Jeremi George

Drew interviews actor, scriptwriter, and new and thriving comedian, Jeremi George about his first year, and experience getting into comedy.  The two also chat about the benefit of comedy classes, the importance of knowing your own value, and much more.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:23

Welcome back to the Clean Comedy Chats podcast. I'm your host, Drew Davis. This is a podcast where we interview each week a different comedian from the Clean Comedy Collective. And we've made it to 10 episodes. We've we've done it to the entirety of the Fast and Furious series online. We have as many episodes as they have Fast and Furious movies if you just count the canon movies. Um I'm very excited about our uh podcast guest today, Jeremy George. Jeremy's with us. Jeremy, how's it going?

SPEAKER_01 0:52

Good, man. Thank you so much for having me, Drew. Thank you for this platform, man. This is this is great. This is awesome. I didn't know it's you said clean comedy. You said clean, right? Yeah, yeah. Oh man, I logged into the wrong podcast. I gotta go. I'll be back.

SPEAKER_00 1:04

No, I'm just gonna put your put your pants back on and we'll just roll with it. It's fine.

SPEAKER_01 1:08

So just kidding, man. Thank you so much for having me, bro.

SPEAKER_00 1:12

Yep, I'm glad you're here. Uh so Jeremy is out of uh Virginia, and we're gonna we'll get to talking to him here more in a second. But uh, you all know how we do at the beginning of the podcast. I like to just let everyone know. Uh, if you like what you see and you want to see or hear more of it, uh check us out at cleancomedycollective.com. Uh, there's a lot of things you can do on that website, including to listen to some of our previous episodes. We've we've we've had nine other amazing guests, and we'll have more to come each Saturday. So look would love for you to discover your new favorite comedian from listening to our podcast. Uh, there's other things you can check out. So we have a network of as as I'm speaking, because I just we just added a few more today. I believe we have 215 clean comedians from about 33 states, including Washington, DC, which I realize doesn't count as a state. I learned that today when I added a DC comic. It you can't call you have to say Washington, DC. It's not like in Washington or Pennsylvania or anything. So uh, and then um we also have the uh shows. You can check out what clean comedy collective shows are closest to you. Uh, if you want, if you're a comedian and you're interested in being part of the clean comedy collective, you there's a submission process and you can do that. If you really love our podcast and you're like, man, I want to help these guys grow to new heights. There's actually a donation function. You can donate money to Clean Comedy Collective. Uh, you can join our Patreon account, and through that, you can hear our longer episodes where uh we always uh cut and edit in episodes and drop them, but we have the unreleased Snyder cuts of each of our episodes, uh, which has more content and more conversations. So uh check that out, cleancomedycollective.com. That being said, um, I'm very excited to get into the conversation with my guest Jeremy. Uh Jeremy is a comedian from Virginia. Um, I'm gonna read uh I've just for fun, maybe something different because it's our 10th episode. I want to do something special. Uh, I had AI write uh a bio, and it's just it just man, it makes you sound like the nicest, most amazing person ever. So this is what uh artificial intelligence tells us about Jeremy George. Uh Jeremy George is a stand-up comedian known for transforming everyday moments into sharp, relatable, and laugh-out loud stories with a style rooted in authenticity he draws from real life experiences, blending humor, vulnerability, and quick wit to connect deeply with audiences. Over the years, over the years, Jeremy has performed on stage across the country, appearing on popular uh comedy podcasts, and built a loyal following for his ability to turn his personal struggle struggles into comedic gold. Beyond stand-up, he's recognized as a skilled storyteller and vibe, vibe curator, creating performances that feel both intimate and unforgettable. Jeremy, I how do how do we feel about that? Uh in front of you.

SPEAKER_01 3:47

Wow, wow. You you need to change that prompt because they just lied about everything. No, yeah, chat is gonna only give you what you put in it. No, I'm just kidding. Uh wow, that's thank you. Thank you. Oh, yeah. I'm impressed. Yeah, I that's neat. Like, and so many times when I go places, people always say, Hey, do you have a bio? And I don't normally pull from my website or something like that, but the way that it did it, I I like how it sounded and everything. So I think I'm gonna give that a shot.

SPEAKER_00 4:14

The cool thing about Jeremy that we're gonna talk about a lot today is um in all seriousness, while you've been an entertainer for a while, while you've been in different parts of creativity and entertainment outlets, uh, this is your this is your first year of professional, like like doing stand-up comedy, like getting on stage, right? Like that's that's okay. So this is your first year. So we're gonna we're gonna dive into that and talk a lot about your first year comedy experience. But beforehand, I wanted to ask you a question based off your website. Um, okay. I think this is a good way to start our conversation. Let me just go back to I'm pulling up your website. Yeah, so on your website, uh, I I scroll all the way down and I'm checking out your coming soon merch, which I'm very excited about. Has it came yet? Is it still coming soon?

SPEAKER_01 4:58

No, it's still coming soon. It hasn't came yet. Um, I it's I get so many ideas and so many other things I used to do. I'm used to making merch and stuff like that. So with this, I kind of created it based upon some of the things I was doing before. And now I'm coming up with more ideas. So I'm like, let me just hold off until I'm dead set. I can lock it in and then get some merch. But uh, but yeah, that's that's what it's going to look like. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:22

But I love I love the phrase where the vibe rep the story. And so that I thought that'd be a fun kind of uh a jumping off point for us is uh when you say rep the story, is that part of your story? Is that is is there what what's the meaning behind that? Do you have like a cool story with comedy, or do you or are you just saying like rep whatever your story is?

SPEAKER_01 5:41

Whatever, because everybody has a story, you know. Now, every you know, one of the one of the outfits says my mom bought me brown draws from the thrift store. Like that that really that really happened to go about that.

SPEAKER_00 5:52

Now, when we say brown draws, do we mean they were the color of brown, or we mean there was they were a different color and there was a brown stain on the draw?

SPEAKER_01 6:03

The color I look like I was walking around with a brown paper bag. Um, okay, and so yeah, there it was a color, and and maybe it was to hide the ones that start off white and turn brown. So maybe mom was on to something, like, hey, let me just go ahead and start him out with brown so that you know save him some embarrassment there in college. But uh didn't help it, it embarrassed me a lot in college.

SPEAKER_00 6:23

It's funny that by college, she was like, We should probably do this.

SPEAKER_01 6:26

I think it's a deterrent. I know what she was doing. She she said, anybody, you know, anybody see him with those on, they're gonna walk out. So it was a deterrent. She wanted me to stay, you know, be celibate, I guess. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 6:36

She's put she's protecting her legacy or or more so like conserving it. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 6:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:46

So so you are a new comedian in that uh you've been doing it uh a year. Um, what I would love to know is just kind of the process and of of how how you came to be, how comedy is going. So, like what made you decide uh I'm gonna do stand-up comedy? Let's start there.

