Craig Robinson
👤 Speaker
5691
total appearances
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IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
No, but it was.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Yeah.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
But I finally then got a call to audition for George Abbott.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
And it was Once Upon a Mattress.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Wow.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
But that was five years later.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Okay.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Well, you try to get into an agent's office and you couldn't get past the receptionist.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
They would throw your 8x10 glossy into the wastebasket.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
So finally, I did get a meeting with an agent.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
And I showed him my scrapbook from UCLA reviews.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
And he said, that's nice.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Well, let me know when you're in something.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
I said, how do I get in something if I don't have an agent?
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Right.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
And he said, go put on your own show.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
I went back to the club, called a meeting with all the girls.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
I said, we're going to put on a show.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
Some of the older girls went, oh, for God's sake.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
There were about 20 of us.