1 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,246 [hip-hop music playing] 2 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:19,720 [narrator] The '80s and '90s were a storm of politics, 3 00:00:19,786 --> 00:00:21,121 pop culture, sports, 4 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:24,391 and a new, groundbreaking genre of music called hip-hop. 5 00:00:26,927 --> 00:00:28,428 Hip-hop was the sounding board, 6 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:31,798 revealing the hard-hitting issues that faced black America. 7 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:35,802 Steve Young reports on a new kind of cocaine, called crack. 8 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:38,739 [reporter] Health officials said there has been a dramatic rise in AIDS 9 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:40,707 in the black and Hispanic communities. 10 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:41,775 Young America... 11 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:44,244 hold your head high now. 12 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:46,380 We can win. 13 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:49,983 [narrator] In a time desperately in need of comic relief, 14 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:52,319 stand-up comedy exploded. 15 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:57,424 But many underground black comedians had yet to make the same breakthrough 16 00:00:57,491 --> 00:00:58,725 as hip-hop musicians. 17 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:00,427 Noticing a void, 18 00:01:01,195 --> 00:01:04,097 Russell Simmons partnered with comedy director Stan Lathan, 19 00:01:04,164 --> 00:01:06,600 and together, they built a team 20 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:10,437 to discover and develop new and edgy comedic voices 21 00:01:10,503 --> 00:01:13,139 that harnessed the same raw energy of hip-hop. 22 00:01:13,207 --> 00:01:16,143 Then on July 1, 1992, 23 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:18,612 Def Comedy Jam hit the airwaves. 24 00:01:20,581 --> 00:01:23,650 [Kid Capri] Tonight, Def Comedy Jam 25. 25 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:26,753 Starring Bill Bellamy, Cedric the Entertainer, 26 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:30,390 Deon Cole, Dave Chappelle, Melanie Comarcho, 27 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:33,460 Mike Epps, Adele Givens, Eddie Griffin, 28 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:37,264 Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey, 29 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:40,501 D.L. Hughley, Ice Cube, Martin Lawrence, 30 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:44,004 Tracy Morgan, Trevor Noah, Craig Robinson, 31 00:01:44,071 --> 00:01:48,408 Chris Rock, Tony Rock, JB Smoove, Joe Torry, 32 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:51,311 Sheryl Underwood and Katt Williams. 33 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:54,581 Welcome to the stage, Steve Harvey, 34 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:59,219 Sheryl Underwood, Cedric the Entertainer 35 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,387 and Dave Chappelle! 36 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:09,062 Yeah! 37 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:12,065 Get up on your motherfucking feet! 38 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:14,101 -Yeah! Yes! -What up? 39 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:17,538 -Yes! -This room is legendary already, man. 40 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:20,774 -Already! -Oh, it's crazy out there, man. 41 00:02:22,376 --> 00:02:23,877 All right, everybody, sit down 42 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:26,013 and get ready for some public school reading. 43 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:27,981 [laughing] 44 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:30,517 Def Comedy Jam 25. 45 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:34,955 It's good to see so many funny people together in one room, 46 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:37,157 all wondering the same thing: 47 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:39,726 Is Katt Williams gonna show up? 48 00:02:44,364 --> 00:02:45,265 [Sheryl] Yes! 49 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:46,967 Yes! 50 00:02:47,034 --> 00:02:48,168 Oh, he's right there. 51 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:50,137 There he is. 52 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:53,040 I didn't know he was right there. 53 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:55,409 I would not have said that if I'd seen you right there. 54 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:57,644 [Sheryl] Yeah! 55 00:02:57,711 --> 00:03:00,280 I'm not used to quiet, introspective Katt Williams. 56 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:01,348 No. 57 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:02,950 [Steve] But let me ask you this: 58 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:06,753 When have you ever seen this many heavy hitters 59 00:03:06,820 --> 00:03:11,258 all together at the same time in the same room? 60 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:12,993 -Yes. -Right. 61 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:17,331 And let me tell you something. Y'all look good, too, man. 62 00:03:17,397 --> 00:03:19,633 Yeah, you do. Y'all look good. 63 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,603 So, tonight, if nothing else, 64 00:03:22,669 --> 00:03:24,905 black lifestyles matter. 65 00:03:24,972 --> 00:03:25,873 -That's right! -Nice. 66 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:26,773 Yeah. 67 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:32,045 And, Steve, we are here to celebrate 25 years 68 00:03:32,112 --> 00:03:34,314 of a comedy institution. 69 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:38,819 And I would like to announce that I will be starring as Tracy Morgan 70 00:03:38,886 --> 00:03:40,821 in The Tracy Morgan Story. 71 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,958 I have the weight, and if I just take off this wig, 72 00:03:45,025 --> 00:03:47,628 you'll go, "That bitch looks just like Tracy Morgan." 73 00:03:50,631 --> 00:03:53,166 No, I was gonna do The Cedric the Entertainer Story, 74 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:56,470 but I haven't lost enough weight to be Cedric. 75 00:03:56,537 --> 00:03:58,405 I did, motherfuckers. Shit. 76 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:06,279 From 1992 to 1997, Def Comedy Jam was the watercooler show 77 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,581 that you had to see. 78 00:04:07,648 --> 00:04:11,151 Def Jam was responsible for more stolen cable 79 00:04:11,218 --> 00:04:13,487 than any other television show. 80 00:04:13,554 --> 00:04:16,623 That's right, that's right. Real talk, real talk. 81 00:04:17,424 --> 00:04:18,425 Oh, it's my turn. 82 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,127 I thought these motherfuckers didn't think I could read. 83 00:04:20,194 --> 00:04:21,762 Shit, I've been up here, too. 84 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,898 Now, for some of you millennials who might be asking, 85 00:04:24,965 --> 00:04:27,134 -"What the hell is Def Comedy Jam?" -What? 86 00:04:27,201 --> 00:04:28,702 That's why we hate you little motherfuckers. 87 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:30,304 -Y'all don't know shit. -That's right. 88 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:31,905 That's right. That's right. 89 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:33,607 We got emojis, too. How about this one? 90 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:38,712 No subject matter was off limits. 91 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:41,215 That's what a comic would feel as he pushed the envelope. 92 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:43,083 Push the envelope? Shit. 93 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:46,787 We pushed, licked, stamped and mailed that bitch! 94 00:04:48,589 --> 00:04:51,892 -Should I have said that "motherfucker"? -No, you got it. 95 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:54,361 -Should we have added more profanity? -No, "mail that bitch" was good. 96 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:56,863 Pushed, licked, stamped, sucked that motherfucker? Half off. 97 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:02,803 Rumble, young man! Rumble. Do that shit. 98 00:05:03,604 --> 00:05:04,471 Um... 99 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:07,107 I'm the host of Little Big Shots. 100 00:05:07,908 --> 00:05:11,645 [Sheryl] Oh, damn. Oh, damn. He went mainstream on us. 101 00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:14,648 Y'all ain't gonna sit over here and mess my money up. Unh-unh. 102 00:05:14,715 --> 00:05:15,916 No, no. 103 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:18,652 Won't be having me out here cussing and shit. 104 00:05:18,719 --> 00:05:22,022 -Hi, CBS! -I got plenty of checks coming in now. 105 00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:23,223 Unh-unh. 106 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:25,659 -ABC, CBS. -Cuss on your own-- 107 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:28,195 You ain't gonna be on CBS. Yeah. 108 00:05:28,262 --> 00:05:31,064 My ass is gonna have a job when we get through with this here. 109 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:34,001 Sitting up here, MF-ing and all this here. 110 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,336 Shit, I'm nervous as hell right now. 111 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:38,772 Oh, man. 112 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,376 Y'all know how hard I've been trying to get here. 113 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:47,981 25 years ago, Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan had a vision 114 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:51,185 to bring urban comedy to the mainstream. 115 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:52,585 -Yes! -Yeah. 116 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:55,689 -Because people like Shuckey Duckey... -Quack, quack! 117 00:05:55,756 --> 00:05:57,724 -and Hamburger... -Hamburger! 118 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:00,494 had something that the world needed to hear. 119 00:06:00,561 --> 00:06:01,495 What the fuck was it, Steve? 120 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:06,033 I'm just-- 121 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:07,301 I don't know what the fuck it could've been. 122 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:09,937 You don't have to comment on everything. 123 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:11,772 You said I was gonna be your hype man! 124 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,508 There's a teleprompter. Some of this shit got to go. 125 00:06:14,575 --> 00:06:17,077 I didn't mean to say that. I didn't mean to say that. 126 00:06:17,144 --> 00:06:19,713 Little Big Shots. Little Big Shots. 127 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:22,649 -Come on. -It's my turn. 128 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:24,318 That's right. 129 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:26,954 [laughing] 130 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:29,990 The day after they signed the deal, 131 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:33,594 they officially explained to HBO that "urban" meant "Negro." 132 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:34,728 What?! 133 00:06:35,696 --> 00:06:40,567 And their vision of urban comedy was born, and then chitlins fell from the sky. 134 00:06:40,634 --> 00:06:42,002 High blood pressure! 135 00:06:42,069 --> 00:06:45,672 The blackest thing they did was to hire an Italian black guy from the Bronx. 136 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,742 -Fuhgeddaboudit! -The legendary Kid Capri! 137 00:06:48,809 --> 00:06:50,878 -You up here, Capri! -Yeah! Kid Capri! 138 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:54,581 You couldn't come out on stage unless Kid said your name. 139 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:57,351 -All right, wait, let me get serious. -Get serious. 140 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:01,188 So, Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan saw comedians like Robin Harris 141 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:03,457 at the Comedy Act Theater here in LA. 142 00:07:03,524 --> 00:07:04,992 -Yes. -Yeah, man. 143 00:07:05,726 --> 00:07:09,263 And then there was the whole Uptown Comedy Club circuit in Harlem. 144 00:07:09,329 --> 00:07:12,900 And they realized there was nothing like that on television. 145 00:07:12,966 --> 00:07:14,234 It was like early hip-hop. 146 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:17,337 It was like a secret that only black people knew about. 147 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:21,575 Then Russell and Stan, they added a major Hollywood manager: 148 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:23,644 Sandy Wernick. Sandy, what up, man? 149 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:25,612 -[Dave] Sandy Wernick in the building. -Oh, yeah. 150 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:29,016 They had to go enlist this man, because they both looked around 151 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:31,919 and they was like, "We're trying to get this on TV, but we're black. 152 00:07:31,985 --> 00:07:34,054 We're gonna need a Jewish guy." 153 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,087 [Steve] Yeah. 154 00:07:35,154 --> 00:07:38,458 And they enlisted a man with an incredible eye for talent: 155 00:07:38,525 --> 00:07:40,761 -Eye! -Bob Sumner, man! 156 00:07:40,827 --> 00:07:43,564 [Cedric] Bob Sumner. Shout out Bob Sumner, man. 157 00:07:44,364 --> 00:07:46,133 Bob went around-- 158 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,670 Wait. I would be remiss if I didn't point out 159 00:07:49,736 --> 00:07:52,639 that Bob passed on me the first three times he saw me. 160 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:55,075 -[Sheryl] Wait a minute, Ced. -That's right, Bob. 161 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:57,110 -Wait a minute. He passed on me, too. -No! 162 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:59,713 -That's what I'm trying to say. -He passed on me, too. 163 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:02,349 Bob would be like, "You know, the third time I met Halle Berry, 164 00:08:02,416 --> 00:08:04,351 I realized she was kind of cute." 165 00:08:09,723 --> 00:08:12,192 On a serious note, we owe a huge debt of gratitude 166 00:08:12,259 --> 00:08:15,229 -to those men at that table right there. -Absolutely. 