SPEAKER_01 7:05

So I I I got to a point to where um I got tired of the fear that I had of of doing stand-up comedy. Because again, I've I've done things on stage, I've written production stage plays, comedic stage plays, and and singing and traveling across the country and stuff. And um I would I would do jokes and make people laugh, and that felt good. I got the euphoria of that feeling, but it's like I didn't want the responsibility that that I've you know even believed at that time that comedians had, and that was being responsible to make somebody laugh. I like to catch people off guard, and so um I had a fear of that. I had a fear because I'm like, what if I what what if I'm there to make people laugh and I can't make them laugh? And and what and what what I went to a church one time, I was hosting their New Year's Eve event or one of their events, and I walked by and I saw a poster and it said it had me labeled as a Christian comedian. So one guy was in there, he was like, I'm the only the one that you know that do this every year, but now they got you, so make me laugh, you know. Like, and the whole time he sat there, and you know, it I just didn't like the feeling of that. Wait, was he also a comedian or was he just well he was the funny guy in the church and stuff, so he he, you know, so he was who people look to to laugh. But the fact that they brought me in, you know, compensated me in everything, yeah, and you know, got me labeled as a Christian comedian, he was like, Well, just make me laugh. Um, and and that was that was tough. Um, and I didn't want that responsibility of having to do that. And so I was fearful of being called a comedian for a long time. Um, but I got to a point to where I'm like, hey, you know, I'm gonna be 50 next year. So I'm like, I'm getting older, let me go ahead and conquer this fear. Um, and so I did it.

SPEAKER_00 8:49

I signed up I would not I would not have guessed 50 next year, man. That is good good for good for you, man.

SPEAKER_01 8:55

Thank you, thank you, man. Um, so yeah, so I I saw the the funny bone, I was having a comedy school, and I went to the class, and then I'm like, uh no, I don't know if I want to do that. I put that off, and then um finally I said let me just go and do it. So I rolled in the class and it was uh you know, I've been running ever since, man.

SPEAKER_00 9:11

Yeah, that's awesome. So uh what was your um so you so you did the class, uh and and then then you got into uh the open mics probably after the class, right?

SPEAKER_01 9:22

Is that kind of how the progressive thing yeah, we can only do one open mic while we were in class, and that was the one that we were gonna perform at.

SPEAKER_00 9:29

So I'll have to that's so interesting. I uh my I so I teach at a comedy club here in Nashville, and then I teach people um you know independently, and that's so interesting because like I tell them from the minute we have our first class, I say uh go to as many open mics as possible. I like so it's the it's like that's interesting to me that it's the opposite. Like you get one open mic and that's for our class. Uh, because men uh because but a lot of the students are really nervous and about going to open mics, and so it is a bit of a process to get them to go to a few, but I feel like it helps them out a lot. So that's interesting. Um, one thing you said, uh, I'm gonna go back to my question. I was about to ask in a second, but uh I just was thinking about this. Um, I really appreciate that you talked about the responsibility of laughter and how that that was maybe something you were nervous about. Um, I don't think that's uh I don't I don't know if I think about that that often, or I don't think that's something comedians think about that often about like it's a responsibility when you're up there laughing. And and a lot of people I've heard who are nervous about doing comedy or were worried before they did comedy, it's the fear of bombing, but not so much the fear of dropping that responsibility. So that's a that's a unique way of looking at that, is that it it it it doesn't sound like you were as much afraid of like, oh no, what if I'm not funny? And you know, people think less of me, it's like what if I don't do my job or responsibility of making them laugh? So that's a that's a unique perspective, and I I appreciate that.

SPEAKER_01 10:54

Um yeah, well, I think too because I know I'm funny, so I nobody can tell me that I'm not, you know, in different situations stuff, and uh I get the opportunity to bomb every day. Uh because I'm joking, I joke all the time with my wife, and she gets to a point to where she's like, Okay, you need to go in the basement with the dog because like that joke isn't funny anymore, right? You took it too far, you know, like and it can just be everyday stuff. So I'm you know, I'm used to having that, okay. Well, that didn't work. Well, let me bounce back instead of that didn't work and then just folding in completely, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. But it's such a self-reflecting and journey when it comes to stand-up comedy because you're you're literally taking nothing and turning it into something, and that something has a potential to save somebody's life, has potential to save a marriage, has potential to you know put somebody in a different state of mind just because yeah, you came up something from nothing and and told them a joke and it made them laugh. And then it's like, you know what? My stuff really isn't that bad. This guy just talked about how his underwear almost castrated him because he had holes in him. So mine isn't that bad, you know.

SPEAKER_00 12:03

Your wear is fine, even if it is brown. Uh right. Yeah, so um now, audience, you you may or may not know this. Uh, there's there's like a great debate in comedy about comedy classes, right? So there's some people you know that say all you need to do is go to open mics, and then that and that's how you're gonna learn how to do comedy. Um, and when I first started, that's how I actually got into comedy, was I just did open mics. I didn't take my first comedy class until I was about two or three years in. Uh and then there's the other attitude, there's the other side, which is like, no, comedy classes help, they can enhance you and help you kind of guide you to have a better experience once you start doing your open mics and stuff like that. So there's always kind of debate whether like comedy classes are good, or or some people would go as far as say they're a waste of time. Um, I obviously, since I teach classes, I'm pro-comedy classes. But what I always tell my my students is I always tell them, like, I think I think open mics make the biggest difference, but I think a comedian who's doing open mics and then also doing comedy classes has the potential to be unstoppable. I'm like that, doing them both. But so my my question for you, Jeremy, is uh, did you did you did you feel like you benefit from your classes? Well, how was your comedy class experience? Um, and yeah, just talk a little bit more about it.

