LITTLE BIT. EVA CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE. A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE OUT THERE WERE LOVING THAT.
THANK YOU. COMEDIAN CARLOS
MENCIA HAS APPEARED IN TV AND
MOVIES AND HUGE COMEDY STAGES.
BUT FOR HIS CURRENT TOUR THIS NO
HATE NO FEAR COMEDY TOUR HAS HIM
SHARING HIS NEWEST MATERIAL WITH
SMALLER, MORE INTIMATE AUDIENCES
. REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY. SO
WHAT IS GREENVILLE IN FOR WHEN
HE PERFORMS AT COMEDY ZONE,
CARLOS MENCIA IS HERE WITH THAT
PREVIEW WAS AN HONOR TO HAVE
YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I'M
HERE. IT'S I CAN'T BELIEVE ABOUT
THE WHITE SCROLL. THAT'S SO
COOL. EVERYBODY WAS SO HAPPY.
YOU'RE HAPPY TOO HAPPY. I'VE
NEVER SEEN A ONE WHITE SQUIRREL
SPREAD POSITIVITY THE WAY YOU DO
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME INTO YOUR
SHOW THEY LOVE YOUR RAW AND
UNFILTERED FORM OF COMEDY. THIS
IS A FUN CROWD. THIS IS PEOPLE
WHO LAUGH AND THEY'RE NOT EASILY
OFFENDED. YOU KNOW WHAT COMEDY
HAS BEEN TURNED INTO THE SERIOUS
THING OF STATEMENTS WERE JUST
TELLING JOKES. THAT'S IT.
NOBODY'S GETTING HURT. NOTHING
SERIOUS IS HAPPENING WITH. WE
LIVE IN AMERICA. PEOPLE JUST
HAVE A GOOD TIME AND ENJOY IT.
EVERYBODY'S SO WOUND UP AND I
DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS, AND I
CAN'T DO THAT, AND I COME FROM A
HUGE FAMILY. I HAVE 11 SISTERS
AND SIX BROTHERS 18. WE LEARNED
HOW TO GET ALONG. AND THERE WERE
LOTS OF WORDS AND THEY PROBABLY
YOU KNOW YOU MADE IT DESPITE THE
WORDS THEY WHAT'S THAT
COMMUNICATION WAS FUN. IT WAS
ALL ABOUT, LIKE ENJOYING BEING
TOGETHER. AND LIKE I LOVE MY
FAMILY. I DON'T LIKE THEM, BUT I
LOVE THEM AND THAT'S LIFE. AND
THAT'S THE THING TALK IS TALK
COMEDIANS KIND OF KEEP PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POWERFUL
PLATFORM THERE REMINDING PEOPLE
THAT YOU LAUGH AT THINGS. THAT'S
LIFE'S THERAPY, ISN'T IT? ISN'T
IT LIKE THAT? OKAY, SO ONE DAY
YOU FALL, AND YOU HURT YOURSELF.
NOT FUNNY. NOT FUNNY AT ALL. A
FEW MONTHS LATER. COUPLE OF
DRINKS LATER, REMEMBER WHEN YOU
FELT OH MY GOD, MY FACE INTO
PAYMENT IN A MOVE LIKE THIS, AND
THEN IT'S FUN AGAIN. EVENTUALLY,
IT'S NOT. IS IT TOO SOON? IT'S
JUST WHEN CAN IT BE? IT'S LIKE
WHEN AND I TRY TO TAKE THE TOO
SOON OUT. JUST WENT GONNA BE
FUNNY TOMORROW. LET'S BE FUNNY.
TODAY IT'S LAUGHIN THINGS. WHAT
IS MAKING YOU LAUGH THESE DAYS?
WHERE IS YOUR NEWEST MATERIAL
COMING FROM RIGHT NOW? MY NEWEST
MATERIAL IS ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY
OF WHEN PEOPLE OF LIKE MINDS GET
TOGETHER. WHATEVER THOSE SHOWS
ARE THEY CAN DO ALL THE JOKES
WITH IMPUNITY, BUT THEN WHEN WE
MIX IT ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S WHEN
PEOPLE START GOING. OH, I DON'T
KNOW. IT'S KIND OF LIKE I CAN
MAKE FUN OF MY FAMILY, BUT YOU
CAN'T AND FOR ME, I WANT TO LIVE
IN THOSE MOMENTS. I DON'T FEEL
OUT OF PLACE IN THE SOUTH. I
GREW UP IN LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA AND COMING TO
GREENVILLE DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL
IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM LIKE,
WHAT AM I GONNA DO? HOW AM I
GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THESE
PEOPLE? DO I NEED TO SPEAK WITH
AN ACCENT TO WHAT HAVE TO DO
BARBECUE LIKE FOR ME? IT'S LIKE
I'M GOING TO SPEAK OF MY HUMAN
EXPERIENCE. AND WE'RE ALL GONNA
LAUGH BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY
WONDERING IS YOUR SHOW ANY
DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, AS YOU
TRAVEL, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY, YOUR PEOPLE COME AND
FIND YOU THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
CARLOS MENCIA. ARE GOING TO PACK
IT IN AND FIND YOU. YOU KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LAUGH
THAT HAVE FUN THAT WANT TO
CREATE A SAFE ZONE ON STAGE. AND
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN YOU
COME TO MY SHOW AND YOU LAUGH AT
ANYTHING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA FEEL
BAD BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE
FUN OF EVERYBODY. SO BY THE END
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GET UPSET
AT ME THEN I DIDN'T REALLY GET
UPSET. THE LAST ONE WAS LAST
WEEK, A GUY CAME UP AND SAID,
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR SHOW
WAS LIKE IT WASN'T FUNNY. IT WAS
GREAT, BUT YOU DO KNOW JOKES
ABOUT LATVIA. WHY NOT JOKE ABOUT
LUCK? VIETNAM LIKE NOBODY EVEN
KNOWS WHERE THAT ISN'T A MAP.
