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[jazz band playing Peggy Lee's "Fever"]
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All right, Kevin, let's do this.
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[audience whooping, cheering]
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[Kevin Hart]
These relationships are genuine.
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I'm very fortunate and lucky
to have the ones that I have.
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[man] Money shot.
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[Kevin] And to have them show up
on a night like tonight is monumental.
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[camera shutter clicking]
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[music continues playing]
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♪ Never knew how much they loved you ♪
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♪ Never knew how much they cared ♪
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♪ When you hit them with your talent ♪
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♪ They get a fever
That's so hard to bear ♪
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♪ You give them fever ♪
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♪ When you're joking ♪
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♪ Fever when you hold that mic ♪
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♪ Fever at the Garden ♪
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♪ Fire burning through the night ♪
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♪ You give them fever ♪
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♪ When they're laughing ♪
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♪ Fever while you live and learn ♪
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♪ Fever when you sizzle ♪
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♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪
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♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪
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♪ What a lovely way ♪
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♪ To burn ♪
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[cheering and applause]
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- Good shit, Robin. Good shit.
- [upbeat music playing]
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Oh, yeah!
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It's time to get hot in here.
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Y'all ready to get the party started?
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- With my boy Nelly!
- [audience cheering]
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["Hot In Here" playing]
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♪ And a little bit of...
Yo ♪
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♪ Want a little bit ♪
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♪ And a little bit
Come on, come on ♪
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♪ Good gracious
Ass is bodacious ♪
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♪ Flirtatious, trying to show faces
Waiting for the right time ♪
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♪ You know
Waiting for the right time ♪
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♪ Flash them keys at her ♪
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♪ I'm leaving
Please believe it ♪
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♪ Me and the rest of my heathens ♪
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♪ Got it locked
At the top of the Four Seasons ♪
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♪ Penthouse, roof top, birds I feeding ♪
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♪ No deceiving
Nothing up my sleeve ♪
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♪ No teasing ♪
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♪ I need you
To get up on the dance floor ♪
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♪ Give that man what he asking for ♪
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♪ 'Cause I feel like busting loose
And I feel like touching you ♪
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♪ Hey, hey
And can't nobody stop the juice ♪
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♪ So, baby, tell me what's the use ♪
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- ♪ I said it's getting hot in here ♪
- ♪ So hot ♪
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♪ So take off all your clothes ♪
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Can't hear you.
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♪ I am getting so hot ♪
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♪ I wanna take my clothes off ♪
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♪ It's getting hot in here
So take off all your clothes ♪
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Ladies.
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♪ I am getting so hot ♪
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♪ I wanna take my clothes off ♪
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♪ Yo
With a little bit of... ♪
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♪ With a little bit of... ♪
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♪ Give a little bit of...
With a little bit of... ♪
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♪ With a little bit of...
And a sprinkle of the... ♪
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♪ Get this fired up
I like it when you... ♪
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♪ Little baby... ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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And now... please welcome the recipient
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of the 25th Mark Twain Prize
for American Humor,
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- my boy Kevin Hart.
- Kevin Hart.
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- ["Hot In Here" instrumental continues]
- [audience cheering]
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Thank you.
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[exclaims]
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How you doing, kid?
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You know I love you.
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[presenter] He made a movie
about Pop-Tarts for some reason.
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Please welcome Jerry Seinfeld.
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Thank you.
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One of the most important things
in show business is doing favors.
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[laughter]
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What you're looking at right now...
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is me doing a favor for Kevin Hart.
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[laughter]
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It's not that big a favor.
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It's not a nothing favor either.
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I wasn't on my way here anyway.
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I was home, comfortable,
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and now I'm here.
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In a suit.
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Do you think I'm doing this
because I owe Kevin Hart a favor?
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Or maybe I like the idea of
Kevin Hart owing me a favor.
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[laughter]
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I'm not gonna tell you.
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I can't think of much Kevin Hart
could do for me. Can you?
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[laughter]
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I don't wanna be in Jumanji.
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[laughter and applause]
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If you look at Kevin Hart's career,
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it doesn't look like
it was that hard to do.
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[laughter]
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All you gotta do is be Kevin Hart
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and everything just falls into place
after that.
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How did he get that perfect name?
Is that his real name?
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It's unbelievable. The fit of that guy
with that name, it's crazy.
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First name's Kevin. Every Kevin
is always a great guy. And then Hart.
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He's the most likable human
in world history
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and his last name is Hart?
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Come on. It's insane.
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If he wanted to change his name
for show business,
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he'd have to make it "Kevin Irresistible."
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I personally just absolutely love him.
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I love everything he does. It's funny--
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- Yes.
- [cheering and applause]
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Or there's action, or he's exercising.
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It doesn't matter,
because whatever it is, he's in it.
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That's the best part.
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You see the name Kevin Hart,
and there he is,
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right in that thing, and you go,
"Yeah, I wanna watch that."
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People go, "What are you watching?"
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You go, "I don't know,
but Kevin Hart is in it."
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And that person sits down next to you
and goes, "Okay, I wanna watch it too."
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A few months ago,
I saw Kevin speak to a huge roomful
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of crazy zillionaire super-businessmen
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at the JP Morgan Conference in Miami.
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They just wanted to hear him
talk about his business,
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and they're already billionaires,
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and they still wanted to find out,
"How the hell are you doing this?"
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I was there in the room. I wanted to know.
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- How the hell is he doing this?
- [laughter]
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I don't remember anything he said.
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[laughter]
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He's Kevin Hart. That's how he does it.
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But Kevin was wearing
this perfect, gorgeous dark suit,
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and no socks.
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This is the Chuck Yeager
altitude and velocity he has reached.
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His socks are just gone.
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[laughter]
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I don't know where they were.
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Maybe he put the socks on in the morning,
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but because his schedule is so packed,
they couldn't stay on his feet.
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It was too much. They just flew off.
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I don't know, but, my God.
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- Who doesn't need socks?
- [laughter]
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I'll tell you who. Kevin Hart.
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Or maybe, since he's got everything
a human being could want or need,
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he's getting rid of stuff
everyone else needs
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just to show his superiority in that too.
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I don't know.
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What I know is
I'm excited to be here tonight,
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doing a favor for this amazing man.
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What else could I do for Kevin Hart?
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What would Kevin Hart want to do
that he has not already done?
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The triumph of tonight
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is we at least found something
Kevin doesn't already have.
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- The Mark Twain Prize.
- Yes.
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[cheering and applause]
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That's what's exciting
about what's going to happen tonight.
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It feels like we're finishing
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a giant 1,000-piece
Kevin Hart jigsaw puzzle.
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He did 999 pieces,
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and tonight
we will all push in the last one,
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and get to say "We did it.
We finished Kevin Hart."
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1,000 pieces in a box,
tonight, a beautiful portrait.
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- Congratulations, Kevin.
- Thank you. I love you, Jerry.
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- [applause]
- I love you. Thank you.
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Jerry Seinfeld. Wow.
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[imperceptible]
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That's a flex.
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The fact that you and Jerry are here,
that's a flex.
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Jerry Seinfeld.
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The fact that I'm here
is a goddamn miracle.
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[all laugh]
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[J.B. Smoove] You know what? I think what
it is is we all show up for each other.
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J.B. looks like the manager
that's robbing us.
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[all laughing]
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[J.B. Smoove] And comics are
a unique breed of entertainer.
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We're artists, but we also are
the same as anyone else.
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We show up based on
our relationships with each other.
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That's the life of a comic.
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So when people show up for you,
they show up for you for a reason.
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[Jimmy Fallon]
This is a big deal. From the Comic Strip...
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- Come on, man. Look at you.
- ...to winning the-- Look at you.
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Give me a dollar.
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The last time we all gathered like this,
it was a funeral,
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so I'm glad that
everybody's alive this time.
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I don't like going to funerals.
It's not my thing.
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Although it is the perfect place
to get, you know,
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hooked up with a little congalingus.
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[presenter] She's the reason I won't let
my wife go on a girls' trip.
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Tiffany Haddish.
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[cheering and applause]
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What can I say about Kevin
that the Internet hasn't already said?
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He's a great father,
he's comedically gifted, he's handsome.
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All true, but boring.
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All of you think you know Kevin
because you follow him on IG,
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or because of his movies.
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But no one knows Kevin like I do.
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I'm his comedic sister.
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I get the hand-me-downs
from all his specials.
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This jacket right here?
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[laughter]
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This is from Kevin, okay?
This is a hand-me-down.
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Had to put some shoulder pads in it,
femme it up. I femmed it up.
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But I have the real tea, okay?
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And I am 99.9% sure
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that Kevin is really a leprechaun.
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[laughter]
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Okay? That's a leprechaun right there.
You heard me.
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He's a whimsical, mysterious trickster.
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And that's why he's a leprechaun,
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not because of his height,
you low-hanging-fruit motherfuckers.
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Kevin is magical.
He knows stuff that he shouldn't know.
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He tells me all types of stuff, okay,
about my relationships that's private.
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Private stuff.
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This one time, okay?
I had just started dating this guy.
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I hadn't told anybody.
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And Kevin jumps out of the bushes,
out of nowhere,
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and he goes, "This dude is trash.
You can do better."
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Then he clicked his heels
and he ran off in his Nikes,
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and I swear they had buckles on them.
I don't know how he got Jordan to do it,
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but he got Jordan
to put buckles on his Nikes.
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[laughter]
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Then he opened a vegan restaurant.
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And I don't know how he did it.
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I don't know how he did it,
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but he made grass taste like chicken.
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Have you tried it?
It is magically delicious.
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And make it... Bah!
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It's so good.
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Kevin is mischievous too.
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He would tease me all the time
when I was a young comic. Ugh!
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He knows how hard it is
to make it as a stand-up.
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And so when he finally
started getting money,
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he would dangle it,
literally, in our faces.
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He would hold money just over...
Like, in our faces.
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Remember when you did this to me, Kevin?
Remember when you used to do that?
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He'd be like,
"If you can catch it, you can have it."
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[laughter]
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"If you can catch it, you can have it."
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First it started out with $1.
Then it went to $20, then $50.
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Then one time he pulled out a $1,000 bill,
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and he would drop it like this,
and I'd be like...
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Do you know how mad I was
when he pulled a $1,000 bill out,
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and I'm sleeping in my damn car?
247
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I'm still mad. I'm sorry.
248
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I gotta get over it.
249
00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:30,809
'Cause he had all that money in his pocket
like it was Werther's Originals.
250
00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:32,978
[scattered laughter]
251
00:13:34,188 --> 00:13:36,524
I knew y'all would get that
'cause y'all white.
252
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[laughter]
253
00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:43,614
I was gonna say church lady peppermints,
but I knew they wouldn't understand that.
254
00:13:44,698 --> 00:13:48,202
The biggest reason
I think he's a leprechaun
255
00:13:48,202 --> 00:13:51,539
is because if you capture a leprechaun,
it brings you luck.
256
00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:52,790
And, Kevin...
257
00:13:54,041 --> 00:13:57,836
since you've been in my life,
I have had nothing but good fortune.
258
00:13:57,836 --> 00:14:00,297
Except for the last three years.
Where the hell you been?
259
00:14:00,297 --> 00:14:01,507
[Kevin] Okay. All right.
260
00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:04,134
- Where the hell you been, man?
- All right.
261
00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:06,845
- I need some help.
- [laughter]
262
00:14:08,305 --> 00:14:12,935
When Kevin started producing, I told him
that my wish was to be in a movie,
263
00:14:12,935 --> 00:14:15,563
and Kevin granted it
by putting me in Night School.
264
00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:19,066
- He has always pushed me--
- Yeah. Yes.
265
00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:22,403
[applause]
266
00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:26,115
He has always pushed me to be better,
and to never give up.
267
00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:28,701
And it's because of Kevin
that I trusted myself
268
00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,995
to follow my rainbow.
269
00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:33,581
And at the end of it was a pot of gold
270
00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:35,583
and 40 hours of community service.
271
00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:36,959
[laughter]
272
00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:40,504
And this is two hours of it, right now.
I'm getting two hours off now.
273
00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:46,760
[laughs] I love you, Kevin.
You deserve all the success.
274
00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,055
You do, and especially this prize tonight.
275
00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:53,225
You are one legendary leprechaun,
and I love you to death.
276
00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:54,894
I love you more, Tiff.
277
00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,353
Love you back, Tiffany.
278
00:14:56,353 --> 00:14:59,815
[cheering and applause]
279
00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,487
- A few months ago...
- Yeah.
280
00:15:05,487 --> 00:15:07,865
...you had some incident where
you ended up in a wheelchair.
281
00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:09,199
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
282
00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:11,452
And what happened? What accident happened?
283
00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:14,705
- I broke my dick.
- [studio audience laughs]
284
00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:18,959
I have never heard someone
be as open and transparent as you are.
285
00:15:18,959 --> 00:15:22,379
The world of dialogue, communication,
286
00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:25,716
and just openness
is what I think I've gotten better at.
287
00:15:25,841 --> 00:15:28,218
I'm not a joke teller, I'm a storyteller.
288
00:15:28,218 --> 00:15:30,679
- I'm an open book. I tell stories...
- [Cameron Diaz] Yeah.
289
00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:32,848
...about me, who I am and what I go through.
290
00:15:32,848 --> 00:15:35,851
- It's very brave.
