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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Adam's guest today, comedian Bruce Bruce. Plus the news with me, Mike Dawson. And now, Adam Corolla. Yeah, get it on. Got to get it on. Dr. Bruce, I said, because I know a guy named Dr. Bruce. Bruce Bruce is here. Very funny stand-up comedian. I ain't playing his name. It's a stand-up special on Netflix. It'll be March 3rd is when it comes out.
It was right at the top when I turned it on last night. I tried to watch it, and then I realized it's not out yet. But I saw the trailer, and the trailer's funny, so welcome. Thank you. So you start off in Atlanta. Yeah. In a rough neighborhood. Very rough. And how does that work for you, like being in a rough neighborhood in Atlanta? What's the home situation like?
Well, you know, when you live in a rough neighborhood, man, you got to know how to fight or you got to know how to just talk about people. I couldn't fight, so I know how to talk and talk about people real bad. So that's what saved me in a lot of things, just talking about them, joining them out, making fun of them.
That's what I did. A lot of people, a lot of comedians say, you know, I had to talk. I had to get my, I could spare, save myself from being beaten up if I could make this guy laugh. Absolutely. Absolutely. And then you get the reputation for that. And then you become a little bit of a protected species or something, right?
And I realized I was really good at it.
Well, it's kind of interesting. I was interviewing Pac-Man Jones not too long ago, and he was talking about the same kind of thing. But for him, he was a phenom athlete. Absolutely. And so their thing was, don't fuck with this guy. He's a phenom athlete. Even he's in the seventh grade. Leave him alone.
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Chapter 2: How did growing up in a rough neighborhood shape Bruce Bruce's humor?
Yeah, he did, but let me ask you this.
Do you think Evander could have beat Mike Tyson at his prime, 18, 19, 20 years old?
I'm trying to think. I mean, you know, that is a thing with everybody. Every prize fighter, oh, but Muhammad Ali in his prime, you know, and there's a lot of that. Yeah. But it's not like... Tyson was old when he fought Evander. Okay. He was not in his 30s, I don't think. How old was their first fight? Tyson Holyfield won. Now, he'd been in prison, I think, and that'll slow you down a little bit.
No, I think he was in better shape when he came out. You may be right. Yeah. I think... I think it's unfair to Georgia's own Evander Holyfield to say he didn't fight Tyson in his prime, even though Tyson was a very scary 21-year-old dude. Yes, he was. And may have been 27 when he fought. But I'm sorry, Mike Tyson in his 20s. Is scary enough. Yes, it is. For anybody. Yeah. Let's see.
First fight, Tyson, Holyfield. Tyson was how old? Was 30. Exactly 30. All right. So not in his 20s. But, Jesus, Holyfield was 34. Yes, he was. But Holyfield wasn't in his prime when he was 21. No, he wasn't. No, he was a cruiserweight. All right, but the point is that was still a fit game 30-year-old Mike Tyson he beat. So let's give Evander some love.
Yeah, I'm an Evander fan.
We have to be from Atlanta, right? Absolutely. He should be the pride of Atlanta. Oh, yeah, he's a man. What do we got now, Tyler Perry? Tyler Perry. He's not Atlanta, though. He's from Louisiana. But he's got two million cubic feet of studio space over there, right? Oh, absolutely. He bought a military base. He bought a military base.
In Atlanta and built his studio there.
Have you been there?
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Chapter 3: What led Bruce Bruce to pursue a career in comedy?
Wow. You know, it was just like simple for him. And he's such a great guy.
Yeah.
When I went to Gorge Washington, I was the only black guy there. Only. Oh, yeah. It wasn't even a black guy cleaning up. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? And I walked on stage and I said, hey, got a question. He said, yeah. I said, am I the only black guy here? He said, yep. I said, okay, I'm going to do my thing.
And he showed me love.
Yeah.
Yeah. Well, you know, he's such a nice guy, Bird is. He is. And his audience probably reflects that. Yeah, it does.