SPEAKER_01 13:11

It was great, man, because I was in the class with people who uh from all different walks of life. Uh, we just so happened to have all guys in the class, so that was even funnier. I said to bro out. Yeah, because we were able to talk, you know, tease each other and stuff. And so to see people where they were and um and and then how they were able to perform at the showcase because we did do a showcase um, you know, after the six weeks and stuff. And so seeing people's growth, seeing how jokes are started, how they're written, what goes into them, you know, we kind of we we went over all that each week, and it was interesting because the very first uh class we were on stage, you know, all right, couple of jokes, let's go. And so now you're telling these jokes, and he helps you, you know, they let you know keep it, take it, work on it, you know. And so it was it was great. It was a great experience for me uh because I knew why I was there. I wasn't there to be taught how to be funny because I don't I don't think you can teach somebody how to be funny. It's one of those things that either they have it or they have to develop because it is that self-ding. So that was great. I understood the open mic concept uh when it came from my instructor standpoint because uh he only wanted to do one open mic, and that was towards the end, right before we do the showcase. Because we were in an open receiving type of state of mind, and he didn't want us going to open mics because you you know, like I know you get some of everything at open mics, and there are some bad habits you can pick up, and there's some great things you can pick up. And so he didn't want us to be so clouded with, oh, I like his style, oh they got more last, and they did this, they did that, and that would then you know interrupt the flow that he was trying to get us on. Now, afterwards, he's like, go ahead and do it. Because now, because I'm teaching you, once you get on stage, you grab that mic stand and you put it behind you, you know, open mics. I see people leaning on the mic stand, they doing this and doing it. And and you can, you know, again, no judgment, you can do whatever, but it's certain things that he didn't want us to come out the gate picking up on is one of those things to where if you end up doing that, that's something you develop, not necessarily where you started. So, um, and and I agree with that, it was cool because I did find myself because right after the class, I'm hitting it hard. I I call my instructor, I'm like, look, I gotta get back on stage, I gotta get back on stage. You know, I didn't I didn't want that wait time.

SPEAKER_00 15:27

Um kind of addicting, isn't it? Like, right.

SPEAKER_01 15:31

As soon as I walked off, I'm like, shoot, I forgot to say this, I forgot to do that. Oh, that wasn't his light, that was somebody filming, that was a recording, you know, like all the stuff that was going through my head. So I need to get back on stage. But I found myself when I was going to the open mics, again, we're and I don't like labels, but we're we do clean comedy. Open mics, you're gonna get some of everything. So now I'm trying to make everybody laugh that's in there, not really focusing on the fact that there's 20 comedians and maybe one guest, and those 20 comedians are looking in their tablet because they're working on their jokes, they're doing this and not fully paying attention. And so what I began to do, and I caught myself I had to make a shift. I began trying to do what I saw working in those rooms because at the end of the day, I wanted everybody in the room to laugh, and that wasn't being authentic. And so I had to pull away and then come back and say, okay, let me just do me. I'm probably the oldest guy in the room. I'm not gonna curse with my jokes, I'm gonna say some things that very adulterous and immature, but you know, I I still had to, you know, I still have to be me, basically. Right. And the cool thing about this, uh Drew, is that um 15 years ago, you didn't have a Drew Davis. One year into the game, I got a Drew Davis. You know what I'm saying? Like I have access, you know, Richard Pryor didn't have a Richard Pryor. You know what I'm saying? He had other people to go to go off of, but Eddie Murphy had a Richard Pryor, you know? And so the the fact that those people um before us and even with yourself, you know, kind of paved the way for newer comics. That way I don't have to make, I don't have to, I don't have to hit my head up against the wall as long and as much as you did if I'm observant and willing to learn, no matter who who it is. And I tell people this all the time, I can learn from somebody started comedy yesterday, has been doing it for 15, 20 years, is because there's something about, you know, when I talk about the vibe and the story, everybody has a story, and it's something that I can learn from it. I might not agree with everything, but there's still something I can sit back and look at and say, oh, well, okay, well, cool. That's that's his perspective, that's his style. Look at the people, he has folks following him, and you know, that stuff like that just tells me no matter what you do, you can be in Waco, Texas with a cult, making people drink red Kool-Aid. Anybody can have a following. You know what I'm saying? Everybody has a tribe, and eventually your tribe is gonna find you as long as you're authentic to who you are. And that's that's what I'm still developing, and that's what I'm I'm seeing early on. And it's like, yeah, man, you know, you you you you gotta you gotta get to a point to where you love yourself and you can look in the mirror and say, I'm perfect the way that I am, and and I love me, so that means somebody else is gonna love me. And then go off of that premise, it's like there's nothing you can't do. Yeah, you know, I know I get there are some rooms that I don't get invited to, and that's fine. Like some stages I don't, but this early in the game, I got people hitting me up, putting me on stage. Now, the other thing is that I'm also a videographer, so sometimes I've been booked on shows because I'm a videographer and I can bring my camera. Okay, cool. I'll bring my camera, put me on, give me five minutes, you know. While I'm so smart, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:37

That is Jeremy. I tell like that's one of the things I teach my class. Like the last class is always called like what's next. It's like, so how do you keep going after class? And one of the things I tell them is like, you know, as you get involved with the comedy scene, find something that you bring to it that maybe not as every not everyone else does. And being a I mean, I I even use that example because I have a few friends that either they have their own sound system or they they can video or photo, and like so you start doing that, you know, maybe you take pictures or video stuff on the uh open mic scene and you post it. And then next thing you know, people are like, Hey, could you come do this at my show?

SPEAKER_01 19:09

But at the end of the day, especially with us when we're creatives, um we we we appreciate somebody coming into our circle that adds value to what we do because we're so used to doing everything, you know what I'm saying? Like we're so used to doing it all, and for somebody to come to us and add value to what we're doing, and that's that's with the video thing, like you know, it adds value. And I I've had the opportunity to travel to go on, you know, comedy tours, major tours, uh, with big comedians, you know, uh Carlos Miller, uh Chico Bean, Michael Blackson, Gary Owens, you know, Tony Rock. So I've been I've been able to be the cameraman on their tours and also create the commercials for the tours that sell. So I got this whole other perspective that I can now bring to a table because it's like, hey, I did marketing for for Tony Rock. So if I can do marketing for Tony Rock, let me show you what I can do here with you know Rocky Rock, whatever the lane.

SPEAKER_00 20:06

Yeah, whoever, yeah. I love that. But that's a so folks listening, keep that in mind. If you're a comedian, like what else can you bring to the table to help to connect with people? Because I've I've said this a few times on this podcast, I think. But you know, comedy is a business of relationships, it's about connecting, it's about networking, it's about you know building building your people, building your tribe. Um, and the more you do that, the just the oftentimes the more you can, the more bookable you become because you you know the people in the places, you know, right?

SPEAKER_01 20:36

So and and I have a genuine uh I have a genuine excitement for when I see them doing something. When I say them, you know, the come the community. You know, one guy dropped a special, like I'm excited for him. Is like I want you to get to 10,000, or somebody else, you know, just got booked as a headliner. I'm genuinely excited for people when they win because it's like, you know, again, it's a relationship thing, you know. If this guy wins, you just never know where he may, you know, bring you in and stuff.