- It's gonna make me or break me.
291
00:15:35,851 --> 00:15:37,144
This is a true story.
292
00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:40,397
This is not BS.
I'm being 1,000% honest right now.
293
00:15:40,397 --> 00:15:41,732
Here's what happened.
294
00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,109
We go to Mexico. We're on a plane.
295
00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:47,488
While on the plane, my friends love
to bring weed, to fly with it.
296
00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:50,157
Go right ahead.
Bring all the fucking weed you want.
297
00:15:50,157 --> 00:15:51,909
It's all fun and games until it's not.
298
00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:55,496
Them little Mexican dogs get active,
and start sniffing your bags.
299
00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:58,707
I don't want to see you looking up like
you don't know what they smell,
300
00:15:58,707 --> 00:16:00,376
'cause guess what I'm gonna do.
301
00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:02,711
I'm gonna solve the case.
That's what I'm gonna do.
302
00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:07,633
Keith Robinson,
he's the one that told me, "Be honest."
303
00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,677
Go on stage and really talk about my life.
304
00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:12,805
My mom gave me permission
to cuss one time.
305
00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,349
I'm in school, I'm being bad,
my teacher got mad.
306
00:16:15,349 --> 00:16:19,144
Stapled a note to my chest. Said,
"Make sure your mother read the note."
307
00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:20,896
I get home, my mom read the note.
308
00:16:20,896 --> 00:16:23,148
The note said,
"Maybe if you showed your son
309
00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:26,485
some more attention at home,
he wouldn't act like a fool in school."
310
00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:29,405
Right? My mom read the note,
said, "Let me tell you something.
311
00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:32,491
"You tell her mind her damn business
312
00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:35,369
before I come down there
and I beat her ass."
313
00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:39,164
I thought, "Okay, do you
want me to say it like that,
314
00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,375
or do you want me to take some stuff out?"
315
00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:44,545
I wanna say congratulations,
'cause, coming up,
316
00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:47,965
you're about to be the recipient
of the Mark Twain Prize in Comedy.
317
00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:49,091
- Yes.
- [audience cheering]
318
00:16:49,091 --> 00:16:50,300
Which is a giant honor.
319
00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:51,635
I can't wait. I'm excited.
320
00:16:51,635 --> 00:16:54,179
As a matter of fact, Jimmy,
you're invited. You got a seat.
321
00:16:54,179 --> 00:16:56,015
I need you there. Yeah.
322
00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,975
- I'll be there.
- Yup.
323
00:16:57,975 --> 00:17:00,477
- I'd love to go. I'd be honored to go.
- Yeah.
324
00:17:00,477 --> 00:17:02,021
- You have to.
- I have stories.
325
00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:04,815
- I've known you for a long time.
- No, I don't want you to talk.
326
00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:06,108
- I want you to come.
- Oh.
327
00:17:07,109 --> 00:17:10,070
["Back in Black" intro music playing]
328
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,284
[presenter] And now here to not talk,
Jimmy Fallon.
329
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:19,455
- [cheering and applause]
- [music fades]
330
00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:23,167
[mellow music playing]
331
00:17:24,918 --> 00:17:27,296
♪ We all love this little man ♪
332
00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:28,630
[laughter]
333
00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:31,091
♪ He fits in the palm of your hand ♪
334
00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:34,720
♪ Big things come in small packages ♪
335
00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:36,889
♪ I think you understand ♪
336
00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,769
♪ We all love this famous Kevin ♪
337
00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:44,563
♪ Even though he's 2'11" ♪
338
00:17:45,439 --> 00:17:48,442
♪ He's the boss in any room ♪
339
00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:51,904
♪ But from behind
He looks like he's seven ♪
340
00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,447
[laughter]
341
00:17:53,447 --> 00:17:56,200
♪ You can't stop this funny fella ♪
342
00:17:56,825 --> 00:17:59,244
♪ Every movie's a best-seller ♪
343
00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:02,539
♪ He can weather any storm ♪
344
00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:05,667
♪ He'll just grab a cocktail umbrella ♪
345
00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:07,961
[laughter]
346
00:18:07,961 --> 00:18:10,464
♪ Yeah, we gotta give him cred ♪
347
00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,342
♪ He's great at earning bread ♪
348
00:18:14,301 --> 00:18:16,637
♪ And then after a long day of work ♪
349
00:18:17,554 --> 00:18:19,640
♪ He takes doggy stairs to bed... ♪
350
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,227
- [laughter]
- Hey, no. Come on, Jimmy. Come on, Jimmy.
351
00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,606
♪ He's got a certain flair ♪
352
00:18:28,398 --> 00:18:30,734
♪ Buys his clothes at Build-a-Bear... ♪
353
00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:32,569
[laughter]
354
00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:37,991
What the fuck, Jimmy?
355
00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:41,620
♪ He's so humble and down to earth ♪
356
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:45,082
♪ But his feet don't touch the ground
In a chair ♪
357
00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:46,959
[laughter]
358
00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:51,797
♪ We're so glad that he was born ♪
359
00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:54,591
♪ Makes a full meal out of baby corn ♪
360
00:18:54,591 --> 00:18:55,968
[laughter]
361
00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,720
♪ He arrived tonight with The Rock ♪
362
00:18:59,638 --> 00:19:01,682
♪ Who carried him in a Baby Björn ♪
363
00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:04,143
- Goddamn it, Jimmy.
- [laughter]
364
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,310
Come on, Jimmy.
365
00:19:07,187 --> 00:19:09,773
♪ So much talent
How's it legal? ♪
366
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:13,360
♪ Entertains millions of people ♪
367
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,363
♪ We would be so heartbroke ♪
368
00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:19,324
♪ If he got carried away by an eagle ♪
369
00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,660
- Okay, all right.
- [laughter]
370
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:24,037
That's enough, Jimmy. That's enough.
371
00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:29,126
- Let me finish.
- [laughter]
372
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,880
♪ Kevin, you're hilarious and smart ♪
373
00:19:33,630 --> 00:19:35,424
♪ We loved you from the start ♪
374
00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:39,469
♪ You might be small
But everybody knows ♪
375
00:19:39,469 --> 00:19:42,806
♪ That you've got the biggest penis ♪
376
00:19:42,806 --> 00:19:44,975
- No, Jimmy, no.
- [laughter]
377
00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:47,895
Congratulations, Kevin.
You deserve it, brother.
378
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,355
[cheering and applause]
379
00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,241
[Nick Cannon]
To see him reach the levels that he has...
380
00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:04,494
I mean, it's one award, one prize,
one accolade after another,
381
00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:08,624
because he's reaching levels that
no other entertainer has reached before.
382
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:12,961
I remember when we used to sit and talk
about what we wanted with our careers,
383
00:20:12,961 --> 00:20:16,757
and he's surpassed everything
that he's ever dreamed of.
384
00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:21,261
And now, please help me
in welcoming the next speaker.
385
00:20:21,261 --> 00:20:24,306
He made over a billion dollars
at the box office,
386
00:20:24,306 --> 00:20:26,642
he's been in some of
your favorite projects,
387
00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,810
SNL, Trading Places,
388
00:20:28,810 --> 00:20:31,063
Beverly Hills Cop, Nutty Professor,
389
00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,856
Coming to America,
390
00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:37,236
he was nominated for
a freaking Oscar in Dreamgirls.
391
00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:40,113
This is a total surprise to Kevin.
392
00:20:40,113 --> 00:20:43,116
Get out your motherfucking seats
393
00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:47,162
for the G-O-A-motherfucking-T,
394
00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:49,414
Eddie Murphy!
395
00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:51,708
[cheering and applause]
396
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:55,462
[instrumental version
of "Crazy Frog" playing]
397
00:21:01,885 --> 00:21:03,512
[Nick] No, no.
398
00:21:04,554 --> 00:21:07,516
No, shut up. Stop.
399
00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:10,143
Eddie Murphy ain't coming
to see your little ass.
400
00:21:10,143 --> 00:21:11,478
[laughter]
401
00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:13,272
Sit your asses down.
402
00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:15,691
I'm sorry.
403
00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:18,068
Got you, bitch.
404
00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:20,654
[all laughing]
405
00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:24,032
I'm sorry. This is personal.
I didn't mean to interrupt the show.
406
00:21:24,032 --> 00:21:26,702
But Kevin Hart came to
The Masked Singer last week
407
00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:29,663
and fucked up my show,
so now I'm fucking up your show.
408
00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:31,540
[laughter]
409
00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:37,629
Payback. If y'all don't know,
this is my best frenemy right there.
410
00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:40,299
We've been having this prank war
going on for years.
411
00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:43,635
I sent a llama
to his house for his birthday.
412
00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:46,930
In exchange, he put my cell phone number
413
00:21:46,930 --> 00:21:49,891
on every billboard in America, saying...
414
00:21:49,891 --> 00:21:51,268
[laughter]
415
00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:56,606
"For any fatherly advice,
call my best friend Nick Cannon."
416
00:21:56,606 --> 00:22:00,193
- My shit's still ringing.
- It's a good prank.
417
00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:01,903
But this is checkmate, Kevin.
418
00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:05,115
I mean, I'm good.
This was hilarious, right? Shit.
419
00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:09,161
They need to be giving me
this goddamn award, not you.
420
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:12,247
But, anyway, Eddie Murphy is not coming.
421
00:22:12,247 --> 00:22:16,001
He's filming in Atlanta,
and he definitely sends his regards.
422
00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,045
He loves you like we all do.
423
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,505
So, you know,
since Eddie couldn't be here,
424
00:22:20,505 --> 00:22:23,633
we asked someone just as special
to come out,
425
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,470
so please welcome, from Black Panther,
426
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:28,805
Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever,
427
00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:32,517
What's Love Got to Do with It?
and Waiting to Exhale,
428
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,394
Angela Bassett!
429
00:22:34,394 --> 00:22:36,605
[cheering and applause]
430
00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:41,193
[laughter]
431
00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:45,822
You fell for that shit too?
You don't even know Angela Bassett, nigga.
432
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:48,742
- Fuck you, man.
- [laughter]
433
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,578
- I do. I did a movie with her.
- Fuck you, Nick.
434
00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:55,707
You gonna be waiting to exhale
for her to come out here, nigga.
435
00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:58,418
[laughter]
436
00:22:58,418 --> 00:23:01,463
Sorry. I promise, last one.
That's it. I'm done.
437
00:23:01,463 --> 00:23:03,298
I promise, seriousness now.
438
00:23:03,298 --> 00:23:06,927
All right, y'all know this is really
someone I love, true and dearly.
439
00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:09,387
We started in this game together, man,
440
00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:11,932
fronting comedy clubs,
making fun of each other.
441
00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,892
Freestyle rapping, cracking jokes.
442
00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:16,144
And that's why I created a little show
443
00:23:16,269 --> 00:23:18,980
to help pay his rent
called Wildin' Out early on.
444
00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:20,524
- So that's, you know--
- [cheering]
445
00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:21,483
You did.
446
00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:24,486
But we still rocking to this day.
447
00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:27,280
I love you so much.
I love your entire family.
448
00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:31,701
Congratulations, man.
You are truly a comedic force.
449
00:23:31,701 --> 00:23:35,288
But don't worry. You ain't gotta--
Sit your little ass down.
450
00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:39,793
I got a real surprise for you.
451
00:23:39,793 --> 00:23:44,297
Don't take my word
for how amazing this little man is.
452
00:23:44,297 --> 00:23:47,634
Please join me in welcoming to the stage
453
00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:51,680
a comedic legend
who needs no introduction.
454
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,558
This brother is truly an icon,
455
00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:57,227
breaking comedy records in specials,
456
00:23:57,227 --> 00:23:59,896
starring all over the world in movies.
457
00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:01,231
I love him, you love him.
458
00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:04,067
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Chris Rock.
459
00:24:04,067 --> 00:24:07,612
- [cheering and applause]
- No, for real, he here.
460
00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:11,658
I'm not lying. Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome the legendary Chris Rock.
461
00:24:11,658 --> 00:24:15,162
[upbeat rock music playing]
462
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,840
Wow. Thank you.
463
00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:30,927
That is the funniest
I've ever seen Nick Cannon.
464
00:24:30,927 --> 00:24:34,055
[laughter]
465
00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:39,728
Wow.
466
00:24:41,062 --> 00:24:43,732
We're here for Kevin Hart.
467
00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:48,820
Here, the Mark Twain Award, Kevin...
468
00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:54,618
A man of extraordinary talents.
Look at him. Look at that smile.
469
00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:57,370
Got that second wife happiness. [laughs]
470
00:24:57,370 --> 00:24:59,164
[laughter]
471
00:25:09,090 --> 00:25:11,384
Ain't nothing like
that second wife happiness.
472
00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:15,305
[chuckles]
It's like, "We didn't struggle at all."
473
00:25:15,305 --> 00:25:16,640
[laughter]
474
00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:24,731
Yes. Kevin has made amazing movies.
475
00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:28,777
My favorite movie of Kevin's
is The Upside.
476
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:31,279
- You ever see The Upside?
- [scattered applause]
477
00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,990
With Kevin and Bryan Cranston.
478
00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:35,909
Kevin's his helper.
479
00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:41,623
You gotta see it. It's the best acting
Kevin Hart has ever done.
