March 13, 2024 • 32 mins
Ever wondered how a high school class clown morphs into a comedy sensation? Skeeta G, a name synonymous with belly laughs, joins us to unravel his journey from classroom antics to dominating the stand-up stage, weaving tales of the moments that catapulted him into the spotlight. Revel in the stories of his community's unwavering support, his brushes with comic royalty like Martin Lawrence, and the transformative influences of Jamie Foxx on his craft. This episode peels back the velvet curtain, offering a backstage pass to the life of a comedian who respects his roots and never forgets to treat his peers as equals.
The comedy circuit is no walk in the park, and this episode doesn't shy away from the truth of the grind. Skeeta G and I dissect the complexities of keeping comedy fresh and audiences coming back for more, tackling the conundrum of new talent versus seasoned veterans. Stripping back the layers of comedy camaraderie, we confront the evolution from tight-knit networks to solitary pursuits, emphasizing the importance of humility and mutual support. With Skeeta G's insight, we navigate the maze of marketing shifts from tangible DVDs to the digital dominance of social media in a comic's career trajectory.
Nostalgia hits hard as we reminisce on iconic venues like the Funny Bone, where legends were made on open mic nights, and even the best weren't immune to a boo or two. The curtain falls with advice for up-and-comers facing the pivot from television to the internet – where resilience is key, and a unique voice is your golden ticket. We wrap up with a nod to Skeeta G's remarkable journey, a challenge to support the diversifying landscape of comedy, and an intriguing off-camera surprise involving our beloved guest and a mysterious collectible. Tune in, not just for the laughs, but for a heartfelt celebration of those daring to bring joy to the masses.
The comedy circuit is no walk in the park, and this episode doesn't shy away from the truth of the grind. Skeeta G and I dissect the complexities of keeping comedy fresh and audiences coming back for more, tackling the conundrum of new talent versus seasoned veterans. Stripping back the layers of comedy camaraderie, we confront the evolution from tight-knit networks to solitary pursuits, emphasizing the importance of humility and mutual support. With Skeeta G's insight, we navigate the maze of marketing shifts from tangible DVDs to the digital dominance of social media in a comic's career trajectory.
Nostalgia hits hard as we reminisce on iconic venues like the Funny Bone, where legends were made on open mic nights, and even the best weren't immune to a boo or two. The curtain falls with advice for up-and-comers facing the pivot from television to the internet – where resilience is key, and a unique voice is your golden ticket. We wrap up with a nod to Skeeta G's remarkable journey, a challenge to support the diversifying landscape of comedy, and an intriguing off-camera surprise involving our beloved guest and a mysterious collectible. Tune in, not just for the laughs, but for a heartfelt celebration of those daring to bring joy to the masses.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode
of no ID podcast.
I have here a comedic great.
He is one of the veterans inthe game.
He's a comedian actor, a fatherand a host, the founder of
laugh a lot entertainment.
Some people know as skid aGryffin, I know him as skid a G.
They say hello to the folks.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
What's going on, man?
I appreciate you.
Man, yeah, comedian, skid a Gman, like the rundown you just
gave me man, yeah, yeah, man,you got over 15 years in the
game, let's get into it?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
What made you decide to get into comedy?
What was that?
That bug that got into you?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Man, the crazy thing, man.
You know, in high school, man,I was always the class clown
joking on school bus.
No, just being the funny guyaround everybody.
But 2009, one of my goodfriends is actually my
daughter's godmother.
Lavionne told me, yeah, youshould try comedy.
But I never thought abouttrying it because you know, I
was a fan of comedy growing upDev Comedy, jam, martin Lawrence
(01:15):
, jamie Foxx, watching all ofthem but I never pitted my mind
that I could be a comedian onstage.
I just thought I was going tobe a funny guy around the way.
So she hooked me up with a guynamed Monty Rogers.
He was from Charlotte, northCarolina, but he was going to
school in North of State and hegraduated and stayed in the area
.
So he started a joint callLaugh Out Loud Sundays.
(01:35):
So I talked to him on the phoneand we chopped it up like we
knew each other for like a longtime.
He told me I could get somestage time.
I brought all my friends out,my family, the girlfriend I had
at the time came out and I haveabout 30, 40 people in there.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, I don't think she ever stopped.
She don't know, we're no losingthat crowd and you've worked
with some some, some names.
You've been my personalfavorite, my boo, some more kind
of scene, the Bruce Bruce wewas talking about that earlier
at the Sandlin Center man and itseemed like you.
Just yeah, you look, your namereads bells in the community
(02:12):
streets.
I've been doing it for fiveyears and I've been a fan for
five, four minutes.
So I'm, you know, I'm honoredthat you came on to the show.
Who was some of your influences?
No problem, who was some ofyour influences as far as comedy
?
You said Jamie Foxx and MartinLawrence earlier, so is there
anybody else?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Oh yeah, man, have I started getting more into the
comedy scene?
I started researching more thecomedians, their styles, and not
imitating them.
Just, you know, seeing how theycame along.
Like you know, red Fox, bernieMac, robert Harrison, man, shoot
man, it's a lot.
Dave Chappelle I always likedMartin Lawrence on Def Comedy
(03:01):
Jam and on the Martin showbecause the way he hosts is the
way I host like.
He interacts with the crowd andhe brings the crowd into the
show.
So I like his style.
And Jamie Foxx, man, jamie Foxx, I wish he had more stand up
clips.
You know what I mean.
You know specials, but he's abeast too.
Eddie Murphy, even CharlieMurphy, when he was doing his
(03:24):
thing I was a fan of CharlieMurphy.
I actually got to meet CharlieMurphy guy, rest of soul.
Before he passed away.
He gave him some good Jews.
He said man, keep doing.
You know he talks Yo you'llkeep doing what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
That's what you talk with you know was that comedian
that you met that you actuallygot a star struck a little bit,
I can't believe I'm in theirpresence.
I got to work with them open up, and was that a comedian that
they did?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Oh, I didn't work with him yet.
When I met Martin LawrenceAbout three years ago he came
down Jay Ferrell was on the show, shout out to Jay Ferrell, a
couple other comedians when hewas on tour.
He came down here and I got thechance to go backstage.
She's a me-dome and when I sawhim in person I felt so surreal,
(04:15):
like just to do what I grew up.
My mom used to do the tapes andI was watching Martin.
You know what I'm saying.
He's cool, dude, humble.
That's probably one of the onlypeople I was kind of starting
to love.
I met Dave Chappelle and Iwasn't starstruck because the
way he came in the room hetreated us all like we were
equal.
When I was at Los Angeles, daveChappelle was a good me too,
(04:38):
but Martin probably was a guyfrom struggle.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
He was a learning and deaf comedy jam on 2B.
So yeah, I definitely can seethat man, Definitely can see
that.
