1 00:00:04,654 --> 00:00:12,378 . >>> I can attest my success to black men, all of it. 2 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:14,813 >>> I can attest my success to black men, all of it. Because robert townsend was the 3 00:00:14,815 --> 00:00:17,082 black men, all of it. Because robert townsend was the first one to put me on tv, and 4 00:00:17,084 --> 00:00:20,352 because robert townsend was the first one to put me on tv, and that was on "partners in crime." 5 00:00:20,354 --> 00:00:25,424 first one to put me on tv, and that was on "partners in crime." the second one arsenio. 6 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:28,394 That was on "partners in crime." the second one arsenio. Eddy murphy puts me on his pilot 7 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,596 the second one arsenio. Eddy murphy puts me on his pilot for "coming to america" where I 8 00:00:30,598 --> 00:00:31,997 eddy murphy puts me on his pilot for "coming to america" where I play his brother. 9 00:00:31,999 --> 00:00:35,801 For "coming to america" where I play his brother. And finally keenan comes to me 10 00:00:35,803 --> 00:00:37,903 play his brother. And finally keenan comes to me for "in loving color." 11 00:00:37,905 --> 00:00:40,039 and finally keenan comes to me for "in loving color." one, two, three, four, and I was 12 00:00:40,041 --> 00:00:40,272 for "in loving color." one, two, three, four, and I was gone. 13 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:41,240 One, two, three, four, and I was gone. Never looked back. 14 00:00:41,242 --> 00:00:43,208 Gone. Never looked back. I never got a big hit from fame 15 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:44,610 never looked back. I never got a big hit from fame because I loved it so much. 16 00:00:44,612 --> 00:00:47,012 I never got a big hit from fame because I loved it so much. But now that I look back on it, 17 00:00:47,014 --> 00:00:50,282 because I loved it so much. But now that I look back on it, a lot of the talent in hollywood 18 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:51,617 but now that I look back on it, a lot of the talent in hollywood understood how much money you 19 00:00:51,619 --> 00:00:52,217 a lot of the talent in hollywood understood how much money you could make. 20 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:54,002 Understood how much money you could make. So I never really got that. 21 00:00:54,004 --> 00:00:56,288 Could make. So I never really got that. If anything, I kind of missed 22 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:58,991 so I never really got that. If anything, I kind of missed the train on that because 23 00:00:58,993 --> 00:01:01,060 if anything, I kind of missed the train on that because with -- with a big head in a 24 00:01:01,062 --> 00:01:04,029 the train on that because with -- with a big head in a way, you know, you look at what 25 00:01:04,031 --> 00:01:06,131 with -- with a big head in a way, you know, you look at what you're doing a little closer. 26 00:01:06,133 --> 00:01:11,303 Way, you know, you look at what you're doing a little closer. I think I got lucky in that way 27 00:01:11,305 --> 00:01:16,408 you're doing a little closer. I think I got lucky in that way because I still genuinely love 28 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:17,676 I think I got lucky in that way because I still genuinely love this. 29 00:01:17,678 --> 00:01:29,655 Because I still genuinely love this. ♪ 30 00:01:29,657 --> 00:01:46,555 this. ♪ ♪ barbara is my mother. 31 00:01:46,557 --> 00:01:50,025 ♪ ♪ barbara is my mother. And she branded me a strength 32 00:01:50,027 --> 00:01:53,195 ♪ barbara is my mother. And she branded me a strength and a spirit that got me through 33 00:01:53,197 --> 00:01:53,478 and she branded me a strength and a spirit that got me through hollywood. 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,081 And a spirit that got me through hollywood. I actually was abandoned in the 35 00:01:56,083 --> 00:01:58,884 hollywood. I actually was abandoned in the trash in 1966 in mississippi, 36 00:01:58,886 --> 00:02:01,053 I actually was abandoned in the trash in 1966 in mississippi, and she found me random. 37 00:02:01,055 --> 00:02:04,323 Trash in 1966 in mississippi, and she found me random. She had gone down there with her 38 00:02:04,325 --> 00:02:08,544 and she found me random. She had gone down there with her husband to do some voting drives 39 00:02:08,546 --> 00:02:10,412 she had gone down there with her husband to do some voting drives during the civil rights 40 00:02:10,414 --> 00:02:10,796 husband to do some voting drives during the civil rights movements. 41 00:02:10,798 --> 00:02:13,048 During the civil rights movements. Kennedy said if you go through 42 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:16,335 movements. Kennedy said if you go through this time in history, will you 43 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:18,170 kennedy said if you go through this time in history, will you say you did something about the 44 00:02:18,172 --> 00:02:19,171 this time in history, will you say you did something about the race problems? 45 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:21,223 Say you did something about the race problems? So they went down there, and 46 00:02:21,225 --> 00:02:22,808 race problems? So they went down there, and they were working with my 47 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:23,759 so they went down there, and they were working with my natural mother. 48 00:02:23,761 --> 00:02:26,378 They were working with my natural mother. The next year, they came down to 49 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:27,763 natural mother. The next year, they came down to see if she was still there, kind 50 00:02:27,765 --> 00:02:29,148 the next year, they came down to see if she was still there, kind of visit and pass through. 51 00:02:29,150 --> 00:02:31,984 See if she was still there, kind of visit and pass through. They said she's gone, but she 52 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:34,052 of visit and pass through. They said she's gone, but she left her youngest son at this 53 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:34,319 they said she's gone, but she left her youngest son at this house. 54 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:36,555 Left her youngest son at this house. So my mother, being nosey, went 55 00:02:36,557 --> 00:02:37,606 house. So my mother, being nosey, went to this house. 56 00:02:37,608 --> 00:02:39,525 So my mother, being nosey, went to this house. And when she got there, it was 57 00:02:39,527 --> 00:02:42,611 to this house. And when she got there, it was an abandoned house, kids in 58 00:02:42,613 --> 00:02:43,562 and when she got there, it was an abandoned house, kids in there doing drugs. 59 00:02:43,564 --> 00:02:46,081 An abandoned house, kids in there doing drugs. She got out of there fast. 60 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:47,749 There doing drugs. She got out of there fast. But when she left out of there, 61 00:02:47,751 --> 00:02:49,418 she got out of there fast. But when she left out of there, she saw a pile of trash inside 62 00:02:49,420 --> 00:02:50,919 but when she left out of there, she saw a pile of trash inside the house, and something told 63 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:52,588 she saw a pile of trash inside the house, and something told her to look under this tire that 64 00:02:52,590 --> 00:02:54,456 the house, and something told her to look under this tire that was -- that was on top of the 65 00:02:54,458 --> 00:02:54,906 her to look under this tire that was -- that was on top of the trash. 66 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:57,242 Was -- that was on top of the trash. So when she moved the tire, she 67 00:02:57,244 --> 00:02:58,243 trash. So when she moved the tire, she saw my foot. 68 00:02:58,245 --> 00:03:00,762 So when she moved the tire, she saw my foot. So she uncovered the trash, and 69 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:01,847 saw my foot. So she uncovered the trash, and there I was. 70 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:04,183 So she uncovered the trash, and there I was. I was starved, had contusions to 71 00:03:04,185 --> 00:03:04,716 there I was. I was starved, had contusions to my skull. 72 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:07,052 I was starved, had contusions to my skull. I was in a coma. 73 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:09,154 My skull. I was in a coma. I was 18 months. 74 00:03:09,156 --> 00:03:12,774 I was in a coma. I was 18 months. And she took me to the hospital. 75 00:03:12,776 --> 00:03:14,910 I was 18 months. And she took me to the hospital. I was there for 60 days. 76 00:03:14,912 --> 00:03:17,996 And she took me to the hospital. I was there for 60 days. I lived. 77 00:03:17,998 --> 00:03:20,032 I was there for 60 days. I lived. They couldn't find the parent. 78 00:03:20,034 --> 00:03:22,901 I lived. They couldn't find the parent. So she took me to for cause 79 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:24,920 they couldn't find the parent. So she took me to for cause colorado where I grew up until I 80 00:03:24,922 --> 00:03:25,804 so she took me to for cause colorado where I grew up until I was five. 81 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:27,673 Colorado where I grew up until I was five. Barbara is a white woman with a 82 00:03:27,675 --> 00:03:28,941 was five. Barbara is a white woman with a black child in 1966. 83 00:03:28,943 --> 00:03:30,275 Barbara is a white woman with a black child in 1966. But I didn't know I was black. 84 00:03:30,277 --> 00:03:31,894 Black child in 1966. But I didn't know I was black. I didn't realize that I was 85 00:03:31,896 --> 00:03:33,345 but I didn't know I was black. I didn't realize that I was black until I moved to 86 00:03:33,347 --> 00:03:34,980 I didn't realize that I was black until I moved to washington, d.C. 87 00:03:34,982 --> 00:03:36,248 Black until I moved to washington, d.C. You roll into washington, d.C. 88 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:37,449 Washington, d.C. You roll into washington, d.C. With the riots. 89 00:03:37,451 --> 00:03:38,417 You roll into washington, d.C. With the riots. Everything you are seeing with 90 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:40,619 with the riots. Everything you are seeing with the pandemics and all that 91 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:43,188 everything you are seeing with the pandemics and all that craziness, I have seen it 92 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:43,422 the pandemics and all that craziness, I have seen it before. 93 00:03:43,424 --> 00:03:45,591 Craziness, I have seen it before. So my brother looks like david 94 00:03:45,593 --> 00:03:47,525 before. So my brother looks like david cassidy, and my sister looks 95 00:03:47,527 --> 00:03:49,711 so my brother looks like david cassidy, and my sister looks like cindy brady. 96 00:03:49,713 --> 00:03:52,597 Cassidy, and my sister looks like cindy brady. Here we are with tear gas, 97 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:53,615 like cindy brady. Here we are with tear gas, fires, all this stuff. 98 00:03:53,617 --> 00:03:55,267 Here we are with tear gas, fires, all this stuff. We settle into washington, d.C. 99 00:03:55,269 --> 00:03:56,985 Fires, all this stuff. We settle into washington, d.C. And somebody came over and said, 100 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,737 we settle into washington, d.C. And somebody came over and said, hey, the kids are playing at the 101 00:03:58,739 --> 00:03:58,987 and somebody came over and said, hey, the kids are playing at the pool. 102 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:01,740 Hey, the kids are playing at the pool. Do you want your kids to go down 103 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:01,940 pool. Do you want your kids to go down there? 104 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:03,709 Do you want your kids to go down there? We went down there and the black 105 00:04:03,711 --> 00:04:05,827 there? We went down there and the black kids whipped our ass all the way 106 00:04:05,829 --> 00:04:07,412 we went down there and the black kids whipped our ass all the way home and they were whipping our 107 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:09,164 kids whipped our ass all the way home and they were whipping our ass for weeks. 108 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:11,800 Home and they were whipping our ass for weeks. They kept calling my brother and 109 00:04:11,802 --> 00:04:14,136 ass for weeks. They kept calling my brother and sister white cracker and were 110 00:04:14,138 --> 00:04:17,506 they kept calling my brother and sister white cracker and were calling me white cracker lover. 111 00:04:17,508 --> 00:04:20,726 Sister white cracker and were calling me white cracker lover. I asked my mother. 112 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:22,794 Calling me white cracker lover. I asked my mother. She said that's what people your 113 00:04:22,796 --> 00:04:24,179 I asked my mother. She said that's what people your color call people our color when 114 00:04:24,181 --> 00:04:25,314 she said that's what people your color call people our color when they don't like them. 115 00:04:25,316 --> 00:04:27,649 Color call people our color when they don't like them. I said, well, what color am I? 116 00:04:27,651 --> 00:04:28,984 They don't like them. I said, well, what color am I? She said, you're black. 117 00:04:28,986 --> 00:04:34,072 I said, well, what color am I? She said, you're black. I said, no, I'm brown like the 118 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:34,306 she said, you're black. I said, no, I'm brown like the crayons. 119 00:04:34,308 --> 00:04:35,190 I said, no, I'm brown like the crayons. You know, that's where I learned 120 00:04:35,192 --> 00:04:36,191 crayons. You know, that's where I learned my colors from. 121 00:04:36,193 --> 00:04:38,327 You know, that's where I learned my colors from. She said, well, that's what we 122 00:04:38,329 --> 00:04:39,878 my colors from. She said, well, that's what we call them. 123 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,747 She said, well, that's what we call them. Finally it got so messy down 124 00:04:41,749 --> 00:04:43,465 call them. Finally it got so messy down there that we moved to the 125 00:04:43,467 --> 00:04:43,715 finally it got so messy down there that we moved to the suburbs. 126 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:45,334 There that we moved to the suburbs. This is in '69. 127 00:04:45,336 --> 00:04:47,386 Suburbs. This is in '69. And that's the first time I 128 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:50,188 this is in '69. And that's the first time I heard the word [ bleep ]. 129 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:51,456 And that's the first time I heard the word [ bleep ]. Because grown white men were 130 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:52,624 heard the word [ bleep ]. Because grown white men were chasing me home, man. 131 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:54,760 Because grown white men were chasing me home, man. So I thought that I was a brown 132 00:04:54,762 --> 00:04:56,545 chasing me home, man. So I thought that I was a brown one of whatever we were because 133 00:04:56,547 --> 00:04:59,881 so I thought that I was a brown one of whatever we were because I grew up in the midwest. 134 00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:03,168 One of whatever we were because I grew up in the midwest. I saw a lot of liters be born 135 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:04,703 I grew up in the midwest. I saw a lot of liters be born like cats. 136 00:05:04,705 --> 00:05:09,174 I saw a lot of liters be born like cats. A gray kitten, a grown kitten or 137 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:11,059 like cats. A gray kitten, a grown kitten or a dog could have three white 138 00:05:11,061 --> 00:05:12,260 a gray kitten, a grown kitten or a dog could have three white puppies, three brown ones and a 139 00:05:12,262 --> 00:05:12,928 a dog could have three white puppies, three brown ones and a black one. 140 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:14,346 Puppies, three brown ones and a black one. So I thought whatever we were, I 141 00:05:14,348 --> 00:05:14,813 black one. So I thought whatever we were, I was brown. 142 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:16,515 So I thought whatever we were, I was brown. So I thought that was the 143 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:17,933 was brown. So I thought that was the stupidest thing I ever heard 144 00:05:17,935 --> 00:05:19,718 so I thought that was the stupidest thing I ever heard because people were hating each 145 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,903 stupidest thing I ever heard because people were hating each other for a color they weren't 146 00:05:21,905 --> 00:05:22,154 because people were hating each other for a color they weren't really. 147 00:05:22,156 --> 00:05:22,738 Other for a color they weren't really. You know? 148 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:25,724 Really. You know? And that's when my whole world 149 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:26,908 you know? And that's when my whole world just came crashing down because 150 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:29,328 and that's when my whole world just came crashing down because I said, well, how can I love 151 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:30,746 just came crashing down because I said, well, how can I love these people that are this color 152 00:05:30,748 --> 00:05:33,115 I said, well, how can I love these people that are this color and hate the people that are the 153 00:05:33,117 --> 00:05:34,750 these people that are this color and hate the people that are the color of me but love the people 154 00:05:34,752 --> 00:05:37,002 and hate the people that are the color of me but love the people that are the color -- it got 155 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:38,337 color of me but love the people that are the color -- it got real confusing for me. 156 00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:40,522 That are the color -- it got real confusing for me. So we moved again because the 157 00:05:40,524 --> 00:05:42,974 real confusing for me. So we moved again because the suburbs got so dangerous for me. 158 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:45,060 So we moved again because the suburbs got so dangerous for me. So my mom found a neighborhood 159 00:05:45,062 --> 00:05:47,896 suburbs got so dangerous for me. So my mom found a neighborhood right on the d.C. Line, you 160 00:05:47,898 --> 00:05:48,113 so my mom found a neighborhood right on the d.C. Line, you know. 161 00:05:48,115 --> 00:05:49,865 Right on the d.C. Line, you know. And when me and my sisters got 162 00:05:49,867 --> 00:05:51,366 know. And when me and my sisters got there, we sat on the windowsill 163 00:05:51,368 --> 00:05:53,568 and when me and my sisters got there, we sat on the windowsill and looked down in this 164 00:05:53,570 --> 00:05:53,902 there, we sat on the windowsill and looked down in this neighborhood. 