480
00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:46,962
'Cause in the movie he had to act like
he had less money than Bryan Cranston.
481
00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:49,881
[laughter]
482
00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:53,218
It's unbelievable. He's like,
"Wow. This is a nice house, mister."
483
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,762
[laughter]
484
00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:00,141
"I never seen a Ferrari before."
485
00:26:00,141 --> 00:26:01,601
[laughter]
486
00:26:02,269 --> 00:26:04,187
[laughs]
487
00:26:04,187 --> 00:26:06,398
It's a regular Denzel over there.
488
00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:09,567
Now...
489
00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:16,283
No, seriously. I met Kevin on the set
of the movie Death at a Funeral.
490
00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:18,618
- Yes, sir.
- Death at a Funeral, I met Kevin.
491
00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:20,954
I had seen him...
492
00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:23,373
You had a special on Showtime.
493
00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:26,418
And it was a bunch of
young comedians and Kevin.
494
00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:29,587
And I think we had, like,
a lunch break or something,
495
00:26:29,587 --> 00:26:33,300
and Kevin came up to me
and asked for advice.
496
00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:39,180
And I'd seen him and... I don't know.
I gave him some advice, and it's weird.
497
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:40,724
He's the only guy...
498
00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:44,102
Kevin Hart and Aziz Ansari,
only guys that ever listened to me.
499
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:48,648
[chuckles] And he literally did
exactly what the fuck I told him.
500
00:26:49,649 --> 00:26:52,402
I looked at him.
I said, "Yo, man, you're really funny."
501
00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:58,491
"But your problem is you're competing
with these other comedians."
502
00:26:58,491 --> 00:27:02,620
"They are not your peers.
You're better than all of them."
503
00:27:02,620 --> 00:27:08,043
"But you need to get out of their circle
and develop your own voice."
504
00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:11,254
- That's what I told him, right? [chuckles]
- [applause]
505
00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:12,172
True story.
506
00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:18,511
I swear to God, within 800 days...
507
00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:23,183
Kevin Hart was a bigger star than me.
508
00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:25,143
[laughter]
509
00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:28,480
Within 800 days,
he was taking parts from me.
510
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:31,483
He's in a movie with The Rock.
511
00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:35,904
- My last name's Rock.
- [laughter]
512
00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:38,448
How the fuck he get the fucking part?
513
00:27:39,657 --> 00:27:43,453
From now on, when I see young comedians,
they ask me for advice,
514
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:45,288
I just say, "Shut the fuck up."
515
00:27:45,288 --> 00:27:47,290
[laughter]
516
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,253
Well, I love Kevin Hart.
517
00:27:52,253 --> 00:27:54,255
I'm glad I'm here tonight.
518
00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:57,675
- Enjoy your new wife and kids, bastard.
- [laughter]
519
00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:59,844
Y'all take care. Thank you.
520
00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:02,680
[cheering and applause]
521
00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:10,855
Listen, I'm gonna be up here for a while.
522
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:13,400
I'mma talk about a lot of shit
while I'm up here.
523
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,111
Some of the shit I say tonight
is gonna be mean.
524
00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:18,154
Let it happen. Unclench your ass.
525
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:20,490
Have a good time. That's why you're here.
526
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:21,866
[upbeat hip-hop song playing]
527
00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:28,248
My dad never wore drawers ever.
528
00:28:29,332 --> 00:28:32,669
This is my dad getting to his seat.
This is all I saw. "Excuse me."
529
00:28:32,669 --> 00:28:34,963
[laughter]
530
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,384
You're gonna learn what
a long dick looks like today.
531
00:28:40,301 --> 00:28:41,386
Say it with your chest.
532
00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:43,471
Bop, bop! [mimics air horn]
533
00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:45,724
Really?
534
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,517
[hip-hop music continues]
535
00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:51,479
I have amazing friends, man.
536
00:28:51,479 --> 00:28:53,815
I truly believe that I would
not be where I am today
537
00:28:53,815 --> 00:28:55,734
if it were not for my support group.
538
00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:58,319
My friends have a lot to do with
my level of success.
539
00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:00,572
Over the summer, I took them to Japan.
540
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:04,784
This shit was incredible. The reason
why I was blown away is because...
541
00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:08,037
I was the tallest person in the park.
This is a true story.
542
00:29:08,037 --> 00:29:10,915
They were calling me Godzilla.
There were like, "Godzilla."
543
00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:13,877
I was giving advice I've never given,
telling people to drink milk,
544
00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,754
eat their vegetables,
shit I've never said.
545
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,843
- This is a moment. You hear me?
- [audience cheering]
546
00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:24,137
It's a moment.
547
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:28,808
When you look around this room tonight,
what I love the most
548
00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:33,605
is that I see every race,
ethnicity, nationality possible.
549
00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:36,608
If you can laugh together,
you can live together.
550
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,860
If you can live together,
you can love together.
551
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:42,864
In my city,
I made fucking history, goddamn it.
552
00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:45,241
I'm in the record books. You hear me?
553
00:29:45,241 --> 00:29:47,535
[cheering and applause]
554
00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:51,414
[presenter] We know her and love her.
555
00:29:51,414 --> 00:29:54,209
And to be honest,
she scares the shit out of me.
556
00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:57,504
- Chelsea Handler.
- [cheering and applause]
557
00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:00,882
It is such an honor to be here tonight
558
00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:05,011
to pay tribute to America's
favorite comedy dynamo.
559
00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:08,348
I am so glad that Kevin came into my life,
560
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:12,519
not only because he is an incredibly
talented and generous person,
561
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:16,189
but also because I always wanted to know
what it would look like
562
00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:19,025
- if 50 Cent and I had a baby.
- [laughter]
563
00:30:19,025 --> 00:30:21,861
Okay. All right, Chelsea.
564
00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,156
Come on, Chelsea.
565
00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:27,617
Don't start your shit.
566
00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:30,286
Kevin and I first met
on my very first talk show.
567
00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:34,207
It was called Chelsea Lately,
and it was clear from the moment we met
568
00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:36,960
that he was destined for superstardom.
569
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,506
Especially when he told me
he was destined for superstardom.
570
00:30:42,298 --> 00:30:43,591
And I admired his pluck,
571
00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:46,219
and I've continued
to admire Kevin's pluck,
572
00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:49,639
as well as his drive and determination,
573
00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:54,018
and the unrelenting hard work
that brought him here tonight,
574
00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:58,773
to a place where the talk show host
he told he was destined for superstardom
575
00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:02,151
is now presenting him
with a lifetime achievement award.
576
00:31:02,151 --> 00:31:04,487
[applause]
577
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,286
Since everyone here in DC
is talking about the border crisis,
578
00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:15,081
I thought I'd talk about a border crisis
of my own, and it involves Kevin.
579
00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:16,165
[laughter]
580
00:31:16,165 --> 00:31:19,252
During COVID,
I was desperate to get to Canada,
581
00:31:19,252 --> 00:31:21,170
and it was for a very important reason.
582
00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:24,257
- I needed to ski.
- Chelsea...
583
00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:25,758
And Canada-- Shut up, Kevin.
584
00:31:25,758 --> 00:31:29,971
Canada had very strict rules at the time.
It was almost impossible to get in.
585
00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:31,639
But when I looked on Instagram,
586
00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:35,184
I noticed that Kevin
was filming a movie up in Canada.
587
00:31:35,184 --> 00:31:39,647
And he was going back and forth
from Canada to America all the time.
588
00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:41,900
One day, he was in America
for Thanksgiving,
589
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:44,402
and the next day he'd be back in Canada.
590
00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:47,822
And this was when there was
a mandatory two-week quarantine.
591
00:31:47,822 --> 00:31:49,032
[Kevin] That's enough.
592
00:31:49,032 --> 00:31:50,825
[laughter]
593
00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:53,745
So I called Kevin and I told him,
"I don't know what your secret is,
594
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,205
but I need your help
getting across the border."
595
00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,249
And here's how great Kevin is.
596
00:31:58,249 --> 00:32:00,710
He said, "No problem, Chelsea. I got you."
597
00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:02,462
"I'll just get you a gig on my movie."
598
00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:04,464
I said, "Great.
Behind the camera, in front."
599
00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:06,758
"I don't care.
I'll direct it if I have to."
600
00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:09,969
He said he'd even help me
fill out the paperwork.
601
00:32:09,969 --> 00:32:11,429
I was so excited.
602
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:15,642
He said, "I got you, Chelsea.
I got you. I got you."
603
00:32:17,226 --> 00:32:20,229
And that's when I learned
that if you ask Kevin for a favor,
604
00:32:20,229 --> 00:32:23,232
you can always count on
hearing these three words.
605
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,068
"I got you."
606
00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:29,322
And then you can count on
never hearing from him again.
607
00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:31,407
- That's ridiculous.
- [laughter]
608
00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:37,997
So that's the kind of man
we're honoring here tonight.
609
00:32:37,997 --> 00:32:39,958
[laughter]
610
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:43,127
The kind of man
who would deny a rich white lady
611
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:46,798
a ski vacation during a global pandemic.
612
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,174
[laughter]
613
00:32:49,717 --> 00:32:54,138
But we're here to honor Kevin,
so I should probably tell one nice story.
614
00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:57,850
I was shooting a documentary for Netflix,
and I wanted Kevin to be part of it.
615
00:32:57,850 --> 00:33:00,019
So I reached out to his team.
Guess what they said?
616
00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:03,731
- Nothing. Nobody responded.
- [laughter]
617
00:33:03,731 --> 00:33:05,316
So, the day before the shoot,
618
00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:08,027
I texted Kevin directly,
and I told him the situation
619
00:33:08,027 --> 00:33:09,988
and that his team
wasn't getting back to us.
620
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:12,281
And he said, "Chelsea, I got you."
621
00:33:12,281 --> 00:33:13,950
[laughter]
622
00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:16,786
But guess what. This time he did get me.
623
00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:20,665
He showed up the next day
at 9:00 a.m. on his little scooter
624
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:24,335
that he drove himself
with no entourage, no nothing.
625
00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:26,421
And like always, he delivered.
626
00:33:27,296 --> 00:33:30,049
- [applause]
- That's right.
627
00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:37,056
And I love to give him a lot of shit,
as we all do,
628
00:33:37,056 --> 00:33:39,267
but he really does
show up when it matters.
629
00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:43,771
Which is why all of these amazing
and talented people showed up tonight.
630
00:33:43,771 --> 00:33:47,650
And also because he is one
giant-hearted, hilariously-funny,
631
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:50,528
fun-loving, hardworking
little motherfucker.
632
00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:52,238
[laughter]
633
00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:54,365
And I got you, Kevin.
634
00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:57,535
- So, congratulations.
- I love you, Chelsea.
635
00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:59,746
[cheering and applause]
636
00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:04,000
- [whooping]
- [imperceptible]
637
00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:06,002
Nice to see you.
638
00:34:06,794 --> 00:34:07,670
Good job, buddy.
639
00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:16,637
[presenter] Up next, the man
who survived two strokes
640
00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:18,639
just so he could be here tonight.
641
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,809
The hilarious Keith Robinson.
642
00:34:21,809 --> 00:34:24,270
- [applause]
- [upbeat music playing]
643
00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,150
All right. Damn.
644
00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:33,529
Oh... [chuckles]
645
00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:35,615
Shit. They told me I had four minutes.
646
00:34:35,615 --> 00:34:37,033
[laughter]
647
00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:39,702
And it took me three and a half
to get down here.
648
00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:41,788
[laughter]
649
00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:43,456
[chuckles]
650
00:34:43,456 --> 00:34:45,792
Kev, I love you. Good night. [laughs]
651
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:47,752
[laughter]
652
00:34:50,046 --> 00:34:52,924
Fucking damn... Damn Chris Rock.
653
00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:55,968
Calls me Strokey Robinson.
654
00:34:55,968 --> 00:34:58,346
[laughter]
655
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,521
He's an asshole, man.
656
00:35:06,521 --> 00:35:08,272
[laughter]
657
00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:12,985
- [Keith laughs]
- [Kevin laughs]
658
00:35:12,985 --> 00:35:14,445
I met Kev...
659
00:35:14,445 --> 00:35:19,617
Like, I met him around '98, '99,
at the Laff House.
660
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,702
I met two guys, actually.
661
00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:27,625
Big Jay Oakerson,
and little dummy, the bastard.
662
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:28,960
[laughter]
663
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,671
Kevin Hart. You know what I mean?
664
00:35:31,671 --> 00:35:38,094
And I decided to take these guys
to New York in my '85 Buick.
665
00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:44,559
But those assholes tried to play
brand-new music in my old-ass car.
666
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:47,061
- [scattered laughter]
- [chuckles]
667
00:35:47,061 --> 00:35:51,023
They put Jadakiss in, Jay-Z. Fat Joe.
668
00:35:51,023 --> 00:35:55,486
I plopped it out of my CD,
threw it right out the fucking window.
669
00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:57,446
[laughter]
670
00:35:57,446 --> 00:36:00,533
And I made them listen to Mahalia Jackson.
671
00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:03,161
[laughter]
672
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:07,456
I'm looking in my rearview,
and they're, like, disgusted.
673
00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:10,084
- Like, "What the fuck?" [chuckles]
- [laughter]
674
00:36:11,627 --> 00:36:16,007
But as we went along, man,
Kev, little dummy,
675
00:36:16,549 --> 00:36:20,845
he made a tape. I told him,
"Get a tape." He sent down his tape.