Do you remember the first timethat you actually had a bad set,
Like the jokes didn't hit, andhow did you come back from that?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
I wouldn't say that set was bad.
I would just say I wasn't allinto it, Like the mood wasn't
set right.
You know, sometimes people docomedy shows, they pitch shows
together on all type of placesand comedy shows got to be set
in a place that people are readyto come land and they know it's
going to become like these.
(05:24):
Sometimes people have, you know, like I have a lounge that I do
, but I set it up for comedy,but some people have the TVs on
and people walking around, thewaitress walking in front of you
, so my mood was off.
So I wouldn't say it was a badset.
I wasn't all into it because itwasn't set right.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
He wrote about that because it's a lot of room that
I've been to that's just notdesigned for comedy, and then
sometimes you got some hoststhat just yeah, don't open it up
for you, don't set the room upfor you, because you know a host
(06:02):
is supposed to actuallynavigate the show.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
He's supposed to be the first initial person at the
stage and warm the crowd up andgives the chance to the rest of
the comedians to hear whatthey're laughing about and
subject matter.
So when you go on stage, maybeoh, I might use this set because
they're laughing about this,say, they might be in there
talking about sex and they'relaughing about.
Oh yeah, I'm going to go tothis material here and work with
(06:25):
the crowd with this, becauseyou know the host got to.
If the host ain't good, show menot be good, because it's
comedians that can go on andclean it up, but the host has to
sit it off.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
They don't want to set up everything.
Yeah, they take the ball out.
Hell yeah, I know I was jokingaround.
I was going to ask you this.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
How long have you?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
been a Star Wars fan.
I haven't seen the past, theSpencer's, I haven't seen
everything in the back.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Oh, hey, man, you know I'm an Aiden's baby man.
I always been a Star Wars fan.
But let me tell you a funnystory.
I started collecting maybe likesix months ago, right, because
I went to Ross one day and I wasin Ross like man.
They got all the.
I remember Kenner Toy when Iwas younger.
(07:15):
It was an older brand of toysback then, kenner Toy,
everything.
So I started seeing them.
They're like $4, $5.
I was like man, I'm on eBay,these joints $19, $20.
I said, man, I'm going to startand go through everything.
So now, bro, I just go outevery day or every week and I
search for them.
Bro, I have a giant collection.
Now, bro, I took it to anotherone thing man.
(07:39):
I'm a snigger head too.
But one thing, man when I getmy mind to it, bro, I go all in.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I'm a Marvel, I'm a Marvel, I'm a Marvel, I'm a
Marvel.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
I just recently started bro.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
You ain't got that deep yet.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
No, no, no, no, not yet, not yet, not yet.
I'm still.
I'm gonna stick with the Marveland then Star Wars characters
right now and I do a lot ofbitch stuff.
Man, like I see some stuff inthe thrift store, you know what
I mean.
Like I came across this fuckingtreasure trove at Goodwill.
(08:15):
You know what I mean $4.
I know, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
I'm an 80s, 90s baby man.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
So you know how it is , man, I'm gonna show you a toy
real quick.
While we're on the subject, letme show you one, yeah.
You know he's coming to theCowsies next month.
I Come to Kasi, bro, so I'mgonna give him a sign away.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Walmart, target and Amazon, cuz I collect the
wrestling figures and then Icollect.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, target, yeah, target and
on, yeah, they do, but you go togangsta.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
We sold to target just drop and maybe like 1199 I
had just got.
It was a Michael Jackson,whitney Houston, aretha Franklin
and mr T1, but yeah, I got deepinto it one day at the stars.
Oh, no, I'm doing most rightnow.
Oh.
(09:37):
Hey, but it's a investment manyou know, just keep them in the
body.
Oh, Everything was piecingtogether, cuz I know you did,
(09:58):
don't tell I didn't make thatone.
How did everything come topeace with, like the networking
with other comedians andactually Traveling outside of
Virginia, because they alwaystell me, get the hell out of
Virginia travel, make Virginiahome base?
How did that all come in thefruitation?
But you leave me.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
So Before I did I was at the funny bone.
Thankfully funny bone beat thecommunity there, but I took a
time away from the funny bone.
What I did was I made a room, a, a comedy room.
So when I booked comedians Iwas booking comedians from other
states that had their own rooms, like the children's circuit.
(10:39):
So if I booked them, they willbook me, so I will pay them what
they gonna pay me, so itwouldn't feel like we'll lose
any money.
You feel I'm saying like he wascoming down for 400.
He'll pay me 400 when I gothere or we get.
I'm getting a room here, you'llget a room for me.
So I'm just networking all over.
You know I'm saying a lot ofpeople want to come to Virginia.
(11:00):
They can't get to the funnybone, they want to be in
Virginia, like a lot people.
Exactly but they really want tocome here and perform, so I
created my own.
My own Traveling.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
That's the whole.
They can't.
Is that what we're talkingabout right there?
Triple effects Okay, you good,you good.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, oh, you're talking about your triple effect
.
I was in the style of I wasgonna have year run there man,
with the old, the old owner, andI built that thing from the
ground up.
Bro, like it took some time toget the the, the people in there
, but they started coming.
I started putting the thingabout doing a successful comedy
show.
You have to have new faces.
You can't just book the samepeople in the area.
(11:58):
Could they see them do openmics?
They ain't gonna come pay seesomebody, they can go see free.
So you had to.
I had to reach out to differentpeople.
I might, I might recycle somepeople within six or seven
months, but I kept a differentheadliner and a different
feature on all my shows.
So when people came They'd like, oh, I ain't never seen him
before, I ain't never seen himbefore.
(12:18):
So then they can reach back tome when it's time for me to go
to DC or go to LA or go to Texas, I can reach out to them.
Come here a memory.
I brought you down here.
You're just trying to bring meback up there where you at.
You know I'm saying, orIntroduce me to a promoter.
That's one thing I Don't likeabout the comedy scene, the nine
internet comedians.
(12:38):
Like we need to start Pluggingeach other with the promoters,
like if you get booked the LA,introduce me to promoters, send
me the email that you sent outto him, or so we can network.
It ain't taking no money fromnobody, just branching out.
You know?
I mean, I wish people do bebetter about that, especially in
Virginia, because when somebodyget a hold of something, they
(13:00):
hold a secret like why are youdoing that?
We're all trying to get to the,to the top.
You know, sam, we're allchasing the same dream.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
It is being a actor, being a comedian Producing shows
some of us hold it because ifwe put, we don't want to pass it
off and tarnish thatrelationship a little bit but
the promoter that we got through.
But then again and as you usethis term a lot, a lot of people
here like to play the big sharkin a small pond, if that makes
(13:30):
sense, and I feel like it's morethan one microphone, it's more
than one stage, it's more thanone comic club.
If we could all Grow and eatand share some knowledge.
