What's Wrong with These Kids (with Keon Polee)

Summary

My Momma Told Me – "What's Wrong with These Kids" (with Keon Polee)

Released: Jan 13, 2026
Host(s): Langston Kerman, David Gborie
Guest: Keon Polee

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Episode Overview

This episode of “My Momma Told Me” explores intergenerational divides, the evolution of pop culture, Black conspiracy theories, and the comedic and cultural forces that shape our perception of family, community, and even ourselves. Hosts Langston Kerman and David Gborie are joined by comedian Keon Polee, who brings his signature warmth and wit to a flowing, laughter-filled conversation touching on everything from Rush Hour 4 and the genetics of being funny, to why today’s kids seem so different (and so big), and how weird it is that your auntie might know your secrets via your podcast.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The “Divorce is Never a Win” Bit (01:46–02:26)

• Humorous take on why men rarely come out ahead after a divorce.
• Langston: "I don't know a lot of dudes who won the divorce in general." (01:46)
• Group consensus: Staying with your “baby boo” is easier than hitting the dating market again.
• Food ordering is a metaphor: If you like what you have, why risk something new?

2. The Spirit of the Podcast (03:08–04:10)

• Langston & Keon playfully defend their unscripted, unrehearsed ramblings about conspiracies and Black culture.
• “We don't try to prove a motherfucking thing anymore.” – Langston (03:17)
• The truth? They’re making it up as they go, and the fact-checkers can relax.

3. Tech Paranoia & Data Privacy is a Scam (04:45–06:34)

• Langston questions the legitimacy of data-erasure companies:
  • “I think that these companies who offer to erase all your data…that’s the newest major financial scam.” (04:46)
• David and Keon agree: “Most things we're paying for, we just don't feel like doing it.”
• Surveillance is inevitable; you can’t truly erase yourself online, especially when everyone you know is tracked too.
• Government as nosy girlfriend metaphor: “I look at the government like a woman trying to find their man cheating. They're gonna find what they want.” – David (06:36)

4. Generational Exposure and Podcast Oversharing (07:35–08:55)

• Langston relates anxiety about family hearing his racy podcast takes.
  • “Now you know what I think about certain strip clubs in Houston, and then we just gotta have dinner. That's tough.” – Langston (08:17)
• David: The beauty of marriage is sharing your darkest, weirdest jokes and thoughts with someone who “gets it.”
• The group riffs on censorship and letting their true selves leak out at home.

5. Comedy, Accents, and “Who Ruined the Bit?” (09:01–13:02)

• Keon muses: Making fun of different people is a universal trait, but “white man’s devildom” demands you do it publicly and with anger, which ruins the fun.
• “All I want to do is have a good time at a Japanese restaurant…I’m not a monster.” – Langston (11:02)
• The group discusses “Rush Hour” and playful racial stereotypes.
  • Langston’s conspiracy: “You know why we didn't get a Rush Hour four? That's the white man's biggest fear. Us and the Asians get together.” (13:07)

6. Rush Hour 4, Chris Tucker’s Meteoric Rise, and the Power of Representation (13:07–19:00)

• The bit blurs into a conspiracy/meme: Trump forced “Rush Hour 4” to be made.
• Chris Tucker’s wild ascent is discussed seriously:
  • “He went from 15 minutes to $20 million a movie.” – Langston (18:52)
  • Keon: “He was gorgeous, funny, and brought energy that connected with white and Black audiences.”

7. Old People, Scams, and Generational Gaps (20:28–23:37)

• Notable quote:
  • “Old people are really—It don't even take that long. Once you get past, like, a 10 year gap, it is worlds apart.” – David (21:04)
• How every generation feels lightyears from the next, and viral videos are a minefield for the unaware.

8. Gen Alpha vs. Gen Z vs. Millennials (23:14–24:39)

• David: His kids (Gen Alpha) are “old souls” who surprise him with preferences for Motown and 90s sitcoms.
• Millennials are distinct from Gen Z, often getting wrongly grouped together.
• Keon: “What makes me laugh is how offended millennials get when they get lumped in with Gen Z.” (24:14)
• Generational divides grow sharper, even as the chronological gaps shrink.

9. Nepotism, Genetics, and Parenting (26:52–36:44)

• What happens if your kid comes out dumb?
  • “I'm not taking blame for this.” – David (28:53)
  • Keon: “I call my children investments.”
• Debate over whether it’s “nature vs. nurture” for traits—especially being funny or successful.
• Keon and Langston agree that genetics explain some things, but chance, hard work, and environment do too.
• “So much of my life has truly just been me going full throttle on some shit…” – Keon (30:34)

10. Black Family, War, and Wars That Aren’t ‘In Vogue’ (37:00–38:46)

• Langston shares about growing up with no extended family due to fleeing war.
• Explains there are “wars that aren’t in vogue,” i.e., some conflicts don’t get international attention or sympathy.
  • “There’s wars that are in vogue.” – Langston (37:26)

11. The Science and Circumstance of Humor (39:41–40:39)

• How much is funny “genetic” and how much is “circumstance”?
• David: “It's gotta be genetic because they're not even in an environment [for comedy].”
• Keon: “People who are born funny are born funny, but it requires the right combination cocktail of shit around you to really activate that power.”

12. Artistic Pursuits: Poetry vs. Comedy (44:44–48:49)

• Keon describes his former life as a serious poet, never writing a “funny poem.”
• “I was in the wrong space. It's why I wasn't ever gonna be great.” – Keon (48:41)
• Contrasts the sincerity of poetry with the constant, ironic detachment of comedy.

13. The Comfort of Comedy vs. Stand-Up Anxiety (51:23–52:25)

• David is in his element on stage; Keon and Langston less so.
  • “I'm so comfortable on stage. It's offstage where I'm uncomfortable.” – David (52:30)

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Listener Voicemail: “Why Are Kids So Big?” (57:06–61:31)

• Devana, a self-identified tall woman, asks whether the rise in giant children is a government plot (“second round of slavery”) or just something in the food.
• Panel’s take:
  • Height increases are real, but all groups are getting bigger (not just Black kids).
  • David jokes it’s about “dominating sports” and keeping up Olympic golds.
  • Langston: The U.S. is losing dominance in pop culture, especially with the rise of K-pop and international media.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• David (06:36): “I look at the government like a woman trying to find their man cheating. You feel me? Like they're gonna find what they want.”
• Langston (08:17): “Now you know what I think about certain strip clubs in Houston, and then we just gotta have dinner. That's tough.”
• Keon (09:01): “It really speaks to the unreasonable nature of the White man... The white man and his devildom demands that you have to do it out loud.”
• Langston (13:07): “You know why we didn't get a Rush Hour four? That's the white man's biggest fear. Us and the Asians get together.”
• David (18:52): “He went from 15 minutes to $20 million a movie.”
• Keon (30:34): “So much of my life has truly just been me putting—going full throttle on some shit that... should have made me fucking flip my car, and somehow I landed on my feet...”
• Langston (37:26): “There’s wars that are in vogue.”
• Keon (48:41): “I was in the wrong space. It’s why I wasn’t ever gonna be great.”

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Key Timestamps (approximate):

• 01:46 – Divorce jokes and why men never “win”
• 04:45 – Data privacy skepticism, surveillance culture
• 07:35 – Family hearing podcast confessions
• 09:01-13:02 – Comedy accents, “Rush Hour 4,” and white people ruining racial comedy
• 17:09–18:56 – Chris Tucker’s career explosion
• 23:14–24:14 – Gen Alpha, Gen Z, millennials and generational divides
• 26:52–36:44 – Debate: Nepotism, nature vs. nurture, genetics of being funny/smart
• 37:00 – Growing up as a war refugee, “wars out of vogue”
• 39:41–40:39 – Is funny genetic, environmental, or both?
• 44:44–48:49 – Keon’s serious poetry era vs. comedy
• 52:25 – Keon introduces his conspiracy theory
• 57:06–61:31 – Listener voicemail: Big kids conspiracy, Olympics, cultural decline

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, fast-moving, riff-driven—a classic hangout pod.
• Self-deprecating, irreverent, but thoughtful about race, culture, and generations.
• Combines genuine insight with playful, sometimes absurd conspiracy theories.

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Where to Find More

• Keon Polee’s special “Why Can’t I Say That?” on YouTube and Prime.
• Tour info and clips: keonpoli.com / all socials @KeonP0LEE
• Follow Langston: @LangstonKerman
• Follow podcast/submit conspiracy theories: [e-mail] / 844-LIL-MOMS

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This episode epitomizes the loose, smart, and hilarious energy of "My Momma Told Me," mixing honest generational anxieties with sharp comedy, all filtered through the unique perspectives of three Black comedians.

Transcript

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[Langston Kerman]

I don't know a lot of dudes who won the divorce in general.

[David Bore]

That's the thing.

[Keon Poli]

That's fair.

[Langston Kerman]

I really, I really.

[David Bore]

A lot of them are angry.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, right. Even if you got your, like, you didn't like, it's still, like, not. You're not looking at it like, oh, he's up now.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

He's better without the partner.

[David Bore]

No.

[Langston Kerman]

Damn.

[Keon Poli]

Staying with my baby boo.

[David Bore]

Yeah, we talk about it all the time. I was like, oh, we're never leaving. We'll figure it out. I'm not talking about there. I'm not going back out there, bro.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Cause I also didn't have to come here, so of course I'm not leaving.

[David Bore]

No.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

I didn't have to come over here.

[David Bore]

Yeah. I made this choice to be pleased with this restaurant.

[Keon Poli]

Still.

[David Bore]

I Would order the same thing. I don't need to try nothing. Come on. This is cool. This is delicious.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. What is Birria? I don't know. Y' all don't make that here. The government growing babies. Microchips in your Annies. All koala bears are racist. The ozone layer owes me money. Marshy's invented turkey stuffing. Y' all can't tell me nothing. I get so weak in the knees, I can hardly speak. I lose all control and something takes over me. Welcome, little mamas and gentiles alike, to another phenomenal episode of My Mama Told.