167 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:19,366 A lot of stars were born because of those men's vision right there. 168 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:20,333 [Sheryl] That's right. 169 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:23,536 I love you guys. Thank you so much for what you did for us 170 00:08:23,604 --> 00:08:24,638 and for our genre. 171 00:08:24,705 --> 00:08:27,307 -Thank you, guys. -Thank you very much. Thank y'all. 172 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:30,043 Let's get this show rolling, ladies and gentlemen. 173 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:32,813 Right now, it is my pleasure to bring to the stage 174 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,783 the one and only Tracy Morgan. 175 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:38,484 [Sheryl] Yeah! Yeah! 176 00:08:38,551 --> 00:08:40,286 -[Cedric] You already out here. -[Sheryl laughing] 177 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:46,359 Yo. 178 00:08:48,128 --> 00:08:49,129 Yeah! 179 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:52,499 What up, what up, what up?! 180 00:08:52,566 --> 00:08:53,867 Holler at me! 181 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,203 Oh, man. 182 00:08:58,739 --> 00:08:59,806 Thank you. 183 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:04,678 Thank you so much. 184 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:09,016 Y'all know the journey I just came off, and I miss y'all. 185 00:09:09,683 --> 00:09:12,753 I miss y'all full hard, and I'm here, and we're having a good time. 186 00:09:12,819 --> 00:09:14,488 Wait a minute. Something's missing. 187 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:17,457 Something ain't right. Something is missing. 188 00:09:17,524 --> 00:09:19,993 We've been having all this, but something's missing, boo. 189 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:21,094 Something ain't right. 190 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:22,896 Martin! 191 00:09:24,031 --> 00:09:26,967 Martin Lawrence. 25 years ago-- 192 00:09:27,034 --> 00:09:29,036 Check this out. Bust it. 193 00:09:29,102 --> 00:09:33,607 25 years ago, I was a young, hungry comic trying to find my way in this game, man. 194 00:09:33,674 --> 00:09:36,643 And dude came out of nowhere and said, "Come eat at my table." 195 00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:39,179 Just like you with your artists, Puff. 196 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:43,617 He did that with me. He's my OG. He will always be my OG. 197 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:45,586 I love you. That ain't gonna never stop. 198 00:09:46,852 --> 00:09:49,288 Word is born. Word is born. 199 00:09:51,992 --> 00:09:53,460 Thank you! 200 00:09:53,527 --> 00:09:58,165 Me and my family thank you for giving me an opportunity, Martin. 201 00:09:58,232 --> 00:09:59,233 I love you so much. 202 00:10:04,404 --> 00:10:06,073 That's word life. 203 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:07,875 You know what I'm saying? I seen him-- 204 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:11,111 I was sitting right up there, I seen him. Me and my brother Jim went to the show. 205 00:10:11,178 --> 00:10:15,148 The first show I seen him, I looked at him and something came over me. 206 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:18,452 I knew what I wanted to do 'cause of you, with my life. 207 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:22,656 He was funny. He used to blow it up. He used to fuck that audience up. 208 00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:24,358 Yo, take a look at this shit right here. 209 00:10:24,423 --> 00:10:26,826 -[crowd cheering] -[hip-hop music playing] 210 00:10:26,894 --> 00:10:29,329 [audience] Go, Martin! Go, Martin! 211 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:32,099 Go, Martin! Go, Martin! 212 00:10:32,165 --> 00:10:34,401 Go, Martin! Go, Martin! 213 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:38,338 Do white stewardesses choose who they want to say bye-bye to? 214 00:10:38,405 --> 00:10:41,909 It could be like four white people, and then you're the fifth. 215 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:46,246 And they go, "Bye-bye. Bye-bye. All right, bye-bye, now. Bye-bye." 216 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:50,751 How you doin'? 217 00:10:51,585 --> 00:10:53,587 That's a lot of hair weave, you know. 218 00:10:54,354 --> 00:10:56,557 There's a bald horse in Central Park. 219 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:07,167 You ever bone a girl so good, 220 00:11:07,234 --> 00:11:10,704 she looked back at your ass... I mean, with confusion? 221 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:12,005 Like, "Who are you?" 222 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:14,708 You're hitting it, bam, bam. She turns around like this. 223 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:31,124 Now... 224 00:11:32,125 --> 00:11:33,193 is it me... 225 00:11:34,261 --> 00:11:36,463 or is it hotter than a motherfucker in here? 226 00:11:36,530 --> 00:11:38,632 Is it? I guess it's me. 227 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:40,634 Let me wipe off. 228 00:11:47,774 --> 00:11:49,176 Thank you! 229 00:11:49,243 --> 00:11:50,677 [Kid Capri] Ladies and gentlemen, 230 00:11:51,578 --> 00:11:56,483 welcome Martin Lawrence! 231 00:12:08,762 --> 00:12:11,098 Man. How y'all doin'? 232 00:12:14,268 --> 00:12:17,171 Wow, wow, wow. It's just-- 233 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:20,574 Y'all looking good. So many beautiful people here tonight. 234 00:12:20,641 --> 00:12:21,642 [woman] Whoo! 235 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:23,844 Good, good. Back to you, baby. Ow! 236 00:12:25,846 --> 00:12:28,081 Ugly people got it hard. Ugly people. 237 00:12:28,614 --> 00:12:29,915 About 25 years ago, 238 00:12:29,983 --> 00:12:33,820 Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan hired a young, raw kid 239 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,323 who used to think he could be a boxer. 240 00:12:36,390 --> 00:12:39,526 But I had to get out that game after I kept getting my eyes swole. 241 00:12:41,028 --> 00:12:43,163 But they asked me to become the host 242 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:47,501 of what would become the hottest stand-up comedy show in history: 243 00:12:47,568 --> 00:12:49,336 Def Comedy Jam. 244 00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:58,445 So, I'm paying tribute to you guys for what you've done for me 245 00:12:58,512 --> 00:13:02,282 and all of us that's come out here and did our thing on this stage. 246 00:13:02,349 --> 00:13:05,986 I thank you, and I also thank all of you, the audience, the fans, 247 00:13:06,053 --> 00:13:08,355 that supported the show over the years 248 00:13:08,422 --> 00:13:10,591 and helped us to last as long as we last. 249 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:13,327 So, I thank y'all so much. God bless. 250 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:23,570 I mean, it was amazing. 251 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:28,509 The music was hot, the audience. 252 00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:30,511 It was kind of like a place you wanted to be. 253 00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:32,713 You had Showtime at the Apollo, it was really good, 254 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:36,450 but there was something raw about Def Comedy Jam. 255 00:13:36,517 --> 00:13:38,352 It felt really New York. 256 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:40,287 That's the other thing about the Def Jam. 257 00:13:40,354 --> 00:13:43,590 You know, everything on TV feels Hollywood. 258 00:13:43,657 --> 00:13:46,393 Even Saturday Night Live feels like Hollywood, you know? 259 00:13:46,460 --> 00:13:48,262 "Live from New York, we're in Hollywood!" 260 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:51,665 No. But there's something about the Def Jam 261 00:13:51,732 --> 00:13:55,469 that felt grimy and New York-ish. 262 00:13:55,536 --> 00:13:59,339 Def Comedy Jam introduced comics you would've never seen otherwise. 263 00:13:59,406 --> 00:14:04,111 I mean, Bernie Mac's like the Satchel Paige of stand-up. 264 00:14:04,178 --> 00:14:08,048 You know what I mean? He was killing it for years. 265 00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:12,219 Nobody puts him on TV. Def Comedy Jam puts him on TV, 266 00:14:12,286 --> 00:14:16,657 and he's, you know, a mega-star basically two years after. 267 00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:17,891 Chris Tucker. 268 00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:19,893 Sheryl Underwood: 269 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,897 The dirtiest comedian that ever walked the earth. 270 00:14:23,964 --> 00:14:27,668 I don't know if there's anybody I'd want to follow less than Sheryl Underwood. 271 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:30,070 It's a toss-up between her and Bernie. 272 00:14:30,137 --> 00:14:34,241 I remember getting an offer to host Def Comedy Jam 273 00:14:34,308 --> 00:14:36,310 after Martin left. 274 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:40,614 And I thought about it, I really did. I really thought about it. 275 00:14:40,681 --> 00:14:43,750 I watched some Def Comedy Jams-- and saw how good Martin was-- 276 00:14:43,817 --> 00:14:46,053 again, before I made my decision. 277 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,956 I was like, "I'm not following this guy. This guy is amazing." 278 00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:52,192 Martin Lawrence is one of the most underrated hosts. 279 00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:55,262 I wish they'd let him host the Oscars or something or the Emmys 280 00:14:55,329 --> 00:14:59,399 or the Grammys or something. He's such a good host. 281 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:04,271 I just want to say happy 25th anniversary to the Def Comedy Jam, 282 00:15:04,338 --> 00:15:07,608 one of the greatest comedy shows of all time. 283 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:10,644 And I salute Martin Lawrence, 284 00:15:10,711 --> 00:15:14,014 the greatest host of all time. 285 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,718 Ladies and gentlemen, 286 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:21,355 welcome to the stage Miss Tiffany Haddish! 287 00:15:25,659 --> 00:15:28,195 What up? She ready! 288 00:15:30,531 --> 00:15:35,869 Okay, some of you sadiddy, stuck-up folks out there better recognize. 289 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:39,439 Y'all know what Def Comedy Jam did for us. 290 00:15:40,007 --> 00:15:43,477 It gave us a platform. It was an opportunity 291 00:15:43,544 --> 00:15:48,282 for a completely uninhibited female comic to say whatever she had to say 292 00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:50,918 without giving a fuck, okay? 293 00:15:51,585 --> 00:15:55,222 Let's be honest. That's where you want uninhibited people to be: 294 00:15:55,289 --> 00:15:57,724 On TV. Not at your job, okay? 295 00:15:58,959 --> 00:16:04,231 Can you imagine me working in the cubicle next to you every morning, 296 00:16:04,298 --> 00:16:07,801 like, "She ready! Uhh!" 297 00:16:08,569 --> 00:16:12,039 You trying to type up your monthly reports in your cubicle, 298 00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:14,274 and I'm flat-ironing my hair in mine. 299 00:16:15,509 --> 00:16:18,478 Making a Worldstar video in the break room. 300 00:16:19,146 --> 00:16:23,483 Smelling up the whole office warming up the catfish in the microwave. 301 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:25,719 You know, FaceTiming my mama, 302 00:16:25,786 --> 00:16:28,222 talking about the dumb motherfuckers I work with. 303 00:16:28,922 --> 00:16:30,057 Ha ha! 304 00:16:30,891 --> 00:16:34,127 Hitting on your son when it's Bring Your Kids to Work Day. 305 00:16:34,194 --> 00:16:36,463 Like, "Look at your son. He cute! 306 00:16:36,530 --> 00:16:39,199 You're gonna be fine when you grow up, little boy. 307 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:40,834 You like grown-ups?" 308 00:16:40,901 --> 00:16:42,102 [laughing] 309 00:16:42,936 --> 00:16:43,937 Sorry. 310 00:16:44,638 --> 00:16:47,074 Or what about on Casual Friday, 311 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:51,812 I show up with no panties on and no bra, like, "What's up, everybody? 312 00:16:51,879 --> 00:16:54,948 It's Casual Friday. It's cold in here, huh? 313 00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:56,149 My nipples." 314 00:16:57,317 --> 00:17:00,320 Y'all don't want to work with that shit. Y'all don't want that at your job. 315 00:17:00,387 --> 00:17:02,823 Y'all want that on Def Comedy Jam. 316 00:17:02,890 --> 00:17:07,361 That's why I'm here to give a respectful shout-out from-- 317 00:17:08,762 --> 00:17:12,332 For real, though, I'm here to give a respectful shout-out 318 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:13,967 for letting a sister like me-- 319 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:17,938 somebody who used to sneak into my friends' houses late at night-- 320 00:17:18,005 --> 00:17:20,641 'cause they had cable. I didn't have that shit. 321 00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:23,844 and I used to watch it and be like, "I want to do that one day." 322 00:17:23,911 --> 00:17:26,813 So, thank you, guys, for giving me the opportunity 323 00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:29,650 and letting me do it. 324 00:17:30,317 --> 00:17:33,153 Thank you, Def Comedy Jam. Peace. 325 00:17:37,791 --> 00:17:41,595 What's going on, everybody? It's JB Smoove. 326 00:17:42,396 --> 00:17:44,765 A physical comedian is specifically a comic 327 00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:48,135 who utilizes every inch of his body to get a laugh. 328 00:17:48,202 --> 00:17:49,436 Every damn inch. 329 00:17:49,503 --> 00:17:51,271 And as you can see from my long and lean frame, 330 00:17:51,338 --> 00:17:54,474 I'm the perfect prototype to do physical comedy. Come on. 331 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:07,754 Fucking bowling ball again. 332 00:18:08,722 --> 00:18:10,090 [indistinct chatter] 333 00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:11,391 Ahh. 334 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,865 Ohh! 335 00:18:19,867 --> 00:18:21,435 Nigga... fshhhh! 