Donnell Rawlings
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Podcast Appearances
I didn't want to be the guy in the back fucking just every weekend, just sit back there and tell them what stories.
I was like, if this is where the best comics perform, I want to be a part of that.
I want to be passed that, because when I got passed,
in the Comedy Cellar.
It wasn't a lot of black comedians working in the Cellar.
It was Greer Barnes.
It was Keith Robinson.
RIP, it was William Stevenson.
Patrice, Dave Chappelle.
In fact, Barry Katz had a room, Boston Comedy Club, and it was Black Night on Sundays, right?
The black comedians would look at me like, they'd say, where you going?
I got a spot at the cellar.
How the fuck did you get in the cellar?
The way I got into it was put the work in, I hung out, got a couple of recommendations, and when it's time for me to showcase, I did my thing.
But the minute I got passed in the cellar, I didn't really care about working there all the time.
I just wanted to be validated as like, this is the spot.