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Godfrey
Foreign.
Co-host 1
We're here. This is it. We might be drunk, baby.
Co-host 2
What's up, guys?
Co-host 1
Hey.
Co-host 2
And gals.
Co-host 1
And gals. We're trying to be more women friendly.
Co-host 2
We need more women fans.
Co-host 1
Well, Chelsea Handler didn't help, but we're trying. Lord knows we're trying. She was cool.
Co-host 2
I liked her.
Co-host 1
Still bangable? Yeah, I'd say. Is that a compliment?
Godfrey
Yes.
Co-host 2
Okay, I think the way you worded it probably wasn't ideal. Well, female, it's like referring to a women's vagina's.
Co-host 1
Ah.
Co-host 2
It's like. I don't think they love the word, but bangable is a compliment, right? If a woman told me I was bangable, I'd be like, thank you.
Co-host 1
Of course. But I think it's different for a woman, probably. You know, isn't it weird that during sex you can say mean things to women, but not before sex?
Godfrey
Yeah.
Co-host 2
They kind of have to prompt it, though. You can't out of nowhere just be like, you whore.
Co-host 1
That's true.
Co-host 2
They have to be like. They have to get the. The wheels in motion a little.
Co-host 1
But then sometimes girls like, I don't want to tell you what to do because then it ruins it and then.
Co-host 2
You take some liberties and now you have a restraining order.
Godfrey
Thanks.
Co-host 2
Ridiculous. Sorry.
Co-host 1
I know.
Co-host 2
Sorry I slut shamed you.
Co-host 1
I trust.
Co-host 2
I was in character.
Co-host 1
And scene. All right, well, there you go. But I could see her being pretty wild in the sec.
Co-host 2
What? What's new, man?
Co-host 1
Same old. The wife's out of town, so I've been watching movies at home. I got the whole TV to myself.
Co-host 2
What are you watching?
Co-host 1
I watched Jeremiah Johnson last night.
Co-host 2
I know the meme, but I've never seen. It's Redford.
Co-host 1
Redford. Sidney Pollock directed it. John Milius wrote it. He wrote. I mean, this is Apocalypse Now. This is Conan Red Dawn. He's like a real man.
Co-host 2
Did you write Letterman?
Co-host 1
Who?
Co-host 2
No, I was kidding. Late night joke. Anyway, yeah, no, I. I heard it's good.
Co-host 1
Oh, it's fun. It's super fun. It's about a. Based on a real guy.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Co-host 1
Named John Liveryton Johnson or something like that. And he would eat the Indians, like Native Americans liver, after he killed him. So that's a wild movie.
Co-host 2
It's good not to waste. You got to eat the whole Indian.
Co-host 1
I've always said, eat the whole Indian. Exactly.
Co-host 2
You don't want to be wasteful. Yeah. Never seen it.
Co-host 1
Oh, it's great. I've never seen it either.
Co-host 2
But you know what I watched the other day? My buddy Alex English tells me to watch.
Co-host 1
I love. That's an underrated comedian right there. I love Alex. Killer comic.
Co-host 2
We got to get him in here.
Co-host 1
We should love Alex.
Co-host 2
Anyway, he told me we're talking movies. He goes, you've never seen. We're talking about how we both like Cameron. He goes, you've never seen. I bet you've seen this movie. Get in here, get in here, get in here. Come on.
Co-host 1
Hey.
Co-host 2
Godfrey.
Co-host 1
Godfrey, everybody.
Co-host 2
I was gonna talk about the movie Paid in Full. You've seen that movie, right?
Godfrey
One of my best friends is in it.
Co-host 2
Who's one of your best friends? Oh, he's a great actor.
Godfrey
He's just in my podcast.
Co-host 2
Oh, nice.
Godfrey
We came up together in Chicago at the poetry and comedy scene.
Co-host 1
Oh, geez.
Co-host 2
Talking to the mic.
Godfrey
Oh, sorry. Yeah.
Co-host 1
What?
Godfrey
Oh, what is my buddy buddy like?
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
I just was on the phone with him like a couple days ago.
Co-host 2
Yeah, he's a great actor.
Godfrey
Yeah, he's great.
Co-host 2
The Wire.
Godfrey
The Wire is the best show on HBO ever, man.
Co-host 2
It's probably my number two.
Godfrey
When you.
Co-host 2
I might go Sopranos one.
Godfrey
Well, no, yeah, no, I gave you. Yeah, that. It's.
Co-host 2
I love the Wire.
Godfrey
No, no, no, listen, Soprano. Sopranos lasted longer, didn't it?
Co-host 2
I think Sopranos just has more comedy.
Godfrey
So the is just as good. They're two different types. But it's still about crime and. Sure, but it's both equal. You know, you're right. I didn't even realize it was hbo. What's that? Sopranos. HBO had a R, but then it moved to Sopranos. Moved to another channel.
Co-host 1
No, no, it was all hbo.
Co-host 2
Hbo, yeah, yeah, they had a run, man.
Godfrey
No, I mean it was. Oh, Gandalf, hbo. Aries Spears does the best James.
Guest
Really?
Co-host 2
Can we pull it up?
Co-host 1
I've never seen anybody doing me and.
Godfrey
Him do Jason Statham versus.
Co-host 2
Can you do Gandolfini? No, you can do almost everyone.
Godfrey
You know, I was working up by Sam Elliott. Oh, I'm watching Landman. Landman is in Is I gotta watch it. Phenomenal.
Co-host 2
Let's hear.
Co-host 1
So good. It is. Oh my.
Godfrey
Phenomenal.
Co-host 1
That is crazy.
Godfrey
Phenomenal.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Co-host 2
That's legit.
Godfrey
Phenomenal. Who's you?
Co-host 2
What's the one you get asked for the most now?
Godfrey
It's a Trump, dude. Yeah, it's Trump. Cuz I just did one the Trump with Adam Ray.
Co-host 1
Oh yeah, I saw that.
Godfrey
Adam calls me and goes because I did. What did I do? Okay, they were at the Beacon. It was a sold out show. Right? So Adam Ray, they Call me. And I go. They go, dude, where are you? I go, I'm at the gym. Like, you're at the gym? Oh, man. What's his name? Joey Diaz just bailed on us. Diaz was on his way to the show.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
And he just.
Co-host 2
He got too high and he had to pull over.
Godfrey
I gotta get off, you know? He just. Cuban. What are you about? He just bails?
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
I go, what? What do you need me? Because, dude, we need you to fill a segment. Yo, just this Steve Harvey thing you do. Just show up. I go, where are you at? Beacon? Well, I'm at equinox. It's only 10 blocks away.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God.
Godfrey
So I was like, fuck it, I'll be there. I'm in my sweats, though. So I run over there like Maduro, get on stage, and we just fucking Steve Harvey it up with Dr. Phil. Just improv it. Fucking killed it. And then he goes, yo, that is crazy. So that's at the comedy store. That's December 10th.
Co-host 1
Oh, I thought you were Farrakhan. Holy shit.
Godfrey
Farrakhan's hair hasn't gotten that white.
Co-host 1
That's true.
Godfrey
But yeah, so he. He flies me out, man, and I stay at the hotel next to the Comedy Store. The Aza. The Aza, Whatever.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
So I'm there and what's his makeup artists that are From MADtv and SNL, they do my wig. They do a real.
Co-host 1
Oh, wow.
Godfrey
They do a real wig thing. They do a real wig, like, the wig thing. And I say, yeah, don't. Don't. Don't do anything to the skin. I want it to look just like that. I don't want. I want to look like Multiverse Trump, you know what I mean? Afro Trump, you know? So I said I look like a preacher.
Co-host 1
Yeah, totally. Televangelist.
Co-host 2
Why? Are you gay?
Godfrey
Dr. Dude. Dr. Do dirty. No, no, no. Pastor Do Dirty. You know who gave me that name? Dr. Dre did.
Co-host 1
Oh, really?
Godfrey
I know, I'm. I have a lot of weird that's been.
Co-host 1
Well, you've been blowing up. You're all over my feed.
Godfrey
Well, it has to happen at some point.
Co-host 2
No, you've been blown up for a while.
Godfrey
But I. I've been busting my ass on the social media. I don't have a choice, bro.
Co-host 1
It shows.
Godfrey
Well, I mean, everyone's been doing their own kind of thing. Everyone. All you got. Everybody's. We haven't been doing it the normal way. Sure. Whether you're on Kill Tony or whatever, everybody's comics have created their own this community of. We're just doing it our own way, man. Whether it's.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Segura and his. The Rogan and his. It hasn't. We haven'. Been, been, been moved around and bossed around by the network, you know, we're just doing it.
Co-host 1
We're sick of waiting for him. Let's do it ourselves.
Godfrey
And we did. Schultz was the same. One of the same guy. I remember him first saying it. We got to start counting on ourselves, man. These people, man. And look at everybody. Got fired off of series xm. I did. All of us did.
Co-host 2
You had a show in series, too?
Godfrey
Yeah, for like two years. Fired me. She wanted me to have a show. I go, I don't really do radio. No, you should do a show. She saw me in the hallway, you know, I was doing Jim show, Jim. And. And so. Yeah, yeah, you should do. I was like, I don't really do radio. I don't like sitting in a. You know, I want to show up at whatever clock, you know.
Co-host 1
Sure, sure.
Godfrey
Hey, what's up? Tom and Jim in the morning. I hate all that shit. So I was like. I was like, ah, all right, what time? Oh, what about 12 o'? Clock? I think I could do that.
Co-host 1
Right, okay.
Godfrey
So it was for a urban view. It's like Al Sharpton's on that station and it's like gospel. It's like conservative. I said, well, I'm not conservative. I'm. I talk. So what's up? She goes, no, we need our. You know, our channel's a little boring. We want is her name. I'm not gonna name her name that. Give her. No problem.
Co-host 2
Now it's no. 1. Now it's Howard Stern, Baba Booie and a Kurg in that office.
Godfrey
Stern is the reason why it's still floating, you know? Yeah. And I was doing stuff for Stern. Little like he does these little, like, sketch things. And so I was doing some voice stuff for him. It was dumb, but anyway, I'm doing that. And so I. Along with this show I was doing. So at 12 o', clock, I got an hour show and it was Power Hour. And I just brought some of my comic friends on talking shit. But it started doing well. And, you know, I had little. You know, the thing you answer calls and shit.
Co-host 1
Oh, that's fun.
Godfrey
So my shit stayed lit, like, because I was talking shit. Because I said, I'm going to talk shit. I'm telling you, I'm not. I don't hold me back. No, go do whatever you want.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
So I went in doing my shit, I had different people on. I had Method man on my shit. Vivica. I had all kinds of people coming through, right? Because they used it when they were promoting shit, right? Show's doing pretty good.
Co-host 1
Yeah, we're sick of Sway.
Godfrey
Come on.
Co-host 1
And then Charlamagne. Don't get me started.
Godfrey
And then, bam. They say, hey, you want two hours now? Because people say you need longer than you need more than an hour.
Co-host 2
It's like one of your sets.
Godfrey
Hell, yeah. Only 15 minutes.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Godfrey
Hey, if I go last, I'm doing 30. That. If I gotta watch the circus go by, guess what? That.
Co-host 1
Yeah, you're able to.
Godfrey
Hey, there's a juggler before you. God. All right, that's another 45. You don't know that. So. So, yeah, so I got two hours, right? It was six to eight, you know, I said, I think I could do that. That's like prime time. So I got moved to 6 to 8. I started doing really well again, you know? And then all of a sudden. All of a sudden, I started getting hounded by them. Oh, you can't say this. I go, oh, man. And then I got fired one day because I said something crazy.
Co-host 2
What'd you say?
Godfrey
I said something about. It was. I was in dc. I went to the Sirius xm, the big studio. Their main. It's unbelievable. It's beautiful. So I was like, you know what? I'm do some cross promoting since I'm doing a DC improv. Yeah, I'm gonna go. I want to go buy studio.
Co-host 1
Was fired from sue when he. Where he hosted the Godfrey Complex on Urban View Channel. It doesn't say why.
Godfrey
Oh.
Co-host 1
The truck driver and a fan approached Gavri for a photo at the headquarters.
Godfrey
At the headquarters in the lobby. Yeah.
Co-host 1
Oh, and you said no photos were allowed?
Godfrey
No, no. The dude at the desk. Oh. Was like a gay dude who was transitioning. Like, I know he had makeup and. No, a dude. Black dude. And he was like. But he was rude. He was like this. Nope. No photos. You can't. No better. You know, Like, I can't tell which.
Co-host 2
Side he's transitioning to at that impress.
Guest
Like, that.
Godfrey
You cannot foul out. I was like this. And it was just me and him and a lot of these huge. I go, the guy is a subscriber.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Truck drivers are what keeps Sirius XM going.
Co-host 1
Exactly.
Godfrey
He's a subscriber. The guy just was nice. He was an older man. Like, my kids love you, and she got you. Can. I said, man, you're kind of rude dude. Like, relax. Like, there's no one here.
Co-host 1
Yeah, who cares?
Godfrey
It was the weirdest exchange.
Co-host 2
And God was like. So I beat the. Out of her, and they fired me.
Godfrey
Hell no. Him still had the strength.
Co-host 1
All right?
Godfrey
So no, I. So I went to Laura Coates, who's one of the main anchors on CNN now. She's a lawyer. She's badass lawyer Laura Coates, okay? She's the shit. And she. I went on.
Co-host 1
Yeah, her.