[Keon Poli]

Me Got that shit out.

[David Bore]

Come on.

[Langston Kerman]

There it is.

[David Bore]

Welcome.

[Keon Poli]

The podcast where we dive deep, deep into the pockets of black conspiracy theories.

[Langston Kerman]

And we don't try to prove a motherfucking thing anymore.

[Keon Poli]

Do you want us to.

[Langston Kerman]

You don't. You have a lot of podcasts you can listen to where you learn if you want the daily. Yeah, you get other stuff.

[Keon Poli]

You got to go to about two sources.

[Langston Kerman]

If you want some guys to talk about a movie they saw and recall it poorly.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

And then be dragged in the comments, this is where you need to be.

[Keon Poli]

This is the exact correct space.

[Langston Kerman]

They be coming at us about those movies.

[Keon Poli]

We just be saying stuff.

[Langston Kerman]

I just say shit.

[Keon Poli]

It's not. We didn't rehearse this, everyone.

[Langston Kerman]

No.

[Keon Poli]

So if we get it wrong, treat it like when your friend is talking. You're like that motherfucker.

[Langston Kerman]

Wrong.

[Keon Poli]

But you, like, move on.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. It doesn't.

[David Bore]

They give you a lot of will, actually. Yeah, we don't, man.

[Langston Kerman]

It's all. Well, actually.

[Keon Poli]

And frankly. Frankly, I don't mind the. Well, actually. I actually don't mind it. What makes me sick to my stomach is when somebody says, well, actually, and then a motherfucker right below them says the exact same shit.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Just when you come in. And let's already. It's already been established.

[Langston Kerman]

How many well actuallys are we gonna get? Listen.

[David Bore]

Well, the same well actuallys.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. Hey, we know that's not how Transformers works. All right, now we know.

[Keon Poli]

I'm on drugs. I'm high on drugs. I'm just talking.

[Langston Kerman]

And you're at work. What were you gonna do?

[David Bore]

Right?

[Langston Kerman]

You're gonna. You're at work. What's gonna happen?

[Keon Poli]

I'm talking with my friend.

[Langston Kerman]

I don't know. Can barely read. I have one. Before we get into it, please. Here's what I think, man. I think that these companies who offer to erase all your data, I think that's the newest major financial scam. What I don't believe in it at all. I don't believe in it at all. I think that if selling interpersonal data is the current currency on which the world is like running, right? They're not giving that up because I gave some guy 89.95 100%. I don't believe it. I don't believe it.

[Keon Poli]

I fully agree with it.

[Langston Kerman]

It's like when you would pay those credit, not the consolidations, but basically the credit trackers, and they would just do some shit you could have done yourself. I think it's like that type of a thing.

[David Bore]

But that's most things. Most things we're paying for.

[Langston Kerman]

That's just true.

[David Bore]

We don't feel like doing it.

[Langston Kerman]

That's what I'm saying. I think that's just a new one.

[David Bore]

It's just so, like, yeah, they probably are cleaning up your whatever, but you could just do that. You just don't want to.

[Langston Kerman]

Do you think you can. Do you think you can really erase your data in a real way outside of the. Like, fully outside of deleting these platforms? Is there a way?

[David Bore]

I don't think you can fully.

[Langston Kerman]

No, I don't think so either.

[Keon Poli]

I even think it doesn't make sense. I even think now. Now we've reached a point where we are under so much constant surveillance from other people that even in erasing your own data, it doesn't matter. We have every person in your life. We have every person you cross paths with in your day. We know where you are even when you.

[David Bore]

So let's say I get off social media, where I'm stealing y' all pictures. I'm stealing everybody. You know what I mean?

[Keon Poli]

You got a family.

[David Bore]

You know where that nigga at?

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

They can triangulate.

[David Bore]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. Is triangulate the right.

[Keon Poli]

It is.

[Langston Kerman]

It felt right.

[David Bore]

It is.

[Keon Poli]

And don't doubt yourself.

[Langston Kerman]

I won't.

[Keon Poli]

I won't. You did the right thing.

[Langston Kerman]

They could triangulate. They could.

[David Bore]

But even they could just be. Look at. I look at the government like a woman trying to find their man cheating. You feel me? Like they gonna find what they want. These women got this shit down to a science. You can get all. So they. I've watched my wife and her friends be detectives off the most minor shit. Y' all see who she. They will go on Facebook, every social media, find articles to narrow down who this nigga might be fucking. Like, it's crazy.

[Langston Kerman]

And that's for hobby.

[David Bore]

That's for fun, that's for sport. They have no reason to do this.

[Langston Kerman]

Yo. They don't even get anything.

[David Bore]

I'm like, we got shows to watch. Time out. I'm doing research.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, we were wolves.

[David Bore]

That's just being nosy.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Off a friend's friend. They don't even fuck with that bitch like that. They never go out with her or nothing.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, we're.

[David Bore]

They just want to know.

[Keon Poli]

Well, that's also why they're doing it. They're like, this is third party enough that I can, like, remove my human sort of nature and just be like, I am an animal. I'm gonna find out everything about you. Cause you don't. You don't matter to me.

[Langston Kerman]

And I worry. Cause I've said a lot of salacious things in this room. Really?

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. They just would have to go back a few episodes in the podcast.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. My girl's aunt told me. She listens.

[Keon Poli]

Oh, no.

[Langston Kerman]

So she'll hear this now. Shout out to Jana. And I was really. It fucked. She told me at Thanksgiving. And I was like. My heart dropped.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Like, she was like, oh, I love your podcast. And I was like, no.

[David Bore]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, no.

[David Bore]

And my mom and my cousins, aunties, they watch and everything. I'd be like. But then I'd be like, I'm 41. Well, it is what it is. You raise an animal. Yeah, it is.

[Langston Kerman]

It is. But I just don't like that level of exposure at family gatherings.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

You know what I'm saying?

[Keon Poli]

You can't know everything I say.

[Langston Kerman]

Now you know what I think about certain strip clubs in Houston, and then we just gotta have dinner. That's tough.

[David Bore]

And what's crazy is this is me actually being censored because I know they're listening. That's also true stuff I don't say. Like, people usually be like, you're a pretty transparent, honest person. I'm like, you should shit I don't say is insane.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, my God up here. You ever let it leak? Sometimes. And somebody hears what you think, and then you have to be like, nah, this is good.

[David Bore]

I let it leak with. That's. That's the best part about marriage.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

I let it leak with her. She knows all my fucked up. And she be laughing. I'll be like, this is why I with you.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that is true.

[David Bore]

I will let out the most. Just heinous jokes, thoughts, or whatever she wrote. That is hilarious.

[Langston Kerman]

I'm doing accents.

[David Bore]

Oh, I'm all kind of accents at home.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, man.

[Keon Poli]

Here's what this is making me feel. It really speaks to the unreasonable nature of the White man. I like this that we can find so much pleasure in the making fun of different types of people, which is it's nature. It is a part of who the fuck we are as human beings is to be like, you're different than me. I see that. That's funny. To me, it's very normal. But the white man and his devildom demands that you have to do it out loud.

[David Bore]

Not be out in the streets. Be angry about having a good time. I'm not hate any of these people. I just find the way they talk funny.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. It's so different than out of here.

[Langston Kerman]

Like what? That's.

[David Bore]

That's crazy.

[Langston Kerman]

That's insane. I just think people from that country wear funny pants and that's fine.

[David Bore]

That's okay.

[Langston Kerman]

And that doesn't need to be anything. It doesn't make me feel any better.

[David Bore]

I don't think they should not have jobs. I don't think they should.

[Langston Kerman]

I don't want to take that funny, bro. Maybe they can live on my block.

[Keon Poli]

Men in Beijing roll their tank tops up and rest them on their bellies so that they can stay cool during the summer.

[Langston Kerman]

Hilarious.

[Keon Poli]

That's funny.

[Langston Kerman]

It's really funny.

[David Bore]

I would like to dress up. I would like to walk around in front of them and do it. However. Let's go to dinner. Yeah, that's fine.

[Keon Poli]

That's just.

[Langston Kerman]

I don't.

[Keon Poli]

You're a good man to me. You just look funny.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

You're devils.

[Langston Kerman]

I've been saying this too. They fucked it up for us. Being able to make fun of other types of people.

[David Bore]

Absolutely. Reverse racism. What are you talking about?

[Langston Kerman]

I hate talking about comedy. I've been doing a bit about it though, where it's like white guys made it so we can't do the accent.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Because everybody else likes doing accent 100%. And you go to any other country, that's the first thing they do. Let's go, oh, hey, a cool American guy. Or whatever. Whatever their other accent is.

[Keon Poli]

And we have to pretend to be offended by that because white people made it hot, bro. I don't. It is funny when they do my accent.

[Langston Kerman]

It is funny when they do my accent.

[Keon Poli]

It's so funny that you tried it.

[Langston Kerman]

And I'm not saying face. I don't want to dress up like them, but I do.

[David Bore]

No, that's too far. I don't even want to wear their outfits. I just want to have fun.

[Langston Kerman]

I just want to have a good time with the woman I love.

[Keon Poli]

I agree.

[Langston Kerman]

At a Japanese restaurant.

[David Bore]

Japanese restaurant. Indian Restaurant, Cambodian restaurant, sometimes black restaurants, sometimes. You know what? This is a nice lady named Ashley. But in my mind it's lakeisha Jenkins. And we about to go in at the table.

[Langston Kerman]

Come on.

[David Bore]

It's funny.

[Langston Kerman]

It's funny. Life's funny.

[Keon Poli]

Life is funny.

[Langston Kerman]

And I'm giving you my money. I'm eating here.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, no, I'm. That's where I get nervous.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, you don't like the transactional.

[Keon Poli]

Once it becomes transactional, then I get a little worried.

[Langston Kerman]

You don't want me to pay them to talk like that.

[Keon Poli]

Now it's a service that they're providing listening to you do their act. You know what I mean? Like, that's violence.

