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That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I can't do it. Sorry. And just turns around and walks back. He has a camera in his hand. Yeah, he's like ready to take pictures. He's going to take the pictures, but then he's like, can't do it. That was such an intense moment. Delightful little tangent from Brown's life. You guys ready for this one?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

All right. So I went to college prep school in St. Louis, Missouri. It was St. Louis Country Day School, now MICDS, Mary Institute Country Day School. I remember like one of the sort of formative moments of life for me was in eighth grade. And I wanted to ask a young lady to this dance who was white. She was very sweet. No names because St. Louis is a small town. She said, yes.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

All right. So I went to college prep school in St. Louis, Missouri. It was St. Louis Country Day School, now MICDS, Mary Institute Country Day School. I remember like one of the sort of formative moments of life for me was in eighth grade. And I wanted to ask a young lady to this dance who was white. She was very sweet. No names because St. Louis is a small town. She said, yes.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

All right. So I went to college prep school in St. Louis, Missouri. It was St. Louis Country Day School, now MICDS, Mary Institute Country Day School. I remember like one of the sort of formative moments of life for me was in eighth grade. And I wanted to ask a young lady to this dance who was white. She was very sweet. No names because St. Louis is a small town. She said, yes.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I was very excited. And everybody, all my friends at Country Day were like, oh, dude, so-and-so said yes. I was like, yeah, she said yes. It was very cool. Later on that night, she gives me a call and she goes, hey, Kelby, how you doing? I'm like, oh, I'm great. How you doing? She's like, great, great, great. She goes, listen, my parents aren't racist. And I was like, okay.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I was very excited. And everybody, all my friends at Country Day were like, oh, dude, so-and-so said yes. I was like, yeah, she said yes. It was very cool. Later on that night, she gives me a call and she goes, hey, Kelby, how you doing? I'm like, oh, I'm great. How you doing? She's like, great, great, great. She goes, listen, my parents aren't racist. And I was like, okay.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I was very excited. And everybody, all my friends at Country Day were like, oh, dude, so-and-so said yes. I was like, yeah, she said yes. It was very cool. Later on that night, she gives me a call and she goes, hey, Kelby, how you doing? I'm like, oh, I'm great. How you doing? She's like, great, great, great. She goes, listen, my parents aren't racist. And I was like, okay.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

First red flag. She said, but when it comes to dating, they feel like the races should sort of like stay separate. And I was like, totally. Yeah, and you were like, what was the first thing you said? Yeah, right.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

First red flag. She said, but when it comes to dating, they feel like the races should sort of like stay separate. And I was like, totally. Yeah, and you were like, what was the first thing you said? Yeah, right.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

First red flag. She said, but when it comes to dating, they feel like the races should sort of like stay separate. And I was like, totally. Yeah, and you were like, what was the first thing you said? Yeah, right.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And I was like, totally, totally get it. All good. And she's like, you're fine. You're cool. I'm like, totally cool. See you tomorrow. Then in ninth grade, I did Hamlet with a friend of mine. We had a professional theater company. Hold on. Wait, I'll come to it. It comes back around? Okay, it comes back around. He's going to Fogelman it. My high school has a professional theater company.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And I was like, totally, totally get it. All good. And she's like, you're fine. You're cool. I'm like, totally cool. See you tomorrow. Then in ninth grade, I did Hamlet with a friend of mine. We had a professional theater company. Hold on. Wait, I'll come to it. It comes back around? Okay, it comes back around. He's going to Fogelman it. My high school has a professional theater company.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And I was like, totally, totally get it. All good. And she's like, you're fine. You're cool. I'm like, totally cool. See you tomorrow. Then in ninth grade, I did Hamlet with a friend of mine. We had a professional theater company. Hold on. Wait, I'll come to it. It comes back around? Okay, it comes back around. He's going to Fogelman it. My high school has a professional theater company.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And they're doing Hamlet. And I'm playing Marcellus. I get to say something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Got a small little part. And another friend of mine, who's also white, who's lovely, we did it together. And New Jack City, it just came out. And so she wanted to listen to my Color Me Bad tape or whatnot. And we were both chess dorks.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And they're doing Hamlet. And I'm playing Marcellus. I get to say something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Got a small little part. And another friend of mine, who's also white, who's lovely, we did it together. And New Jack City, it just came out. And so she wanted to listen to my Color Me Bad tape or whatnot. And we were both chess dorks.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And they're doing Hamlet. And I'm playing Marcellus. I get to say something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Got a small little part. And another friend of mine, who's also white, who's lovely, we did it together. And New Jack City, it just came out. And so she wanted to listen to my Color Me Bad tape or whatnot. And we were both chess dorks.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And we'd play chess backstage to run out and do our one or two little lines, et cetera. You know what I'm saying? And... She had an older brother who was on the football team with me because I was on the JV football team freshman year. That's an important thing to know because I was good at football.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And we'd play chess backstage to run out and do our one or two little lines, et cetera. You know what I'm saying? And... She had an older brother who was on the football team with me because I was on the JV football team freshman year. That's an important thing to know because I was good at football.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And we'd play chess backstage to run out and do our one or two little lines, et cetera. You know what I'm saying? And... She had an older brother who was on the football team with me because I was on the JV football team freshman year. That's an important thing to know because I was good at football.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Anyway, her brother tells her parents, she says, this, our sister, my sister's spending a lot of time with this black guy at school. And her parents tell her, you be careful. He's going to ruin your reputation. Now, Brown went to Stanford University, went on to be like student council president, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.