SPEAKER_00 21:03

Yeah, you know. And I love I love that you're genuinely excited when people win. Um, and that you that that you um it's it's so easy, and may and maybe this is something you'll want to hold on to as you continue to do comedy. It's because the more you do it, it's so that I feel like the easier it becomes to like kind of get jealous and covetous about people and the opportunities that they get, kind of like, oh well, I should have gotten that, or why is this person getting that? But I think it's I've said this before, but like I think it's self-discipline and really learning to celebrate the wins, whether it's when it's your wins, celebrating those, but also celebrating the wins around the people around you as well.

SPEAKER_01 21:43

It's one thing when somebody wants what you have as opposed to wanting what you want. So I don't ever want what people I don't I don't look at comedians and say, Oh, I want what you have, because that means I want to take it from you so I can have it. But I want what you want. Yeah, I want to do this show or I want to be booked on this. I want to be booked on that, but I don't want to take that from you. You know what I'm saying? So it's not a thing to where why they pick him? They could have got me. It's like, oh man, they booked him. That's nice. I would have loved to have gotten showed. Right.

SPEAKER_00 22:11

I think as a comedian, it's really important to be objective. So, you know, some people stop at like, oh, why'd that person get that opportunity? I should have gotten it, or I really want that opportunity. I think a healthier way to look at it is when you see someone you know get an opportunity you want, look genuinely ask the question, why did that person get that? And then answer it like, well, maybe it's because they did this room, or maybe it's because they knew this person, or maybe it's because of whatever it is. And then as comedians, you know, we can we can do the same thing. If going performing at this open mic puts me in front of a room with this guy who books this show, then yeah, I can go to that open mic. If you know, if sending this email to this person is how I get connected over here, then yeah, I'll send that email, you know. Um and so and also sometimes it being transparent when it I feel like this happens the more you do comedy, you start seeing the patterns. If there's a room you're trying to get booked all the time and it don't feel like it's working, take a minute to look at the people who are getting it booked at that room. And if their styles are completely different than yours, maybe that gives you permission to be like, you know what, it's okay that I'm not getting booked at this room.

SPEAKER_01 23:21

Yeah, it's like this is what they're like, you know, for me, like a a dark room, you know, like I I just know if it's a show and it's dark and it's you know it's lingerie night or something like that. Like I know you're not, you know, I'm not offended that I didn't get invited or anything like that. It's like, you know, I'm not a fit for everybody. I'm not, I'm not funny to everybody. And that's that's you know, the self-reflecting thing. I have to be okay with that.

SPEAKER_00 23:47

That's tough. So you you started in class and you then you that led you to some open mics, but now see, I was looking at your website yesterday and I saw you uh have a lot of like had a lot of like March and February booking. So now you're doing showcases and shows and events like that. So um how long were you open micing before you were doing more shows? And is it been people um coming to you asking you to be part of shows, or has there been intentional effort on your end to get connected with those shows? Because I know as a comedian, you kind of have to do one or the other, uh you have to do both.

SPEAKER_01 24:20

Um there's only one show uh that I asked to be on. Um, you know, outside of like because because I would do some of the funny bone shows. I've done like three or four funny bone time, and that's normally when they have like a graduation showcase or something like that. You know, I would ask the instructor, hey, if you got a spot, put me on. But you know, I don't that's a show, but that's more so a graduation. It's about the graduates and stuff. So um, so there was one that I call this church because I saw that they were doing like a couples comedy show, uh, or are they was watching, they're watching a show. Um, and so I'm like, I called them, I hit them up, I sent an inbox. I'm like, hey, would you like to have a live comedian there to open up, you know, y'all watching this, you know, comedian talking about marriage? They was like, cool, that'd be great. That'd be a different element. I'm like, all right, great. Um, and so so that's that's one of the ones that I have. But the other ones that I've gotten on, it's just been people hitting me up. Hey man, I got this date. You you you good, you open? Yeah, hey man, I want to do this, you good, you open. So it's and it's through building those relationships. Um, you know, I started doing I started open mic as well in my area because I live about 35 minutes away from the city, and so I'm like, man, you know, I need some mics here closer to me. So I absolutely make it easier to you for you to get there and work on yourself.

SPEAKER_00 25:37

I get that.

SPEAKER_01 25:38

That's that's kind of selfish. Hey, y'all come to me so I can work on me.

SPEAKER_00 25:41

No, yeah, but it's also how comedy scenes grow.

SPEAKER_01 25:44

I mean, it expands when people start new stuff, so and and it was it's great because this is a this is a place that holds a couple of hundred people, they have a bar, they have uh the setting, and I have access to the to the full room. And my thing with my open mics, we've only done it twice, so just for the last two months, and it's been a great success, is because I market it to the public, like I want an audience there, even though it's an open mic, it's kind of turning more to a showcase. And so I let the comics know hey, this might not be the place you want to bring this joke for the first time. This may be that second or third time you want to bring this joke because you're gonna have an audience, and then that's your brand and stuff like that. And so I the first time I did recording for everybody, um, you know, and so doing things like that opens up doors to meet other people, like, hey man, you let me get on your mic, you know, why don't you come do do you know, I got a showcase coming, or we're doing this fundraiser or something.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

Yeah, so I love that.

SPEAKER_01 26:38

Yeah, yeah. And then uh um I I think because I my skill set is clean comedy, I think that also gets me into some doors that um like I wouldn't been able to do this church thing if if I wasn't a clean comedy, you know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_00 26:56

Yeah, so we were talking about are you mentioned uh not liking labels earlier. And so I'm wondering, uh do you do you call do you now kind of brand yourself as a clean Christian comedian, or do you do a Christian comedy, or do you do clean comedy? Or do you do do you hold on to any of those?

SPEAKER_01 27:13

Or no, I don't, I don't, don't know the Christian comedian thing again, that that turned me off years ago. So I don't even I don't even want that label. Um because I know it's a lot of stereotypes that can come with that just in general. Um and so I I don't I don't go out there pushing, hey, I'm the clean comic, um, in a way because I've seen some people use that as a tool to to to stab at those that are not clean. You know, I like I like jokes with curse words in it just as much as I like clean comic. You know what I'm saying? It's like I think some jokes are funnier that way, but um, so I I I don't never want it to be a us and them type of thing. I don't want to go into a room and say, oh man, he, you know, when people say, Man, you were funny, you were great. Well, the person before me was cursing, the person after me were cursing. The fact that you said that I was great and you didn't miss a beat with the whole show, I take that as a compliment. Yeah, but I don't want to go in there standing on stage like, all right, everybody else cursing, but I'm gonna be the clean comic because you know, like, hmm, I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 28:20

We don't yeah, we don't need that kind of holier than thou attitude in comedy, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:26

And because I get that those are things I saw in the church, you know what I'm saying? It's like, no, you're not, you know, uh okay, but yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:33