[Langston Kerman]

And I have a mom who loves me. I'm not doing it to them. You know what I mean? I was raised indoors.

[Keon Poli]

Sure, sure, sure.

[Langston Kerman]

I'm not a monster.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. This is just the thing I'm trying. Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Like doing it to them is also a crazy thing that white people will do. And I think that's why they fucked it up too. Like you, man. I've seen, I think, Asian people the most. I've seen a lot of Asian people catch shit from white guys directly. And it's like, oh, they're ganging up on you in like a mean, mean way.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. They're. They're looking at Rush Hour and learning nothing from Chris Tucker.

[Langston Kerman]

That's so funny. Rush Hour. Thanks.

[Keon Poli]

He really taught us a lot about race relations because that was in some ways a bigoted man.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Loki.

[Keon Poli]

And then he's.

[Langston Kerman]

The whole movie is empty and bigoted.

[Keon Poli]

He's a pretty bigoted guy.

[Langston Kerman]

When you watch that movie, he's just like. I don't know what you're saying.

[David Bore]

He's being English.

[Langston Kerman]

He's being pretty hateful.

[David Bore]

I don't eat this grill. He was talking about they food, yo.

[Langston Kerman]

He didn't say greasy shit.

[David Bore]

Oh, this greasy shit.

[Langston Kerman]

I know. Punk bitch.

[David Bore]

I ain't no punk bitch.

[Langston Kerman]

And look how happy we are now. Remembering.

[David Bore]

So funny.

[Langston Kerman]

They become the best of friends. They become best friends.

[Keon Poli]

They truly could not be closer.

[David Bore]

He assumed he didn't speak English. Yeah, he never said that.

[Keon Poli]

But he was never not funny about his bigotry. And that's where the white man fails.

[Langston Kerman]

You know what I think? Ok. Here's a conspiracy I'm tossing out right now. You know why we didn't get a Rush Hour four?

[Keon Poli]

Yep.

[Langston Kerman]

That's the white man's biggest fear. Us and the Asians get together. That truly is unstable.

[Keon Poli]

See?

[Langston Kerman]

See? Why you mad? Why Are you mad at me? Why are you mad at me? How big is Asia? How big is Africa? It just makes sense. Langston, why are you doing it like that? See, I didn't think I said anything crazy. It's so funny to me that it.

[Keon Poli]

Took until the fourth movie for them to finally some sort of covenant.

[David Bore]

They were laughing.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. They were like, oh, this is so good.

[David Bore]

Snap.

[Langston Kerman]

And then they're like, wait, something's happening.

[David Bore]

Then they're like the two best makers of fried chicken together. KFC's done exactly. You know what I mean?

[Langston Kerman]

And they saw little things start to happen. Oh, Drew Hill has an album called Year of the Dragon. Interesting. You know what I mean? Now these black guys got cities with Chinese symbols on them.

[David Bore]

People started getting tatted up.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. They didn't like it because that's happening. That's the only way we topple what I believe.

[David Bore]

Start seeing AI codes like, oh, now they're breeding.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

Romeo must die. Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Breeding blue beautifully.

[David Bore]

That was wild.

[Keon Poli]

Y' all know Trump just forced Paramount to make Rush Hour 4, right?

[Langston Kerman]

Trump did? Yes. Oh, that's the problem is some. Some of the stuff he does, I'm on board with.

[Keon Poli]

I.

[Langston Kerman]

Sometimes he makes moves.

[Keon Poli]

I don't.

[Langston Kerman]

I also. Didn't you have to explain that?

[Keon Poli]

I don't know that I've ever thought I would say this, but thank you, Mr. President.

[David Bore]

That's. What do you mean, he forced him to make Rush Hour? I knew it was coming out.

[Keon Poli]

I don't know, but it sounds like some shit he would do.

[Langston Kerman]

That is.

[David Bore]

That's just random.

[Keon Poli]

It does seem like something. He would wake up in the middle of the night and demand of a company is make me Rush Hour 4? Is it?

[David Bore]

Of all the things in the world that's fucking weird.

[Langston Kerman]

Is it Jackie and Chris, I don't.

[Keon Poli]

Think you get to do Rush Hour.

[Langston Kerman]

No, no.

[David Bore]

I actually saw a thing on it that said they were doing a fourth one.

[Langston Kerman]

Really?

[David Bore]

I just never saw. Trump was attacked.

[Keon Poli]

The President was.

[David Bore]

I didn't know he was EP in the shit. You know, Damn.

[Keon Poli]

That. If he's EP on it, that's going to suck.

[Langston Kerman]

You know what's crazy? Because then that's when that third term comes, he says, I gave you four rush hours. Give me three turns. Give me three turns.

[David Bore]

That's a wild.

[Keon Poli]

And I'm not going to know how.

[Langston Kerman]

To feel because you're going to watch Rush Hour 4.

[Keon Poli]

No other president has gotten me a Rush Hour.

[Langston Kerman]

That's. I don't think Clinton stopped it.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, but he didn't do it. Do you know what I mean? That he. This is the President being able to look this up.

[David Bore]

I've never heard that from Trump.

[Langston Kerman]

I just dropped a variety link in the group chat. Thank God.

[Keon Poli]

Oh, my God.

[Langston Kerman]

This is fucked up.

[Keon Poli]

This is wild.

[Langston Kerman]

What is this? This is great podcasting right now.

[Keon Poli]

Rush Hour four in the works at Paramount. At Trump's request, Rush Hour four is in the works with Paramount on board to distribute the newest installment in the Buddy Cop series. The long gestating sequel is reportedly the beneficiary of some Oval Office intervention. President Donald Trump had personally requested that the studio revive the franchise, as first reported by Semaphore.

[Langston Kerman]

God damn it.

[David Bore]

Is this one of those things, though, where, like, somebody just, you know, he likes credit for everything, you know what I mean? It was already in the words. He was like, eh, I actually. But you know what I mean?

[Langston Kerman]

I think what he's good at is a diversion, and I think he's good at understanding the hearts of people. For better or worse. I could imagine him knowing that's a good play.

[Keon Poli]

I bet it's simpler than they're pitching it. And I bet he was hanging out with Jackie Chan, some shit.

[Langston Kerman]

Not Chris Tucker.

[Keon Poli]

I. Maybe both. Chris Tucker pops up often everywhere, and he's got a. He's got a lot of big, wealthy friends, and that's Chris. Hey, hey, come on, man. You know what I mean? I'm a big fan. Come on, bro.

[Langston Kerman]

Anyway, yeah, he's. I mean, Chris Tucker's like, can we talk about the ascent of Chris Tucker? I don't think people give credit for how far he really. He was hanging out with the president.

[David Bore]

From 15 minutes, bro. That's what's. I don't think people know his start. Like, it was like. People don't understand. Like, everybody. Yeah, everybody knows Eddie was like, that's unheard of. That'll never fucking happen again. But people don't know. Chris Tucker was like, a small version of that. He only had 15. I don't know if he saw that hot five and he just took the fuck off.

[Keon Poli]

I don't know if it's as small as Eddie. I think his ascension never hit the same height as Eddie, but the speed at which he went up was faster than Eddie from.

[David Bore]

From nothing.

[Langston Kerman]

That's. And that's like. And that's a credit to.

[David Bore]

Then you started giving them movies. They just started giving him like, from 15 minutes. They saw one set. Mama, we want everything for you.

[Keon Poli]

He did Def Jam, and then he was in Money Talks.

[David Bore]

That was it.

[Keon Poli]

That's crazy. Yeah. I mean, and that's a perfect film.

[Langston Kerman]

Do you think that's like just him being really savvy? Like, what is that a testament to, bro?

[David Bore]

I think, I mean, he had a voice.

[Keon Poli]

We had never seen a man like that before.

[David Bore]

I mean, he killed Friday. He killed Friday.

[Langston Kerman]

He had a dance that took over the country.

[Keon Poli]

He's also gorgeous.

[Langston Kerman]

Like, he's a beautiful man.

[Keon Poli]

You know what I mean? Like, he's a good looking ass dude and he's funny. And he was like a different kind of energy and swag that did not scare white people. But at least like rang honest with black people where we were like, no, we know niggas like this.

[Langston Kerman]

Right?

[Keon Poli]

You know what I mean? Like, they're not afraid of him because of his voice, but he also still can connect with black men. It's a rare find, bro.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's rare air. I feel like we don't give him his flowers in the way that he took off.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, he went crazy.

[Langston Kerman]

It was like he literally went from.

[David Bore]

15 minutes to $20 million a movie. It's crazy in like a year or two.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, yeah, that.

[Keon Poli]

See? And so. And so we're hoping Rush Hour 4 is a big hit.

[Langston Kerman]

It's. How could it not be?

[Keon Poli]

I couldn't be more excited.

[Langston Kerman]

I'm gonna see. I'm gonna go see it.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

But he didn't make his money back on the first round.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Even if people see him, like, man, movie was ass. We already saw it. Everybody already saw it.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, everybody wants to see it.

[Langston Kerman]

It's like black and Chinese. Happy Gilmore too, which I enjoyed.

[David Bore]

Happy Gilmore too.

[Langston Kerman]

I didn't like it as much as Happy Gilmore, but I watched that.

[David Bore]

I like the callbacks. I enjoyed some of the jokes, some of the things, the familiarity of it.

[Langston Kerman]

Right. Sometimes I do just want to see a movie that feels like another movie I've seen.

[Keon Poli]

We are so far from just introducing our guests.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's a good point. That's a good point. That's a good point. He's been making points. He's been making points.

[Keon Poli]

We've been talking the whole time.

[David Bore]

This is natural.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, it's just good, positive, loving energy. But our guest today, you've already heard so much from him. He's hilarious. We're so happy that he's here. He has a brand new special called why Can't I say that? It's on YouTube.

[David Bore]

Yeah, YouTube. YouTube and Prime.

[Keon Poli]

YouTube and Prime. Go watch that shit. So funny. We love them. Give it up for Keon Poli, everybody.