165 00:05:53,904 --> 00:05:55,287 And looked down in this neighborhood. This is where I grew up. 166 00:05:55,289 --> 00:05:57,355 Neighborhood. This is where I grew up. And the song came on ball of 167 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:57,622 this is where I grew up. And the song came on ball of confusion. 168 00:05:57,624 --> 00:05:59,190 And the song came on ball of confusion. It was like out of a movie. 169 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:01,025 Confusion. It was like out of a movie. And from that point on in my 170 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:02,661 it was like out of a movie. And from that point on in my little courtyard, I was 171 00:06:02,663 --> 00:06:05,697 and from that point on in my little courtyard, I was representing like the un. 172 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:08,133 Little courtyard, I was representing like the un. I had african friends, 173 00:06:08,135 --> 00:06:09,418 representing like the un. I had african friends, vietnamese friends, white 174 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:10,585 I had african friends, vietnamese friends, white friends and all that. 175 00:06:10,587 --> 00:06:13,255 Vietnamese friends, white friends and all that. But when I turned about nine, 176 00:06:13,257 --> 00:06:17,509 friends and all that. But when I turned about nine, all of the innocent kids moved 177 00:06:17,511 --> 00:06:18,810 but when I turned about nine, all of the innocent kids moved to my neighborhoods. 178 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:20,879 All of the innocent kids moved to my neighborhoods. So all of a sudden it was black 179 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:21,346 to my neighborhoods. So all of a sudden it was black time. 180 00:06:21,348 --> 00:06:22,764 So all of a sudden it was black time. Now, I discovered I was black 181 00:06:22,766 --> 00:06:24,599 time. Now, I discovered I was black when I first moved to that 182 00:06:24,601 --> 00:06:25,984 now, I discovered I was black when I first moved to that neighborhood because when the 183 00:06:25,986 --> 00:06:29,104 when I first moved to that neighborhood because when the white teenagers ran at me 184 00:06:29,106 --> 00:06:32,574 neighborhood because when the white teenagers ran at me calling me [ bleep ], the black 185 00:06:32,576 --> 00:06:33,191 white teenagers ran at me calling me [ bleep ], the black guys came. 186 00:06:33,193 --> 00:06:35,944 Calling me [ bleep ], the black guys came. I was like, oh, I'm on this 187 00:06:35,946 --> 00:06:36,778 guys came. I was like, oh, I'm on this team, you know. 188 00:06:36,780 --> 00:06:41,500 I was like, oh, I'm on this team, you know. So as a kid, I had a lot of -- I 189 00:06:41,502 --> 00:06:43,368 team, you know. So as a kid, I had a lot of -- I think of color, nothing like 190 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:43,735 so as a kid, I had a lot of -- I think of color, nothing like that. 191 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,120 Think of color, nothing like that. But when these kids moved from 192 00:06:45,122 --> 00:06:48,774 that. But when these kids moved from the inner city, it was like -- 193 00:06:48,776 --> 00:06:50,358 but when these kids moved from the inner city, it was like -- it was like every man for 194 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:51,893 the inner city, it was like -- it was like every man for himself, every kid for himself. 195 00:06:51,895 --> 00:06:56,481 It was like every man for himself, every kid for himself. So my -- my parents had 196 00:06:56,483 --> 00:06:56,815 himself, every kid for himself. So my -- my parents had divorced. 197 00:06:56,817 --> 00:06:58,700 So my -- my parents had divorced. So it was a single mother in 198 00:06:58,702 --> 00:07:00,402 divorced. So it was a single mother in this neighborhood in maryland. 199 00:07:00,404 --> 00:07:02,654 So it was a single mother in this neighborhood in maryland. Latch key kid coming home from 200 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:04,456 this neighborhood in maryland. Latch key kid coming home from school, let my sister in, making 201 00:07:04,458 --> 00:07:08,326 latch key kid coming home from school, let my sister in, making her hot dogs and macaroni and 202 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:09,527 school, let my sister in, making her hot dogs and macaroni and cheese and just survival. 203 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:12,130 Her hot dogs and macaroni and cheese and just survival. And I think that that had a big 204 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:14,466 cheese and just survival. And I think that that had a big impression on my personality 205 00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:16,701 and I think that that had a big impression on my personality because as a kid, you know, I 206 00:07:16,703 --> 00:07:19,371 impression on my personality because as a kid, you know, I was such a loving kid, you know. 207 00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:20,839 Because as a kid, you know, I was such a loving kid, you know. I just loved everything because 208 00:07:20,841 --> 00:07:22,891 was such a loving kid, you know. I just loved everything because I came from the midwest. 209 00:07:22,893 --> 00:07:25,293 I just loved everything because I came from the midwest. You know, so I had this heart of 210 00:07:25,295 --> 00:07:27,162 I came from the midwest. You know, so I had this heart of gold, loved everybody. 211 00:07:27,164 --> 00:07:29,464 You know, so I had this heart of gold, loved everybody. And it became ass whip time. 212 00:07:29,466 --> 00:07:32,283 Gold, loved everybody. And it became ass whip time. My brother and sister felt like 213 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:33,835 and it became ass whip time. My brother and sister felt like anger towards me because I was 214 00:07:33,837 --> 00:07:35,804 my brother and sister felt like anger towards me because I was like the spoiled child of the 215 00:07:35,806 --> 00:07:36,888 anger towards me because I was like the spoiled child of the whole family. 216 00:07:36,890 --> 00:07:37,956 Like the spoiled child of the whole family. It is like everybody in the 217 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:40,459 whole family. It is like everybody in the family just spoiled me. 218 00:07:40,461 --> 00:07:42,160 It is like everybody in the family just spoiled me. Like my grandfather when we'd go 219 00:07:42,162 --> 00:07:44,379 family just spoiled me. Like my grandfather when we'd go and visit them, I didn't have to 220 00:07:44,381 --> 00:07:45,380 like my grandfather when we'd go and visit them, I didn't have to do no chores. 221 00:07:45,382 --> 00:07:47,015 And visit them, I didn't have to do no chores. I could sit and watch the 222 00:07:47,017 --> 00:07:50,869 do no chores. I could sit and watch the football game with him, and he 223 00:07:50,871 --> 00:07:51,870 I could sit and watch the football game with him, and he would teach me different 224 00:07:51,872 --> 00:07:54,272 football game with him, and he would teach me different cultural groups by the jerseys. 225 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:55,440 Would teach me different cultural groups by the jerseys. He's polish. 226 00:07:55,442 --> 00:07:56,825 Cultural groups by the jerseys. He's polish. He was that cat, you know. 227 00:07:56,827 --> 00:07:59,878 He's polish. He was that cat, you know. So I got away with a lot because 228 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,346 he was that cat, you know. So I got away with a lot because I was like the charm of the 229 00:08:01,348 --> 00:08:02,964 so I got away with a lot because I was like the charm of the family, and I was really 230 00:08:02,966 --> 00:08:03,431 I was like the charm of the family, and I was really talented. 231 00:08:03,433 --> 00:08:07,919 Family, and I was really talented. My father was nowhere around, so 232 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:09,754 talented. My father was nowhere around, so my mother was a single -- she 233 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:10,972 my father was nowhere around, so my mother was a single -- she was a single parent. 234 00:08:10,974 --> 00:08:13,942 My mother was a single -- she was a single parent. But that's the majority of my 235 00:08:13,944 --> 00:08:14,693 was a single parent. But that's the majority of my neighborhood, anyway. 236 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,945 But that's the majority of my neighborhood, anyway. So she was the community mom, 237 00:08:16,947 --> 00:08:17,195 neighborhood, anyway. So she was the community mom, really. 238 00:08:17,197 --> 00:08:19,097 So she was the community mom, really. She would -- she was the 239 00:08:19,099 --> 00:08:19,397 really. She would -- she was the advocate. 240 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:21,933 She would -- she was the advocate. You know, she changed the 241 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:24,119 advocate. You know, she changed the apartments into co-op where you 242 00:08:24,121 --> 00:08:25,770 you know, she changed the apartments into co-op where you would buy your own apartment. 243 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:27,622 Apartments into co-op where you would buy your own apartment. We had trouble with the police, 244 00:08:27,624 --> 00:08:28,957 would buy your own apartment. We had trouble with the police, so she went down to the police 245 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:29,908 we had trouble with the police, so she went down to the police department with the community, 246 00:08:29,910 --> 00:08:31,309 so she went down to the police department with the community, and the police couldn't come to 247 00:08:31,311 --> 00:08:32,994 department with the community, and the police couldn't come to our neighborhood unless they 248 00:08:32,996 --> 00:08:34,196 and the police couldn't come to our neighborhood unless they were called. 249 00:08:34,198 --> 00:08:36,198 Our neighborhood unless they were called. You always knew somebody got 250 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:37,582 were called. You always knew somebody got killed because somebody was 251 00:08:37,584 --> 00:08:39,618 you always knew somebody got killed because somebody was crying in my living room at 4:00 252 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:41,486 killed because somebody was crying in my living room at 4:00 in the morning, you know, or 253 00:08:41,488 --> 00:08:43,371 crying in my living room at 4:00 in the morning, you know, or somebody got their ass whipped 254 00:08:43,373 --> 00:08:44,589 in the morning, you know, or somebody got their ass whipped by their drunk husband or 255 00:08:44,591 --> 00:08:45,006 somebody got their ass whipped by their drunk husband or whatever. 256 00:08:45,008 --> 00:08:46,091 By their drunk husband or whatever. That was who she was. 257 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:47,676 Whatever. That was who she was. And she used to confuse me 258 00:08:47,678 --> 00:08:51,062 that was who she was. And she used to confuse me because we were on welfare and 259 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:52,814 and she used to confuse me because we were on welfare and we didn't get groceries that 260 00:08:52,816 --> 00:08:53,014 because we were on welfare and we didn't get groceries that often. 261 00:08:53,016 --> 00:08:54,482 We didn't get groceries that often. And when they came to the door, 262 00:08:54,484 --> 00:08:56,735 often. And when they came to the door, she started sending little kids 263 00:08:56,737 --> 00:08:57,969 and when they came to the door, she started sending little kids home with the groceries. 264 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:00,305 She started sending little kids home with the groceries. So she will let them bring it up 265 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:01,806 home with the groceries. So she will let them bring it up and she'll say you can have 266 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:02,023 so she will let them bring it up and she'll say you can have that. 267 00:09:02,025 --> 00:09:02,774 And she'll say you can have that. And you can have this. 268 00:09:02,776 --> 00:09:05,193 That. And you can have this. I say, mom, what are you doing? 269 00:09:05,195 --> 00:09:08,079 And you can have this. I say, mom, what are you doing? And she would get in my face, 270 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:09,831 I say, mom, what are you doing? And she would get in my face, say you don't tell me what I'm 271 00:09:09,833 --> 00:09:10,165 and she would get in my face, say you don't tell me what I'm doing. 272 00:09:10,167 --> 00:09:10,815 Say you don't tell me what I'm doing. I'm doing it. 273 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:12,317 Doing. I'm doing it. She said, do you have everything 274 00:09:12,319 --> 00:09:12,751 I'm doing it. She said, do you have everything you need? 275 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:13,752 She said, do you have everything you need? I said yes. 276 00:09:13,754 --> 00:09:16,788 You need? I said yes. She said, don't worry about it. 277 00:09:16,790 --> 00:09:18,039 I said yes. She said, don't worry about it. I didn't know at the time she 278 00:09:18,041 --> 00:09:19,908 she said, don't worry about it. I didn't know at the time she was teaching me the universal 279 00:09:19,910 --> 00:09:22,627 I didn't know at the time she was teaching me the universal law of exchange, you know. 280 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:25,080 Was teaching me the universal law of exchange, you know. If you got a closed hand, you 281 00:09:25,082 --> 00:09:26,881 law of exchange, you know. If you got a closed hand, you can't give or receive, and she 282 00:09:26,883 --> 00:09:28,366 if you got a closed hand, you can't give or receive, and she was teaching me that. 283 00:09:28,368 --> 00:09:37,042 Can't give or receive, and she was teaching me that. That's why everything 284 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:39,444 was teaching me that. That's why everything >>> my family, the family that I 285 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:41,813 that's why everything >>> my family, the family that I came from, were the type of 286 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:44,165 >>> my family, the family that I came from, were the type of white people that didn't any 287 00:09:44,167 --> 00:09:45,951 came from, were the type of white people that didn't any racists in them, not even a 288 00:09:45,953 --> 00:09:46,484 white people that didn't any racists in them, not even a bone. 289 00:09:46,486 --> 00:09:48,186 Racists in them, not even a bone. I remember being four years old 290 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:49,988 bone. I remember being four years old and playing cowboys and indians 291 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:51,423 I remember being four years old and playing cowboys and indians on the floor. 292 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:53,324 And playing cowboys and indians on the floor. My grandfather said, I want you 293 00:09:53,326 --> 00:09:54,793 on the floor. My grandfather said, I want you to make sure that the indians 294 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:56,344 my grandfather said, I want you to make sure that the indians are the heroes because the 295 00:09:56,346 --> 00:09:57,545 to make sure that the indians are the heroes because the cowboys are the bad guys. 296 00:09:57,547 --> 00:10:00,048 Are the heroes because the cowboys are the bad guys. He said, but all cowboys didn't 297 00:10:00,050 --> 00:10:03,385 cowboys are the bad guys. He said, but all cowboys didn't kill indians because they were 298 00:10:03,387 --> 00:10:04,836 he said, but all cowboys didn't kill indians because they were from wyoming. 299 00:10:04,838 --> 00:10:07,022 Kill indians because they were from wyoming. So my mother discovered I could 300 00:10:07,024 --> 00:10:09,524 from wyoming. So my mother discovered I could read real good so she started 301 00:10:09,526 --> 00:10:12,944 so my mother discovered I could read real good so she started downloading me like neo and the 302 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:14,446 read real good so she started downloading me like neo and the matrix. 303 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:18,516 Downloading me like neo and the matrix. She gave me claude brown's 304 00:10:18,518 --> 00:10:22,720 matrix. She gave me claude brown's manchild and the autobiography 305 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:23,605 she gave me claude brown's manchild and the autobiography of malcolm x. 306 00:10:23,607 --> 00:10:26,408 Manchild and the autobiography of malcolm x. She said I want you to know upon 307 00:10:26,410 --> 00:10:27,742 of malcolm x. She said I want you to know upon reading this that white people 308 00:10:27,744 --> 00:10:28,860 she said I want you to know upon reading this that white people are not the devil. 309 00:10:28,862 --> 00:10:31,062 Reading this that white people are not the devil. I read the book, I was like, 310 00:10:31,064 --> 00:10:33,815 are not the devil. I read the book, I was like, maybe she is the devil. 311 00:10:33,817 --> 00:10:34,632 I read the book, I was like, maybe she is the devil. No, no. 312 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:37,068 Maybe she is the devil. No, no. She was very, very professional. 313 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:38,687 No, no. She was very, very professional. So she taught me that internal. 