676
00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:25,057
And he got some manager prospects.
677
00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,268
He got two of them so far.
678
00:36:27,894 --> 00:36:31,272
And I said, "Look,
don't you sign with nobody."
679
00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:36,360
"Don't do it.
I'll tell you who to sign with."
680
00:36:37,820 --> 00:36:42,241
And finally he came to me with Dave Becky.
681
00:36:42,241 --> 00:36:47,246
Well, I told Kev,
"That's the guy. Sign with him."
682
00:36:47,788 --> 00:36:52,418
"But you have to break up
with the other two managers."
683
00:36:52,418 --> 00:36:57,506
So Kev called one of the managers
and he said, "Hey..."
684
00:36:57,506 --> 00:37:00,593
- Kev is real good at bullshitting, right?
- [laughter]
685
00:37:00,593 --> 00:37:05,473
He said, "I mean, thank you
for all you've done. You know..."
686
00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:06,849
[laughter]
687
00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:10,937
"Everything was good."
688
00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,439
"But, you know,
I'm gonna go with Dave Becky."
689
00:37:13,439 --> 00:37:18,611
The first one, like, "Okay.
God bless you. Have a good time."
690
00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,530
All right. He called the second one.
691
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:25,660
Same bullshit.
You know, "You were very good."
692
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,581
And the woman's like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What the fuck you talking about?"
693
00:37:30,581 --> 00:37:32,583
[laughter]
694
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:36,212
And Kev said,
"No, I'm gonna go with Dave Becky."
695
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:41,425
Swear to God, she's saying,
"You little Black midget motherfucker."
696
00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:42,635
[laughter]
697
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:47,807
"You midget motherfucker."
698
00:37:47,807 --> 00:37:50,559
"I'm gonna put my foot in your ass."
[laughs]
699
00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:52,687
[laughter]
700
00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:55,106
"Don't let me see you."
I'm like, "Oh, shit."
701
00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:59,777
And I swear to God, like,
two weeks later, Kev called me
702
00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:02,488
and told me he was moving to LA.
703
00:38:02,488 --> 00:38:05,449
I'm like, "What the fuck?
She scared you that much?"
704
00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:06,701
[laughter]
705
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:12,581
Dealing with Kev... I love him to death.
He's my family now.
706
00:38:12,581 --> 00:38:14,625
I remember when I had my stroke, right?
707
00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:19,297
I was in the hospital, right during COVID.
708
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:24,385
And all of a sudden, they took me
to the COVID holding center.
709
00:38:25,219 --> 00:38:26,595
Like, they put me there
710
00:38:26,595 --> 00:38:30,141
and were like, "We're gonna
put you in the COVID section."
711
00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:31,559
I'm like, "Oh, shit."
712
00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:37,982
My kid's mom called me,
and I said, "Look, call Kevin."
713
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:41,861
She said, "What?" I said, "Call Kevin."
714
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:46,324
And I said, "Kev, they gonna
put me in the COVID section."
715
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:51,203
And Kev bullshitting...
"What? That's bullshit."
716
00:38:51,203 --> 00:38:53,622
- [Kevin laughing loudly]
- [laughter]
717
00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,504
I'm like, "Yeah, they gonna
put me there, man."
718
00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:02,673
He said, "Let me make a call."
719
00:39:05,801 --> 00:39:08,804
I'm like, "Yeah, now they got action."
720
00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:10,765
[laughter]
721
00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:15,770
He said,
"I'll call you back in ten minutes."
722
00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:18,189
I'm like, "Goddamn right."
723
00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:20,066
[laughter]
724
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:24,612
And then when he hung up the phone,
I'm like, "Wait a minute."
725
00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:27,865
"Who the fuck is he... [chuckles]
Who's he gonna call?"
726
00:39:27,865 --> 00:39:29,992
[laughter]
727
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,620
[chuckles]
728
00:39:35,581 --> 00:39:38,000
Dr. Fauci? What the fuck?
729
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,627
[laughter]
730
00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:42,505
[laughing]
731
00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:47,385
And when I finally got out
of that bullshit, I'm like,
732
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,763
"You Black midget motherfucker."
733
00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:51,931
[laughter]
734
00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:55,476
[cheering and applause]
735
00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:02,525
[Kevin] Yes. Oh!
736
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,152
Oh, my God.
737
00:40:05,152 --> 00:40:07,238
[Keith chuckling]
738
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,449
I'm still mad, by the way.
739
00:40:10,449 --> 00:40:11,867
[laughter]
740
00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:14,286
Oh, shit.
741
00:40:14,286 --> 00:40:16,288
[laughter]
742
00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:17,998
My cane just fell.
743
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:21,502
I need help.
744
00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:23,462
[laughter]
745
00:40:24,463 --> 00:40:26,924
I need help, goddamn it.
746
00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:28,217
[laughter]
747
00:40:29,468 --> 00:40:31,053
My man.
748
00:40:31,053 --> 00:40:32,847
- There you go, man.
- There you go.
749
00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:35,182
Adam Blackstone, man. How about it?
750
00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:36,851
[laughter]
751
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:42,565
Adam... Oh!
752
00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:44,900
[cheering and applause]
753
00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:50,030
[laughter]
754
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:52,116
Hey, Adam, give him his cane.
755
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,243
[laughter]
756
00:40:57,580 --> 00:41:02,334
I'm sorry, man. You know,
that was wrong. That was wrong.
757
00:41:02,334 --> 00:41:04,753
[laughter]
758
00:41:04,753 --> 00:41:08,966
Kevin, I love you, man.
This is a good thing for you.
759
00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:12,803
I love you to death.
This is very special, man.
760
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:18,309
I really do. Your family
watching you all sitting there.
761
00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,978
Your son, your daughter,
your son, your daughter... [chuckles]
762
00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:22,605
[laughter]
763
00:41:23,272 --> 00:41:25,399
No more, man. No more kids.
764
00:41:25,399 --> 00:41:27,276
[laughter]
765
00:41:27,276 --> 00:41:30,654
All right, love you, man.
Peace out. Take care.
766
00:41:30,654 --> 00:41:33,699
- [cheering and applause]
- [upbeat music playing]
767
00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:41,957
[presenter] I can't believe
we have two people
768
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:44,168
from the cast of Pootie Tang here tonight.
769
00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:48,380
Let's hear it
for the hilarious J.B. Smoove.
770
00:41:48,380 --> 00:41:51,091
- [cheering and applause]
- [upbeat music playing]
771
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:56,764
- [whoops]
- [J.B. Smoove] All right.
772
00:41:56,764 --> 00:41:59,767
Kevin Hart, man. Look at you, baby.
773
00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,393
- How you doing?
- I'm doing great, man.
774
00:42:01,393 --> 00:42:04,605
Not as great as you, but you're doing...
You're amazing, man.
775
00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:08,400
Kevin and I go way back, man.
I'm a little older than Kevin.
776
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:13,364
But I can remember Kevin always being
at the Laugh House in Philadelphia, man.
777
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:17,535
I would see this kid at the club
with these little beady eyes.
778
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,287
I'd be like, "Man,
if someone doesn't come over here
779
00:42:20,287 --> 00:42:24,708
and get their damn child out of
this club... They sell alcohol in here."
780
00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:28,295
"Who brings an adolescent
to a damn comedy club?"
781
00:42:29,755 --> 00:42:31,590
But it wasn't an adolescent at all.
782
00:42:34,343 --> 00:42:36,512
[laughter]
783
00:42:36,512 --> 00:42:37,721
It was Kevin.
784
00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:41,642
Back then he was damn near living
at that club, sitting in the back,
785
00:42:41,642 --> 00:42:43,727
taking notes, soaking it all in,
786
00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:46,981
pestering anyone who would
want to speak to his ass.
787
00:42:46,981 --> 00:42:49,358
I remember how we would
sit and talk about comedy
788
00:42:49,358 --> 00:42:52,820
before I got up to do my set,
and I also remember how,
789
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:56,949
after I would leave the club
headed back to New York City,
790
00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:59,326
I wouldn't even make it over
the Ben Franklin Bridge
791
00:42:59,326 --> 00:43:02,538
before I would get a page
causing me to pull over
792
00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:05,416
and find a damn pay phone
and call my answering service
793
00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:07,668
just so the operator
could relay the message
794
00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:10,129
that Kevin was on stage
stealing my shit again.
795
00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:13,382
- Okay. All right. That's...
- I ain't lying.
796
00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:15,593
[laughter]
797
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,512
I said, "Thank you, operator Jenny,
for the information."
798
00:43:18,512 --> 00:43:19,847
[laughter]
799
00:43:19,847 --> 00:43:21,473
It's been so long ago,
800
00:43:21,473 --> 00:43:25,936
I don't actually remember
all the bits that Kevin borrowed.
801
00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:29,189
The point is that he borrowed jokes.
802
00:43:29,189 --> 00:43:32,484
But see, jokes don't don't make an act.
803
00:43:32,484 --> 00:43:34,486
I like to think of comedians as chefs.
804
00:43:34,486 --> 00:43:38,073
Some make gourmet meals
and some make fast food.
805
00:43:38,073 --> 00:43:40,826
But whatever they make, it's their recipe.
806
00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:44,163
And figuring out
the right ingredients takes time.
807
00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:46,749
Kevin had to figure out
all the right ingredients.
808
00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:51,378
Over the years, I've watched Kevin go
from being a short short-order cook,
809
00:43:51,378 --> 00:43:54,340
- burning curly fries...
- [laughter]
810
00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:56,967
to an even shorter Michelin-Star chef.
811
00:43:56,967 --> 00:44:01,013
I've watched him go from sitting
in the back of the small clubs in Philly
812
00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:03,891
to standing on stage at arenas
around the damn world.
813
00:44:05,476 --> 00:44:07,978
And how did he do it, you ask?
It was simple.
814
00:44:07,978 --> 00:44:09,647
By just being himself.
815
00:44:10,356 --> 00:44:11,940
And maybe a little bit of me.
816
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:15,361
Maybe a little bit of me,
but mostly by being his damn self.
817
00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:18,656
I remember on his last tour,
Kevin invited my wife, Shahidah,
818
00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:23,035
to go see him at the Barclays Center
in Brooklyn, New York.
819
00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:25,746
Of course, that man killed.
That man destroyed that crowd.
820
00:44:25,746 --> 00:44:28,540
I was like, "This is my city.
And you come up here and do this?"
821
00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:30,709
I said, "Man, that boy bad as hell, man."
822
00:44:30,709 --> 00:44:33,003
But after the show, I was backstage.
823
00:44:33,003 --> 00:44:36,173
Kevin came over and thanked me
for coming to the show.
824
00:44:36,173 --> 00:44:40,969
And that it meant so much for me
to come in my own city to see him perform.
825
00:44:40,969 --> 00:44:43,889
The man started crying.
I couldn't believe it.
826
00:44:43,889 --> 00:44:46,308
That's the Kevin people don't know.
He's very emotional.
827
00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:49,770
He started crying right there.
You should've saw those damn tears.
828
00:44:49,770 --> 00:44:54,149
This man started crying chocolate milk.
Like, it was dark.
829
00:44:54,149 --> 00:44:55,317
[laughter]
830
00:44:55,317 --> 00:44:57,528
I've never seen tears
that dark in my life.
831
00:44:57,528 --> 00:44:59,655
It had the consistency of a smoothie.
832
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:02,616
Thick-ass tears,
like he was crying Ovaltine.
833
00:45:02,616 --> 00:45:05,035
I don't know what was
going on with this dude.
834
00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:13,377
I know folks make short jokes
about Kevin, and rightfully so.
835
00:45:13,377 --> 00:45:14,795
[laughter]
836
00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:20,300
But the truth is, Kevin is a giant.
A miniature damn giant.
837
00:45:20,300 --> 00:45:21,593
[laughter]
838
00:45:22,678 --> 00:45:25,681
I'm gonna thank you, man,
for letting me, you know,
839
00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,558
get all this out of my system, man.
840
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:30,936
'Cause you know how it was back then.
We were all trying to get somewhere, man.
841
00:45:30,936 --> 00:45:33,564
And that's what this comedy game is.
842
00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:37,067
And, Kevin, I want you to know, man,
that it's all love, baby.
843
00:45:37,067 --> 00:45:39,445
It's all love, brother.
You know why I'm here.
844
00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:42,114
- It's all love. I love you, man.
- [cheering and applause]
845
00:45:42,114 --> 00:45:45,534
Congratulations, Kevin.
You deserve this, brother.
846
00:45:45,534 --> 00:45:47,244
I love you so much, man.
847
00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:50,998
I'm so proud of your journey,
'cause I've seen it from the beginning.
848
00:45:50,998 --> 00:45:53,500
I love you, man.
Give me a hug. Come on, man.
849
00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:55,752
Come on, man.
850
00:45:55,752 --> 00:45:58,380
- I love you, brother.
- How you doing? Congratulations.
851
00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:06,263
- Are you ready to have your mind blown?
- I'm ready. I'm so ready.
852
00:46:06,263 --> 00:46:09,808
Anything is possible! [exclaims]
853
00:46:09,808 --> 00:46:11,768
Oh, God.
He's doing that thing with his voice.
