-Thank you so much for being here.
You look fantastic, bud. -Thank you.
I love the delayed -- Hey, ladies. How y'all doing?
-Oh, yeah. -What's going on?
-Jay Pharoah, talk to me about this.
You're performing at Carolines June 10th through the 12th.
-Absolutely. -One of my favorite clubs.
Carolines was of the first club that you ever performed at
when you came to New York City.
-Yep. Charlie Murphy took me there when I was 19 years old.
Yeah, man. -Charlie Murphy?
-Charlie Murphy. -I know -- Eddie's brother.
-Yeah. -How'd you --
-Freez Luv.
Freez Luv made the connect when I was in Virginia.
And Charlie saw me at the Funny Bone,
Virginia Beach Funny Bone.
And I was 19. I did my set, had a great set.
Charlie calls me to the greenroom.
He goes, "Hey, yo, man.
Listen, man.
Yo, man, that was a great set, man.
When you did that Cam'ron and Dipset stuff.
Yo, son, I was on my back laughing like a turtle, son.
That's what I did, man."
-Dude, your face -- your face even looks -- Oh, my God.
But I love Carolines.
Did you go through the back, through the kitchen area?
-Yeah, the back with the workers and everything.
The floor is sticky and everything.
-Yeah, sticky --
-And you were telling me this --
that was your first club doing it in New York City.
That was your intro to New York. -Yeah.
-I did not know that. -Yeah.
I was doing Upstate New York clubs
and Bananas and all this stuff, but Carolines was my first gig.
And I remember being nervous just walking in
'cause of the legends on the wall.
I mean, there was Seinfeld and --
Anybody you can think of was on the wall.
-Everybody.
-And I go -- And I was telling you this.
And I remember Louis, who used to book it.
I used to go around through the kitchen
and I'd go and see the pictures on the wall.
And you go, "Dude, I'm on the wall."
-Yeah, my picture's up there. I don't really --
The picture's up there, dude. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Picture's on the wall, dude. -My picture's on the wall.
-You did it. It's a great club. -Amazing, man.
-Give them my best.
Maybe I'll stop by and say, "what's up?"
-Hey, man, come by and check it out.
Man, one of the best live shows
you're going to see in your life.
I stand by my -- -That's what I'm talking about.
-You know? [ Cheers and applause ]
-You were fantastic on my show "That's My Jam."
-Yes.
-We had fun on that show together,
and you crushed it, buddy. Thank you for doing that show.
-Man, that show was great, man. -We had fun.
But that was -- My stomach was hurting from laughing.
But you were doing some impressions.
We were going back and forth.
And someone told me that you do over 200 impressions.
-Over 200. Yep, that's not a lie.
Not being spurious. That's true.
-Now, tonight, I thought it might be fun if you can see
how many impressions you can do in 60 seconds.
Are you -- [ Cheers and applause ]
Are you up for that?
So, we'll put 60 on the clock,
and then I will prompt you with different celebrity names.
-Let's do it.
I'm ready. [ Drumroll ]
[ Clears throat ] -Here we go.
-Alright. Let's sit up for this. Let's do that.
-Jay-Z.
-[ Laughing ] Ch'yeah.
Yeah.
Hov!
-Denzel Washington.
-Alright, okay, okay. That's what it is, right?
Hey.
-Kevin Hart.
-Hey, listen, first of all, the problem --
Listen, you can't just do that, Jimmy.
What's the problem, man? Keep...
-Shaq. Shaq.
-Listen, this is ridiculous, what you're saying to me.
-Seth Rogen.
-[ Laughs ] That's amazing, man.
-Pete Davidson.
-Uh, yeah, bro, like...
You know.
-Snoop Dogg.
-Hey, yo, 1, 2 to the 3 and 4.
-President Obama.
-Okay, now, I-I-I understand that I'm appreciated in Hawaii.
That's why I go there and I smoke.
-Jamie Foxx.
-Hey, hey, what's up, baby? How's everybody feelin'?
Yeah! -How about The Rock?
-You know what, jabroni? The Rock says this.
If you're gonna read my name, call me Dwayne Johnson.
-Eddie Murphy.
-Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. [ Dinging ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Who is this dude?
Who is -- [ Laughs ]
-I didn't get to do it. -Yeah, you did it, you did it.
-I did it. -You snuck it in there.
Yeah, you did it. -Snuck it in there fast.