314 00:10:38,689 --> 00:10:41,806 She was very, very professional. So she taught me that internal. So when I say I'm barbara 315 00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:43,725 so she taught me that internal. So when I say I'm barbara davidson's youngest son, it goes 316 00:10:43,727 --> 00:10:44,976 so when I say I'm barbara davidson's youngest son, it goes a long way because I found out 317 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:47,112 davidson's youngest son, it goes a long way because I found out that I'm her greatest 318 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:47,479 a long way because I found out that I'm her greatest accomplishment. 319 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:48,647 That I'm her greatest accomplishment. All the way in high school, me 320 00:10:48,649 --> 00:10:51,916 accomplishment. All the way in high school, me and my sister used to -- if we 321 00:10:51,918 --> 00:10:53,518 all the way in high school, me and my sister used to -- if we missed the bus, we would have to 322 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,519 and my sister used to -- if we missed the bus, we would have to walk to school. 323 00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:57,105 Missed the bus, we would have to walk to school. If you get to school late, you 324 00:10:57,107 --> 00:10:58,723 walk to school. If you get to school late, you would have to sign up for 325 00:10:58,725 --> 00:10:59,057 if you get to school late, you would have to sign up for detention. 326 00:10:59,059 --> 00:11:01,192 Would have to sign up for detention. This was a heart break day for 327 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:01,810 detention. This was a heart break day for me, too. 328 00:11:01,812 --> 00:11:03,561 This was a heart break day for me, too. So my mother comes to school 329 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:05,730 me, too. So my mother comes to school again, and she said, what is the 330 00:11:05,732 --> 00:11:06,064 so my mother comes to school again, and she said, what is the problem? 331 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:08,283 Again, and she said, what is the problem? Why is my daughter being sent to 332 00:11:08,285 --> 00:11:11,436 problem? Why is my daughter being sent to class and my son being sent to 333 00:11:11,438 --> 00:11:11,703 why is my daughter being sent to class and my son being sent to detention? 334 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:13,271 Class and my son being sent to detention? He said, we didn't know that 335 00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:14,906 detention? He said, we didn't know that that was your son. 336 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:16,958 He said, we didn't know that that was your son. She said why does that make a 337 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:17,275 that was your son. She said why does that make a difference? 338 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:19,828 She said why does that make a difference? She took me out of school that 339 00:11:19,830 --> 00:11:21,946 difference? She took me out of school that day and like she does speeches, 340 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:23,131 she took me out of school that day and like she does speeches, you know. 341 00:11:23,133 --> 00:11:24,833 Day and like she does speeches, you know. And she sat down with me on a 342 00:11:24,835 --> 00:11:26,835 you know. And she sat down with me on a park bench and she said, I want 343 00:11:26,837 --> 00:11:27,836 and she sat down with me on a park bench and she said, I want you to know something. 344 00:11:27,838 --> 00:11:29,671 Park bench and she said, I want you to know something. If you want to be successful in 345 00:11:29,673 --> 00:11:33,141 you to know something. If you want to be successful in this world, tommy, you can't be 346 00:11:33,143 --> 00:11:37,429 if you want to be successful in this world, tommy, you can't be late, but your sister can. 347 00:11:37,431 --> 00:11:39,097 This world, tommy, you can't be late, but your sister can. And I was like what kind of 348 00:11:39,099 --> 00:11:40,315 late, but your sister can. And I was like what kind of [ bleep ] is that? 349 00:11:40,317 --> 00:11:40,965 And I was like what kind of [ bleep ] is that? You know? 350 00:11:40,967 --> 00:11:42,650 [ bleep ] is that? You know? She's like, that's the way it 351 00:11:42,652 --> 00:11:42,817 you know? She's like, that's the way it is. 352 00:11:42,819 --> 00:11:44,903 She's like, that's the way it is. You know, you're going to have 353 00:11:44,905 --> 00:11:48,156 is. You know, you're going to have to find a way to live with this 354 00:11:48,158 --> 00:11:49,474 you know, you're going to have to find a way to live with this ism, she called it. 355 00:11:49,476 --> 00:11:54,379 To find a way to live with this ism, she called it. She said it's a ism and not a 356 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:58,516 ism, she called it. She said it's a ism and not a wasm which means it happens now. 357 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:01,603 She said it's a ism and not a wasm which means it happens now. I had identity issues turbo 358 00:12:01,605 --> 00:12:04,139 wasm which means it happens now. I had identity issues turbo because in my home the people 359 00:12:04,141 --> 00:12:06,524 I had identity issues turbo because in my home the people that I love were white, you 360 00:12:06,526 --> 00:12:07,859 because in my home the people that I love were white, you know? 361 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:09,611 That I love were white, you know? Outside of there, the people 362 00:12:09,613 --> 00:12:11,813 know? Outside of there, the people that I loved were black. 363 00:12:11,815 --> 00:12:14,099 Outside of there, the people that I loved were black. But they didn't like each other. 364 00:12:14,101 --> 00:12:16,434 That I loved were black. But they didn't like each other. So how do I split myself in 365 00:12:16,436 --> 00:12:17,001 but they didn't like each other. So how do I split myself in half? 366 00:12:17,003 --> 00:12:17,535 So how do I split myself in half? You know? 367 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:20,238 Half? You know? I used to hate when my mother 368 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,657 you know? I used to hate when my mother came around because black people 369 00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:24,292 I used to hate when my mother came around because black people would start acting different 370 00:12:24,294 --> 00:12:26,411 came around because black people would start acting different around me like I wasn't legit, 371 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:28,513 would start acting different around me like I wasn't legit, you know. 372 00:12:28,515 --> 00:12:31,099 Around me like I wasn't legit, you know. Like you ain't black. 373 00:12:31,101 --> 00:12:32,767 You know. Like you ain't black. I'll bust you in your mouth. 374 00:12:32,769 --> 00:12:33,518 Like you ain't black. I'll bust you in your mouth. You know? 375 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,253 I'll bust you in your mouth. You know? I came to understand it later. 376 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:36,754 You know? I came to understand it later. If you are black, you are going 377 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,790 I came to understand it later. If you are black, you are going to be mad at all white people 378 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:39,924 if you are black, you are going to be mad at all white people because that's the 379 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:40,558 to be mad at all white people because that's the representation of the negative 380 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,494 because that's the representation of the negative that comes to you. 381 00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:44,662 Representation of the negative that comes to you. But back then, I was in the 382 00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:44,929 that comes to you. But back then, I was in the middle. 383 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:47,599 But back then, I was in the middle. So I had terrible anger issues, 384 00:12:47,601 --> 00:12:47,799 middle. So I had terrible anger issues, man. 385 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:49,584 So I had terrible anger issues, man. You know, fight constantly. 386 00:12:49,586 --> 00:12:52,253 Man. You know, fight constantly. I would lash out at my mother, 387 00:12:52,255 --> 00:12:52,937 you know, fight constantly. I would lash out at my mother, you know. 388 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,022 I would lash out at my mother, you know. I was extreme. 389 00:12:54,024 --> 00:12:55,774 You know. I was extreme. Get your hands off me white 390 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:57,559 I was extreme. Get your hands off me white [ bleep ], the whole nine. 391 00:12:57,561 --> 00:12:59,677 Get your hands off me white [ bleep ], the whole nine. I got thrown out of my house 392 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,012 [ bleep ], the whole nine. I got thrown out of my house when I was 14 because I want to 393 00:13:01,014 --> 00:13:03,815 I got thrown out of my house when I was 14 because I want to be hanging out with my little 394 00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:04,032 when I was 14 because I want to be hanging out with my little crew. 395 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:06,618 Be hanging out with my little crew. So I had a gun under my bed, 396 00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:07,518 crew. So I had a gun under my bed, some money. 397 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,020 So I had a gun under my bed, some money. We were burglarizing and doing 398 00:13:09,022 --> 00:13:10,705 some money. We were burglarizing and doing all kinds of crazy. 399 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:11,990 We were burglarizing and doing all kinds of crazy. She threw me out the house 400 00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:14,075 all kinds of crazy. She threw me out the house because she said you're stealing 401 00:13:14,077 --> 00:13:16,161 she threw me out the house because she said you're stealing from people who work. 402 00:13:16,163 --> 00:13:17,528 Because she said you're stealing from people who work. Let me tell you something. 403 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:21,549 From people who work. Let me tell you something. There is only three ways to make 404 00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:21,833 let me tell you something. There is only three ways to make money. 405 00:13:21,835 --> 00:13:23,802 There is only three ways to make money. Steal or inheritance. 406 00:13:23,804 --> 00:13:25,837 Money. Steal or inheritance. Black people ain't got no 407 00:13:25,839 --> 00:13:26,137 steal or inheritance. Black people ain't got no inheritance. 408 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,589 Black people ain't got no inheritance. Or you work for it. 409 00:13:27,591 --> 00:13:30,675 Inheritance. Or you work for it. The third one is your best 410 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:30,892 or you work for it. The third one is your best chance. 411 00:13:30,894 --> 00:13:32,927 The third one is your best chance. So I went to live with somebody 412 00:13:32,929 --> 00:13:35,096 chance. So I went to live with somebody else in the neighborhood, and I 413 00:13:35,098 --> 00:13:38,716 so I went to live with somebody else in the neighborhood, and I wanted to get out of there fast, 414 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:40,568 else in the neighborhood, and I wanted to get out of there fast, and they did more housework than 415 00:13:40,570 --> 00:13:41,069 wanted to get out of there fast, and they did more housework than we did. 416 00:13:41,071 --> 00:13:44,722 And they did more housework than we did. That was a lesson for me because 417 00:13:44,724 --> 00:13:46,825 we did. That was a lesson for me because everybody respected my mother. 418 00:13:46,827 --> 00:13:48,860 That was a lesson for me because everybody respected my mother. We shot dice and talked 419 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:49,327 everybody respected my mother. We shot dice and talked [ bleep ]. 420 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:51,913 We shot dice and talked [ bleep ]. My mother would walk by and 421 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:52,914 [ bleep ]. My mother would walk by and everybody would straighten up 422 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:56,835 my mother would walk by and everybody would straighten up and say, hey, ms. Davidson. 423 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:59,704 Everybody would straighten up and say, hey, ms. Davidson. I would say, hi momma. 424 00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:00,788 And say, hey, ms. Davidson. I would say, hi momma. And she didn't say nothing. 425 00:14:00,790 --> 00:14:02,373 I would say, hi momma. And she didn't say nothing. I tried to go home that night. 426 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:03,675 And she didn't say nothing. I tried to go home that night. So I knock on the door. 427 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:06,010 I tried to go home that night. So I knock on the door. She opened the door with the 428 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:06,878 so I knock on the door. She opened the door with the chain on. 429 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,431 She opened the door with the chain on. And I was like, can I come home. 430 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,100 Chain on. And I was like, can I come home. She said, you can come home when 431 00:14:12,102 --> 00:14:15,353 and I was like, can I come home. She said, you can come home when you got a job, boom, and slammed 432 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:15,987 she said, you can come home when you got a job, boom, and slammed the door. 433 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:18,923 You got a job, boom, and slammed the door. So I went and got a job at the 434 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:20,892 the door. So I went and got a job at the ihop and I got to come home. 435 00:14:20,894 --> 00:14:23,912 So I went and got a job at the ihop and I got to come home. It made me opposite from my 436 00:14:23,914 --> 00:14:24,162 ihop and I got to come home. It made me opposite from my friends. 437 00:14:24,164 --> 00:14:27,165 It made me opposite from my friends. They were hustling, gold chains, 438 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:28,449 friends. They were hustling, gold chains, new sneakers and all this. 439 00:14:28,451 --> 00:14:30,752 They were hustling, gold chains, new sneakers and all this. They used to call me the 440 00:14:30,754 --> 00:14:32,954 new sneakers and all this. They used to call me the pillsburiry dough boy because I 441 00:14:32,956 --> 00:14:35,123 they used to call me the pillsburiry dough boy because I would come back to the 442 00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:37,125 pillsburiry dough boy because I would come back to the neighborhood with pancake batter 443 00:14:37,127 --> 00:14:38,075 would come back to the neighborhood with pancake batter all over me. 444 00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:39,744 Neighborhood with pancake batter all over me. Finally I was able to afford my 445 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:41,412 all over me. Finally I was able to afford my own sneakers and gold chain. 446 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:43,047 Finally I was able to afford my own sneakers and gold chain. I started learning things that I 447 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,465 own sneakers and gold chain. I started learning things that I wasn't learning in my 448 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:45,099 I started learning things that I wasn't learning in my neighborhood. 449 00:14:45,101 --> 00:14:46,684 Wasn't learning in my neighborhood. Little stuff like, I can afford 450 00:14:46,686 --> 00:14:55,660 neighborhood. Little stuff like, I can afford a 451 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:57,078 little stuff like, I can afford a >>> there was an incident that 452 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,529 a >>> there was an incident that happened that I'll never forget 453 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:00,081 >>> there was an incident that happened that I'll never forget at ihop. 454 00:15:00,083 --> 00:15:02,250 Happened that I'll never forget at ihop. There was an african woman who 455 00:15:02,252 --> 00:15:03,501 at ihop. There was an african woman who lived in my neighborhood. 456 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:05,253 There was an african woman who lived in my neighborhood. There was a customer, white 457 00:15:05,255 --> 00:15:07,672 lived in my neighborhood. There was a customer, white customer who was cussing out you 458 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:08,489 there was a customer, white customer who was cussing out you black [ bleep ]. 459 00:15:08,491 --> 00:15:09,757 Customer who was cussing out you black [ bleep ]. And the manager comes out and 460 00:15:09,759 --> 00:15:11,793 black [ bleep ]. And the manager comes out and says what's the problem. 461 00:15:11,795 --> 00:15:14,629 And the manager comes out and says what's the problem. He says this black [ bleep ]. 462 00:15:14,631 --> 00:15:16,831 Says what's the problem. He says this black [ bleep ]. He told her, you're out of here. 463 00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:17,865 He says this black [ bleep ]. He told her, you're out of here. You're fired. 464 00:15:17,867 --> 00:15:20,551 He told her, you're out of here. You're fired. And I made up my mind right then 465 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:22,553 you're fired. And I made up my mind right then and there that I was never going 466 00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:26,224 and I made up my mind right then and there that I was never going to put myself in a position 467 00:15:26,226 --> 00:15:28,810 and there that I was never going to put myself in a position where racism could control my 468 00:15:28,812 --> 00:15:29,027 to put myself in a position where racism could control my destiny. 