But then you got Like it's bigshark small point, got a lot of
a lot of egos, a lot of delusionand stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
So this is what it is , you know, I mean I yeah, I
came up in the era when I firststarted that the comedians I was
with we were more like a family, like we talked to each other
Outside of being at the comicclub, like we checked on each
(14:09):
other's family move, more likethis, like a.
But now I see, like not to gettoo far into it, I see people
got their own separate groups ofwho they deal with.
But you know, it is what it is.
You just stand your own laneand just, you know, just be
always, just stay humble, likeanybody need me to do something.
I'm not gonna tell them no.
(14:29):
If I tell them no, it's gonnahave to be a reason why I'm
telling you know, I'm gonna letyou know why I can't do it.
I never leave nobody hanging.
You know I'm saying if somebodyasked me to do something, I'm
gonna try my best to do what Ineed to do for that person,
because you never know.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
To my home girl I'm gonna see if I can get skeet on
this on this podcast.
I said I'll follow him.
So I followed you, you followme.
Back.
I said, oh shit, all right.
Back then the DM comes.
So like, I'm definitelyappreciative of it and I'm
humble about it.
So speak with somebody of yourcaliber that I consider one of
the greats coming out of the 757, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yeah, no doubt, man, I appreciate you.
Man, we're watching somebodywatching.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Yeah, yeah, man.
So we 15 years in the game,yeah, Um, and I saw the post
with the DVDs.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
That's ancient art right there, bro.
I used to have my daughterbagging them joints up.
They used to sell hotcakes, bro.
I'm so 80s man I just didn'tthink nothing of me in a DVD,
(16:03):
but nobody.
You know what I'm saying.
We got playstations, but nobodyreally popular, or you know.
So I gotta get one of them.
Little geek sticks, the littleflat drives now I used to bag
them stuff like drugs, bro.
I had that shit in the sleeve.
Throw my little logo bagged up.
Hey man, I'm hustling bro, I'mshy.
I'm taking that gentle asmrfrom DJ Poonies.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Yo, this man be a Poonies, I would have to go in
the overview.
I said Yo, ain't no way bro.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I mean I was a man for a moment, that's just so
awesome.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Now you see everything.
Now, like you said, like I doflash drives and I send them out
to booking agencies, but nowyou see, everything is YouTube.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Nah, yeah, youtube, instagram.
Your TikTok man.
I want to try to what's up.
He on me, not he on me, hedidn't even care.
Present, can't, can't.
Yeah, can.
(17:08):
Presents.
He has a little joint.
He goes around the cities andthe application joined the field
.
All they asked was your name,stage name, date of birth,
what's your Twitter?
What's your Facebook?
What's your Instagram?
I'm like Jesus Christ, so I'mover there copying all the URLs
and putting them in there.
Like Jesus.
I'm like what happened?
(17:29):
Just a little comedy clip yourstage name email and send it out
.
Like they need to know you'refollowing now.
They need to know who you'refollowing.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I came in the new game.
I did the Keenan Thompson jointman.
I remember DJ had an asteriskon everything.
I couldn't get no furtherwithout putting all the social
media out.
But I also noticed this too.
Like every festival and everycompetition I've been in the
number three question that asksis what's your social media
(17:59):
handles?
And you can go no further.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
No further.
It's like damn.
They only ask they want threeminute clips, one minute clip,
two minutes.
And that's one thing.
I feel like I have clips butthey're not cut, they're not
chopped down to two minutes.
I'm like I'm trying to figureout, what are they trying to see
in two minutes?
So I finally started choppingthose up to send out.
(18:28):
But the festivals, some things,I think those are like pocket
schemes man, because I thinkthey'll have a whole bunch of
people, especially ones you gotto pay for.
You send them money out.
They send you a little.
Oh, you didn't make the cut, wewatched it, but better look
next time.
I'm like you just took $50 fromme.
You're going to send me halfthat back, or I didn't make it.
(18:49):
Can you send me back?
They take all that money anduse that as the pot money or
their production money orwhatever they need to do, like I
don't know.
Man, I sent some great stuff in.
I never get passed the.
We sent, we seen it, so I don'tneed to submit those.
No more, man, they got me onetime I submitted some with, and
(19:11):
I want to say probably sevenmonths later.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
They was like yeah, unfortunately you didn't get it.
I don't remember applying tothis shit.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I know right.
Yeah, Let me call the bank.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
No, wait a minute, yeah wait a minute, seven months
to make it.
But the crazy thing was theywas like oh yeah, we can put you
on reserve just in casesomebody else drops out, and I
was like how many people y'allgot on reserve.
But it is what it is.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
If you chasing it, man, chase it, but just be smart
about it, man, because everydollar you lose chasing it, you
mean you need to get it back.
I always think about my moneyLike what's spending I need to
get back too much detail aboutit.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
What's some of the things that you've noticed?
Well, you I know you wastalking about family and
everything what's some of thethings that you notice now about
some of the newer comics, orthat this is a little different
compared to when you came backup back in 2009?
What's some of the things thatyou noticed?
Speaker 2 (20:23):
The difference I see is they're able to get in comedy
clubs faster than I did.
They're like they're skippingthe little hole in the walls.
The three people in the crowd,10, 15.
They're like going to the clubsnow and actually performing.
I went from nobody being in theaudience to a thousand people
(20:43):
in the audience.
I went through a stepping stone.
They're skipping.
I don't know if they'reskipping it, but they're able to
be accessible to comedy clubs.
Like you see what I'm saying,they can get in there faster now
.
It took me a long time,wednesday night.
I don't know if it was aroundthat time, I don't know how old
(21:05):
you are, but when the Wednesdaynight Apollo night at the funny
ball, we waited every Wednesdaynight to get there, it was no
pay, they were just getting onthat stage, bro, and just
killing it.
That's why I built all my fanbases that Wednesday night.
The funny ball really set me onboth dashes Angus Black.
A lot of us used to go on thereand get in there.
(21:27):
That's when they were booingpeople.
If you want fun, they'll booyou Let you know that you want
fun.
I can't let people get booed.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
I actually remember it.
I went back.
The funny ball used to do theopen mic on Tuesdays or
Wednesdays.
It was one of them days Ialready went up.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
I think both days, I think both days had a job.
Turkey Tuesday, yeah, going inthere, and then, you know, the
Wednesday night was the Angusand both.
I don't remember it.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
The lockdown came up, I was like, oh shit.
Everybody was like here goesKeeta G.
I was like, oh where, I ain'twanting to fan out because
everybody was running over there.
But I was like, okay, I saidall right, let me show out.
But I already went on the stage.
Already I said damn, he can'teven see what I could do.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
So yeah, oh no, man.
I said, hey, once somebody tellme you can, you can certify.
You know what I'm saying.
I've seen a lot of goodcomedians, man.
As a young guy, I need to getaround a little bit more, man.