336 00:18:21,502 --> 00:18:22,402 Nigga... 337 00:18:24,171 --> 00:18:25,506 [shouting] 338 00:18:27,908 --> 00:18:31,445 [Kid Capri] Welcome to the stage, my man, D.L. Hughley! 339 00:18:32,344 --> 00:18:33,579 That's very nice. 340 00:18:34,848 --> 00:18:37,417 When Def Comedy Jam was on in the '90s, 341 00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:40,020 it was the stuff that was going on back then: 342 00:18:40,087 --> 00:18:41,722 Police brutality, riots 343 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:45,058 and a strange election with a crazy billionaire running for president. 344 00:18:45,659 --> 00:18:47,094 Shit, that's now. 345 00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:51,632 You knew damn well that the minute a white woman blamed a black man 346 00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:53,200 for kidnapping her kids, 347 00:18:53,267 --> 00:18:54,768 somebody on Def Jam was gonna talk about it. 348 00:18:54,835 --> 00:18:57,171 Black men do not kidnap kids. 349 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:04,478 Some of us won't even see them little motherfuckers, so... 350 00:19:06,446 --> 00:19:07,981 The bottom line in the '90s: 351 00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:10,482 Def Jam comedians broke down the news 352 00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:12,484 for people right before they went to the club. 353 00:19:12,553 --> 00:19:14,054 So we made sure they were informed 354 00:19:14,121 --> 00:19:16,657 before they got to the club and got pregnant. 355 00:19:17,925 --> 00:19:18,825 Check this out. 356 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:21,361 [newscaster] The motorist, a black male, 357 00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:24,264 brutally beaten and kicked by Los Angeles police officers, 358 00:19:24,331 --> 00:19:28,202 a beating that continued even as the man appeared to offer no resistance. 359 00:19:28,268 --> 00:19:33,507 Only white folks were shocked when they saw that tape. 360 00:19:33,574 --> 00:19:36,076 Police whupping black folks in the black community ain't new shit. 361 00:19:36,143 --> 00:19:38,111 When I saw that, I thought it was a new Timex commercial. 362 00:19:38,178 --> 00:19:39,546 I didn't know what the fuck it was. 363 00:19:39,613 --> 00:19:42,015 But that's all right, 'cause the brother getting paid. 364 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,218 He's getting a million dollars for every blow. $56 million. 365 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:47,321 [audience cheers and applauds] 366 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:49,990 I'm looking to get fucked up. 367 00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:54,328 I'm doing 300 miles an hour in a Volkswagen, 368 00:19:54,394 --> 00:19:56,930 yelling out the window, "Fuck the police! 369 00:19:57,831 --> 00:20:00,734 Fuck all you badge-carrying motherfuckers! 370 00:20:00,801 --> 00:20:04,705 Come over here, whup my ass, give me my cash! 371 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,042 [newscaster] The issue was not whether Lorena Bobbit did 372 00:20:09,109 --> 00:20:10,911 what her husband claimed she did. 373 00:20:10,978 --> 00:20:12,813 The facts about the act were evident. 374 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,982 She cut his dick off... 375 00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:16,049 [clicks tongue] 376 00:20:16,950 --> 00:20:19,386 drove down the highway... 377 00:20:20,053 --> 00:20:21,054 [clicks tongue] 378 00:20:21,655 --> 00:20:23,857 and threw it out the window. 379 00:20:24,491 --> 00:20:28,028 Car 111, we want you to proceed down on the freeway. 380 00:20:28,896 --> 00:20:30,531 See if you can't locate a dick. 381 00:20:31,632 --> 00:20:34,768 She obviously got 20/20 vision. She found the little thing. 382 00:20:34,835 --> 00:20:36,637 It was very difficult to find. 383 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,605 [newscaster] The Los Angeles Police Department 384 00:20:38,672 --> 00:20:41,742 is actively searching for Mr. Simpson. 385 00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:44,278 You know who the real victim is? Ike. 386 00:20:45,179 --> 00:20:46,213 Ike Turner. 387 00:20:48,182 --> 00:20:51,251 'Cause Ike was king of the woman-beaters till OJ took his title. 388 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,923 Don't nobody give a fuck about OJ and all of that punk-ass shit. 389 00:20:55,989 --> 00:20:58,158 Niggas just want to know: When is the next riot? 390 00:20:58,223 --> 00:20:59,524 Fuck that. 391 00:20:59,927 --> 00:21:02,396 [woman] We, the jury, find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, 392 00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:03,997 not guilty of the crime of murder. 393 00:21:04,064 --> 00:21:05,799 I want Johnnie Cochran in my corner. 394 00:21:05,866 --> 00:21:07,467 He was like a magician. 395 00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:09,837 He said, "If it don't fit, you must... 396 00:21:09,903 --> 00:21:10,804 [audience] Acquit. 397 00:21:10,871 --> 00:21:12,005 "...acquit." 398 00:21:12,072 --> 00:21:13,207 [cheers and applause] 399 00:21:15,409 --> 00:21:19,146 I actually heard white people say that they were so upset 400 00:21:19,213 --> 00:21:22,149 and angry with the verdict that they couldn't sleep. 401 00:21:22,916 --> 00:21:27,287 Well, you know, black people have had insomnia for 400 years. 402 00:21:28,255 --> 00:21:31,925 Every prison is filled with niggas, just overcrowded with niggas. 403 00:21:31,992 --> 00:21:33,827 One motherfucker gets away: "Hey! 404 00:21:35,262 --> 00:21:37,731 We gotta take a look at the justice system! 405 00:21:37,798 --> 00:21:38,999 It's not working!" 406 00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:44,238 [Kid Capri] Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together 407 00:21:44,304 --> 00:21:46,807 for Mr. Bill Bellamy! 408 00:21:48,609 --> 00:21:51,144 What's up, everybody? How y'all feelin'? 409 00:21:53,247 --> 00:21:55,716 Def Comedy Jam was ahead of its time. 410 00:21:55,782 --> 00:21:59,019 We cracked jokes every Friday night that were so damn hot, 411 00:21:59,086 --> 00:22:03,123 you were telling them in church on Sunday, and they were repeated that whole week. 412 00:22:03,190 --> 00:22:07,528 We wasn't tweeting, wasn't retweeting. We was just repeating. 413 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:08,629 [chuckles] 414 00:22:08,695 --> 00:22:12,699 We didn't film the comic during the show. We watched the show back in the day. 415 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:14,735 We didn't text the person across the room. 416 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:17,971 You got your ass up and went over there and spoke to somebody. 417 00:22:18,038 --> 00:22:20,240 We're talking old-school shit, you feel me? 418 00:22:20,874 --> 00:22:22,075 [chuckles] 419 00:22:22,142 --> 00:22:24,912 If you asked somebody, "Are you on the Vine yet?" 420 00:22:24,978 --> 00:22:28,315 your answer would be, "No, bro, I'm stuck in traffic like a motherfucker, 421 00:22:28,382 --> 00:22:29,816 still on Sunset." 422 00:22:29,883 --> 00:22:33,921 "Emoji" was just a lazy-ass, country way to say "Emma Jean." 423 00:22:35,455 --> 00:22:38,425 But back then, the thought of a thousand niggas following you 424 00:22:38,492 --> 00:22:41,295 would scare the fuck out of everybody in this room. 425 00:22:43,764 --> 00:22:45,098 But at the same time, 426 00:22:45,165 --> 00:22:48,836 social media would've been the best thing to ever happen for Def Jam. 427 00:22:48,902 --> 00:22:51,471 Think about it. We would've had all kinds of hashtags. 428 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:54,174 Think about that. They would've been springing up all over the place. 429 00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:58,011 I probably would've had the most famous hashtag in the world. 430 00:22:58,078 --> 00:23:01,381 None of y'all knew how to get booty two in the morning till I came on. 431 00:23:01,448 --> 00:23:02,516 You know what I'm saying? 432 00:23:02,583 --> 00:23:03,984 [laughs] 433 00:23:04,051 --> 00:23:07,521 If anybody in here back in the day needed to call a chick up at two in the morning, 434 00:23:07,588 --> 00:23:08,856 you made a what? 435 00:23:08,922 --> 00:23:11,124 -[all] Booty call. -Yes, you did. 436 00:23:12,025 --> 00:23:14,728 Right now, we're gonna see some more iconic moments 437 00:23:14,795 --> 00:23:17,564 that were created on that Def Comedy Jam stage, 438 00:23:17,631 --> 00:23:19,733 and they definitely would've broke the Internet. Check it out. 439 00:23:20,868 --> 00:23:22,669 Now, are y'all ready... 440 00:23:22,736 --> 00:23:24,738 for the next comedian? 441 00:23:24,805 --> 00:23:27,341 [crowd] Yeah. Is he funny? 442 00:23:28,976 --> 00:23:30,544 -What's up? -How you doin'? 443 00:23:30,611 --> 00:23:31,745 Watch out there, now! 444 00:23:34,414 --> 00:23:37,150 If you know what I know, all the ladies in the house say, "Hello!" 445 00:23:37,217 --> 00:23:38,318 [crowd] Hello! 446 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:40,721 Hamburger! 447 00:23:40,787 --> 00:23:43,257 Is that or is that not a booty call? Can you help me? 448 00:23:44,057 --> 00:23:46,860 She's such a fucking lady! 449 00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:48,262 Pissed off, man! 450 00:23:49,363 --> 00:23:51,365 He's so crazy. 451 00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:53,133 Shuckey Duckey, quack, quack. 452 00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:56,703 Along with Martin Lawrence, 453 00:23:56,770 --> 00:23:59,773 there's one other person you associate with Def Comedy Jam, 454 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,075 and that name is Adele Givens. 455 00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:06,645 She's made more appearances on Def Comedy Jam 456 00:24:06,713 --> 00:24:08,482 than any other comedian. 457 00:24:08,549 --> 00:24:11,051 So let's give her a Def Comedy Jam intro. 458 00:24:11,118 --> 00:24:13,353 Kid Capri, if you please. 459 00:24:14,052 --> 00:24:16,688 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage 460 00:24:16,757 --> 00:24:22,563 the queen of Def Comedy Jam, Miss Adele Givens! 461 00:24:28,735 --> 00:24:30,637 What's up? 462 00:24:32,439 --> 00:24:34,675 Damn! 463 00:24:34,741 --> 00:24:40,080 Def Comedy Jam 25! This is awesome! 464 00:24:40,147 --> 00:24:43,617 And I know, when y'all looking at me, I know exactly what you're thinking. 465 00:24:43,684 --> 00:24:44,918 I know what you're thinking. 466 00:24:44,985 --> 00:24:48,222 "She is such a fucking lady." 467 00:24:48,288 --> 00:24:49,857 [cheers and applause] 468 00:24:51,959 --> 00:24:54,795 I am so glad and honored to be a part of this. 469 00:24:54,862 --> 00:24:58,198 And this is what's making me feel so good, that we look so good. 470 00:24:58,265 --> 00:25:02,970 So many of my peers from 25 years ago, we look so goddamn good. 471 00:25:03,737 --> 00:25:05,572 And we're old-school now. 472 00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:08,540 So, I know how the fuck we feel. 473 00:25:09,676 --> 00:25:11,545 We're sleepy, ain't we, motherfucker? 474 00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:19,219 Something about that old-school, when you get in that double-E zone. 475 00:25:19,286 --> 00:25:20,521 When I say "double-E," 476 00:25:20,587 --> 00:25:22,789 I mean shit that happened with a double-E in it. 477 00:25:22,856 --> 00:25:24,658 Like sometimes you're walking down the street, 478 00:25:24,725 --> 00:25:26,360 minding your business, thinking you're cute, 479 00:25:26,426 --> 00:25:28,896 and out of nowhere, your knees say, "Hey, bitch, I'm gonna bend. 480 00:25:30,931 --> 00:25:33,333 I'm gonna take a knee right here, bitch." 481 00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:35,534 That's the double-E zone. 482 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,036 'Cause you always got a double-E issue with your body. 483 00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:40,005 If it ain't your knee, it's your teeth, ain't it? 484 00:25:40,805 --> 00:25:43,408 How do your teeth get brand-new in your 40s? 485 00:25:45,045 --> 00:25:48,215 And why do dentists think they're a fucking mechanic? 486 00:25:49,616 --> 00:25:51,552 You know how you take your car for one thing, 487 00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:53,552 then they tell you some other shit's going on? 488 00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:59,026 That's how the dentists do. I go there, I had a toothache. 489 00:25:59,092 --> 00:26:01,862 This shit ain't even real. It's a half a tooth in my head. 490 00:26:03,397 --> 00:26:05,399 I come in there, I tell that bitch, "My teeth hurt." 491 00:26:05,465 --> 00:26:07,034 She said, "I'll have to get X-rays." 492 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,103 The tooth's over here. This bitch was getting X-rays over here. 493 00:26:11,605 --> 00:26:13,941 I said, "Hey, bitch, why are you on this side?" 494 00:26:14,708 --> 00:26:16,410 She said, "I think I see a cavity." 495 00:26:16,476 --> 00:26:18,278 I said, "Well, close your goddamn eyes, bitch, 496 00:26:20,514 --> 00:26:22,983 'cause that ain't your goddamn business over there." 497 00:26:26,954 --> 00:26:30,557 And what is it about the dentists, they want to be a hero to your teeth? 498 00:26:30,624 --> 00:26:32,593 You go in there and your teeth kicking your ass. 499 00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:34,995 It's like, "Hey, this motherfucker killing me. Get it out." 500 00:26:35,062 --> 00:26:37,731 This bitch said, "I can save the tooth." 501 00:26:39,533 --> 00:26:42,703 "From who, bitch? I'm the victim in this situation." 502 00:26:45,572 --> 00:26:49,476 Pull the tooth, save the bitch. That's my motto. I live by that. 503 00:26:51,712 --> 00:26:55,048 I'm living that double-E life. But I tell you what: 504 00:26:55,115 --> 00:26:58,685 If it ain't your teeth and if it ain't your knee, 505 00:26:58,752 --> 00:27:01,522 another double-E we experience-- you laugh too hard and you pee. 506 00:27:01,588 --> 00:27:02,523 Sometimes-- 507 00:27:04,858 --> 00:27:07,194 Don't be a little bitch. Some of you got a wet right now. 508 00:27:08,395 --> 00:27:09,663 Don't be no whole lot. 509 00:27:09,730 --> 00:27:12,266 Just enough to make you smell like R. Kelly's girlfriend. 510 00:27:12,332 --> 00:27:14,368 Just a little sample. 511 00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:21,940 [sniffs] 512 00:27:29,249 --> 00:27:30,184 But I tell y'all what. 513 00:27:30,250 --> 00:27:32,452 There's one double-E we be looking for, don't we? 514 00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:35,489 When you get old-school, it's a double-E that you used to run from, 515 00:27:35,556 --> 00:27:36,557 you used to hide from, 516 00:27:36,623 --> 00:27:39,660 but now when you see that bitch, you know you love it, don't you? 517 00:27:39,726 --> 00:27:41,094 You know the double-E. 518 00:27:41,728 --> 00:27:42,729 Sleep. 