469 00:15:29,029 --> 00:15:31,813 Where racism could control my destiny. And I worked, worked, worked at 470 00:15:31,815 --> 00:15:32,864 destiny. And I worked, worked, worked at all kinds of jobs. 471 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:35,182 And I worked, worked, worked at all kinds of jobs. And the last job I had is being 472 00:15:35,184 --> 00:15:36,651 all kinds of jobs. And the last job I had is being a comedian. 473 00:15:36,653 --> 00:15:37,819 And the last job I had is being a comedian. Is being a comedian. 474 00:15:37,821 --> 00:15:40,655 A comedian. Is being a comedian. When I quit the deli that I 475 00:15:40,657 --> 00:15:44,409 is being a comedian. When I quit the deli that I worked at, I made just as much 476 00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:54,702 when I quit the deli that I worked at, I made just as much on hosting open 477 00:15:54,704 --> 00:15:56,754 worked at, I made just as much on hosting open >>> the way I got into comedy 478 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,923 on hosting open >>> the way I got into comedy was a friend of mine, howard, 479 00:15:58,925 --> 00:16:00,558 >>> the way I got into comedy was a friend of mine, howard, who I had known since I was 480 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,293 was a friend of mine, howard, who I had known since I was eight years old. 481 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,878 Who I had known since I was eight years old. I know he's the poorest person 482 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,263 eight years old. I know he's the poorest person that I have ever known. 483 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:08,883 I know he's the poorest person that I have ever known. His -- he had 11 brothers and 484 00:16:08,885 --> 00:16:10,852 that I have ever known. His -- he had 11 brothers and sisters, and they had moving 485 00:16:10,854 --> 00:16:12,020 his -- he had 11 brothers and sisters, and they had moving blankets on their bed. 486 00:16:12,022 --> 00:16:14,906 Sisters, and they had moving blankets on their bed. They had the nerve to get a 487 00:16:14,908 --> 00:16:17,542 blankets on their bed. They had the nerve to get a habit trail that's with a little 488 00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:18,876 they had the nerve to get a habit trail that's with a little hamster and they had rats. 489 00:16:18,878 --> 00:16:21,045 Habit trail that's with a little hamster and they had rats. But howard had known me since 490 00:16:21,047 --> 00:16:22,246 hamster and they had rats. But howard had known me since that age. 491 00:16:22,248 --> 00:16:24,281 But howard had known me since that age. Howard grew up rough. 492 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:27,284 That age. Howard grew up rough. Howard's father used to beat her 493 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:29,520 howard grew up rough. Howard's father used to beat her so bad she'd be crawling down 494 00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:31,155 howard's father used to beat her so bad she'd be crawling down the hallway naked, man. 495 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:33,157 So bad she'd be crawling down the hallway naked, man. That's the kind of stuff we saw. 496 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,575 The hallway naked, man. That's the kind of stuff we saw. Howard saw in me what I didn't 497 00:16:34,577 --> 00:16:35,860 that's the kind of stuff we saw. Howard saw in me what I didn't see in myself, which is the 498 00:16:35,862 --> 00:16:38,997 howard saw in me what I didn't see in myself, which is the person that I was. 499 00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:42,367 See in myself, which is the person that I was. Because my whole escape from my 500 00:16:42,369 --> 00:16:43,434 person that I was. Because my whole escape from my situation was entertainment. 501 00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:46,304 Because my whole escape from my situation was entertainment. You know, I would shut the whole 502 00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:47,672 situation was entertainment. You know, I would shut the whole school down by doing concerts 503 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:48,406 you know, I would shut the whole school down by doing concerts and singing. 504 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,591 School down by doing concerts and singing. I was the talented one. 505 00:16:50,593 --> 00:16:54,095 And singing. I was the talented one. Years later, I got a job as an 506 00:16:54,097 --> 00:16:57,298 I was the talented one. Years later, I got a job as an assistant chef at a ramada inn. 507 00:16:57,300 --> 00:16:59,600 Years later, I got a job as an assistant chef at a ramada inn. So I called him. 508 00:16:59,602 --> 00:17:03,921 Assistant chef at a ramada inn. So I called him. He's like, you're the stupidest 509 00:17:03,923 --> 00:17:06,040 so I called him. He's like, you're the stupidest [ bleep ] I ever met in my life. 510 00:17:06,042 --> 00:17:08,710 He's like, you're the stupidest [ bleep ] I ever met in my life. I'm like, get out of my face. 511 00:17:08,712 --> 00:17:11,212 [ bleep ] I ever met in my life. I'm like, get out of my face. You're mad because you ain't got 512 00:17:11,214 --> 00:17:12,714 I'm like, get out of my face. You're mad because you ain't got no job. 513 00:17:12,716 --> 00:17:16,501 You're mad because you ain't got no job. Howard showed up to my house. 514 00:17:16,503 --> 00:17:23,040 No job. Howard showed up to my house. I get into my dotson v-210. 515 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,475 Howard showed up to my house. I get into my dotson v-210. It's February. 516 00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:25,176 I get into my dotson v-210. It's February. It's cold. 517 00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:28,346 It's February. It's cold. Howard got on the bus and said 518 00:17:28,348 --> 00:17:28,846 it's cold. Howard got on the bus and said I'll be back next week. 519 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,148 Howard got on the bus and said I'll be back next week. We got in the car, went down 520 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:30,364 I'll be back next week. We got in the car, went down there. 521 00:17:30,366 --> 00:17:32,233 We got in the car, went down there. This changed my whole life. 522 00:17:32,235 --> 00:17:33,951 There. This changed my whole life. So we walking to the strip club 523 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,319 this changed my whole life. So we walking to the strip club and the manager looks me in the 524 00:17:35,321 --> 00:17:37,822 so we walking to the strip club and the manager looks me in the face and says, is this him? 525 00:17:37,824 --> 00:17:39,373 And the manager looks me in the face and says, is this him? Howard goes, yeah, that's him. 526 00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:41,525 Face and says, is this him? Howard goes, yeah, that's him. He says, you got five minutes. 527 00:17:41,527 --> 00:17:43,694 Howard goes, yeah, that's him. He says, you got five minutes. I looked at howard and said, 528 00:17:43,696 --> 00:17:45,096 he says, you got five minutes. I looked at howard and said, what am I supposed to say. 529 00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,781 I looked at howard and said, what am I supposed to say. He said I don't give a bleep 530 00:17:46,783 --> 00:17:48,800 what am I supposed to say. He said I don't give a bleep blep what you say. 531 00:17:48,802 --> 00:17:50,001 He said I don't give a bleep blep what you say. Say something. 532 00:17:50,003 --> 00:17:51,369 Blep what you say. Say something. From the first thing I said 533 00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:52,269 say something. From the first thing I said people laughed. 534 00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:54,372 From the first thing I said people laughed. I remember the first joke I did. 535 00:17:54,374 --> 00:17:55,073 People laughed. I remember the first joke I did. It wasn't a joke. 536 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:57,108 I remember the first joke I did. It wasn't a joke. It was the truth. 537 00:17:57,110 --> 00:17:59,127 It wasn't a joke. It was the truth. I said, we had roaches, so many 538 00:17:59,129 --> 00:18:01,079 it was the truth. I said, we had roaches, so many roaches it would make you throw 539 00:18:01,081 --> 00:18:01,245 I said, we had roaches, so many roaches it would make you throw up. 540 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:05,466 Roaches it would make you throw up. So my mother made us stay in the 541 00:18:05,468 --> 00:18:06,951 up. So my mother made us stay in the house all weekend and clean up 542 00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:08,119 so my mother made us stay in the house all weekend and clean up the kitchen. 543 00:18:08,121 --> 00:18:09,787 House all weekend and clean up the kitchen. So me and my sister stayed in 544 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:11,055 the kitchen. So me and my sister stayed in the kitchen cleaning that 545 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:12,140 so me and my sister stayed in the kitchen cleaning that kitchen the whole weekend. 546 00:18:12,142 --> 00:18:14,475 The kitchen cleaning that kitchen the whole weekend. And we didn't have no more 547 00:18:14,477 --> 00:18:15,292 kitchen the whole weekend. And we didn't have no more roaches. 548 00:18:15,294 --> 00:18:18,012 And we didn't have no more roaches. But on Monday, we found out the 549 00:18:18,014 --> 00:18:19,897 roaches. But on Monday, we found out the roaches were eating our couch. 550 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:23,351 But on Monday, we found out the roaches were eating our couch. They had moved from the kitchen 551 00:18:23,353 --> 00:18:24,318 roaches were eating our couch. They had moved from the kitchen to the couch. 552 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,304 They had moved from the kitchen to the couch. We were sitting there watching 553 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:28,906 to the couch. We were sitting there watching cartoons and we hear all this 554 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:30,808 we were sitting there watching cartoons and we hear all this scratching and there was like 555 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,477 cartoons and we hear all this scratching and there was like thousands of roaches under the 556 00:18:32,479 --> 00:18:33,678 scratching and there was like thousands of roaches under the couch cover and everybody just 557 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:33,928 thousands of roaches under the couch cover and everybody just rolled. 558 00:18:33,930 --> 00:18:35,513 Couch cover and everybody just rolled. And I just went from there. 559 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:37,248 Rolled. And I just went from there. I only stayed at that strip club 560 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:39,617 and I just went from there. I only stayed at that strip club for three months before 561 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:40,751 I only stayed at that strip club for three months before promoters started noticing. 562 00:18:40,753 --> 00:18:43,054 For three months before promoters started noticing. I would open for concerts for 563 00:18:43,056 --> 00:18:50,228 promoters started noticing. I would open for concerts for major acts like patty la bell, 564 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:51,012 I would open for concerts for major acts like patty la bell, freddie jackson. 565 00:18:51,014 --> 00:18:52,830 Major acts like patty la bell, freddie jackson. Because the promoters heard I 566 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:53,664 freddie jackson. Because the promoters heard I was good. 567 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:55,299 Because the promoters heard I was good. Finally they were like, you got 568 00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:57,185 was good. Finally they were like, you got to go to a comedy club. 569 00:18:57,187 --> 00:18:59,670 Finally they were like, you got to go to a comedy club. So I went to my first comedy 570 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:02,940 to go to a comedy club. So I went to my first comedy club in d.C. 571 00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:05,810 So I went to my first comedy club in d.C. Sinbad was the big star. 572 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:08,146 Club in d.C. Sinbad was the big star. He won "star search," okay? 573 00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:09,680 Sinbad was the big star. He won "star search," okay? Never understood the pants. 574 00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:10,364 He won "star search," okay? Never understood the pants. We're all there. 575 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,383 Never understood the pants. We're all there. When I say we're all there, all 576 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:14,652 we're all there. When I say we're all there, all the d.C. Comics are there. 577 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:17,088 When I say we're all there, all the d.C. Comics are there. None of us had grown. 578 00:19:17,090 --> 00:19:19,323 The d.C. Comics are there. None of us had grown. So it is the first night I met 579 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:20,041 none of us had grown. So it is the first night I met martin. 580 00:19:20,043 --> 00:19:24,328 So it is the first night I met martin. It is the first night I met dave 581 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:24,829 martin. It is the first night I met dave chapelle. 582 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:27,698 It is the first night I met dave chapelle. It is the first night I met 583 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:28,499 chapelle. It is the first night I met craig frazier. 584 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:31,035 It is the first night I met craig frazier. And I turned out, turned it out. 585 00:19:31,037 --> 00:19:33,804 Craig frazier. And I turned out, turned it out. So finally it led to the apollo 586 00:19:33,806 --> 00:19:34,522 and I turned out, turned it out. So finally it led to the apollo theater in new york. 587 00:19:34,524 --> 00:19:38,242 So finally it led to the apollo theater in new york. So I went to take the greyhound 588 00:19:38,244 --> 00:19:41,345 theater in new york. So I went to take the greyhound up to new york city, did the 589 00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:42,930 so I went to take the greyhound up to new york city, did the apollo and won the whole joint. 590 00:19:42,932 --> 00:19:48,219 Up to new york city, did the apollo and won the whole joint. I met a guy, sinclair jones who 591 00:19:48,221 --> 00:19:48,769 apollo and won the whole joint. I met a guy, sinclair jones who was an attorney at the time. 592 00:19:48,771 --> 00:19:50,387 I met a guy, sinclair jones who was an attorney at the time. He said, man, you could write 593 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:51,189 was an attorney at the time. He said, man, you could write your own ticket. 594 00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:53,107 He said, man, you could write your own ticket. You could be the biggest 595 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:54,108 your own ticket. You could be the biggest superstar there is. 596 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:54,825 You could be the biggest superstar there is. I'll tell you what. 597 00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:56,911 Superstar there is. I'll tell you what. If I buy you a plane ticket and 598 00:19:56,913 --> 00:19:58,446 I'll tell you what. If I buy you a plane ticket and take you out to l.A. For two 599 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,281 if I buy you a plane ticket and take you out to l.A. For two weeks and get you some gigs and 600 00:20:00,283 --> 00:20:01,916 take you out to l.A. For two weeks and get you some gigs and you like it, will you move there 601 00:20:01,918 --> 00:20:03,751 weeks and get you some gigs and you like it, will you move there and let me manage you? 602 00:20:03,753 --> 00:20:06,037 You like it, will you move there and let me manage you? I said sure, you know, it is a 603 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:09,740 and let me manage you? I said sure, you know, it is a way to go, you know, to l.A. 604 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:17,465 I said sure, you know, it is a way to go, you know, to l.A. This is when I met keenan, 605 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,967 way to go, you know, to l.A. This is when I met keenan, damen, eddy murphy, everybody at 606 00:20:19,969 --> 00:20:21,852 this is when I met keenan, damen, eddy murphy, everybody at the same time. 607 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:23,721 Damen, eddy murphy, everybody at the same time. Because it contained the baddest 608 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:24,855 the same time. Because it contained the baddest comedy club in the world. 609 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:26,791 Because it contained the baddest comedy club in the world. Robin harris was the m.C. 610 00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:29,927 Comedy club in the world. Robin harris was the m.C. You know, and I played the ice 611 00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:31,646 robin harris was the m.C. You know, and I played the ice house and went to all these 612 00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:32,813 you know, and I played the ice house and went to all these places and just brought the 613 00:20:32,815 --> 00:20:34,649 house and went to all these places and just brought the house down, killed it. 614 00:20:34,651 --> 00:20:37,935 Places and just brought the house down, killed it. We went back, saved our money. 615 00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:40,705 House down, killed it. We went back, saved our money. Got enough for about two months' 616 00:20:40,707 --> 00:20:41,155 we went back, saved our money. Got enough for about two months' rent. 617 00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:44,108 Got enough for about two months' rent. He'd pick me up in his nissan 618 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:44,609 rent. He'd pick me up in his nissan sentra. 