Godfrey
I went. I went on her show, and, you know, I was. Because I was cross promoting. So I woke up really early to do these different shows just to talk, you know, get on her show. Get on. So I went on her show and I. She goes, yo, what's. What? You seem a little, like, disturbed. I said, yeah, because people know I talked. I talked. I would say, I. I would love to smack the out of this person.
Co-host 1
Blah, blah, right?
Godfrey
So I say, yo, this dude. And downstairs, he, like, you know, he kind of stopped me from giving a guy a picture. He was like. He was. I guess he was part of the LGBT community, and he was. Me. He was real rude to me. He was just like, rude. So I imitate people anyway. So he was like. And I imitated exactly what he said. He goes, nah, no pictures. There's no pictures. Yeah, and he was so rude. And he had these braids. And I wanted to take him by his braids and drag him out and throw him out the. Throw them out the door. And then that's what got me fired. I didn't say none of that shit, right? No, I don't care if you're gay. But he was just rude. Yeah, but they love to put. Because you're gay, you. It. It has nothing to do with your character.
Co-host 1
Right.
Godfrey
You know what I mean?
Co-host 2
Of course.
Co-host 1
You're just rude.
Godfrey
But they like to combine it. Yes.
Co-host 2
You know what I mean? And by the way, braids is not male or female. That could be either gender.
Godfrey
But what's funny is they like to combine it when it's convenient, right? Because if I were to say I'm. I don't like gays. Oh. That has nothing to do with my character. Oh, then they want to be human. After they. You. They go back and forth. They volley with the.
Co-host 1
Welcome to the White Man's Burden.
Godfrey
Yeah.
Co-host 1
We've been dealing with this for years.
Co-host 2
Which is, by the way, the name of our podcast, the White Man's Burden.
Co-host 1
Oh, John Travolta. That was heavy.
Godfrey
I don't know. It. Oh, White Man's Burden was John Travolta. And wait a minute.
Co-host 1
In the Deep South Green, who's my.
Godfrey
Friend who passed away? Peter Green. Is that Peter Green in that? He was a good actor. No, he was my mask. The mask fiction. Remember they were doing the dead.
Co-host 1
He did die. Yeah.
Godfrey
Peter Green.
Co-host 2
That scene was the black man's burden right there.
Co-host 1
Get medieval on your ass.
Godfrey
So what now? I'll tell you what now. Oh, I'mma call a couple hard pipe hitting to go to with the homes here. You hear me talking, hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by damn sight. I'mma get medieval on your ass.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Wow. He's like. Now two things. You stay gone and be gone.
Co-host 1
Wow. Anyone?
Co-host 2
That's a fucking great scene.
Co-host 1
That was great.
Godfrey
See, but it was.
Co-host 2
I was. I was hooking up with a girl once while that scene came on and she's like, let's fuck. And I was like, now we got to finish the scene. I can't be. I can't fucking.
Godfrey
What you do is you have it in and wait. Then you start pumping.
Co-host 2
This is a sodomy scene. I can't get in the mood to this. I need. I need the redemption.
Co-host 1
And you have a sword over your bed.
Co-host 2
I'm choosing lubes like the way Bruce Willis is choosing weapons. Oh my God. That woman in that scene. The next scene, like, why did they have the pancakes?
Godfrey
You like me to chop your. Yeah, that's my. That was my friend.
Co-host 1
Whoa.
Godfrey
Pete Green was a fan.
Co-host 2
How did he pass away? I don't know, man.
Godfrey
He's an old school New York dude. Like really old.
Co-host 2
Usual suspects too.
Co-host 1
Oh, that's right. Yeah.
Godfrey
Pete Green. Let me tell you, one of the nicest human beings. Pete was Old School 7. He's from the 70s in New York City.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Godfrey
So I met him in la. And I met him with this dude named. This guy. He was a rock. He's a. He's a. He's an underground rock dude named Harry. And he. And he, he has. He's goth. He's always dressed goth. So he was a fan of mine. So we would hang out and he. Pete Green would come around and he goes, hey man, I'm a big fan, man. I love your stuff, man. I want to come see you, man. I'm come see you. So one day he comes and sees me. He introduced me to his dad too. Jesus father. The whole night. And then one day he comes to the Laugh Factory. It's great. He comes, he goes, what time you going on? That's when I'M gonna be there. He doesn't fucking see no one else.
Co-host 1
Yeah, yeah.
Godfrey
He walks in, leather jacket. Just comes in, walk. He. After I'm done, he goes, yo, that was funny. I'll see you later. Walks out. Badass.
Co-host 1
Oh, damn.
Godfrey
Yeah, he was. That's a good guy. He was a nice guy, man.
Co-host 1
And, you know, he's badass.
Godfrey
Looks. Yeah, he looks like he plays the meme.
Co-host 1
Yes, yes.
Co-host 2
Orion in the mask.
Co-host 1
Yeah, yeah, He.
Godfrey
His face is so. Like, he's so pro, but he was. He passed away. Rest in peace. He. Yeah, he was. He was cool as.
Co-host 1
Undetermined death. That's. That's a badass way. That's how I want to go out.
Godfrey
Yeah.
Co-host 1
Undetermined.
Co-host 2
I want to go out determined, but it's like suicide.
Co-host 1
Whereabouts unknown. That's a good one.
Godfrey
Yeah. Well. Yeah, so. Yeah, so. Oh, yeah. Anyway, the. The Trump thing. Adam's like, hey, man, we need to do trump and Biden. We need to do Trump. Biden, dude, you got to come do it. I said, all right. It'd be. It's our first time. Hey, it. He said, your trump is. Come on, man. Shit's crazy. So I said, all right. We go over there. We do it. You know, I go. Here we go. I'm not gonna lie. That was funny. As Adam was really funny.
Co-host 2
Adam's great.
Co-host 1
He's a pro, man. Like an improviser, yo.
Godfrey
He had. You know, he had teleprompter.
Co-host 2
Were you two guys who were neither. I guess Adam was on mad TV for a minute, but you were two guys that could have been on snl, and it just never.
Godfrey
That.
Co-host 2
Just never went that way. But you went. You made your own shit, both of you.
Godfrey
Yeah. I said, why not turn the phone on yourself? I just. During COVID I just took advantage. I was like, we don't have a fucking choice. Did you.
Co-host 2
Were you ever close to snl?
Godfrey
Did I tell you about my audition?
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah. Get in there. I know this is a sore subject.
Godfrey
No, I'm not. I don't. It's not like. It doesn't. It's not a body blow anymore.
Co-host 1
Okay.
Godfrey
It used to be like. Like Hotty Carty, like.
Co-host 1
You know, when they.
Godfrey
The Asians would die in those movies. What about sn? I remember this is when I knew it was getting crazy. When Dane Cook. This is when Dane was in his. Really. That era of when he was really, like, unbearable. It's not me knocking him. He's all right now. But I knew Dane. I knew Dane when he was at the Cellar, man. When he come to seller from Boston, be like, yeah, you know, Right. I knew him when he was a Barry Katz.
Co-host 1
Right.
Godfrey
I mean, what's up, bro? You know, that type of shit. And so I, I. So when he got to a certain level, because he was one of the. Was that me?
Co-host 1
I believe it is. You're blowing up.
Godfrey
No, no, that's. I needed to silence Dang Cook going.
Co-host 2
Shut the up like this.
Godfrey
Dude, I heard you, bro. I got this new film.
Co-host 2
No, I remember we did the half hour in the tank top. I'm like, he didn't have one friend. Be like.
Godfrey
Was funny, though.
Co-host 2
No, no, it was very funny. But the tank top was so bold.
Godfrey
It was bold. And he turned the camera. He went to the camera. Yeah.
Co-host 2
No, it was a good half hour.
Godfrey
It was. So I was like, who is this?
Co-host 2
No, no, it was different for sure.
Godfrey
Yeah. That was great. Yeah, that was. He made me laugh.
Co-host 2
I think sleeves are a good idea for a special. Yeah. Just my opinion.
Godfrey
He was really funny and dope as hell, and I give him his props, but it was a period where he does. He was. He didn't really speak to a lot of us anymore.
Co-host 2
Oh, wow.
Godfrey
He was just. Even though he took the. He had that tour with Goldman.
Co-host 1
Yep.
Godfrey
And Bobby Robbie. Those are the guys he came up with.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
Al Dal Benny.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah, he was.
Godfrey
It was Al Dal Benny and the Monkees. That was a improv group in Boston. It was Robert Kelly, Aldell, Betty, Dane Cook. It was all. And they were all together in Boston.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
And so after he got to a certain level, I mean. And this is not me knocking Dane at all. Just. I just noticed they weren't speaking with each other. It just wasn't. You know, it is what it is. But what the Was I gonna say? Oh, yeah. I remember he told me. He goes. Tayton goes, I don't understand why you're not an snl. That was like. But even I did it again.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Co-host 2
20 years later.
Godfrey
But he even said it. And you know. And he's a guy that could do a lot of stuff too. But, yeah, I've been. I haven't asked that. And I go, yeah, I tried. I tried. Did I tell you the audition? Yeah, but it's on Norton's. I was on Norton's podcast last two weeks ago we're gonna have. And I said I auditioned for it, and it was me, Kevin James.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
Kevin J. Well, Kevin's doing just.
Co-host 1
Sure, sure.
Godfrey
Two sitcoms later.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Co-host 2
In every movie.
Co-host 1
Syndication, man.
Godfrey
Yeah. So boom. It was me. It was a bunch of us, man. Fallon. Whoa. It was Tracy Morgan, Peter Green.
Co-host 1
It was.
Co-host 2
He's like, we do Zed's dad as a sketch.
Godfrey
Yeah. We had to do four characters, four impersonations. I did the character. I did five. I topped it with a Johnny Carson.
Co-host 2
Whoa, wait. Do you remember the other impressions you did?
Godfrey
I don't remember.
Co-host 2
Can you do a good Carson?
Guest
Wow.
Godfrey
Good stuff.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
I did not know that. This guy's gonna be a star. Yeah. I could do him.
Co-host 1
And they gave it to Morgan.
Godfrey
Yeah. Yeah. I. And, you know, it is. I. I didn't even get to the second round.
Co-host 1
Dang.
Godfrey
I got a standing ovation that night. Whoa.
Guest
Yeah.
Godfrey
And I'm coming from Chicago, maybe three years in comedy, and I'm like. I get to my manager, like, okay, you're auditioning. Anthony Michael Hall's dad was my man. Yeah. Andy Michael hall was my friend. Like, I knew it was weird. I know Anthony. Mike. But he's big now, right? You know. You know, I'm a Sixteen Candles, but I know Anthony's 6:2 now, and he's like, what's up, man? I'm like, holy shit.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
And he did Dead Zone.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah.
Godfrey
He was Dead Zone. And his mom is a singer. Mercedes, his mom's a singer. Tom Chastaro's his dad. So it was there I was being managed by Tom Staro. David Klingman. Italian and Jewish combination. And we had Sandra Bullock, John Leguizamo, me, Mike Epps. This guy TK Kirkland got us all together. TK Kirkland. All of them. He got us. He got me that management, because they met him in Chicago. It's. It's. My shit is insanely weird. And that's when. That's the night. That's the year I met. My first roommate was Viola Davis. Geez.
Co-host 2
Yeah, I remember this.
Godfrey
Yeah. Yeah. Upper west side, Juilliard.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God. You know everybody.
Co-host 2
I know things worked out for her.
Co-host 1
Yeah, yeah.
Co-host 2
She's good, man. And she's always good.
Godfrey
And she still has little discrepancies about her pay. Like, they still underpay her because she's a black woman. It's really up. It's like she's just as good as everybody else, and she's still.
Co-host 2
She crushes in everything and every.
Godfrey
And then just imagine her complaining about. And she's at women.
Co-host 2
They never stop.
Co-host 1
We get it.
Godfrey
Monique.
Co-host 2
No, she is. I remember. I remember, like, she was great in every little part. And then she got that role in Doubt, and I Was like, oh, this cast is insane. It was like. It was like her Meryl Strel Stre.
Godfrey
It's the A finals, man. Right?
Co-host 2
No, it's like, every.
Godfrey
When they act, it should be like. Meryl Streep.
Co-host 2
So what happened at the audition?
Godfrey
I went up and I remember. I. You know, I. I was like, man, Eddie Murphy. Because, you know, growing up in Eddie Murphy.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
You're like, fuck, I have a chance. I'm in the city where SNL is. Like, I lived off of snl.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Godfrey
It was the Eddie Murphy show for us. It was Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, of course. And it was just like. It was Eddie Murphy. Fuck, man. And I was like, I have a chance to do snl. This is insane. So I'm fucking nervous as fuck. But then I go in and I murder. And it made me more nervous. I was like, oh. I get off stage. My manager was like, we didn't know you're gonna do that.
Co-host 1
Well, holy.
Godfrey
And I didn't. And after that, I didn't get. Because when I did the Johnny Carson that went. They were like, what the fuck? And it was at the Comic Strip. Comic Strip. When Comic Strip was, like, pretty fucking good with. It was really good with Bob Wax and with Rich Tinkin when he was. And then when he lost his voice. I know when he had his voice, and Lucian was looking like Robert Goulet. So. Yeah. And. Yeah. I was like, damn. So they were like, well, we got to see what happens. I was like. I was. I was like, I can't believe I got a standing ovation and then nothing happened.
Co-host 1
That's crazy.
Co-host 2
No, they didn't give you a reason or anything.