854
00:46:11,768 --> 00:46:15,105
Do you ever listen to the shit
that fly out your mouth?
855
00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:18,859
- Use your regular voice.
- [deep voice] This is my regular voice.
856
00:46:20,194 --> 00:46:23,405
- Hey, Mike. How old is your mom?
- What?
857
00:46:23,405 --> 00:46:26,200
No, not like that.
No, it is. It is like that.
858
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,453
How old is she? I come in, she was like,
"You wanna eat?" "Eat what?"
859
00:46:31,872 --> 00:46:36,543
My action star group chat.
Me, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jet Li.
860
00:46:36,543 --> 00:46:39,046
- We all talk.
- You barely have the Rock's number.
861
00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:40,714
You barely have The Rock's number.
862
00:46:40,714 --> 00:46:44,510
First of all, I say this,
and I say it respectfully, fuck The Rock.
863
00:46:44,510 --> 00:46:46,220
Back up, man.
864
00:46:49,181 --> 00:46:51,016
[yells]
865
00:46:53,602 --> 00:46:54,811
Got a bad feeling about this.
866
00:46:54,811 --> 00:46:57,814
You're telling me that
you let a rabbit shit in his bed
867
00:46:57,814 --> 00:46:59,858
- because part of--
- Let me stop you right there.
868
00:46:59,858 --> 00:47:03,153
- That wasn't a rabbit. That was my shit.
- You're proud of that?
869
00:47:03,153 --> 00:47:04,571
[grunts]
870
00:47:06,198 --> 00:47:07,533
I'm taking you into custody.
871
00:47:10,410 --> 00:47:11,537
I do love you.
872
00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:17,042
- What're you doing?
- I'm about to kiss you.
873
00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:18,669
Nobody said anything about a kiss.
874
00:47:25,092 --> 00:47:27,469
[laughs triumphantly]
875
00:47:27,469 --> 00:47:29,263
I'm gonna go check the perimeter.
876
00:47:31,223 --> 00:47:32,266
Am I still Black?
877
00:47:32,266 --> 00:47:36,061
- Yes.
- Okay.
878
00:47:36,061 --> 00:47:38,855
All right. We're fine. Everything is fine.
879
00:47:38,855 --> 00:47:41,441
- Yeah. Hey, it's all good.
- [explosion]
880
00:47:41,441 --> 00:47:43,443
[people scream, exclaim]
881
00:47:44,987 --> 00:47:47,573
[presenter]
From About Last Night with Kevin Hart,
882
00:47:47,573 --> 00:47:50,909
but more importantly,
she did Shaft with me,
883
00:47:50,909 --> 00:47:53,620
- please welcome Regina Hall.
- [upbeat music playing]
884
00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:55,038
Um...
885
00:47:56,665 --> 00:47:57,583
Thank you.
886
00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:01,253
You know, I'm really disappointed
887
00:48:01,253 --> 00:48:04,298
because tonight is a celebration
of Kevin's life and career,
888
00:48:04,298 --> 00:48:07,134
and I've been hearing
a lot of negative things.
889
00:48:07,134 --> 00:48:11,013
I've been hearing about
his inconsistent communication,
890
00:48:11,013 --> 00:48:14,391
how he's got a big penis,
and these are lies.
891
00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:15,601
No.
892
00:48:15,601 --> 00:48:17,269
Kevin. No, no, no.
893
00:48:17,269 --> 00:48:20,022
I'm not gonna deal with it.
I won't have the lies.
894
00:48:20,022 --> 00:48:24,276
Kevin, look at me. This is your work wife.
And I'm here, to the rescue, for you.
895
00:48:24,276 --> 00:48:26,403
- Thank you.
- Look, I love you.
896
00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:30,741
I got us.
There's my sister wife, Eniko. Beautiful.
897
00:48:31,825 --> 00:48:34,953
Everybody, we are the Harts,
this family right here.
898
00:48:34,953 --> 00:48:36,288
[laughter]
899
00:48:36,288 --> 00:48:38,498
Now this right here,
this is Scary Movie 3.
900
00:48:38,498 --> 00:48:42,169
This is where it all began. I was 21.
901
00:48:42,169 --> 00:48:44,796
Who could have known
that I would walk into a table read
902
00:48:44,796 --> 00:48:47,341
and meet my future work husband?
903
00:48:47,341 --> 00:48:49,968
Since then, Kevin's career,
it skyrocketed.
904
00:48:49,968 --> 00:48:53,680
Everyone... No one saw it coming.
But one person did.
905
00:48:54,723 --> 00:48:58,101
- It wasn't me. No. I didn't see it at all.
- [laughter]
906
00:48:58,101 --> 00:49:01,229
To be honest, after Soul Plane,
907
00:49:01,229 --> 00:49:03,607
a movie that I'm sure no one in here saw...
908
00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:04,775
[laughter]
909
00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:06,443
Yeah, right? Probably.
910
00:49:07,194 --> 00:49:11,031
Never heard of it either, huh? Yeah,
it's okay. [clears throat] It's okay.
911
00:49:11,031 --> 00:49:14,618
A lot of people have erased that
from their memories. I did.
912
00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:17,079
And I erased Kevin from my cell phone.
913
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:18,455
[laughter]
914
00:49:18,455 --> 00:49:22,584
But it's fine, because, over the years,
Kevin has tirelessly proven himself
915
00:49:22,584 --> 00:49:26,922
to be a bona fide movie star,
with more than 60 films and counting.
916
00:49:26,922 --> 00:49:29,216
Eight of which
we have starred in together.
917
00:49:29,216 --> 00:49:30,342
Nice.
918
00:49:30,342 --> 00:49:34,388
And our love scenes... Kevin and I had
many love scenes, some requested by Kevin,
919
00:49:34,388 --> 00:49:36,431
actually, most requested by Niko.
920
00:49:36,431 --> 00:49:38,141
- [laughter]
- Okay. All right.
921
00:49:39,351 --> 00:49:42,312
Yeah. She told me she was tired of it.
I mean...
922
00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:43,605
[laughter]
923
00:49:45,065 --> 00:49:48,402
Over the course of our friendship,
I can attest to the fact
924
00:49:48,402 --> 00:49:52,322
that Kevin has remained as kind
and gracious since day one.
925
00:49:52,322 --> 00:49:53,407
It's true.
926
00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:57,035
What's also true is Kevin is such
an incredible father to his children.
927
00:49:57,035 --> 00:49:59,246
He is an exceptional family man.
928
00:49:59,246 --> 00:50:01,832
- You hear that?
- He manages to do--
929
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,458
It's true. You do it all.
930
00:50:03,458 --> 00:50:08,004
Your sacrifice,
your perseverance, your work ethic.
931
00:50:08,004 --> 00:50:13,385
It is comparable to no other
because Kevin cares.
932
00:50:14,177 --> 00:50:20,225
Kevin really cares about the quality...
of the check, not the project.
933
00:50:20,225 --> 00:50:21,727
[laughter]
934
00:50:21,727 --> 00:50:25,147
He doesn't give a damn about that.
Some of that shit is pretty bad.
935
00:50:25,147 --> 00:50:26,648
But you know what?
936
00:50:26,648 --> 00:50:29,860
This man makes a lot of money.
937
00:50:32,154 --> 00:50:34,906
Now, it's been more than
20 years since we met,
938
00:50:34,906 --> 00:50:40,162
and at this point, in California,
we are actually common law.
939
00:50:41,163 --> 00:50:44,666
Now, what that means
is that I am entitled to...
940
00:50:44,666 --> 00:50:47,836
Lookie there. Oh, my God. It's legal.
941
00:50:47,836 --> 00:50:48,962
[laughter]
942
00:50:48,962 --> 00:50:52,591
I'm actually entitled
to half of the Hart empire.
943
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:53,842
Okay.
944
00:50:55,051 --> 00:50:59,556
If Kevin owns it,
if he gets paid for it, so do I.
945
00:51:00,432 --> 00:51:03,477
Being the work wife
is a great responsibility.
946
00:51:03,477 --> 00:51:07,147
And behind every successful Kevin Hart,
947
00:51:07,147 --> 00:51:10,567
there is a gold-digging Regina Hall-Hart.
948
00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:12,527
[laughter]
949
00:51:12,527 --> 00:51:14,112
And I mean that, Kevin.
950
00:51:16,114 --> 00:51:20,035
Congratulations on
this incredibly tremendous honor.
951
00:51:20,035 --> 00:51:22,996
- And I love you so much.
- I love you, G.
952
00:51:22,996 --> 00:51:25,916
[cheering and applause]
953
00:51:28,877 --> 00:51:30,837
[Lil Dicky] Even just looking
at the people
954
00:51:30,837 --> 00:51:32,005
that are here in general,
955
00:51:32,005 --> 00:51:34,424
to just be in the same company
as these idols
956
00:51:34,424 --> 00:51:37,469
who, my whole life,
have been my biggest influences...
957
00:51:37,469 --> 00:51:39,513
- I love you.
- I love you too, bro.
958
00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:42,265
And for him to invite me to be
a part of that is just...
959
00:51:42,265 --> 00:51:45,560
He's always been, to me,
the funniest man in the world.
960
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:49,189
So I love being here to give him
his flowers that are so deserved.
961
00:51:49,189 --> 00:51:50,857
All right.
962
00:51:50,857 --> 00:51:53,401
[presenter] Please welcome Lil Dicky.
963
00:51:53,401 --> 00:51:56,154
[cheering and applause]
964
00:51:56,154 --> 00:52:00,158
I actually want to tell a true story
about the first day that I met Kevin Hart,
965
00:52:00,158 --> 00:52:02,744
because I think it's very telling
about his personality.
966
00:52:02,744 --> 00:52:05,872
I'm a rapper, and I was booked
to perform in Las Vegas
967
00:52:05,872 --> 00:52:11,127
at one of those super trashy
daytime generic Las Vegas pool parties.
968
00:52:11,127 --> 00:52:14,840
That's where Kevin Hart decided
to have his actual bachelor party.
969
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,884
I think he just likes being around
those lowest common denominator
970
00:52:17,884 --> 00:52:19,594
type of people that love all his movies.
971
00:52:19,594 --> 00:52:21,805
- I think he just likes that vibe.
- [laughter]
972
00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:24,850
I don't know why he was there.
Anyways, I hadn't even met him yet.
973
00:52:24,850 --> 00:52:26,476
I was on stage rapping.
974
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:30,063
You know, really in the zone.
I heard the crowd roar all of a sudden.
975
00:52:30,188 --> 00:52:33,316
I assumed it must have been
because I had done something cool.
976
00:52:33,316 --> 00:52:35,652
But I turned right and no,
977
00:52:35,652 --> 00:52:39,531
it was actually because Kevin Hart
jumped on stage, microphone in hand,
978
00:52:39,531 --> 00:52:43,493
and actually performed with me
for the entire duration of the show.
979
00:52:43,493 --> 00:52:45,912
Look, I grew up in Philadelphia
idolizing this man,
980
00:52:45,912 --> 00:52:47,706
so it was a total dream come true
981
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:51,501
to have this guy materialize
out of thin air and meet him on the stage.
982
00:52:51,501 --> 00:52:53,128
Very cool moment in my life.
983
00:52:54,129 --> 00:52:55,964
As years went by, I took a step back
984
00:52:55,964 --> 00:52:58,425
and really analyzed
what actually occurred that day.
985
00:52:58,425 --> 00:53:01,344
The audacity of a man...
986
00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:02,929
[laughter]
987
00:53:02,929 --> 00:53:05,056
...having never met the performer,
988
00:53:05,056 --> 00:53:09,019
to just assume that everyone wants him
to just jump on stage and interact.
989
00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:12,272
It's a totally ridiculous way
to carry yourself and live life.
990
00:53:12,272 --> 00:53:16,151
I don't know how he gets away with it,
but he does. And it's incredible.
991
00:53:16,151 --> 00:53:17,986
And he was right. He jumped on stage,
992
00:53:17,986 --> 00:53:20,906
everybody went nuts
and the rest is history.
993
00:53:20,906 --> 00:53:23,575
He actually went on
to executive produce my TV show.
994
00:53:23,575 --> 00:53:25,118
Now he makes even more money,
995
00:53:25,118 --> 00:53:27,203
and he's had his hand
in my pockets ever since.
996
00:53:27,203 --> 00:53:29,080
[laughter]
997
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:32,834
Seriously, though, Kevin,
I really did grow up in Philadelphia,
998
00:53:32,834 --> 00:53:35,295
and there's not many
comedians or entertainers
999
00:53:35,295 --> 00:53:38,548
where you remember the moment
where you saw them the first time,
1000
00:53:38,548 --> 00:53:42,135
but I actually I remember sitting
at my friend Chris Claffey's basement.
1001
00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:44,888
You came on the screen
and you were that dynamic and incredible.
1002
00:53:44,888 --> 00:53:46,514
And you're one of the true comedians
1003
00:53:46,514 --> 00:53:48,767
who actually paves the way
for everyone after him.
1004
00:53:48,767 --> 00:53:50,685
I can speak to that
because you did it to me,
1005
00:53:50,685 --> 00:53:53,355
and you opened doors
and you didn't have to do that.
1006
00:53:53,355 --> 00:53:54,856
- So, yeah.
- Wow. I love you.