619 00:20:44,611 --> 00:20:49,380 He'd pick me up in his nissan sentra. I put a glad bag full of clothes 620 00:20:49,382 --> 00:20:52,149 sentra. I put a glad bag full of clothes in there and we went to l.A. And 621 00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:52,867 I put a glad bag full of clothes in there and we went to l.A. And started from scratch. 622 00:20:52,869 --> 00:20:54,819 In there and we went to l.A. And started from scratch. And that's when it got hard. 623 00:20:54,821 --> 00:20:56,687 Started from scratch. And that's when it got hard. It was a series of finding jobs, 624 00:20:56,689 --> 00:20:58,022 and that's when it got hard. It was a series of finding jobs, you know, and just trying to 625 00:20:58,024 --> 00:21:00,524 it was a series of finding jobs, you know, and just trying to make it in hollywood. 626 00:21:00,526 --> 00:21:02,860 You know, and just trying to make it in hollywood. It took three long years, three 627 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:06,631 make it in hollywood. It took three long years, three years doesn't sound like a long 628 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:08,032 it took three long years, three years doesn't sound like a long time, but catch the bus, three 629 00:21:08,034 --> 00:21:10,635 years doesn't sound like a long time, but catch the bus, three busses a day, but it was all 630 00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:12,303 time, but catch the bus, three busses a day, but it was all stand up, all stand up seven 631 00:21:12,305 --> 00:21:13,638 busses a day, but it was all stand up, all stand up seven days a week. 632 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:18,442 Stand up, all stand up seven days a week. I turned down "in living color" 633 00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:21,412 days a week. I turned down "in living color" because all the deals I had went 634 00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:21,746 I turned down "in living color" because all the deals I had went away. 635 00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:24,332 Because all the deals I had went away. I called robert townsend to see 636 00:21:24,334 --> 00:21:25,783 away. I called robert townsend to see if I should do this deal. 637 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:28,252 I called robert townsend to see if I should do this deal. He said, do you think that's the 638 00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:29,486 if I should do this deal. He said, do you think that's the only money you are going to make 639 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,289 he said, do you think that's the only money you are going to make for the rest of your career, 640 00:21:31,291 --> 00:21:32,189 only money you are going to make for the rest of your career, take that deal. 641 00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:35,326 For the rest of your career, take that deal. I had my own part on a series 642 00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:37,178 take that deal. I had my own part on a series called "murphy brown" where they 643 00:21:37,180 --> 00:21:38,495 I had my own part on a series called "murphy brown" where they wrote me a part in there. 644 00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:40,297 Called "murphy brown" where they wrote me a part in there. I had the role. 645 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:42,817 Wrote me a part in there. I had the role. And I chose the eddy murphy 646 00:21:42,819 --> 00:21:44,352 I had the role. And I chose the eddy murphy pilot, and it tanked. 647 00:21:44,354 --> 00:21:46,103 And I chose the eddy murphy pilot, and it tanked. So I was left with really 648 00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:46,354 pilot, and it tanked. So I was left with really nothing. 649 00:21:46,356 --> 00:21:47,805 So I was left with really nothing. So me and my manager just went 650 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:50,358 nothing. So me and my manager just went back to the clubs where I was 651 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:50,641 so me and my manager just went back to the clubs where I was strongest. 652 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:54,445 Back to the clubs where I was strongest. And we got a call from keenan. 653 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:57,281 Strongest. And we got a call from keenan. My agent said there is a show 654 00:21:57,283 --> 00:21:58,315 and we got a call from keenan. My agent said there is a show that keenan got. 655 00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:00,534 My agent said there is a show that keenan got. He's got all the comedians on 656 00:22:00,536 --> 00:22:01,118 that keenan got. He's got all the comedians on there. 657 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:02,036 He's got all the comedians on there. They're doing sketches. 658 00:22:02,038 --> 00:22:05,206 There. They're doing sketches. I said, nah, I don't want to do 659 00:22:05,208 --> 00:22:05,456 they're doing sketches. I said, nah, I don't want to do it. 660 00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:07,792 I said, nah, I don't want to do it. And my agent, I'll never forget, 661 00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:09,593 it. And my agent, I'll never forget, he called me and said, listen, 662 00:22:09,595 --> 00:22:10,294 and my agent, I'll never forget, he called me and said, listen, just audition. 663 00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:11,796 He called me and said, listen, just audition. If you get it, you get it. 664 00:22:11,798 --> 00:22:13,831 Just audition. If you get it, you get it. If you don't, you don't. 665 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:15,883 If you get it, you get it. If you don't, you don't. So the first audition was for 666 00:22:15,885 --> 00:22:17,685 if you don't, you don't. So the first audition was for sketches that I didn't know what 667 00:22:17,687 --> 00:22:19,303 so the first audition was for sketches that I didn't know what that was. 668 00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:22,139 Sketches that I didn't know what that was. So keenan and all the producers 669 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:24,442 that was. So keenan and all the producers sitting around they go, okay, 670 00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:28,562 so keenan and all the producers sitting around they go, okay, and you are a drunk puerto rican 671 00:22:28,564 --> 00:22:28,846 sitting around they go, okay, and you are a drunk puerto rican cabdriver. 672 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,514 And you are a drunk puerto rican cabdriver. You are a fat woman that ain't 673 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,033 cabdriver. You are a fat woman that ain't got on no drawers. 674 00:22:32,035 --> 00:22:33,150 You are a fat woman that ain't got on no drawers. They were throwing all this 675 00:22:33,152 --> 00:22:34,735 got on no drawers. They were throwing all this stuff at me and I was trying to 676 00:22:34,737 --> 00:22:35,286 they were throwing all this stuff at me and I was trying to do it. 677 00:22:35,288 --> 00:22:38,072 Stuff at me and I was trying to do it. And they were like, thank you. 678 00:22:38,074 --> 00:22:38,355 Do it. And they were like, thank you. Good-bye. 679 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,358 And they were like, thank you. Good-bye. So I thought I was done. 680 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:42,026 Good-bye. So I thought I was done. But then I got a call and they 681 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,728 so I thought I was done. But then I got a call and they said, there is a stand up 682 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:46,163 but then I got a call and they said, there is a stand up audition at the laugh factory. 683 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:48,732 Said, there is a stand up audition at the laugh factory. I said, I got it. 684 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,634 Audition at the laugh factory. I said, I got it. I got this thing because can't 685 00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:51,669 I said, I got it. I got this thing because can't nobody touch me. 686 00:22:51,671 --> 00:22:52,837 I got this thing because can't nobody touch me. 30 comedians. 687 00:22:52,839 --> 00:23:03,948 Nobody touch me. 30 comedians. You know all of them. 688 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:06,050 30 comedians. You know all of them. Legozamo, jim carrey, the names 689 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:07,418 you know all of them. Legozamo, jim carrey, the names go on and on. 690 00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:17,494 Legozamo, jim carrey, the names go on and on. They were all th 691 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:20,598 go on and on. They were all th >>> booking "in living color" 692 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,332 they were all th >>> booking "in living color" was like making the audition for 693 00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:27,521 >>> booking "in living color" was like making the audition for the x-men and [ bleep ] because 694 00:23:27,523 --> 00:23:31,859 was like making the audition for the x-men and [ bleep ] because kenan was like the professor 695 00:23:31,861 --> 00:23:33,727 the x-men and [ bleep ] because kenan was like the professor xavier of comedy, dude. 696 00:23:33,729 --> 00:23:36,079 Kenan was like the professor xavier of comedy, dude. He's a genius and he's the 697 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,248 xavier of comedy, dude. He's a genius and he's the genius of comedy, dude. 698 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,151 He's a genius and he's the genius of comedy, dude. He took all these mutants and 699 00:23:40,153 --> 00:23:41,452 genius of comedy, dude. He took all these mutants and put them together. 700 00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:44,138 He took all these mutants and put them together. But we all were stand-ups. 701 00:23:44,140 --> 00:23:45,856 Put them together. But we all were stand-ups. He was able to take all of us 702 00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:47,625 but we all were stand-ups. He was able to take all of us and chisel us into a group. 703 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:49,443 He was able to take all of us and chisel us into a group. The pilot didn't get picked up, 704 00:23:49,445 --> 00:23:51,228 and chisel us into a group. The pilot didn't get picked up, so we did this whole pilot, and 705 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:52,930 the pilot didn't get picked up, so we did this whole pilot, and I didn't feel like I was even on 706 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:55,783 so we did this whole pilot, and I didn't feel like I was even on the pilot. 707 00:23:55,785 --> 00:23:58,619 I didn't feel like I was even on the pilot. I had done a big sketch where 708 00:23:58,621 --> 00:24:02,406 the pilot. I had done a big sketch where sam my goes to broadway. 709 00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:08,145 I had done a big sketch where sam my goes to broadway. Sammy is mandela. 710 00:24:08,147 --> 00:24:10,364 Sam my goes to broadway. Sammy is mandela. ♪ I got to be free 711 00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:12,516 sammy is mandela. ♪ I got to be free ♪ mr. Steve be cool. 712 00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:13,317 ♪ I got to be free ♪ mr. Steve be cool. You know? 713 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:16,153 ♪ mr. Steve be cool. You know? And it got cut from the pilot 714 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:18,122 you know? And it got cut from the pilot that we were shooting, you know, 715 00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:19,540 and it got cut from the pilot that we were shooting, you know, because sammy was sick. 716 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:23,544 That we were shooting, you know, because sammy was sick. So I warmed up the audience for 717 00:24:23,546 --> 00:24:27,748 because sammy was sick. So I warmed up the audience for "in living color" for the pilot, 718 00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:30,935 so I warmed up the audience for "in living color" for the pilot, cut my shin open on a light, you 719 00:24:30,937 --> 00:24:38,742 "in living color" for the pilot, cut my shin open on a light, you know, trying to do on stage. 720 00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:41,028 Cut my shin open on a light, you know, trying to do on stage. I'm seeing everybody get down. 721 00:24:41,030 --> 00:24:45,449 Know, trying to do on stage. I'm seeing everybody get down. I had one shining moment in the 722 00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:47,117 I'm seeing everybody get down. I had one shining moment in the pilot. 723 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,369 I had one shining moment in the pilot. Nobody did it. 724 00:24:48,371 --> 00:24:56,760 Pilot. Nobody did it. So, first of all, tommy "hitman" 725 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:57,344 nobody did it. So, first of all, tommy "hitman" her ho 726 00:24:57,346 --> 00:24:59,797 so, first of all, tommy "hitman" her ho herns, he's quite a fighter. 727 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:02,466 Her ho herns, he's quite a fighter. And then it goes six months. 728 00:25:02,468 --> 00:25:03,567 Herns, he's quite a fighter. And then it goes six months. We don't get picked up. 729 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:05,686 And then it goes six months. We don't get picked up. So I'm like, am I going back to 730 00:25:05,688 --> 00:25:07,021 we don't get picked up. So I'm like, am I going back to the deli? 731 00:25:07,023 --> 00:25:09,139 So I'm like, am I going back to the deli? What's going to happen here. 732 00:25:09,141 --> 00:25:11,358 The deli? What's going to happen here. Kenan's brilliance goes beyond 733 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:12,993 what's going to happen here. Kenan's brilliance goes beyond because kenan leaked the tape of 734 00:25:12,995 --> 00:25:15,112 kenan's brilliance goes beyond because kenan leaked the tape of "in living color" to all the 735 00:25:15,114 --> 00:25:16,780 because kenan leaked the tape of "in living color" to all the other networks, so everybody 736 00:25:16,782 --> 00:25:19,033 "in living color" to all the other networks, so everybody wanted the show. 737 00:25:19,035 --> 00:25:22,670 Other networks, so everybody wanted the show. So it made barry and lucy who 738 00:25:22,672 --> 00:25:25,206 wanted the show. So it made barry and lucy who were running fox look like 739 00:25:25,208 --> 00:25:27,508 so it made barry and lucy who were running fox look like geniuses because they said, this 740 00:25:27,510 --> 00:25:28,626 were running fox look like geniuses because they said, this is ours. 741 00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:29,960 Geniuses because they said, this is ours. And it scored. 742 00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,328 Is ours. And it scored. Fox was a new network. 743 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:33,297 And it scored. Fox was a new network. We were doing it in a news lot 744 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:36,217 fox was a new network. We were doing it in a news lot in kttv and freaked it. 745 00:25:36,219 --> 00:25:39,053 We were doing it in a news lot in kttv and freaked it. Fox was a network, but it was a 746 00:25:39,055 --> 00:25:40,554 in kttv and freaked it. Fox was a network, but it was a local network regionally, you 747 00:25:40,556 --> 00:25:41,972 fox was a network, but it was a local network regionally, you know, across the country. 748 00:25:41,974 --> 00:25:45,709 Local network regionally, you know, across the country. So all of a sudden, you had this 749 00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:47,428 know, across the country. So all of a sudden, you had this huge show. 750 00:25:47,430 --> 00:25:49,096 So all of a sudden, you had this huge show. The first season and the second 751 00:25:49,098 --> 00:25:51,932 huge show. The first season and the second season of "in living color" was 752 00:25:51,934 --> 00:25:53,984 the first season and the second season of "in living color" was like comedy heaven. 753 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,854 Season of "in living color" was like comedy heaven. On top of that, we were the most 754 00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:57,087 like comedy heaven. On top of that, we were the most skilled. 755 00:25:57,089 --> 00:25:58,689 On top of that, we were the most skilled. We worked like the 756 00:25:58,691 --> 00:25:59,790 skilled. We worked like the globetrotters, man. 757 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:02,259 We worked like the globetrotters, man. We could finish each other's 758 00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:03,527 globetrotters, man. We could finish each other's sentence and everybody had their 759 00:26:03,529 --> 00:26:03,961 we could finish each other's sentence and everybody had their own skill. 760 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,896 Sentence and everybody had their own skill. David is the only person I could 761 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,264 own skill. David is the only person I could ever seen that could look at 762 00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:08,933 david is the only person I could ever seen that could look at something one time and make it 763 00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:09,466 ever seen that could look at something one time and make it funny. 764 00:26:09,468 --> 00:26:11,368 Something one time and make it funny. You know, jim could come up with 765 00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:13,270 funny. You know, jim could come up with stuff that nobody could come up 766 00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:15,439 you know, jim could come up with stuff that nobody could come up with and just rift the whole 767 00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:15,839 stuff that nobody could come up with and just rift the whole time. 768 00:26:15,841 --> 00:26:18,676 With and just rift the whole time. Jaime came along, could sing, 769 00:26:18,678 --> 00:26:19,877 time. Jaime came along, could sing, could do all this beautiful 770 00:26:19,879 --> 00:26:20,277 jaime came along, could sing, could do all this beautiful stuff. 