Godfrey
What did he say?
Co-host 2
There was no reason.
Godfrey
No, I didn't get. I just didn't get anywhere. I was like, oh, I guess that's how it's. So you think about it. You're just like, all right. Then you see the people who made it. You're like, oh, I guess that's how it goes.
Co-host 1
Look at the draw. That's the industry back then. He had no control. You. You kill and still get nothing.
Godfrey
But then Daryl Hammond, who was on the show.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
You know. Ah, I go along with negativity.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Out of here.
Co-host 1
I try to help G sell a ticket. What's up, man?
Co-host 2
I just treat you like a dog. I was like, right here.
Godfrey
So I'm in the middle of my. Now, as I was saying, I was like. Daryl Hammond comes up to me a few years later with the seller. Because I. Daryl only talked to Me and a few. Daryl didn't talk to a lot of people. You know, Daryl always dressed in black.
Co-host 1
Yep.
Godfrey
Good comedian, man. Yeah, good comedian, man. And I did so many shows with him.
Co-host 2
The trench coat in the Yankees cap, that was like a safe one.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
All black. He was like the original Blade.
Co-host 2
Amazing. Clinton too.
Godfrey
His Clinton and his jokes were really good.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
You know, and.
Co-host 1
Well, he was dark. He was like a crackhead for a while. Lived in an alcoholic, daughter having problems.
Godfrey
It was a lot. But he would always talk to me and he would go. He goes, hey. He sat next to me at the bar, you know. He says, man, I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time, man. I know. Like. Like what? Like, he goes, he goes, man, I. I remember your audition and at the Comic Strip, I said, what? He's like, I was there. I was sitting right next to Lauren and all the producers. I was sitting right there right next to him. I was watching. And you know, you leveled the place. No one could follow you. It was. It was over. And he goes, it was a. It was a no brainer. But I knew you weren't going to get it. I just. I knew you weren't going to get it. And I said, well, why. You know, he doesn't. Well, he's like, man, they. You would have been too strong for. It would have been. You would have been too strong for the show. That's what he told me. You'd have been too strong for the show. You saw it.
Co-host 2
She's like, your dick is too big. That's why I was like, I don't.
Godfrey
Want to every episode. It's not right. Take all the. And that's not right. Basically, you'd get all the ass.
Co-host 1
Right?
Godfrey
Just keep it real.
Co-host 1
You got free. Come on.
Godfrey
This is a white man talking.
Co-host 1
We're tired of it.
Godfrey
And feeling insufficient.
Co-host 1
God damn it.
Godfrey
Even if you're a eunuch, we still.
Co-host 1
Would believe you had a big.
Godfrey
But, yeah, that was what he told me. He said, I just wanted to give you some closure because I thought it was unfair. And I said, oh, well, that's cool. It's nice to have closure. But you're still like, damn, that sucks. I just want to do well and take over a show. What is that like, hey, give me a script.
Co-host 2
They were scared it was gonna be like ISO ball and you weren't gonna, like, share.
Godfrey
I don't. That's weird. He said, he's told me honest. He said, I'm being honest. I'm on the show. So I'm on the show and I'm a straight white male. Blah, blah, blah. I'm telling you the truth. And I appreciated that. But then I did his podcast, right? Hammond had a podcast. And he goes, I say, were you lying? Goes, telling the truth, man. I was like, just wanted to check.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
You know? But yeah. And then I did a table read with Colin Quinn. Colin calls me, right? He goes, hey, I need you. I need you to do a table read with me. Do all those voices. I need some characters, you know? Yeah. So I. It's called St. Andrew's bones, right? And it was supposed to be produced by Adam Sandler and he wanted. And I went to the SNL studios again. I never been there. So I'm doing this table read. It's me, Tracy Morgan's, a bunch of other. I don't even remember Horatio Sands. It was a bunch of us doing a table read. And I played five characters.
Co-host 1
Jesus.
Godfrey
I played a Dominican. I did. Because it's a real New York movie. Like it's all different races going at each other. And so I did a Dominican, I did a Russian dude. I did all this shit, right?
Co-host 2
Vitor and I just wrote one. We're both Asian men. We're Dominican, Puerto Rican. We try to do everything.
Godfrey
So I just did what?
Co-host 2
I'm a woman, right?
Godfrey
I'm trans. I'm a trans binary.
Co-host 2
I have braids. I want Godfrey to drag them.
Co-host 1
You missed that point part.
Godfrey
You missed that part. And let's let him. Let him marinate. Let him marinate in wonder.
Co-host 1
I watch this episode, Godfrey.
Godfrey
Oh, I know what you guys were talking about. I reviewed it.
Co-host 2
My favorite Godfrey character is 80s bully. Oh, yeah, he does 80s bully very well.
Godfrey
Which one do I do? Which one do I do? The moves after. Ready? Do the moves.
Co-host 2
Yeah, do the moves.
Godfrey
Get your ass at the contest, man. Let's get out of here. Dragons.
Co-host 1
Move.
Godfrey
That's unbelievable.
Guest
I want you finish up what you're saying because I have. I have a question I've got to ask you about.
Co-host 1
Okay.
Godfrey
Okay, here we go. Like this. Slow down. Fire. Slow down. Like this. I want him now.
Co-host 1
Put him in a body bag.
Godfrey
Dead, bro. You're cruising for a bruise. Yeah, they go in a drop top.
Co-host 1
You know he's jumping a convertible.
Godfrey
Yeah, don't worry about him. They're a bunch of losers, man.
Co-host 1
Yeah, they're picking up the books that he knocked out. Yeah, he's like this.
Godfrey
I guess you're going to do homework, huh?
Co-host 1
Yeah, the woo.
Godfrey
You're lucky, buddy.
Co-host 1
Woo.
Godfrey
Watch Out.
Co-host 1
Slow down.
Godfrey
Don't give him too much buddy.
Guest
SNL was right.
Godfrey
Nice. By the way. Gary Veer.
Co-host 2
We didn't even intro him for the audio listeners. Gary Veer's in the building, man.
Guest
You need some introduction.
Co-host 2
You need one desperate.
Godfrey
Felt like you need me at one point in Pickle ball. Not really a real sport. But you want.
Co-host 1
That's all we have left is pickleball. A black guy playing hockey now?
Godfrey
For Christ sake. You know hockey was invented by black people.
Co-host 2
Was it?
Godfrey
No.
Co-host 1
Come on.
Godfrey
Show the Color Hockey League. I love it.
Co-host 1
I love it.
Godfrey
That's why I do it. 1895. It's not even February yet. Come on. 1895. Colored Hockey League? What? For two. 22 years before the NHL.
Guest
We don't like to talk about this.
Godfrey
We'll be editing that out, man.
Co-host 1
Rivalry.
Co-host 2
That show's not going over in the black. You know that.
Co-host 1
That is weird.
Godfrey
18. But you showed it. You showed it. Show the photos. Can you show the photos of the Color Hockey League? Please? Please? In the Maritimes. Thank you. There it is.
Co-host 1
1895.
Guest
Lord.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
That's showed up there.
Co-host 1
What color was the puck?
Godfrey
It was. It was black. Still.
Co-host 1
Okay. Okay.
Godfrey
And that's the only thing left. Here we go.
Co-host 1
Oh, my lord.
Godfrey
So that's 1895 in the Maritimes. Prince Edward Islands. That's Nova Scotia. Yeah.
Co-host 1
Holy.
Godfrey
So they created the slap shot to create. This is real. It's a book called Black Ice written by a white dude. So you'll read it.
Co-host 1
Okay.
Godfrey
So. And it was on ESPN. Did a 30 by 30 on it.
Co-host 1
I gotta watch this. Fascinating.
Godfrey
So we were playing hockey before. And ever since then we've been skating on thin ice. Listen, guys, taste the veal. I'll be here all night. Hey, Cat Skills. Ho. Whoa. I opened up for Freddie Roman. Hey. H. Oh. Oh.
Co-host 1
Taste the soup.
Godfrey
Hey, Jackie Mason. Oh, Freddie Roman. I did have to do. I did a.
Co-host 1
A Friars Club.
Godfrey
I. No, I did a.
Co-host 2
He was old Charity.
Godfrey
Didn't he just pass away?
Co-host 2
He's a nice guy.
Co-host 1
Really.
Godfrey
I don't think he's still alive, is he?
Co-host 1
I think he is.
Godfrey
I don't even. Freddie Roman. Is he still alive? Oh, 20, 22. Listen, he lived long. Man. That dude was funny.
Co-host 1
Really? He was old school.
Godfrey
Really old school. But he was. Was like dirty.
Co-host 1
Yeah, me.
Godfrey
But he was funny. I had to do a cystic fibrosis thing with this guy. Remember Jay Fiedler Feeler? The quarterback?
Co-host 2
Jewish.
Godfrey
He was.
Co-host 2
Fans, we don't have a lot. We like to watch out he was a fan.
Godfrey
He was a fan of mine. So he came Boston comedy clubs, like, dude, I want you. Can you do a charity for me, man? It's going to be like. The Patriots will be there, bro. I was with Scott Stapp from Creed. And I was with Ricky Williams, the running back.
Co-host 1
It was like a mad.
Godfrey
Listen, listen. It was a golfing thing. I was just with Scott Station. Scott Step was out of Creed. This is not. When I. Can you take me higher? Then when he was all slim and cool to a place where blind.
Co-host 2
Man, did he get fat or something?
Godfrey
Yeah, he got chunky. I think he's back all right now. But he was a little chunky.
Co-host 2
Now he's asking if they could take him lower on the scale.
Co-host 1
You gotta stop eating.
Godfrey
Hey, good. What a crowd. What a crowd. What a crowd. So I. So he was there, and I go, that's Scott Stam. I was like, hey, Scott. It was just this golf thing. It was so weird. And then Ricky Williams.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Running back, Big J. That's so good. That's a good one.
Co-host 1
The early Big J, though.
Godfrey
Legion of Skanks. He's in a new group. But, yeah, so it was. And. And so we had to do this comedy show. And a cystic fibrosis. It was so bad. It was like. Like all old Jewish people giving money. Jay Fiedlers with his crew. Then there's some guys, McGinnis, all those guys from the Patriots, they're like, yo, you going up? I go, yeah. I don't know when. Oh, man, it was so uncomfortable. Freddie Roman gets up there and they all know who Freddie Roman is. He's murdering.
Co-host 1
I don't know, one Roman bit.
Godfrey
But he's doing his show. I go to the doctor. You know that type of shit. Yeah, yeah, but it's funny. I ain't gonna lie. This is funny.
Co-host 1
I love it.
Godfrey
He goes. I couldn't believe it. He's doing. He's destroy. Like these.
Co-host 1
Right, right.
Godfrey
Kill it. And your premium. You know your premium. The kicker from the Dolphins who fucked up. He's the finger premium. Look up your premium. He's the kicker from the 70s with Larry Zonka and Mercury Morris and those guys. When the Dolphins and the 70, it's Don Shuler. You premium?
Co-host 1
You premium.
Godfrey
You spell that as you premiere some. He's.
Co-host 2
I think that's what we're trying to get from Russia right now. Is he?
Godfrey
Yeah, right. He's the kicker. Who's the kicker? Famous.
Co-host 1
There he is. Garrow. Was that Greek, you premian?
Godfrey
Oh, that should be Armenian.
Co-host 1
Oh, look at that mug.
Godfrey
That's our me. That's Armenian. Anytime you see A I, N means it's Armenian.
Co-host 1
Kardashian.
Godfrey
Y, A N or a N. Right. Ocean, you know, like.
Co-host 2
Yeah, that guy, the actor.
Godfrey
Then there's this Erician. Cher is Armenian. Sarkisian. She's Armenian. So I A N or Y. N means they're Armenian.
Co-host 1
Got it right.
Godfrey
So that's your premier. So he was there. They were roasting him. So he's on this big ass chair while Freddy's doing comedy. What the fuck is going on? And he's talking about this guy. He's just. And they're laughing. Boom. It was these strangest.
Co-host 1
Whoa.
Godfrey
And then. Wait, I don't get to go up yet. They gotta have people whose family members are suffering from cystic fibrosis.
Guest
Yeah.
Godfrey
So they're up there telling stories. People are crying. You ready for the next comedian? It's me.
Co-host 1
Oh, boy.
Godfrey
I'm like.
Co-host 2
And Lorne Michaels is in the crowd. He's like, yeah, let's see what you.
Godfrey
Can do with my people. So he goes, jay, feeder's like, yo, yeah, you got it. I go to fuck. And everyone's like, sad. So I'm going up, doing my jokes. I don't even remember, but I'm eating. I'm eating my balls, man. I'm like. Then I just go, wow. And I start dogging. He's still sitting there. I don't know this guy. So I just start shitting on him a little bit. And then it's kind of working. It's kind of working, right? And so then I go, yeah, this is an all Jewish little. This is an all Jewish event. I could see that. And he goes, but Jay Fiedler is. I didn't know he was Jewish. A Jewish quarterback. Jesus Christ. What is that? Like in the huddle, he murdered. Murder. I go, okay, this is what we're gonna do. That's Jay. That's Jay.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Co-host 1
There he is.
Godfrey
This is what we're gonna do.
Co-host 2
How's it go? Not well. Look at the record.
Godfrey
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was like, okay, this is what we're gonna do. You. You go this way. And da, da. They go, yo, the schwache just run. The place went crazy.
Co-host 1
That's great.
Godfrey
I was like, good night.
