PLEASE WELCOME JAMIE FOXX!
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>> HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
♪ ♪ ♪ WHOA!
WHOA!
HEY!
OH!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: STRETCH IT OUT!
STRETCH IT OUT!
YOU DON'T WANT TO CRAMP UP.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, RIGHT?
>> 504, BABY.
>> SECOND LINE, BABY ALL RIGHT, BABY.
YEAH, BABY.
STEPHEN, YOU'RE KILLIN IT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE OF YOU TO SAY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S NICE.
I SUDDENLY HAVE GREAT AFFECTION FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, JAMIE FOXX,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, ANOTHER COMIC TO ANOTHER COMIC.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY TAKE OFF LIKE, THAT MAN.
I AIN'T SEEN YOU.
LET ME GET A GOOD LOOK AT YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: DON'T GET LOST.
THANK YOU.
I ADMIRE YOU GREATLY.
>> YOU GOT THE HEAT OVER-- OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE BAND RIGHT THERE.
>> OH, MAN.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HE BRINGS IT EVERY NIGHT.
YOU JUST BROUGHT IT RIGHT NOW.
NOT EVERY GUEST KNOWS HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE LIKE THAT.
>> MAN, YOU HAVE TO COME IN HERE.
I FELT THAT-- I SAID OH, MY GOODNESS.
RED BEANS AND RICE.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW THE WORD TO THAT SONG?
>> TELL ME THE WORDS.
>> Stephen: I FEEL GOOD.
I FEEL FREE.
I FEEL FINE JUST BEING ME.
I FEEL GOOD TODAY ♪ I FEEL GOOD
I FEEL FREE I FEEL FINE JUST BEING ME
♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU COULD DO IT
ALL.
YOU CAN SING-- ♪ I FEEL GOOD ♪
>> Stephen: COMEDY, DRAMA, SINGING, DANCING.
YOU CAN DO IT ALL.
>> YOU SING FROM YOUR KIDNEYS WHEN YOU SING LIKE THAT-- AAAAH!
♪ SING FROM YOUR KIDNEYS ♪ SUNG FROM MY KIDNEYS NEW YEARS.
THEN I HAD TO DO DIALYSIS FOR FIVE HOURS!
>> Stephen: MR. CHAPPELLE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> MAN!
DAVE CHAPPELLE.
DAVE CHAPPELLE, THANK YOU, MAN.
DAVE CHAPPELLE JUST CAME OUT.
DAVE CHAPPELLE, YES.
>> Stephen: WOW, WOW.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR, JAYMIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MAN, I'M JUST-- IT'S A TRUP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE-- YOU ALL
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
LIKE, I SEE IT, I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, LISTEN, EVERYBODY SEES YOU KNOWS.
LOOK AT THIS RESUME HERE.
"IN LIVING COLOR" "COLLATERAL" "DJANGO UNCHAINED," "BABY
DRIVER," AND OF COURSE THE OSCAR FOR "RAY."
AND--
BUT YOUR FIRST LOVE, I FOUND OUT, IS AS A LITTLE KID, YOU
LOVED LATE NIGHT.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID,, "LIKE, JOHNNY CARSON, MY ROOM WAS THE
ONLY ROOM WITH A TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU WORK THAT?
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE NO MONEY, SO THAT WAS THE ONLY ROOM FOR
ANYTHING, REALLY.
IT WAS LIKE THE TELEVISION WAS THE ONLY THING IN MY ROOM, BUT
THAT'S WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS WATCHED JOHNNY CARSON.
SO WHEN I GO TO SCHOOL, I GET IN TROUBLE FOR MAKING JOKES AND
STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO MY TEACHER MISS REEVES-- GOD BLESS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE
IS-- BUT EVERY FRIDAY SHE WOULD SAY, "LISTEN, YOU KEEP GETTING
IN TROUBLE.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU DO JOKES EVERY FRIDAY FOR THE CLASS, SO
THAT WAY YOU DON'T GET KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL."
AND I WOULD JUST TELL JOKES FROM THE CARSON SHOW.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER ANY OF JOHNNY'S JOKES?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE JOKE WAS JIMMY CARTER-- I DID A
JIMMY CARTER IMPERSONATION.