771 00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:23,881 Could do all this beautiful stuff. Kelly was a great actress, great 772 00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:26,350 stuff. Kelly was a great actress, great sketch artist. 773 00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:31,855 Kelly was a great actress, great sketch artist. Kim coles was powerful. 774 00:26:31,857 --> 00:26:35,125 Sketch artist. Kim coles was powerful. Damon was different. 775 00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:40,714 Kim coles was powerful. Damon was different. You know, homie the clown. 776 00:26:40,716 --> 00:26:41,098 Damon was different. You know, homie the clown. Anton. 777 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,466 You know, homie the clown. Anton. He'd always come up with a 778 00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:44,051 anton. He'd always come up with a character that nobody else could 779 00:26:44,053 --> 00:26:44,218 he'd always come up with a character that nobody else could do. 780 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:46,103 Character that nobody else could do. And that's regardless if 781 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,504 do. And that's regardless if somebody is asking you questions 782 00:26:47,506 --> 00:26:49,740 and that's regardless if somebody is asking you questions on camera or not. 783 00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:52,192 Somebody is asking you questions on camera or not. Jaime came along when j-lo came 784 00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:52,526 on camera or not. Jaime came along when j-lo came along. 785 00:26:52,528 --> 00:26:54,111 Jaime came along when j-lo came along. So both of them joined the 786 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:54,979 along. So both of them joined the original cast. 787 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:56,847 So both of them joined the original cast. Jaime was hot in the clubs. 788 00:26:56,849 --> 00:26:59,650 Original cast. Jaime was hot in the clubs. Jaime could do anything, man. 789 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:01,952 Jaime was hot in the clubs. Jaime could do anything, man. Jaime could play piano. 790 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,837 Jaime could do anything, man. Jaime could play piano. Jaime could sing his ass off. 791 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:05,122 Jaime could play piano. Jaime could sing his ass off. We were at the point where we 792 00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:06,957 jaime could sing his ass off. We were at the point where we were at the speed of thought. 793 00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:08,926 We were at the point where we were at the speed of thought. And the thing that made "in 794 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:11,261 were at the speed of thought. And the thing that made "in living color" different was 795 00:27:11,263 --> 00:27:11,845 and the thing that made "in living color" different was everybody wrote. 796 00:27:11,847 --> 00:27:13,847 Living color" different was everybody wrote. So the writers wrote, but if we 797 00:27:13,849 --> 00:27:15,849 everybody wrote. So the writers wrote, but if we had the camera men, they'll 798 00:27:15,851 --> 00:27:16,466 so the writers wrote, but if we had the camera men, they'll remember something. 799 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,135 Had the camera men, they'll remember something. So they will come in and say, 800 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:19,603 remember something. So they will come in and say, man, remember you said green 801 00:27:19,605 --> 00:27:19,837 so they will come in and say, man, remember you said green apple. 802 00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:21,238 Man, remember you said green apple. I was like, yeah! 803 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,640 Apple. I was like, yeah! And so we all would be on stage. 804 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:23,941 I was like, yeah! And so we all would be on stage. See? 805 00:27:23,943 --> 00:27:26,360 And so we all would be on stage. See? With this show, every sketch we 806 00:27:26,362 --> 00:27:27,995 see? With this show, every sketch we did, all the cast was on stage 807 00:27:27,997 --> 00:27:30,781 with this show, every sketch we did, all the cast was on stage at the same time, giving ideas. 808 00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:32,199 Did, all the cast was on stage at the same time, giving ideas. Even the crew. 809 00:27:32,201 --> 00:27:34,068 At the same time, giving ideas. Even the crew. You know, it was just like one 810 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:36,320 even the crew. You know, it was just like one big, big, big family. 811 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:38,572 You know, it was just like one big, big, big family. What you saw with "in living 812 00:27:38,574 --> 00:27:40,157 big, big, big family. What you saw with "in living color" is what you got. 813 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:44,261 What you saw with "in living color" is what you got. You got a moment in time where 814 00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:47,448 color" is what you got. You got a moment in time where there was the perfect chemistry. 815 00:27:47,450 --> 00:27:49,483 You got a moment in time where there was the perfect chemistry. And kenan drove the train. 816 00:27:49,485 --> 00:27:50,100 There was the perfect chemistry. And kenan drove the train. He was bad. 817 00:27:50,102 --> 00:27:53,120 And kenan drove the train. He was bad. Kenan is not overtly funny. 818 00:27:53,122 --> 00:27:54,905 He was bad. Kenan is not overtly funny. Kenan is deep funny. 819 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,407 Kenan is not overtly funny. Kenan is deep funny. I'll give you an example. 820 00:27:56,409 --> 00:27:58,042 Kenan is deep funny. I'll give you an example. I was -- and when you got an 821 00:27:58,044 --> 00:27:59,126 I'll give you an example. I was -- and when you got an opportunity, you got to take it. 822 00:27:59,128 --> 00:28:01,912 I was -- and when you got an opportunity, you got to take it. So we'd be at the table. 823 00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:05,716 Opportunity, you got to take it. So we'd be at the table. He'd have his sunglasses on, you 824 00:28:05,718 --> 00:28:05,966 so we'd be at the table. He'd have his sunglasses on, you know. 825 00:28:05,968 --> 00:28:08,969 He'd have his sunglasses on, you know. And he'd say, I got something 826 00:28:08,971 --> 00:28:10,421 know. And he'd say, I got something for michael jackson. 827 00:28:10,423 --> 00:28:12,339 And he'd say, I got something for michael jackson. And I'd go yeah. 828 00:28:12,341 --> 00:28:14,508 For michael jackson. And I'd go yeah. I'd run upstairs, get the 829 00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:15,959 and I'd go yeah. I'd run upstairs, get the writers, say let's do black and 830 00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:16,293 I'd run upstairs, get the writers, say let's do black and white. 831 00:28:16,295 --> 00:28:18,595 Writers, say let's do black and white. So I'd do this sketch, black and 832 00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:18,929 white. So I'd do this sketch, black and white. 833 00:28:18,931 --> 00:28:20,731 So I'd do this sketch, black and white. And we'd do it in one night, 834 00:28:20,733 --> 00:28:23,317 white. And we'd do it in one night, record all the songs for the 835 00:28:23,319 --> 00:28:25,069 and we'd do it in one night, record all the songs for the video, come back, run through it 836 00:28:25,071 --> 00:28:27,137 record all the songs for the video, come back, run through it before we're going to shoot it. 837 00:28:27,139 --> 00:28:28,989 Video, come back, run through it before we're going to shoot it. So I do this whole scene where 838 00:28:28,991 --> 00:28:31,859 before we're going to shoot it. So I do this whole scene where I'm going down the sidewalk and 839 00:28:31,861 --> 00:28:33,861 so I do this whole scene where I'm going down the sidewalk and kenan's eating his oatmeal and 840 00:28:33,863 --> 00:28:35,846 I'm going down the sidewalk and kenan's eating his oatmeal and he's following me down this 841 00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:36,113 kenan's eating his oatmeal and he's following me down this sidewalk. 842 00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:39,199 He's following me down this sidewalk. So he says, okay, right here 843 00:28:39,201 --> 00:28:39,533 sidewalk. So he says, okay, right here hopscotch. 844 00:28:39,535 --> 00:28:40,984 So he says, okay, right here hopscotch. And then I walk a little further 845 00:28:40,986 --> 00:28:43,170 hopscotch. And then I walk a little further and he says, okay, here -- you 846 00:28:43,172 --> 00:28:44,755 and then I walk a little further and he says, okay, here -- you guys got a fan? 847 00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:44,988 And he says, okay, here -- you guys got a fan? Yeah. 848 00:28:44,990 --> 00:28:47,491 Guys got a fan? Yeah. The wind is going to blow you 849 00:28:47,493 --> 00:28:47,674 yeah. The wind is going to blow you down. 850 00:28:47,676 --> 00:28:50,961 The wind is going to blow you down. He said, but you get by this 851 00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:53,297 down. He said, but you get by this car, try to break the window but 852 00:28:53,299 --> 00:28:55,432 he said, but you get by this car, try to break the window but it doesn't break and do a 853 00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:55,966 car, try to break the window but it doesn't break and do a michael sound. 854 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:56,583 It doesn't break and do a michael sound. You know? 855 00:28:56,585 --> 00:28:58,168 Michael sound. You know? And then he says, at the end, 856 00:28:58,170 --> 00:29:00,370 you know? And then he says, at the end, let me see what the end look 857 00:29:00,372 --> 00:29:00,587 and then he says, at the end, let me see what the end look like. 858 00:29:00,589 --> 00:29:02,055 Let me see what the end look like. And he said, so when the police 859 00:29:02,057 --> 00:29:04,541 like. And he said, so when the police put you in handcuffs, because 860 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:06,677 and he said, so when the police put you in handcuffs, because the whole thing was the song 861 00:29:06,679 --> 00:29:08,228 put you in handcuffs, because the whole thing was the song black and white -- 862 00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:10,347 the whole thing was the song black and white -- ♪ I made a million by the time 863 00:29:10,349 --> 00:29:10,898 black and white -- ♪ I made a million by the time I was ten 864 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:14,568 ♪ I made a million by the time I was ten ♪ I wrote a love song 865 00:29:14,570 --> 00:29:16,820 I was ten ♪ I wrote a love song ♪ I played with new animals. 866 00:29:16,822 --> 00:29:19,256 ♪ I wrote a love song ♪ I played with new animals. >> this whole thing, right? 867 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:20,758 ♪ I played with new animals. >> this whole thing, right? He says at the end when the 868 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,427 >> this whole thing, right? He says at the end when the police put the handcuffs on you, 869 00:29:23,429 --> 00:29:26,363 he says at the end when the police put the handcuffs on you, you go, I guess I am black. 870 00:29:26,365 --> 00:29:27,581 Police put the handcuffs on you, you go, I guess I am black. And everybody just roll. 871 00:29:27,583 --> 00:29:37,824 You go, I guess I am black. And everybody just roll. That's the kind of 872 00:29:37,826 --> 00:29:40,827 and everybody just roll. That's the kind of >>> working with jada pinkett 873 00:29:40,829 --> 00:29:42,095 that's the kind of >>> working with jada pinkett smith was like working with a 874 00:29:42,097 --> 00:29:44,932 >>> working with jada pinkett smith was like working with a really fine mouse. 875 00:29:44,934 --> 00:29:45,966 Smith was like working with a really fine mouse. No. 876 00:29:45,968 --> 00:29:48,602 Really fine mouse. No. I'm just playing. 877 00:29:48,604 --> 00:29:49,803 No. I'm just playing. I'm just playing. 878 00:29:49,805 --> 00:29:51,538 I'm just playing. I'm just playing. Well, first of all, it was an 879 00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:52,673 I'm just playing. Well, first of all, it was an evolution for me because I was 880 00:29:52,675 --> 00:29:55,142 well, first of all, it was an evolution for me because I was this really strong comic in 881 00:29:55,144 --> 00:29:56,343 evolution for me because I was this really strong comic in movies. 882 00:29:56,345 --> 00:29:57,778 This really strong comic in movies. Booty call, strictly business, 883 00:29:57,780 --> 00:30:00,380 movies. Booty call, strictly business, all the movies I had, I was 884 00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:00,948 booty call, strictly business, all the movies I had, I was comedy lead. 885 00:30:00,950 --> 00:30:03,851 All the movies I had, I was comedy lead. This was the first romantic 886 00:30:03,853 --> 00:30:04,117 comedy lead. This was the first romantic comedy. 887 00:30:04,119 --> 00:30:08,305 This was the first romantic comedy. So I get this beautiful role, 888 00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:09,556 comedy. So I get this beautiful role, which is something that I wanted 889 00:30:09,558 --> 00:30:10,224 so I get this beautiful role, which is something that I wanted to do. 890 00:30:10,226 --> 00:30:12,442 Which is something that I wanted to do. All of the decisions that I made 891 00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:15,095 to do. All of the decisions that I made in my career were conscious 892 00:30:15,097 --> 00:30:15,395 all of the decisions that I made in my career were conscious decisions. 893 00:30:15,397 --> 00:30:18,282 In my career were conscious decisions. I got -- I did "strictly 894 00:30:18,284 --> 00:30:19,449 decisions. I got -- I did "strictly business" because I felt like 895 00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,485 I got -- I did "strictly business" because I felt like the black community needed a 896 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:23,820 business" because I felt like the black community needed a science fiction movie, so the 897 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:28,008 the black community needed a science fiction movie, so the movie was about black people 898 00:30:28,010 --> 00:30:29,343 science fiction movie, so the movie was about black people working together. 899 00:30:29,345 --> 00:30:32,379 Movie was about black people working together. Then, you know, "booty call," I 900 00:30:32,381 --> 00:30:33,614 working together. Then, you know, "booty call," I wanted to work with jaime. 901 00:30:33,616 --> 00:30:37,084 Then, you know, "booty call," I wanted to work with jaime. I knew that we would kill that. 902 00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:40,053 Wanted to work with jaime. I knew that we would kill that. It was a straight up "animal 903 00:30:40,055 --> 00:30:40,854 I knew that we would kill that. It was a straight up "animal house" cult classic. 904 00:30:40,856 --> 00:30:43,941 It was a straight up "animal house" cult classic. I wanted to do "whoo" because I 905 00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:46,793 house" cult classic. I wanted to do "whoo" because I wanted to carve myself into more 906 00:30:46,795 --> 00:30:48,595 I wanted to do "whoo" because I wanted to carve myself into more meaning roles, you know, more 907 00:30:48,597 --> 00:30:51,498 wanted to carve myself into more meaning roles, you know, more dramatic roles, and this was a 908 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:52,899 meaning roles, you know, more dramatic roles, and this was a good segue to that. 909 00:30:52,901 --> 00:30:55,118 Dramatic roles, and this was a good segue to that. I ended up rewriting the end. 910 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,703 Good segue to that. I ended up rewriting the end. But I always re-wrote all the 911 00:30:56,705 --> 00:30:57,671 I ended up rewriting the end. But I always re-wrote all the movies that I had. 912 00:30:57,673 --> 00:30:59,540 But I always re-wrote all the movies that I had. So I had conceived an ending 913 00:30:59,542 --> 00:31:01,208 movies that I had. So I had conceived an ending because it wasn't right. 914 00:31:01,210 --> 00:31:04,678 So I had conceived an ending because it wasn't right. And this was the first week of 915 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:04,928 because it wasn't right. And this was the first week of shooting. 916 00:31:04,930 --> 00:31:07,881 And this was the first week of shooting. And jada was like, yeah, yeah, 917 00:31:07,883 --> 00:31:08,081 shooting. And jada was like, yeah, yeah, okay. 918 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:09,082 And jada was like, yeah, yeah, okay. But what happened was the 919 00:31:09,084 --> 00:31:10,684 okay. But what happened was the director got fired because the 920 00:31:10,686 --> 00:31:12,686 but what happened was the director got fired because the end sucked. 921 00:31:12,688 --> 00:31:14,921 Director got fired because the end sucked. And, so, jada called me and 922 00:31:14,923 --> 00:31:16,089 end sucked. And, so, jada called me and said, tommy, do you remember 923 00:31:16,091 --> 00:31:18,225 and, so, jada called me and said, tommy, do you remember that ending that you told me? 924 00:31:18,227 --> 00:31:19,776 Said, tommy, do you remember that ending that you told me? Because this could save the 925 00:31:19,778 --> 00:31:20,027 that ending that you told me? Because this could save the movie? 