>> HOW ARE YOU.
>> I'M GOOD.
>> James: IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> James: HOW IS YOUR LIFE, HOW IS EVERYTHING.
LET'S CATCH UP.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> James: YEAH, THE LITTLE ONE TOO.
>> THE LITTLE ONES, HAVE I TWO.
TWO FIVE AND A HALF YEAR OLDS AND THEY ARE UTTERLY OBSESSED
WITH BASEBALL.
THEY PLAY WHEN THEY GET HOME FROM SCHOOL UNTIL DINNER TIME,
THEY PLAY.
AN WHEN THEY WATCH ANYTHING IT IS RERUNS OF GAMES FROM LIKE THE
'90S.
I MEAN LIKE THEY ARE IN IT.
>> James: REALLY?
>> AND MY SON WHEN HE GETS UP EVERY MORNING, HE GOES IN AN
GETS ON STEPHANIE'S PHONE, MY WIFE AND CHECKS THE STATS.
>> James: STATS OF GAMES THAT WERE PLAYED LAST NIGHT AND
STUFF.
>> YES, LIKE HE IS RYULY THE CHILD THAT SHOULD BE ON A TALK
SHOW.
WE WOULD NEVER BUT HE IS-- HE IS ONE.
>> James: AND THEY'RE FIVE.
>> FIVE AND A HALF.
>> James: FIVE AND A HALF.
SO THEY'RE FIVE.
>> NO, THEY'RE FIVE AND A HALF.
>> James: SO THEY'RE FIVE.af[S r >> James: BUT THEY'RE ALSO
FIVE.
>> THEY'RE HALFWAY TO SIX, JAMES.
>> James: THE BASEBALL IS A PERFECT GAME TO HAVE IF YOU HAVE
GOT ANOTHER SIBLING WHO IS THE SAME AGE AS YOU BECAUSE IT IS A
DIFFICULT BECAME TO PLAY ON YOUR OWN.
>> YEAH.
>> James: LIKE I FEEL FOR MY SON SOMETIMES PLAYING SOCCER ON
HIS OWN AND HIS LITTLE SISTER IS NOT REALLY THAT BOTHERED.
>> THEY ALSO IF THEY ARE PLAYING ALONE, THEY THROW AGAINST THE
GARAGE.
BUT ALSO MY FATHER-IN-LAW LIVES WITH US.
AND SO WE CALL THEM THE TRIPLETS.
HE IS NOT FIVE.
>> James: HOW OLD IS HE?
>> HE IS 68 AND HE WANTED ME TO ANNOUNCE IT ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION.
>> James: 68 AND A HALF.
>> YEAH.
>> James: NOW ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU
HAVE BECOME THE RESIDENT HAIRCUTTER.
>> YES.
>> James: WITHIN THE FAMILY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> James: WHOSE DO DO YOU DO, ARE YOU GOOD AT THIS?
>> WELL, I MEAN YOU CUT YOUR OWN HAIR.
>> I AM SHALL IN THE PANDEMIC Ia I BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE PACKETS
ONLINE WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE BIB AND DIFFERENT SCISSORS AND
SOME BUZZERS.
AND I DO MY CHILDREN, I DO MINE, I DO MY FATHER-IN-LAW.
KEEP IN MIND STEPHANIE WON'T LET ME TOUCH >!
>> James: WHY WON'T SHE LET YOU DO IT.
>> JAMES, I DON'T KNOW.
IT ST A GOOD QUESTION.
>> James: I'M 100 PERCENT INTO IT, WE'VE GOT A PHOTO OF ONE OF
YOUR EARLIER HAIRCUTS HERE.
NOW WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL-- WHAT DO WE CALL
THIS, WHAT DO WE CALL THIS LOOK HERE?
DO YOU KNOW THIS PERSON?
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST MET?
>> NO, THAT IS MYñ ROOM MATE.
THAT, THAT WAS MY ROOMMATE.
WE GREW UP TOGETHER AND MY BROTHER.
AND I ALSO WONDER ABOUT HIS HAIR.
I AM THE ONE WITH THE BROWN HAIR JUST IN CASE THERE IS CONFUSION.
>> James: YOU'RE RIGHT.
HIS HAIR REALLY MADE A CHOICE HERE.
>> HERE IS WHAT IS ODD.
MY MOTHER PAID POR THOSE TO BE DONE.
>> James: THE HAIRCUTS.
>> THERE IS AN EXCHANGE OF MONEY.
AND I GUESS WE LEFT THERE HAPPY.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING.
THIS IS VERY BIZARRE.
THAT VEST THAT I AM WEARING IS REVERSIBLE.
GUESS WHAT ELSE IS.
>> James: OH STOP.
STOP.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN PLAN THAT.
AND HERE WE ARE REVERSIBLE VESTS 45 YEARS LATER.
>> James: NOW OBVIOUSLY LAST 18 MONTH HAVE BEEN, WERE YOU
ABLE TO GET HOME TO MISSISSIPPI TO SEE YOUR FAMILY?
I HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD.
>> YOU HAVEN'T.