I don't be in the open micscene like that, but it's a lot
of new comedians like yourselfthat's out here doing it that I
(22:43):
don't see, and you know what I'msaying.
I got opportunity for them toget paid and get some stage time
, man, so I'm looking forward tobooking you.
Put some money in your pocket,bro.
See what you got to do.
It's all about helping out, man, if I can.
If I don't make it, at least Ican give some people a chance to
get to what they need to get to.
You know what I'm saying.
I've been in the game a longtime.
Some days I'd be wanting toquit, bro.
(23:04):
I ain't even gonna hold youbecause I feel like I'd be
spending my wills.
You know what I'm saying, butbut God is still keeping me able
to bless people and stay aroundthe common scene.
Man, my angle, bro.
If I don't make it major.
I like to produce big showslike this beat, and I'm a one
promoter in Virginia.
Like a skitter, g got thebiggest shows out of Hampton
(23:27):
Coliseum Chrysler Hall.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
You know I'll take that you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I think you could do like I'll pick the Russell
Simmons.
You know what I mean.
That's when they got me.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
I'm 35.
So all the time Def Connors jamcame on, I was bedtime.
But then bad boys and comedywith Tony was and Bobo was Blam
and downtown Tony Brown, a lotof them.
That's the shit that got me.
So I think I could see that,turn it into whatever you want
(24:01):
to do.
I don't know, I thought thatwas actually pretty dope, I'm
not gonna lie.
Underrated show.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, comment view.
Comment view was the number onething after Def Connors jam
that sparked a lot of people'scareers.
I say this it's not a lot ofthings on TV like it used to be
for up and coming comedians toget on stage.
Because the internet is this 10people where they need to go.
Now, like you don't have to beon TV no more.
Like it used to be.
(24:32):
And Bill Bellamy got jokes, theall those talent shows they had
, apollo you know what I'msaying.
It ain't none of thataccessible to comedians.
You know they got Americantalent, but most of them people
are singers.
You may get some comedians onthere you once in a while that
made it, but it's hard, bro, ifyou're not on social media.
(24:54):
what a big father I didAmerica's Got Talent.
You got to really know somebody.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Or just believe it.
Yeah, that's that I was only.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
That's a blessing you got.
You know you're blessing.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
on the stage Everybody else was a dancer, a
singer, a band.
I mean I was going up againstdogs and cats.
I was like yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
You got to really.
You got to really be on it.
You got to be really unique,like Jay Phyll when shot on Jay
again.
But when Jay took off he wasthis unique bro, what nobody
could do.
What he does Like it's peoplethat does impersonations, but
Jay does everybody like.
He do white people, chinesepeople.
He does everybody like you know.
(25:44):
You know air spirits, they doJay Z and DMX.
But I think Jay got them beatman, because you did some of
them up.
He'd be talking like I'm like Idon't know, I ain't gonna say
anything.
Yeah, he sounds just like him.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Like to the T, I know he got a nice beat.
I seen both of them and shoutout to areas.
I mean he's a media legend goatbut he was a DMX LL, snoop and
Jay.
But Jay Pharros range onimpressions and then his
transitions is barred and likethe best that I've seen.
(26:20):
So yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yeah, I've seen it.
You talk about when he was onair spirits did the um such a
kill in the All Stars?
Yeah, he killed it, though heended it, you know, with the rap
thing you know.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
but yeah, he got much time because I only keep the
interviews about 25, 30 minutes,man.
Yeah, because I gotta beworking, I gotta be up full 30.
But any advice?
That you want to give to anycomedian out there, whether they
(27:02):
just starting out, theyspending a wills or they, you
know, just finding a foot andwhat they already found.
If wouldn't any advice that youhave for those out there?
Speaker 2 (27:16):
I would just say, man , chase the dream, not the money
.
Chase the dream is moreauthentic.
You know what I'm saying.
You feel like you're getting towhere you wanna get to.
When you start putting themoney involved, then you take
away from your dream cause theymay not be paying you what you
wanna be paid your worth.
So try to chase the dream first, network meet a comedian, get
(27:39):
their phone number, theirInstagram, take the information
down.
Man, hit them up every once ina while.
Amen, such as such.
Don't be one of them.
Comedians like hey, dapp them up, take a picture and don't get
no information.
That's how I used to be.
I dapp them up, amen, niceknowing you.
It's all about networking andknowing somebody that can get
you to the next level.
(27:59):
Do them friendships, amen.
How you doing, bro?
Just checking in on you.
Amen, skeeter, what's up?
I'm coming in Virginia.
Funny bone.
Hey, you want a feature?
Oh, yeah, sure, it's all aboutbuilding relationships, man, and
stay humble.
Stay humble.
Don't never be that guy that'stoo cocky to thank you.
Just the most funnest person inthe world.
It's more funny people besidesyourself.
(28:20):
Just stay humble.
Be the big smile in the room,not the frown.
Light up the room when you'recoming in Great embrace
everybody like hey, don't neverleave any comedian behind If
they're not funny, just let themknow.
Just be more honest with peopleLike hey, look, man, you work
on this joke, you know what I'msaying.
People will respect you alittle bit more, instead of
(28:42):
talking behind that bat like man, do they need funny?
Let them know why that jokewon't funny.
Tell them, show them, tell themwhat he can do to make it funny
.
Work with them help each otherout.
Yeah, he's gonna help.
That's the best I can get fromyou know just being in the game,
bro.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
I like the boutiques, I like to see where I need to
go at and where I need to be,and I really yeah, positive,
positive feedback.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Not to be like man you a corny bro.
Nah, positive feedback.
Amen, call me man I'ma talk toyou about, and never do it in
front of somebody that youembarrassed.
Put them to the side so youwon't feel like you trying to
clown them like hey bro, let meholla at you real quick.
That joke would be funny if youdo this and if that person
don't receive it.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
It ain't what it is.
Let the people know.
Uh, no matter what, let me askthis one before we go Any order
Did a lot of top five comedies.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Uh, bernie Mac Eddie Murphy.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Jamie Foxx, eddie Jerry Saanfield, samoa DL Huey
and the Bill Crawford.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Oh yeah, Bill, be still on me, and how?
Speaker 1 (30:08):
can the people see you?
They've been in the game 25years.
See where they are.
They follow you at.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Oh, all right, Follow me on Instagram, man Skeeter
G23.
On Facebook, skeeter G Griffin.
I got two shows coming up thismonth, if y'all available.
March to 15, I will be at theGrammy Theater.
I had a fly in my bio.
If you follow March to 23, mymonthly show, laugh Our Loud
(30:37):
Saturdays, I will be therehosting it, my man Benny Mac and
my man Eli Sutter.
They are both of them, one'sfrom Alabama, one's from North
Carolina.
They say, if you're a comedian,come out, network with them.
They probably get you to thestart on whatever.