519 00:27:43,730 --> 00:27:46,600 Oh, some of you motherfuckers want to nap right now. 520 00:27:47,768 --> 00:27:51,772 You ever take a nap that lasts so long, you gotta get up and get ready for bed? 521 00:27:51,839 --> 00:27:53,373 That ever happened to you? 522 00:28:00,113 --> 00:28:01,815 You're like, "Oh, shit! 523 00:28:02,516 --> 00:28:04,518 It's almost my bedtime! 524 00:28:05,552 --> 00:28:06,887 Why y'all ain't wake me up? 525 00:28:06,954 --> 00:28:09,389 Y'all know I don't like to be late for bed." 526 00:28:12,192 --> 00:28:13,827 But I gotta say this. 527 00:28:13,894 --> 00:28:17,030 Some late nights was made special and beautiful 528 00:28:17,097 --> 00:28:19,233 from these three gentlemen right here. 529 00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:21,833 I want to say, from the bottom of my heart, 530 00:28:21,902 --> 00:28:24,471 thank y'all, 'cause y'all made it possible 531 00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:28,008 for the world to see what a fucking lady looks like. 532 00:28:28,075 --> 00:28:29,243 [cheers and applause] 533 00:28:34,047 --> 00:28:35,182 Thank y'all. 534 00:28:37,951 --> 00:28:42,189 I personally love to talk comedy. Why? Because I'm a student of comedy. 535 00:28:42,756 --> 00:28:47,027 You can't be a student of comedy and not be a student of Def Comedy Jam. 536 00:28:47,094 --> 00:28:50,531 I remember the first time I got a chance to do Def Jam. 537 00:28:50,597 --> 00:28:52,533 Should I curse? Should I not curse? 538 00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:54,601 What should I talk about? Should I make stuff up? 539 00:28:54,668 --> 00:28:57,237 Do I have a high voice onstage, or do I not have a high voice? 540 00:28:57,304 --> 00:28:58,872 What should I sound like? 541 00:28:58,939 --> 00:29:02,009 What do I do? Should I go out there and be like, "Motherfuckers!" 542 00:29:02,075 --> 00:29:04,578 Or should I be like, "Yeah, niggas!" 543 00:29:04,645 --> 00:29:07,281 What do I say? I don't know. 544 00:29:08,115 --> 00:29:10,851 But I was like, "I don't talk like either one of those. 545 00:29:10,918 --> 00:29:13,720 So why can't I just come out and be myself and say, "What up?" 546 00:29:13,787 --> 00:29:15,956 I remember I had a lime-green linen shirt on, 547 00:29:16,023 --> 00:29:17,991 some blue jeans and Air Force 1's. 548 00:29:18,058 --> 00:29:21,528 This lime-green shirt is gonna fucking kill 'em. 549 00:29:21,595 --> 00:29:22,696 It's about to pop. 550 00:29:23,163 --> 00:29:26,533 They're gonna see this shirt and go, "Ooh, who's that?" 551 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,070 And I remember sitting on a stool for the majority of my show 552 00:29:30,137 --> 00:29:32,873 because I wanted to show how comfortable I was 553 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:35,075 in a place where so many people got nervous. 554 00:29:35,142 --> 00:29:36,777 Because the bad thing about Def Jam: 555 00:29:36,844 --> 00:29:40,280 If you didn't bring it, they'd boo your ass up off that stage. 556 00:29:40,347 --> 00:29:42,583 So, I reverse-mind-tricked them. 557 00:29:42,649 --> 00:29:45,519 I'm not gonna stand up and look like the small guy that's scared 558 00:29:45,586 --> 00:29:46,887 and be all over the place. 559 00:29:46,954 --> 00:29:50,924 I'm gonna sit down for a little bit and hit you with some cocky, cool shit 560 00:29:50,991 --> 00:29:52,559 and make you go, "Ooh." 561 00:29:52,626 --> 00:29:55,629 And then I'm gonna get up and punch you in the face with these jokes. 562 00:29:55,696 --> 00:29:56,697 And that's what I did. 563 00:29:56,763 --> 00:29:59,733 One of the best sets I ever had was on Def Comedy Jam. 564 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,203 I'm now able to say, as Kevin Hart, the comedian, 565 00:30:03,270 --> 00:30:07,107 that I performed on Def Comedy Jam. 566 00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:11,578 Coming to the stage right now, 567 00:30:11,645 --> 00:30:16,517 the king of impressions, my man, Steve Harvey! 568 00:30:24,358 --> 00:30:25,659 Heh. 569 00:30:25,726 --> 00:30:28,262 I ain't never did impressions, Kid. 570 00:30:28,793 --> 00:30:30,328 I ain't never acted like nothin'. 571 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:31,830 You said-- 572 00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:35,834 I ain't never did impressions, dawg. 573 00:30:36,301 --> 00:30:40,972 Shit. But after they see me around all this cussing, 574 00:30:43,710 --> 00:30:48,048 I'm gonna have act like my ass got a game show after this. 575 00:30:48,115 --> 00:30:51,485 I know they're gonna take me off TV, so I might as well go out with a bang. 576 00:30:51,552 --> 00:30:53,687 Fuck it. Yeah. 577 00:30:54,655 --> 00:30:55,889 [laughs] 578 00:30:57,455 --> 00:30:58,456 Let me tell you something. 579 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:03,027 There was one impression that popped up all the time on Def Jam. 580 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:07,899 It was one of the most repeated impressions ever 581 00:31:07,968 --> 00:31:09,903 in the history of Def Jam, 582 00:31:09,970 --> 00:31:12,306 and it came from the legend himself, 583 00:31:12,372 --> 00:31:16,710 the King of Pop, the one and only Michael Jackson. 584 00:31:18,178 --> 00:31:20,247 - Michael Jackson. - Michael Jackson! Whoo! 585 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:23,081 -The King of Pop. -[imitating Michael Jackson] 586 00:31:28,121 --> 00:31:29,489 Ohh! 587 00:31:29,556 --> 00:31:31,325 Ohh! 588 00:31:31,391 --> 00:31:34,094 Imagine if Michael Jackson was from the projects. 589 00:31:34,161 --> 00:31:35,429 [pop music playing] 590 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,008 What if Michael Jackson was a pimp? 591 00:31:49,142 --> 00:31:51,879 Him and Tito would be riding around in a Cadillac and shit. 592 00:31:54,715 --> 00:31:56,049 "Slow down, Tito. 593 00:31:57,618 --> 00:31:59,553 Slow down, Tito! Damn! 594 00:32:01,555 --> 00:32:04,324 Is that my ho over there sitting on the curb? 595 00:32:04,391 --> 00:32:05,626 Let me out. 596 00:32:07,294 --> 00:32:08,829 Come here, girl! 597 00:32:11,198 --> 00:32:13,166 I said come here, girl! 598 00:32:13,901 --> 00:32:15,536 Where my money? How much you got?" 599 00:32:16,570 --> 00:32:19,473 "Mike, I'm sorry. All I got is a $100 bill." 600 00:32:19,540 --> 00:32:22,109 "Girl, you been out here all day, and all you got is a $100 bill? 601 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:23,875 Ohh! 602 00:32:23,944 --> 00:32:25,179 [imitates slap] 603 00:32:26,013 --> 00:32:27,948 Keep it in the closet." 604 00:32:28,015 --> 00:32:29,816 I think Michael's on crack. 605 00:32:30,851 --> 00:32:32,553 I bet you Michael's at home like... 606 00:32:34,054 --> 00:32:35,856 [inhales] 607 00:32:37,057 --> 00:32:38,091 Ohh! 608 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,435 [inhales] 609 00:33:07,888 --> 00:33:09,289 [inhales] 610 00:33:11,191 --> 00:33:12,926 Ohh! 611 00:33:15,429 --> 00:33:18,732 [Kid Capri] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Def Jam stage, 612 00:33:18,799 --> 00:33:21,635 Mr. Eddie Griffin! 613 00:33:30,110 --> 00:33:33,680 Damn, I look like a crack addict on that motherfucker. Heh! 614 00:33:33,747 --> 00:33:36,016 Motherfucker looked like he needed a couple of a sandwiches. 615 00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:41,452 Russell, I wanted to thank you, Stan Lathan and the whole Def Jam team. 616 00:33:41,522 --> 00:33:44,625 You see all these niggas in here that used to be broker than a motherfucker? 617 00:33:45,592 --> 00:33:47,027 You gave us a platform, 618 00:33:47,094 --> 00:33:49,863 'cause they wouldn't put us on The Tonight Show back then. 619 00:33:49,927 --> 00:33:52,363 We weren't getting on none of them motherfucking talk shows. 620 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:55,969 But that first two years was some magical shit 621 00:33:56,036 --> 00:34:00,841 because all of us motherfuckers had been doing this shit for about five years, 622 00:34:00,908 --> 00:34:02,276 and nobody would put us on. 623 00:34:02,342 --> 00:34:05,212 So, when that first crop came out, nigga, we was ready. 624 00:34:05,279 --> 00:34:08,515 I ain't gonna talk about some of them motherfuckers that came after a nigga. 625 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,548 You gotta get some quality control. 626 00:34:10,617 --> 00:34:12,819 You don't see them here 'cause shit didn't work out. 627 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:17,422 And thank God comedy knows how to weed that shit out of there. 628 00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:20,227 Because that Def Jam audience will let your ass know: 629 00:34:20,294 --> 00:34:22,396 "Nigga, McDonald's is hollering. 630 00:34:22,462 --> 00:34:25,065 I think you need to flip a burger. This shit ain't for you." 631 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:29,703 Ever since I did Def Jam, that shit changed my life. 632 00:34:29,770 --> 00:34:31,572 Martin came to me in The Comedy Store 633 00:34:31,638 --> 00:34:33,440 and said, "Nigga, you need to do Def Jam." 634 00:34:33,507 --> 00:34:35,142 I'm like, "I'm about to shoot my HBO special." 635 00:34:35,209 --> 00:34:36,643 He said, "Don't nobody know who you is. 636 00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:38,445 Do five minutes here, motherfuckers will know you." 637 00:34:38,512 --> 00:34:39,680 I said, "Damn, nigga. 638 00:34:41,448 --> 00:34:43,684 Heh! Why didn't I think of that shit?" 639 00:34:44,718 --> 00:34:47,888 Right? So, thank you, Martin. I appreciate that, brother. 640 00:34:47,955 --> 00:34:50,157 And then, after I did the show-- the shit aired-- 641 00:34:50,224 --> 00:34:51,825 every time I do a show to this motherfucking day, 642 00:34:51,889 --> 00:34:54,592 they keep on: "Eddie! Do Michael Jackson!" 643 00:34:55,162 --> 00:34:58,498 I'm gonna do Michael Jackson one more motherfucking time. 644 00:35:04,104 --> 00:35:05,939 All right, nigga, here it go. Shit. 645 00:35:08,242 --> 00:35:10,310 Too soon? Too soon? 646 00:35:10,377 --> 00:35:11,378 Too soon? 647 00:35:11,445 --> 00:35:12,880 [Eddie laughs] 648 00:35:12,946 --> 00:35:14,615 Get it? The nigga dead! 649 00:35:16,683 --> 00:35:18,185 Fuck y'all motherfuckers. 650 00:35:26,090 --> 00:35:26,958 Good night. 651 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,001 I got to put this here. 652 00:35:38,071 --> 00:35:41,475 I love it when they give me something hard and black to work with. 653 00:35:41,542 --> 00:35:42,843 [crowd cheering] 654 00:35:42,910 --> 00:35:43,944 Oh! 655 00:35:46,747 --> 00:35:49,082 I forgot where the fuck I was! 656 00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:52,286 When you're looking good and you got it going on, 657 00:35:52,352 --> 00:35:55,088 there's nothing wrong with letting the brothers know 658 00:35:55,155 --> 00:35:57,124 that you got it going on. Okay? 659 00:35:57,191 --> 00:36:00,928 That's why when a man walk up to me, talkin' about, "Baby... 660 00:36:01,728 --> 00:36:03,797 what your name is?" 661 00:36:06,533 --> 00:36:09,636 Honey, I simply tell him, "Rent." 662 00:36:11,104 --> 00:36:13,574 This brother come up to me, talkin' about, "Mmm. 663 00:36:14,441 --> 00:36:17,811 I can do things to your body ain't no man ever done." 664 00:36:17,878 --> 00:36:19,313 I said, "Like what?" 665 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,450 "I can make you come with my finger." 666 00:36:24,985 --> 00:36:27,821 I said, "Well, shit... I can do that!" 667 00:36:29,556 --> 00:36:32,259 If he got a dick like a hamster, he better have a tongue like a rattlesnake. 668 00:36:32,326 --> 00:36:33,460 Am I right? 669 00:36:33,527 --> 00:36:36,163 I like them niggas where I can pump them up and catch their ass. Pow! 670 00:36:37,297 --> 00:36:38,565 Holler at ya, nigga! 671 00:36:38,632 --> 00:36:40,133 Ha ha ha! 672 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,402 I'll tear his ass up! Pow! Pow! 673 00:36:42,469 --> 00:36:43,670 [grunts] 674 00:36:43,737 --> 00:36:46,073 Y'all don't even know what a Pap smear is. 675 00:36:46,907 --> 00:36:49,376 I told my man, "I'm going to get a Pap smear." 676 00:36:49,443 --> 00:36:51,712 He's like, "Yeah, bring me one, no mustard." 677 00:36:52,513 --> 00:36:55,048 Y'all want to know: "Sheryl, have you ever fucked a white man?" 678 00:36:55,115 --> 00:36:57,351 Yes, I did. Once in my life. 679 00:36:57,417 --> 00:36:59,653 But that's because the rent was due. 680 00:37:02,990 --> 00:37:05,392 And that motherfucker was the landlord. 681 00:37:05,459 --> 00:37:07,961 But now I own the building! 682 00:37:09,563 --> 00:37:12,633 Oh, you want to get real nasty, huh? You want some of this? 683 00:37:12,699 --> 00:37:13,867 [thumping] 684 00:37:21,175 --> 00:37:23,577 The foot-fucking right there. That's good foot-fucking. 685 00:37:23,644 --> 00:37:27,314 Be careful, 'cause I will dunk on your motherfucking ass. 686 00:37:27,381 --> 00:37:30,050 So give a big bitch some love! 687 00:37:31,018 --> 00:37:32,753 [hip-hop music playing] 688 00:37:35,422 --> 00:37:37,658 [Kid Capri] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage 689 00:37:37,724 --> 00:37:40,460 Tiffany Haddish, Melanie Comarcho, 690 00:37:40,527 --> 00:37:44,264 Sheryl Underwood and Adele Givens, y'all! 691 00:37:49,837 --> 00:37:50,971 Ha! 692 00:37:51,038 --> 00:37:53,674 I look up to these women. They paved the way for people like me. 693 00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:58,478 We all did Def Comedy Jam. But y'all did Def Comedy Jam! 694 00:37:58,545 --> 00:37:59,646 -Yo, yo! -Okay? 695 00:37:59,713 --> 00:38:02,950 Now, Sheryl, I want to ask you a question, okay? 696 00:38:03,016 --> 00:38:06,753 Do you think it was harder for women to get on Def Comedy Jam, to do it? 697 00:38:07,688 --> 00:38:11,425 No harder than the men, because if you couldn't get through the Peppermint, 698 00:38:11,491 --> 00:38:14,094 -you wasn't getting on Def Comedy Jam. -Woot woot! 699 00:38:14,161 --> 00:38:16,196 If you couldn't make it through the Peppermint Lounge-- 700 00:38:16,263 --> 00:38:19,566 I saw a lot of motherfuckers think they was really funny 701 00:38:19,633 --> 00:38:22,469 and get their face cracked at the Peppermint. 702 00:38:22,536 --> 00:38:24,204 You better ask somebody. 703 00:38:24,271 --> 00:38:25,672 What's the Peppermint? 704 00:38:25,739 --> 00:38:29,977 -The Peppermint Lounge in... -New Jersey. No joke. 705 00:38:30,043 --> 00:38:33,480 They would boo you from the outfit, from the intro. 706 00:38:33,547 --> 00:38:36,483 They would boo you-- You start your little jokey joke, 707 00:38:36,550 --> 00:38:38,318 you thought you were about to kill the game. 708 00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:40,687 They was worse than Showtime at the Apollo. 