926 00:31:20,029 --> 00:31:21,078 Because this could save the movie? I said of course I do. 927 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:26,800 Movie? I said of course I do. So she calls me, me, mike de 928 00:31:26,802 --> 00:31:29,620 I said of course I do. So she calls me, me, mike de luca, the new director and jada 929 00:31:29,622 --> 00:31:31,738 so she calls me, me, mike de luca, the new director and jada were in a teleconference and I 930 00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:34,808 luca, the new director and jada were in a teleconference and I gave them the rewrite word by 931 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:36,159 were in a teleconference and I gave them the rewrite word by word, page by page, and it 932 00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:36,977 gave them the rewrite word by word, page by page, and it turned out good. 933 00:31:36,979 --> 00:31:38,662 Word, page by page, and it turned out good. It was an easy fix because we 934 00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:41,281 turned out good. It was an easy fix because we have a romantic comedy where the 935 00:31:41,283 --> 00:31:42,549 it was an easy fix because we have a romantic comedy where the couple doesn't come together at 936 00:31:42,551 --> 00:31:43,600 have a romantic comedy where the couple doesn't come together at the end. 937 00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,552 Couple doesn't come together at the end. So it's just basically us 938 00:31:45,554 --> 00:31:47,054 the end. So it's just basically us kissing in the middle of the 939 00:31:47,056 --> 00:31:47,287 so it's just basically us kissing in the middle of the street. 940 00:31:47,289 --> 00:31:49,923 Kissing in the middle of the street. And the kiss caused some 941 00:31:49,925 --> 00:31:51,575 street. And the kiss caused some conflict because will got a 942 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:52,526 and the kiss caused some conflict because will got a little upset. 943 00:31:52,528 --> 00:31:56,396 Conflict because will got a little upset. But I didn't know it at the 944 00:31:56,398 --> 00:31:56,580 little upset. But I didn't know it at the time. 945 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:59,666 But I didn't know it at the time. All I know is I was in jada's 946 00:31:59,668 --> 00:32:01,335 time. All I know is I was in jada's trailer and will came in and was 947 00:32:01,337 --> 00:32:03,236 all I know is I was in jada's trailer and will came in and was like, I don't appreciate that 948 00:32:03,238 --> 00:32:05,839 trailer and will came in and was like, I don't appreciate that [ bleep ] man and was up in my 949 00:32:05,841 --> 00:32:06,039 like, I don't appreciate that [ bleep ] man and was up in my face. 950 00:32:06,041 --> 00:32:08,458 [ bleep ] man and was up in my face. He said, yeah, yeah, yeah. 951 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:09,876 Face. He said, yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe we need to [ bleep ] talk 952 00:32:09,878 --> 00:32:11,094 he said, yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe we need to [ bleep ] talk about that, you know? 953 00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:12,912 Maybe we need to [ bleep ] talk about that, you know? And after a little while, I was 954 00:32:12,914 --> 00:32:14,715 about that, you know? And after a little while, I was like, you know, you're right. 955 00:32:14,717 --> 00:32:16,433 And after a little while, I was like, you know, you're right. Let's get out of here and talk 956 00:32:16,435 --> 00:32:18,051 like, you know, you're right. Let's get out of here and talk about that. 957 00:32:18,053 --> 00:32:20,220 Let's get out of here and talk about that. Jada was like, no, no, no. 958 00:32:20,222 --> 00:32:21,855 About that. Jada was like, no, no, no. He said he want to talk about 959 00:32:21,857 --> 00:32:22,222 jada was like, no, no, no. He said he want to talk about it. 960 00:32:22,224 --> 00:32:24,241 He said he want to talk about it. And I never knew what it was. 961 00:32:24,243 --> 00:32:26,059 It. And I never knew what it was. I never knew. 962 00:32:26,061 --> 00:32:28,028 And I never knew what it was. I never knew. But he was urging we have a 963 00:32:28,030 --> 00:32:28,362 I never knew. But he was urging we have a conversation. 964 00:32:28,364 --> 00:32:29,262 But he was urging we have a conversation. You know what I mean? 965 00:32:29,264 --> 00:32:31,248 Conversation. You know what I mean? And after what I been through in 966 00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:33,166 you know what I mean? And after what I been through in d.C., I learned how to talk real 967 00:32:33,168 --> 00:32:33,500 and after what I been through in d.C., I learned how to talk real well. 968 00:32:33,502 --> 00:32:35,619 D.C., I learned how to talk real well. So, you know, so I'm willing to 969 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:37,838 well. So, you know, so I'm willing to have this talk. 970 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,508 So, you know, so I'm willing to have this talk. And it got stymied because jada 971 00:32:41,510 --> 00:32:43,760 have this talk. And it got stymied because jada was like, no. 972 00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:44,761 And it got stymied because jada was like, no. I wrote my book. 973 00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:46,813 Was like, no. I wrote my book. I couldn't get something in the 974 00:32:46,815 --> 00:32:48,231 I wrote my book. I couldn't get something in the book about somebody else that 975 00:32:48,233 --> 00:32:49,182 I couldn't get something in the book about somebody else that they didn't approve. 976 00:32:49,184 --> 00:32:51,268 Book about somebody else that they didn't approve. So this is the first time, and 977 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:54,021 they didn't approve. So this is the first time, and this is 18 years later, maybe 20 978 00:32:54,023 --> 00:32:58,442 so this is the first time, and this is 18 years later, maybe 20 years later, I described this 979 00:32:58,444 --> 00:33:00,410 this is 18 years later, maybe 20 years later, I described this scene on paper and sent it to 980 00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:01,695 years later, I described this scene on paper and sent it to will and jada. 981 00:33:01,697 --> 00:33:04,331 Scene on paper and sent it to will and jada. This was before they were 982 00:33:04,333 --> 00:33:05,916 will and jada. This was before they were married, and they okayed it. 983 00:33:05,918 --> 00:33:08,035 This was before they were married, and they okayed it. And that was the first time I 984 00:33:08,037 --> 00:33:10,704 married, and they okayed it. And that was the first time I realized what had happened was 985 00:33:10,706 --> 00:33:12,238 and that was the first time I realized what had happened was we were down to the last days of 986 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,040 realized what had happened was we were down to the last days of the shoot. 987 00:33:13,042 --> 00:33:15,241 We were down to the last days of the shoot. Of course I re-wrote that last 988 00:33:15,243 --> 00:33:15,425 the shoot. Of course I re-wrote that last kiss. 989 00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:17,878 Of course I re-wrote that last kiss. And you're not going to do a 990 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,413 kiss. And you're not going to do a scene where you kiss a woman 991 00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:22,415 and you're not going to do a scene where you kiss a woman without rehearsing it if you're 992 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:23,967 scene where you kiss a woman without rehearsing it if you're not with her in a relationship 993 00:33:23,969 --> 00:33:24,468 without rehearsing it if you're not with her in a relationship or whatever. 994 00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:26,553 Not with her in a relationship or whatever. So we never rehearsed it. 995 00:33:26,555 --> 00:33:28,722 Or whatever. So we never rehearsed it. So I was like, I got to rehearse 996 00:33:28,724 --> 00:33:31,441 so we never rehearsed it. So I was like, I got to rehearse this with jada before we do 997 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:31,692 so I was like, I got to rehearse this with jada before we do that. 998 00:33:31,694 --> 00:33:34,277 This with jada before we do that. I said, I'm not going to do it 999 00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:35,595 that. I said, I'm not going to do it unless me and her talk. 1000 00:33:35,597 --> 00:33:36,980 I said, I'm not going to do it unless me and her talk. So they went outside of my 1001 00:33:36,982 --> 00:33:38,865 unless me and her talk. So they went outside of my trailer and came back and said, 1002 00:33:38,867 --> 00:33:40,117 so they went outside of my trailer and came back and said, she said it's okay. 1003 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:41,368 Trailer and came back and said, she said it's okay. She said go for it. 1004 00:33:41,370 --> 00:33:41,952 She said it's okay. She said go for it. You know. 1005 00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:44,705 She said go for it. You know. But I went a little bit further 1006 00:33:44,707 --> 00:33:46,039 you know. But I went a little bit further than what could have been 1007 00:33:46,041 --> 00:33:46,289 but I went a little bit further than what could have been rehearsed. 1008 00:33:46,291 --> 00:33:47,507 Than what could have been rehearsed. You know what I mean? 1009 00:33:47,509 --> 00:33:49,760 Rehearsed. You know what I mean? And I felt her a little tight or 1010 00:33:49,762 --> 00:33:51,795 you know what I mean? And I felt her a little tight or whatever, but it was an acting 1011 00:33:51,797 --> 00:33:52,045 and I felt her a little tight or whatever, but it was an acting thing. 1012 00:33:52,047 --> 00:33:53,480 Whatever, but it was an acting thing. You know, it was awkward. 1013 00:33:53,482 --> 00:33:54,914 Thing. You know, it was awkward. I just found out that that was 1014 00:33:54,916 --> 00:33:56,383 you know, it was awkward. I just found out that that was the deal after all that time, 1015 00:33:56,385 --> 00:33:56,850 I just found out that that was the deal after all that time, you know? 1016 00:33:56,852 --> 00:33:59,770 The deal after all that time, you know? And if you're dealing with -- 1017 00:33:59,772 --> 00:34:02,823 you know? And if you're dealing with -- with a positive personally like 1018 00:34:02,825 --> 00:34:05,826 and if you're dealing with -- with a positive personally like will's, it was very redeeming 1019 00:34:05,828 --> 00:34:08,028 with a positive personally like will's, it was very redeeming for him to say, yeah, that's 1020 00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:11,364 will's, it was very redeeming for him to say, yeah, that's what really happened. 1021 00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,899 For him to say, yeah, that's what really happened. I met spike. 1022 00:34:12,901 --> 00:34:15,802 What really happened. I met spike. I met spike lee in brooklyn. 1023 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:18,739 I met spike. I met spike lee in brooklyn. I got a "do the right thing" 1024 00:34:18,741 --> 00:34:18,939 I met spike lee in brooklyn. I got a "do the right thing" hat. 1025 00:34:18,941 --> 00:34:20,173 I got a "do the right thing" hat. Never met him in my life. 1026 00:34:20,175 --> 00:34:22,676 Hat. Never met him in my life. I just came from his store, 1027 00:34:22,678 --> 00:34:23,427 never met him in my life. I just came from his store, buying all his gear. 1028 00:34:23,429 --> 00:34:25,378 I just came from his store, buying all his gear. So excited to meet him. 1029 00:34:25,380 --> 00:34:26,797 Buying all his gear. So excited to meet him. As I was leaving the store he 1030 00:34:26,799 --> 00:34:27,931 so excited to meet him. As I was leaving the store he ws walking down the street. 1031 00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:30,884 As I was leaving the store he ws walking down the street. I said, oh, hey, spike. 1032 00:34:30,886 --> 00:34:31,968 Ws walking down the street. I said, oh, hey, spike. I'm tommy davidson. 1033 00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:33,620 I said, oh, hey, spike. I'm tommy davidson. He said, I know who you are. 1034 00:34:33,622 --> 00:34:37,057 I'm tommy davidson. He said, I know who you are. He said you on that show that 1035 00:34:37,059 --> 00:34:40,343 he said, I know who you are. He said you on that show that ain't about [ bleep ]. 1036 00:34:40,345 --> 00:34:43,647 He said you on that show that ain't about [ bleep ]. Those jewish writers wouldn't 1037 00:34:43,649 --> 00:34:45,098 ain't about [ bleep ]. Those jewish writers wouldn't let us talk about their leaders 1038 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:46,666 those jewish writers wouldn't let us talk about their leaders like that. 1039 00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:48,668 Let us talk about their leaders like that. I was like, maybe you're right. 1040 00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:49,803 Like that. I was like, maybe you're right. Maybe you're wrong. 1041 00:34:49,805 --> 00:34:50,854 I was like, maybe you're right. Maybe you're wrong. I'm just on the show. 1042 00:34:50,856 --> 00:34:52,773 Maybe you're wrong. I'm just on the show. I'm not a writer, you know? 1043 00:34:52,775 --> 00:34:54,775 I'm just on the show. I'm not a writer, you know? And he just walked away. 1044 00:34:54,777 --> 00:34:56,943 I'm not a writer, you know? And he just walked away. I fought every propensity to 1045 00:34:56,945 --> 00:35:00,247 and he just walked away. I fought every propensity to kick him in his mother -- 1046 00:35:00,249 --> 00:35:00,814 I fought every propensity to kick him in his mother -- [ bleep ] back. 1047 00:35:00,816 --> 00:35:03,416 Kick him in his mother -- [ bleep ] back. And he's got a hunch back, so I 1048 00:35:03,418 --> 00:35:04,601 [ bleep ] back. And he's got a hunch back, so I could have caught it just right, 1049 00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:04,935 and he's got a hunch back, so I could have caught it just right, you know? 1050 00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:06,102 Could have caught it just right, you know? And I didn't do it. 1051 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,654 You know? And I didn't do it. And I'm glad I didn't. 1052 00:35:07,656 --> 00:35:09,823 And I didn't do it. And I'm glad I didn't. So there was a live rock episode 1053 00:35:09,825 --> 00:35:11,441 and I'm glad I didn't. So there was a live rock episode where I played a homeless guy. 1054 00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:13,276 So there was a live rock episode where I played a homeless guy. I was able to do a dramatic 1055 00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:15,529 where I played a homeless guy. I was able to do a dramatic role, and he was there. 1056 00:35:15,531 --> 00:35:17,080 I was able to do a dramatic role, and he was there. And what I learned from my 1057 00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:17,730 role, and he was there. And what I learned from my mother, man. 1058 00:35:17,732 --> 00:35:19,232 And what I learned from my mother, man. If you have a problem with 1059 00:35:19,234 --> 00:35:20,367 mother, man. If you have a problem with somebody, you can actually talk 1060 00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:21,001 if you have a problem with somebody, you can actually talk to them or try. 1061 00:35:21,003 --> 00:35:24,955 Somebody, you can actually talk to them or try. I went to him and said, man, you 1062 00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:25,589 to them or try. I went to him and said, man, you really hurt my feelings when I 1063 00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:26,573 I went to him and said, man, you really hurt my feelings when I was in brooklyn the first time I 1064 00:35:26,575 --> 00:35:27,340 really hurt my feelings when I was in brooklyn the first time I met with you. 1065 00:35:27,342 --> 00:35:29,843 Was in brooklyn the first time I met with you. Here I am with all your gear on 1066 00:35:29,845 --> 00:35:31,428 met with you. Here I am with all your gear on and you like flawed me. 1067 00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:33,180 Here I am with all your gear on and you like flawed me. He was like, really man? 1068 00:35:33,182 --> 00:35:35,015 And you like flawed me. He was like, really man? Oh, man, I'm sorry, man. 1069 00:35:35,017 --> 00:35:36,516 He was like, really man? Oh, man, I'm sorry, man. And we were cool from then on. 1070 00:35:36,518 --> 00:35:43,089 Oh, man, I'm sorry, man. And we were cool from then on. And he came to me to star in 1071 00:35:43,091 --> 00:35:43,456 and we were cool from then on. And he came to me to star in "bamboozled." 1072 00:35:43,458 --> 00:35:44,958 and he came to me to star in "bamboozled." that's how it happened. 1073 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,194 "bamboozled." that's how it happened. I went and did this movie with 1074 00:35:47,196 --> 00:35:47,394 that's how it happened. I went and did this movie with him. 1075 00:35:47,396 --> 00:35:49,846 I went and did this movie with him. Got to work with jada again, 1076 00:35:49,848 --> 00:35:50,063 him. Got to work with jada again, too. 1077 00:35:50,065 --> 00:35:51,815 Got to work with jada again, too. Now she's married. 1078 00:35:51,817 --> 00:35:52,649 Too. Now she's married. She got a kid. 1079 00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:59,005 Now she's married. She got a kid. Oh, yeah, I got to work with 1080 00:35:59,007 --> 00:36:00,407 she got a kid. Oh, yeah, I got to work with damen again. 1081 00:36:00,409 --> 00:36:01,875 Oh, yeah, I got to work with damen again. Damon is so abstract with what 1082 00:36:01,877 --> 00:36:02,409 damen again. Damon is so abstract with what he does. 1083 00:36:02,411 --> 00:36:04,110 Damon is so abstract with what he does. It is like you don't know how he 1084 00:36:04,112 --> 00:36:06,530 he does. It is like you don't know how he does it, but he's just as funny 1085 00:36:06,532 --> 00:36:07,030 it is like you don't know how he does it, but he's just as funny as hell. 1086 00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:08,848 Does it, but he's just as funny as hell. I remember, I'll never forget 1087 00:36:08,850 --> 00:36:12,819 as hell. I remember, I'll never forget this, I froze on camera the 1088 00:36:12,821 --> 00:36:13,820 I remember, I'll never forget this, I froze on camera the first day of "in living color" 1089 00:36:13,822 --> 00:36:14,738 this, I froze on camera the first day of "in living color" because I realized that 1090 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,723 first day of "in living color" because I realized that everything I worked for was 1091 00:36:16,725 --> 00:36:16,973 because I realized that everything I worked for was happening. 