[David Bore]

My beats are sick, My crew is.

[Langston Kerman]

Big, and it keeps getting bigger.

[David Bore]

That's. Cause Jesus Christ is my nigga. I remember that video.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that was huge. What happened to them?

[David Bore]

Probably went to hell. Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

I don't know.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, I bet Covid got him.

[Keon Poli]

I struggle to know if they were in on that joke.

[David Bore]

I don't just how easily old people are scammed.

[Langston Kerman]

Well, like, okay, this is a little bit. This is my take from. It is. I believe that. Not that it. I don't. I believe the intent was to connect to the youth. I think that's truly what. Yeah, I think that's what happened. Like, I think it was a really bad idea, but I think they felt like they were doing church outreach and they just blew it.

[David Bore]

Because old people are really. You go. It don't even take that long. Even if you look at yourself in like a 28, once you get past like a 10 year gap, it is worlds apart. So if you go 20 years, 30 years, these people are in a different spot. Like, when I be watching, like, old people get scared, I'd be like, how do you fall for this shit? But it's like seven to ten years is big. Like real big.

[Keon Poli]

They really don't know where they are.

[Langston Kerman]

I watch what 20 year olds do, and I don't understand it. No. At all.

[David Bore]

At all.

[Langston Kerman]

And like, my. Whatever my take is on the outside is so far removed from what it actually is. So then you think of somebody that old just seeing, rapping and being like.

[David Bore]

Oh, okay, Everybody's saying it. Yeah, it's in every song on the radio.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

My grandson loves Snoop. Sippity bop. Exactly.

[Keon Poli]

And I think they're. They're just trying to connect to a group of people. Now, I do think that the people that were holding the camera, they were back there snickering.

[Langston Kerman]

That's a nasty.

[Keon Poli]

They were dying.

[Langston Kerman]

They were. Because they knew what was. Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

Whoever edited the video, they knew the devil.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, the literal devil.

[David Bore]

Like, bro, when we put this shit out, it probably was their grandkids.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

You know, white people, grandkids be different. You didn't give me my ass. Okay, we'll see about that, Nana.

[Keon Poli]

Because they know, if nothing else, they know the longevity of this video.

[David Bore]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

You know what I mean? Like, that's the part of it that the old people can't fully comprehend is that this is. Or what you're doing is forever.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. You know what?

[David Bore]

It's not even old people. For some reason, these young kids can't Comprehend that.

[Langston Kerman]

That's true, too.

[David Bore]

They keep putting shit out, like, you know, this is not going anywhere and everybody's gonna see this now.

[Keon Poli]

I don't think that they care about. I think they have a different perspective because Jenna Alpha and below, they're like, well, we don't even know what forever means anymore, so we don't care about the permanence of things. Which is more cynical, I think, than we were.

[David Bore]

Well, Gen Alpha.

[Keon Poli]

It never even occurred to me that things could be over.

[David Bore]

It's the Gen Z that's.

[Langston Kerman]

Wait, is Gen Z the middle kids?

[David Bore]

My kids are the Alpha.

[Langston Kerman]

Your kids are the younger because how old's your oldest?

[David Bore]

10.

[Keon Poli]

That's what I'm saying. That's Gen Alpha.

[David Bore]

But they're like, old.

[Langston Kerman]

What do you mean? Oh, like, in their behavior.

[David Bore]

Everybody who has, like, these new kids, they're like, yeah, my kids come home from school and be like, alexa, play Motown. Like, these motherfuckers. These new kids are old, bro. They, like, have real old souls. They, like, they're real compassionate. They're real. Like, they're aware of things. They're hella smart. Like, they're just old as hell. And they're actually not sensitive like the Gen Z.

[Keon Poli]

You're saying the Gen Z is more the sensitive.

[David Bore]

They're the outlying ones because we align closer with Gen X or whatever. And then Gen Alpha is its own thing. It's that Gen Z that's like, okay. Their own kind.

[Langston Kerman]

Is that why they're crying all the time?

[David Bore]

Yeah, they're lost, it feels like. I think they're confused and I think they hate us.

[Keon Poli]

I, personally, a member of your community, don't feel that way about you. Gen Z.

[Langston Kerman]

It is an elder millennial talking.

[David Bore]

How about that?

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, I, a fellow had a whole.

[Langston Kerman]

Life before the Internet came out. Don't listen to him.

[Keon Poli]

I took a bird scooter here just like you, Gen Z.

[David Bore]

What makes me laugh is how offended millennials get when they get lumped in with Gen Z. Yeah, we don't like them motherfuckers because we make fun of them. And then old people, like I said, so far removed, the whole time, they thought we were Gen Z. Like, they didn't know where to go. They didn't know the difference. I made a video and it happened to go viral. And all these old people was like, oh, I apologize. I thought you guys were with them. And it's like, no, we don't like them either.

[Langston Kerman]

We don't know what they're doing.

[David Bore]

We don't know what they're doing.

[Langston Kerman]

I don't. I. It freaks me out how little. How small the gaps are now and how great. Great the divide is socially. You know what I mean, man. We got a little brother's group chat, and my littlest brother sends shit I don't get. I don't. I have to be like. I have to be like, man, I don't know why this is funny.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Like, he'll be like, this is so funny. And I'll be like, you have to tell me.

[Keon Poli]

I don't understand.

[Langston Kerman]

And I'm on the Internet. I'm not like, you know what?

[Keon Poli]

I'm not a dog.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? But I'm just, like, Just that little bit. And their humor seems so much darker.

[David Bore]

These guys that I'm okay with, they're.

[Langston Kerman]

Going in on Charlie Kirk.

[David Bore]

That's all up my alley.

[Langston Kerman]

They got that song.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

You guys heard that song?

[Keon Poli]

I got that song.

[David Bore]

I heard the song.

[Langston Kerman]

We are Charlie Kirk.

[Keon Poli]

They have a. They have a song where people repeatedly do sort of, like, heroic praise dances.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

To it.

[Langston Kerman]

It's.

[Keon Poli]

And it's all very ironic. But then there's now a conservative, I guess, sect of people who take it seriously.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. It's like. Which is even fun. Which makes it so much funnier to continue to use it. Right.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

The Internet wasn't serious. Supposed. Like, we weren't supposed to know everybody was this goddamn dumb.

[Langston Kerman]

No, it's a problem. It really messes.

[David Bore]

It's like, yeah, it. I thought, oh, we're just all heaven. I was like, oh, no, you guys are really.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

I just said that to Langston yesterday. I was like, I think that people are way smarter than they are. I think. And I'm not saying that I think I'm that smart, but, like, I didn't know that there were people real dumb.

[Keon Poli]

I. Yeah, like.

[Langston Kerman]

Like low functioning.

[David Bore]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

Like, in college, I lived in a. With a dude whose family's name was on, like, one of our most, like, prominent buildings. Like, they were that family, and his name was on the building and. Truly one of the dumbest people I've ever engaged with in life. Where, like, I was like, it doesn't even. It doesn't even fully make sense that you're here, bro.

[Langston Kerman]

That kind of is how good these systems we made as people are, that.

[David Bore]

They can, like, carry group projects all the way through life. There's some people. Honestly, I'd be like, how did you make it to this age by your lonesome? Like, how did you get here. You are a dumbass.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, it's impressive. Really.

[David Bore]

It is.

[Langston Kerman]

It is impressive.

[Keon Poli]

To finesse is still impressive.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

I don't agree with it. You know what I mean? Like, if I really got. Got my vote, I would say that it should be far more egalitarian. It should be reflective of people's actual, like, skills and resources. But the truth is, if you can figure out a way to get your dumb ass boy all the way to, you know, a relatively prominent university and. And on beyond. You did it, baby. Yeah, you're. You're a talented person.

[Langston Kerman]

What are you going to do? Not help your dumb ass kid go.

[Keon Poli]

Crazy, Mr. Ripley, you know what I mean?

[Langston Kerman]

Like this. That's the issue. Like, yeah, man, I pray I don't have a kid who's too stupid. Cause I'm gonna help him out a bunch more.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Like, people get mad at nepotism, but I'm like, as a parent, I get it. I get it.

[Langston Kerman]

Why wouldn't you?

[Keon Poli]

You're my favorite guy.

[David Bore]

It's even, yeah, you're my favorite guy.

[Langston Kerman]

Like, duh.

[David Bore]

It's even better. Not if your kid is talented and your kid is like, oh, yeah, now it's just a flex. Yeah. But if your kid's a dumbass, you still gotta. You gonna get them?

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Position them to. You know, I didn't do all this for me. I'm gonna have to check out. Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

I'm gonna die anyways. What? I care.

[David Bore]

I get it. And it is a skill to be able to pull these strings.

[Keon Poli]

Also, I don't want to have to. What, are you gonna stay at my house?

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's the thing too. You need them to make some money.

[Keon Poli]

You can't stay with me.

[David Bore]

You gotta get return on your investment.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's true too.

[Keon Poli]

And I do call my children investments. I look at you, I say, investment one, investment two. Gather around the fireplace. Papa wishes to tell you a story.

[Langston Kerman]

Would it hurt your feelings if your kids came out, like, dumb for real? Would you be like, man, maybe I'm dumber than I thought?

[David Bore]

No, I just blame her.

[Langston Kerman]

That's smart.

[David Bore]

I'm not taking blame for this.

[Langston Kerman]

That's smart.

[David Bore]

I excel at everything. I'm like, there's no way. This is me.

[Keon Poli]

My God, I didn't know we had a hero in the building.

[David Bore]

There's no way. There's no way. That's called blood.

[Langston Kerman]

You know nothing about that.

[David Bore]

What a. There's no way.

[Keon Poli]

What a track record response.

[David Bore]

I have the track record to show it can't be me. It can't be me. Like, I have the track record. This is. I have my old. I'm not. My dad recently just sent me, like, you know, all my folders from childhood. I tested off the charts.

[Langston Kerman]

You're building a case to me.

