Anthony Anderson
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I was like, Dr. Kotler, let's go on an x-ray. They humored me. I was like, okay, Mr. Anderson. Took me an x-ray, they should. Came back 30 minutes later and said, okay, we got good news and bad news. Which one do you want first? I was like, the good news. All right, you didn't break your toe. I was like, what's the bad news? You got the gout. Oh, I was like, you motherfucker.
I was like, Dr. Kotler, let's go on an x-ray. They humored me. I was like, okay, Mr. Anderson. Took me an x-ray, they should. Came back 30 minutes later and said, okay, we got good news and bad news. Which one do you want first? I was like, the good news. All right, you didn't break your toe. I was like, what's the bad news? You got the gout. Oh, I was like, you motherfucker.
I was like, Dr. Kotler, let's go on an x-ray. They humored me. I was like, okay, Mr. Anderson. Took me an x-ray, they should. Came back 30 minutes later and said, okay, we got good news and bad news. Which one do you want first? I was like, the good news. All right, you didn't break your toe. I was like, what's the bad news? You got the gout. Oh, I was like, you motherfucker.
If you look at it, it looks red hot. And so if you put your hand above it, you can feel the heat coming off of it. Now I think about it. I was like, well, it is uric acid. You associate acid with being hot. That's just my little way of thinking about things. But if you hover your hand above wherever you may have the gout, it's radiating heat up off of it and it's bright red and it hurts like hell.
If you look at it, it looks red hot. And so if you put your hand above it, you can feel the heat coming off of it. Now I think about it. I was like, well, it is uric acid. You associate acid with being hot. That's just my little way of thinking about things. But if you hover your hand above wherever you may have the gout, it's radiating heat up off of it and it's bright red and it hurts like hell.
If you look at it, it looks red hot. And so if you put your hand above it, you can feel the heat coming off of it. Now I think about it. I was like, well, it is uric acid. You associate acid with being hot. That's just my little way of thinking about things. But if you hover your hand above wherever you may have the gout, it's radiating heat up off of it and it's bright red and it hurts like hell.
And are you loving D.C.? Loving D.C. is Chocolate City. It was at the beginning of gentrification. And at 17, 18 years old, I didn't really understand or know what gentrification was, even though I was at the beginning of it in Washington, D.C. The Washington Wizards, their basketball team, used to be called the Washington Bullets.
And are you loving D.C.? Loving D.C. is Chocolate City. It was at the beginning of gentrification. And at 17, 18 years old, I didn't really understand or know what gentrification was, even though I was at the beginning of it in Washington, D.C. The Washington Wizards, their basketball team, used to be called the Washington Bullets.
And are you loving D.C.? Loving D.C. is Chocolate City. It was at the beginning of gentrification. And at 17, 18 years old, I didn't really understand or know what gentrification was, even though I was at the beginning of it in Washington, D.C. The Washington Wizards, their basketball team, used to be called the Washington Bullets.
but because it was the murder capital of the world at one particular time in the 80s. And they had been the Washington Bullets forever.
but because it was the murder capital of the world at one particular time in the 80s. And they had been the Washington Bullets forever.
but because it was the murder capital of the world at one particular time in the 80s. And they had been the Washington Bullets forever.
So they were like, maybe we need to change the name of the team.
So they were like, maybe we need to change the name of the team.
So they were like, maybe we need to change the name of the team.
Washington Murderers. Yeah, right. So they changed the name from the Washington Bullets to the Washington Wizards. Just a little something for you.
Washington Murderers. Yeah, right. So they changed the name from the Washington Bullets to the Washington Wizards. Just a little something for you.