-Look at you. See? I like this, now. I like this.
You know, you know how to do --
You know how to button, unbutton.
-Hey, look, I learned -- I had to learn --
I had to learn how to do the walk,
'cause I was awkward.
Y'all, a lot of people don't know this --
Now, The Roots know, 'cause I talk to y'all all the time.
But, you know, I used to be a real chunky kid, okay?
So I had to relearn how to walk again when I lost weight.
Like, seriously, because I had the hips, Jack.
You know, the hips was there. You know what I mean?
-Yeah. Of course. Sure, sure.
-So I had to learn, because I was going side-to-side.
So, now I know how to do it. So, let's do this right now.
Hold on. Let me show y'all. Let me show y'all.
-Show me how to walk? -Show you how to walk. Alright.
-So, do you want me to just say your name?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just say "Jay Pharoah" again, and I'm gonna go ahead,
walk out and do the whole thing.
-Okay, perfect. -Alright.
[ Drumroll ]
-Ladies and gentlemen, here he is -- Jay Pharoah.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
Oh! Yeah!
That's -- See? So now you know...
You know how to do all that stuff.
-Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
-Let's talk about your movie, can we?
-Yes, please. Let's talk about it.
-"Private Property." It's not a comedy.
It's a thriller, right? -It's a thriller.
-Can you set this one up?
-Yes, it is a thriller about a young actress
who was actually trying to cross over into the world.
You know, she's got a couple of auditions.
Her husband is a big producer,
and he doesn't want to just give her any role.
So she feels like she works for it.
And, you know, there is a disconnect with them.
You know, he's on the grind. He's trying to make it.
He's trying to get bigger.
And she just wants to be in the world.
And there's this guy that comes in
that she kind of, like, falls for a little bit.
And then it ends up getting really, really creepy.
-Yeah, yeah, I got you. Yeah.
Do you like doing thrillers as well as comedies?
-I don't mind, man.
You know, I feel like folks have only seen
the tip of the iceberg when it comes to me.
So there's just so much talent,
but, you know, people are discovering it.
[ Laughter ]
Why you gotta say that?
I'm just -- I'm being real.
Like, you know, it's the tip of the Jay Pharoah iceberg.
So, you know, I do all these things.
So, I started acting when I was 8, bro.
I started doing drama when I was 8 years old.
-Did you really? -Yeah, so it's just going back.
-What were you doing at 8?
-"Mice and Mozart." That's what I was doing.
-"Mice and Mozart"? -"Mice and Mozart."
-Like an acting class or...
-No, I mean, it was a school play.
It was a school play. I was doing school plays.
And then "Chinese New Year," I was --
That and "Mice and Mozart."
I was one of the rats.
-A mouse, a mouse.
-Mouse. Okay. Yeah, don't want to offend them.
Okay.
-"Rats and Mozart."
-"Rats and Mozart." "Mice and Mozart."
And then I did "Pocahontas," and I was Powhatan.
And I will never forget that,
because I didn't know my lines, and my teacher knew it.
And he had me do it in front of all the parents.
And it was crazy,
because the kids in the back were feeding me lines.
And I felt so unprepared. I felt so bad.
But years later, when I did this play called "Damn Yankees"
and I played Mr. Applegate,
and the lead dropped out two weeks before.
And I came in, learned all the lines.
And Mr. Salmon showed up, and he said,
"I knew you had it in you the whole time.
I just wanted to bring it out in you."
-That's exactly -- Hey, if he's watching tonight,
I wanted to show a clip.
Here's your student, Jay Pharoah,
in "Private Property."
Take a look at this. -Absolutely.
-Did I ever tell you what happened to Jorge?
-Who?
-The gardener.
-No.
-They said that he was detained.
-Like he was late?
-No, like he's in custody.
-Oh.
Ice?
-Wait. Do you think?
-No, do we have any extra ice?
-Oh, yeah, um, there's some in the ice bucket.
You know, I think that you should do something, because --
-I don't think it's a good idea to get involved, babe.
I mean, you don't know this guy.
-Yes, I do. I'm here with him all day.
He's a very sweet man.
-But you don't really.
You could be vouching for a criminal, you know?
I think it's best if you just drop it, babe.
[ Jazz music playing ]
-Just the tip of the iceberg right there, everybody.
Jay Pharoah! "Private Property" is out now.
Catch him at Carolines on Broadway
June 10th through the 12th.