[David Bore]

First of all, I like, no, this is for you. This motherfucker. I know somebody gonna be like, he's an asshole for his wife. No, I got the. I got the receipts. This motherfucker said he a special nigga. Like.

[Keon Poli]

This motherfucker said, no, no, no, everybody. My core is rotten.

[David Bore]

It cannot be me.

[Langston Kerman]

It can't be me.

[David Bore]

It can't. Now they're assholes. That's for me all the way. Listen, but as far as failure, not being smart, not being athletic any. No, that's not me.

[Keon Poli]

That's really funny.

[David Bore]

That's not me.

[Langston Kerman]

That is really fun.

[David Bore]

That's not my DNA.

[Langston Kerman]

I can't.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, I'll blame myself.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, I would blame myself.

[David Bore]

I got the receipts.

[Keon Poli]

My bad. My bad, dog.

[David Bore]

I was trying to figure out what went wrong. I just know what didn't mix. Right.

[Keon Poli]

I know how much of what I've succeeded in and how much of it. I just didn't know what the fuck I was doing and got lucky.

[Langston Kerman]

Right, right, right.

[Keon Poli]

So much of my life has truly just been me putting. Going full throttle on some shit that, like, hit a bump that should have made me fucking flip my car, and somehow I landed on my feet and now I'm back good again.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, it's not like, lack of effort. It's just like. Even for me, like.

[David Bore]

But you already said going balls to the wall is why I think that.

[Langston Kerman]

Has a lot to do with it.

[David Bore]

But there's still like, oh, that stuff is just. Even when you fall, it's like, so what? You were going so fast, you just keep rolling. You know what I mean? It's like, but.

[Langston Kerman]

It's like. But there were some poor decisions. Everybody makes poor decisions on stand up comedy. Not a great decision.

[Keon Poli]

Poorest decision worked out for me. Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

I've seen people who I thought were funnier than me who couldn't make it work out.

[David Bore]

They weren't going balls to the wall, though.

[Langston Kerman]

I think some were.

[David Bore]

They had things that didn't, you know.

[Langston Kerman]

I think some were.

[David Bore]

But I'm not looking at the failures per se, which you don't even want to acknowledge. I don't think failure's like, that ain't. I was like, I'll have setbacks, I'll have stumbles, but I don't fail at shit. I mean, I was like, you keep. I'll keep going. I'll keep. You know, like, I might. I took this. L. But I'm gonna win the game.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Like, I'm gonna. Like, so I don't. I don't like. Nah, I just.

[Langston Kerman]

What's your metric for winning?

[David Bore]

You keep going until you're. You're satisfied.

[Langston Kerman]

Okay.

[David Bore]

Like, you. Until you hit that. Cause you're gonna have setbacks.

[Langston Kerman]

You feel me?

[David Bore]

You're gonna have moments, but there's no clock that says the game is over.

[Keon Poli]

And I thought I.

[David Bore]

So you keep going until, like, now I'm winning.

[Keon Poli]

I think that is. That is the. The truth and the poison of the casino that as long as you continue to gamble, yeah, you have a shot at winning it all. And as long as you continue to gamble, you will continue to lose everything. And I think that's the nasty nature of our business is that there is no expiration date on this shit. So there's a bunch of people who objectively are funny people who are going to continue to down a path that is not going to offer them a finished journey. But despite that, they are going to keep convincing themselves this is a worthy effort. Because if I.

[David Bore]

Some people are delusional. We're not talking about them, right?

[Langston Kerman]

I mean, I think it was a delusional thing to even get into.

[Keon Poli]

I think the very premise of picking up a microphone and demanding the attention of strangers is delusion.

[Langston Kerman]

That's how I feel. So it's like, we're already nuts all in here anyway, brother.

[Keon Poli]

Look how you responded at the possibility of your nut being trash.

[David Bore]

What? Cause I had the receipts. Only because I have the receipts. Only because I have the receipts. If I didn't have the receipts, it would be an asinine thing to say, but the receipts I got him.

[Keon Poli]

It could not be one of my 10 million sperm. It's not possible.

[Langston Kerman]

I got the receipts.

[David Bore]

This can't come from you.

[Langston Kerman]

You're also just one person of your lineage. Like there's all kinds of stuff within your.

[David Bore]

I'd have to blame somebody else, then I'd have to blame them.

[Keon Poli]

Well, apparently it was your wife.

[David Bore]

Even in that. I like. I be like looking at stuff sometimes. Cause I was doing. I just met one of my cousins in Tacoma. I was just in Tacoma and we were walking down the family trees. Like the amount of. When I moved to la, people didn't even know my name. For me, they knew it because of my cousin who was like a fucking All American, right? Then his son was like all. And his brother was like, my family, if you Google mine, there's all these crazy athletes that all did. They went to the league, went to blah, blah, blah. And then.

[Langston Kerman]

But there are women who. The women do that as well. That's what I'm saying though.

[David Bore]

College degrees and shit like that. Like my family be killing.

[Langston Kerman]

But there's no negative. You don't think there's a dark side?

[David Bore]

I mean, you know, there's a dark side. There's things happening in la.

[Keon Poli]

Some of them Hoopers wouldn't focused on ball the whole time.

[David Bore]

No. That's why they didn't go as far as they needed to go. But that's decision making. That ain't the genetics.

[Keon Poli]

But I'm saying, I'm saying at its root that might be a genetic level decision making. It could be where like there's something in you that just desires this attraction over hardware.

[Langston Kerman]

Possibly.

[Keon Poli]

And maybe, maybe one of your many, many singular of your sperm could have been. Could have been.

[David Bore]

They got it in hack.

[Keon Poli]

All right.

[David Bore]

My kids are selling.

[Langston Kerman]

Come on. Great. So everybody's got smart babies.

[David Bore]

My oldest mind, we had to work on that one.

[Langston Kerman]

I have no comment.

[Keon Poli]

What if he had an opinion on it?

[Langston Kerman]

We had to put the work.

[David Bore]

Now he's good, he's good. Now we have to put him in programs, all kind of stuff. He was speech delayed. He was like. He honestly made me question like, oh, did we.

[Langston Kerman]

Did you think it was your nut? For a minute, then I didn't. Calling it a nut is crazy.

[David Bore]

We were like, we couldn't figure out.

[Langston Kerman]

A better term for what we're talking about.

[David Bore]

You see? And then, you know, it all worked out and then now he's fucking excelling everything. But there was a. I was like, this can't be right.

[Keon Poli]

Okay, so you even met and you.

[Langston Kerman]

Weren'T like, you weren't like, maybe I.

[David Bore]

Was like, no, this got it. Maybe he's going to kick in later. Like, you know what I mean? Like maybe. And it did. That's just crazy. We kicked in later.

[Langston Kerman]

We just got to give him something different.

[David Bore]

I was like, it's dormant. It's just laying dormant. All his talent, all his smart.

[Keon Poli]

It's just laying dormant into the most beautiful tree.

[David Bore]

It came out.

[Langston Kerman]

I was like, did you say nut tree?

[David Bore]

I was like, it was there. It was there. I was like, there's no way. It's impossible.

[Keon Poli]

Plant that nut. It will grow.

[David Bore]

Because when I started having kids, I started like paying more attention to genetics, right? Like just watching People like, you watch families. You watch families that come in and they all, like, look alike. You're like, genetics are crazy. I love you when it looks alike.

[Langston Kerman]

Like on some weird shit, it is where they all got blockheads, and you're like, oh, it's a blockheaded ass family.

[Keon Poli]

What becomes even more troubling is once you start seeing what you did to another person. Do you know what I mean? Where you go, like, you got.

[Langston Kerman]

These are very different angles, nigga.

[Keon Poli]

I don't feel troubled by it, per se. But it just is fascinating when you're like, oh, both my kids just have that. So I had to have done that. You know what I mean? I am responsible for that, is what we. What we are.

[Langston Kerman]

That's a Kerman thing.

[Keon Poli]

That's a Kerman thing. So that becomes fascinating.

[Langston Kerman]

Do you get that when you see that within your kids where you're like, that's not Nikki.

[Keon Poli]

That's 100%.

[Langston Kerman]

That's me.

[Keon Poli]

100.

[David Bore]

Oh, yeah. I see that all the time.

[Langston Kerman]

Really?

[Keon Poli]

You're like, my wife ain't. I ain't met one person in her family that does that or behaves that way. That is.

[Langston Kerman]

That's interesting.

[Keon Poli]

That is me.

[Langston Kerman]

See, because I always wonder about that stuff because I grew up with no family, so I feel like I built myself in a vacuum.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

My mom was the only person I knew related to me until I was 17.

[David Bore]

You know, you have. You're the first black person I ever met my life that didn't have cousins.

[Langston Kerman]

I'm from a country with the war. We came here and a war started, so then none of them could come here either.

[Keon Poli]

We just so in.

[Langston Kerman]

Like, most everybody died.

[Keon Poli]

We just didn't go. Fund me their shit. We let them.

[Langston Kerman]

No, no, no. That's why I'm like, there's wars that aren't in vogue. I feel like people do this, like, free whatever shit. Like, there's not other wars happening that aren't equally as devastating. You know what I mean? There's wars that are in vogue.

[David Bore]

Who picks the tiers of what matters?

[Langston Kerman]

Economics, baby. All we had was. We didn't. There were no major resources. Nobody's like Sierra Leone. There is diamonds. But those were already controlled even throughout the war.

[Keon Poli]

And I think it's aesthetics. I think they find the ones that they think they can garner the most sympathy for.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

I think Syria is easier than Sierra Leone. Yep. As far as the aesthetic.

[David Bore]

Sierra Leone, it means no, though. Y' all got. Y' all got songs.

[Langston Kerman]

Not when the war was happening. Not at All. Not at all. Cause war broke out in 1991.

[Keon Poli]

It wasn't till then.

[Langston Kerman]

Diamonds are Sierra Leone. From Sierra Leone came out in 03. The war got legally declared over, and I think NATO said it was over in 2000. We went in 01. It was not. It was not at all cover. It was not like.

