Trae Crowder

But I maxed that out immediately.

And then it was just nuts.

And I was getting... I got contacted by Warner Brothers.

They signed me to a development deal.

I signed a book deal with a publisher.

I started touring.

I quit my day job and started touring.

Now I have a fan page. First of all, at this point in time, Facebook was still the main one.

Now I have a fan page. First of all, at this point in time, Facebook was still the main one.

Now I have a fan page. First of all, at this point in time, Facebook was still the main one.

I didn't think anyone was going to...

Even in spite of all that, I didn't think anyone was going to come to the shows.

I was like, you know, dude, look, it's one thing to watch somebody, like, to click play on a video on your computer or on a phone.

Well, 10 years ago, almost 10 years ago, Facebook was still the main one. Of course, yeah. And so all this was on Facebook. And I didn't even have a fan page or nothing. That first video that went viral was just on my personal Facebook page. So I maxed out my number of Facebook friends immediately. First of all, I shouldn't have been accepting all those people as friends. Because it's different.

Well, 10 years ago, almost 10 years ago, Facebook was still the main one. Of course, yeah. And so all this was on Facebook. And I didn't even have a fan page or nothing. That first video that went viral was just on my personal Facebook page. So I maxed out my number of Facebook friends immediately. First of all, I shouldn't have been accepting all those people as friends. Because it's different.

Well, 10 years ago, almost 10 years ago, Facebook was still the main one. Of course, yeah. And so all this was on Facebook. And I didn't even have a fan page or nothing. That first video that went viral was just on my personal Facebook page. So I maxed out my number of Facebook friends immediately. First of all, I shouldn't have been accepting all those people as friends. Because it's different.

Right.

Like, it's a very different thing to spend $20 and get a babysitter or whatever and come out to a comedy show.

I was like, nobody's going to do that because of these.

And we did a trial run of one week of dates, and the very first tour date I ever had as a headliner was at the Punchline in Atlanta.