AND IT WAS ABOUT JIMMY CARTER, BECAUSE BILLY WAS AN ALCOHOLIC,
HIS BROTHER.
>> Stephen: BILLY BEER.
>> RIGHT.
SO I DID A JOKE LIKE, JIMMY CARTER SINGING "YOU LIGHT UP MY
LIFE."
AND IT WAS ♪ SO MANY NIGHTS
ME AND MY BROTHER BILLY WOULD SIT ON THE PORCH WAITING FOR
SOMEBODY TO BRING SOME PEANUTS AND BEER."
THAT WAS MY THING.
IT WAS MUCH FUNNIER IN THE THIRD GRADE.
I MEAN, IT WAS KILLIN' IN THE THIRD GRADE.
LIKE, IF YOU WAS NINE YEARS OLD, YOU'D BE ON THE GROUND RIGHT
NOW.
>> Stephen: IN THIRD GRADE, YOU WERE NOT JAMIE FOXX.
IN THE THIRD GRADE YOU WERE ERIK MARLIN BISHOP.
>> WORD UP, WORD UP.
>> Stephen: WHERE DOES JAMIE FOXX COME FROM?
>> LISTEN, MAN, DOING STAND-UP, WHEN I GOT TO L.A., IT WAS OPEN
MIC NIGHT.
SO I PUT MY NAME DOWN, ERIK BISHOP, I GO UP, HAVE A GREAT
SET, STANDING OVATION, RIGHT.
I WENT BACK FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THEY WOULDN'T LET ME
BAWNG BECAUSE THE COMEDIANS RAN THE LIST.
SO EVERY TIME THEY SAW MY NAME, NO, NO."
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T WANT THE COMPETITION.
>> THEY DON'T WANT THE COMPETITION.
SO I WAS LIKE, DAMN, WHAT'S UP?" I WENT TO SANTA MONICA IMPROV,
EVENING AT THE IMPROV BACK IN THAT DAY.
I NOTICE THERE WOULD BE 100 DUDE WHO SHOWED UP, BUT ONLY A FEW
GIRLS.
SO I WROTE ON THE LIST-- YOU HAVE TO WRITE ON THE LIST EYE
WROTE UNISEX NAMES, STACY BROWN, TRACI GREEN, JAMIE FOXX, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S REALLY HOW--
>> WORD UP.
SO THE DUDE IS LIKE, "STACY GREEN, JAMIE FOXX, IS SHE HERE?
I'M LIKE, OTHER HEY!" HEY!
AND THEN I WENT ON STAGE.
I GOT A STANDING OVATION.
BECAUSE I WAS THE FRESH MEAT.
THERE WAS A THING CALLED "FRESH MEAT" WHERE THEY WANTED THE
COMEDIAN TO SORT OF DIABETES, WHO WAS THE AMATEUR, IN BETWEEN
ALL THE GREAT ONES.
AND I GOT A STANDING OVATION, AND JAIM-- THAT'S WHEN --
>> Stephen: SO YOU HAD TO STICK WITH THE NAME.
>> THAT'S WHEN I TOOK OFF.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE GUY WHO GOT CALLED BACK.
>> THEY THOUGHT I WAS STUCK UP BECAUSE I WASN'T USED TO NAME.
PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE, "JAMIE FOXX."
AND I WOULD BE LIKE... SO I GOT USED--
>> Stephen: YOU WERE WAITING FOR ERIK.
>> I WAS WAITING ON ERIK MARLIN BISHOP.
>> Stephen: IS THAT SO-- >> SORRY,.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
>> I'M GOING TO WORK ON THAT DAVE CHAPPELLE THING.
>> Stephen: HERE'S THE QUESTION.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN JAMIE FOXX?
>> I'VE BEEN JAMIE FOXX LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THERE'S NO OTHER
REASON.
THERE'S NO OTHER REASON.
SO IF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 3:00 IN THE MORNING,
SOMEONE WAKES YOU UP, SLAPS YOU ACROSS YOUR FACE AND SAYS,
"WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" ARE YOU GOING TO SAY JAYMIE OR
ERIK?
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHO SHE IS.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
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>> YEAH.
I'LL CALL YOU-- I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT BACK.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, HOLD ON, WE HAVE TO TAKE'S LITTLE BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE JAMIE FOXX.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.