THAT WAS HIS THING. HIS THING
WAS, HE DIDN'T FEEL INCLUDED,
AND HE WANTED TO FEEL INCLUDED.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU
MIGHT FEEL. IF EUROPE SOME
UNIQUE THING, AND I DIDN'T GET
TO IT, YOU KNOW YOU CHECK
EVERYBODY OFF YOUR LIST BECAUSE
WE CAN ALL LAUGH AT THINGS. AND
I'VE SEEN YOU. YOU KNOW, IN AN
INTERVIEW, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
MUCH YOU VALUE BEING A MENTOR.
YOU LIKE TO PASS YOUR TALENTS
DOWN. THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT
YOU'RE DOING. OTHERWISE YOU FEEL
LIKE A BROKEN LINK IN THE CHAIN
RIGHT NOW. HIS NAME IS EUGENE
TORRES, AND HE'S YOUNG AND HE'S
IMPRESSIONABLE, AND I'M TRYING
TO TEACH HIM THE ROPES SO THAT
HE CAN BE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW WHO WHO I BROUGHT WAY
WAY BACK IN THE DAY TO SOUTH
CAROLINA FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT
NOBODY KNEW WHO HE WAS JOE KOY,
AND HE JUST HOSTED THE AWARDS AS
WELL. BUT HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT
IN 2006. NOBODY KNEW WHO HE WAS.
AND I BROUGHT THEM OUT AND HIS
FIRST CONNECTION WITH THE BIG
CROWD PERFORMING WITH ME. SO I
LOVE BRINGING THAT KIND OF
TALENT. HELPING THEM OUT. AND
THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE
NEVER HOSTED THAT. BUT HE DID
MAKES ME SO PROUD. AND YOU LOVE
THE YOU'VE GOT THE PASSION FOR
PASSING THIS DOWN. BRINGING
PEOPLE UP. YOUR MONEY YOU HAVE
SAID ALSO IS NOT YOUR DRIVING
FORCE. THAT'S NOT WHY YOU'RE
DOING THIS. THAT'S NOT WHY YOU
TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND WORK
HARD. I MEAN, IF I WAS TRYING TO
MAKE MONEY, I'D BE DOING A
THEATER AND, YOU KNOW, SELLING
2000 SEATS WHERE THE SMALL
COMEDY INTIMATE I'M GONNA DO
FOUR SHOWS AND IT'S KIND OF HARD
BECAUSE YOU DO THE FIRST SHOW
AND YOU STANDING OVATION AND
IT'S LIKE THAT'S AMAZING. I
GOTTA DO IT AGAIN. WHAT DO YOU
GET THE ENERGY AND YOU JUST KEEP
GOING? YOU KNOW WHAT? I GET THE
ENERGY FROM THE MINUTE I GET ON
STAGE AND I SEE THIS. AND THAT
THAT HAPPINESS THAT THAT MOMENT
OF LIKE, I'M TAKING YOU OUT OF
YOUR MUNDANE LIFE. THAT'S CRAZY,
MAKING IT ALL FUNNY. AND THEN
THERE'S THE CATHARSIS AND THAT
THAT MOMENT OF LAUGHTER IS
AMAZING, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT,
WE BECOME SERIOUS AND LIFE ISN'T
SERIOUS. IT'S A POWERFUL THING.
YOU WANT TO PUT OUT THAT
POSITIVITY AND THE LAST THING
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT
YOUR GREENVILLE SHOW. AND WHAT
TO EXPECT. YOU KNOW WHAT? UH BE
LIKE AN INCH OF SKETCH WHEN YOU
COME TO MY SHOW. IF YOU'RE OLD,
THAT'S A SKETCH. JUST DO THIS
BEFORE YOU COME IN. AND IF
YOU'RE YOUNG CONTROLLER, DELETE,
GET RID OF IT. COME BLANK, AND
YOU WILL LIVE HAPPY. CAN'T WAIT
TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THIS. GO SEE
CARLOS MENCIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE. IT'S REALLY AN
HONOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT
AT COMEDY ZONE HERE IN
GREENVILLE. TONIGHT'S FIRST SHOW
STARTS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK TOMORROW
AT SIX. TICKETS START AT