>> Jimmy: IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR COMING. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: I SPEAK FOR MYSELF HERE WHEN I SAY, ALSO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT YOU PUT OUT THESE COMEDY SPECIALS. 13 YEARS. LIKE A LOCUST, YOU HAVE RETURNED WITH THESE. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO PUT TWO OF THEM OUT? >> MONEY. >> Jimmy: MONEY? >> YEAH, I DID, YOU KNOW, I JUST STARTED MAKING THEM. I MADE THEM AND THEN I SHELVED THEM. AND THEN THEY BOUGHT THEM. >> Jimmy: DID YOU MAKE THEM THINKING, OH, I'LL SELL THESE ONE DAY, OR DO YOU THINK, THESE MIGHT NOT BE SO TIMELY ANYMORE? WHICH, THEY ARE, CERTAINLY, BUT DID YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT? >> NO. >> Jimmy: NOT AT ALL? >> NO. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I DON'T GET MAD AT A PHOTOGRAPH BECAUSE IT'S NOT TODAY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: THAT'S A VERY HEALTHY WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. >> IS THERE FAIR REPRESENTATION OF THE NIGHT THEY WERE SHOT. BUT THINGS CHANGE SO RAPIDLY NOW, AND THE WAY PEOPLE LISTEN TO THINGS CHANGE SO RAPIDLY. SO MAYBE I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO NOT PUT THEM OUT. >> Jimmy: AND TALKING ABOUT MONEY, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. WHAT I READ WAS $60 MILLION WAS FOR THREE SPECIALS, TWO OF THEM YOU HAD IN THE CLOSET ALREADY. >> I TOOK THEM OUT OF THE CLOSET AND WAS LIKE -- [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT? DO YOU LIKE WHEN PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE? WOULD YOU RATHER THEY DIDN'T? >> I LEARNED FROM THE LAST TIME. >> Jimmy: OKAY. WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME? >> WHO KNOWS. I JUST LEARNED, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW. BUT I KINDA DON'T CARE. >> Jimmy: DO YOU FEEL PRESSURE NOW TO LEAVE A BIGGER TIP AT A RESTAURANT, ESPECIALLY IN THE GLOW OF THE NEWS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU? >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD THE STEREOTYPE, BLACK PEOPLE DON'T TIP WELL. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN THAT? >> YEAH, I'M HOMEDILDING THE LI. >> Jimmy: THAT'S VERY ADMIRABLE OF YOU. YOU LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN IN OHIO. HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS NOW? >> MY OLDEST IS 16. I HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD, EXCUSE ME. AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD. >> Jimmy: YOU WERE DOING STAND-UP, HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED DOING IT? >> 14. >> Jimmy: SO YOUR SON IS YOUR OLDEST. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> Jimmy: IS HE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? LIKE WHAT YOU DID AT THAT AGE. >> HE'S A FUNNY KID, BUT THAT'S NOT -- IF ANY ONE OF MY KIDS WOULD BE A COMEDIAN, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, IT'S MY DAUGHTER. SHE GOT ALL THE SKILL SETS. SHE'S VERY FUNNY. >> Jimmy: DO THEY THINK YOU'RE FUNNY? >> NOW THEY DO, YEAH. >> Jimmy: YOU THINK THAT THEY -- WHEN YOU COME BACK OUT AND EVERYBODY GETS VERY EXCITED THAT THEY GO, WELL, FOR THEM, THIS IS KIND OF NEWS, ISN'T IT? >> NOW THEY -- THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME, THEY WERE SO YOUNG, AND OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T HAVING A GOOD TIME BACK THEN. SO THEY THOUGHT THAT FAME WAS BAD. AND THEN AS THEY GOT OLDER, THEY REALIZED, IT'S NOT ALL BAD. AND THEY JUST POWER THROUGH IT. >> Jimmy: ARE YOU HAVING FUN THIS TIME AROUND? >> I AM MAKING A POINT TO HAVE FUN THIS TIME AROUND. >> Jimmy: YOU ARE? >> YES. >> Jimmy: CAN YOU MAKE THAT CONSCIOUS DECISION TO HAVE FUN? >> YEAH, AT THIS AGE. >> Jimmy: AT THIS AGE? >> YEAH, FAILURE IS INFORMATIVE. >> Jimmy: YOU NEVER REALLY FAILED. YOU RETREATED. >> RIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: IT'S DIFFERENT. >> I ACTUALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU PUT THAT. >> Jimmy: OKAY. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING SHOWS HERE IN L.A. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. AND ONE OF THE GUYS WHO WORKS HERE SAID YOU WERE DOING A SHOW AND LeBRON JAMES AND THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS SHOWED UP FOR THE SHOW. DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE COMING? >> YEAH, I KNEW. I WENT TO THE GAME EARLIER. >> Jimmy: I SEE. >> BUT THEY SAY, WE'LL COME BY THE SHOW. WELL, YOU KNOW, EIGHT-FOOT DUDES START WALKING IN THE DOOR. >> Jimmy: ARE THEY STILL IN UNIFORM, OR DO THEY SHOWER AND CHANGE? >> YEAH, IT WAS DOPE, THOUGH. LeBRON GOT ON STAGE WITH ME AND DID A FEW COMEDY BITS. HE WAS FUNNY TOO. >> Jimmy: HE DID COMEDY BITS ON HIS OWN, OR YOU MADE FUN OF HIM? >> I MADE SOME ASSISTS. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: KYRIE IRVING, WHO PLAYS FOR THE CAVALIERS, HE RECENTLY SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THE WORLD IS FLAT. IS THAT A SUBJECT THAT YOU COVERED WITH HIM? WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? >> I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO BROACH THAT TOPIC. WORD, IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> Jimmy: I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS IF YOU FEEL IT, IT WON'T REALLY MAKE ANY KIND OF A DIFFERENCE. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE FLAT-EARTH THEORY. >> Jimmy: WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? >> I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? [ LAUGHTER ] COULD BE FLAT, COULD NOT BE FLAT. THERE COULD BE 12 CONTINENTS, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? >> Jimmy: THAT'S A MATTER OF HOW WE DRAW IT UP. BUT WITH THE WORLD, WITH THE EARTH, WHEN YOU STAND BACK AND LOOK AT THE HORIZON, YOU CAN SEE CURVATURE, UNLIKE A DINOSAUR? >> OR IF YOU FLY IN ONE DIRECTION, YOU WILL COME BACK AROUND. >> Jimmy: THAT'S TRUE. THEY GO TO CLEVELAND, AND MAYBE THEY NEED LONGER TRIPS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, DO YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE COMEDY SPECIALS? >> SURE. >> Jimmy: OH, YOU DO? BECAUSE THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I WATCHED THEM OVER THE LAST TWO NIGHTS, I WAS LITERALLY CRYING LAUGHING. MY WIFE CAME DOWNSTAIRS AND YELLED AT ME AT ONE POINT. DAVE CHAPPELLE IS HERE WITH US. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER SAW ON TMZ, DAVE CHAPPELLE DRUNK ON STAGE IN DETROIT. WELL, IF YOU SAW IT, I WASN'T DRUNK. I HAD SMOKED APPROXIMSOME REEFE SOME RAPPERS. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HANGING OUT WITH RAPPERS, BUT THEIR WEED IS VERY STRONG. STRONGER THAN WHAT I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO. THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO SAY I WAS BOOED OFF STAGE, WHICH IS ALSO INCORRECT. I WAS BOOED, I DID NOT LEAVE. >> Jimmy: THAT'S DAVE CHAPPELLE, THE AGE OF SPIN AND DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS ARE AVAILABLE NOW ON NETFLIX. DO YOU STILL GET HECKLED? YOU MENTIONED THIS, WHICH IS AMAZING TO ME, THAT AT THIS POINT IN YOUR CAREER, THAT'S STILL HAPPENING. >> I DON'T THINK THAT WILL EVER START. IT'S ALWAYS COMEDY, NO MATTER HOW HIGH YOU GO, THE MECHANICS NEVER CHANGE. >> Jimmy: CAN YOU SPOT MONTH WHITE -- SPOT WHO MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM IN THE AUDIENCE? IS THERE A PROFILE? >> SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE THEM BUBBLING. AND THEN YOU KNOW, THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE TROUBLE. BUT A LOT OF TIMES YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. >> Jimmy: YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT I THINK IS GREAT. THERE ARE NO CAMERAS, NO CAMERA WATCHES OR ANYTHING OF THAT STUFF ALLOWED IN YOUR THEATER. WHY DO YOU DO THAT? BESIDES THE FACT THAT YOUR SPECIALS ARE NOW WORTH $60 MILLION? WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT? >> THERE'S A LOT. ONE, IT BECAME A THING WHERE I WALK ON STAGE, I SEE A SEA OF CELL PHONES, SO I KNEW THAT ANYTHING I SAID IN THE ROOM, I WAS SAYING TO EVERYBODY, WHETHER THEY WERE IN THE ROOM OR NOT. WHICH IS NOT AN EMPOWERING FEELING AS SAY COMEDIAN. IT'S LIKE FIGHT CLUB RULES APPLY. WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU, I'D RATHER JUST KEEP IT IN THE ROOM. AND THE OTHER THINGS, COMEDIANS NEED THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE SPOKESPERSON SO IF SOMEONE SEES THE JOKE THAT I'M DOING BEFORE I GET TO THAT CITY, THEN I GOT TO DO ALL NEW JOKES. AND I COULDN'T WRITE FAST ENOUGH. >> Jimmy: THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T REALIZE IT, BUT THEY'RE CHEATING THEMSELVES OUT OF YOU TAKING RISKS AT THAT TIME AND SAYING THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE WORLD. >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE HAD A SHOW THE OTHER NIGHT, LeBRON JAMES, I DON'T THINK WOULD HAVE WENT ON STAGE AND HAD ME SAY ALL THE CRAZY STUFF I WAS SAYING AROUND HIM, IF PEOPLE CELL PHONES -- >> Jimmy: WHAT WAS THE CRAZY STUFF YOU SAID TO LeBRON JAMES? [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ] >> I DON'T KNOW. FIGHT CLUB RULES APPLY. BUT I SAY A LOT OF CRAZY [ BLEEP ] WHEN I'M ON STAGE. IT'S NOT MALICIOUS, BUT I HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> Jimmy: ONE OF THE SPECIALS IS BUILT AROUND FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES YOU MET O.J. SIMPSON. FOUR DIFFERENT ENCOUNTERS YOU HAD WITH O.J. AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL THE WAY YOU WEAVE IT TOGETHER. YOU START WITH THE FIRST ONE. AND THE SECOND ONE HAPPENS AND THE THIRD ONE HAPPENS AND YOU WRAP IT UP. HE MIGHT BE OUT OF JAIL IN OCTOBER. >> OKAY. >> Jimmy: YOU COULD GET A NUMBER FIVE OUT OF THIS. BUT THE WAY YOU SPEAK ABOUT IT IS REALLY, IT'S -- IT'S NEW IS WHAT IT IS. AND THE WAY YOU SPOKE ABOUT BILL COSBY IN THE SPECIAL WAS SOMETHING THAT IT WAS JUST SUCH A DANGEROUS LINE THAT YOU WALKED AND YOU WALKED IT SO WELL. AND IT'S SO FUNNY. DO YOU LOOK FOR SUBJECTS LIKE THAT? OR DO YOU JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK ABOUT THEM? >> THOSE ARE BIG ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK. I THINK IT'S MORE OF A COMPULSION. SOMETIMES SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND YOU'LL FEEL A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT IT, SO YOU JUST -- LIKE WHEN I'M WALKING DOWN THE STREET, THEY'RE LIKE, DAVE, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU TELL IT LIKE IT IS. NOT REALLY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS. I JUST SAY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. >> Jimmy: YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL, I'M HAVING THE URGE TO TELL ALL YOUR JOKES FROM THE SPECIAL, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD RIGHT NOW, TURN OFF THE SHOW RIGHT NOW, GO ON TO NETFLIX AND WATCH THESE SPECIALS BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT. THE AGE OF SPIN AND DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
