Earthquake’s Wild Military Stories, How Steve Harvey Made Him + His New Bill Burr Sitcom
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What military experiences does Earthquake share about his time in Okinawa?
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Yeah, get it on. Got to get it on. No choice but to get it on. They mandate you get it on. Legendary comedian Earthquake is in studio. Good to see you, my friend. Good to see you, my brother, my brother, my brother. I was interested when I was reading up on you coming in today that you were in the Air Force for years. Nine years. Nine years. Yes. Nine. Is that an odd number to be in the service?
Well, I mean, I wanted to do 20. But the war broke out.
Because mostly you're here four years, and then I re-up for another four years. Right. But nine's an odd number.
Well, I re-upped for another four, and then I wanted to get out. Then the war broke out, and since I loaded missiles, they had us on stop-loss. That's the very important piece of certain— If a war break out, that long contract you got, it's a stop loss that you cannot, you're essential that you couldn't get out. So they mandatory extended you. Because your job is loading up munitions? Yes, I loaded AIM-9s, AIM-7s on F-15, nuclear weapons on B-52s.
Well, we got to get into that because that's interesting to me.
Yeah, I mean, I dropped one one time, though.
On the ground.
Yeah.
I want to hear about that. Well, B-52, by the way, B-52s have been in use for like 65 years. Yeah, they perfect. Incredibly old plane that they just never. So you were in charge of loading ordnance on those planes.
Yes. Always nuclear or not always? Not conventional. It all depends on the aircraft. Uh-huh. You know, F-15s, usually no. Didn't have nuclear. B-52s did.
Oh, sure. Yeah. Bombers. Bombers. Versus fighters.
Yeah.
You know what's interesting? I think I was working on a production once, and we'll circle back to this, but I was looking at one of those rigs that they keep the cameras on with the wheels. And if you picture those... In Hollywood, you jack them up with your foot, they come up, you let them out, they come back down again, they maneuver, they're totally precision, right? So I'm a mechanical guy, so I was just sitting on set and I was looking at the camera guy And I said, wow, that's a really intricate rig. It's really interesting. And he goes, guess where they're made? And I just went, Germany. Hello? Like, it's Germany. It's not Mexico. It's not Jamaica. It's Germany. That's who makes that shit. And then he goes, yeah, it's made in Germany.
I go, of course it's made in Germany. Then he said... You know what they're originally for? What? Loading up bombs. If you picture one of those camera dollies with the jig and the thing that scissors up and lifts the thing from the ground all the way back, you go, oh, yeah, that's what Germans used to put bombs in airplanes in World War II.
Yeah, we had – they was jammers for us, you know, the rack that goes into the belly of the B-52.
Yeah.
That is incredible. By the way, they're going to operate the B-52s through 2050, and they were started in the 50s.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What military experiences does Earthquake share about his time in Okinawa?
0:00–6:13
2
How does Earthquake describe the competition for women while in the military?
6:13–15:38
3
What humorous stories does Earthquake tell about dating in Japan?
15:38–46:35
4
How did Earthquake transition from military life to comedy?
46:35–49:11
5
What differences exist in how Black and White families deal with death?
49:11–50:19
6
How does Earthquake reflect on his parents' funerals?
50:19–50:45
7
What are the financial burdens associated with funerals?
50:45–51:42
8
How do societal perceptions of dyslexia differ across races?
51:42–1:42:32
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