Despite being told he only has one year to live,
our first guest has faced this devastating news with humor and courage.
Please welcome comedian, Quincy Jones.
All right, so you came to Los Angeles four years ago from where?
From where, where were you?
>> From Seattle, Washington.
>> From Seattle. So you moved to L.A. to become a comedian.
You were doing a thousand shows a year.
Is that right?
>> Yes, I did a thousand sets in a year.
I figured I wanted to be great, and it averaged out to three a night,
not to unattainable but lofty.
But then you have to keep going.
Even when you don't feel like going.
>> Wow, that is a lot of shows.
That is a lot of shows.
Okay, so then you started getting, you had stomach pains right?
>> Yes, yes.
I was in and out of the hospital for six months, and I had stomach pains.
We didn't know what it was, and then they decided, well they didn't decide.
[LAUGH] They figured it out, it was cancer.
Mesothelioma.
>> So and it's, there's no cure.
They're saying.
>> There's no cure.
>> No cure, so they say a year to live and when did they tell you this?
>> They told me that August 6th.
>> Okay, so supposedly, they're giving you six months left,
but how do you feel about that?
>> I don't think it's gonna happen.
>> Good for you.
Good for you. >> I am not accepting.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> You look so healthy.
>> I've been working out.
[APPLAUSE] >> [INAUDIBLE] I've been juicing.
I'm a Californian now.
I juice, yoga, all that.
>> You juice and yoga and.
>> All that. >> And
whatever they tell you is gonna help.
You do. Do you feel okay?
>> I feel okay.
I feel nauseous every now and then, but yeah.
>> Cuz, you're getting chemo?
>> Yeah. >> How often?
>> Every three weeks.
>> Wow. >> Every three weeks.
>> And now you haven't lost your hair?
>> I lost it that's why it's low now.
>> I had a little fur before.
>> But, you got a beard, did you even lost your beard?
>> No, it doesn't affect the beard.
>> Really.
I didn't know that.
>> Neither did I, really.
>> Yeah. >> I just made me.
>> Okay. >> [LAUGH]
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> So, you're doing stand up
inspite of the fact that you're feeling nauseous and getting chemo treatments and
like what kinda things are you talking about.
>> I talked about, you know, I don't like getting drunk phone numbers because,
I end up toner my phone is a place that I remember.
And in my phone there's a girl called McDonald's hook up chick.
>> [LAUGH] >> And I don't know what that means.
I don't know if we met at McDonald's and hooked up or
if she works at McDonald's and she hooks it up.
>> [LAUGH] >> Either way not good.
>> Either way I win. >> Not good.
Yeah. >> [LAUGH]
>> [LAUGH]
>> And you talk about things that scare
you. >> Yeah, I'm terrified of pigeons.
They don't have smooth take-off patterns at all.
>> [LAUGH] >> That is so true.
That's hilarious.
All right, so we have to take a break.
When we come back, your story went viral and
we're gonna talk about what happened and how cool this is what your friends did.
We'll be right back with Quincy Jones.
So you're wanting to shoot an hour comedy special, right?
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> So why is that important to you?
>> Because I'm at that age where all my friends have kids and are married, and
I had to do some reflecting.
What do I have to show for my 32 years on Earth?
And I was like, I do comedy.
I'm a comedian.
Why not try and film this special?
And so that's when my friends, the Blaines, made a kickstarter.
We made a kickstarter, and that's how I'm here.
>> So you didn't even know that.
They started a kickstarter and I think it was like $5,000 pretty quickly and
now it's over $40,000 because.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I didn't know.
>> I know. I knew you didn't know.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Because first of all,
your attitude is amazing and for
you to have that in your head that someone says you have six more months to live.
You seem healthy, and I think, they say laughter is the best medicine,
and you make everybody laugh, and you're hilarious.
So, I wanna make sure you shoot this special.
I wanna make sure you leave that legacy as well.
I'm appealing to everybody to donate more money to help him
raise the money to shoot this special, cuz you're shooting it in April, right?
>> April 4 at the Teragram ballroom.
>> All right.
But, what I want also, if someone from HBO is watching or
somebody from Netflix is watching, this guy is hilarious.
Why don't you air it on HBO?
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Why don't you put it on Netflix?
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Somebody.
So, you were doing all those shows, you were doing 1,000 shows a year.
And now, with all the chemo,
you don't have the energy to travel as much and work as much.
So our friends at Shutterfly wanna help you share life's joy and
give you a check for $10,000.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> What?
[LAUGH] What?
>> [APPLAUSE] >> [LAUGH]
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