I can I can appreciate, I really can, and I my hope is that the clean comedy collective brand becomes a place where people know that it's not like for lack of better words, that kind of clean, that kind of just because I in in working comedy and working with Christians and working in Christian comedy and all that kind of stuff. Like, for me personally, I have the very a very similar sentiment as you is where like I just want to be funny, I want to create space for people to enjoy themselves. Um, I work clean, but I love working on not clean shows. I love just being in the lineup. Um, I don't, and sometimes I don't even some some of my stuff isn't completely clean. Like some of the jokes I have, I wouldn't do at a clean comedy collective show. And that's okay because other those are for other audiences. Um, one of the things that I hope people uh start seeing with the clean comedy collective is when we book our comedians, when we build our network, the idea is these are people that can work clean. They're not exclusively clean, right? But the the understanding is when they're on our shows, they're exclusively clean. Like when they come and work for a clean comedy collective show, you can expect them to be clean. But um, so many of them that I've met um have just as you know, just as much dirty material as they do have clean. I mean, I'm not saying all of them have, but like, you know, so some of them just but it what it is is they they know and can appreciate how to do a clean show and they do it well and they add value to our community. But I also think it's important to like try to do comedy in a way where it's not like an us first them attitude with other comedians, right? Right, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:01

And that that seemed to work out fine for me when I when I have that, and people know that about me, you know, they they know that okay, Jeremy's not gonna get up there and he's probably gonna, he's probably gonna talk about some you know, sexual stuff, you know, him and his wife or something like that. And and still, like you're saying, there's materi there's material that I would do in a club or that I do in a club, I'm not gonna take to the church and do it in the church, you know what I'm saying? Not in that way, you know. There's some words I have to abbreviate just because not that I don't, you know, I just because I know where people's mindset are at when they're in certain environments, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, so if I still want to reach those people, I gotta understand this is how they think this is this is Rome, and so I gotta kind of do what the Romans do, uh with my style.

SPEAKER_00 30:45

As long as it's not compromising your values, your authenticity. I think it's very important for all comedians to remember when they're performing, your ultimate objective is to entertain the crowd in front of you, right? You know, like so. That means for a lot of comedians, when you're in like for me, I think about like church clean shows. I have jokes that I know for a fact I should not do at a church clean show, right? Like I just know it'd be irresponsible and dumb to do. And I honestly, the reason I know that for so many of my jokes is because I've I've done them before and I've learned okay, next time don't do that at a church show, you know. But but it but my objective as the person who is hired to be the comedian there is to entertain this people, and if that means not doing certain jokes, then that's what I do, you know. Uh and and the opposite's true sometimes, where like if you're comfortable with it, some rooms don't want you to be church clean, some rooms want you to be regular clean, or some rooms just want you to be yourself and they have no expectations, and so so it's just it's I I so I appreciate that. I'm I'm not a uh labels person either, which is funny because I'm one of the people that started the clean comedy collective. But like in general, I'm just like, you know, we're just here to entertain people, and and and to me, so much of clean is actually more so about not offending the crowd, not offending the individual, more so. And the problem with that is this objective, though. You know, one person is offended by cuss words, but another person might be offended by you know jokes that you degrade certain people groups, you know. So it's like you get just you it's reading the room.

SPEAKER_01 32:15

So um I I I agree with that a hundred percent. I mean, you know, and that's that's the thing when it comes to um, and I'm I appreciate you guys again for having this group, having this, you know, platform because when I was doing those open mics, um, I'll be honest with you, I started questioning, like, you know, do I need to do do I need to transition? You know, do I need to change and start cursing more because like, you know, that's what I'm seeing, and that's around me, and that's probably what I need to do. And then I started looking at you know, clean comics and stuff. And I'm like, well, these guys do it. Like, what's the what's the difference? And it's like, well, those guys are just being authentically them. So yeah, if that's you, then be you, but don't don't compromise because you you you you want that euphoria of of somebody laughing when all day long and every day all the time you're making people laugh without having to use certain words and stuff, you know. It's about being able to paint the picture. Can you paint the picture without using that particular brush? And if you can, then great.

SPEAKER_00 33:18

Yeah. So in your year of comedy, what has I'm gonna ask you uh two parts to this question. One, like maybe like what's maybe like your favorite comedy moment that you've had so far, and then maybe alternatively, like what's maybe like one of the hardest things you've had to deal with in comedy.

SPEAKER_01 33:36

My favorite comedy moment. Um so I did a show at the Funny Bone in Virginia Beach. I live, I'm closer to the Richmond uh one. And so this was my first time doing this new joke that I wrote. You know, I'd done some open mics and I would do parts of it or whatever, um, but it was my first time doing it. But it was kind of along the lines of um, and you probably saw it or heard it, where I talk about I had this dream that I was going to, me and some of the deacons were ministering at a strip club. Yeah. And so that was my first time doing that. And I wasn't sure how it was gonna pan out. Well, that wasn't the issue. The issue was one of the guys that was part of graduating class, he was a pastor. And he about out of the 300 people that were there, maybe because it was it was sold out, maybe 150, 200 is from his church. Oh wow. Now, right, so and I'm about to do this strip club church joke in front of all these church people. Now, the other thing, 95% of the room was white, so there's a difference between black and white churches and stuff. And so mine was more so catered to you know the the the black experience because I ain't had a white experience yet, because I'm not white, you know. Part of me, maybe, I don't know, maybe. Um, so so now I gotta do now. Number one, I'm about to do this in front of all these church people. Number two, most of these people are white. So I grabbed a pastor, I'm like, hey, let me talk to you for a second. I said, How is your church? Are they pretty cool? He's like, Yeah, they great. And I'm like, Well, I got some jokes where I'm talking about strip clubs and stuff like that. He's like, Man, they're gonna love it. He's like, Yeah, he's like, you know, as long as you're not too crazy with it. He said a curse word, and I'm like, Okay, cool. So when I went out there and did my thing, like it felt so good, they were so receptive, they were laughing, and and it was and then it was stuff I started doing and I hadn't even written down that became permanent in whenever I do that particular set. So that to me, that was a great moment. That's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 35:42

Um, yeah, that felt it felt like they were not just accepting your joke, but like accepting you. Like that's what it feels like is when you do that kind of things in a room and it's so well, it's like this part that I gave out, you're like, thank you. Whereas the fear oftentimes is I'm gonna do this, especially in the clean rooms, I'm gonna do this bit, and no one's gonna like it because they're gonna get bothered by it. And then and they feel it, you know, even though intellectually you know it, it feels like they're bothered by you and not your joke. Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 36:11

I made it a point to enjoy myself on the on that particular time, and and now you know that was one of the best feelings uh that I had. So yeah.