[Keon Poli]

And we weren't. The song is a. Is. It's not like, we gotta fix it. No, the song is just like, yeah, nigga, I got diamonds. Yeah. Blood diamonds.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. Yeah. It's truly nasty. Nasty words. But the point of all that genetic shit is that it's so interesting because I felt like I built myself almost in a vacuum.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

And then even, like, going to Tokyo with my brothers last week when my brother will say some shit and I'll be like, you always. You always do that? And he's like, yeah. And I'm like, oh. I thought that was just some shit I liked. I didn't even know that. That there was like, next is crazy. Yeah. I didn't know there was a familial thing.

[Keon Poli]

No, we are to it at all. We are handing down our essence.

[David Bore]

It's crazy. Not just your faces. Like, people still hold faces, but then they say personalities, like everything. Like, damn, we all do that. That's crazy.

[Keon Poli]

I like sour stuff. My daughter likes sour stuff.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. And that's like the most basic. Like, it'd be little shit.

[David Bore]

You watch how your kids sit. That's crazy. And then you, like. If your wife catches a picture of you and your kid, you guys are sitting the exact same way. And you guys are. And I don't know if it's because you're mimicking your dad. You're watching. Are you watching your mom? Or whatever, or if it's just genetic shit.

[Langston Kerman]

It's gotta be somewhat.

[David Bore]

My kids, the stuff they're saying now is so fucking funny. And I'm like, do they just have this. Like, Are they just. Is the witty thing just.

[Keon Poli]

No, they're just.

[Langston Kerman]

Humor's so interesting to me, too, because how much of humor is like. Like, I think some of it might be genetic, but how much of it is just, like, environmental? And how you processed what happened.

[Keon Poli]

I think it's.

[Langston Kerman]

You think it's all genetic.

[David Bore]

It's gotta be genetic because they're not.

[Langston Kerman]

My mom's not funny at all.

[David Bore]

They're not even in an environment. But my. Like, my mom is not the funny. My grandpa's fucking.

[Keon Poli]

I think it's her dad.

[David Bore]

It's hilarious.

[Keon Poli]

I think it's genetic, but I think it's circumstance that advances it.

[David Bore]

Right, right.

[Keon Poli]

I think the people who are born funny are born funny, but it requires the right combination cocktail of shit around you to really activate that power.

[Langston Kerman]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

Otherwise you're just like a dude who.

[David Bore]

Meet those people, definitely nurture matters. There's nature and nurture. They go together.

[Keon Poli]

You meet those people who, like, don't see themselves as funny, but every time they talk, it's like a little bit.

[David Bore]

Because nobody's there telling them, like, you are.

[Keon Poli]

You're a very funny person. You should.

[Langston Kerman]

And they don't think to monetize it because it's like a crazy.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

That's just not even in their wheelhouse.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're like, I got a job.

[David Bore]

Yeah, yeah. Like, my kids probably lean into it because their mom's in production, that she's a writer, their dad is. So they're like, yeah, we can. We can act. A goddamn matter of fact, I had to go up to school and tell my son time and place because he's at school. Yeah, he's at school. He's killing, though, so he's riding the fucking. Everybody thinks I'm hilarious. And even the principal is working. Like, she's like, I have boys. I get it. But I had to tell him, like, you can't say these because the stuff I let them get away with. There you go. But no, it's the jokes he's saying. I'm like, bro, yeah, can't say that at school. Bro.

[Keon Poli]

We desperately need to take a break. We're gonna come back, we're gonna talk to Keon Poli about his conspiracy theory, which we haven't even discussed yet. More Keon Poly. More. My mama told me.

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[Langston Kerman]

You don't want none of this.

[Keon Poli]

I will kick your face off. Hit you in your face with your face.

[David Bore]

Why'd you pick that verse? The first six was fire. The first six, Traffic of the closets, I was all in. Then. I remember on episode six or seven, that's when it went off the rails.

[Langston Kerman]

I think when they introduced the little man was when I was.

[David Bore]

I was like seven.

[Langston Kerman]

Okay. That was when I was like, this is starting. You gotta rein it in.

[David Bore]

It got out of control. But the first five was like. It was a good time.

[Langston Kerman]

Which one was the one that ended? Oh my God. Oh, rubber, rubber, rubber.

[David Bore]

Like it was within the first five.

[Langston Kerman]

That was.

[Keon Poli]

I could tell you the chapters within the first five.

[Langston Kerman]

You weren't going crazy the first five.

[Keon Poli]

I was, I think I similarly was. I was taking it seriously for the first like five or six. And then I think as soon as the little person came.

[David Bore]

But then I kept watching for the comedy. I wanted to see how ridiculous this was gonna go.

[Keon Poli]

And I.

[David Bore]

That is so then it became so funny.

[Langston Kerman]

It is very funny.

[David Bore]

It's so funny.

[Keon Poli]

And I'm embarrassed to say this, I think I was too self serious in terms of like writing at the time that I couldn't enjoy. The comedy of Trapped in the Closet.

[Langston Kerman]

Was that comedy or was that poetry at the time?

[Keon Poli]

I think I was more into poetry. When Trapped in the Closet is happening.

[Langston Kerman]

When you were in poetry, did you feel like it was hard to be hilarious?

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, I've never written a funny poem.

[Langston Kerman]

Wow. I didn't know that.

[Keon Poli]

I don't write funny poems.

[Langston Kerman]

So.

[David Bore]

When it comes to these poems, my nigga, when it comes to these phones, my. You gonna Feel it in your soul, homie.

[Keon Poli]

I'm sorry if it came off aggressive. I just want you to understand.

[David Bore]

I'm talking that heartstrings, my nigga.

[Langston Kerman]

That's crazy. That was crazy energy.

[David Bore]

On your trauma.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

I don't know. I truly. And I wish I had, like, I have friends who are, like, very capable of moving in and out of that, but I think I took poetry, and it's part of why I don't think I was, like, a phenomenal poet is because I took it to only be defined within certain parameters.

[Langston Kerman]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

And I think to really become, like, a phenomenal motherfucker on the page, you have to be able to explode beyond sort of your traditional realms of thinking.

[Langston Kerman]

Cause that's what my question is. Like when you were focused. Cause I've never had any other creative pursuit other than comedy. I wasn't like. I wasn't, like, in drama in school. I was never trying to be like, comedy's only been. That's the only place I've ever, like, pushed it. When you were doing something else, you. I talk to you all the time in your. It, like, seemed. You're so funny. Was it, like, hard to cut that off?

[Keon Poli]

I think I still thought of myself as a funny person, so I was still getting the funny off talking to people and, like, being silly.

[Langston Kerman]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

But when it came to sitting on the page down to write the poem, the poem was serious.

[Langston Kerman]

That's crazy.

[David Bore]

That's so. I agree. I think you are hilarious.

[Langston Kerman]

It's like. It's like. It's like, I can't imagine you.

[David Bore]

Not random.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

Because it seems even in your acting role, I'm like, this is just funny.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's right.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

That's what.

[Keon Poli]

I appreciate it. I was a very serious writer.

[Langston Kerman]

I feel like if had I met you during poetry, we wouldn't have hung out, probably.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Because you were like. Because you would have had this stuff that you did. You, like, stuff it down and you're like this. What was your poetry name?

[Keon Poli]

We don't gotta talk about that.

[David Bore]

No, we do.

[Keon Poli]

Now you're being whatever.

[Langston Kerman]

But you're like, this is. This is. This is.

[Keon Poli]

Now you're being a saboteur.

[Langston Kerman]

This is. This is Lexi Kerman. Like, you weren't like. Yeah. Cause I've never met. Do you remember in the Bay Area doing slam poetry shit sometimes.

[David Bore]

Nah, I never. I did used to go to the open mic that Prentice used to run. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

That's what I'm talking about.

[David Bore]

Shout out to Prentice Powell.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

He used to run that. Berkeley or Oakland?

[Langston Kerman]

Oakland.

[Keon Poli]

Off of.

[Langston Kerman]

Right off. Right off the bart.

[David Bore]

And I would. I would go. I would go to that open mic. But I love that mic, though.

[Langston Kerman]

It was good. But do you remember talking to those guys? It was like they were just so.

[David Bore]

I didn't like, very serious.

[Langston Kerman]

No, it was not.

[David Bore]

I like talking to the comics either, though.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, but at least comics are funny, but they're. They're not at that level. Not as good as you think.

[Keon Poli]

I think there are a lot of. I want to be clear. I think there are a lot of poets and. And sort of writers in those spaces that are funny as fuck.

[Langston Kerman]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

But I think there's a level of sincerity attached to it that is a. A very different balance than what we have. Do you know what I mean? Like, we comedians sort of live at this ironic distance from almost everything that allows us to just laugh at things that otherwise people don't find funny or don't notice.

[Langston Kerman]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

Poets are noticing all of the things, but instead of judging it, they are warm to it, they are open to it, they are welcoming. That. And that's a different energy.

[Langston Kerman]

Couldn't be me.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, it's.

[Langston Kerman]

And honestly, it's knowing you pretty well at this point. Couldn't be you. No, not any you, really.

[Keon Poli]

I was in the wrong space.

[Langston Kerman]

You're a nasty. Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

I was in the wrong space. It's why I wasn't ever gonna be great. Cause if I said what I really.

[Langston Kerman]

Wanted to say, that's what I'm saying.

[Keon Poli]

You shouldn't write that down.

[Langston Kerman]

That's what I'm saying. So were you ever in the poetry space with poets like these?

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, but also, I was like. There were a lot of people who. I was like, oh, I fuck with this dude. I fuck with that person. This is really cool. But this collective, like, let's all hold hands in Kumbaya shit.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's like. That's counter to your spirit.

[Keon Poli]

It was bad for my spirit, and I didn't have the strength to recognize it until I got interesting.

[Langston Kerman]

Do you ever think you could dabble now?

