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- I think there's an alien that works for Nike,
because [beep] the future, I'm sorry.
Hi guys, I'm Jo Koy.
This is My Life In Sneakers.
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I started collecting the day I saw the Jordan Three's.
It was 1988, 89, I think.
So I'm at Foot Locker, 115 bucks
and I bought them for 55 bucks off this kid named Wilson.
I think he sold me a 10, I was an eight and a half.
I didn't care though, I was rocking them.
That was the start of my love for Jordans.
Every year after that,
I just couldn't believe what they were making,
because it didn't look like anything else after the Three.
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This is what I wore on my last special, Comin' In Hot.
So if you're on Netflix, check out that special.
You'll see I'm rocking Presto's.
The reason why I wanted to show off the Presto's,
these to me, man, this is an art piece right here.
I don't think anyone can top this shoe.
I'm sorry, I'm biased, but this is a masterpiece.
You can put this on display and it's beautiful.
Virgil killed this.
This is the best collabo ever.
It's a beautiful shoe.
I wore it all year when I was on tour
preparing for Comin' In Hot
and then when I got to the venue to shoot my special,
I got the all white ones.
Because in my head I was gonna wear
this solid blue outfit with some white Presto's.
And I was in the green room,
my son just looked at me and he goes,
"You can't wear those dad."
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Like literally minutes before I'm going on stage,
he goes, "You need to rock them Presto's."
I had to call my friend that owns Truest in Hawaii
and literally he was on his way to the venue.
He was gonna come to the show
and I go, "Man, you need to turn back around,"
"you need to open up your shop,"
"you need to get me some of these Presto's now."
And we had to delay the show for about 30 minutes
as he drove back, opened up his store,
grabbed some Presto's, came back, ran into me.
I'm literally like hopping my way to the stage
and just slipping these on.
Everyone always asks me, "Yo, what are you rocking?"
"What are those?"
So thank you to my son.
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Sexiest shoe, all right.
This hands down is the sexiest shoe ever made, right here.
These are the Bred 11's.
Man, I remember when these first came out,
I was like, "Oh my God, what is that?"
Are you kidding me?
Look at this.
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I think they're made in Italy.
Of course they are right?
Like look at this thing, you know what I mean?
I always remember in Space Jam with this.
I just remember Michael saying,
"I wanna make the shoe that you can wear with a tux."
Hands down, I had to rock these
for my second special, Lights Out.
So if you watch Lights Out, I'm wearing the Bred's.
I had four pair of these backstage in the green room
and the reason why is we were taking two shows that night
and I just remember if I crease these,
I don't want to take the second show
with a big giant crease across the toe.
So I just wanted to make sure
they were always fresh and clean, man.
So this was the fourth pair that I never got to.
I never wore.
So my top three Jordans would always have to be the Three's,
of course, the Four's
and then of course the Bred 11's,
this is my number three.
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All right man, so, look,
this is my newest pair.
You know what I mean?
Why wouldn't you buy this?
I mean, what is this?
I had to have this.
This is that shoe that you just gotta have.
You look at it and go,
"All right, yeah, that's not for running at all."
You just wear that.
It's that throwback look, it's new,
I can't even explain this shoe,
but I had to have it.
I remember the minute I saw it,
I go, "I have to have this shoe."
I haven't even rocked this yet, I just got it.
It's brand new.
So can you guys open up the economy,
so I can get back on stage, please?
You guys wear your mask, so we can start performing again,
because I need to rock these, ASAP.
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All right, you guys, the Supreme Five's.
So, all right, here's the thing about Supreme, right?
They just kind of put their logo on the shoe
and now it's a Supreme collabo and everyone gets it.
That didn't happen with this one.
This is the best Supreme collabo ever, I'm sorry.
I might be biased, you might disagree,
but this right here, unbelievable.
Supreme logo right there in the mesh.
I love this one.
The reason why I love this one so much,
you can rock this with anything, okay.
This was just sick to look at.
I just don't know what to wear it with, okay.
So, don't wear it that often,
but I'm so happy I have this
and I don't think that many people have it.
So, it's right here, baby.
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Come on, can't miss a beat.
The shoe is for me the most important part
of the whole outfit.
It's gotta look crispy,
it's gotta look nice,
it's gotta have that wow factor.
I want people to look at it and go,
"Yo, what was Jo wearing?"
"What was that?"
It's the most important article of clothing
you could possibly have on stage.
For the guy, there's not much to represent you, I guess.
You know what I mean?
I always say this, when you're on stage,
like a comedian, this is our business.
This is it, this is your identity,
this is you.
There's not much for us to show off
other than your watch game and your shoe game.
[laughs] So very important.
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This is my childhood right here, you know what I mean?
This is literally me waiting in line.
This is me going to the shoe conventions.
This is me, this is my life on the road
trying to find those secret spots that were selling shoes
and train shoes, you know what I mean?
I went with the Olympic One's.
These meant a lot, man.
This is kind of like my whole childhood
dreaming about being a standup comic
and also loving J's as a kid
and just putting those two together
when I shot my first special.
And I was so in love with J's man.
Go do your research, all right.
Nobody was wearing J's film in their specials.
So this means a lot to me,
because when my son was a kid,
he had no idea what shoe culture was all about
and now my son is 17 and he knows more about it than me.
So it's kind of like I passed the torch to my son
and this was that shoe that started it all right here.
I love these, these aren't going anywhere.
Hey guys, I'm Jo Koy.
Thanks for hanging out
and looking at just a little bit of my sneaker collection,
but now just go to Netflix and check out my new special
In His Elements, all right.
And then watch all the other specials
and actually see these J's perform live in front of you.
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