SPEAKER_00 36:18

Yeah, that's great. So before I go on to some non-comedy related questions, uh, I did want to make a point to say that um I I remember watching your submission video for the Clean Comedy Collective, and then remember like looking, looking your at your stuff because um I was and I was uh is equally impressed uh yesterday when I was researching a little bit, just um the level of work that you're putting into comedy, um, even even just within your first year, which is why I want to take time and talk to you about the the new comedian experience that you've been having this past year. Um, just just the intentionality of even just how your website looks, but also like you going out and getting shows and connecting with people and doing because so much of comedy is more than just the stage time. That's what a lot of comedians don't realize, is especially especially the ones that start just in open mic culture. They think if you just perform enough, all the doors will open. But there's a lot of other things that you do during the day, not uh when you're not on stage, that makes for building a comedy career. And that was something I was really impressed with your hustle when I first met. And then I really did enjoy your video. I was entertained by your video, and I remember it because uh I I was going through I was going through like the entries that day while I was on tour, and I don't remember where I was, but like this is middle of the tour where you're just kind of like tired and annoyed and frustrated. And like I was I remember your video, like I was going, I was listening to your YouTube video while I was like getting ready to leave wherever I was like like post-shower, getting ready in the morning, like just kind of grumpy, like okay, well, and then like I remember hearing your stuff and pausing and like, well, let me watch this more, you know. And like so it was in so yeah, so that but so um man, thank you. It yeah, so I just as we were talking about the uh putting on good vibes and like creating experiences for people and and and the responsibility of giving them a good time. That was something your video did for me at a at a I'm gonna take this bit.

SPEAKER_01 38:17

I'm a I'm a I'm gonna market with this. Like, y'all know Drew Davis. Look, this is what he said. Like that was an AI. That wasn't Drew, that was an AI.

SPEAKER_00 38:25

Yeah, and they'll be like, cool. Oh, that's cool. I'm a well, uh, I wanted to uh take a moment and talk a little bit about uh because you have an entertainment career prior to comedy, and maybe even it actually you were talking our already a little bit how you've you've uh videoed and and worked with tours for comedians, and um you also have like some uh videography, like you've done some Netflix shows and some HBO shows and Hulu shows. Um, and uh y'all, if you go to Jeremy's website, you can see all the shows that I'm talking about that is it's listed. Um, but I'm I'm interested in hearing more about that. Um, I'm interested in like if you have uh any favorite moments or cool like things, like real claim to fame that you just absolutely love. Uh if you still do if you still do that, if there's interest in still doing it, or if that's kind of like what you used to do and now you're more kind of gravitating towards the stand-up role, or like, yeah, or yeah, just I'd love to hear more about your uh non-comedy related entertainment career. Non-comedy relationship, non-stand non-standup performer related, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 39:24

Um, so yeah, so like when you see like Hulu, Netflix, HBO, that was actually me um in front of the camera. So I wasn't part of the crew, I was in front of the camera, you know, doing background work and stuff like that. Um I enjoy doing that. One of the reasons because my wife does it as well. She's uh she's a writer, she went to school and got her degree in writing, and I I did a film degree and then an internet marketing master's. So um we would go to set and stuff like that and be a part of these films. And so us being able to do that together, those are some enjoyable moments. Um, when I used to sing with a group back in Houston, we would open up for a lot of celebrities. We even did some stuff with uh Destiny's Child. Um one of a great moment was our manager at the time called us and was like, Hey, I need y'all to meet me at this store. Um I'm like, okay. And so we get to the store, just two of us, um, me and me and my god brother Marcus. We get there, and it's MC Light. I don't know if you know MC Light, um Vivica Fox and Jamie Fox. Well, I didn't even I don't even think I said anything to Vivica or MC Light. I went straight to Jamie and we we got a chance to talk and stuff. Yeah, uh we got a chance to talk and stuff, and Jamie was like, Oh, so y'all sing? He was like, let you know, let's sing something. And we were like, uh, no, we good, man. We're not gonna sing nothing. And so like I kicked myself in the butt. I'm like, Jamie was singing with me. And I said no, you know, because we were we were we're a group of five and we sing a cappella, but it was just two of us there, and like, you know, I was just you know, I'm like, man, I just want to hang out with Jamie Foxx. So that was a that was a great moment. Um, and doing stuff like that, you know, we would meet different people, we got a chance to perform on BET uh Bobby Jones Gospel. And so meeting a lot of people, um, that's been great. But of course, the whole movie thing, I I got into the stage play thing. I wrote my first stage play back in 2010. Um and I started doing the stage play in the pattern of like Tyler Perry, how he was doing his thing, and so um my wife kind of got involved with it, which she made things 10 times better. Uh, because my first show, it was like 900 something people there, and maybe about 50 or 60 of them pay got in without even paying because I thought about everything about the show except having somebody at the door taking tickets and taking money. So um but the goal was to take that and then eventually turn it into a movie, same way that Tyler Perry, that that particular model and stuff. And so that's why I started going to film school because my school said they would give me a camera. I'm like, cool, I'm enrolling the school, I'm gonna be in here about two months, I'm gonna get this camera and I'm gonna drop everything. And uh they didn't give me the camera in two months. It takes 10 months to get the camera. Well, by that time, I kind of fallen in love with the whole process of learning this whole digital cinematography and stuff. So um, so with that, with those opportunities, it's like, okay, cool, I want to do film. So it's always kind of been a goal to take those plays, turn them into film, or then do something else. My wife wrote a couple of things, we did a short film, and so I'm more so into the movie side of things. Um but you know, with the whole stand-up thing, it's it's for me, it's like when I meet comics, when I meet people, in my mind, I'm already saying, Man, they would be good for a role like this. They would be good on camera, you know, because most of the big comedians you know, they start they do the stand-up thing, but their goal is to get more than just stand-up, you know, right in movies, commercials, TV shows, kind of thing. Yeah, so so that's for me, that's the goal. And so um, all those things that I'm able to do, I enjoy because I just pull from those experiences and I make those connects. You know, I connect with people that you know, like I know the producer and know him personally that put on a big comedy show. I know the producer that helped discover Tyler Perry. I know the producer that has done done movies with Cat Williams, so it's like I know these people in the industry, and I haven't picked up the phone and called them to say, hey man, put me on, you know, they know what I'm doing, they see my stuff, and and I and I just hadn't pulled that trigger yet because in my mind I feel like you know I still got some more developing to do. Yeah, you know, I'm not gonna take a 45-minute wedding gig that you did. Yeah, that's right. I'll take 30. I just did a show, uh, it was a 20 minute, and I and I and I was able to do about 22 minutes and stuff. Uh yeah, yeah, and that felt good. I didn't like, man, I still had so much to say. So, but yeah, there's certain things.