1007
00:53:54,856 --> 00:53:57,108
[applause]
1008
00:53:57,108 --> 00:54:01,196
I thought it would only be fitting to
perform that song that you came on stage.
1009
00:54:01,196 --> 00:54:02,614
It's called "$ave Dat Money."
1010
00:54:02,614 --> 00:54:04,407
- One time.
- This is for Kevin Hart.
1011
00:54:04,407 --> 00:54:06,409
Everyone stand up.
1012
00:54:06,409 --> 00:54:08,411
- Stand up. This isn't a medical.
- Hands up.
1013
00:54:08,411 --> 00:54:10,956
- This is not a medical. Stand up.
- Hands up.
1014
00:54:10,956 --> 00:54:12,165
- Hands up.
- Hands up.
1015
00:54:12,165 --> 00:54:14,834
["$ave Dat Money" playing]
1016
00:54:14,834 --> 00:54:16,962
♪ Where the gold at, baby? ♪
1017
00:54:17,879 --> 00:54:19,506
♪ Where the clothes at? ♪
1018
00:54:19,506 --> 00:54:21,424
- ♪ Where the dough at, baby? ♪
- ♪ Let's go ♪
1019
00:54:21,424 --> 00:54:23,635
♪ One, two, one, two, three
Let's go ♪
1020
00:54:23,635 --> 00:54:31,309
♪ We gonna save that what?
We gonna save that money ♪
1021
00:54:31,309 --> 00:54:33,228
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
1022
00:54:33,228 --> 00:54:35,605
♪ The rap game got it all wrong ♪
1023
00:54:35,605 --> 00:54:38,274
♪ We ain't about to go
And spend money just to flex on them ♪
1024
00:54:38,274 --> 00:54:40,485
- ♪ We ain't really got it like y'all ♪
- ♪ Nah ♪
1025
00:54:40,485 --> 00:54:42,988
♪ I'm the type of motherfucker
That'll check the check ♪
1026
00:54:42,988 --> 00:54:45,115
♪ Do the math
I ain't never getting robbed ♪
1027
00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:47,450
- ♪ Those margaritas not going on my card ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
1028
00:54:47,450 --> 00:54:50,328
♪ I ain't about to split a damn thing
For convenience ♪
1029
00:54:50,328 --> 00:54:52,455
♪ I'm at the restaurant
Working that waitress ♪
1030
00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:55,458
♪ You ain't heard of Lil Dave
Yung L the Jew biz major? ♪
1031
00:54:55,458 --> 00:54:57,460
♪ Fuck you know about
The world he raised in? ♪
1032
00:54:57,460 --> 00:55:00,130
♪ I've been saving money
Since a motherfucker 13 ♪
1033
00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:02,257
♪ I wear the same pair of jeans
Every day ♪
1034
00:55:02,257 --> 00:55:04,759
♪ Free sandwiches, homie
Two stamps away ♪
1035
00:55:04,759 --> 00:55:06,803
♪ Book flight December
But I leave in May ♪
1036
00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:09,347
♪ Drugs are generic
But still work the same ♪
1037
00:55:09,347 --> 00:55:11,725
♪ I get logins for Netflix
From my cousin Greg ♪
1038
00:55:11,725 --> 00:55:12,809
♪ Thanks, Greg ♪
1039
00:55:20,066 --> 00:55:22,652
♪ One, two, one, two, three
Let's... ♪
1040
00:55:22,652 --> 00:55:30,410
- ♪ We gonna save that what? ♪
- ♪ We gonna save that money ♪
1041
00:55:31,369 --> 00:55:33,121
♪ We gonna save that money ♪
1042
00:55:33,121 --> 00:55:34,998
- I love you so much, man.
- I love you more.
1043
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,042
- You deserve all this.
- I love you more.
1044
00:55:37,042 --> 00:55:39,252
- You deserve all of this.
- I love you more.
1045
00:55:39,252 --> 00:55:41,588
[cheering and applause]
1046
00:55:41,588 --> 00:55:43,840
- Lil Dicky.
- [music continues]
1047
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,300
You crushed it, Adam.
1048
00:55:48,344 --> 00:55:51,681
- [cheering and applause]
- [music fades]
1049
00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:56,102
Please welcome Kevin Hart
and the Plastic Cup Boyz.
1050
00:55:58,063 --> 00:56:00,523
[Kevin] The Plastic Cup Boyz.
That's our group.
1051
00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:04,611
If we were a club, that would've been
the name of our club house.
1052
00:56:04,611 --> 00:56:06,071
I don't do this show by myself.
1053
00:56:06,071 --> 00:56:08,615
Always with my boys,
my friends, my brothers.
1054
00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:11,993
The group you keep around you
is a representation of who you are.
1055
00:56:13,078 --> 00:56:15,497
- I'll get it right now.
- Y'all leave him alone.
1056
00:56:15,497 --> 00:56:18,458
We're together actually more
than we are with our real families.
1057
00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:22,003
You can't do it by yourself.
You know, you need a team.
1058
00:56:23,797 --> 00:56:26,174
[presenter]
Give it up for the Plastic Cup Boyz.
1059
00:56:26,174 --> 00:56:28,593
[cheering and applause]
1060
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:31,805
Yes. Yes. How y'all this evening?
How is everybody?
1061
00:56:33,223 --> 00:56:35,517
We have been touring--
I don't know if y'all believe this.
1062
00:56:35,517 --> 00:56:38,686
We've been touring with Kevin
for 17 years.
1063
00:56:38,686 --> 00:56:40,688
[man] Same thing.
1064
00:56:41,856 --> 00:56:44,651
A lot of y'all don't know us
because we're Black famous.
1065
00:56:44,651 --> 00:56:47,904
If it was the BET,
we'd be popping right now.
1066
00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:50,156
[man] Hey, this thing out
of control on BET.
1067
00:56:50,156 --> 00:56:56,204
All jokes aside, there's nothing
Kevin loves more than being a father.
1068
00:56:56,204 --> 00:56:57,330
Yes, sir.
1069
00:56:57,330 --> 00:56:59,958
Especially when we're on tour.
You only got to do FaceTime.
1070
00:56:59,958 --> 00:57:02,836
- Yeah.
- [laughter]
1071
00:57:02,836 --> 00:57:05,547
- What's that?
- No.
1072
00:57:05,547 --> 00:57:07,841
As you can see, we are a group.
1073
00:57:07,841 --> 00:57:11,970
Now, Kevin is the lead, and he is
the Michael Jackson of this group.
1074
00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:15,223
But like every group,
we have a malcontent.
1075
00:57:15,223 --> 00:57:18,017
Ladies and gentlemen, Jermaine Jackson.
1076
00:57:18,017 --> 00:57:20,145
- There it is.
- [laughter]
1077
00:57:20,145 --> 00:57:21,563
There he is.
1078
00:57:21,563 --> 00:57:23,690
They call me the Bobby Brown of the crew,
1079
00:57:23,690 --> 00:57:26,151
the David Ruffin,
the one that wants to go solo.
1080
00:57:26,151 --> 00:57:28,528
But that is a reflection
of your leadership.
1081
00:57:28,528 --> 00:57:31,030
If your leader doesn't
bring out the hunger
1082
00:57:31,030 --> 00:57:33,992
for more within yourself,
is he truly a leader?
1083
00:57:34,868 --> 00:57:39,080
Or is he an enabler for mediocrity?
For example, Joey and Spank.
1084
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,082
[laughter]
1085
00:57:41,082 --> 00:57:44,294
I see the greatness in myself
because I see the greatness in you.
1086
00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:46,588
- Love you, bro.
- Love you back.
1087
00:57:46,588 --> 00:57:49,841
So, tonight, there have been
a lot of jokes about Kevin.
1088
00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:52,552
We've heard all of them,
all the short jokes and everything,
1089
00:57:52,552 --> 00:57:56,097
and no one appreciates
a joke more than Kevin.
1090
00:57:56,097 --> 00:57:58,808
So on behalf of the Plastic Cup Boyz,
1091
00:57:59,642 --> 00:58:01,394
everybody raise your cup.
1092
00:58:01,394 --> 00:58:02,312
Yes. Good job.
1093
00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:05,106
To the man who makes
the greatest tequila in the world...
1094
00:58:05,106 --> 00:58:06,441
George Clooney.
1095
00:58:06,441 --> 00:58:08,234
[laughter]
1096
00:58:10,361 --> 00:58:11,654
From our hearts...
1097
00:58:11,654 --> 00:58:12,780
to Kevin Hart.
1098
00:58:12,780 --> 00:58:15,825
Brother, we truly love you
and this is well deserved.
1099
00:58:15,825 --> 00:58:18,661
- Congratulations, my friend. Everybody.
- Congratulations.
1100
00:58:18,661 --> 00:58:20,538
- [cheering and applause]
- Cheers!
1101
00:58:20,538 --> 00:58:22,540
[upbeat music playing]
1102
00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:23,541
Thanks.
1103
00:58:25,293 --> 00:58:26,836
Thanks.
1104
00:58:26,836 --> 00:58:28,880
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
1105
00:58:38,139 --> 00:58:40,391
[audience cheering]
1106
00:58:40,391 --> 00:58:45,063
[Kevin] Humor has acted as the master key
to every door that I went through.
1107
00:58:47,649 --> 00:58:49,943
{\an8}You don't just have to do one thing.
1108
00:58:50,568 --> 00:58:53,571
You can be good
at a lot of different things.
1109
00:58:53,571 --> 00:58:55,365
Another day, another shoot.
1110
00:58:56,157 --> 00:58:58,243
[director] Ready. And action.
1111
00:58:58,243 --> 00:58:59,494
- You don't stop.
- I don't.
1112
00:58:59,494 --> 00:59:01,538
What up, everybody? What up, world?
1113
00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:07,627
You don't know that you're good
at a lot of different things
1114
00:59:07,627 --> 00:59:11,339
unless you try a lot of different things.
1115
00:59:11,339 --> 00:59:13,132
Really, Supreme Court?
1116
00:59:13,132 --> 00:59:16,302
Don't think that you can call...
Don't think that can't call...
1117
00:59:16,302 --> 00:59:17,595
Damn it, Kevin. I got it.
1118
00:59:18,846 --> 00:59:21,099
See, the beauty of life
is you live and you learn.
1119
00:59:21,099 --> 00:59:23,726
Right now, I'm living,
but I'm still learning.
1120
00:59:27,981 --> 00:59:30,024
Congrats on the Grammy nom, by the way.
1121
00:59:30,024 --> 00:59:32,443
- That was good, man.
- Thank you.
1122
00:59:32,443 --> 00:59:35,029
You get one life.
1123
00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:38,866
You have the opportunity
to take care of yourself
1124
00:59:38,866 --> 00:59:40,451
and live that life to the fullest.
1125
00:59:40,451 --> 00:59:41,411
Dream, boy.
1126
00:59:42,912 --> 00:59:44,414
Education.
1127
00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:47,667
You shouldn't be afraid to be who you are.
1128
00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:49,502
This is going to be epic.
1129
00:59:50,169 --> 00:59:53,006
Lock in, embody and embed
the space of confidence for others.
1130
00:59:53,006 --> 00:59:54,132
I did my part.
1131
00:59:55,466 --> 00:59:56,801
You are the big guy.
1132
00:59:56,801 --> 00:59:58,553
Self-confidence and belief.
1133
00:59:58,553 --> 01:00:00,221
That's how dreams get met.
1134
01:00:03,766 --> 01:00:05,560
- [upbeat music playing]
- [applause]
1135
01:00:06,227 --> 01:00:08,896
[presenter] If this presenter's speech
passes a lot of time,
1136
01:00:08,896 --> 01:00:11,524
it technically counts
for another Netflix special.
1137
01:00:11,524 --> 01:00:14,652
Please welcome Dave Chappelle.
1138
01:00:14,652 --> 01:00:17,655
[cheering and applause]
1139
01:00:21,618 --> 01:00:22,744
[Dave] Thank you.
1140
01:00:24,245 --> 01:00:27,165
Kevin, this is a strange thing.
1141
01:00:27,790 --> 01:00:31,336
To get a prize like that
while you're still active duty.
1142
01:00:32,045 --> 01:00:33,921
But I got to tell you something, man.
1143
01:00:33,921 --> 01:00:37,592
Everyone keeps saying you deserve it.
What the fuck does that mean?
1144
01:00:37,592 --> 01:00:40,386
- [laughter]
- My God, of course you do.
1145
01:00:41,346 --> 01:00:47,060
Kevin Hart grew up in Philadelphia
and endured poverty in his childhood.
1146
01:00:47,060 --> 01:00:50,521
And if survival had a mascot,
it would be him.
1147
01:00:51,564 --> 01:00:53,274
He looks like "Staying Alive."
1148
01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:57,028
- A little guy in North Philadelphia.
- [laughter]
1149
01:00:57,028 --> 01:00:58,821
Strong but probably can't fight.
1150
01:00:58,821 --> 01:01:00,865
[laughter]
1151
01:01:01,616 --> 01:01:03,201
And survive with humor.
1152
01:01:04,077 --> 01:01:05,078
And levity.
1153
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,331
If you knew what he was in our community,
1154
01:01:08,331 --> 01:01:11,793
you'd know why everybody
pulled up to be here tonight.
1155
01:01:12,710 --> 01:01:15,338
He makes me feel like the world is okay.