You know what I mean Goodnetworking and, uh, call me
special coming.
I haven't got the venue yet.
(30:58):
I got a date.
It's going to be August of thisyear, on my birthday.
I'm shooting for August, thethird of this year, to do an
hour special.
So, being a lookout for that Idon't have a title for it yet,
but just leave on me.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Just leave on me.
It's been a long time I'm goingto be out there telling my best
jokes.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
I might come out there like Luke Skywalker.
Yeah, I'm going to go out there.
May the force be with thesejokes.
God damn it.
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Look.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
I've been doing this.
A thing, man, no champions man,you know what I mean.
Champions man, you know what Imean.
I don't want to see anything,that's going on.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
It's comedian room, all social media platforms, no
ID media TV.
That's the YouTube channel andit's also the Facebook and
another Instagram page that hasthe podcast and features my
comedy, so you actually can seeall the variety of guests.
Skita, I appreciate you comingand doing an interview with me
and everything.
I know it's late.
I do got to show you somethingonce we get off the cam.
(32:01):
Man, since we was showing toys,I got something that I know I
can stump you on.
I'm getting restored thisweekend, but thank you so much
for everything, man, and wesigned off.
Okay, If you guys can like,share, comment, subscribe and
support comedy podcastentertainment, black
entertainment and blackcreatives as well too.
Thank you all so much.
All right, Stop recording.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Appreciate it, brother.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode
of no ID podcast.
I have here a comedic great.
He is one of the veterans inthe game.
He's a comedian actor, a fatherand a host, the founder of
laugh a lot entertainment.
Some people know as skid aGryffin, I know him as skid a G.
They say hello to the folks.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
What's going on, man?
I appreciate you.
Man, yeah, comedian, skid a Gman, like the rundown you just
gave me man, yeah, yeah, man,you got over 15 years in the
game, let's get into it?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
What made you decide to get into comedy?
What was that?
That bug that got into you?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Man, the crazy thing, man.
You know, in high school, man,I was always the class clown
joking on school bus.
No, just being the funny guyaround everybody.
But 2009, one of my goodfriends is actually my
daughter's godmother.
Lavionne told me, yeah, youshould try comedy.
But I never thought abouttrying it because you know, I
was a fan of comedy growing upDev Comedy, jam, martin Lawrence
(01:15):
, jamie Foxx, watching all ofthem but I never pitted my mind
that I could be a comedian onstage.
I just thought I was going tobe a funny guy around the way.
So she hooked me up with a guynamed Monty Rogers.
He was from Charlotte, northCarolina, but he was going to
school in North of State and hegraduated and stayed in the area
.
So he started a joint callLaugh Out Loud Sundays.
(01:35):
So I talked to him on the phoneand we chopped it up like we
knew each other for like a longtime.
He told me I could get somestage time.
I brought all my friends out,my family, the girlfriend I had
at the time came out and I haveabout 30, 40 people in there.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, I don't think she ever stopped.
She don't know, we're no losingthat crowd and you've worked
with some some, some names.
You've been my personalfavorite, my boo, some more kind
of scene, the Bruce Bruce wewas talking about that earlier
at the Sandlin Center man and itseemed like you.
Just yeah, you look, your namereads bells in the community
(02:12):
streets.
I've been doing it for fiveyears and I've been a fan for
five, four minutes.
So I'm, you know, I'm honoredthat you came on to the show.
Who was some of your influences?
No problem, who was some ofyour influences as far as comedy
?
You said Jamie Foxx and MartinLawrence earlier, so is there
anybody else?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Oh yeah, man, have I started getting more into the
comedy scene?
I started researching more thecomedians, their styles, and not
imitating them.
Just, you know, seeing how theycame along.
Like you know, red Fox, bernieMac, robert Harrison, man, shoot
man, it's a lot.
Dave Chappelle I always likedMartin Lawrence on Def Comedy
(03:01):
Jam and on the Martin showbecause the way he hosts is the
way I host like.
He interacts with the crowd andhe brings the crowd into the
show.
So I like his style.
And Jamie Foxx, man, jamie Foxx, I wish he had more stand up
clips.
You know what I mean.
You know specials, but he's abeast too.
Eddie Murphy, even CharlieMurphy, when he was doing his
(03:24):
thing I was a fan of CharlieMurphy.
I actually got to meet CharlieMurphy guy, rest of soul.
Before he passed away.
He gave him some good Jews.
He said man, keep doing.
You know he talks Yo you'llkeep doing what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
That's what you talk with you know was that comedian
that you met that you actuallygot a star struck a little bit,
I can't believe I'm in theirpresence.
I got to work with them open up, and was that a comedian that
they did?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Oh, I didn't work with him yet.
When I met Martin LawrenceAbout three years ago he came
down Jay Ferrell was on the show, shout out to Jay Ferrell, a
couple other comedians when hewas on tour.
He came down here and I got thechance to go backstage.
She's a me-dome and when I sawhim in person I felt so surreal,
(04:15):
like just to do what I grew up.
My mom used to do the tapes andI was watching Martin.
You know what I'm saying.
He's cool, dude, humble.
That's probably one of the onlypeople I was kind of starting
to love.
I met Dave Chappelle and Iwasn't starstruck because the
way he came in the room hetreated us all like we were
equal.
When I was at Los Angeles, daveChappelle was a good me too,
(04:38):
but Martin probably was a guyfrom struggle.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
He was a learning and deaf comedy jam on 2B.
So yeah, I definitely can seethat man, Definitely can see
that.
Do you remember the first timethat you actually had a bad set,
Like the jokes didn't hit, andhow did you come back from that?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
I wouldn't say that set was bad.
I would just say I wasn't allinto it, Like the mood wasn't
set right.
You know, sometimes people docomedy shows, they pitch shows
together on all type of placesand comedy shows got to be set
in a place that people are readyto come land and they know it's
going to become like these.
(05:24):
Sometimes people have, you know, like I have a lounge that I do
, but I set it up for comedy,but some people have the TVs on
and people walking around, thewaitress walking in front of you
, so my mood was off.
So I wouldn't say it was a badset.
I wasn't all into it because itwasn't set right.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
He wrote about that because it's a lot of room that
I've been to that's just notdesigned for comedy, and then
sometimes you got some hoststhat just yeah, don't open it up
for you, don't set the room upfor you, because you know a host
(06:02):
is supposed to actuallynavigate the show.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
He's supposed to be the first initial person at the
stage and warm the crowd up andgives the chance to the rest of
the comedians to hear whatthey're laughing about and
subject matter.
So when you go on stage, maybeoh, I might use this set because
they're laughing about this,say, they might be in there
talking about sex and they'relaughing about.
Oh yeah, I'm going to go tothis material here and work with
(06:25):
the crowd with this, becauseyou know the host got to.
If the host ain't good, show menot be good, because it's
comedians that can go on andclean it up, but the host has to
sit it off.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
They don't want to set up everything.