SPEAKER_00 43:55

I think there's a lot of I think there's a lot of wisdom in there that should that newer comics should hear. And the only thing worse than not getting the opportunity is getting the opportunity and not being ready for it. And then you do it, and it does more harm than it does good for you.

SPEAKER_01 44:09

Oh yeah. Yeah. It's crazy because when I was on that uh that tour, uh buddy of mine, he he knew that I kind of wanted to do comedy. And I told him, he was like, Man, you you ready? You gonna you you you ready if they call you on stage to do something? I'm like, Yeah, man, I can I can talk for five minutes. This was before comedy school or anything like that. I just felt like on that tour, if if they would have said, Hey, we come up here for five minutes and do something, I felt like I would have been able to carry my own. Now looking back, I probably would have, you know, ruined the whole tour. They're like, Well, what we pay for, boo, you know, like all of that. Because it's like, not that I couldn't have been funny, because I would have been funny, but I wouldn't have been authentic because I would have felt like okay, I gotta cuss. Uh, number one, and number two, there, there's there's a technicality, there's an etiquette to comedy. Um, you know, that most people don't understand, they have no clue. You know, I wouldn't have thought to take the mic stand and put behind me, I would have kept it up there with me. I would have sat down on a stool the whole time.

SPEAKER_00 45:07

Yeah, it's uh it and and it it doesn't for people watching comedy, it doesn't help that like part of the whole etiquette of comedy is to make it look sporadic and spontaneous and like yeah, we're just up here chatting like normal. It's like no, they they have a system in place that they're doing. Uh and I'm I'm glad you've referenced the uh mic stand a few different times. That's I'm sure in your class it was the same, but like that's literally the one of the in week one. That's something I mentioned to my students. Uh, is just remove it, and and then I tell them this will set you apart from 60 of the people you see at open mics, right?

SPEAKER_01 45:38

I still people I still see people doing that's amazing. And and for me, it it I understood it when he said it um in my class, but also from a videographer standpoint because I'm like, Yeah, that's one thing I hate is somebody standing you know right behind because it messes up my shot, you know what I'm saying? So I understood it even from that perspective too. Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 45:56

Yeah, well, that's cool. And it's so so it sounds like all of your entertainment endeavors, whether it's been music, whether it's been videography, uh stand-up performing, like they all do have a place where they kind of connect to each other a little bit, right?

SPEAKER_01 46:10

They do that. They do when I when my cousin, um, his daughter, he's not online, but his daughter told him that I was doing comedy because when we did when we did the first showcase, I put that out, and he called me. He was like, Man, it's about time. He's like, I told her that you know, this is this is this is where Jeremy's supposed to be. Yeah, he did the plays, he done movies, he recorded an album and all this other stuff. But this comedy thing, this is what he was telling Doris comedy thing, this is where Jeremy should have always been. Um yeah, and it felt good to say that.

SPEAKER_00 46:41

I mean for him to say that's very I'm sure that's very affirming, right? Like when you get into something new, but your your people, your tribe, your community, you're like, No, we see this for you. That's right.

SPEAKER_01 46:50

It it's affirming, but it also it also helps me understand that there's things about each and every one of us that we don't see and other people see in us. And you know, for for some reason, some people can look at us and see the greatness in us before we see it in ourselves and stuff. And so those are moments, those are times to where I can look back and say, you know what, it's something in me that people see that I'm failing to look at. And it's like, why can't I see me the way that other people see me? You know, other people that matter, you know what I'm saying? Other people that, you know, because some people can look at me and say, you know, but people that matter, it's like, why why can't I see the greatness that they see? And you know, so the goal and the work is to get rid of those distractions that that you have that keep you from seeing that because your greatness is there, it is there regardless. Every I think every I feel like everybody has greatness in them, whatever that may be. And it's it's it's up to us to try to remember that and discover that. So yeah, we all I mean, yeah, if the I mean, and we can talk about this both as Christians with that God-given value that each I mean, God has made us all great and with something to contribute and some kind of gift and talent and skill set, and uh a lot of us we can stop at made in made in made in God's image, like if we if we really grasp that and and God dwelling within us, like if we just really grasp that, it's like, oh, when I look in the mirror, I'm you know, when I say I love you in the mirror, I'm saying I love you to God because God is in me, you know, and I'm being appreciative of his creation and stuff. So I think the more that we are thankful for, the more that we get to be thankful for.

SPEAKER_00 48:27

I agree, I love that. Uh well, uh the we're gonna move to the uh ask a comedian part of our show. So this is where uh people have sent in through Facebook, Instagram, threads, email randomly, just getting to me with uh random questions that they like me to ask the comedians on um on the podcast. And so anyone listening, just a reminder, you can literally hit the uh there's like a message, message me button on whatever you're listening to the podcast. You can send us an email, you can write to any of our Instagram or website, or if you just find me in public and tell me if you have a question that you want me to add my list. We'll we'll get it there. So uh Jeremy, the way it works is I have my list of all the questions that we've uh been keeping up with um for to ask the comedians, and I'm gonna ask you to give me a number between one and one and thirty-five. Uh, we'll do this a couple times, and basically the number you get yeah, and the number you give me will dictate which question I'm asking. So whenever you're ready, drop drop me a number.

SPEAKER_01 49:30

Um let's go with 21.

SPEAKER_00 49:35

21. All right, so 21 comes from Facebook from a friend named Justin Daniels. He said, Oh boy. You we don't have to do this one if you don't want to, but it the question is read your last text message.

SPEAKER_01 49:49

Read my last text message. Let's see.

SPEAKER_00 49:54

I can't remember if I said this or not, but like some of the most of these have to do with comedy and some of them do not. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 50:01

Um it was to my daughter. Can you come and open the front door? Um you lock yourself out? Well, I only took the key to the car and I didn't realize it till we got out. Me and my wife, and I'm like, uh, I don't have the keys to the house. I just got the car because you know how you can pull your car key like off the thing. Yeah, and so yeah, I did that, and so I just had the car key. So my my 15-year-old, I was hoping she wasn't in the shower or had her headphones on or whatever, because we would have been stuck outside still. Right.

SPEAKER_00 50:30

You would you would have been living, you would have been still out there. So we would have had to do the podcast outside. So oh yeah, okay, fair. Thank you for that. That was a that's that's a random one. So let's see. Uh, one through one through 30, what did I say? 30 uh five uh without 21.

SPEAKER_01 50:45

Yeah, let's do let's do 10.