709 00:38:40,754 --> 00:38:42,189 Way worse. Scary. 710 00:38:42,256 --> 00:38:45,292 And Bill Bellamy was the damn host, with his pretty ass, 711 00:38:45,359 --> 00:38:47,027 so we thought we had a shot. 712 00:38:47,094 --> 00:38:48,195 Sure enough. 713 00:38:49,062 --> 00:38:53,567 Melanie, I want to ask you, how did Def Comedy Jam change your life? 714 00:38:53,634 --> 00:38:57,638 Oh, it's so amazing. Bob Sumner put me on the tour 715 00:38:57,704 --> 00:39:00,807 immediately following my first taping. 716 00:39:02,176 --> 00:39:04,678 I toured with the Def Jam for like, seven years, 717 00:39:04,745 --> 00:39:07,114 and after that, everybody started grabbing me. 718 00:39:07,181 --> 00:39:10,551 I did Martin Lawrence for eight years, I toured with Martin Lawrence. 719 00:39:10,617 --> 00:39:12,252 Thank you, Martin, for the love. 720 00:39:12,319 --> 00:39:15,622 Chris Tucker, Katt Williams, everybody brought me. 721 00:39:15,689 --> 00:39:20,527 I became the most toured comic in America. So that's what Def Jam did for me. 722 00:39:20,594 --> 00:39:23,463 She owns half of Hawthorne, y'all. She owns half of Hawthorne. 723 00:39:23,530 --> 00:39:25,432 When you talk about how it changed your life, 724 00:39:25,499 --> 00:39:30,304 Def Comedy Jam paid for my associate's, my bachelor's, my master's degree. 725 00:39:30,370 --> 00:39:32,206 And my abortion. 726 00:39:32,272 --> 00:39:34,374 Ha ha! I'm just kidding. 727 00:39:35,142 --> 00:39:36,977 That's a joke, it's a joke. Okay. 728 00:39:37,044 --> 00:39:39,446 And I have three doctorates. 729 00:39:39,513 --> 00:39:41,014 -Wow! -That's right. 730 00:39:41,081 --> 00:39:43,116 -Oh, yeah. -You better ask somebody. 731 00:39:43,183 --> 00:39:44,952 And I have a GED. 732 00:39:46,386 --> 00:39:48,155 I'm a bad bitch, too. 733 00:39:48,222 --> 00:39:49,556 -They paid for that, too, right? -Right. 734 00:39:49,623 --> 00:39:52,960 Well, Adele, I want to ask you, 735 00:39:53,026 --> 00:39:57,631 where did you get this saying, that you're such a fucking lady? 736 00:39:57,698 --> 00:39:58,899 How did that come about? 737 00:39:58,966 --> 00:40:00,968 I'll tell you exactly how it came about. 738 00:40:01,034 --> 00:40:05,405 Because there's a double standard in the world, as we know. 739 00:40:05,472 --> 00:40:08,809 -Men can do shit that women can't do. -Right. 740 00:40:08,876 --> 00:40:11,411 I would be out doing my stand-up, 741 00:40:11,478 --> 00:40:14,515 and then, when I get off, people-- even women would come to me 742 00:40:14,581 --> 00:40:17,751 and say, "You know, as a lady, you can't get away with this." 743 00:40:17,818 --> 00:40:20,153 And that expression was born. 744 00:40:20,220 --> 00:40:22,556 I'm like, "How the fuck I can't say 'suck a dick' 745 00:40:22,623 --> 00:40:24,791 but I can suck a dick? How could that work out?" 746 00:40:27,461 --> 00:40:30,364 My GED challenged that logic. 747 00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:31,932 That part. 748 00:40:31,999 --> 00:40:35,569 If I can suck a dick, I'm gonna say something. 749 00:40:35,636 --> 00:40:38,105 But I will tell you this. What you see on this stage 750 00:40:38,172 --> 00:40:39,573 and what you see on this audience, 751 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:44,178 what you see with Laura Hayes and Sommore and all the women that came through... 752 00:40:44,244 --> 00:40:46,613 -Robin Montague. -So many. The names are long. 753 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,583 What you can see is, if you put God first, 754 00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:54,885 and you let the Lord order your steps, you will make it. You will make it. 755 00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:57,288 When you let the Lord order it, you don't have to pay shipping and handling. 756 00:40:57,357 --> 00:40:59,626 And you don't have to sleep with nobody to get ahead. 757 00:40:59,693 --> 00:41:00,894 That's true. 758 00:41:00,961 --> 00:41:03,664 -And there you have it. -I refuse! 759 00:41:03,730 --> 00:41:07,634 -The fucking ladies of Def Comedy Jam! -You heard that! 760 00:41:09,002 --> 00:41:10,070 Stay woke. 761 00:41:14,842 --> 00:41:16,577 Yo, what's up? This is the homey Ice Cube. 762 00:41:16,643 --> 00:41:21,648 I want to say happy 25th anniversary to Def Comedy Jam. 763 00:41:21,715 --> 00:41:25,519 I get a lot of credit for discovering people 764 00:41:25,586 --> 00:41:26,987 with my Friday movies, 765 00:41:27,054 --> 00:41:32,426 but I wouldn't have ever seen Chris Tucker without Def Comedy Jam 766 00:41:32,492 --> 00:41:34,127 or Bernie Mac. 767 00:41:34,194 --> 00:41:38,265 Some of these guys that I get credited for discovering, 768 00:41:38,332 --> 00:41:40,868 I discovered them on Def Comedy Jam. 769 00:41:40,934 --> 00:41:43,837 It's just been a great institution for comedy. 770 00:41:45,072 --> 00:41:49,009 TV star, singing star, movie star-- he's from the 312-- 771 00:41:49,076 --> 00:41:51,545 who's at home on Brooklyn Nine-Nine! 772 00:41:51,612 --> 00:41:55,282 Coming to the stage, my dude, Craig Robinson, y'all! 773 00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,317 Everybody say, "That's what we do." 774 00:42:00,387 --> 00:42:01,989 [all] That's what we do! 775 00:42:02,055 --> 00:42:04,191 During Def Comedy Jam's run, 776 00:42:04,258 --> 00:42:07,294 literally hundreds of comedians performed thousands of hours 777 00:42:07,361 --> 00:42:09,196 of original comedy routines. 778 00:42:09,263 --> 00:42:12,733 So, when it came to the overwhelming task of wading through all that material 779 00:42:12,799 --> 00:42:15,969 and selecting the clips you're seeing here tonight, 780 00:42:16,036 --> 00:42:18,539 they needed to come up with an efficient system. 781 00:42:18,605 --> 00:42:19,640 So... 782 00:42:21,975 --> 00:42:26,580 some smart person developed this app. 783 00:42:26,647 --> 00:42:27,814 [beeps] 784 00:42:27,881 --> 00:42:29,983 Def Word Search app. 785 00:42:30,050 --> 00:42:32,686 It is able to search any word or phrase 786 00:42:32,753 --> 00:42:35,822 and immediately find every occurrence of it on the show. 787 00:42:35,889 --> 00:42:38,659 For instance-- Let's try something simple. 788 00:42:39,493 --> 00:42:44,231 Def Word, search "yachting." "Yachting." 789 00:42:44,298 --> 00:42:46,500 [computerized voice] Searching "yachting." 790 00:42:46,567 --> 00:42:48,802 I actually won a contest to be on Def Comedy Jam-- 791 00:42:48,869 --> 00:42:51,205 [computerized voice] Occurrences located. 792 00:42:51,268 --> 00:42:52,903 Okay, let's hear. 793 00:42:53,407 --> 00:42:54,541 Yachting! 794 00:43:02,950 --> 00:43:05,752 All right. I'm surprised there was one. Okay. 795 00:43:06,820 --> 00:43:09,223 Uh, let me see. Something, um-- 796 00:43:09,289 --> 00:43:11,258 That was a little random. Let's see something else. 797 00:43:12,226 --> 00:43:15,128 Def Word, search "baby momma." 798 00:43:16,063 --> 00:43:18,532 [computerized voice] Searching "baby momma." 799 00:43:18,599 --> 00:43:20,934 You know, the dominant/submissive relationship is interesting-- 800 00:43:21,001 --> 00:43:22,703 [computerized voice] Occurrences located. 801 00:43:24,571 --> 00:43:25,739 They found it. 802 00:43:25,806 --> 00:43:27,541 -Baby momma. -Baby momma. 803 00:43:27,608 --> 00:43:29,109 -Baby momma. -Baby momma. 804 00:43:31,709 --> 00:43:32,910 I thought there would've been more. 805 00:43:34,578 --> 00:43:37,681 One more and this time, what the hell, we might as well go for it, right? 806 00:43:38,852 --> 00:43:43,357 Def Word, search "muthafucka." 807 00:43:44,258 --> 00:43:46,593 [computerized voice] Searching "muthafucka." 808 00:43:47,861 --> 00:43:50,097 You ever have a cousin you were attracted to, 809 00:43:50,163 --> 00:43:51,164 but not like in a-- 810 00:43:51,231 --> 00:43:52,833 [computerized voice] Occurrences located. 811 00:43:56,136 --> 00:43:57,671 -Yo, muthafucka! -Muthafucka. 812 00:43:57,738 --> 00:43:59,339 -Muthafucka. -Muthafucka. 813 00:44:00,007 --> 00:44:02,776 -Muthafucka, thank you! -Hey, muthafucka, what's up? 814 00:44:02,843 --> 00:44:04,711 -Muthafuckin' money. -Muthafuckin' car. 815 00:44:04,778 --> 00:44:06,280 -Muthafuckin' house. -Muthafuckin' job. 816 00:44:06,346 --> 00:44:08,782 -Muthafuckin' neighborhood. -Muthafuckin' hand, man! 817 00:44:08,849 --> 00:44:11,818 -Muthafuckin' East Coast, son! -Go ahead, muthafucka! 818 00:44:11,885 --> 00:44:13,620 "H" to the muthafuckin' "A". 819 00:44:13,687 --> 00:44:15,289 Well, say something, muthafucka! 820 00:44:15,355 --> 00:44:16,890 -Muthafucka. -Muthafucka. 821 00:44:16,957 --> 00:44:19,593 You backward, trailer-park, inbred muthafuckas! 822 00:44:19,660 --> 00:44:21,862 Nigga, your nuts nicer than a muthafucka. 823 00:44:21,929 --> 00:44:24,064 -This muthafucka. -You patch-eyed muthafucka. 824 00:44:24,831 --> 00:44:27,034 Muthafucka, you gotta come better than that. 825 00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:28,268 Oh, shit, muthafucka. 826 00:44:28,335 --> 00:44:30,103 You got me hornier than a muthafucka, nigga. 827 00:44:30,170 --> 00:44:33,173 Muthafucka, where you goin'? I'm goin' to fuck your mother. 828 00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:35,509 I ain't your real mama, either, muthafucka. 829 00:44:36,210 --> 00:44:39,580 [computerized voice] Fuck, that was a lot of muthafuckin' occurrences. 830 00:44:40,914 --> 00:44:42,015 Wow. 831 00:44:42,082 --> 00:44:45,085 I'm glad I didn't say "nig--" Never mind. Anyway... 832 00:44:45,919 --> 00:44:49,089 You get the point. Def Comedy Jam was not for the squeamish. 833 00:44:49,156 --> 00:44:51,024 We didn't hold back. We brought it to you raw. 834 00:44:51,091 --> 00:44:53,193 We spoke from the heart and from the groin, 835 00:44:53,260 --> 00:44:54,928 'cause that's what we do. 836 00:44:56,230 --> 00:44:59,032 Women go to restaurants and lose their goddamn mind, man. 837 00:44:59,099 --> 00:45:00,767 They got to order from that expensive side of the menu, 838 00:45:00,834 --> 00:45:03,370 the side with the steak and the lobster and the Dom Pérignon. 839 00:45:03,437 --> 00:45:05,572 Guys like to give them that little warning, too. 840 00:45:05,639 --> 00:45:08,208 "Ooh, honey, you understand that's the 'fucking' side of the menu. 841 00:45:08,275 --> 00:45:09,276 You understand that. 842 00:45:10,744 --> 00:45:13,914 It's steak, lobster and dick. It is a combination." 843 00:45:14,748 --> 00:45:18,519 If a nigga really wanted to rape me, what can I really do? Be honest. 844 00:45:18,585 --> 00:45:22,723 If you get past my scuffle, that's it. I gotta take one for the team. 845 00:45:22,789 --> 00:45:25,859 That's all I got. If you get past my scuffle-- 846 00:45:25,926 --> 00:45:28,729 "Hey, get the fuck off, nigga. Hey, nigga! 847 00:45:28,795 --> 00:45:29,796 [grunts] 848 00:45:33,267 --> 00:45:34,234 Aah!" 849 00:45:34,301 --> 00:45:36,303 Ladies, you gotta start taking some responsibility 850 00:45:36,370 --> 00:45:38,172 for your own miserable life. 851 00:45:38,238 --> 00:45:39,740 If you're over 25 years old 852 00:45:39,806 --> 00:45:42,176 and still walking around here, talking about, "Niggas ain't shit," 853 00:45:42,242 --> 00:45:45,846 bitch, you need to grow the fuck up with your irresponsible ass. 854 00:45:45,913 --> 00:45:50,083 What you meant to say was all the niggas you fuck with ain't shit. 855 00:45:51,018 --> 00:45:54,755 That's right. You need to figure out what it is about your pussy 856 00:45:54,821 --> 00:45:56,890 that keeps attracting ain't-shit niggas. 857 00:45:56,957 --> 00:45:58,592 Might be ain't-shit pussy. 858 00:46:00,827 --> 00:46:05,199 [Kid Capri] Let's welcome to the stage, my man, Cedric the Entertainer! 859 00:46:05,933 --> 00:46:06,834 Yeah! 860 00:46:09,002 --> 00:46:11,772 What a night. Y'all having a great time tonight? 861 00:46:13,073 --> 00:46:14,474 Good. No doubt, man. 862 00:46:14,541 --> 00:46:17,845 You know what? During this time of racism and exclusion, 863 00:46:17,911 --> 00:46:20,147 Russell Simmons took a bold stand. 864 00:46:20,214 --> 00:46:22,983 He looked around and said TV needed diversity, 865 00:46:23,050 --> 00:46:24,384 so he reached out to see 866 00:46:24,451 --> 00:46:28,722 if there were any qualified white comics that were out there. 867 00:46:28,789 --> 00:46:30,357 And sure, there was some protest. 868 00:46:30,424 --> 00:46:33,026 All the black comics was like, "Hold up. Black comics only, Russell. 869 00:46:33,093 --> 00:46:36,396 You going too damn fast, bro. Slow down, you know?" 870 00:46:36,463 --> 00:46:38,332 But Russell had a dream. 871 00:46:38,398 --> 00:46:41,535 He said, "One day, this nation will rise up 872 00:46:43,504 --> 00:46:45,472 and live out the true meaning of his creed, 873 00:46:45,539 --> 00:46:49,243 that we hold these truths to be self-evident, 874 00:46:50,077 --> 00:46:54,381 that all comics are created equal, as long as they speak English." 875 00:46:54,448 --> 00:46:55,449 You know what I mean? 876 00:46:56,350 --> 00:47:00,687 Ladies and gentlemen, we found all of the white comics 877 00:47:01,622 --> 00:47:03,624 that's ever been on Def Jam. 878 00:47:04,121 --> 00:47:06,957 All of them, y'all. There they go right there. Right there. 879 00:47:07,027 --> 00:47:10,631 Honest John, Rich Vos. There they are. 880 00:47:10,694 --> 00:47:12,930 Niggas all love 'em! 881 00:47:13,433 --> 00:47:14,835 Shout out, man. Big up, man. 882 00:47:14,902 --> 00:47:17,104 There they go, the white comics of the Def Jam. 883 00:47:17,938 --> 00:47:19,139 Coming this fall. 884 00:47:19,940 --> 00:47:21,708 They would be the only motherfuckers to get a show. 885 00:47:21,775 --> 00:47:23,076 God damn it, I'm out of here. 886 00:47:24,211 --> 00:47:26,113 [hip-hop music playing] 887 00:47:32,986 --> 00:47:34,188 ♪ Def Comedy Jam ♪ 888 00:47:40,093 --> 00:47:43,297 Ladies and gentlemen, two performer/ Def Comedy Jam hosts, 889 00:47:43,363 --> 00:47:46,433 Mike Epps and Joe Torry! 890 00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:48,769 What. What. What. What. 891 00:47:48,836 --> 00:47:51,438 -What! -Hey, hey, hey, hey. 892 00:47:51,505 --> 00:47:55,042 -Hey, hey, hey, hey! -Hey, hey, hey! 893 00:47:55,108 --> 00:47:57,044 [laughs] 894 00:47:57,110 --> 00:47:58,512 You know how to do that shit? 895 00:47:58,579 --> 00:48:02,015 Yeah, man, that's some young kid shit right there. 896 00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:04,982 [scatting] 897 00:48:05,849 --> 00:48:07,784 You know, this audience right here, this ain't-- 898 00:48:07,855 --> 00:48:11,225 -this ain't no real Def Jam audience. -No. 899 00:48:11,291 --> 00:48:14,361 We came in, they had the real Def Jam audiences. 900 00:48:14,428 --> 00:48:18,332 Motherfuckers out there got up and was-- What were they doing? 901 00:48:18,398 --> 00:48:21,201 Falling all on the motherfucking floor. Yeah. 902 00:48:21,268 --> 00:48:23,237 Running across the room, slapping each other. 903 00:48:23,303 --> 00:48:25,339 Making a drink under their lap. 904 00:48:26,206 --> 00:48:29,443 Niggas was sneaking Courvoisier in the thing and everything. 