Yeah, they take the ball out.
Hell yeah, I know I was jokingaround.
I was going to ask you this.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
How long have you?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
been a Star Wars fan.
I haven't seen the past, theSpencer's, I haven't seen
everything in the back.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Oh, hey, man, you know I'm an Aiden's baby man.
I always been a Star Wars fan.
But let me tell you a funnystory.
I started collecting maybe likesix months ago, right, because
I went to Ross one day and I wasin Ross like man.
They got all the.
I remember Kenner Toy when Iwas younger.
(07:15):
It was an older brand of toysback then, kenner Toy,
everything.
So I started seeing them.
They're like $4, $5.
I was like man, I'm on eBay,these joints $19, $20.
I said, man, I'm going to startand go through everything.
So now, bro, I just go outevery day or every week and I
search for them.
Bro, I have a giant collection.
Now, bro, I took it to anotherone thing man.
(07:39):
I'm a snigger head too.
But one thing, man when I getmy mind to it, bro, I go all in.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I'm a Marvel, I'm a Marvel, I'm a Marvel, I'm a
Marvel.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
I just recently started bro.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
You ain't got that deep yet.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
No, no, no, no, not yet, not yet, not yet.
I'm still.
I'm gonna stick with the Marveland then Star Wars characters
right now and I do a lot ofbitch stuff.
Man, like I see some stuff inthe thrift store, you know what
I mean.
Like I came across this fuckingtreasure trove at Goodwill.
(08:15):
You know what I mean $4.
I know, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
I'm an 80s, 90s baby man.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
So you know how it is , man, I'm gonna show you a toy
real quick.
While we're on the subject, letme show you one, yeah.
You know he's coming to theCowsies next month.
I Come to Kasi, bro, so I'mgonna give him a sign away.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Walmart, target and Amazon, cuz I collect the
wrestling figures and then Icollect.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, target, yeah, target and
on, yeah, they do, but you go togangsta.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
We sold to target just drop and maybe like 1199 I
had just got.
It was a Michael Jackson,whitney Houston, aretha Franklin
and mr T1, but yeah, I got deepinto it one day at the stars.
Oh, no, I'm doing most rightnow.
Oh.
(09:37):
Hey, but it's a investment manyou know, just keep them in the
body.
Oh, Everything was piecingtogether, cuz I know you did,
(09:58):
don't tell I didn't make thatone.
How did everything come topeace with, like the networking
with other comedians andactually Traveling outside of
Virginia, because they alwaystell me, get the hell out of
Virginia travel, make Virginiahome base?
How did that all come in thefruitation?
But you leave me.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
So Before I did I was at the funny bone.
Thankfully funny bone beat thecommunity there, but I took a
time away from the funny bone.
What I did was I made a room, a, a comedy room.
So when I booked comedians Iwas booking comedians from other
states that had their own rooms, like the children's circuit.
(10:39):
So if I booked them, they willbook me, so I will pay them what
they gonna pay me, so itwouldn't feel like we'll lose
any money.
You feel I'm saying like he wascoming down for 400.
He'll pay me 400 when I gothere or we get.
I'm getting a room here, you'llget a room for me.
So I'm just networking all over.
You know I'm saying a lot ofpeople want to come to Virginia.
(11:00):
They can't get to the funnybone, they want to be in
Virginia, like a lot people.
Exactly but they really want tocome here and perform, so I
created my own.
My own Traveling.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
That's the whole.
They can't.
Is that what we're talkingabout right there?
Triple effects Okay, you good,you good.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, oh, you're talking about your triple effect
.
I was in the style of I wasgonna have year run there man,
with the old, the old owner, andI built that thing from the
ground up.
Bro, like it took some time toget the the, the people in there
, but they started coming.
I started putting the thingabout doing a successful comedy
show.
You have to have new faces.
You can't just book the samepeople in the area.
(11:58):
Could they see them do openmics?
They ain't gonna come pay seesomebody, they can go see free.
So you had to.
I had to reach out to differentpeople.
I might, I might recycle somepeople within six or seven
months, but I kept a differentheadliner and a different
feature on all my shows.
So when people came They'd like, oh, I ain't never seen him
before, I ain't never seen himbefore.
(12:18):
So then they can reach back tome when it's time for me to go
to DC or go to LA or go to Texas, I can reach out to them.
Come here a memory.
I brought you down here.
You're just trying to bring meback up there where you at.
You know I'm saying, orIntroduce me to a promoter.
That's one thing I Don't likeabout the comedy scene, the nine
internet comedians.
(12:38):
Like we need to start Pluggingeach other with the promoters,
like if you get booked the LA,introduce me to promoters, send
me the email that you sent outto him, or so we can network.
It ain't taking no money fromnobody, just branching out.
You know?
I mean, I wish people do bebetter about that, especially in
Virginia, because when somebodyget a hold of something, they
(13:00):
hold a secret like why are youdoing that?
We're all trying to get to the,to the top.
You know, sam, we're allchasing the same dream.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
It is being a actor, being a comedian Producing shows
some of us hold it because ifwe put, we don't want to pass it
off and tarnish thatrelationship a little bit but
the promoter that we got through.
But then again and as you usethis term a lot, a lot of people
here like to play the big sharkin a small pond, if that makes
(13:30):
sense, and I feel like it's morethan one microphone, it's more
than one stage, it's more thanone comic club.
If we could all Grow and eatand share some knowledge.
But then you got Like it's bigshark small point, got a lot of
a lot of egos, a lot of delusionand stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
So this is what it is , you know, I mean I yeah, I
came up in the era when I firststarted that the comedians I was
with we were more like a family, like we talked to each other
Outside of being at the comicclub, like we checked on each
(14:09):
other's family move, more likethis, like a.
But now I see, like not to gettoo far into it, I see people
got their own separate groups ofwho they deal with.
But you know, it is what it is.
You just stand your own laneand just, you know, just be
always, just stay humble, likeanybody need me to do something.
I'm not gonna tell them no.
(14:29):
If I tell them no, it's gonnahave to be a reason why I'm
telling you know, I'm gonna letyou know why I can't do it.
I never leave nobody hanging.
You know I'm saying if somebodyasked me to do something, I'm
gonna try my best to do what Ineed to do for that person,
because you never know.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
To my home girl I'm gonna see if I can get skeet on
this on this podcast.
I said I'll follow him.
So I followed you, you followme.
Back.
I said, oh shit, all right.
Back then the DM comes.
So like, I'm definitelyappreciative of it and I'm
humble about it.
So speak with somebody of yourcaliber that I consider one of
the greats coming out of the 757, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yeah, no doubt, man, I appreciate you.
Man, we're watching somebodywatching.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Yeah, yeah, man.
So we 15 years in the game,yeah, Um, and I saw the post
with the DVDs.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
That's ancient art right there, bro.