1092 00:36:16,975 --> 00:36:20,310 Everything I worked for was happening. And I couldn't talk. 1093 00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:22,979 Happening. And I couldn't talk. They went "action," I was like 1094 00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:24,231 and I couldn't talk. They went "action," I was like cut! 1095 00:36:24,233 --> 00:36:26,983 They went "action," I was like cut! Tommy, start again. 1096 00:36:26,985 --> 00:36:27,433 Cut! Tommy, start again. Okay. 1097 00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:29,870 Tommy, start again. Okay. And I was sweating and it all 1098 00:36:29,872 --> 00:36:31,571 okay. And I was sweating and it all was coming down to that moment. 1099 00:36:31,573 --> 00:36:34,324 And I was sweating and it all was coming down to that moment. And damon made his way to me and 1100 00:36:34,326 --> 00:36:35,742 was coming down to that moment. And damon made his way to me and he said, come here, man. 1101 00:36:35,744 --> 00:36:38,979 And damon made his way to me and he said, come here, man. He looked me in my face and he 1102 00:36:38,981 --> 00:36:41,381 he said, come here, man. He looked me in my face and he said, [ bleep ], you worked your 1103 00:36:41,383 --> 00:36:42,549 he looked me in my face and he said, [ bleep ], you worked your ass off for this. 1104 00:36:42,551 --> 00:36:43,884 Said, [ bleep ], you worked your ass off for this. You got your whole family 1105 00:36:43,886 --> 00:36:44,617 ass off for this. You got your whole family counting on you. 1106 00:36:44,619 --> 00:36:45,952 You got your whole family counting on you. You funny as hell. 1107 00:36:45,954 --> 00:36:47,888 Counting on you. You funny as hell. And then he said, but the main 1108 00:36:47,890 --> 00:36:50,674 you funny as hell. And then he said, but the main thing is, he said, you deserve 1109 00:36:50,676 --> 00:36:50,924 and then he said, but the main thing is, he said, you deserve it. 1110 00:36:50,926 --> 00:37:01,635 Thing is, he said, you deserve it. You really dese 1111 00:37:01,637 --> 00:37:03,470 it. You really dese >>> a lot of incidents happened 1112 00:37:03,472 --> 00:37:06,389 you really dese >>> a lot of incidents happened to be in the acting realm, and 1113 00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:08,141 >>> a lot of incidents happened to be in the acting realm, and malcolm and eddy was a big one. 1114 00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:10,477 To be in the acting realm, and malcolm and eddy was a big one. We were doing a rehearsal. 1115 00:37:10,479 --> 00:37:13,179 Malcolm and eddy was a big one. We were doing a rehearsal. It was a bar brawl, you know, 1116 00:37:13,181 --> 00:37:14,981 we were doing a rehearsal. It was a bar brawl, you know, and we were going by the 1117 00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:15,198 it was a bar brawl, you know, and we were going by the numbers. 1118 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,449 And we were going by the numbers. It is a real mug. 1119 00:37:16,451 --> 00:37:17,701 Numbers. It is a real mug. So we're rehearsing. 1120 00:37:17,703 --> 00:37:18,368 It is a real mug. So we're rehearsing. He ducks. 1121 00:37:18,370 --> 00:37:19,352 So we're rehearsing. He ducks. He ducks. 1122 00:37:19,354 --> 00:37:21,020 He ducks. He ducks. He ducks, right? 1123 00:37:21,022 --> 00:37:25,024 He ducks. He ducks, right? So in the final rehearsal, eddy 1124 00:37:25,026 --> 00:37:26,826 he ducks, right? So in the final rehearsal, eddy griffin forgets to duck when I 1125 00:37:26,828 --> 00:37:29,028 so in the final rehearsal, eddy griffin forgets to duck when I swing the mug and, bam, I hit 1126 00:37:29,030 --> 00:37:30,380 griffin forgets to duck when I swing the mug and, bam, I hit him right in his mouth. 1127 00:37:30,382 --> 00:37:33,216 Swing the mug and, bam, I hit him right in his mouth. I thought he was eating corn 1128 00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:34,751 him right in his mouth. I thought he was eating corn chips or something because all 1129 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:37,003 I thought he was eating corn chips or something because all this white stuff flew out of his 1130 00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:37,203 chips or something because all this white stuff flew out of his mouth. 1131 00:37:37,205 --> 00:37:38,972 This white stuff flew out of his mouth. He went like that and all his 1132 00:37:38,974 --> 00:37:40,206 mouth. He went like that and all his teeth were gone. 1133 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:43,977 He went like that and all his teeth were gone. I was like holy mother jesus 1134 00:37:43,979 --> 00:37:44,227 teeth were gone. I was like holy mother jesus lord. 1135 00:37:44,229 --> 00:37:46,646 I was like holy mother jesus lord. And I messed up the whole shoot. 1136 00:37:46,648 --> 00:37:48,098 Lord. And I messed up the whole shoot. A really good friend of mine 1137 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:49,766 and I messed up the whole shoot. A really good friend of mine worked with a dental tech in 1138 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:50,433 a really good friend of mine worked with a dental tech in beverly hills. 1139 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:52,652 Worked with a dental tech in beverly hills. I called him and I said, man, 1140 00:37:52,654 --> 00:37:54,437 beverly hills. I called him and I said, man, can you fix eddy's teeth? 1141 00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:56,339 I called him and I said, man, can you fix eddy's teeth? And so he said if you send him 1142 00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:58,091 can you fix eddy's teeth? And so he said if you send him down here right now, you know, 1143 00:37:58,093 --> 00:37:59,793 and so he said if you send him down here right now, you know, give me a couple hours, I'll get 1144 00:37:59,795 --> 00:38:00,794 down here right now, you know, give me a couple hours, I'll get to it. 1145 00:38:00,796 --> 00:38:02,178 Give me a couple hours, I'll get to it. I'm feeling so bad. 1146 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,130 To it. I'm feeling so bad. He comes back and his teeth are 1147 00:38:04,132 --> 00:38:04,381 I'm feeling so bad. He comes back and his teeth are there. 1148 00:38:04,383 --> 00:38:07,100 He comes back and his teeth are there. I'm like, man, I'm so sorry. 1149 00:38:07,102 --> 00:38:08,935 There. I'm like, man, I'm so sorry. And he said, yeah, man. 1150 00:38:08,937 --> 00:38:10,020 I'm like, man, I'm so sorry. And he said, yeah, man. It's all right, man. 1151 00:38:10,022 --> 00:38:12,171 And he said, yeah, man. It's all right, man. You know, it took a couple of 1152 00:38:12,173 --> 00:38:16,142 it's all right, man. You know, it took a couple of hours because I had to soak them 1153 00:38:16,144 --> 00:38:18,645 you know, it took a couple of hours because I had to soak them new teeth, tobacco and beer for 1154 00:38:18,647 --> 00:38:20,697 hours because I had to soak them new teeth, tobacco and beer for a few hours for them to match my 1155 00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:20,897 new teeth, tobacco and beer for a few hours for them to match my teeth. 1156 00:38:20,899 --> 00:38:22,432 A few hours for them to match my teeth. I was like, we 1157 00:38:30,624 --> 00:38:36,713 >>> I'm very proud of my children because they're really a reflection of my family, you 1158 00:38:36,715 --> 00:38:36,913 children because they're really a reflection of my family, you know? 1159 00:38:36,915 --> 00:38:38,882 A reflection of my family, you know? And I think -- I think the 1160 00:38:38,884 --> 00:38:40,450 know? And I think -- I think the greatest thing about my kids is 1161 00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:42,285 and I think -- I think the greatest thing about my kids is watching them how they treat 1162 00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:42,552 greatest thing about my kids is watching them how they treat others. 1163 00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:44,437 Watching them how they treat others. You know, they're some of the 1164 00:38:44,439 --> 00:38:47,190 others. You know, they're some of the most kind, compassionate, 1165 00:38:47,192 --> 00:38:50,143 you know, they're some of the most kind, compassionate, loving, understanding people I 1166 00:38:50,145 --> 00:38:50,426 most kind, compassionate, loving, understanding people I know. 1167 00:38:50,428 --> 00:38:51,978 Loving, understanding people I know. And they did very well, you 1168 00:38:51,980 --> 00:38:52,395 know. And they did very well, you know. 1169 00:38:52,397 --> 00:38:54,597 And they did very well, you know. Half of them graduated, you 1170 00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,316 know. Half of them graduated, you know, marquette, you know, one 1171 00:38:56,318 --> 00:38:58,785 half of them graduated, you know, marquette, you know, one of them was in yale and dropped 1172 00:38:58,787 --> 00:39:01,571 know, marquette, you know, one of them was in yale and dropped out but then she went to unlv. 1173 00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:02,539 Of them was in yale and dropped out but then she went to unlv. She's a director. 1174 00:39:02,541 --> 00:39:04,240 Out but then she went to unlv. She's a director. They're all happy. 1175 00:39:04,242 --> 00:39:06,776 She's a director. They're all happy. They're all doing something 1176 00:39:06,778 --> 00:39:08,294 they're all happy. They're all doing something worthwhile. 1177 00:39:08,296 --> 00:39:10,714 They're all doing something worthwhile. And I remember what I passed on 1178 00:39:10,716 --> 00:39:12,515 worthwhile. And I remember what I passed on to them was what my mother told 1179 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:12,766 and I remember what I passed on to them was what my mother told me. 1180 00:39:12,768 --> 00:39:15,935 To them was what my mother told me. I lost a job that was connected 1181 00:39:15,937 --> 00:39:18,972 me. I lost a job that was connected to college. 1182 00:39:18,974 --> 00:39:19,305 I lost a job that was connected to college. Okay? 1183 00:39:19,307 --> 00:39:21,224 To college. Okay? And she cried so hard when I 1184 00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:22,859 okay? And she cried so hard when I told her I lost that job because 1185 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:24,994 and she cried so hard when I told her I lost that job because she wanted me to go to college, 1186 00:39:24,996 --> 00:39:25,729 told her I lost that job because she wanted me to go to college, you know? 1187 00:39:25,731 --> 00:39:28,898 She wanted me to go to college, you know? And she turned to me and she 1188 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:31,534 you know? And she turned to me and she said, you know what, tommy. 1189 00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:33,820 And she turned to me and she said, you know what, tommy. Me crying is selfish because 1190 00:39:33,822 --> 00:39:35,789 said, you know what, tommy. Me crying is selfish because when I pulled you out of trash 1191 00:39:35,791 --> 00:39:37,624 me crying is selfish because when I pulled you out of trash can, I wanted you to go to 1192 00:39:37,626 --> 00:39:37,874 when I pulled you out of trash can, I wanted you to go to college. 1193 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,492 Can, I wanted you to go to college. She said that was selfish of me. 1194 00:39:39,494 --> 00:39:42,462 College. She said that was selfish of me. That was the goal I wanted for 1195 00:39:42,464 --> 00:39:42,712 she said that was selfish of me. That was the goal I wanted for you. 1196 00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:44,998 That was the goal I wanted for you. She said, as long as you do 1197 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,333 you. She said, as long as you do something that makes you happy 1198 00:39:47,335 --> 00:39:51,137 she said, as long as you do something that makes you happy and you're not hurting anybody, 1199 00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:54,591 something that makes you happy and you're not hurting anybody, you're a positive contributor to 1200 00:39:54,593 --> 00:39:56,926 and you're not hurting anybody, you're a positive contributor to this society and so this world, 1201 00:39:56,928 --> 00:39:57,393 you're a positive contributor to this society and so this world, I'm good. 1202 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,063 This society and so this world, I'm good. And that's the way I raised my 1203 00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:00,263 I'm good. And that's the way I raised my kids. 1204 00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:00,963 And that's the way I raised my kids. You know? 1205 00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:03,233 Kids. You know? I was able to pass that on to 1206 00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:03,466 you know? I was able to pass that on to them. 1207 00:40:03,468 --> 00:40:04,067 I was able to pass that on to them. You know? 1208 00:40:04,069 --> 00:40:10,106 Them. You know? And my family is -- is an 1209 00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:11,658 you know? And my family is -- is an interwoven piece of this whole 1210 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:12,275 and my family is -- is an interwoven piece of this whole world. 1211 00:40:12,277 --> 00:40:15,111 Interwoven piece of this whole world. My cousin married a central 1212 00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:15,495 world. My cousin married a central american. 1213 00:40:15,497 --> 00:40:18,865 My cousin married a central american. Me, you know, one of the moms is 1214 00:40:18,867 --> 00:40:20,249 american. Me, you know, one of the moms is cuban, block. 1215 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,019 Me, you know, one of the moms is cuban, block. My youngest baby is mixed white, 1216 00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:23,770 cuban, block. My youngest baby is mixed white, you know. 1217 00:40:23,772 --> 00:40:27,140 My youngest baby is mixed white, you know. If you look at my family, at my 1218 00:40:27,142 --> 00:40:28,391 you know. If you look at my family, at my mother's service, you'd think 1219 00:40:28,393 --> 00:40:30,092 if you look at my family, at my mother's service, you'd think you were at the un. 1220 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:33,313 Mother's service, you'd think you were at the un. And she had this ceremony where 1221 00:40:33,315 --> 00:40:36,483 you were at the un. And she had this ceremony where she picked these african singers 1222 00:40:36,485 --> 00:40:38,118 and she had this ceremony where she picked these african singers to sing this traditional song, 1223 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:38,868 she picked these african singers to sing this traditional song, you know. 1224 00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:41,037 To sing this traditional song, you know. And her request was to have 1225 00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:42,572 you know. And her request was to have having hold hands in a circle, 1226 00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:44,541 and her request was to have having hold hands in a circle, you know, and just close their 1227 00:40:44,543 --> 00:40:47,076 having hold hands in a circle, you know, and just close their eyes and give each other love, 1228 00:40:47,078 --> 00:40:47,961 you know, and just close their eyes and give each other love, you know? 1229 00:40:47,963 --> 00:40:50,547 Eyes and give each other love, you know? That's what I see in my children 1230 00:40:50,549 --> 00:40:50,814 you know? That's what I see in my children there. 1231 00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:54,450 That's what I see in my children there. And, so, when I say I'm barbara 1232 00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,169 there. And, so, when I say I'm barbara davidson's youngest son, that's 1233 00:40:56,171 --> 00:40:57,486 and, so, when I say I'm barbara davidson's youngest son, that's who I am. 1234 00:40:57,488 --> 00:40:59,506 Davidson's youngest son, that's who I am. I really am. 1235 00:40:59,508 --> 00:41:01,841 Who I am. I really am. Looking at the multicultural 1236 00:41:01,843 --> 00:41:06,045 I really am. Looking at the multicultural crowd that gathered for my 1237 00:41:06,047 --> 00:41:08,181 looking at the multicultural crowd that gathered for my mother's life celebration, 1238 00:41:08,183 --> 00:41:10,433 crowd that gathered for my mother's life celebration, haitian, puerto rican, african, 1239 00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:11,167 mother's life celebration, haitian, puerto rican, african, asian, white. 1240 00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:14,521 Haitian, puerto rican, african, asian, white. White is not just one kind of 1241 00:41:14,523 --> 00:41:14,804 asian, white. White is not just one kind of white. 1242 00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:17,891 White is not just one kind of white. White can be boston, dallas. 1243 00:41:17,893 --> 00:41:21,110 White. White can be boston, dallas. Can be ireland, you know. 1244 00:41:21,112 --> 00:41:22,812 White can be boston, dallas. Can be ireland, you know. White is a color, too. 1245 00:41:22,814 --> 00:41:25,348 Can be ireland, you know. White is a color, too. And seeing all that reminded me 1246 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:27,066 white is a color, too. And seeing all that reminded me of me and my sister sitting on 1247 00:41:27,068 --> 00:41:27,867 and seeing all that reminded me of me and my sister sitting on that windowsill. 1248 00:41:27,869 --> 00:41:30,019 Of me and my sister sitting on that windowsill. We lived on the fourth floor and 1249 00:41:30,021 --> 00:41:31,738 that windowsill. We lived on the fourth floor and we're sitting out the window, 1250 00:41:31,740 --> 00:41:33,623 we lived on the fourth floor and we're sitting out the window, and it reminded me of what we 1251 00:41:33,625 --> 00:41:37,493 we're sitting out the window, and it reminded me of what we knew our future was going to be 1252 00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:40,663 and it reminded me of what we knew our future was going to be like because this song when 1253 00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:42,632 knew our future was going to be like because this song when people moving out, moving people 1254 00:41:42,634 --> 00:41:44,667 like because this song when people moving out, moving people in, yeah, are because of the 1255 00:41:44,669 --> 00:41:48,037 people moving out, moving people in, yeah, are because of the same color of their skin.