1156
01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:16,756
He's always optimistic.
1157
01:01:16,756 --> 01:01:22,428
Comedy is tough and comedians
are awful, awful human beings.
1158
01:01:22,428 --> 01:01:25,056
- [laughter]
- [laughs]
1159
01:01:27,141 --> 01:01:28,142
But never you.
1160
01:01:29,310 --> 01:01:31,729
You always come to any situation
1161
01:01:31,729 --> 01:01:36,025
and make us feel levity and light,
and you remind me, personally,
1162
01:01:36,025 --> 01:01:40,113
every time I see you,
why I love comedy so much.
1163
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:44,033
Nobody gives you the credit you deserve
1164
01:01:44,033 --> 01:01:47,620
for how outstanding of a comedian you are.
1165
01:01:47,620 --> 01:01:50,248
[cheering and applause]
1166
01:01:55,753 --> 01:01:58,047
Kevin, what you've achieved in your career
1167
01:01:58,047 --> 01:02:01,092
is not even scratching
the surface of who you are.
1168
01:02:01,092 --> 01:02:04,721
You are very,
not only deserving of this award,
1169
01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:07,932
but people don't understand
what you've done to the business.
1170
01:02:07,932 --> 01:02:12,061
Do you know how many tickets you've sold
since you started doing concerts?
1171
01:02:13,187 --> 01:02:16,482
- I called and checked. I know too.
- [laughter]
1172
01:02:16,482 --> 01:02:18,234
A half a billion.
1173
01:02:19,152 --> 01:02:20,987
- A half a billion people...
- [applause]
1174
01:02:21,821 --> 01:02:24,073
...watched this man stand in front of them
1175
01:02:25,074 --> 01:02:26,659
and make them laugh.
1176
01:02:27,452 --> 01:02:30,621
Kevin is one of the greatest comedians
that I've ever seen.
1177
01:02:30,621 --> 01:02:34,250
And Kevin is one of the greatest men
that I've ever known.
1178
01:02:34,250 --> 01:02:35,251
Hello, Jerry.
1179
01:02:36,002 --> 01:02:38,212
[laughter]
1180
01:02:41,299 --> 01:02:44,010
You bring joy to our environment.
1181
01:02:44,010 --> 01:02:47,096
People don't know all the things
that comedians go through
1182
01:02:47,096 --> 01:02:51,517
and how difficult,
how heavy it is to wear the crown.
1183
01:02:51,517 --> 01:02:56,230
But, man, I swear to God, you do it
with so much grace, so much kindness.
1184
01:02:56,230 --> 01:03:00,109
Man, I know every story
of all the comedians that you help out.
1185
01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:04,864
I know how you go back to Philadelphia
and support your neighborhood.
1186
01:03:04,864 --> 01:03:08,910
And I know that inside,
you feel awful sometimes,
1187
01:03:08,910 --> 01:03:14,040
but I've never seen it on your face
and I've never felt it in your presence.
1188
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,752
And I am honored
to know somebody like you.
1189
01:03:17,752 --> 01:03:20,379
I really wish you had come
when I won this award.
1190
01:03:20,379 --> 01:03:22,715
[laughter]
1191
01:03:22,715 --> 01:03:26,177
[cheering and applause]
1192
01:03:30,431 --> 01:03:32,975
No, no, no. Niggas was busy.
1193
01:03:32,975 --> 01:03:35,561
[laughter]
1194
01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:42,360
I said it about myself but it's true...
1195
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:46,155
about many of my colleagues,
all of my colleagues here tonight.
1196
01:03:46,155 --> 01:03:49,534
In your life, at any given moment,
1197
01:03:50,326 --> 01:03:55,248
the strongest dream in that moment
wins that moment.
1198
01:03:55,248 --> 01:03:56,791
And my God, Kevin Hart,
1199
01:03:57,500 --> 01:04:00,753
you are a very powerful dreamer.
1200
01:04:01,462 --> 01:04:03,172
I love you so much,
1201
01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:07,844
and never forget that I said it,
because we only get to talk on podcasts.
1202
01:04:07,844 --> 01:04:09,637
[laughter]
1203
01:04:12,056 --> 01:04:13,683
[laughs] I'm fucking with you.
1204
01:04:16,602 --> 01:04:19,939
If you call your brother,
I'll come running.
1205
01:04:19,939 --> 01:04:23,150
And you deserve that.
And you have earned that.
1206
01:04:23,150 --> 01:04:25,319
And you have earned this.
1207
01:04:25,319 --> 01:04:28,239
What you have done
for this genre is unmistakable.
1208
01:04:28,239 --> 01:04:33,119
For the first time in my life,
I played arenas with Chris Rock.
1209
01:04:33,953 --> 01:04:37,039
And I would never play an arena
before I saw you do it.
1210
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:41,335
You made me dream bigger and
you're younger than me. It's humiliating.
1211
01:04:41,335 --> 01:04:43,045
[laughter]
1212
01:04:43,963 --> 01:04:45,715
But it's inspiring, man.
1213
01:04:46,382 --> 01:04:48,718
I hope that this moment
means the world to you.
1214
01:04:48,718 --> 01:04:50,553
And I got to tell you one story.
1215
01:04:51,262 --> 01:04:53,973
When I quit Chappelle's Show,
the hardest part about it...
1216
01:04:53,973 --> 01:04:56,642
Not the hardest, but a hard part about it
1217
01:04:56,642 --> 01:04:59,687
was that I had to watch
the world go on without me.
1218
01:04:59,687 --> 01:05:02,398
And after some time, I got used to it.
1219
01:05:02,398 --> 01:05:03,316
And one day,
1220
01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:07,111
my son came home
and was looking at me like I was crazy.
1221
01:05:07,111 --> 01:05:09,530
And I said,
"What is that look in your face?"
1222
01:05:09,530 --> 01:05:12,408
And he said, "Kevin Hart
just said in an interview
1223
01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:15,578
that you were one of
the greatest comedians that ever lived."
1224
01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:18,623
And I was like, "Yeah."
But in my mind I was like, "He did?"
1225
01:05:18,623 --> 01:05:21,250
- [laughter]
- [chuckles]
1226
01:05:22,209 --> 01:05:25,171
And I thought to myself,
if I ever had a chance to honor you
1227
01:05:25,171 --> 01:05:28,507
in front of your family,
boy, I'll come running.
1228
01:05:28,507 --> 01:05:32,011
I just wish it wasn't this Sunday
'cause I was supposed to be in Jamaica.
1229
01:05:32,011 --> 01:05:35,139
[laughter]
1230
01:05:40,478 --> 01:05:43,105
Kevin, you make me dream bigger.
1231
01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:49,528
You inspire me and you remind me
why I love the love of my life.
1232
01:05:49,528 --> 01:05:53,324
This genre.
The way you approach it is masterful.
1233
01:05:53,324 --> 01:05:57,119
And you are one of the GOATs of the game.
1234
01:05:57,119 --> 01:06:00,665
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
1235
01:06:00,665 --> 01:06:05,962
Please make some noise
for the most recent recipient
1236
01:06:06,087 --> 01:06:07,922
of the Mark Twain Prize.
1237
01:06:08,631 --> 01:06:10,007
Kevin Hart.
1238
01:06:10,007 --> 01:06:12,009
[cheering and applause]
1239
01:06:12,009 --> 01:06:13,219
Let's go.
1240
01:06:13,219 --> 01:06:15,972
[upbeat music playing]
1241
01:06:17,765 --> 01:06:20,351
[cheering, applause continues]
1242
01:06:31,862 --> 01:06:36,033
[presenter] Please welcome the chairman
of the Kennedy Center, David Rubenstein.
1243
01:06:36,784 --> 01:06:39,537
How many of you would
like to follow Dave Chappelle?
1244
01:06:39,537 --> 01:06:40,997
[laughter]
1245
01:06:40,997 --> 01:06:42,164
Not easy.
1246
01:06:42,164 --> 01:06:44,208
[applause]
1247
01:06:44,208 --> 01:06:48,087
If Mark Twain were here today,
he might not fully understand
1248
01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:51,340
the significance of
what is happening tonight.
1249
01:06:51,340 --> 01:06:55,052
But that is because
he would be 214 years old.
1250
01:06:55,052 --> 01:06:56,053
[laughter]
1251
01:06:56,053 --> 01:06:58,848
Just about the age
when he could run for president.
1252
01:06:58,848 --> 01:07:01,767
[laughter]
1253
01:07:03,019 --> 01:07:04,478
[applause]
1254
01:07:07,273 --> 01:07:10,026
On the night of
the very first prize ceremony,
1255
01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:12,278
Kevin Hart was 19 years old.
1256
01:07:12,278 --> 01:07:15,656
Perhaps he watched Richard Pryor
receive that first prize.
1257
01:07:15,656 --> 01:07:17,658
Perhaps he was
at a comedy club that night,
1258
01:07:17,658 --> 01:07:21,620
starting out on a journey
that has led to this stage tonight.
1259
01:07:21,620 --> 01:07:25,833
I suspect he couldn't imagine back then
that he would end up here.
1260
01:07:25,833 --> 01:07:28,252
But he deserves this in so many ways,
1261
01:07:28,252 --> 01:07:31,464
for his impact on our society
is immeasurable.
1262
01:07:31,464 --> 01:07:33,716
In everything Kevin does,
1263
01:07:33,716 --> 01:07:37,970
whether on television or in films,
in small comedy clubs or giant stadiums,
1264
01:07:37,970 --> 01:07:39,889
he has made us laugh.
1265
01:07:40,890 --> 01:07:45,352
It is my great honor to present
the 2024 Mark Twain Prize
1266
01:07:45,352 --> 01:07:47,730
for American Humor to Kevin Hart.
1267
01:07:47,730 --> 01:07:51,150
- [cheering and applause]
- [upbeat music playing]
1268
01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:19,345
[audience cheering]
1269
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:23,891
Wow.
1270
01:08:23,891 --> 01:08:28,437
First and foremost, before I say anything,
man, I gotta do a rundown of...
1271
01:08:29,355 --> 01:08:30,648
just my friends.
1272
01:08:30,648 --> 01:08:33,984
I want to shout out Nelly, Robin Thicke,
1273
01:08:33,984 --> 01:08:36,237
I want to shout out Tiffany Haddish,
1274
01:08:36,237 --> 01:08:40,950
Chelsea Handler, Chris Rock,
Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle...
1275
01:08:40,950 --> 01:08:42,201
[applause]
1276
01:08:42,201 --> 01:08:45,162
Keith Robinson, the Plastic Cup Boyz.
1277
01:08:45,162 --> 01:08:46,622
They all graced the stage tonight.
1278
01:08:46,622 --> 01:08:48,499
And the reason why I start off here
1279
01:08:48,499 --> 01:08:51,210
before I get into
the real side of my speech is,
1280
01:08:51,210 --> 01:08:55,339
you know, success is nothing
without the people that really know you
1281
01:08:55,339 --> 01:08:57,633
and that can understand
what you've been through.
1282
01:08:57,633 --> 01:08:59,844
And I'll get to more of that in a second.
1283
01:08:59,844 --> 01:09:04,598
But to those people to show up tonight,
there's value in that.
1284
01:09:04,598 --> 01:09:07,601
- And I appreciate it.
- [Nick] You forgot me, motherfucker.
1285
01:09:07,601 --> 01:09:09,520
[laughter]
1286
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:11,981
- Hey, me too. Hey, me too.
- By the way...
1287
01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,315
- Okay.
- Kevin.
1288
01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:16,026
- [laughter]
- By the way, here's the big thing.
1289
01:09:16,026 --> 01:09:18,279
- Me.
- You think it was an accident--
1290
01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:20,489
- Fuck you, Nick.
- [laughter]
1291
01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:21,574
Okay?
1292
01:09:21,574 --> 01:09:25,411
I really thought Eddie Murphy was here.
Fuck you, Nick.
1293
01:09:26,495 --> 01:09:30,374
If you don't think
I'mma cut my reaction out from...
1294
01:09:31,083 --> 01:09:32,251
[laughter]
1295
01:09:32,251 --> 01:09:35,796
And you going... Fuck you, Nick Cannon.
1296
01:09:35,796 --> 01:09:39,425
And, J.B., you told everybody
I stole my style from you.
1297
01:09:39,425 --> 01:09:41,093
Fuck you, J.B.
1298
01:09:41,093 --> 01:09:42,344
[laughter]
1299
01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:45,055
Tonight is celebration.
I left all that out.
1300
01:09:45,055 --> 01:09:47,808
And you know what?
You did exactly what I did.
1301
01:09:47,808 --> 01:09:50,102
The face I had, you both had.
1302
01:09:50,769 --> 01:09:51,896
[laughter]
1303
01:09:51,896 --> 01:09:55,274
Yeah, yeah. Fuck you both. That's right.
1304
01:09:56,734 --> 01:09:58,194
Now back to the real shit.
1305
01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:00,946
[laughter]
1306
01:10:03,324 --> 01:10:05,618
It's a night of love.
It's a night of love.
1307
01:10:05,618 --> 01:10:06,911
[laughter]
1308
01:10:07,578 --> 01:10:10,247
So anything outside of love
is not tolerated tonight.
1309
01:10:10,247 --> 01:10:12,750
That's not what we're gonna deal with.
1310
01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:15,669
On a serious note, jokes aside...