I used to have my daughterbagging them joints up.
They used to sell hotcakes, bro.
I'm so 80s man I just didn'tthink nothing of me in a DVD,
(16:03):
but nobody.
You know what I'm saying.
We got playstations, but nobodyreally popular, or you know.
So I gotta get one of them.
Little geek sticks, the littleflat drives now I used to bag
them stuff like drugs, bro.
I had that shit in the sleeve.
Throw my little logo bagged up.
Hey man, I'm hustling bro, I'mshy.
I'm taking that gentle asmrfrom DJ Poonies.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Yo, this man be a Poonies, I would have to go in
the overview.
I said Yo, ain't no way bro.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I mean I was a man for a moment, that's just so
awesome.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Now you see everything.
Now, like you said, like I doflash drives and I send them out
to booking agencies, but nowyou see, everything is YouTube.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Nah, yeah, youtube, instagram.
Your TikTok man.
I want to try to what's up.
He on me, not he on me, hedidn't even care.
Present, can't, can't.
Yeah, can.
(17:08):
Presents.
He has a little joint.
He goes around the cities andthe application joined the field
.
All they asked was your name,stage name, date of birth,
what's your Twitter?
What's your Facebook?
What's your Instagram?
I'm like Jesus Christ, so I'mover there copying all the URLs
and putting them in there.
Like Jesus.
I'm like what happened?
(17:29):
Just a little comedy clip yourstage name email and send it out
.
Like they need to know you'refollowing now.
They need to know who you'refollowing.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I came in the new game.
I did the Keenan Thompson jointman.
I remember DJ had an asteriskon everything.
I couldn't get no furtherwithout putting all the social
media out.
But I also noticed this too.
Like every festival and everycompetition I've been in the
number three question that asksis what's your social media
(17:59):
handles?
And you can go no further.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
No further.
It's like damn.
They only ask they want threeminute clips, one minute clip,
two minutes.
And that's one thing.
I feel like I have clips butthey're not cut, they're not
chopped down to two minutes.
I'm like I'm trying to figureout, what are they trying to see
in two minutes?
So I finally started choppingthose up to send out.
(18:28):
But the festivals, some things,I think those are like pocket
schemes man, because I thinkthey'll have a whole bunch of
people, especially ones you gotto pay for.
You send them money out.
They send you a little.
Oh, you didn't make the cut, wewatched it, but better look
next time.
I'm like you just took $50 fromme.
You're going to send me halfthat back, or I didn't make it.
(18:49):
Can you send me back?
They take all that money anduse that as the pot money or
their production money orwhatever they need to do, like I
don't know.
Man, I sent some great stuff in.
I never get passed the.
We sent, we seen it, so I don'tneed to submit those.
No more, man, they got me onetime I submitted some with, and
(19:11):
I want to say probably sevenmonths later.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
They was like yeah, unfortunately you didn't get it.
I don't remember applying tothis shit.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I know right.
Yeah, Let me call the bank.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
No, wait a minute, yeah wait a minute, seven months
to make it.
But the crazy thing was theywas like oh yeah, we can put you
on reserve just in casesomebody else drops out, and I
was like how many people y'allgot on reserve.
But it is what it is.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
If you chasing it, man, chase it, but just be smart
about it, man, because everydollar you lose chasing it, you
mean you need to get it back.
I always think about my moneyLike what's spending I need to
get back too much detail aboutit.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
What's some of the things that you've noticed?
Well, you I know you wastalking about family and
everything what's some of thethings that you notice now about
some of the newer comics, orthat this is a little different
compared to when you came backup back in 2009?
What's some of the things thatyou noticed?
Speaker 2 (20:23):
The difference I see is they're able to get in comedy
clubs faster than I did.
They're like they're skippingthe little hole in the walls.
The three people in the crowd,10, 15.
They're like going to the clubsnow and actually performing.
I went from nobody being in theaudience to a thousand people
(20:43):
in the audience.
I went through a stepping stone.
They're skipping.
I don't know if they'reskipping it, but they're able to
be accessible to comedy clubs.
Like you see what I'm saying,they can get in there faster now
.
It took me a long time,wednesday night.
I don't know if it was aroundthat time, I don't know how old
(21:05):
you are, but when the Wednesdaynight Apollo night at the funny
ball, we waited every Wednesdaynight to get there, it was no
pay, they were just getting onthat stage, bro, and just
killing it.
That's why I built all my fanbases that Wednesday night.
The funny ball really set me onboth dashes Angus Black.
A lot of us used to go on thereand get in there.
(21:27):
That's when they were booingpeople.
If you want fun, they'll booyou Let you know that you want
fun.
I can't let people get booed.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
I actually remember it.
I went back.
The funny ball used to do theopen mic on Tuesdays or
Wednesdays.
It was one of them days Ialready went up.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
I think both days, I think both days had a job.
Turkey Tuesday, yeah, going inthere, and then, you know, the
Wednesday night was the Angusand both.
I don't remember it.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
The lockdown came up, I was like, oh shit.
Everybody was like here goesKeeta G.
I was like, oh where, I ain'twanting to fan out because
everybody was running over there.
But I was like, okay, I saidall right, let me show out.
But I already went on the stage.
Already I said damn, he can'teven see what I could do.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
So yeah, oh no, man.
I said, hey, once somebody tellme you can, you can certify.
You know what I'm saying.
I've seen a lot of goodcomedians, man.
As a young guy, I need to getaround a little bit more, man.
I don't be in the open micscene like that, but it's a lot
of new comedians like yourselfthat's out here doing it that I
(22:43):
don't see, and you know what I'msaying.
I got opportunity for them toget paid and get some stage time
, man, so I'm looking forward tobooking you.
Put some money in your pocket,bro.
See what you got to do.
It's all about helping out, man, if I can.
If I don't make it, at least Ican give some people a chance to
get to what they need to get to.
You know what I'm saying.
I've been in the game a longtime.
Some days I'd be wanting toquit, bro.
(23:04):
I ain't even gonna hold youbecause I feel like I'd be
spending my wills.
You know what I'm saying, butbut God is still keeping me able
to bless people and stay aroundthe common scene.
Man, my angle, bro.
If I don't make it major.
I like to produce big showslike this beat, and I'm a one
promoter in Virginia.
Like a skitter, g got thebiggest shows out of Hampton
(23:27):
Coliseum Chrysler Hall.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
You know I'll take that you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I think you could do like I'll pick the Russell
Simmons.
You know what I mean.
That's when they got me.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
I'm 35.
So all the time Def Connors jamcame on, I was bedtime.
But then bad boys and comedywith Tony was and Bobo was Blam
and downtown Tony Brown, a lotof them.
That's the shit that got me.
So I think I could see that,turn it into whatever you want
(24:01):
to do.
