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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is a free comedy Friday today, and we got
a real legend hang out with us today. The Man,
the myth, the Legend, Tommy Davidson. He's back in town
at the Comedy Store in La Joya this weekend. A
couple of shows tonight, a couple of shows tomorrow night,
(00:21):
and on Sunday, show too. Tommy working hard.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
The original gig. Oh that's right, yeah, me and Chris
Rock and Polly Shore. Where the new faces of the
comedy show get out of it? So they let us go
all the way down to La Joya and at the
Dunes in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Okay, so the original Comedy Store, they you guys performed
there and then they're like, you know what, you're good enough,
we're gonna send you out.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We're gonna send you out and then you can go over
to Vegas.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
That's crazy. Yeah, that's really cool.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
So that was the start.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
So you have a fondness to the Comedy Store here
in Laoya.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I do, I do? There's still a connection.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
And what did you guys think the first time you
saw it? Because of course New York l A. But
now all of a sudden La Joya, Like, did you
guys think that.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Was well, way to put this guy.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Well, yeah, but it was just you know, before every
town had a commony, it was all about New York
and l A. So when you guys walk into the place,
are you taking it serious or you kind of like
we're gonna have fun.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
It's kind of like business class versus there too far
in the back. Okay, but really good because it was
non Hollywood. Yeah, when is when is normal people?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
You're talking to the real people.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
They laugh, yes, more you know the fancy people go.
That was funny.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, let me analyze. That was funny.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
No, weird, that's funny.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Yeah, you're like, yeah, that's funny.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Were there crowds when their first open?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
What did you guys have a nice turn out?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah? We always did. Okay, this this club has always
done it's great.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, it's always done well yeah the last year yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
This time yeah yeah, I think so you came down.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I don't remember.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I'm totally plating. Yeah yeah, memory pills. Yeah, no, that's right, No,
it is what it is. Tommy. Always pleasure when you're
coming to town. It's always great to see you.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Man.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
What do you got going on these days? What's been
going on.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Let's see, I just finished eight episode pilot for BT
for my own show called The Varnel Hills Show.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Now, is this the one with Martin Lawrence? Yes?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeh, the DJ? Yes, yes, I've heard about this two episodes?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Okay, yeah, how many questions for us about being a
radio d.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
I tried.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I try this.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
It's not that hard.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
What's today?
Speaker 1 (03:07):
September twelfth, Friday, Friday?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, right, this is you guys get sleep woke around Wednesday?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, you're sleep sleep woke?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Is you know?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Hey, when I was on right tonight when I get
off or today when I get off, I'm going to
get some rest. But no, somebody called me. I forgot
about this game. Oh yeah, and then I got to
go over here. And then that's Monday, and then Tuesday
very much. Uh my sister called or whatever, you know,
and I'm definitely getting some sleep tomorrow. So then by
I say, by Thursday, you're sleepwoke. Yeah, yeah, I'm out
(03:38):
of awake. But sleep Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Night just kind of like.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah, you know, it's like I'm looking in the mirror.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Then there's a meeting, yeah, meeting, yeah about you know,
they don't listen to us, you know, why am I
going over there us and them.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Like Tommy works here, this is great.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
We want to hear this, and we want to hear that.
And then you come in and you go, did you
hear it? They go, no, put me through all that.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Yeah, it couldn't be more right, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah I could have heard it. But you know, it's tough, man. Wednesdays.
I play softball and I had a late game on Wednesday.
And it's not like I come home and just you know,
fall right asleep and I'm good, you know, so I'm wake.
I was wait till like midnight and then I get
up at three thirty. So I mean that that my
whole week now is just dumb. I'm dumb. Like I
(04:32):
literally woke up this morning at like two and I go,
I don't know what day it is, like, and I
thought to.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Myself pretty much, I don't look at the calendar.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Yeah, I mean, but I was confused, and I'm like,
am I offah, No, No, I think it's Friday. That's
what happens.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yes, like an early bird and a bat.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh really at the same time. Yeah, makes sense.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
You I'm there.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
It's just like, you know, it's I'm on the cusp
of the whole world now.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Doing what you do is late nights. You know, you
have late nights.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
When I get sleep, I get sleep. You know, I'm
like Dracola.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Okay, you're like a sleep camel. Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
But it's when I can. Yeah, but it's it's a
it's a it's a good life.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
You know. My biological clop got killed, like for all
the military bases that went to around the world, travel show.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
And so cool, you know what I mean. Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
But your internal clock is jack, you don't know what
time you're in.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Biological clock I think is different. That's when you're having
a baby. Are you Are you with child right now
or not with Okay, hey, what's what's up? What we
got breaking news? What got pulled up?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I'm showing you the baby.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
There's a baby.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Well she's four, yeah, but she's you know, she's the baby.