And when we went to Gorge, the only thing I saw was cherry trees and apple trees.
Yeah.
I love cherries. The guy picked me some. The guy said, you want some cherries? He went and got some. He went and got some cherries. Yeah. Apples. They was fresh. Who else are you open for? Well, I've been with Martin Lawrence. You know what I'm saying? I've been with Jamie Foxx. I've been with – never did anything with Dave Chappelle. I've been with Steve Harvey. I've been with Chantney Brown.
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Chapter 4: What is the homage to the Flintstones in Pulp Fiction?
Rectangle drawing scene in Pulp Fiction is an homage to a similar moment in the animated series The Flintstones. Uma Thurman draws a square in the air, often interpreted as a rectangle, to signify being bored or conventional. Huh. Had to do with the Flintstones, huh? Because they're right outside Jackrabbit Slim's. It's that pop culture restaurant. Mm-hmm. It's just part of it.
Boy, I don't get how the Flintstones are part of it, though.
Because when they go into the restaurant, there's all these pop culture references.
Buddy Holly, Richard Nixon, Jane Mansfield. Right. Why is the square an homage to the Flintstones? Because Quentin Tarantino packs his movies with homages to pop cultures. Like the dance scene is... Yeah, but there's a scene in the Flintstones where they do that? Yes, that's what he's directly referencing.
Because there are no Flintstones in the Jackrabbit Slims, but there must be a Flintstone reference somewhere.
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Chapter 5: What are Bruce Bruce's top five movies of all time?
Yeah, well, I grew up out here, and he grew up out here. So like when he does Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and I see... The plumbing van, Jack Steffen plumbing go down the street. I think about hearing those commercials when I was like a kid. What are your top five movies of all time?
Oh, that's a good one. Of course, Ray with Jamie Foxx.
Chapter 6: What does Bruce Bruce think about comedy versus drama?
Django. Django. Let me see. That's a few of them that I love.
What are the comedies, for instance? I like radio.
Radio. Because I'm an Ed Harris fan. Wait a minute. I play the coach.
But Raiders is not a comedy.
No, it's not a comedy.
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Chapter 7: What are the upcoming events for Bruce Bruce?
It was just one of the movies that I liked. Cuba Goody Jr. and then Ed Harris played there. Sure. Comedy, it's not too much I like in comedy. I like the Money Talks with Chris Tucker.
That was excellent. You find yourself watching more dramas than comedy because you feel like you do comedy?
Well, I like comedy and action. So when you got those two together, you got my attention. Uh-huh. Like Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan or something?
Exactly. That's what you like.
I like that.
Hmm. Flintstones with a square. I have no idea. By the way, Andrew, the Jackrabbit Slims part, that part I got, but I didn't know this part. Pulp Fiction. Saturated and fixed in pop culture. Herring icons. Elvis. Yeah. Right. Elvis and Marilyn Monroe and Buddy Holly, but the Flintstones is the one I was thinking of. That's in there. The whole movie is just referenced.
Yeah, I know, but the Flintstones TV series, Mia makes a square. Okay. So it was just through the Flintstones. Yeah, I'm just... I'm just saying that that's, yeah. I get the Jack Rabbit slums farm. All right. Now we got to find that Seamus Flynn slums. We're not going to do it. All right. Bruce. How do you get to Bruce Bruce? There is an Isaac Bruce.
Well, it's, you know, my mother used to say I had to call. My mother said, if I got to call you the third time, because she used to call me twice. And she said, let me do it a third time. It's going to be a problem. So that's how I went by Bruce Bruce.
The special, I Ain't Playing, it's available on Netflix. Absolutely. That'll be March 3rd. Live dates coming up. Funny Bone, Liberty Township, Ohio, February 27th, 28th. That's coming up this, no, next weekend. Next weekend. That's right. And for details, we go to the website, right? Yes, sir. Bruce-Bruce.com. Absolutely. Thanks for coming in, Bruce Bruce. Take a quick break.
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