905 00:48:29,510 --> 00:48:30,944 -You know what I'm saying? -Yeah. 906 00:48:31,011 --> 00:48:33,213 They had a bunch of security. Double security. 907 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,816 Muslims was there, big dudes was there, the gorilla force. 908 00:48:35,883 --> 00:48:38,352 They was dressed fucked up. I don't know why you're here talking. 909 00:48:38,418 --> 00:48:40,954 You had a cowboy hat on, on Def Comedy Jam 910 00:48:41,722 --> 00:48:43,490 with some baby powder on his chest. 911 00:48:43,557 --> 00:48:45,559 This nigga out there looking like this. 912 00:48:47,294 --> 00:48:50,130 Motherfucker, didn't you start with some crimped cornrows, motherfucker? 913 00:48:50,931 --> 00:48:52,299 Then you just came out-- 914 00:48:52,366 --> 00:48:55,068 Now you got a beard covering up your shit 'cause it ain't like it used to be. 915 00:48:55,135 --> 00:48:56,537 Can't roll that shit up no more. 916 00:48:56,603 --> 00:48:58,739 You know, but we ain't gonna fuck with each other. 917 00:48:58,805 --> 00:49:01,675 We got enough motherfuckers out here we can fuck with. 918 00:49:01,742 --> 00:49:05,179 -That's what we was about. -We fucked with everybody. 919 00:49:05,245 --> 00:49:07,381 There was some people out there that wore fucked-up shit. 920 00:49:07,447 --> 00:49:09,349 If you ain't have no jokes, you could find some shit. 921 00:49:09,416 --> 00:49:10,817 Like this motherfucker. 922 00:49:10,884 --> 00:49:13,453 -God damn! -This big motherfucker right here. 923 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,856 He played the spoons back in the day, god damn it. 924 00:49:15,923 --> 00:49:18,825 -You're too old for braces. -Yes, he is. 925 00:49:19,726 --> 00:49:22,996 And this nigga got a pajama top on right here. 926 00:49:23,063 --> 00:49:25,966 That's a pajama top. 'Cause I got the pants to the motherfucker. 927 00:49:26,033 --> 00:49:29,102 This nigga tried to sneak in with a pajama top on. 928 00:49:29,169 --> 00:49:31,338 He got on some Skechers 929 00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:33,804 and a Target sweatshirt. 930 00:49:35,042 --> 00:49:37,511 And there's a lot of ladies in here wearing bodysuits, 931 00:49:37,578 --> 00:49:40,214 -and they ain't got no body. -They ain't got no body! 932 00:49:41,215 --> 00:49:43,984 You're looking like a wrestler in this motherfucker. 933 00:49:44,047 --> 00:49:44,915 Hey. 934 00:49:47,384 --> 00:49:48,352 My-- 935 00:49:50,791 --> 00:49:53,327 They walk up in this motherfucker like this. 936 00:49:56,063 --> 00:49:58,732 I seen one of them put a skip on that motherfucker. 937 00:50:04,404 --> 00:50:07,040 -Russell, we just want to say thank you. -Thank you. 938 00:50:07,104 --> 00:50:09,706 Look how many millionaires you made in this room tonight. 939 00:50:09,773 --> 00:50:11,074 Yes, you did. 940 00:50:12,412 --> 00:50:16,416 And if it wasn't for you, Russell, a lot of us would be in the penitentiary. 941 00:50:16,483 --> 00:50:19,219 -You're damn right. -Including you. 942 00:50:19,282 --> 00:50:21,351 [laughing] 943 00:50:21,421 --> 00:50:23,123 Def Jam 25! 944 00:50:31,532 --> 00:50:32,499 [shouts] 945 00:50:35,936 --> 00:50:37,838 Forest Whitaker in the house. 946 00:50:38,906 --> 00:50:41,308 Rosie Perez in the house. What's up, Rosie? 947 00:50:41,375 --> 00:50:43,277 The Wu-Tang Clan, they're in the house. 948 00:50:44,845 --> 00:50:46,280 LL Cool J. 949 00:50:47,014 --> 00:50:48,081 Tisha Campbell. 950 00:50:48,148 --> 00:50:49,550 Malcolm-Jamal Warner. 951 00:50:49,616 --> 00:50:50,951 Lawrence Taylor! 952 00:50:51,818 --> 00:50:54,054 And Ice-T, yeah! 953 00:50:54,121 --> 00:50:56,156 Hey! Big Daddy Kane. 954 00:50:56,223 --> 00:50:58,192 ♪ Smooth operator ♪ 955 00:50:58,258 --> 00:51:00,327 Kid 'n Play, what's up? Thank you for coming out. 956 00:51:00,394 --> 00:51:03,163 Got my man over here, Flavor Flav. Look at him. 957 00:51:03,230 --> 00:51:05,232 Ain't nobody like Flavor Flav. Look. 958 00:51:05,299 --> 00:51:07,534 All right, nigga, sit your ass down. This is my show. 959 00:51:07,601 --> 00:51:09,269 [Martin laughing] 960 00:51:09,336 --> 00:51:11,772 Flav's so ugly, roaches do like this: "Daddy!" 961 00:51:14,775 --> 00:51:16,043 Wesley Snipes. 962 00:51:17,277 --> 00:51:18,612 Bad chocolate motherfucker, ain't he? 963 00:51:19,176 --> 00:51:22,079 Women can't leave your ass now, can they? I bet in the day, they used to dog you. 964 00:51:22,149 --> 00:51:24,017 "You ain't shit. Get your ass out of here. 965 00:51:24,718 --> 00:51:27,554 You little black motherfucker. Get the fuck out of here." 966 00:51:32,326 --> 00:51:35,863 We got Salt-N-Pepa, y'all, and Spinderella. 967 00:51:35,929 --> 00:51:37,264 Spike Lee, what's up, man? 968 00:51:37,727 --> 00:51:40,497 Spike put me in my first movie: Do the Right Thing. 969 00:51:40,567 --> 00:51:42,736 Motherfucker ain't employed me since. 970 00:51:45,839 --> 00:51:49,710 No, but you know I don't want to be in no more Spike Lee movies. 971 00:51:50,377 --> 00:51:51,912 "Spike, why I ain't in your movie?" "Fuck you." 972 00:51:54,515 --> 00:51:55,916 [Martin laughs] 973 00:51:56,950 --> 00:51:58,852 You're my sister. I love you. Come here. 974 00:51:59,419 --> 00:52:01,388 What the fuck's up? I know Big Bird is out of business, 975 00:52:01,455 --> 00:52:02,823 but what the fuck is up? 976 00:52:05,759 --> 00:52:07,961 [Kid Capri] Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up 977 00:52:08,028 --> 00:52:13,700 for the reigning king of controversy, my dude, Katt Williams, y'all! 978 00:52:23,940 --> 00:52:25,809 Good evening. Good evening. Uh... 979 00:52:27,381 --> 00:52:31,151 legally, y'all know I'm not allowed to make it to all the events, but... 980 00:52:34,388 --> 00:52:36,456 it's certainly a pleasure for me to be able to make this. 981 00:52:36,523 --> 00:52:40,727 Def Jam represented for us, so I gotta represent for them. 982 00:52:40,794 --> 00:52:42,496 I'm very excited about it. 983 00:52:42,563 --> 00:52:43,797 Uh... 984 00:52:43,864 --> 00:52:47,901 plus, if you're watching the news, you know about the stuff that's going on. 985 00:52:47,968 --> 00:52:52,439 You know that, uh, Trump is in there, and I was trying to figure it out. 986 00:52:53,774 --> 00:52:56,577 I realized it's some freaky white-boy shit. 987 00:52:56,643 --> 00:52:58,545 You know, um... 988 00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:02,616 the crazier it gets, the more it turns them on. 989 00:53:02,683 --> 00:53:05,719 You know that shit where they tie the belt around their neck 990 00:53:05,786 --> 00:53:10,524 and almost choke their dumb-ass self to death just so they can come? 991 00:53:10,591 --> 00:53:13,861 That's Trump in the White House for us. 992 00:53:16,930 --> 00:53:19,399 Erotic asphyxiation. 993 00:53:20,234 --> 00:53:23,403 We're just gonna keep fucking up until we come on North Korea's back, 994 00:53:23,470 --> 00:53:25,005 and that's gonna be the end of it. 995 00:53:27,407 --> 00:53:32,112 Now, I know that a lot of y'all feel like I go out of my way to find controversy. 996 00:53:32,179 --> 00:53:35,649 That is not true. Controversy waits in the bushes for me. 997 00:53:41,388 --> 00:53:45,826 But Satan and all shady motherfuckers are my enemy. 998 00:53:45,893 --> 00:53:49,029 I don't run from the fight, I'm not scared of consequences. 999 00:53:49,096 --> 00:53:53,400 Because if you're scared of consequences, then that breeds fear, 1000 00:53:53,467 --> 00:53:57,871 and fear means you're gonna stop. And we can't ever afford to stop. 1001 00:53:57,938 --> 00:54:01,775 And Def Comedy Jam was fearless, as we all should be. 1002 00:54:01,842 --> 00:54:03,010 God bless you. 1003 00:54:06,947 --> 00:54:08,849 [narrator] From the moment it hit the airwaves, 1004 00:54:08,916 --> 00:54:11,618 Def Comedy Jam was mired in controversy. 1005 00:54:11,685 --> 00:54:14,087 Many people who were part of the Civil Rights generation 1006 00:54:14,154 --> 00:54:15,889 couldn't stand the Def Comedy Jam. 1007 00:54:15,956 --> 00:54:18,792 They felt like this was pulling black people back. 1008 00:54:18,859 --> 00:54:21,361 We're trying to move forward, advance our civil rights agenda, 1009 00:54:21,428 --> 00:54:22,796 our national agenda, 1010 00:54:22,863 --> 00:54:25,666 and having niggas on camera going, "Motherfucker" 1011 00:54:25,732 --> 00:54:27,234 and acting like they're fucking people all the time 1012 00:54:27,301 --> 00:54:28,969 was not part of their agenda. 1013 00:54:29,036 --> 00:54:31,638 I know I got to do a few proverbial "fuck you's" 1014 00:54:31,705 --> 00:54:33,373 to make some of y'all feel at home. 1015 00:54:34,408 --> 00:54:36,376 So... fuck you. 1016 00:54:38,145 --> 00:54:39,246 Fuck you. 1017 00:54:40,247 --> 00:54:41,548 Fuck you. 1018 00:54:41,615 --> 00:54:43,083 And you fuck me. 1019 00:54:44,918 --> 00:54:47,521 These curse words-- we say them all the time. 1020 00:54:47,588 --> 00:54:50,190 They just add to our expression. 1021 00:54:50,257 --> 00:54:53,393 I know how to fuck. 'Cause you know what? My legs be open so much, 1022 00:54:53,460 --> 00:54:55,929 my IUD picks up cable channels, god damn it. 1023 00:54:57,631 --> 00:55:00,734 [Nelson] The Def Comedy Jam had many female comedians on it. 1024 00:55:00,801 --> 00:55:06,340 The perception of so many of its critics was that it was sexist and misogynistic. 1025 00:55:06,406 --> 00:55:09,376 Every lady in here, clap if you'll suck a man's dick for $4 million. 1026 00:55:09,443 --> 00:55:10,544 [applause] 1027 00:55:12,379 --> 00:55:14,314 Now, you know what? All y'all should be clapping, 1028 00:55:14,381 --> 00:55:16,750 because I know some of y'all probably sucking dick for a Happy Meal. 1029 00:55:19,953 --> 00:55:22,289 The comedians were honest in the way they expressed their art, 1030 00:55:22,356 --> 00:55:23,957 and people got uncomfortable, 1031 00:55:24,024 --> 00:55:27,561 but it was their truth that we were expressing, as well as our own. 1032 00:55:27,628 --> 00:55:29,830 The thing that makes me most proud of Def Comedy Jam 1033 00:55:29,897 --> 00:55:35,702 is that this platform got these people to go up on stage in front of the world 1034 00:55:35,769 --> 00:55:37,905 and tell the truth and get applauded for it. 1035 00:55:37,971 --> 00:55:41,341 If you understood it, then it would ring a bell for you. 1036 00:55:41,805 --> 00:55:44,808 And if you didn't harbor hate for these people, 1037 00:55:45,342 --> 00:55:48,611 you learned some sympathy or some compassion 1038 00:55:48,682 --> 00:55:50,250 or just laughed with them. 1039 00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,890 [Kid Capri] Here are D.L. Hughley and Dave Chappelle! 1040 00:55:58,425 --> 00:56:01,361 Now, a comedian has two jobs: 1041 00:56:01,428 --> 00:56:04,431 First and foremost, and most importantly, they gotta make a lot of money. 1042 00:56:04,498 --> 00:56:07,401 They gotta do that. And then they gotta be funny. 1043 00:56:07,467 --> 00:56:11,905 [laughing] All right, that's your-- that's your priorities. 1044 00:56:17,344 --> 00:56:19,780 But we're not here to offend our audiences, 1045 00:56:19,847 --> 00:56:22,583 but we're not here to protect their feelings, either. 1046 00:56:22,649 --> 00:56:25,185 Sometimes, when you're expressing the thoughts of the minority, 1047 00:56:25,252 --> 00:56:28,021 you run the risk of being rejected by the majority, 1048 00:56:28,088 --> 00:56:30,224 but that rejection should not be the reason you stop. 1049 00:56:30,290 --> 00:56:32,092 It should be an inspiration for you to continue, 1050 00:56:32,159 --> 00:56:33,227 unless your shit ain't funny, 1051 00:56:33,293 --> 00:56:36,129 in which case you should probably just shut the fuck up. That's-- 1052 00:56:36,196 --> 00:56:39,099 I wish you had said that before my third season. 1053 00:56:42,102 --> 00:56:44,771 Now, freedom of speech means you say what you want, 1054 00:56:44,838 --> 00:56:46,773 and you're willing to deal with the consequences. 1055 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:48,675 You could say whatever you wanted to your mama, 1056 00:56:48,742 --> 00:56:51,612 as long as you were willing to get the taste slapped out your mouth. 1057 00:56:51,678 --> 00:56:52,913 Ha ha! 1058 00:56:52,980 --> 00:56:54,982 And what Def Comedy Jam was always willing to do 1059 00:56:55,048 --> 00:56:58,151 was to take the heat, the criticism and the hate, 1060 00:56:58,218 --> 00:57:03,257 because that's just basically... being black in America. 1061 00:57:03,323 --> 00:57:04,391 [hip-hop music playing] 1062 00:57:04,458 --> 00:57:05,559 That's it. 1063 00:57:07,361 --> 00:57:09,596 Wait, Stan, let me do that again. 1064 00:57:12,366 --> 00:57:15,469 That's just a weird line: "That's just basically being black in America." 1065 00:57:15,536 --> 00:57:17,171 [vocalizing hip-hop music] 1066 00:57:26,013 --> 00:57:29,583 If we told them what being black in America is, 1067 00:57:30,384 --> 00:57:32,186 would they believe us? 1068 00:57:33,287 --> 00:57:37,157 Oh, this is not for television. This is just for us in the room. 1069 00:57:37,224 --> 00:57:39,493 I'll ask again more succinctly. 1070 00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:44,932 If we told them what it was, would they believe us? 1071 00:57:44,998 --> 00:57:46,733 -[man] No! -[woman] They wouldn't! 1072 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:47,968 Fuck no, they wouldn't. 1073 00:57:48,035 --> 00:57:52,539 Nigga, there's a fucking white supremacist starter kit at Target. 1074 00:57:53,407 --> 00:57:57,845 "Yeah, let me get some tiki torches, some khaki pants and fucked-up haircut. 1075 00:57:57,911 --> 00:58:00,013 I got something going on next week." 1076 00:58:01,177 --> 00:58:03,012 It's real right now. 1077 00:58:07,221 --> 00:58:09,456 And have we seen it all before? 1078 00:58:09,523 --> 00:58:10,757 Yep! 1079 00:58:11,925 --> 00:58:15,395 So I'm gonna read that last line again. And, Kid Capri, maybe-- 1080 00:58:16,864 --> 00:58:18,732 maybe a song that's a little less happy. 1081 00:58:18,799 --> 00:58:20,434 [vocalizing hip-hop music] 1082 00:58:22,569 --> 00:58:25,005 I'm fucking around, Stan. I'm just busting your balls. 1083 00:58:25,568 --> 00:58:27,036 You can leave this in, too. 1084 00:58:30,511 --> 00:58:32,846 It's a reunion. I was drinking backstage. 1085 00:58:34,548 --> 00:58:36,316 All right, let me get my teleprompter-- 1086 00:58:36,383 --> 00:58:38,151 You know why I was wearing glasses all night? 1087 00:58:38,218 --> 00:58:41,455 Because my eyes cross when I read. But here we go. 1088 00:58:43,423 --> 00:58:44,725 [exhales deeply] 1089 00:58:46,593 --> 00:58:48,729 [chuckling] 1090 00:58:50,831 --> 00:58:54,201 -We should be taping this shit right here. -No, I'm serious. 1091 00:58:54,268 --> 00:58:57,304 When I went to high school-- Not in high school, in elementary school, 1092 00:58:57,967 --> 00:59:01,337 they'd make us all read out loud in a circle. 1093 00:59:02,109 --> 00:59:04,111 Whenever it was my turn, the other kids would be like... 1094 00:59:04,178 --> 00:59:05,445 [sighing] 1095 00:59:06,747 --> 00:59:09,449 Because it's-- So I've been nervous all night. 