I don't know, I thought thatwas actually pretty dope, I'm
not gonna lie.
Underrated show.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, comment view.
Comment view was the number onething after Def Connors jam
that sparked a lot of people'scareers.
I say this it's not a lot ofthings on TV like it used to be
for up and coming comedians toget on stage.
Because the internet is this 10people where they need to go.
Now, like you don't have to beon TV no more.
Like it used to be.
(24:32):
And Bill Bellamy got jokes, theall those talent shows they had
, apollo you know what I'msaying.
It ain't none of thataccessible to comedians.
You know they got Americantalent, but most of them people
are singers.
You may get some comedians onthere you once in a while that
made it, but it's hard, bro, ifyou're not on social media.
(24:54):
what a big father I didAmerica's Got Talent.
You got to really know somebody.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Or just believe it.
Yeah, that's that I was only.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
That's a blessing you got.
You know you're blessing.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
on the stage Everybody else was a dancer, a
singer, a band.
I mean I was going up againstdogs and cats.
I was like yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
You got to really.
You got to really be on it.
You got to be really unique,like Jay Phyll when shot on Jay
again.
But when Jay took off he wasthis unique bro, what nobody
could do.
What he does Like it's peoplethat does impersonations, but
Jay does everybody like.
He do white people, chinesepeople.
He does everybody like you know.
(25:44):
You know air spirits, they doJay Z and DMX.
But I think Jay got them beatman, because you did some of
them up.
He'd be talking like I'm like Idon't know, I ain't gonna say
anything.
Yeah, he sounds just like him.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Like to the T, I know he got a nice beat.
I seen both of them and shoutout to areas.
I mean he's a media legend goatbut he was a DMX LL, snoop and
Jay.
But Jay Pharros range onimpressions and then his
transitions is barred and likethe best that I've seen.
(26:20):
So yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yeah, I've seen it.
You talk about when he was onair spirits did the um such a
kill in the All Stars?
Yeah, he killed it, though heended it, you know, with the rap
thing you know.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
but yeah, he got much time because I only keep the
interviews about 25, 30 minutes,man.
Yeah, because I gotta beworking, I gotta be up full 30.
But any advice?
That you want to give to anycomedian out there, whether they
(27:02):
just starting out, theyspending a wills or they, you
know, just finding a foot andwhat they already found.
If wouldn't any advice that youhave for those out there?
Speaker 2 (27:16):
I would just say, man , chase the dream, not the money
.
Chase the dream is moreauthentic.
You know what I'm saying.
You feel like you're getting towhere you wanna get to.
When you start putting themoney involved, then you take
away from your dream cause theymay not be paying you what you
wanna be paid your worth.
So try to chase the dream first, network meet a comedian, get
(27:39):
their phone number, theirInstagram, take the information
down.
Man, hit them up every once ina while.
Amen, such as such.
Don't be one of them.
Comedians like hey, dapp them up, take a picture and don't get
no information.
That's how I used to be.
I dapp them up, amen, niceknowing you.
It's all about networking andknowing somebody that can get
you to the next level.
(27:59):
Do them friendships, amen.
How you doing, bro?
Just checking in on you.
Amen, skeeter, what's up?
I'm coming in Virginia.
Funny bone.
Hey, you want a feature?
Oh, yeah, sure, it's all aboutbuilding relationships, man, and
stay humble.
Stay humble.
Don't never be that guy that'stoo cocky to thank you.
Just the most funnest person inthe world.
It's more funny people besidesyourself.
(28:20):
Just stay humble.
Be the big smile in the room,not the frown.
Light up the room when you'recoming in Great embrace
everybody like hey, don't neverleave any comedian behind If
they're not funny, just let themknow.
Just be more honest with peopleLike hey, look, man, you work
on this joke, you know what I'msaying.
People will respect you alittle bit more, instead of
(28:42):
talking behind that bat like man, do they need funny?
Let them know why that jokewon't funny.
Tell them, show them, tell themwhat he can do to make it funny
.
Work with them help each otherout.
Yeah, he's gonna help.
That's the best I can get fromyou know just being in the game,
bro.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
I like the boutiques, I like to see where I need to
go at and where I need to be,and I really yeah, positive,
positive feedback.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Not to be like man you a corny bro.
Nah, positive feedback.
Amen, call me man I'ma talk toyou about, and never do it in
front of somebody that youembarrassed.
Put them to the side so youwon't feel like you trying to
clown them like hey bro, let meholla at you real quick.
That joke would be funny if youdo this and if that person
don't receive it.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
It ain't what it is.
Let the people know.
Uh, no matter what, let me askthis one before we go Any order
Did a lot of top five comedies.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Uh, bernie Mac Eddie Murphy.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Jamie Foxx, eddie Jerry Saanfield, samoa DL Huey
and the Bill Crawford.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Oh yeah, Bill, be still on me, and how?
Speaker 1 (30:08):
can the people see you?
They've been in the game 25years.
See where they are.
They follow you at.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Oh, all right, Follow me on Instagram, man Skeeter
G23.
On Facebook, skeeter G Griffin.
I got two shows coming up thismonth, if y'all available.
March to 15, I will be at theGrammy Theater.
I had a fly in my bio.
If you follow March to 23, mymonthly show, laugh Our Loud
(30:37):
Saturdays, I will be therehosting it, my man Benny Mac and
my man Eli Sutter.
They are both of them, one'sfrom Alabama, one's from North
Carolina.
They say, if you're a comedian,come out, network with them.
They probably get you to thestart on whatever.
You know what I mean Goodnetworking and, uh, call me
special coming.
I haven't got the venue yet.
(30:58):
I got a date.
It's going to be August of thisyear, on my birthday.
I'm shooting for August, thethird of this year, to do an
hour special.
So, being a lookout for that Idon't have a title for it yet,
but just leave on me.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Just leave on me.
It's been a long time I'm goingto be out there telling my best
jokes.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
I might come out there like Luke Skywalker.
Yeah, I'm going to go out there.
May the force be with thesejokes.
God damn it.
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Look.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
I've been doing this.
A thing, man, no champions man,you know what I mean.
Champions man, you know what Imean.
I don't want to see anything,that's going on.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
It's comedian room, all social media platforms, no
ID media TV.
That's the YouTube channel andit's also the Facebook and
another Instagram page that hasthe podcast and features my
comedy, so you actually can seeall the variety of guests.
Skita, I appreciate you comingand doing an interview with me
and everything.
I know it's late.
I do got to show you somethingonce we get off the cam.
(32:01):
Man, since we was showing toys,I got something that I know I
can stump you on.
I'm getting restored thisweekend, but thank you so much
for everything, man, and wesigned off.
Okay, If you guys can like,share, comment, subscribe and
support comedy podcastentertainment, black
entertainment and blackcreatives as well too.
Thank you all so much.
All right, Stop recording.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Appreciate it, brother.
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