SPEAKER_00 50:47

10. All right. Um this one comes from Brian Akerson on threads, and it says, Why do people in the audience um want to tell you a joke after you've just finished telling them jokes? And then we're like, you can use that in your set.

SPEAKER_01 51:05

Yep. Um I think I think everybody wants to be a part of something that they see is um or that they uh they imagine or have this illusion of success. So if they feel like you were good and that you're going somewhere, people want to be attached to that. So who wouldn't want to say, man, yeah, I remember I gave Kevin Hart this joke after one of his shows, and now he's doing it. So maybe they just want to attach on to your success. Um, and I'm trying to be optimistic about it, but yeah, in some cases, your jokes were just that bad. Uh, they tried to give you something to go.

SPEAKER_02 51:44

This might help.

SPEAKER_01 51:45

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They they're saying it to you so you can say it back to them so now they can laugh. Right. They haven't laughed the whole night.

SPEAKER_00 51:52

And I think, and I think uh sometimes it's like you shared the special moment with them, they kind of want to share it in the same way. Like, well, your jokes are funny. Here's something that's entertaining to me that I want to give to you.

SPEAKER_02 52:02

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 52:03

Well, I do like the idea. Or some of them are like, you might need this joke more than yeah. Take this one.

SPEAKER_01 52:08

You don't owe me anything for it. Yeah, all right.

SPEAKER_00 52:11

Let's do one more. One through 35, not 21 and not 10.

SPEAKER_01 52:16

All right, let's do um 32.

SPEAKER_00 52:21

32. All right. This one comes from Facebook from John Ordor. Uh Order or Dorver? I don't from it comes from Facebook from John. John Over. And yeah, and his his question is are your parents disappointed in your choice of career?

SPEAKER_01 52:41

Um I'm going to say no. Um, but they're both past. So anything I say is like, you know, it's it's you can't no and you can't prove otherwise. You can't verify it, you know. Uh but no, I I know they are. Yeah, I know they are. Yeah. That's cool. That's good.

SPEAKER_00 53:07

I uh my my mom still still exists, and it was interesting when uh she never really loved that I I did comedy as much as I did, especially when I first started. And uh and then even so I did it full time for a few years, and um when I kind of told her that it was what it was it, she she took it very well in that she wasn't like, yes, I'm so excited for your career, but she was supportive, like she found ways to be supportive, even though and I I feel like for parents that's got to be a tough thing, is like when you want to be there for your kid, but maybe maybe you know, I don't know. Because like I feel like it's challenging for a parent if your kid decides to go into any kind of entertainment because as a parent, you want their security and stuff like that, and nothing says, Will he pay for rent? Like telling your mom that you're gonna become a stand-up comedian. So but stand up and need right now.

SPEAKER_01 53:59

When my mom was alive when I was doing the stage plays and stuff, she was very proud. Um, like she would um because one of my characters was basically her. Um, and and so she was very proud, she would tell people about it. She never questioned any of the thing that I did as far as entertainment because I was in high school entertaining, I was on stage in high school and stuff, so she knew that I would always do something. Um, so she never had an issue with that. I think um had she still been alive when I started doing stand-up, she would be the same way. And definitely my dad, because he was into they they he loved laughing. He, you know, my brother, he loved laughing. We would have, you know, I was in a house full of comedians because it was a bunch of funny stuff that always took place, especially with my mom. Um so I I feel like that they would, yeah, they would definitely be on board and be and be proud of me for it. So yeah. Now as far as how successful he's gonna be at it, I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 54:56

Yeah, that's cool.

SPEAKER_01 54:58

I think I think it's uh so important when we when with just when we especially with our family, when we see take note of the things that truly are life-giving to them because it may be different than what's life-given to you, but like wanting them to pursue the things that really make them love life is so important, so right, but right, especially when you got people that's known you all your life, and then they come and say, Wow, now you're finally stepping into this thing that I've seen in you since you was a kid, you know, that that says something, and so you know, again, it's it's your journey, so you still have to feel that out. But you know, I don't take that lightly when I hear that from people that you know that I grew up with, my cousins and stuff.

SPEAKER_00 55:37

Yeah, for sure. Well, Jeremy, thank you so much for doing this interview with me. This has been fun and really insightful. This is a fun one for me because uh I feel like maybe we've had like one phone conversation, uh, apart from this, and then then this conversation. So it's always fun to get to know. Uh, and I still like you. I don't know if you still like me after this. Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_01 55:55

Hey, I told you, man. I'm gonna get I'm gonna probably get a Drew Davis tattoo and say, hey man, this is you know, scan this QR code on my arm and watch what Drew says about my set, you know.

SPEAKER_00 56:04

I love that. I I I think that's the best decision you could possibly make, and it would have no long-lasting bad consequences for you. I don't know, man. It's all good. Well, uh, since uh since you don't have the tattoo yet, is there any uh tell uh our audience if there's any places that they can find you, anything you want to plug? What what's going on that we can help support you with?

SPEAKER_01 56:25

Yeah, just just find me on social media. It's uh Jeremy George Comedy, and it's Jeremy J-E-R-E-M-I George Comedy. Uh I'm on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, uh, what's the other one? TikTok. And I think I'm on threads. Yeah, I I got a thing on threads, which I have no clue what threads is, but uh Jeremy George Um Comedy. And then the website is just Jeremy George.com. So you can find me, find me there.

SPEAKER_00 56:54

Yeah, that'd be great. He's got a part of some good shows. You got some cool stuff on Instagram. Um, and while you're uh while you guys are if you want, it's it's all linked on uh his website's gonna be linked on this episode on the notes. So you can just if you want to save yourself some time, just scroll down and press the jeremy george.com or Jeremy George, depending on what you're on. Um, and uh course so with the last minute plug. Uh, if you love what we're doing here, check us out at cleancomedycollective.com. Uh Jeremy is in the Virginia section of our comedians, and I'm in the Tennessee section if you want to look more into us. Uh, but there's also like almost 200, or there's more than 200 or so other comedians part of it. Uh, you can check out what shows we have going on that the clean comedy collective is part of. You can uh if you're a comedian, you can apply to be part of the clean comedy collective. You can look at previous episodes, you can join our Patreon and hear longer episodes or just feel good about yourself for donating money to a good cause. Um, and uh, you know what you could join the Patreon and never listen to any of the longer episodes if you want. We won't we won't be bothered. Um, but yeah, this has been a great chat. Uh, and we're looking forward to our next one next week. So thank you all so for tuning in. Jeremy, thanks for being here. Thank you for having me, man. Thank you guys for listening to.

SPEAKER_01 58:05

I really appreciate that.

SPEAKER_00 58:06

Yeah, we'll see you all next week. Have a great one.

unknown 58:12

You're welcome.