Co-host 1
Wow. Damn.
Godfrey
I. I had no other.
Co-host 1
You got out of it.
Guest
That's killer.
Co-host 1
You pulled it out. You pulled a Hail Mary.
Godfrey
I was right. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah. So where was I?
Co-host 1
Wait, wait, I want to hear about the. The Dr. Phil Trump.
Godfrey
Oh, wait, but first, the. The table read, so.
Co-host 1
Oh, sorry, Quinn.
Godfrey
Table read, right. So this lady comes up to me, blonde lady comes up to me, said, we're taking a break, right. To get into water. Who are you? Who are you? What are you? I said, I'm Colin's friend. Just reading Tilbury. I didn't know who she was. It was Calvin Klein's daughter, Marcy Klein, who is. Who ran snl.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
I was like, yeah, let's show her.
Co-host 1
Marcy Warner was the combo.
Godfrey
Sorry, no, Marcy. Yeah, her. So she comes to me, hey, who you? I go, I'm just reading with Colin Quinn. Just read. Helping him read out. She goes, I just saw you transition from accent to accent with. With just ease. What the. What's your name?
Co-host 2
I'm seeing a transition that good since SiriusXM front desk.
Godfrey
So I got there, she said, I need your information. Da, da, da. I was like, oh, I didn't know who's. And. And Colin's like, dude, she never does that. That's. That's great. That's amazing. I go, all right. So I went to. I went to my. I was William Morris at the time. And I said, hey. I told them. He was like, marcy, you get the out of here. I go, no, Marcy Klein. She talked to me. I was doing a read. Snl. She goes, that might be your end right there. Are you fucking kidding me? I go, yeah. Boom. Nothing happened. He got there. Nothing. It was all just radio silence. Daryl was probably right this whole time, but I didn't. I didn't. I was just going there for a table read.
Co-host 1
Damn.
Godfrey
Yeah.
Guest
Did they never. They audition people twice ever. Like, they'll have some people.
Godfrey
Melissa Villasenor went three times.
Co-host 1
Three times.
Godfrey
She. I knew. I worked with her at Montreal. She tried out three times.
Guest
Because in the business, I always find that to be the craziest thing. Like when they say, oh, I. I don't want this pilot. But it's like, you made it to, like. So you've so far in the line.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Guest
And then they say, no, it's like, how about a rewrite Again?
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
If I made it to, like, Second. If I made it to, like, callbacks, then you got. Might have a reason to go, you know what? Let me. Let me come back. But I didn't even get to that.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Stan didn't get to that. And then Jamie Masada calls me, you know. You know Jamie Masada?
Co-host 2
Sure.
Co-host 1
Laugh Factory.
Godfrey
He goes, you know, I could do Jamie, right? He's a Persian. Persian. He goes, hey, buddy, listen, I have. I want. I have good comedy with SNL coming to Laugh Factory. I need you, buddy, to come audition for Laugh Factory. He said, no, you can do it. I know you can get it. I said, jamie, I'm not doing that. I. I'm not. They don't fuck with me.
Co-host 2
I don't.
Godfrey
He goes, what are you talking about? Fuck you, sucking. You're the best. You do so character V. Everything you have to calm, Buddy. I. I fly you out, no problem. I said, no, I'm not doing it. I'm not with doing it. He's like, I'm still. You have to come. They gave it to Finesse Mitchell that year. I wasn't going to audition. I already got. You know, it's already like, beat a dead horse. Like, sure, I get it. I got the message. I'm like, yes, I know.
Co-host 1
But if Finesse can get it, come on, somebody.
Godfrey
Well, hey, I'm just saying. I ain't saying nothing about anybody.
Co-host 1
Finesse.
Godfrey
No, but it is good for them guys that got it. But I just. They weren't with me.
Co-host 2
It.
Godfrey
What it is.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
So it's like a chick, man. She don't like you, and you're better off.
Co-host 1
You. You couldn't barely get up at noon for serious. You can't go to SNL all morning, all night.
Co-host 2
You made your own thing.
Godfrey
Yeah, I made my own. Yeah. That's just to say I made my own thing. And it's. It's paid off. I didn't know what was going to happen. I just said, it's Covid. And you know who I was listening to? Damon Dash. You know Damon Dash?
Co-host 2
Sure.
Co-host 1
Producer.
Godfrey
I was watching him on his live one time. I was like, what the fuck am I doing during COVID And he was talking his shit. You know, Dave Dash is like, yo, you know what I'm do? He's like, this is time where artists, all artists. You should be doing shit. You should be creating, man, because nobody's doing anything. If you ain't an artist doing something on these fucking social media, you're fucking dumbass. And I said, he's right. And I just took it and started. I started doing sketches with, like, King Batch and all these big creators and shit, these social media creators. I just said, let me get out of my own way and just. Just do it with these guys. And it. And it worked. Yeah, it worked. You got to get out of your own ego, man. Yeah, you got to get if. If things aren't happening because I Wasn't.
Co-host 2
We didn't get better.
Godfrey
What?
Co-host 2
You didn't get better?
Godfrey
No, I was like, yeah, don't get bitter, get better. So that's from Wallow. Wallow.
Guest
And you didn't take a break for two years either?
Godfrey
No, I took no breaks. I was doing the. The virtual comedy with Ben Glebe and those guys doing Nowhere. Nowhere comedy club.com.
Co-host 2
I was doing gigs in nursing homes and, you know, covert at the time.
Co-host 1
But I don't think.
Godfrey
I don't give a. I was doing parking lots where they honked the horn. But the. No, the nowhere comedy club, the digital. I made money off that.
Co-host 1
Damn. You could.
Godfrey
Cuz you could book. Yeah, you could. The seating is. Is unlimited. Cuz it's.
Co-host 1
Right, right.
Godfrey
So.
Co-host 2
Cuz it's horrible.
Godfrey
Right, right. It's like. But there you have your little laptop. You hear people going.
Co-host 1
And you.
Co-host 2
And I saw one guy put a gun in his mouth during one of my jokes.
Godfrey
Like, don't do it.
Co-host 1
I did one with Jeffrey Tubin. It was.
Godfrey
So. It was. Yeah. So that worked. It worked. The money. I was getting some money, you know, every couple weeks, a couple thousand dollars.
Co-host 2
You're going to work on a laptop, though. It's like.
Godfrey
But you want to work even if you're in your shorts on a fake Michael and you put a dumb sheet to make it. It's just. It was embarrassing. But I was. Hey, I was getting some money from that. I'm surviving.
Co-host 1
It was something.
Godfrey
And then just. Yeah. Doing. So this. This is what. This is what it's come to. So it's. I'm glad I did it. It. You know, I'm saying, had to do it.
Co-host 1
I mean, I remember doing those parking lot shows. Cars would honk as a laugh and if you really killed, you got the wipers.
Godfrey
Yeah, yeah.
Guest
Because the car they had at the radio station, it was like a drive in.
Godfrey
Exactly. They connected the sound.
Co-host 1
Exactly.
Godfrey
And it was like if it didn't look like a sound, like a traffic jam. You were bombing. Yeah.
Co-host 2
Like a dystopian end of a movie before you commit suicide. It's so sad. This is my job now.
Godfrey
Well, we created. We were doing rooftops. Right. Where you or the truck with Michael Che.
Co-host 1
Oh yeah.
Co-host 2
That show in LA too.
Godfrey
We were. We were survive, man. We did our thing, man.
Co-host 1
Cockroaches.
Godfrey
I did.
Co-host 2
We are cockroaches.
Godfrey
When I did Las Vegas Laugh Factory. You talk about weird. I met Rich Little.
Co-host 1
Jesus Christ.
Godfrey
Rich Little was doing a show. We were doing Covid shows.
Co-host 1
This is Gary Little.
Godfrey
There was only 25. You can only do 25 people in the room. So there's 25 people six feet away.
Co-host 2
25 people, 800 seater. Great idea.
Godfrey
No, yeah, yeah. Like a 325 people six feet away. It was the weirdest. And Vegas was shut down.
Co-host 1
Yep.
Godfrey
It was the barely lights on.
Co-host 2
Vegas hasn't come really come back.
Godfrey
No, it was.
Co-host 2
Some of it is online.
Godfrey
It was desolate, bro. It was like. And I was do. And Rich Little show was before mine. I. I go, are you kidding me? Rich Little. He goes, yeah, you want to go see? I go, yeah. I go see him. He's 82. I go. And he's still doing Carson and like, Reagan Will. Hey. I was like, he's doing old Lauren's.
Co-host 2
Like, you got snl. That's a good Carson right there.
Godfrey
And then I met him because I had to. You know, you got to go and change. Like, you know, whatever. When. You know, when you come in, that person leaves and you get the green room. He took a picture of me. I never. I grew up on Rich Little.
Co-host 2
Sure.
Godfrey
And I met him.
Co-host 2
He.
Godfrey
He. How many presidents has he.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God. Yeah, he still.
Godfrey
He was very nice. He's eight. But he was still. Like, I talked. He was still, like, concerned about how he did. Oh, he's like. He's talking to his manager.
Co-host 1
That's great.
Godfrey
We gotta sharpen up the. We gotta sharpen up the. The Reagan. I didn't really like the. No, he was still.
Co-host 1
I love that.
Co-host 2
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Godfrey
A. Blink taken a little.
Co-host 1
No matter.
Guest
No matter how long, like, you're doing comedy, if you take a little time off or in that case, pandemic is like, you're taking a. Almost like a year. Not really getting up. You just feel the need. Like, how am I like, you feel.
Godfrey
It was really tripped out.
Guest
So him, though, somebody that old just coming, like, doing it here and there. I can only feel like you're not doing well no matter what because you're totally. Like, you're yourself.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Guest
If you have a regular.
Godfrey
All his friends are going, like, pretty much going.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Unless he calls Dick Van Dyke.
Co-host 2
If you're that old during COVID doing stand up, you're like, oh, this is like a health risk maybe, right?
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Maybe it's his suicide. It. I'm going all out.
Co-host 2
He died on stage. No, he actually died.
Godfrey
Mic drop. For real.
Guest
I always wanted to ask you about Zoolander. How did that happen? Like, was that around the SNL time?
Co-host 1
You nailed that role?
Godfrey
I don't yeah, that was during 9 11. So you know what's funny is.
Co-host 2
Yeah, that's how I remember the times. I was like the towers and Godfrey did a cameo.
Godfrey
I auditioned for the movie and I did audition for Ben Stiller. I was. It was somewhere where we. Ben Stiller was in the room and I was like. He wanted me to play one of the models that was at the gas station.
Co-host 1
Oh, with the hoses.
Godfrey
The models at the gas station. Right, right. Yeah.
Co-host 2
Fun scene too.
Godfrey
Here I am, right here. There you are. There you are. Oh yeah. So I have to imitate his voice.
Co-host 1
Nail, can we play it or is it going to be a no?
Godfrey
I think it's understand where you're coming from. I feel really bad that good looking people like us made you grow up and feel bad about yourself. Wow.
Co-host 1
You nail. You could have his wife probably on the phone.
Godfrey
So, so, so, yeah. I did the pause, I did the little face. That was improvised. He does blue steel. Yeah, I improv. That was like. So, so.
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Godfrey
Went in, and I was supposed to my the models that are at the gas station doing that goofy shit. So I came in as a model, and I did some weird. Because I knew model dudes and shit. So I was doing some weird model dumb shit. I don't remember the scene. And then I left. And he goes, oh, thanks a lot. Boom. Then they were like, hey, man, my agent, like, stiller liked you a lot. He wants you to come back. I was like, oh, cool. And so I go back, like, two days later, and he goes, man, you were. Man, I really liked what you did, man. You were so fucking funny on the model thing. But you were too funny. You're too funny to be a model. Models are not that funny. But I have something else for you. Can you imitate me? Like, the Zoolander voice? I said, yeah. And he goes, yeah, I'm gonna give you that. So. Because I'm gonna change into a black dude. We're trying to break into balls modeling. So he's an Indian guy. Owen Wilson turns into the Indian man. Yeah. And you turn. So can you do me? I go, yeah, I can do you. And he started talking. I did exactly what he did. He goes, okay, I'll see you next week. And then I said, oh, but first, I have a friend named Judah Friedlander who's been in your movies, like Meet the Fox. He's always in your movies. Do you have a part for him?
Co-host 1
Whoa.
Godfrey
And that's how he got in. He plays Vince McMahon.
Guest
You asked for Judah to be in.
Co-host 1
He's in that.
Godfrey
Yeah, yeah.
Co-host 1
He'.
Co-host 2
Brother.
Guest
He's a brother.
Godfrey
He's a brother. The coal miner. He's doing this. That's right when it was Vince in the beginning.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
You think you're better than us?
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
Godfrey
So I asked. I said. I said, yeah. I said, hey, do you have a part for. Do you have a part for Judah? I like doing that.
Guest
That's amazing. And Judah was great to meet the parents.
Godfrey
Remember? Yeah, yeah, he's great.
Guest
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Godfrey
We got mom.
Co-host 2
He's also got much of a poggio.
Godfrey
That's the American Splendor.
Co-host 2
Amazing movie. Yeah, he's great in it.
Godfrey
He's great. So I. And so I asked, yeah, do you have Judah? He goes, oh, you know what? I never. I said, yeah, I should see if you Got a part for him.
Co-host 2
That's a heat check.
Godfrey
He goes, Judah goes, dude, thanks a lot, man. Yo, Ben Stiller just called me, man. He's gonna be. We're gonna be. I'm gonna be in the movie with you, bro.
Co-host 1
Damn.
Godfrey
So Judah got in because I. I'm always. I was around. I was always around Judah a lot.
Co-host 2
I did that in Joker. I was like, this guy, Joaquin Phoenix. You should look at him. It's not a big deal.
Godfrey
And you know, his brother's brother's a therapist. Judah's brother. You see, his brother looks just like him, but no beard. But he's a therapist. He's my therapist. Showed up. Judah wears a mask. Judah got a ma. I'm like, come on, Judah. Judah's son. Funny. I love Judah.
Guest
That black and white special is killer. That one they put out.
Godfrey
Judah's Amazing and How to Beat Up Anybody.
Co-host 1
His book. Yeah, yeah.
Godfrey
Just really goofy.
Co-host 1
He's just very original.
Godfrey
He's one of my favorites. And. And so, yeah, so after that, when the DVD came out, there's, you know. You know, there's a director's, like, commentary.
Guest
Yeah.
Godfrey
So Ben Stiller is talking about me and Judah, saying that we were roommates. Hey, those guys are roommates. You know, I love what they did. They're roommate. We were like, all right. We weren't roommates. But he hooked. I hooked. I'm glad he got in. That's the type of shit I do, though.
Co-host 1
That's room.
Godfrey
And I go, hey, you got any other parts for people?
Co-host 1
We were.
Guest
We were talking about how. Because apparently they don't want callbacks in movies anymore. Like, that's. People can't have.
Godfrey
Pay attention.
Guest
But Zoolander has a classic callback with Blue Steel.
Co-host 2
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. For attention. Now, they don't want. Because people, like, on their phones. It's like, well, then you're just making a shittier movie.
Co-host 1
How sad is that?
Godfrey
No one's going to see these movies.
Co-host 1
Right.
Godfrey
That's why these. These. These comedies are. Are trash. That's why people rather. Rather watch Golden Girls than a lot of this. That's on. Because when you watch. When I watch all in the Family, sometimes I'll watch old. And I go, God damn, this was brilliant.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
Carol o'. Connor.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
The levels that he took bigotry to.
Co-host 1
I know.
Godfrey
And you still liked him.
Co-host 1
You loved him.
Godfrey
That's just serious. Serious skills.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Like. And he. In his interview. I watch a lot of old interviews. He goes, you know, I'm not. I'm not really, I'm not. I'm not like that. That. I'm not that guy. But I'm glad people. But I wanted people to make sure they separated me from that because I'm not that. I'm not a bigot. Like that. Yeah.
Co-host 2
Thank God I'm actually that racist.
Godfrey
That day when he goes, jesus, eat it, the C. You're coming again, man. But Archie, you can't say nothing. Oh, come on. Idiots. You know that. Just phenomenal.
Co-host 2
It's a brilliant show.
Co-host 1
That's one thing I think we've lost. Like, you know, people like crowds are so sensitive.
Godfrey
We need to bring that back.
Co-host 1
We need to bring back the idea that you can say something and not mean it. That's where people.
Godfrey
We need to bring racial shit.
Co-host 1
Yes.
Godfrey
Done smartly. Not hacky. Because there's hacky. Racial shit.
Co-host 1
Of course.
Godfrey
You ever see hacky, you go, can you. Even though it's like, I know it's racist, but can you do it better? Yeah. Update your race.
Co-host 2
It's like cheap violence. Earn it, man.
Godfrey
Earn it. Like, if you're going to do something racial, do it in a funny. Like, there's a Daniel Tosh joke that I love, and I did a lot of shows with Daniel Tosh.
Co-host 1
Love Daniel.
Godfrey
Talk to everybody. Anybody. No, he talked to me, though.
Co-host 2
Hey, Tosh doing the show. What happened with that?
Godfrey
Tosh is not to crack what I look at what I like about him. He's family guy. He just goes about his business. He always showed me, like, just. We always talk to him, you know, and he goes something about those guys that don't talk to people. Always talk to me.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Tell would call me and be like, he's like, I got a line for you gotta learn. For my black friend. He would give me punch, like, punch ups.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah.
Godfrey
Oh, yeah. Tell would do a lot of shit like that for me.
Co-host 1
He's the man.
Godfrey
You know what I mean? But it's nice when you get respected by these certain people. I don't ask for it. I just, you know. But Tosh did a joke about black people, which is so great. He goes. He goes, you know, I'm going to tell you, black people, you guys, you guys are the most talented, you fucking the best. You're smart, you're innovative. I mean, Jesus Christ, you guys are the trendsetters. The slavery thing, I don't know how we got away with that slavery thing.
Co-host 1
Oh, how do we pull that off?
Godfrey
How did we pull it? Yeah, so good. But that's how you do it, right? That's how you do it. Like when Louis CK does the end, that's how you do it.
Co-host 2
Yeah. With the Louie's bit about the. Like. I'm not saying. I'm not saying white people the best, but being white is clearly the best. That's a great Louis bit.
Godfrey
How you do it, man? Yeah, it's comedy.
Co-host 1
There's still a turn. There's a punch.
Co-host 2
There's an honesty to it, and it's not cheap.
Godfrey
It's honesty and it's real. Put. Put the art in it, man. Yes, put the art in it.
Co-host 2
I think we also feel that he honed that joke like that didn't maybe didn't come out perfect, and he had to figure it out. And you respect that?
Godfrey
Figure it out. Because it's a tight situation to be in.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Godfrey
Any. I do dracious now you don't get.
Guest
A chance to figure it out.
Co-host 1
That's what I'm saying. We've lost that part.
Godfrey
I got racial that I want to do about white, but I want to make it creative. Okay, okay, we got that. That. But are here for comedy. It's not fair that I can't be Malcolm X. No, you got to be Dick Gregory or Carl or something. You know what I mean? Craft the joke.
Co-host 1
We get it.
Godfrey
White people. All right.
Co-host 2
That would be a good. That'd be a funny character, though. The comic who does with no punchlines like this.
Godfrey
And white folks ain't. Good night. Give it up for my man. Comedy. I saw that would be funny. And I'm just saying, I. A white girl over revenge. Peace. Give it up for my man. Yeah, my man. The one. The militant one.
Co-host 1
Yeah. Follow me on Instagram.
Godfrey
Yeah, man. That's all I tell any comic, whether even if even Nick depalo is as racist funny as.
Co-host 1
As funny.
Godfrey
Such great crafted jokes. I used to be in the audience laughing. He goes, I love it when Godfrey's in the audience. I would. Because I would come down to watch because he would get so angry, but he was still so funny.
Co-host 1
So he's got one of my favorite Jew jokes of all time. He goes, I was in the class, but I was trying to buy a car. I. I called a guy up, I said, hey, I want to buy your car. The guy goes, come over. And he goes, all right, I'm going to negotiate with this guy. I'm going to really, you know, work him down. Guy answers the door, it's a Hasidic Jew. He goes, oh, I didn't know I was dealing with a black belt.
Godfrey
That's funny. That's how you do it. You misdirect different words. That's how you fucking do it, man. No matter what your mentality is, you get the intent.
Guest
The intent is to make people laugh.
Godfrey
Put the art there. Don't go, oh, man, is this sensitive? No. You're not doing the joke right, brother? Yeah, we're not about sensitivity. Do it, craft it. Trick us.
Co-host 2
Nick had that joke about checking into a hotel and there was a shit in his toilet and he called the front desk goes, you know, most hotels leave a mint on your pillow. You guys are really going the extra mile here.
Godfrey
That's brilliant. He's a really great comedian. And I don't. I don't like when he gets. I hate when he goes so far.
Co-host 2
Yeah, when he goes a little. He goes a little far.
Godfrey
I go, dude, you. You were hired by Chris Rock.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Co-host 1
Right.
Godfrey
You know, and I, I was one of your favorite guys. We taught. It's like, no, I know why?
Co-host 2
Like, well, because, you know, because, you know, he has it in him. So when he goes lazy, you're like, do. When he just opens the set, like Kamala Harris. You like. No, that's not the joke.
Godfrey
It's not the joke.
Co-host 1
Anybody can do that.
Godfrey
Yeah, anybody.
Co-host 2
We know you have.
Godfrey
Yeah, but you, you're so good. You're so quick. And I really. And I'm a fan of Nick Deo. It's sad cuz I. Now he's in Georgia.
Co-host 1
I know, I know.
Godfrey
And he's just.
Co-host 2
I go, that's not going to help things.
Godfrey
Yeah. And Nick, And Nick, you don't. You look Arabic anyway, so relax. You're kind of swarthy.
Co-host 1
Yeah, he's a guinea.
Godfrey
Yeah. You're very awful. Olive.
Co-host 1
Right, Right.
Godfrey
Very olive complected. Stay out of the sun. You better have a parasol because they're.
Co-host 2
Gonna excuse the color of my pants.
Godfrey
But it's a. You know, he's a beast.
Co-host 1
I like, I like Nick, but just to the crowds. You want, let us get there, we'll get there. Just let us get there. Because I think they hear buzzwords and.
Godfrey
Stuff, and we all are responsible for that. We're comedians and people of different races come and see me. So how am I gonna do this clan joke? And you know, how am I gonna do it properly?
Co-host 1
Right?
Godfrey
You know, and I say, I'm. I say, well, I think the clan. You guys got to get better uniforms. Serious. Really? A sheet. Can we go couture? I was like, I wish KKK was a gay guy.
Co-host 1
Part of it also is.
Guest
The crowds have gotten.
Godfrey
They're.
Guest
I mean, in Manhattan, they're younger.
Co-host 1
They're.
Guest
I mean, we've gotten older, I guess. But also, it's like they're a little younger, so they're experiencing comedy for the first time.
Co-host 1
But.
Godfrey
But here's the thing, though, too. Comedy is an older person's sport. Because when you ever. You ever do a college, and then there's a kid that's from the college who's gonna open up for you, and they don't relate because they don't have enough experience. You have to have done that already, and then you bring it back. Because I'm a college grad, so I know about college. So when I do college shit, they go, fuck, yeah. Because I know it already. It's a weird thing. Comedy's a thing where to me, comedy is a thing where you have to know something first, then you come back and tell it. You know what I mean? Because people your age don't. They don't respect you. They're not respecting your authority, first of all. They're just like. You know, your friend's like, yeah, my friend, he's afraid. He's just starting to do comedy, right? Your friends like, yeah, Brett.
Guest
Like, you're 20, and then your friends are 20 in the crowd.
Godfrey
There's no separation of authority. There's no respect of the craft. If you're like, we gotta figure it out. Something at a college that was like, oh, this guy has something over us. There's a. There's a respect. I'm telling you, it's like a dog. Audiences are like dogs. They can smell. They can smell, and it can dominate you.
Guest
I remember watching Louie back like this. I guess this is pre. Maybe even pre Lucky Louie.
Godfrey
Yeah, he was.
Guest
What was before what was first Lucky Lou. And then, you know, he's talking about his kids and stuff, and you're just like, you related. You didn't relate, but, like, you. This, to me, was the funniest thing ever.
Co-host 1
Right.
Guest
Even though I didn't have kids.
Godfrey
This is what I'm saying. Saying comedy is a. Is an art form of experience.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Co-host 2
And.
Godfrey
And none. It doesn't matter how old you are. I see. Oh, Ted, you know. God damn it. Tim Reed. No, not Tim Reed. Oh, God. It was titting. He did a biracial comedy duo in the 70s.
Co-host 2
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
Godfrey
Oh, God. Tom Dreeson from Chicago. Yeah. I grew up watching Tom Dreeson on commercials in Chicago.
Co-host 1
Oh, wow.
Guest
So Tom Drieson, they've been in biracial Be careful everybody.
Godfrey
No, they were the first. It was Tim and Tom. They would. Did. They did. They were just in the 70s. See them? That was Tim Reed from WKRP.
Co-host 1
Uhhuh.
Godfrey
Tim Reed. And they were the first like biracial. He told. I've sit. I sit with him all the time. He. Because he's from Chicago and he raised money for his. I think his sister passed away from this disease. So he had this big, big benefit fundraiser in Chicago. So we knew him for that.
Co-host 1
Oh, that guy.
Godfrey
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Co-host 1
He was on sitcoms.
Godfrey
He's 80 something years old now.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
Yeah, he came to my show in Virgin. His wife who played the second Aunt Viv on.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Godfrey
So Tim Reed is great. He came and saw. Watched my show. And so Tom Driessen does comedy at.
Co-host 2
The Laugh Open for Sinatra forever.
Godfrey
And he's funny. He's. But his jokes are well written. It's still funny. Yeah, but he's what, 80? Maybe.
Co-host 1
Oh yeah.
Godfrey
But why are we still laughing? Because it's a, it's. It's. It. I. Comedy is a, is a, is an experience thing. You have to have a little more information than the people. You know what I mean? Or as much information. That's all it's about. Because if you have information about being a teenager, you're gonna make them laugh, right? Because they go. Because they're really going. Yeah, yeah. Because it happened to me already.
Co-host 1
Exactly. I did a college once. I was talking about a shitty job I had. They never had jobs. So I was eating. Then I had to be like, that guy's a virgin. And they're like. That was my like rip cord.
Godfrey
Right, right. So that's, that's. That's where I. It comes from.
Co-host 2
So you're from Nebraska originally, right?
Godfrey
I was born in Nebraska.
Co-host 2
We were just in Omaha. I was like, I think, God, right.
Godfrey
I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Co-host 1
They pushed your black ass out of there.
Godfrey
My parents left, but they. Nigeria to Nebraska.
Co-host 1
Damn.
Guest
Father, how'd you end, How'd you end up there though?
Co-host 2
Connect.
Godfrey
My father was. My father was. My father was at a teach an educate teacher school, Dana College, which was outside of Lincoln. My father was there at. And my father used to always tell me about Dana College. Dana College. I was like, University of Nebraska cornholes you talking about? He's like, no, I went to a school, Dana College, blah blah, blah. I said. And then one day I finally did Omaha Funny bone. The funny bone, right? And I never been in Nebraska. This was like three, four years ago.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
And I'm like, okay. And so I was like, oh. So I'm on stage having fun and they go, you guys heard about Dana College? Dana College? I was like, oh, I thought it was. He's like, no, it's kind of defunct and it turned into Midwestern university and I don't think they use the campus anymore. This is my father. This is late 60s, early 70s dude. So I was like. So I go. And this dude goes, hey, man, I could take you to that place where your father went to school. Cool. I could take you if you want to go. I go, yeah. So he takes me. It's like a good almost two hours.
Co-host 2
It's like field of dreams.
Godfrey
Build it and they will come. And just to smart. Oh, you got. Oh, wow. Dana. That's where my dad went. And what's really crazy.
Co-host 1
Oh, there it is.
Godfrey
And the fact that my father coming straight from Nigeria to this bumble town and imagine crazy. So I wouldn't be here doing a podcast or stand up comedy if my dad didn't do this. I. I really look at it going it me up. I go. My father came. He was. He had a job. He had a job in Omaha, you know, washing dishes and to pay for his school, like he was. He would tell me the stories. Like I'd be so tired driving from Omaha to Lincoln, you know, and you know, you're the only like black family. And his next door neighbors were from India. India. So they were like the immigrants.
Co-host 1
So this is your sitcom.
Godfrey
Yeah, right. I wouldn't be here. My father.
Co-host 1
That's a good one.
Godfrey
And by the way, by you writing it. No. And also my parents left from civil war. They were trying to murder my parents tribe. So it was called Biafra War. It's very famous. Even my, My. My old manager knew about the Biafra war. My old manager was one of the smartest men I ever met in my life. Well read. He. He was like, yeah, Biafra War explained the whole thing. Little Jewish man explains the whole thing. I go, damn. He goes, the Igbo tribe, which I am Igbo tribe. And Igbos are also Jewish too, by the way. Just let you in West Africa. So they have yarmulkes and they go.
Co-host 1
Hello, how about you?
Co-host 2
Oh, yeah, we hire other people to fight the war.
Godfrey
So contracted. So we are brothers.
Co-host 1
A lot of foreskin.
Godfrey
So yeah, that's. They came from war. They were, you know, and my parents, let's say, made it. And then Chicago. I don't know anything about Nebraska My brother's born in Chicago. Me, my sister's born in Nigeria. So it was one of those things. Very immigranty.
Co-host 1
Hell, yeah.
Godfrey
And I would not be here doing any of this if it weren't for them.
Co-host 2
So.
Guest
Yeah.
Co-host 1
Damn. Why'd he pick Nebraska? Alaska?
Godfrey
Just the school. Because he had a scholarship.
Co-host 1
Oh, right.
Godfrey
Like he had to Scott some, you know, teacher scholarship. My father was an educator in Chicago for 45 years, so.
Co-host 2
Wow.
Godfrey
Yeah. Yeah. My mother was an OB Gyni nurse. Just.
Guest
She met. They met in Nigeria.
Co-host 2
Wow.
Co-host 1
Let's hear your life story.
Godfrey
Top that. Well, my dad Black Panther. Then I became t'.
Co-host 2
Challa.
Godfrey
Go ahead.
Co-host 2
It's unbelievable.
Guest
No, I can't stop that.
Godfrey
You can't?
Guest
Okay.
Co-host 1
I wish I could.
Co-host 2
Gary's dad was a con man. It's interesting stuff.
Guest
Yeah, he was con man.
Godfrey
Yeah.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
You a real comic?
Guest
Yeah, no, he opened up.
Godfrey
He was a con man. Really?
Guest
Yeah, he opened up this college called Dana.
Co-host 1
College people are from the LEGO tribe.
Godfrey
So. Wait, wait, wait. Was he really a con man?
Guest
Everything he did was just a con. So he had different businesses that were all like fake businesses or businesses that he could just like extort money from. So one was like a pay phone business.
Godfrey
Gary Veter, Grave Eater. World's greatest dad. Was he on American Number one dad. Green one dad. Was he ever on American Greed?
Co-host 2
No, never.
Godfrey
You know Stacy Keach, right?
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah. The host.
Godfrey
Next on American.
Guest
My dad stayed off the radar, but we did like, I did scams with him as well.
Godfrey
Like Michael Jordan. Yeah, he met everybody.
Co-host 1
Him.
Guest
An old, old scam that we ran together where he said that I work for Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Godfrey
Really?
Guest
Yeah, I went to the Garden for free for like four years straight.
Godfrey
A whole bunch of different games.
Co-host 1
Lemieux. Gretzky.
Guest
Gretzky Elway.
Co-host 2
Look at, look at that. Pick with.
Godfrey
You met Michael Jordan?
Guest
Yeah, Interviewed Michael Jordan. He thought I.
Godfrey
For kids.
Guest
Yeah. 1995.
Co-host 2
Richard Gear.
Godfrey
Gear. Hold on.
Co-host 2
Gerbil up your ass. Yeah.
Godfrey
Yeah. That's real close.
Guest
Wait, that's my dad.
Co-host 1
Dad right there.
Godfrey
Where's your dad?
Guest
So we didn't talk. We didn't talk for 24 years on this.
Godfrey
Where's your dad? Right?
Co-host 1
Oh, I thought that was you promo right there.
Godfrey
That's your father, huh? Yeah.
Co-host 1
We didn't talk for 24 years.
Guest
Didn't I?
Co-host 2
I didn't.
Godfrey
You got to meet Jordan. How you not going to talk to him?
Guest
No, my dad. My dad. My dad. Oh, how did I talk to my dad?
Godfrey
Yeah, what was it?
Guest
My dad Was just full of all the time.
Godfrey
Really. Bro. But you got to. Yeah, the classic bro yo bro call. You know what I like about bro call? He never, he never pronounces L. Let's hear it. Oh well, Tom Brokaw. No, he's all kind of gargle as well. He had a speech impediment.
Co-host 2
You are. You are. You notice things as an impression.
Co-host 1
That's what I'm doing by Sam Elliot.
Godfrey
I play the same roles all the time.
Co-host 1
One good thing about the Trump administration, you get the impressions. You get the.
Godfrey
And guess what? You know they have a White House account, right? So they, they talk about locking the borders. So there's a scene in Soul playing where I lock this. Our. Our door. It's a ghetto ass airplane. So I have all these locks on the.
Co-host 1
Oh, I remember that door.
Godfrey
They used it as a meme on the White House.
Co-host 1
Shut up.
Godfrey
And at the end I go, this is locked.
Co-host 1
And they have it for their holy hell.
Co-host 2
We don't realize they're using the son of an immigrant. They're like. They don't realize what this.
Godfrey
Can you believe it?
Co-host 1
Can you believe it? That's what I believe.
Godfrey
You believe it. I love so playing.
Co-host 1
What a great.
Godfrey
I'd love a nice little pole. A nice little strip pole from Millennia. That's where I met it. I think that is where I met her.
Co-host 1
You had a young Kevin Hart in that Method Man.
Godfrey
Tom Arnold.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
Yeah, we had a bunch of on there. Mole Meek.
Co-host 1
There you go.
Godfrey
Know we had Lonnie Love. We had all D.L. hughley. John.
Co-host 1
Jesus Christ.
Godfrey
He was action packed. It should be so plain too. I, I, I think we should do another one just for for Sean Witherspoon.
Co-host 2
Man, was he the man.
Godfrey
He was awesome. He was a good dude. His you know, his son is John Witherspoon Jr. Does he can do you know is a comic.
Co-host 1
No, I didn't know that.
Godfrey
And it doesn't look like him at all. But he's also. That's David Letterman's goddamn son. What? That's his he's called. Oh, is that me and Dr. Dre? Yeah, he's called. Oh, that's at 65 million. Hell still rising.
Co-host 1
What? The Dr. Dre.
Godfrey
The Dr. Dre video I did at his house.
Co-host 1
Damn. 65 million. Yeah. These guys are only at 6 million, but that was a stretch.
Godfrey
6 million. Doggy fresh. You're on.
Co-host 2
If it takes you a second to get it. It's a Jew joke. Just, just like the jump.
Godfrey
It's. Yeah, because you Got to think about laughing first.
Co-host 1
Hey, it's a slow burn.
Co-host 2
Make sure who's around is another.
Godfrey
Oh, yeah. See?
Co-host 1
Oh, that's. See, that's comedy. Yeah, that's like a Zucker joke, this. Yeah.
Godfrey
Yeah. So it's for the White House.
Co-host 1
Damn, that's badass. They gotta get residuals for that.
Godfrey
I don't know. That's like a mama meme now.
Co-host 1
That happened to Theo Vaughn, apparently.
Godfrey
Deal.
Co-host 1
Why? Because didn't he do like a get the out to a guy you're getting deported? No, no, he tweeted at him.
Co-host 2
Well, he does it with bands too. He'll use the band to come out, and the band's like, no, you. I don't like you.
Godfrey
Yeah, but how do you sue America?
Guest
Like, can you even. Like, what do you even. How do you even say that?
Co-host 1
You can't sue. Trust the suit.
Godfrey
But he has. He did 50 cent. Too many men Wish Death on Me.
Co-host 2
That song does go pretty hard.
Godfrey
It go. He comes out.
Co-host 1
Out.
Godfrey
They do wish death on me.
Co-host 1
Can you believe 50 Cent?
Godfrey
I love 50 Cent. I think he's great at that.
Co-host 2
50'S like, you got to stop doing. He's like, that's my opener. I need that song.
Godfrey
50'S like, yo, it's business.
Co-host 1
You know, I think.
Co-host 2
No, I think he said he had to pay him to use it, though. Oh, all right.
Godfrey
I think it's money for 50. I don't think it's like his philosophy. I think it's just tax certain. Yeah, man. You know, because.
Guest
Yeah, all this stuff. I mean, here's the video.
Co-host 1
Yeah. Putting the deportation, the ice video. Oh, they took it down. That was nice.
Godfrey
Oh, they took it down good.
Co-host 2
All this stuff.
Guest
Eminem suing Meta. It's like 200 million for using his. His music and reels.
Co-host 1
Oh, wow.
Guest
Yeah, so. But I mean, I don't know where it stands.
Godfrey
He's like Zuckerberg. No, don't touch my.
Co-host 1
I hate Meta.
Guest
But it's like people dub our. Our comedy too.
Co-host 1
So all the time, but no one.
Co-host 2
Gives a about that. Eminem might. He might.
Co-host 1
Might, you know, might have a chance.
Co-host 2
Spotify. Once Spotify happened, though, it's like they got.
Godfrey
They ruined a lot of artists lives, man. Now everybody's dusting off their shoes. They have to do live now.
Co-host 2
Well, yeah, but then look what happened with live. Live Nation comes in and they're on tickets and like. And now what's even crazier is when you buy tickets for something, it'll say, like, it'll be like a $50 ticket and it says $90 up front. So it used to be 50 bucks and. And this fees came, but now you're trying to sell tickets and they're like, I'm not paying $9. There's going to be fees on top.
Co-host 1
Then they yell at you, you like.
Co-host 2
We did it, dude. These are. It's not, It's. Oh my God. I'm doing clubs again right now just to warm up for this special. And it's so easy to sell tickets and clubs.
Godfrey
Yeah.
Co-host 2
Cuz you're not dealing with all the.
Co-host 1
Oh, good point.
Godfrey
Theaters.
Co-host 2
You're just doing. They jack up theater too much.
Godfrey
I thought the theater was cool, man. That house nut. I said, what the is a house nut? You got to pay a house fee. Then you got to pay this. What is it? The. The union mother.
Co-host 1
Oh, that was good.
Godfrey
I didn't know there were so many feet. I was like, what is the. This?
Co-host 1
You have to do two shows just to make a profit.
Godfrey
Let me get to the chuckle hut. You. But even though you got to do a couple more shows, you get all the money, man.
Co-host 2
I like doing the rep. I like doing the reps too.
Godfrey
But like, I like the reps. See, the reps are so important. People are so caught up in wanting out. I go, you need to do.
Co-host 1
You got to run it.
Godfrey
You need to run that hour, man. Run it a lot of times.
Co-host 2
Endless energy, though. You are.
Co-host 1
That's true.
Co-host 2
You're like legendary for that, I feel like.
Co-host 1
But that's.
Co-host 2
Look at this guy. He's tired just sitting here.
Co-host 1
I know.
Godfrey
I enjoy. I enjoy. Because you know why? You all are guys very prolific. You're always writing new. You guys are very prolific. I am always doing new. So I'm not. I don't. I don't. I'm not strangled by a act. I don't have like one act. I do all the time. Because I'd smash myself in the head.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Godfrey
But I have so much that I'll mix it up. Even I'll pull an old one. It depends on the crowd. But I enjoy going, oh, I got all this other shit. I can't wait to do it.
Guest
Do you ever forget like two shows in the same night that you did something on that.
Godfrey
That show that you're on sometimes. But I'll. But I try to kind of, you know, I'll go, okay, I'll kind of make this thematic a little. Go. I'll talk about this women. And I'll do that. And this other one I'll do About the, you know, technology. And then it's sort of. So I can kind of not go, did I say that already? Right.
Co-host 1
You know what I mean?
Godfrey
Because it can get. It can get that way.
Co-host 1
Well, I do clubs all the time. I go, who's here? You know, you go, who's. Who's just here? And they go, we had God for here. He did five shows, different hour every show. And you go, God for that.
Co-host 2
Which is insane. It's insane.
Godfrey
Yeah, I just.
Guest
And the staff enjoys it.
Co-host 1
Oh, no.
Godfrey
But they have to their head when they hear you for the fifth time.
Co-host 2
In a row, by the end of the weekend, they're mouthing his punch lines.
Godfrey
I know, but the staff will tell me. They go, oh, we like, we. Every time you come, we always. All the staff comes out and sees you and watches you. Because he goes, he going to do the same thing. No, I have people repeating. They come back, back and do it. No, they'll come back for another show. Go, you did totally different. I go, I just for myself, it was okay.
Co-host 2
It's not normal, though.
Godfrey
I had. I had a Michael Jordan moment because I was like. Cuz I saw somebody.
Co-host 1
Your dad was hit by a car.
Godfrey
My friend. There was a guy of one of these waiters, and we were talking, right? You know how sometimes, you know, certain waiters, you go, they go, yo, you're back.
Co-host 1
What's up? Yeah.
Godfrey
So he goes, I saw. I think I saw him. Him watching. He was watching a. A comic on. I came on a day before, before my show, and he was watching a comic that had a one nighter. And he goes, this guy does the same all the time. And he literally goes mouthing. He was literally lip syncing the guy. I was like, I don't ever want a. To have the privilege of doing that to me.
Co-host 1
Right, Right.
Godfrey
So I motivated myself to go, all right, I'm gonna try to do something new. All the goddamn.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
I don't. I want people to go, fuck. Oh, I thought he was gonna do that. That it was just my own to make me work harder.
Co-host 1
Yes.
Godfrey
I don't want the privilege of somebody saying, yo, he does the same. Unless, like, you're working your hour.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Special.
Co-host 1
That's different. Sure.
Godfrey
Even when I have to do that, I hate it. I want to just go, I want to do something new, but I have to do it.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
But I don't want every. It's just my own way.
Co-host 1
I get it.
Godfrey
Making new stuff. That's all my own little. You know how Jordan would take something personal Oh, I don't like the way he stepped on my shoes, but man. All right, I'mma score 50 or he goes. I don't like the way he shook my hand. All right, I'mma dunk on this. You know, I had. I do my own little to get me to. Oh, let me flip, flip.
Guest
I'll do the opposite. I'll be like, I'm going to do a new bin. Then I just out.
Godfrey
That's it. Yeah, you can't though.
Guest
I mean, you do. There's only so much like. I mean and I feel. Yeah, I can only do.
Godfrey
You got to go in. You got to just for sure take that. Learn to. How long you been doing in Kong? Two years.
Guest
No, 18 years.
Godfrey
Oh, you should have said two. I just scared an 18 year them. No, no, I. I'll say.
Guest
I'll say a new bid and I'm afraid.
Godfrey
I don't know what he's gonna do.
Guest
There's only so much new I could do.
Godfrey
I'm so tired of you.
Co-host 2
I don't have.
Guest
I didn't invent ice hockey.
Co-host 1
Another thing about those theaters is they charge for merch.
Co-host 2
20%.
Co-host 1
I had to ship it here.
Co-host 2
So we have to tour endlessly. And I don't mind it. I like it. But then taking a piece of everything.
Co-host 1
T shirts.
Godfrey
But maybe if you're making so much money where you're not noticing the take. But that annoys me. I was like, people are doing theaters because of the prestige. I get it. But that you're at the whatever funny bone and you're making yo dough. You just added a couple shows, but you're making your money, man. And you're getting the reps. Listen, you need those reps. You need them that. You need that.
Co-host 1
I agree.
Godfrey
You really need those reps, man. Boxing and comedy are parallel.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah.
Godfrey
You gotta hit the bag. You got to. You have or you will up. Like. You ever see when Tyson we all brain damage.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
You be like, problem is. Yeah. It's the truth. Little. Little. The little things count. The little things in comedy count. It's a little shit affects it. It's weak. Weird. Yeah, it's really. It's one of those art forms that you can't skip steps.
Co-host 1
You can't.
Guest
Well, I think anybody. If you're on a theater run, you did want to. If you can't, like run it a little bit in a club before, as much as possible.
Godfrey
Always do it.
Guest
A lot of these theater acts, they're like just starting, like, oh, here's the hour now there's.
Godfrey
And then you see this. But you see it, though.
Co-host 1
You see completely.
Guest
It's hard to work out comedy.
Co-host 1
It is.
Godfrey
You cannot hide. Comedy will show your ass, man. If you fake. You can't fake it. They go, it was okay. Yeah, it was okay.
Guest
Yeah.
Co-host 1
Right.
Godfrey
But you see a guy like a tell do 30s to go hot cross buns, and you're dying laughing.
Co-host 1
I know.
Godfrey
Because he's always on.
Co-host 1
I know. And he's got a bit about the ice shooting. He's got a bit about maduro, he's got a bit about that. You're like, how does he have all this new.
Godfrey
Because he's with me at one.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
In the morning. He's always there on stage.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
And you don't. It doesn't miss you. He's doing the work. You have to. It's. It's unfortunate. Comedy doesn't let you hide.
Co-host 1
No, he said that. Mic, we'll be right back. This is the funny lever.
Godfrey
You know, all those nuances happen, of course, on the stage. You gotta. It doesn't come with. I'm just gonna do it. You can't. Comedy will always knock you the back down. When you got to do a new hour. Look how you gotta go and work it again. You. That's the respect you.
Co-host 2
You have.
Godfrey
You can't just go, I got a new hour. Let me just go. Nope, you're like, let me go. Go small.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
Then go big.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
It's like fighters, when they go. When they're in. In Vegas, they do the big fights. But guess where they got to go? They got to show up at Wild Card Gym. You know Wild Card. Wild Card is. Is Freddie Roaches. Freddie Roaches who trained Pacquiao and all.
Co-host 2
Those guys way better than Freddie Roman's gym.
Godfrey
Hey, is that a punch? But I would go there with Adam Hunter.
Co-host 1
Oh, I know Adam.
Godfrey
You know, Adam's MMA and. Yeah, Hunter's. Oh, Adam. Adam Kick asses. Adam beat up one of these comics. I'm not gonna say his name, but Adam, a comic up real nice.
Co-host 1
It was Josh Blue.
Godfrey
He was normal before Josh Block and Brad Williams. Yeah, he. There's some comic that kind of like, was accusing Adam of stealing. Adam is so his own kind of comic. You don't steal. He has these one liners. He doesn't steal anybody's. And the dude, like, literally socked him at the. At the Haha Club in la. Like, punched him. Like, Adam had his laptop with him and the guy clocked him. What, like snuck. Snuck him one Geez. And Adam, like, just put him in a jujitsu. Boom, boom. Called me, said, yeah. I go, what's up? He called me, said, yeah, I just finished up. Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, I said, what happened? He said, So I. I put him out, almost choked him out. Choked him out, beat the out.
Co-host 2
I murdered him. I gotta stay with you for a few weeks.
Godfrey
He goes, I didn't know he couldn't fight.
Co-host 1
Ah, he's an alien.
Godfrey
I didn't know he didn't. Because Adam's always trained and, you know, he was. He was an all state wrestler in Massachusetts.
Co-host 2
Oh, boy.
Co-host 1
Freestyle wrestling.
Godfrey
And Adam is like little Jewish boy, but he gets down.
Co-host 1
Too bad he didn't host the Oscars. How great would that have been? Will Smith.
Godfrey
Not so fresh now, huh?
Co-host 1
Hancock sucked.
Co-host 2
Get your hand out of my mouth.
Godfrey
Yeah, man. So was I talking about. But anyway, Adam Hunter.
Co-host 1
Adam Hunter, ufc.
Godfrey
Yeah, the boxing.
Co-host 1
Oh, boxing.
Godfrey
But yeah, when you go to see the. When I would go to wild card, you. You see Matthew McConaughey doing boxing. Oh, yeah, you see a lot of people. But it was a. It's a small, little, humble gym over a laundromat. But all the greatest boxers come and work. I would watch Pacquiao. Like, damn.
Guest
Their math time is our. Our stage time.
Co-host 1
Right.
Co-host 2
They never show up as out of shape as we do with a new hour.
Godfrey
What do you say?
Co-host 2
They never show up as out of shape for fighting as we do with a new hour.
Godfrey
Right, right, right. No, but when you. It's like, I love to do the lounge.
Co-host 2
Lounge?
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Fat black lounge. Comedy is an intimate art form. It really is. We do the big. So we. The revenue wise. But we like that small. We like it revenue wise. No, let me go do. Let me go do Mars. I'm gonna be right. Let me go do this stadium.
Co-host 1
Right.
Godfrey
It sucks doing those. It's so. It's. It's just for the revenue.
Co-host 1
Sure.
Godfrey
But as far as the art, it suffers. It does was. I wish. I mean, if you could do it, you do it. But it suffers, though. Yeah, but when you're doing a small, it's the greatest. It's like jazz players don't want to do big ass, you know, festivals. They want to play in a small.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Money wise, sure. Yeah. But I don't want to take out the integrity of the art. You have to go small.
Co-host 1
And when you're staring, when you're. You can kill in a theater because there's so many people like. But then when you're staring at people At a funny bone, and they're four feet away. You're like, this is a hitting. Because in a theater, you get that big pop, so you feel like you're killing, but you got those people right on your toes. You're like, yeah, I'm kind of bombing here.
Guest
Also an arena. It's like. I mean, like, not to. I mean, this is like first world problems, but if you do a few, they're all the same, really.
Godfrey
It's.
Guest
You're all kind of like that different.
Godfrey
No, you play. I play small. I. Because when you do enough clubs, you play like you're in a club except you. You're aware that there's more people, but you don't really worry about that. You still worry about, like, you play small still, kind of, because you already know. It's rafters, all right, Them. If it hits, it hits. It'll flow. That's. That's the psychology I have.
Co-host 2
When's your new special coming out?
Co-host 1
Oh, oh, you got a new one. What?
Godfrey
January 14th. In theaters nationwide.
Co-host 1
Shut up.
Godfrey
I'm not lying.
Co-host 1
Theaters?
Co-host 2
You're doing the prior shit.
Godfrey
It's called. It's called Rebel with a Cause and we. My producer got it in theaters.
Co-host 1
What?
Godfrey
But listen, it's AMC Alamo Drafthouse, Cinepolis, Cinemark and Movie Grill, and we've sold a really good amount of. I'm surprised. I think it was 50 grand. 50,000. I met 40 something thousand.
Co-host 1
Holy moly.
Godfrey
I never did this before because I didn't get approached by Netflix.
Guest
That's crazy.
Co-host 1
Ah, well, you know, they'll come eventually.
Godfrey
Which is funny, is I know the people that there.
Co-host 1
That's weird.
Godfrey
But it's Rebel with the Cause and it's in amc and we're doing. Tonight, we're doing a private little screening, red carpet thing we're doing, you know, at the AMC on 42nd street and. Yeah, man. And.
Guest
Yeah, you filmed it at the Apollo.
Godfrey
At the Apollo.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
I raised the money myself.
Co-host 1
Congratulations.
Godfrey
The help of Will. I am from a Black Eyed Peas.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah.
Godfrey
And I had another dude, some capital ventures guy. He was just a fan and he gave me money for it too. You know what I mean?
Guest
Looks awesome.
Godfrey
Which was fantastic. And yeah. And gofundme. My fans were like, why don't you raise money, man? Fuck that, man. You money, man. We could send you money. And Dante said it it up. And I had money from there. Money from there. Will, I am just goes, dude, I want to give you some money.
Co-host 1
Oh, this is going to blow you up. I Can tell. I can feel it. And I'm going to go to the theater just to get you back. I'm going to talk.
Guest
You have four more hours.
Co-host 1
You have four more hours.
Godfrey
So. And so every.
Co-host 2
Every cinema, it's a different hour.
Godfrey
There's a seven o', clock, there's a.
Guest
That's. That's insane. That Netflix doesn't like.
Co-host 1
That's crazy, man.
Godfrey
Dude, that's kind of story of my not. And it's not. No poor me story of my kind of life.
Co-host 2
Is it eventually going to end up on YouTube or something?
Godfrey
Or something. But right now, because 800 pound gorilla is like, we want to. We're not even doing that. It's just theater release. I was like, what? Because here's the thing. The fact that the theaters are really theaters, right? So guess what? They need content, man. My producer, Finago. I go, what theaters? She goes, yes. Yeah, it's not as hard as you think because they're like really struggling for good content.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
So, yeah, I was able to read and they even increased. It was 200. Now it's 400 something theaters.
Co-host 2
Wow.
Godfrey
So, yeah, we got it for this day. And if it does, well, we'll just keep. We'll keep it, keep it going, keep it flowing. But from there we're gonna. We're gonna strategize. So we're doing it differently. It's just like Ali Siddiq and his.
Co-host 2
YouTube, he's killing it.
Godfrey
I mean, what, Ari Shafir's Jewish.