[Keon Poli]

I do. Like, I can go like my homie Sully. Shout out to Sully. Runs like a slam in Bloomington. And, like, I can go and be a fan now in a way that. Where I can just go like, oh, this is great. This is really cool that people are writing and activating and doing all this shit that they're excited about. But if there's any competitive nature inside of me, I get vile.

[Langston Kerman]

Where you're like, my Shit realer than his shit. Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

And then I start saying, you know what I mean?

[David Bore]

I don't need to be that.

[Langston Kerman]

That's the thing about this art is I don't think, like to focus on humor, man. I think it's something that can't be suppressed in a real way.

[Keon Poli]

No.

[Langston Kerman]

You know what I mean? It's like. Yeah, I just, I can't imagine, like, had I gotten to some other form of art, I don't think I would have gotten very far, you know what I'm saying? Like, had it been like it been a painter or like I write short stories or science fiction.

[Keon Poli]

You were gonna play basketball in your mind. I'm not saying.

[David Bore]

Yeah, like, no. When I got, When I got to college, you see, like, I was like, at best, I'll be overseas, but I'm not going to the league. I'm not.

[Keon Poli]

I'm not saying once your dreams are becoming, are hitting their top. I'm saying that when you're a kid.

[David Bore]

What'S funny as a kid, it was either going to be sports or entertainment. I was hella goofy at school. Like, people who run into me now be like, oh, man, this makes so much sense, bro. You used to have me dying in elementary. Like, it was always. I did two things very well. Sports and being funny. That is it. I mean, I have other art stuff that I can do. I just didn't want to do them right. Like, I can sing, but I just don't. I was never comfortable with it.

[Keon Poli]

Like you said you can sing.

[David Bore]

Yeah, I was never comfortable with it, man.

[Langston Kerman]

I can.

[David Bore]

And so I was just like, that's like. So the singing was like poetry. It's like, I can do this thing, but I don't. Like, I don't. This ain't. I was always uncomfortable. Like, comedy. I'm never uncomfortable. When I was singing. I was always uncomfortable.

[Langston Kerman]

You're never uncomfortable doing comedy?

[Keon Poli]

I've spent most of the time uncomfortable doing comics.

[David Bore]

Yeah. Usually I'm only uncomfortable when I'm around comics. Cause they're fucking weird.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, yeah, I'm uncomfortable.

[Keon Poli]

Not us fault. We cool as hell.

[David Bore]

Yeah, cool.

[Langston Kerman]

I can't let it out. I just like, like I get uncomfortable. Like, if I had my choice, stand up comedy would not. That wouldn't be it. I just can't not.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

You know what I'm saying? Like, I just can't. I just. I kind of have to. But like, man, I'm not. I gotta fucking get up here and I don't know these fucking people.

[Keon Poli]

Oh, no.

[David Bore]

I'd be like, let's have fun, guys.

[Langston Kerman]

We're in Detroit or wherever. I don't fucking.

[David Bore]

I'll be like, oh, I'm about to say some goofy ass shit. You guys are gonna. And I know you guys think it too. That's the funnest part. I can say the wildest thing, and you guys can be like, yeah, this is all right.

[Langston Kerman]

That's the part. That is the funnest part.

[David Bore]

That's the funnest part.

[Langston Kerman]

It's, like, affirming. It's like, okay, thank God I'm not maybe the psychopath.

[David Bore]

There's no way me and my wife are the only ones laughing at this. Like, you guys think it too. You just. You'll lose your job. I won't.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's true. That's true.

[David Bore]

So, yeah, I have so much fun.

[Langston Kerman]

No, I have fun. I have fun. But, like, comfortable is not what I look like.

[David Bore]

I'm so comfortable on stage. It's offstage where I'm uncomfortable.

[Keon Poli]

Keon, you came to us today with a conspiracy theory.

[David Bore]

Oh, yeah, I did that.

[Keon Poli]

I'll be honest. You don't give a fuck about, and we don't give a fuck about. This has been a fine conversation.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. We've had a good time regarding it.

[Keon Poli]

I think we've been having a great time. Y' all don't. My mama told me.

[David Bore]

To suck a dick.

[Keon Poli]

You know what I mean?

[David Bore]

Let's go.

[Langston Kerman]

Let's go.

[Keon Poli]

And we should get that older woman to record her saying suck a dick in place of me saying it so.

[Langston Kerman]

That it's suck a dick.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. Either way, we need to take one more break.

[Langston Kerman]

Okay.

[Keon Poli]

And then we're gonna do voicemail together, and then that'll wrap the whole thing up even better. More, Keon, more. My mama told me.

[David Bore]

I'm a annoyed because I know all of these. Everything that you play, I'm like, I know all these.

[Langston Kerman]

We're men of a certain age.

[David Bore]

Yeah, we know all these, man.

[Langston Kerman]

Our references are very.

[David Bore]

Yeah, it's all. We had some classics, though. I still. I show my kids Afro Ninja. The other day, they almost threw up.

[Langston Kerman]

Really?

[David Bore]

From. I show my kids all the old stuff. They love it.

[Langston Kerman]

Really? They got, like.

[David Bore]

They watch 90s sitcoms. I show all the stuff from Ebam's World. Like, all that. They be dying, they'd be like, dad, this is incredible. They actually don't like a lot of their stuff. Whoa. Like, when like, music. I'm telling you, they're old. Like, when I play music, I let Them choose, like. Cause I don't want to be that. Like, oh, back in my day, you know, just introduce it to them. And they choose that over, like, they watch Fresh Prince every night. They watch, like, Family Matters. They watch.

[Langston Kerman]

That makes me feel. That makes me feel good. Because I think as 90s kids, we want to be like, no. Our time kind of for pop culture was objectively the best in America, but.

[David Bore]

Even our parents and the everybody that time was like, that's how it feels. 90s is reverenced by everybody.

[Langston Kerman]

There was this article.

[David Bore]

70S and 90s are always like, the two that everybody's like, they didn't miss.

[Langston Kerman]

There was this article where it was talking about. There's this idea of, like, in design, of everything, there's form versus function. And the 90s was when form met function, like, on the perfect access and then post that, it's, like, spun out. But, like, that's why. That's why aesthetically, like, so much of the 90s stuff is so good. Like, it's not just, like. It's not just music. It's cars, it's media. It's like all these things.

[Keon Poli]

I think there. Something happened once we started being able to, like, our cameras became so high definition that they started to feel they. They lost some of, like, the comedic distance that you need.

[Langston Kerman]

Right. Do you know what I mean?

[Keon Poli]

Where, like, everything just feels so sexy and intimate now in a way that, like, makes it not as funny as what Family matters was in 1990. Whatever the fuck.

[David Bore]

Right?

[Keon Poli]

Where it's just like. That is the exact amount of technology we have, and it's.

[David Bore]

The exact technology was funny every goddamn every time.

[Langston Kerman]

That's what I'm saying. Because we just.

[David Bore]

We just watched the Family Matters. I mean, Fresh Prince episode when they went to Vegas.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

When they did the Tonto Dance.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, yeah.

[David Bore]

Which is still famous today, right?

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. Yeah.

[David Bore]

But when they threw Carlton dummy against my kids. Lost it. Like, lost it.

[Langston Kerman]

I love a dummy falling out of room.

[David Bore]

They need to bring dummies. Bring dummies back, bro. It was so obvious. Yeah. It was so, like, bring back all that. When you could see the stunt double. Bring that back. It was ridiculous.

[Keon Poli]

But our technology is to advance, so now we. We've lost that.

[David Bore]

Just go back. We were watching True Lies. We were with Arnold Schwarzenegger, bro. They didn't even bother trying. When he's riding on the horse, if you pause the movie, it is a completely different dude.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

And we only notice. We saw it live. We're like, that is not Arnold and it's just. Who cares? It was amazing. It's hilarious.

[Keon Poli]

That's Godfrey.

[David Bore]

It's hilarious, bro. The stunt doubles. Amazing dummies and stunt doubles. Bring it back. The obvious.

[Keon Poli]

We're going to do a voicemail together. We're going to listen to one of our listeners. Sweet voices. Can we do the food one this time?

[David Bore]

Absolutely.

[Keon Poli]

Thank you.

[Devana]

It's crazy being called a freak on a Tuesday afternoon. And I'm just trying to work.

[Langston Kerman]

We didn't tell you when to call it.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, that's.

[Devana]

What up, fellas. I just want to say, y' all podcast is definitely, like my favorite find of 2025. YouTube algorithm blessed me and I've been rocking ever since. So shout out to y'.

[Langston Kerman]

All.

[Devana]

I definitely called the wrong number.

[David Bore]

First.

[Devana]

I thought it was some black, like Mama M a M A. But it was moms, so there's that. We learn something every day.

[Langston Kerman]

Pause.

[Devana]

Anyway, I got a theory.

[Langston Kerman]

You can't be mad that we didn't get the exact perfect phone number. It was a Google number. It's a. You wanna. It's a sex line.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

We got the mama one.

[Keon Poli]

We got what we got.

[Langston Kerman]

We got what we got.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. Don't judge us.

[Langston Kerman]

She seems nice. Continue.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, please.

[Devana]

Anyway, I got a theory, y'.

[Langston Kerman]

All.

[Devana]

So listen, I am a tall person. I'm a tall lady.

[David Bore]

Let's go.

[Devana]

And when I was growing up, no one was really tall with me. Right. I'm 41. I feel like, you know, I was definitely always ahead of the class. Taller than the teacher even. Right. Taller than most of the boys in class.

[Keon Poli]

That's unfortunate.

[Devana]

But when you look around, all of these kids are humongous. Now, we always say, like, oh, it's something in the meat. They're doing something to the food. They're definitely doing the food. They're definitely doing something to the food.

[Keon Poli]

Absolutely.

[Devana]

But what if they're just gearing up for the second round of slavery in America, so they gotta make us all big as again. There's gonna be like slavery drafts or some shit. Because otherwise make it make sense. Where was all these tall people when I was growing up? Anywho, I love you guys. Keep doing what you're doing. Oh, I didn't say my name in the beginning. It's Devana. I love you guys. Thank you so much. Bye.

[Langston Kerman]

Thank you, Davana. First of all, how tall is she that she was taller than the teachers?

[David Bore]

A six footer, at least.

[Langston Kerman]

At least. I love a six foot tall lady.

[David Bore]

A lot of people think six foot Is like the normal. It's like. No, the normal is like 5, 9.

[Langston Kerman]

6 foot's not even close. Very tall.

[David Bore]

It's like 2%.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. People are like stupid about height right now.

[Keon Poli]

The, the. The feeling that I. The sick feeling I had for those little fellow teachers that have Devon in their. His class.

[Langston Kerman]

She seems sweet though. You think she was like going off on him?

[Keon Poli]

No, I think she seems like a.

[David Bore]

Very nice men's ego though. They just.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. A little girl is taller than you.

[Keon Poli]

I think that's in probably a really hard.

[David Bore]

Them teachers, them male teachers used to be insecure.

[Keon Poli]

And I think the way that the kids are constantly looking for a weakness in you and the second that the tallest girl in class is bigger than you in middle school, we would know we're not doing your homework. No.

[Langston Kerman]

Damn.

[Keon Poli]

You know what I mean? Like, that's a hard life.

[Langston Kerman]

You're one of the only people who can make me feel bad for a teacher.

[David Bore]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

No, I really don't like them.

[Keon Poli]

It's a really hard time.

[Langston Kerman]

No, I had a bad run. Those are my cops. I didn't experience a lot of police brutality growing up. I experienced a lot of teachers interesting being not great. I tend to feel like it's a position of people that we deify when a lot of times it's just a person with a job. I think that, like, I think that the harm that they can cause really goes under the radar a lot. Yeah.

[Keon Poli]

That is, that is your experience with teachers. Is the Atlanta Hawks just not good?

[David Bore]

The whole.

[Langston Kerman]

I had to run a really, really bad. I'm sure there's some great ones.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, sure.

[Langston Kerman]

There's some good cops. No, I'm gonna say what happened to me.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

The point is, here's what I think. I like her conspiracy theory.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

I. I do think that white people are also getting bigger.

[David Bore]

They are.

[Langston Kerman]

That's fine.

[David Bore]

That's the flaw in it.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

And I think it's all for the Olympics.

[Langston Kerman]

I would. I'm okay with that.

[Keon Poli]

Oh, you think this is just.

[David Bore]

We're losing in education. We're losing, but we keep dominating in sports. And I think that's what it's for. It's like we gonna win at something.

[Langston Kerman]

Do you think that we continue to dominate its sports if people want to come here less.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. Because we're still going to be the major broadcaster of this thing.

[Langston Kerman]

Are we? Forever. You don't think China's gonna come get that? You don't think Asia's gonna come get that?

[Keon Poli]

I don't think they I don't think they work in entertainment the way we do yet.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, okay.

[Keon Poli]

I don't think it's.

[Langston Kerman]

I don't mean the medals. I mean the, like, running of it.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah. I think once they start cooking in entertainment the way we're.

[David Bore]

They don't have the freedom we have, first of all. So how can you do it?

[Keon Poli]

You need to be able to talk a little bit of shit and make it provocative. And I don't think that they can't.

[David Bore]

Do none of that.

[Langston Kerman]

I have been saying, once we lose entertainment, that's it.

[Keon Poli]

That's it.

[Langston Kerman]

That's it. Like, once we stop dictating pop culture for the world, I don't think we. I'm not saying we become, like, the worst country in the world or anything like that, but I think that that's, like a gap that doesn't get me. And you see it. And this is. Listen, I understand this is going to make me sound, like, very conservative or whatever.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

There's never been so much foreign influence in American pop culture in my entire life as there is now. The grip is loosening, bro.

[David Bore]

Internet, everything.

[Langston Kerman]

But even, like, the Internet's been around for a while.

[David Bore]

Yeah, but not when the Internet started. We were, like, the catalyst for it, so we still had our stuff. These kids are like, only Internet their whole life.

[Langston Kerman]

I think there's also a level of quality that we are not achieving that we used to achieve.

[David Bore]

Indeed.

[Keon Poli]

The biggest movie hit last year was. Or this past year is K Pop Demon Hunter. And I think that is being served up to kids. Kids for a specific reason. To your point of, like, this is a mixing of, like, hey, we do. America is not in charge of. Of the media landscape the way that you originally thought it was. And I think that's dope in terms of, like, access as a person who. Who thr. I fucking love that. I can watch whatever anime I want right now for the first time in my life. But on the flip side, I do go, well, fucking, you know, Demon Slayer, it was the biggest movie last year.

[Langston Kerman]

Right.

[Keon Poli]

And that's. That's weird that that suddenly is, like, the way the game works.

[Langston Kerman]

We're still the funniest country, 100%. Yeah.

[David Bore]

We got the freedom to do so.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah. I mean, there's free countries that aren't as funny as us, though.

[David Bore]

I know they didn't grow up with as much, like, trauma.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah.

[David Bore]

British people are free.

[Langston Kerman]

I don't like what they say.

[David Bore]

Country trauma. You know what I mean? Like, as far as we have so much to draw From. From our bullshit. Yeah, we're so fucked up that it's like, oh, we gotta laugh at this just to get through our goddamn governments. Our goddamn, you know, whatever, like.

[Langston Kerman]

And nobody's coming for us.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Although, I mean, on the Internet, I seen some other people cutting.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, they cutting up.

[Langston Kerman]

There's some funny people on TikTok.

[Keon Poli]

Some people figured out the algorithm. Well, we did it. This is great. Keon, could you tell the people where they can find you? What cool shit you got going on.

[David Bore]

Keonpoli.Com or my link tree. Keonpoli. I'm the only one person with my name, so I'm super easy to find.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, that's right.

[David Bore]

K E O N P O L E E. On all the socials, on YouTube, on Internet. Like, I'm. It's just my name for everything. Please check out my special. It. It's doing insane numbers, which I don't know. I don't even know how that happened because I'm not famous. So people just like this.

[Keon Poli]

Hell yeah.

[David Bore]

So, yeah, check out the clips.

[Keon Poli]

You.

[David Bore]

Some of you might have already seen me like, oh, I seen that dude before because the clips did 50 million. So, yeah, you can go on that and check out all my stuff. And then if you like me, follow. Come to a show. You know what I'm saying?

[Langston Kerman]

Hell yeah.

[David Bore]

Thank y' all for having me.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, yeah, of course.

[Langston Kerman]

Me.

[David Bore]

And when they hit me, she was like, would you like. I was like, Me and David, go back. We started together.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, 20, 20.

[David Bore]

Way back. I started in 20. 2012.

[Langston Kerman]

Okay.

[Keon Poli]

Trying to pretend to be younger than.

[David Bore]

You, but I'm older.

[Langston Kerman]

No, he's older than me.

[David Bore]

I'm older. I'm 41.

[Langston Kerman]

I'm 26.

[Keon Poli]

But he's trying to.

[David Bore]

So they were like all doing their thing. Sullivan house and all that, you know, they were the few of the people that I liked.

[Keon Poli]

Hell yeah.

[Langston Kerman]

Yeah, we were the few people. I was thinking about a flyer that we had you on where Andrew put you with your shirt off. We were trying to sell tickets.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, sometimes you gotta put a buff nigga on.

[David Bore]

And I think you are absolutely hilariously talented, bro.

[Langston Kerman]

Mutually.

[Keon Poli]

This is. Thank you for doing it.

[David Bore]

I appreciate you guys having me, for sure.

[Keon Poli]

What you got?

[Langston Kerman]

If you look up my name, there are people who may try to get money from you. Cool guy jokes. 87 on Instagram. I don't really have anything. I'm doing a show, like a one off show in like the Lyric Hyperion in January, but I don't even know the date yet, so.

[Keon Poli]

Hell yeah, we're supposed to be doing that.

[Langston Kerman]

Well, I got. No, I forgot what I was gonna say. I love you.

[Keon Poli]

He loves you. And they're still.

[Langston Kerman]

Oh, is there somebody outside the window.

[David Bore]

Still washing that windows.

[Keon Poli]

And thank God they're doing that. These windows are filthy. We were all worried about it and that's why we called. Anyway, you can follow me at Langston Kerman on all social media platforms.

[David Bore]

I just follow you. I thought I was already.

[Keon Poli]

It doesn't matter. None of this means anything. But if you want to see us on see me on tour. I'm still going to be on that aspiring deadbeat tour. It's happening all through the spring. And I'll post about those dates on my social media. You can.

[Langston Kerman]

We're gonna be in New Orleans.

[Keon Poli]

We're gonna be in New Orleans in March. In March we'll be in New Orleans. We're gonna be doing a live My mama told me pod.

[David Bore]

Oh, that's fire.

[Keon Poli]

It'll be fun. There's gonna be some dope people there.

[Langston Kerman]

Stand up.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, go check that out.

[Langston Kerman]

Favorites, favorites, favorites. I think Mandela and Jamel are gonna be there.

[Keon Poli]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that'll be fire. And most importantly, send us your own drops, your own conspiracy theories. Tell us who else we should have in New Orleans. [e-mail] Give us a call at 844-LIL-MOMS. And most importantly, bye, bitch.

[David Bore]

Hey, where the bitches at? It's supposed to be titties. Where the fucking titties and the bitches?

[Keon Poli]

My Mama Told Me is a production of Will Ferrell's Big Money players network.

[Langston Kerman]

And iHeart podcast, created and hosted by.

[Keon Poli]

Langston Kearney, co hosted by David Bore.

[Langston Kerman]

Executive produced by Will Ferrell, Hansani and.

[Keon Poli]

Joelle Monique, co produced by Bay Wang.

[Langston Kerman]

Edited and engineered by Justin Khan.

[Keon Poli]

Music by Nick Chambers, artwork by Dogon Kringa. You can now watch episodes of My Mama told me on YouTube, follow @mymama told me and subscribe to our channel.

[David Bore]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.