1096 00:59:09,516 --> 00:59:10,851 I'm not scared of the crowd. 1097 00:59:10,918 --> 00:59:13,587 It's just like, what do I gotta do? Read?! 1098 00:59:15,589 --> 00:59:18,192 I read good as shit by myself. 1099 00:59:23,997 --> 00:59:27,501 If I could have complete silence from the audience, please. 1100 00:59:30,437 --> 00:59:32,306 Hey, let me lead you in. 1101 00:59:32,372 --> 00:59:34,708 All these goddamn letters is just coming at me, nigga. 1102 00:59:34,775 --> 00:59:35,776 They're just coming at me like... 1103 00:59:37,611 --> 00:59:39,980 -All right. -Go ahead. I got them now. 1104 00:59:40,047 --> 00:59:42,883 I got them. I can say a lot of things that I can't spell. 1105 00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:45,415 -[D.L.] All right. -[sighs] 1106 00:59:45,481 --> 00:59:48,251 [both laugh] 1107 00:59:48,322 --> 00:59:50,257 I'm looking like I'm about to jump in. Go ahead, D.L. 1108 00:59:52,459 --> 00:59:55,329 All right, freedom of speech means you can say what you want 1109 00:59:55,395 --> 00:59:57,431 as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences. 1110 00:59:57,497 --> 00:59:59,700 You could talk to your mama any kind you want-- 1111 00:59:59,762 --> 01:00:01,698 See? You got me fucked up now. 1112 01:00:02,269 --> 01:00:04,905 This shit is spreading like Ebola. 1113 01:00:06,406 --> 01:00:07,908 This fucking-- 1114 01:00:07,975 --> 01:00:10,577 Look at the white people. "We knew it." 1115 01:00:11,612 --> 01:00:14,882 -"You put those two darkies together!" -"Give me that goddamn script!" 1116 01:00:16,416 --> 01:00:19,486 But we still talk better than Russell. That's all the fuck I know. 1117 01:00:19,553 --> 01:00:22,055 We still do. I'm just-- 1118 01:00:24,291 --> 01:00:26,627 Freedom of speech means you can say what you want 1119 01:00:26,693 --> 01:00:28,595 as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences. 1120 01:00:28,662 --> 01:00:30,130 -Consequences?! -Yes. 1121 01:00:37,037 --> 01:00:38,839 This motherfucker here. 1122 01:00:40,174 --> 01:00:42,109 And repercussions. 1123 01:00:43,610 --> 01:00:45,479 All right, let's go back. 1124 01:00:45,546 --> 01:00:47,614 -My bad. -No, keep doing it. 1125 01:00:47,681 --> 01:00:51,718 This is the best shit I've done all night. I'm happy as fuck. This is great. 1126 01:00:52,286 --> 01:00:53,620 What's up, Flex? 1127 01:00:55,088 --> 01:00:56,890 Wait, let me give a shout-out to Earthquake, 1128 01:00:56,953 --> 01:00:59,689 who's one of my favorite comics in the fucking world. I love you. 1129 01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,796 Earthquake? Oh! What's up, Earthquake? 1130 01:01:04,498 --> 01:01:06,333 The champs are here. What's up? 1131 01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:09,369 Earthquake, help us read. Don't be like that. Don't sit there. 1132 01:01:10,099 --> 01:01:11,401 Freedom of speech means-- 1133 01:01:11,471 --> 01:01:12,472 Wait! 1134 01:01:13,907 --> 01:01:15,642 Hello, Bruce Bruce. 1135 01:01:16,172 --> 01:01:17,006 Oh, yes. 1136 01:01:19,112 --> 01:01:21,915 -And Alex Thomas, hello to you, too. -Alex Thomas in the motherfucker. 1137 01:01:21,982 --> 01:01:24,284 -And Joe. -Oh, and Rudy Rush. 1138 01:01:24,351 --> 01:01:25,686 New Yorkers in this motherfucker. 1139 01:01:25,752 --> 01:01:27,621 And you are the most conscious brother in here. 1140 01:01:27,688 --> 01:01:31,592 I'm telling you, you make me proud. You do. 1141 01:01:31,658 --> 01:01:33,660 -Hey, Jesse. -Jesse, yeah. 1142 01:01:33,727 --> 01:01:34,962 Come up here and say something 1143 01:01:35,028 --> 01:01:37,598 that'll make white people feel terrible for 20 minutes. 1144 01:01:45,334 --> 01:01:46,636 Yo! 1145 01:01:48,705 --> 01:01:49,605 Yeah? 1146 01:01:50,073 --> 01:01:52,875 Jesse, you bodied them on BET. 1147 01:01:53,747 --> 01:01:55,749 -Bodied them. -We woke now. 1148 01:01:55,816 --> 01:01:59,887 If only white people watched BET, nigga, they would've got an earful. 1149 01:02:02,956 --> 01:02:04,858 I know they do, Debra. I know they do. 1150 01:02:06,489 --> 01:02:10,393 -[D.L.] Oh. Ohh. -[mutters] 1151 01:02:12,995 --> 01:02:15,031 All right, let's hurry up. The bar is closing soon. 1152 01:02:15,102 --> 01:02:18,172 No, we're fine, man. There's plenty of tape. 1153 01:02:22,342 --> 01:02:23,377 All right. 1154 01:02:24,178 --> 01:02:25,779 All right, here we go. For real. 1155 01:02:25,846 --> 01:02:27,748 I hate reading, I always have. 1156 01:02:28,077 --> 01:02:30,246 I hated Schoolhouse Rock. I hated it all. 1157 01:02:31,718 --> 01:02:33,987 -I used to love Schoolhouse Rock. -I never. 1158 01:02:34,054 --> 01:02:37,791 As a matter of fact, the only reason I understand what's happening on the news 1159 01:02:37,858 --> 01:02:39,927 is because of Schoolhouse Rock. 1160 01:02:41,228 --> 01:02:43,130 ♪ I'm just a bill ♪ 1161 01:02:43,197 --> 01:02:46,233 ♪ Yes, I'm only a bill ♪ 1162 01:02:46,300 --> 01:02:50,737 ♪ And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill ♪ 1163 01:02:50,804 --> 01:02:52,005 That's it! That's all I know! 1164 01:02:55,242 --> 01:02:57,811 We actually know that better than the black national anthem. 1165 01:02:57,874 --> 01:02:59,442 Ain't that fucked up? 1166 01:02:59,980 --> 01:03:03,250 ♪ Lift every voice ♪ 1167 01:03:03,317 --> 01:03:06,119 ♪ And sing ♪ 1168 01:03:06,186 --> 01:03:12,192 ♪ Till earth and heaven ring ♪ 1169 01:03:12,259 --> 01:03:17,197 ♪ Ring with the harmonies ♪ 1170 01:03:17,264 --> 01:03:18,732 This is the part where everybody hums. 1171 01:03:18,799 --> 01:03:23,570 -[humming] -♪ Of liberty ♪ 1172 01:03:23,637 --> 01:03:24,705 [D.L. laughs] 1173 01:03:24,771 --> 01:03:31,211 ♪ Let our rejoicing rise high ♪ 1174 01:03:31,278 --> 01:03:36,850 -♪ As the listening sky ♪ -I don't know this. 1175 01:03:36,917 --> 01:03:38,919 [crowd continues singing] 1176 01:03:40,521 --> 01:03:42,856 I'm not the singer. I know every word. 1177 01:03:42,923 --> 01:03:45,692 -Joe. -[D.L.] Joe, don't be like that. 1178 01:03:46,355 --> 01:03:49,625 Joe, can't you sing something that's not about pussy for once?! 1179 01:03:57,905 --> 01:03:58,906 [D.L.] Ohh! 1180 01:03:58,972 --> 01:04:01,008 ♪ I don't want to be a player-- ♪ I'm fucking around with you. 1181 01:04:02,976 --> 01:04:04,077 All right, all right. 1182 01:04:04,144 --> 01:04:05,812 "All the things your man won't do." 1183 01:04:05,879 --> 01:04:07,548 I say all this to say 1184 01:04:07,614 --> 01:04:10,551 I go to great lengths not to read in public. 1185 01:04:12,286 --> 01:04:13,554 Here we go, D.L. 1186 01:04:13,620 --> 01:04:15,155 [D.L. sighs] 1187 01:04:15,222 --> 01:04:17,891 Hold up, hold up. Where's the production manager? 1188 01:04:17,958 --> 01:04:19,092 Count us in. 1189 01:04:20,194 --> 01:04:21,361 Give us a three-two-one. 1190 01:04:21,428 --> 01:04:23,697 -[man on PA] Stand by. -All right, standing by. 1191 01:04:23,764 --> 01:04:26,333 -And he really did it, too. -They're gonna get us right. 1192 01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:31,505 [man on PA] Five, three, one, seven, four. 1193 01:04:32,673 --> 01:04:35,843 I didn't know you went to public school, too, motherfucker! Goddamn! 1194 01:04:36,677 --> 01:04:39,646 That sounded normal to me. That's what's fucked up. 1195 01:04:41,014 --> 01:04:43,016 It was all odd numbers. 1196 01:04:43,083 --> 01:04:44,484 Five, seven, one. 1197 01:04:45,219 --> 01:04:46,787 Just say "one," motherfucker. 1198 01:04:48,388 --> 01:04:49,823 [man on PA] One, motherfucker. 1199 01:04:51,091 --> 01:04:52,459 [all laughing] 1200 01:04:52,526 --> 01:04:54,394 [microphone thumping] 1201 01:04:55,796 --> 01:04:57,364 All right, now. 1202 01:04:59,733 --> 01:05:02,202 Oh! Ohh! 1203 01:05:02,269 --> 01:05:04,905 You should've been on Def Jam. God damn. 1204 01:05:06,573 --> 01:05:09,042 Freedom of speech means you can say what you want 1205 01:05:09,109 --> 01:05:10,878 as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences. 1206 01:05:10,944 --> 01:05:11,879 Right. 1207 01:05:11,945 --> 01:05:14,748 Like, you can talk however you want to, to your mama when you was a kid 1208 01:05:14,815 --> 01:05:16,950 as long as you were willing to get the taste slapped out of your mouth. 1209 01:05:17,017 --> 01:05:19,686 Right. My mother didn't-- she didn't hit. 1210 01:05:19,753 --> 01:05:20,754 Anyway... 1211 01:05:29,596 --> 01:05:33,333 What Def Comedy Jam was always willing to do 1212 01:05:34,168 --> 01:05:38,772 was take the heat, the criticism and the hate. 1213 01:05:38,839 --> 01:05:43,744 Because basically, that's just called being black in America. 1214 01:05:43,810 --> 01:05:45,245 [cheers and applause] 1215 01:05:47,047 --> 01:05:49,950 The first time I ever heard of Def Comedy Jam 1216 01:05:50,017 --> 01:05:53,620 was when my cousin brought me a VHS cassette of a compilation. 1217 01:05:53,687 --> 01:05:58,525 I think it was two or three episodes. And he said, "You need to watch this." 1218 01:05:58,592 --> 01:06:01,695 The only stand-up I'd ever seen until that point was Eddie Murphy. 1219 01:06:01,762 --> 01:06:03,864 And then Def Comedy Jam came into my life, 1220 01:06:03,931 --> 01:06:08,936 and I was like, "This is the blackest, craziest thing I've ever seen in my life," 1221 01:06:09,002 --> 01:06:12,005 and it was amazing. 1222 01:06:12,072 --> 01:06:16,443 You can imagine living in a country where you don't have access to free speech 1223 01:06:16,510 --> 01:06:19,479 and growing up in a world where everything is censored, 1224 01:06:19,546 --> 01:06:22,149 and then all of a sudden, one day you're exposed to everything, 1225 01:06:22,216 --> 01:06:23,851 and you think it's everything, 1226 01:06:23,917 --> 01:06:27,287 and then Bernie Mac comes onto the stage and is like, 1227 01:06:27,354 --> 01:06:29,623 "I ain't scared of you motherfuckers. Huh!" 1228 01:06:29,690 --> 01:06:31,992 And you're just like, "Wait, what's going on here?" 1229 01:06:32,059 --> 01:06:35,762 It was fearless, and it was boundless, 1230 01:06:35,829 --> 01:06:38,699 and it was an injection that completely changed how I, 1231 01:06:38,765 --> 01:06:41,869 and maybe many other comedians in South Africa, saw stand-up comedy. 1232 01:06:41,935 --> 01:06:44,471 I'm not an American, I didn't grow up as an American, 1233 01:06:44,538 --> 01:06:47,574 but I realized that there was a common experience 1234 01:06:47,641 --> 01:06:49,309 that connected all of us as people. 1235 01:06:49,376 --> 01:06:52,913 I think one of the things Def Comedy Jam exposed me to 1236 01:06:52,980 --> 01:06:54,648 was not the curse words, 1237 01:06:54,715 --> 01:06:59,119 but the creativity of how the curse words were used, you know? 1238 01:06:59,186 --> 01:07:03,023 I always knew the word "shit." I never knew the word "sheee-it." 1239 01:07:03,090 --> 01:07:05,759 It's different. It's not the same thing. 1240 01:07:05,826 --> 01:07:10,764 There was a flourish of language that existed in Def Comedy Jam 1241 01:07:10,831 --> 01:07:14,168 that created a new form of expression at times. 1242 01:07:14,234 --> 01:07:16,737 Like, "bitch" could mean five different things. 1243 01:07:16,803 --> 01:07:21,308 I don't know if I ever knew "motherfucker" before Def Comedy Jam. 1244 01:07:21,375 --> 01:07:24,244 And it was even "mother--" It was "mu'fucka." 1245 01:07:25,012 --> 01:07:27,814 There was no "t-h." It was just "mu'fucka." 1246 01:07:27,881 --> 01:07:30,918 "This mu'fucka right here. Sheee-it." 1247 01:07:32,052 --> 01:07:34,154 Def Comedy Jam would not be complete 1248 01:07:34,221 --> 01:07:37,491 without paying respects to those who's gone too soon. 1249 01:07:49,570 --> 01:07:53,340 Parents, if your four-year-old child can't talk, 1250 01:07:53,407 --> 01:07:55,409 but can do the Tootsee Roll... 1251 01:07:56,743 --> 01:08:00,180 your ass is ghetto. 1252 01:08:00,948 --> 01:08:02,649 Remember that shit, the don't-cry method? 1253 01:08:03,517 --> 01:08:05,085 Your mother whupping you, you're going like this... 1254 01:08:05,152 --> 01:08:08,121 "Ohh. Heh heh. Heh. Ha. 1255 01:08:08,188 --> 01:08:10,724 Ohh! Heh. Mmm. 1256 01:08:10,791 --> 01:08:12,626 Ahh! Ha ha. Ooh. 1257 01:08:12,693 --> 01:08:15,829 ♪ Every step I take ♪ 1258 01:08:17,030 --> 01:08:20,534 ♪ Every move I make ♪ 1259 01:08:21,134 --> 01:08:25,472 ♪ Every single day Every time I pray ♪ 1260 01:08:25,539 --> 01:08:27,975 ♪ I'll be missing you ♪ 1261 01:08:28,041 --> 01:08:29,476 I want a girl-- When she sucks my dick, 1262 01:08:29,543 --> 01:08:31,945 I want her to look like an ugly motherfucker 1263 01:08:32,579 --> 01:08:34,147 playing dice. 1264 01:08:34,214 --> 01:08:37,818 ♪ Thinking of the day ♪ 1265 01:08:38,685 --> 01:08:42,189 ♪ When you went away ♪ 1266 01:08:42,823 --> 01:08:47,160 ♪ What a life to take What a bond to break ♪ 1267 01:08:47,227 --> 01:08:50,531 ♪ I'll be missing you ♪ 1268 01:08:51,431 --> 01:08:54,801 I thought there ought to be a law against two ugly people fucking. 1269 01:08:56,103 --> 01:08:58,639 You'll bring another ugly motherfucker in the world. 1270 01:08:58,705 --> 01:09:00,474 "Ha ha ha ha! 1271 01:09:01,441 --> 01:09:03,777 Oh, you know I'm gonna be giving it to you, girl." 1272 01:09:03,844 --> 01:09:04,912 And they go right to work. 1273 01:09:04,978 --> 01:09:07,114 [grunting] 1274 01:09:07,181 --> 01:09:09,917 You be like, "Damn, go on with your ugly self." 1275 01:09:11,652 --> 01:09:14,188 But to be honest, I don't have sex anymore. 1276 01:09:14,254 --> 01:09:16,657 I'm scared of AIDS. I took the AIDS test. 1277 01:09:16,723 --> 01:09:17,891 I got a 65. 1278 01:09:17,958 --> 01:09:21,995 ♪ Every single day Every time I pray ♪ 1279 01:09:22,062 --> 01:09:24,932 ♪ I'll be missing you ♪ 1280 01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:36,343 When you think Def Comedy Jam, you think Martin, 1281 01:09:36,410 --> 01:09:37,978 -you think Adele, -Yes. 1282 01:09:38,045 --> 01:09:40,514 -and you think Bernie Mac. -Yeah, man. 1283 01:09:40,581 --> 01:09:42,316 Yeah, indeed. 1284 01:09:43,784 --> 01:09:46,019 [impersonating Bernie] Bernie motherfuckin' Mac. 1285 01:09:46,086 --> 01:09:47,087 Come on. 1286 01:09:47,154 --> 01:09:49,356 Hold up one motherfuckin' minute. 1287 01:09:50,290 --> 01:09:52,492 To get some milk and cookies. 1288 01:09:53,894 --> 01:09:55,362 A legend right there, man. 1289 01:09:55,429 --> 01:09:57,030 Bernie was so confident in himself. 1290 01:09:57,097 --> 01:09:59,466 This motherfucker wore his face on his pants 1291 01:09:59,533 --> 01:10:01,335 so that everybody knew who he was. 1292 01:10:01,797 --> 01:10:05,401 Oh, all his suits. He had his suits. It was a cornucopia of colors. 1293 01:10:05,472 --> 01:10:08,108 He had colors they didn't even have in the crayon box. 1294 01:10:08,942 --> 01:10:12,779 He was great. He always had great little sayings that we always-- 1295 01:10:12,846 --> 01:10:16,750 Bernie would walk up to you and go, "You know I walk alone. 1296 01:10:16,817 --> 01:10:18,819 All of us are together, but I walk alone. 