Beyond the Punchline: Mastering Business & Life from Bruce Bruce

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[01:41] I had a watch party at my house, so I have like 27 first cousins. We were all at the crib, like we were at a comedy club. [01:49] with popcorn, maybe some adult beverages. Yes, sir. We were laughing our butts off. That's good. I like that. I like to hear that. Yes, sir. So tell us about how that show came to be, man. [02:01] Well, it's like this, man. I had did a special like that in 15 years, actually 16. And, man, let me tell you, man. [02:09] