was telling me the same thing.
He goes, the best comedians of all time are black,
but there's only two black owned comedy clubs, and he
was kind of framing it to me like that. I
was like, Yeah, that's that's why I didn't even think
about that.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Yeah, I mean, we tell more tickets than any period
black comedy club black comedian, but we don't own any
comedy clubs but two in the country, and so it's
kind of disturbing, to be quite honest with you.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yeah, well, I'm glad that there's more ownership heading that
direction with you and Nate Jackson doing that.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Yeah, Mike Episodes open, you open one in Detroit. So
I think comedians senses ourselves understand it, and we're partnering
up with other people open up other clubs so we
can get a future comedian, especially black comedian, somewhere to
perform at.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
I got you. Well, that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Do you I know you don't have too much time,
but do you have anything else you want to promote
for I'll let you get out of here.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
I don't want to take out too much.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Oh yeah, man, make sure that you come and get
my tickets. Probably North Carolina. I know right now, y'all
don't want to see the Panther. Come on back home
to the aka old Redskins down commanders. You know the Panthers.
They play like they don't then practice. You know what
I mean. You gott an owner down there, change his
(20:14):
coach like and changes underwear. Y'all ain't got no future.
Come on over here and be with us, be with
the winner. Come back home, come back home. And if
you want free tickets to come see me, just follow
me on my Instagram at the real Earthquakes Loud in
the DM say you heard the funniest show right here
on radio right now with me, you be talking and
I got some free tickets for you. Brother. I want
(20:36):
you to stay safe. And also, please please please North
Carolina vote and vote for Kamala Harris. We need a
black woman to make sure this stay. If we win
North Carolina, we can win the White House. So please
vote please. That's all the things I want to promote.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
That's what I'm talking about. Earthquake. I appreciate you. It
was like so cool getting to talk to you. Man,
Thank you, and go murder when you come to Raleigh.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Okay, all right, will Man, and thank you for having
me on your show. God bless you, brother, and stay safe.
Vote for calling on urans Man. Vote y'all, y'all, bless y'all.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I'm not all right, brother, have a good one.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Brother.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Thanks for Go money for Go, money for Go, Money
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