Guest
That was a good.
Godfrey
And the numbers are nice to see.
Co-host 2
Jew and millions together. And it's not a bad thing.
Godfrey
And you know, the numbers on YouTube are killing all the other Netflix.
Co-host 1
Oh, 100%.
Godfrey
Like, the, the stats are there. It's just that it's the labeling Netflix. But a lot of times people's specials are just floating now.
Co-host 1
Let's say after this goes theaters. It does. Well, let's say Netflix goes. We keep hearing about this special. We'd like to like it.
Godfrey
Okay.
Co-host 1
But the number's low. Would you go with it or would you go. You. I want. I want a lot of money.
Godfrey
Yeah. I'd be like, can I get this? Depending.
Co-host 1
Okay, let me get.
Godfrey
Yeah. That you ignored me anyway, right?
Co-host 1
Yeah, good point.
Godfrey
If it's if. Because I heard they're not really giving out a lot.
Co-host 1
No, they're not.
Godfrey
So. Hey, man. My, my. I don't know what you guys is following are. My following's pretty good. I mean, I'm too killing two and a half mil. Wait, you're killing him.
Co-host 2
And you built it yourself.
Godfrey
I built it myself and I. And they cut my other account. They shut my.
Co-host 1
Oh, really? Why?
Godfrey
I had to rebuild it.
Co-host 1
Damn. Just for being offensive or.
Godfrey
What is offensive now?
Co-host 1
I don't know.
Co-host 2
Yeah, I had weird.
Godfrey
Like, if I was like, what? That wasn't. I could have you piece. It was weird stuff. Like, I was like, what? And then you try to appeal it. They don't answer.
Co-host 1
Yes.
Guest
That's what's scary is that.
Godfrey
Yeah.
Guest
You're, you know, say you don't go the Netflix route is that you could just get shut down somehow and that's.
Co-host 1
Out of your control.
Guest
It's like, it's scary. Obviously, everything you know, Netflix has, other.
Co-host 2
Than like the prestige, is that you can just say whatever.
Co-host 1
Yeah, they're okay.
Godfrey
One thing. So. But if you're not getting that. Yeah, you go, I'm going to. We do it our own way, you know. And. And Shaq, I had people give me like shout outs and Shaq gave me shout out asap. Rocky is a big fan of mine. What the ASAP you have. You can go to my Instagram and watch my asap. Asap. I didn't show you any of these.
Co-host 1
I know you haven't been here in.
Godfrey
A minute, but I feel like I was here. I was just. Okay, that's. That's okay. That. That's asap. Watch. Turn that up.
Co-host 1
Damn. There's a lot of comments.
Godfrey
We're at. We're at swingers in LA.
Co-host 1
Oh, okay.
Godfrey
It's 3 in the morning.
Co-host 1
Whoa. Breakfast.
Godfrey
I just finished playing video games like a nerd. Huh? Comes up to me, man, shining and all that. Way richer than me.
Co-host 1
And then I.
Godfrey
So I hang. I hung out with him the next day. Yeah, he's recording this new record with Winona Ryder.
Co-host 1
What?
Godfrey
He has a video he did with Winona Rider. I was watching it with him in his. The place he rented out. And you know, my buddy Jeff McGuire is their bodyguard. I trained with him in martial arts for 10 years. So he bodyguards them for the past years. He lives with them sometimes.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
And I told. And I told ASAP. I go, you know, Jeff McGuire, my buddy protects. He goes, get the fuck out. I go, yeah, I'm training with him in New York. Wow.
Co-host 2
He guards, you know, everybody. You might be the next mayor, dude.
Godfrey
I just happen to just do life. And it just goes, oh, I know that person. I know that person. Person.
Co-host 1
Yeah. This is incredible.
Godfrey
Doing Little dumb little. Three more days.
Co-host 1
You gotta do it.
Co-host 2
Plug some tour dates.
Co-host 1
Too.
Co-host 2
Where are you coming up, man?
Godfrey
Well, I got gotfreelive.com. brand new website.
Co-host 1
There we go.
Godfrey
Brand new website is very nice. I'm very proud of it.
Guest
Wow.
Godfrey
I'm very proud of it. Yeah. It's just simple, but it's. It's streamlined. Yeah.
Co-host 2
Pittsburgh Improv, the gen.
Godfrey
This is 16th to the 18th.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
What else do. I don't know when this is. Show. Show it.
Co-host 1
Oh, yeah, 18th.
Godfrey
This is showing the 18th. What's my next date?
Co-host 1
20. Tulsa.
Godfrey
Where am I?
Co-host 1
Tulsa and then Buffalo.
Godfrey
Wait, Tulsa? What? It's. What's the comedy club called?
Co-host 1
Bricktown.
Godfrey
Bricktown Comedy Club in Tulsa. Great.
Co-host 2
Pizza in Tulsa.
Godfrey
Yeah. And it's the what, the 20th to the 22nd. The 20 oh. 22nd to the 24th is Bricktown comedy Club in Tulsa.
Co-host 2
So then you're at Helium in Indianapolis the following week.
Godfrey
Helium in Indianapolis the following week.
Co-host 1
And Buffalo. Buffalo.
Co-host 2
Buffalo.
Godfrey
Yeah, you know, the usual.
Co-host 1
I like that. Buffalo heel.
Godfrey
No, I. Listen, Mark Grossman has a great franchise and even. Even the Bricktown. You're talking about Spokane.
Co-host 1
Yep.
Godfrey
Tacoma Comedy. That's a good franchise. Levity Live's a good franchise.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
And improvs. I like. I like those clubs.
Co-host 1
They're good.
Godfrey
Yeah. You make money and it's good crowds and there's built for comedy.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Godfrey
And I do. I do the Wilbur. I do Wilbur.
Co-host 1
Wilbur's nice in Boston and that's awesome.
Co-host 2
I take the special there.
Godfrey
I love it. Wilbur is fant. Fantastic. My third time doing Wilbur in December.
Co-host 1
Wow.
Godfrey
Yeah, man. It's fantastic. December, they come out and it's great. Damn, that house nut pisses me off.
Co-host 1
I know.
Godfrey
God damn.
Co-host 1
We should have showed Gary's first.
Co-host 2
Yeah, I know.
Guest
Well, I'm going to Cleveland.
Co-host 1
No, that's a great. The 23rd, great club.
Guest
And then Zany's. Oh, yeah. In Tarrytown.
Co-host 1
Terry Town, Chicago.
Guest
Tarrytown. I got a little door deal there.
Co-host 1
So let's put some people there. Is it a little door dealer?
Co-host 2
Yeah, Gary's with me on some of these dates we got, so. Yeah, I'm in. What do we have? Yeah, well, you're not with me for this one, unfortunately. Rosemont, baby, in Chicago. Then the Zany's thing. That's all sold out.
Co-host 1
That's gonna be a fun weekend.
Co-host 2
Yeah, I think that's all gone. But then we got Stanford, Connecticut, the 12th through the 14th of February. Then we got Providence. I think these are all sold out, so probably add a couple. Maybe in Providence. February 20th, 20th. Whatever that was. Whatever that week it was 20, the 19th through the 21st in Providence. Comedy connection. We just added a third show for my taping.
Co-host 1
Tampa theater, baby.
Co-host 2
27Th of February. Now it's only available February 26th. Can we do a Cosby voice for the. For the pitch for. For Tampa theater?
Godfrey
You gotta come to the Tampa theater and see San Maria. And it's gonna be a thrill. Oh boy. In all you ladies are going to be abused. And he's. Don't get offended by the pudding.
Co-host 1
Fell asleep.
Godfrey
It's going to be.
Co-host 2
Plug some dates because we haven't even addressed this yet, but I guess I have not had a threesome yet. I'm sorry, guys. We have not had a lot of inquiries yet.
Godfrey
You're trying to get a threesome?
Co-host 1
Yeah, we've only had one.
Co-host 2
They're making fun of me for not having had one. So look, I. I've gotten a couple. One of the women reaching and wanted to be her. Me and Mark. That's not going to happen.
Co-host 1
Damn, I'm down.
Co-host 2
All right, let's do it. All right, never mind. We got it, guys. So, yeah, we'll see. We'll see what happens with the threesome.
Co-host 1
Just send me the girl just for the. For the ego.
Godfrey
You done threesome?
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Godfrey
Yeah, me too. Like twice. I got twice. Like two. That's about it. But not like I have buddies that do it like all the time.
Co-host 2
Not something I'm dying to do, but.
Godfrey
They'Re just shaming me. Agree with that though too. I always get, of course part of it. Yeah, they gotta agree with a one up.
Co-host 2
It's true.
Co-host 1
Once it was hard enough. I'm in a Bend, Oregon, all over Oregon. New Brunswick, at the Stress Factory, San Antonio, lol, Tulsa. I'm following you. So let's go. Yeah. Arizona, Indianapolis, Buffalo. I'm on your tour here.
Godfrey
Oh, that's why, you know, he did like five.
Co-host 1
Yeah, exactly. Portland, Maine province. Rhode Island, Kentucky, Lexington and Fort Lauderdale, Raleigh. I'm all over the road trying to avoid my child. Come on out.
Godfrey
How old your child?
Co-host 1
11 months.
Godfrey
It's insane.
Co-host 1
It's crazy.
Co-host 2
And buy some Bodega Cat whiskey, guys.
Co-host 1
Boy.
Co-host 2
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Co-host 1
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Co-host 2
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Co-host 1
We're getting all. All these clubs, theaters, restaurants.
Co-host 2
We love you.
Godfrey
Yes. You're making some good money, huh?
Co-host 2
No, no, we're burning a hole. We're doing dying Slow, slow death here.
Godfrey
Cluny. You'll be like, then sell it off for a game.
Co-host 1
That's the goal. That's the plan.
Godfrey
Oh, yeah, that's dope.
Co-host 1
Hammered in that. You guys aren't around.
Godfrey
You really are.
Co-host 1
I am trash. I'm fat faced.
Co-host 2
We're the new Blues Brothers.
Co-host 1
Yeah.
Guest
Got to do Shark.
Godfrey
The boys doing Shark.
Co-host 1
That's funny.
Co-host 2
We love you guys. We'll see you next week.
Godfrey
Peace. Peace.
Co-host 1
Comedy Sunday's the day for my next.
Godfrey
A bit of, you know, the beer. Jew's close. I've had a little too much burping and Norman's talking shit about the fucking poke. And I get down in the same way up on the roof like a cops coming and naked Samuel is feeling dangerous. I'm out to lunch here in New Orleans. This woman doesn't look like I remember her and I, I get down in the same way. We might be true.
Co-host 2
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Release Date: January 19, 2026
Hosts: Sam Morril & Mark Normand
Guests: Godfrey, Gary Vider
This energetic episode features comedians Godfrey and Gary Vider joining hosts Sam Morril and Mark Normand for a classic, loose hang rich with stories from the stand-up scene, behind-the-curtain comedy business insights, hilarious riffs, and plenty of memorable impressions. Godfrey takes center stage with tales about his unique comedy career path, industry obstacles, viral impressions, and work ethic, while Gary shares personal stories and riffs with the crew. The chemistry between all four comedians keeps the laughs rolling while offering substantial inside glimpses at the life of stand-ups in 2026.
On Breaking Into SNL
Godfrey: “I get a standing ovation that night… and then nothing happened.” [21:06]
Daryl Hammond (to Godfrey): “You would have been too strong for the show.” [26:45]
On Work Ethic
Godfrey: “I don’t want the privilege of somebody saying, ‘yo, he does the same sh*t.’ ...it was just my own to make me work harder.” [79:41]
On Racial Comedy
Godfrey: “If you’re going to do something racial, do it in a funny... put the art in it.” [58:31]
Mark Normand: “That’s one thing I think we’ve lost… We need to bring back the idea that you can say something and not mean it.” [56:39]
On The Changing Comedy Industry
Godfrey: “We haven’t been… bossed around by the network, you know, we’re just doing it.” [07:32]
Godfrey: “I built it myself and... they cut my other account… had to rebuild it.” [91:33]
On Family Origins
Godfrey: “If my dad didn’t do this, I wouldn’t be here doing a podcast or stand up comedy.” [67:32]
On Camaraderie & The Headspace of Stand-Ups
Godfrey: “Comedy will show your ass, man. If you fake... You can’t fake it.” [82:23]
On Viral Fame
Godfrey (re: Dr. Dre video): “Yeah, that’s at 65 million, still rising.” [73:45]
Chaotic, friendly, honest, and deeply “inside baseball.” The hosts and guests riff hard but are unafraid to jump into thorny subjects (race, industry disappointments, working through pandemic). Godfrey’s presence brings a ton of energy, industry perspective, and comic storytelling.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the realities of modern stand-up comedy—its hustle, heartbreaks, and moments of serendipitous viral success. Godfrey’s journey exemplifies surviving and thriving on one’s own terms, while insights from Mark, Sam, and Gary paint a vivid picture of camaraderie, craft, and the sometimes absurd reality of making strangers laugh for a living. Highlights include Godfrey’s account of almost joining SNL, his reflections on the importance of “reps” and originality in comedy, and the inside scoop on the surge of independently produced comedy specials.
For Tour Dates:
Godfrey’s new special, “Rebel with a Cause,” is in theaters nationwide—check listings or his website for details.
This summary skips all ad reads and non-content banter, focusing on the wide-ranging, deep comedic and cultural discussion brimming with insight and laughs from four of New York’s finest.