Rickey Smiley

Man, thank you for having me, man.

Appreciate that, bro.

No, man, thank you for having me.

And, you know, a lot of people talk about those Comic View days.

A lot of people that I meet say, hey, man, I was up watching Comic View when I was supposed to have been asleep, supposed to have been in the bed.

I used to get in trouble for staying up late watching Comic View.

Yes.

So, yeah, it's definitely a BET Comic View.

It's definitely a historical institution for comedians.

It was my first job.

You know, my first job in entertainment, you know, was BET, working for BET.

So, grateful for that opportunity.

And I'm glad between that and the prank phone calls, you know, gave you some hope and I hope that it put some smiles on your face.

Yeah.

Well, you know, that's my job, you know, is, you know, to, you know, to give people hope, to be a mentor, you know, to try to walk the best path that I can walk, try to do things the right way and hope that somebody see it and learn from it, you know, because, you know, like.

yourself and myself we had mentors as well uh that we loved and respected and kind of gave us something to aim to you know to reach for yeah or whatever so yeah you know shout out to my mentors and my grandparents and my parents and my teachers yeah especially teachers in middle school and high school when your real development happened you know so uh

Shout out to them.

I'm from the South Birmingham, Alabama, old-fashioned home training where those teachers and instructors will tell you to sit up straight, don't chew with your mouth, open table manners, wash your face, brush your teeth, sit up straight, may I. It's a lot of little things as far as Ricky Smiley's the man and the development of that, where that came from.

Yeah.

The problem in today's society, everything that's right is now wrong.