>> James: I HAVE FEVER BEEN, WHAT SHOULD I DO T WHAT SHOULD I
EXPECT IF I WERE TO VISIT.
>> NOT A LOT.
>> James: REALLY.
>> I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL NOT A LOT BUT I, WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT
IT, DO YOU KNOW THE COMEDIAN MICHELLE BEATO, SHE IS
INCREDIBLE, SO FUNNY.
AND SHE FILMED A TV SHOW DOWN THERE THAT I WAS A GUEST ON.
AND WHEN WE RAP I CALL MY COUSIN WHO SAID HEY, WE JUST FINISHED
SHOOTING.
THEY SAID I VIET YOUR FRIENDS WITH YOU.
I SAID OKAY, HE SAID YEAH, BRING EVERYBODY FROM THE SET.
AND I SAID WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG CREW, THERE IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
BRING THEM ALL.
AND I AM TELLING YOU, JAMES, FROM THE TIME I HUNG UP THE
PHONE HE ALSO TOLD ME TO BRING THE PEOPLE THAT WE RENTED THE
BOAT FROM THAT WE WERE FILMING.
WHEN WE WERE FILMING WE WERE ON BOATS.
HE SAID INVITE ALL OF THEM TOO.
SO 30 MINUTES LATER, EVERYONE FROM THE BOAT DOCK TO MICHELLE
AND TO HER CREW, EVERYONE WAS PARTYING AT MY KOWSIN'S HOUSE.
30 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A-- IN THE BACKYARD GOING
ON, PEOPLE DANCING.
>> James: I LOVE THAT.
>> IT WAS INSANITY.
30 MINUTES LATER.
TO BE FAIR, IT IT TAKES A MINUTE TO GET ACROSS TOWN.
SO MAYBE IT SEEMED ACTUALLY LIKE THERE WAS A STALL TO GET THE
PARTY STARTED BUT IT IT WAS PRETTY QUICKLY EVERYBODY WAS
THERE.
IT WAS SO NICE, THEY WERE DANCING AND THEY WERE LIKE
NOBODY EVER INVITES THE CREW TO ALL THE SPECIAL THINGS.
AND I WAS LIKE NOT IN MISSISSIPPI SWRZ THAT'S IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PODCAST.
DON'T ASK, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR, I WANT TO GET
THIS RIGHT, THE BEST ADVICE/INSPIRATIONAL PODCAST AND
YOU ARE UP AGAIN BRENE BROWN, GLENNON DOIL AND OPRAH WINFREY.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE COMPETING IN THIS RAREFIED AIR OF
SELF-HELP POWERHOUSES.
>> WELL, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF THE PEOPLE THAT NOMINATED ME
HAD EVER HEARD MY PODCAST.
>> YES, RIGHT.
>> James: I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS INCREDIBLE BUT I ALSO, YOU
KNOW, I'M GOING TO WIN.
>> James: FOR SURE.
THIS IS WHY I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YOU ARE BACK ON THE ROAD DOING ANOTHER STANDUP TOUR CALLED THE
HELLO AGAIN TOUR.
ARE YOU DOING ALLMY■ OF NORTH AMERICA.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED AND HOW ARE YOU FEEL
BEING GETTING BACK OUT THERE?
>> IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED.
I HAVE DONE THREE SHOWS NOW.
AND IN TWO YEARS.
AND BUT I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED.
I AM, YOU KNOW, THIS MATERIAL IS FUN AND I AM EXCITED TO DO IT IT
IT'S NOT LIKE OH, THIS STUFF AGAIN, OR THIS STUFF.
>> James: I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO
TO SAY, I CAN'T WAIT.
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING.
>> Reggie: THAT'S UNUSUAL, THANKS FOR ASKING.
TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO MAD MOISEEL, MADAME NOTARO, TIG,
OKAY SO WHEN, YOU ARE ON A STAR TREK.
>> I AM ON A STAR TREK.
>> OKAY.
DO YOU EVER TRY TO WALK THROUGH A DOOR THAT IS SUPPOSED TO IT BE
AUTOMATED AND IT IT DOESN'T OPEN AND THEN YOU RUN INTO IT?
>> .
>> ON THE SHOW OR IN MY LIFE.
>> ON THE SHOW, ON THE STAR TREK.
>> NOT ON STAR TREK Botx IN MY LIFE.
>> Reggie: OH.
>> LIKE AT GROCERY STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND MAYBE IT'S
BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN SO SPOILED ON STAR TREK THAT DOORS JUST
OPEN AND CLOSE.
HAVE I TO SAY, THERE IS THIS DIRECTOR WHO IS A FRIEND OF MINE
LEE ROSE, SHE IS A BAD ASS.
SHE DIRECTED AN EPISODE OF STAR TREK, THE DOORS ACCIDENTALY
CLOSED ON HER ARM.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SHE WAS ON HER CELL
PHONE DIRECTING THAT EPISODE FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
>> WHAT?
>> THAT IS A REAL BAD ASS.
>> WILD.
>> YEAH.
>> James: IS THAT CORRECT, REG.
>> Reggie: THAT'S LIKE HYPERCORRECT.
>> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
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