Yeah for sure. Just like.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
What a cute man. He's having his first in about
a month.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
That was me.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yeah, man, great man, thank you appreciate you got any
father of the advice this guy, cool.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Man, thank you. It's all coming now, man, it's all
coming to you.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yeah, I'm really excited about, like.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Now, yes, really well he doesn't like that people tell
him you'll figure it out.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
People I'll say, like any advice, and people go, dude,
you'll figure it out. There's no book, no, but like
people can tell me, like, you know, something like the
first time they changed the diaper, like you know, something.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Like like what do I do to figure it out?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
You'll pick up? It's just really queer bat you sure? Yeah,
So so do you know what you have?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You're having a boy?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Get round of a boy? The first one, first one boy.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, it's serious.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
I was pretty pumped about it because my wife isn't
She never wanted to have kids.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
And we I think we talked about that.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Yeah, and she never wanted to have kids, and now
we're having a baby and she's going not having the
best pregnancy.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
So she swears this is it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
It's been rough. It's been rough. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Yeah, her feet are huge.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Okay, you don't need to mention.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I kind of like, don't want to hang out right now.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
I'm not kidding you. One second, it's like we're cool
and everything's fine. I'm literally a second later she just
hates me, and I'm like, what just happened.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
She sees every body is just like crazy.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yes, it's like your brain, it's like all.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
Over the She looked at me yesterday. She goes, look
at my smile and I go, what's wrong with it?
She goes, you see how you don't see this face?
This isn't a good face, like.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Your face looks great.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah, it's a lot, It's a lot. I'll never forget this.
Caraban Neet is so funny. She she finally had a child.
In this interview, she she had and so the guy says,
I'm so, how was childbirth? You know you did hurt?
(08:25):
And she said yeah, she said, imagine grabbing your bottom
lip pulling it over your head.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
That was that's great. Hurt me back.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I called her because I was going to do a
special and she called me back personally. I wasn't able
to get the special done, but she called me.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
She said, yeah, be great.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Crazy from when I was a little.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
To think that, Hey to you, honestly, Tommy, thinking about
your career and all that stuff, and obviously you know,
it always goes back to Living Color, which was you
know the massive show you did? Okay you did okay? Yeah,
I mean everybody that came out of the show. Yeah.
Oh oh, Jamie looks like Daryl Hall. He's he's more
(09:25):
of an Oats guy. You think Oats is the one
with the must Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, yeah, he just
got air Jamie. Jamie like if they had if they
had a baby Oates and Gallagher. That's a good call, Tommy. Yeah,
it's a good call. You know. In thinking of the
people that came from that show and you and Jim
(09:48):
Carrey obviously, all the Wayans and all that stuff. What's
wild think about is you guys and your careers and
everything that happened. I just Marlon has been on our
show a billion times. Great, dude, great he is now
in a massive Jordan Peel movie that's coming out in
like a week or so. That like, you guys have
stood the test of time. Man, Like, it's great.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
It's good. It's really is good to just be still working.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, it is phenomenon.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
You we all know what that is in general. Oh yeah,
tell me about to be able to go to the
grocery check every week. I'm like, let's go.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Going to the dentist. All the things that cost us.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Yeah, without a doubt. Yeah, I mean it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, so you know, I'm glad to go to the
grocery store and I don't have to stay ahead of
ahead of my food buildings. Yeah, everything, you got to
put that back in this back and yeah, stay about
five dollars.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
That's good, Tommy, Like, just give me the hot You
know you're doing, all right, that's what you know you're
doing all right. So you know when you were on
that show, when when you were doing your impressions and
things like that, were those things you were doing already
or were you developing them for the show, like Sammy
Davis and all those all those different impressions you would do,
were you already doing that? Okay?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
But I didn't know what they were.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yeah, I didn't know that you had tols.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
I just said I imitate people.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Finally, in an interview one time you're do impressions, I
was like, oh, yeah, I guess I used to tell
me shut up? Can you can you turn your mouth down?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Why do you sell? Like Bill Cosby knock it off?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Well?
Speaker 3 (11:34):
That sounded like in a movie every time he's hurting
the movie, it's the same. My favorite is a total recall.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah, just like him? Normal? What was dream Secrets? M
secrets and then you and his girlfriend both.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Dead on yet on, and finally they can breathe, you
know what I mean, So they can breathe.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
There's no air. Oh my god, you gotta go see Tobby.
He's at the La Joya Comedy Stores. Come to shows today,
come shows tomorrow night, and show today. We need to
laugh right now.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Yes, just stay in it.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Absolutely, what I mean, what's going on out there has
nothing to.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Do with it. That's the here. Yeah, that's what that's
that's that's our show man.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
We know the same thing.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Absolutely, dude, we know that for sure.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
We live in this yellow submarine show.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Couldn't agree more? Wait, wait, asked me for a second. Yell, hey,
good luck with everything. I can't wait. I hope that
that pilot is a smash and have fun, have fun
and do better and La joya a wojo La