This girl here.
Great.
All right, y'all don't understand.
We have known each other.
I just learned today because I have no memory of time.
Like, I don't understand the concept of time.
But we've known each other since '85.
Is that when we--
'84.
You had just won Showtime's Funniest Person in America.
You had just won, come to Colorado, Jeff Valdez's comedy
club, got on stage.
I said, who is this pantsuit-wearing?
And I said she's it.
First time I saw your performance, I said that's it.
Really?
Maybe it was like 30, 40 comics.
I said that one there is going to make it.
And I'm going to borrow money from her.
Yeah.
So we were together a lot.
We were always on tour.
We played a lot of the clubs together.
I just learned today that we would room together.
You don't remember.
In San Diego, at The Comedy Store down in La Jolla,
we roomed together at the little jacked up beach condo they had.
You stayed upstairs.
I stayed downstairs.
Like, we're going to hook up.
[LAUGHTER]
So we stayed, and then we went to a gym across the street.
I do remember that.
I put you on an exercise bike.
I said spin.
You said let's not.
And we did it.
It was funny.
Yeah, no, we hung out a lot.
So then when I got Johnny Carson,
who do I go to for fashion advice, but Sinbad?
And he tells me what to wear on my first Carson appearance.
And this is what he made me wear.
[LAUGHTER]
The bold look.
That's a bold look.
Let's just show how Sinbad was dressing at the time
that I would go to him for fashion advice.
Let's just show.
[LAUGHTER]
Yes.
Ahead of my time.
People trying to do that now.
But that guy was like, yeah, I should ask him where to shop.
And we went to-- wait, Hurricane and Parachute.
Parachute where I got [INAUDIBLE] Parachute was cool.
Now I used to also dress Rosie O'Donnell.
I used to buy her Reebok tennis shoes back in the day.
Why do all lesbians go to you?
[LAUGHTER]
I'm the lesbian whisperer because I'm bold.
Uh huh.
That's why.
See, other dudes scared of colors.
I ain't scared of colors.
Yeah, no.
Because we went shopping on Hollywood Boulevard.
And I talk about it in my Netflix special coming up.
I talk about Sinbad.
Which I'm so glad.
Girl, comedy missed you.
Yeah, I've been gone a while.
[APPLAUSE]
I'm excited.
I saw little clips.
I saw some clips.
I said, dang, she's still got game.
Yeah, it was weird because 15 years is a long time.
And I do it, but I really miss it.
But yeah, I talk about Sinbad on stage.
And I mean, we really had a lot of fun together.
We spent a lot of time together.
I think it was just a heyday of comedy.
And everybody was unique.
Everybody was trying to be different.
And if you were funny, you're funny.
If you're not, you're not.
Yeah.
It was.
It was a really special time.
I feel really grateful that I was--
because that's when you worked to get fame.
You didn't get fame instantaneously.
You actually were on the road.
You toured.
You did comedy clubs.
You did clubs that were in strip malls.
You did anything.
And strip clubs.
Yeah, and strip club.
I didn't do strip clubs.
I did strip clubs.
I bet you did.
Yes, I did.
Yeah, I did.
And so was it Rel-- tell everybody.
And the guy, Rel, he's in Bird Box, right?
He's in Bird Box.
Because he was considered a Showtime West
Entertainer of the Year.
He broke up after Get Out.
And so right now, on the show, I play his father.
But I wasn't trying to come back to TV.
I didn't want to sitcom.
I wanted to do other things.
I said, look, people see me one way.
I wanted to get out that box.
I wanted This Is Us.
I want to do shows like that.
I wanted to kill people.
[LAUGHTER]
I wanted to go that route.
I understand.
But they kept coming at me.
And I said, OK, I'll try it.
I'll try it.
And I'm glad I did it because it's a funny show.
But I got my feet wet, being back on TV
and going like, oh man, I love this.
I love a check.
And it was nice being back in front of the camera.
So now I'm writing again, and we'll do some more things.
Oh, that's great.
I am so happy to see you again, my friend.
I have something for you, though.
Oh.
My son is a director, is a comic book writer.
I'm just doing this because it's nepotism.
It's called Biopunks.
I don't know if you're into comic books.
If not, if you know somebody.
He's a great director, writer.
My daughter, she's writing and acting.
And my other daughter is doing stuff.
So this is it.
Well, thank you so much.
And yes, I will find out who--
but I mean, you have connections.
Royce.
Royce, name is Royce.
All right.
I got connections, but not like you.
All right, OK.
All right.
It is called Rel.
It airs Sundays at 9:30 on Fox.
We'll be back.
Sinbad, everybody.