1311
01:10:15,669 --> 01:10:19,006
You can't buy support.
You can't fake that.
1312
01:10:19,006 --> 01:10:22,551
So tonight is special,
not just because of the award,
1313
01:10:22,551 --> 01:10:23,969
but it's 'cause of the support.
1314
01:10:23,969 --> 01:10:26,513
So I want to say
before I say anything else...
1315
01:10:26,513 --> 01:10:29,058
Regina, fuck. Like...
1316
01:10:30,434 --> 01:10:35,814
it means so much to see the people
that I would show up for show up for me.
1317
01:10:37,024 --> 01:10:38,108
It's value.
1318
01:10:39,109 --> 01:10:42,029
And for me right now,
I want you to make sure you feel that
1319
01:10:42,029 --> 01:10:44,198
and you understand that.
So all jokes aside,
1320
01:10:44,198 --> 01:10:48,786
thank you for showing up
on a night that's so dope
1321
01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:50,621
that could not be as dope
1322
01:10:50,621 --> 01:10:53,457
without real relationships
and real energy.
1323
01:10:53,457 --> 01:10:56,001
But I got real shit
over there to that side,
1324
01:10:56,001 --> 01:10:58,212
and I got real shit
over here to this side.
1325
01:10:58,212 --> 01:11:00,422
So with that being said, like...
1326
01:11:00,422 --> 01:11:03,425
Thank you for showing up. Keith...
1327
01:11:03,425 --> 01:11:07,388
Goddamn, man. People don't really know
who you are or what you are to me.
1328
01:11:07,388 --> 01:11:09,014
[cheering and applause]
1329
01:11:10,474 --> 01:11:11,517
They don't know.
1330
01:11:13,352 --> 01:11:14,728
They don't know.
1331
01:11:16,272 --> 01:11:20,067
We're gonna do a hell of an edit
to get you to the stage faster.
1332
01:11:20,067 --> 01:11:21,694
[laughter]
1333
01:11:21,694 --> 01:11:24,571
It's gonna be faster.
It's gonna look good.
1334
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:28,659
And I'mma fucking... That's Keith.
1335
01:11:28,659 --> 01:11:31,036
- I got you. Chelsea.
- [laughter]
1336
01:11:31,036 --> 01:11:33,831
I'm gonna handle it, Keith.
1337
01:11:33,831 --> 01:11:36,250
I'm gonna get you there faster.
1338
01:11:38,836 --> 01:11:40,004
Thank God.
1339
01:11:40,004 --> 01:11:43,090
God makes me realize
how important my mom was,
1340
01:11:43,090 --> 01:11:45,759
'cause my mom made me realize
how important God was.
1341
01:11:45,759 --> 01:11:48,512
'Cause my mom planned
on leaving at a certain time,
1342
01:11:48,512 --> 01:11:52,224
and God was gonna have to be the person
that I leaned on and tapped into.
1343
01:11:53,100 --> 01:11:56,478
So thank you, God,
for making my mom who she was
1344
01:11:56,478 --> 01:11:59,273
and making my mom embed
what she embedded in me.
1345
01:11:59,273 --> 01:12:01,650
I want to thank my fucking dad. Right?
1346
01:12:01,650 --> 01:12:03,319
[applause]
1347
01:12:06,989 --> 01:12:08,490
I want to thank my dad too.
1348
01:12:08,490 --> 01:12:11,368
I don't show my dad a lot of love often.
1349
01:12:11,368 --> 01:12:14,038
My mom and my dad aren't here.
1350
01:12:14,038 --> 01:12:16,498
My mom made me
understand the value of self.
1351
01:12:16,498 --> 01:12:18,709
And the message was that I'm a good kid,
1352
01:12:18,709 --> 01:12:21,337
I'm a great kid,
and I can do whatever I wanna do
1353
01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:23,464
and be whatever I want to be.
I believed it.
1354
01:12:23,464 --> 01:12:26,175
Some kids don't. I did.
1355
01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:28,427
And holding on to that helped me, like...
1356
01:12:30,262 --> 01:12:34,099
basically mold into the person I am today
and meet the people that I met.
1357
01:12:35,142 --> 01:12:38,187
I didn't start doing what I started to do
to get the awards.
1358
01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:40,230
I fell in love with the idea of comedy,
1359
01:12:40,230 --> 01:12:43,692
and falling in love with the idea
of comedy made me say, "Oh, my God."
1360
01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:47,196
"I'm in love with something that I can do
for the rest of my life." That's the win.
1361
01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:49,865
I fell in love with something
that I could adapt to,
1362
01:12:49,865 --> 01:12:52,785
I can grab on to, and I can keep.
1363
01:12:52,785 --> 01:12:54,370
I got good at it.
1364
01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:55,704
And getting good at it,
1365
01:12:55,704 --> 01:12:59,041
I figured out more ways to amplify it
and get bigger and better.
1366
01:12:59,041 --> 01:13:03,003
To people watching this shit tonight,
man, it's not about the award.
1367
01:13:03,003 --> 01:13:05,005
It's about the idea of happy with you.
1368
01:13:05,130 --> 01:13:08,384
It's about the idea of happy
with the thing that you understand
1369
01:13:08,384 --> 01:13:10,302
and the thing that you committed to.
1370
01:13:10,302 --> 01:13:12,304
I committed to comedy.
1371
01:13:12,304 --> 01:13:15,349
I committed to saying that
it's either this or nothing else.
1372
01:13:15,349 --> 01:13:17,810
All my eggs are in this basket.
1373
01:13:19,186 --> 01:13:22,398
Whether it works or not,
I'm happy with my choice.
1374
01:13:22,398 --> 01:13:28,320
Oh, my God. My choice ended up becoming
so much more than I ever saw it becoming.
1375
01:13:28,987 --> 01:13:32,366
But it's because I was able
to say it's either this or nothing else.
1376
01:13:32,366 --> 01:13:36,537
Now, that gamble was one
that I was willing to live with.
1377
01:13:37,287 --> 01:13:41,083
And my lesson to all that are watching
or that will watch...
1378
01:13:41,959 --> 01:13:43,919
Some people frown upon gambling.
1379
01:13:45,587 --> 01:13:47,881
Life without a gamble
is a weird thing, man.
1380
01:13:48,298 --> 01:13:50,884
'Cause that's acting as if you know.
You don't know.
1381
01:13:50,884 --> 01:13:52,928
You don't know what the fuck will work.
1382
01:13:52,928 --> 01:13:55,848
You don't know what your future will be.
1383
01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:57,641
You don't have the answers.
1384
01:13:57,641 --> 01:14:01,687
So sometimes a gamble is
the best way to define what will be you
1385
01:14:01,687 --> 01:14:04,898
or ultimately become
the best version of you.
1386
01:14:04,898 --> 01:14:08,110
I'm an example of gambles good and bad.
1387
01:14:08,777 --> 01:14:10,237
I've won and I've lost.
1388
01:14:10,946 --> 01:14:12,698
But there is no bigger win
1389
01:14:13,699 --> 01:14:15,367
than the win of choice.
1390
01:14:15,367 --> 01:14:16,660
I made the right choice,
1391
01:14:16,660 --> 01:14:19,997
and the right choice led me
to the right fucking household.
1392
01:14:20,789 --> 01:14:24,918
My wife, my kids, my foundation.
1393
01:14:25,878 --> 01:14:28,547
I can't do what I do
without the right foundation.
1394
01:14:28,547 --> 01:14:32,217
So to my wife,
I love you for being patient
1395
01:14:33,010 --> 01:14:35,846
with my goddamn
lack of consistency and choice,
1396
01:14:35,846 --> 01:14:38,724
but ultimately believing
that I will do the right thing.
1397
01:14:38,724 --> 01:14:42,603
To my kids, for understanding
that their dad is gonna be exactly that.
1398
01:14:42,603 --> 01:14:43,979
I'm your dad.
1399
01:14:44,813 --> 01:14:46,565
There is no me without you.
1400
01:14:47,524 --> 01:14:50,110
There is no life in me... [voice breaking]
1401
01:14:51,820 --> 01:14:52,946
without you.
1402
01:14:54,031 --> 01:14:56,742
- I breathe for you. I live for you.
- [applause]
1403
01:15:01,288 --> 01:15:02,706
To my brother...
1404
01:15:06,460 --> 01:15:08,879
Man, I don't have the words
for my brother.
1405
01:15:10,005 --> 01:15:12,257
I don't have the words
for a better person.
1406
01:15:13,342 --> 01:15:14,426
A better support.
1407
01:15:15,719 --> 01:15:16,845
A better uncle.
1408
01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:20,557
A better fucking backbone.
1409
01:15:21,517 --> 01:15:23,644
Parents fall, you stood up.
1410
01:15:24,478 --> 01:15:26,313
Parents got sick, you stood up.
1411
01:15:27,189 --> 01:15:28,690
Within all the choices I made,
1412
01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:31,151
you made the right choice
to say I'mma be there...
1413
01:15:31,902 --> 01:15:35,739
and I'mma ride for my brother because
my brother ultimately is riding for us.
1414
01:15:35,739 --> 01:15:38,992
And that last name Hart will mean so much
1415
01:15:38,992 --> 01:15:41,495
'cause of your commitment.
1416
01:15:41,495 --> 01:15:45,165
And I hate to use this word in front
of all these Congress white people,
1417
01:15:45,165 --> 01:15:47,960
- but, nigga, you're the best.
- [laughter]
1418
01:15:47,960 --> 01:15:49,336
You're the best.
1419
01:15:50,754 --> 01:15:52,256
You're the best.
1420
01:15:53,799 --> 01:15:58,011
And... my kids are better because of you.
1421
01:15:59,304 --> 01:16:02,474
To Dave, to Chris, to Jerry.
1422
01:16:05,060 --> 01:16:07,145
Hey, man, I'm a student of comedy.
1423
01:16:07,145 --> 01:16:10,691
And when you get the greats to come out
and support you in any way, shape or form,
1424
01:16:10,691 --> 01:16:13,110
it makes you feel like
you're doing great shit.
1425
01:16:13,110 --> 01:16:14,403
I canceled plans.
1426
01:16:14,403 --> 01:16:16,572
[laughter]
1427
01:16:18,490 --> 01:16:21,285
It makes you feel like
you're doing great shit.
1428
01:16:22,160 --> 01:16:26,957
And although this award means so much
and I will never take it for granted,
1429
01:16:26,957 --> 01:16:30,377
it does not mean more than
looking over there and going,
1430
01:16:30,377 --> 01:16:34,464
"Wow. I got Jerry Seinfeld,
Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle
1431
01:16:34,464 --> 01:16:37,134
that came out on a night for me."
1432
01:16:37,134 --> 01:16:40,470
[cheering and applause]
1433
01:16:40,470 --> 01:16:41,722
Uh...
1434
01:16:43,181 --> 01:16:44,683
There is nothing...
1435
01:16:45,809 --> 01:16:48,186
There is nothing
that can mean more than that.
1436
01:16:48,186 --> 01:16:52,274
And... I don't want to get too emotional,
1437
01:16:53,358 --> 01:16:56,862
but my emotions
simply come from a format of
1438
01:16:56,862 --> 01:16:59,323
"I'm not supposed to be here."
1439
01:17:00,240 --> 01:17:02,284
So when you get here
1440
01:17:02,284 --> 01:17:04,995
and you're an example
that you can be here,
1441
01:17:04,995 --> 01:17:08,415
you're just fucking
what the dream is about.
1442
01:17:08,415 --> 01:17:11,460
My dream is real,
and my dream doesn't stop today.
1443
01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:13,503
My dream is amplified more.
1444
01:17:13,503 --> 01:17:17,466
My tears come down
because my kids get to see it.
1445
01:17:18,175 --> 01:17:21,928
Tonight is amazing,
and I appreciate the support.
1446
01:17:21,928 --> 01:17:24,264
There's no definition
to describe how that feels.
1447
01:17:24,264 --> 01:17:27,142
And tonight you guys
gave me a feeling of that.
1448
01:17:27,142 --> 01:17:32,022
Like I say,
it's my first time in this business
1449
01:17:32,022 --> 01:17:36,234
that I've seen the people
that I really admire step up and show out
1450
01:17:36,234 --> 01:17:38,153
when there was an opportunity to.
1451
01:17:38,153 --> 01:17:41,114
And I don't know if
this opportunity will come again.
1452
01:17:41,114 --> 01:17:42,824
This may be the last.
1453
01:17:42,824 --> 01:17:44,159
But if it was...
1454
01:17:44,993 --> 01:17:47,663
you made it impactful,
you made it meaningful.
1455
01:17:47,663 --> 01:17:49,998
'Cause you did it
in front of me and mines.
1456
01:17:49,998 --> 01:17:51,750
And I thank you forever for that.
1457
01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:54,753
So I accept this award
1458
01:17:54,753 --> 01:17:57,673
and, more importantly, I love you.
1459
01:17:57,673 --> 01:17:59,841
Thank you, guys, for an amazing night.
1460
01:18:01,259 --> 01:18:03,095
I love you all. Thank you, guys.
1461
01:18:03,095 --> 01:18:06,431
- [cheering and applause]
- [upbeat music playing]
1462
01:18:22,614 --> 01:18:26,159
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1463
01:18:29,996 --> 01:18:32,833
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