1297 01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:23,123 I'm on the 50-yard line, but it's first and goal. 1298 01:10:23,190 --> 01:10:25,225 [laughing] 1299 01:10:25,292 --> 01:10:28,629 It takes two to tango, but four to Cabbage Patch." 1300 01:10:28,695 --> 01:10:32,733 You'd be like, "What, nigga? That don't make no goddamn sense, Bernie." 1301 01:10:35,002 --> 01:10:39,373 Bernie-- let me tell you, before the show every night, 1302 01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:41,308 we smoked cigars. 1303 01:10:41,375 --> 01:10:42,876 And we used to exchange them. 1304 01:10:42,943 --> 01:10:45,646 Bernie would bring his favorite, we'd switch cigars. 1305 01:10:45,712 --> 01:10:49,216 But you got a fine for smoking in the arenas. 1306 01:10:49,283 --> 01:10:51,818 'Cause we were selling out basketball arenas. 1307 01:10:51,885 --> 01:10:56,857 So, we would just pay the fine, 'cause we're gonna smoke the cigars. 1308 01:10:56,924 --> 01:10:59,693 So, we would send the money ahead. 1309 01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:02,529 Just: "Shit, here. Five thousand, whatever you want." 1310 01:11:02,596 --> 01:11:03,697 'Cause we're smoking. 1311 01:11:04,398 --> 01:11:07,467 So, one time, we was in the locker room, 1312 01:11:07,534 --> 01:11:09,670 'cause we was playing somewhere, big theater. 1313 01:11:09,736 --> 01:11:11,004 -It was Houston. -Houston? 1314 01:11:11,071 --> 01:11:15,809 And the fire marshal came in and said, "Hey, excuse me, excuse me. 1315 01:11:16,977 --> 01:11:19,713 You gotta put those cigars out. There's no smoking in here." 1316 01:11:20,380 --> 01:11:24,551 I said, "Well, hey, man, we did-- we paid the fine." 1317 01:11:28,856 --> 01:11:31,525 "What do you mean, you've paid the fine?" 1318 01:11:31,592 --> 01:11:34,094 I said, "We just-- we sent it in." 1319 01:11:34,161 --> 01:11:35,629 So, he said, "Listen to me. 1320 01:11:35,696 --> 01:11:38,232 Just one of you guys come over here. I want to talk to you." 1321 01:11:38,298 --> 01:11:39,833 And he picked Bernie. 1322 01:11:42,002 --> 01:11:43,737 This white dude was over there, 1323 01:11:43,804 --> 01:11:46,974 and Bernie was talking to him for two straight minutes. 1324 01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:49,943 You could see the dude's head about to explode, 1325 01:11:50,010 --> 01:11:52,179 'cause he didn't know shit Bernie was saying. 1326 01:11:52,246 --> 01:11:53,947 'Cause Bernie was just doing Bernie. 1327 01:11:54,014 --> 01:11:56,049 [muttering] 1328 01:11:56,116 --> 01:11:58,318 And the white dude, when he got through, he just said, 1329 01:11:58,385 --> 01:12:01,121 "You guys just go ahead and smoke your cigars. You'll be fine." 1330 01:12:03,724 --> 01:12:06,093 We was on tour for three years, didn't understand one word he said, 1331 01:12:06,159 --> 01:12:07,327 so I know-- 1332 01:12:07,394 --> 01:12:10,264 -But Bernie, for us, man... -Yeah, man. 1333 01:12:10,330 --> 01:12:12,466 -Bernie was our king. -For sure. 1334 01:12:12,533 --> 01:12:15,102 Bernie Mac was our favorite. 1335 01:12:15,769 --> 01:12:18,138 Bernie Mac meant something to us. 1336 01:12:19,873 --> 01:12:24,811 He was the one of us that we all sat around the monitors to watch. 1337 01:12:25,579 --> 01:12:27,781 'Cause, you know, Bernie closed this show. 1338 01:12:27,848 --> 01:12:29,049 And we'd watch each other, 1339 01:12:29,116 --> 01:12:31,652 but when Bernie went onstage, it was different. 1340 01:12:31,714 --> 01:12:32,881 We went out there to see it. 1341 01:12:32,948 --> 01:12:36,318 We all were stand-ups, but we was in love with Mac, 1342 01:12:36,390 --> 01:12:39,693 because Mac didn't just want to make you laugh. 1343 01:12:40,155 --> 01:12:42,558 He tried to throw you into something 1344 01:12:42,629 --> 01:12:47,734 and then make you laugh at shit you know you had no business laughing at. 1345 01:12:48,669 --> 01:12:52,706 Preachers, crippled people-- Bernie just started. 1346 01:12:52,773 --> 01:12:55,843 And he was vicious on that stage, man. 1347 01:12:56,338 --> 01:13:00,175 He was the greatest of all the kings here. 1348 01:13:00,642 --> 01:13:04,313 -This is the late, great Bernie Mac. -Bernie Mac, y'all. Check him out. 1349 01:13:04,985 --> 01:13:06,720 [hip-hop music playing] 1350 01:13:11,959 --> 01:13:13,994 I ain't scared of you motherfuckers. 1351 01:13:14,862 --> 01:13:17,531 I'm gonna tell you something straight off the motherfucking press. 1352 01:13:18,165 --> 01:13:19,967 I ain't coming from no foolishness. 1353 01:13:20,033 --> 01:13:22,870 And, New York, god damn it, y'all women look good. 1354 01:13:22,936 --> 01:13:25,072 You're like a bacon and egg sandwich. You look good. 1355 01:13:25,534 --> 01:13:27,836 Because I love sex. I love it. 1356 01:13:27,908 --> 01:13:29,343 Can't do shit no more. 1357 01:13:30,010 --> 01:13:31,044 And I'm blessed. 1358 01:13:32,279 --> 01:13:33,580 [cheering] 1359 01:13:36,617 --> 01:13:40,988 I'm big-boneded. I'm heavy-structured. I'm hung low. 1360 01:13:41,054 --> 01:13:43,624 If I pulled my shit out, this whole room would get dark. 1361 01:13:43,690 --> 01:13:45,192 Check it out! 1362 01:13:45,259 --> 01:13:46,793 [hip-hop music playing] 1363 01:13:49,458 --> 01:13:50,359 You don't understand. 1364 01:13:51,164 --> 01:13:53,333 I ain't scared of you motherfuckers. 1365 01:13:58,272 --> 01:14:01,241 Representing Chi-Town like my man Bernie, 1366 01:14:01,308 --> 01:14:05,112 please welcome to the stage Deon Cole! 1367 01:14:05,179 --> 01:14:07,648 What's up? How y'all doing? Everybody all right? 1368 01:14:07,714 --> 01:14:09,249 Give yourselves a round of applause. 1369 01:14:10,446 --> 01:14:14,149 Chicago in the building. Where y'all at? Chicago, make some noise. 1370 01:14:15,022 --> 01:14:18,392 I just want to personally give a shout-out to my man Bernie Mac, 1371 01:14:18,458 --> 01:14:21,762 -Adele Givens, Sheryl Underwood, -[cheering] 1372 01:14:21,828 --> 01:14:25,032 George Willborn, Kenny Howell. 1373 01:14:25,098 --> 01:14:28,602 These are some great Chicago comedians. Without them, I wouldn't be here as well. 1374 01:14:28,669 --> 01:14:30,537 So give it up for them. I appreciate that. 1375 01:14:34,875 --> 01:14:37,077 Donald Trump said he was the worst-treated president 1376 01:14:37,144 --> 01:14:38,946 in the history of presidents. 1377 01:14:39,780 --> 01:14:42,449 So, we're just gonna overlook the four that got murdered. 1378 01:14:50,619 --> 01:14:51,553 And the black one. 1379 01:14:54,194 --> 01:14:56,763 From pants with your face on it, to propeller hats, 1380 01:14:56,830 --> 01:14:58,599 to Martin Lawrence in his drawers, 1381 01:14:58,665 --> 01:15:02,236 Def Comedy Jam gave you unforgettable moments. 1382 01:15:02,302 --> 01:15:04,471 The jokes we did on the show were classic. 1383 01:15:04,538 --> 01:15:07,474 And 25 years later, they are classics. 1384 01:15:09,510 --> 01:15:12,813 There's a lot of pressure being black, ain't it? It's a hard job. 1385 01:15:12,880 --> 01:15:14,448 You can't get no relief nowhere. 1386 01:15:14,515 --> 01:15:17,584 I went home, tried to get a little relief. Gonna watch sports. Sports channel. 1387 01:15:17,651 --> 01:15:23,090 Got it on. The man said, "We bring to you America's favorite sport: 1388 01:15:23,156 --> 01:15:24,858 The America's Cup." 1389 01:15:27,594 --> 01:15:29,997 Now, who the hell did they check with on this? 1390 01:15:30,731 --> 01:15:33,333 They said yachting is America's number-one sport. 1391 01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:35,536 You don't ever see none of us yachting, do you? 1392 01:15:35,602 --> 01:15:39,940 Unh-unh. After that first big boat ride, we kind of lost our taste for sailing. 1393 01:15:40,007 --> 01:15:41,108 [chuckles] 1394 01:15:41,175 --> 01:15:44,912 It's fucked up, man. It ain't funny. You can't even be a thief no more. 1395 01:15:45,479 --> 01:15:46,747 Everybody's a thief. 1396 01:15:47,748 --> 01:15:50,450 The other day, I robbed a store, came back out, 1397 01:15:50,517 --> 01:15:52,152 a nigga done stole my car. 1398 01:15:53,387 --> 01:15:57,925 I'm at a bar, minding my business, cooling out, just being cool, like I am. 1399 01:15:57,991 --> 01:15:59,826 Chillin'. Woman come to me, 1400 01:15:59,893 --> 01:16:01,495 this is actually the goddamn thing she wanted to do. 1401 01:16:01,562 --> 01:16:03,197 She said, "Mac." I said, "Yeah, that's my name." 1402 01:16:03,263 --> 01:16:04,965 She said, "Can I ask you a question?" I said, "Yeah." 1403 01:16:05,032 --> 01:16:07,601 She says, "Does pussy taste like pumpkin pie?" 1404 01:16:09,069 --> 01:16:11,605 Made me mad as hell. I said, "Don't ask me no damn question like that. 1405 01:16:11,672 --> 01:16:13,507 I ain't never had no pumpkin pie." 1406 01:16:13,574 --> 01:16:14,641 Kick it! 1407 01:16:14,708 --> 01:16:15,709 [hip-hop music playing] 1408 01:16:15,776 --> 01:16:17,511 You ever trip out ordering Chinese food, 1409 01:16:17,578 --> 01:16:20,581 how long it takes them to say in Chinese the same thing you just said? 1410 01:16:20,647 --> 01:16:23,317 You're like, "Let me get a small order of shrimp fried rice. 1411 01:16:23,383 --> 01:16:24,351 That's it." 1412 01:16:24,418 --> 01:16:25,752 [Asian accent] "Small order of shrimp fried?" 1413 01:16:26,381 --> 01:16:27,583 "Yeah, dawg, that's it." 1414 01:16:28,255 --> 01:16:29,790 [Asian accent] "Me order for you." 1415 01:16:29,851 --> 01:16:31,853 [shouting in mock Chinese] 1416 01:16:34,590 --> 01:16:37,125 [shouting continues] 1417 01:16:47,541 --> 01:16:48,942 "You want eggroll?" 1418 01:16:50,444 --> 01:16:52,312 "No, partner, I ain't got the time." 1419 01:16:53,313 --> 01:16:55,616 So, we jump in the car, and we rolling. 1420 01:16:56,617 --> 01:16:59,620 I got a thousand pounds riding with me, god damn it. 1421 01:17:00,988 --> 01:17:03,857 We're slapping five over the seat and shit. 1422 01:17:05,225 --> 01:17:08,161 Get to my baby sister's house, and this nigga's just about to swing. 1423 01:17:08,228 --> 01:17:12,266 I go, "Oh, no, motherfucker. Not today, god damn it. Fuck that." 1424 01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:23,810 I myself used to have the most dangerous job in Washington, DC. 1425 01:17:25,179 --> 01:17:28,282 I used to deliver pizzas for Domino's. 1426 01:17:29,783 --> 01:17:32,753 They would rob me every day, man. 1427 01:17:33,587 --> 01:17:35,689 I had to get a gun, man! 1428 01:17:36,551 --> 01:17:40,689 How many Domino's pizza boys have you seen carry a fucking gun? 1429 01:17:41,562 --> 01:17:45,132 I used to bust in people's apartments, just: "Domino's! Freeze! 1430 01:17:45,999 --> 01:17:48,936 Put the money on the floor, man! Get on the floor! Don't move! 1431 01:17:49,803 --> 01:17:52,706 All right, I'm gonna get out of here nice and slow, all right? 1432 01:17:53,407 --> 01:17:55,275 I don't want any trouble. 1433 01:17:56,777 --> 01:17:59,379 One of you motherfuckers is gonna tip me." 1434 01:17:59,446 --> 01:18:03,217 There's the kind of motherfucker hollering about blow jobs, 1435 01:18:03,283 --> 01:18:05,652 and he's wearing about a size four. Little old feet. 1436 01:18:05,719 --> 01:18:07,120 So you know his dick's small. 1437 01:18:08,288 --> 01:18:10,257 I couldn't give him no blow job. 1438 01:18:10,324 --> 01:18:13,093 My big-ass lips, his little old dick. It wouldn't work. 1439 01:18:14,294 --> 01:18:17,364 That'd be like trying to give a whale a Tic Tac, motherfucker. 1440 01:18:18,065 --> 01:18:20,801 That shit wouldn't work. It wouldn't work. 1441 01:18:21,869 --> 01:18:23,136 It wouldn't work. 1442 01:18:26,807 --> 01:18:29,142 For real. Am I lying? 1443 01:18:32,179 --> 01:18:34,548 Def Comedy Jam was the shit. 1444 01:18:34,615 --> 01:18:40,621 It was black, it was funny, and it made a lot of people famous. 1445 01:18:40,687 --> 01:18:42,990 And it made a lot of people rich. 1446 01:18:43,056 --> 01:18:47,160 It made a lot of people household names, and you know what I'm talking about. 1447 01:18:47,227 --> 01:18:50,163 Cedric the Entertainer, Kleenex. 1448 01:18:53,467 --> 01:18:57,337 It changed comedy forever. It opened doors. 1449 01:18:57,404 --> 01:18:59,139 People talked shit about it, 1450 01:18:59,206 --> 01:19:02,376 then they looked like damn fools years later. 1451 01:19:03,076 --> 01:19:07,681 Now, when you look around this room, you see how ignorant it was to be a hater. 1452 01:19:07,748 --> 01:19:09,116 [woman] That's right. 1453 01:19:09,183 --> 01:19:13,754 All comedy roads today lead back to Def Comedy Jam. 1454 01:19:19,226 --> 01:19:22,663 And I know that I can speak for everyone on this stage 1455 01:19:22,729 --> 01:19:24,998 when I say I couldn't be prouder 1456 01:19:25,065 --> 01:19:28,035 to have been part of something so groundbreaking. 1457 01:19:28,101 --> 01:19:32,673 Every comedian that touched the stage, whether they made the final cut or not, 1458 01:19:32,739 --> 01:19:34,474 is part of this great legacy. 1459 01:19:35,070 --> 01:19:38,039 So, Stan and Russell and Bob and Sandy, 1460 01:19:38,974 --> 01:19:43,111 we are profoundly grateful 1461 01:19:43,183 --> 01:19:45,652 for what you made possible. 1462 01:19:45,719 --> 01:19:50,724 So, for one last time, maestro, if you will. 1463 01:19:56,263 --> 01:19:57,397 Thank you. 1464 01:20:01,935 --> 01:20:04,171 I want to thank all of y'all for coming out 1465 01:20:04,238 --> 01:20:07,508 and celebrating this wonderful evening with us. 1466 01:20:07,574 --> 01:20:10,677 So, now I gotta hand it over to the man who made it all possible: 1467 01:20:10,744 --> 01:20:12,112 Russell Simmons. 1468 01:20:16,517 --> 01:20:19,386 Thank you for coming out. God bless you. Good night. 1469 01:20:19,453 --> 01:20:21,522 [hip-hop music playing] 1470 01:20:27,728 --> 01:20:29,830 Happy 25th anniversary, Def Jam. 1471 01:20:29,897 --> 01:20:32,933 Major shout-out to my guys Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan. 1472 01:20:32,999 --> 01:20:36,670 Twenty-five years! God. I'm sitting here trying to think, man. 1473 01:20:36,737 --> 01:20:39,273 You guys were old when it started. 1474 01:20:40,107 --> 01:20:43,577 Like, when it started, y'all was old as shit. 1475 01:20:43,644 --> 01:20:48,348 And now-- now we're talking 25 years after that. 1476 01:20:49,216 --> 01:20:50,717 So, I know y'all can't-- 1477 01:20:51,585 --> 01:20:53,320 I know y'all can't hear me! 1478 01:20:54,021 --> 01:20:56,056 But I just want to say, man! 1479 01:20:56,123 --> 01:21:00,360 What y'all started is some of the dopest shit ever! 1480 01:21:01,195 --> 01:21:03,096 So, Russell and Stan! 1481 01:21:04,698 --> 01:21:05,732 Hey! 1482 01:21:06,934 --> 01:21:09,069 This is-- This is huge! 1483 01:21:10,470 --> 01:21:11,939 I love y'all! 1484 01:21:12,739 --> 01:21:15,676 I love y'all old asses! 1485 01:21:16,610 --> 01:21:20,948 Two of the coolest, oldest motherfuckers in the business, man. 1486 01:21:21,882 --> 01:21:25,185 Y'all got walkers on me. All right? 1487 01:21:25,252 --> 01:21:28,455 I'm gonna put "Def Jam" on the back of your chairs. 1488 01:21:29,189 --> 01:21:30,591 The wheelchairs! 1489 01:21:32,726 --> 01:21:34,228 I love you. Ha ha ha! 1490 01:21:35,857 --> 01:21:37,292 [children] Look, Daddy.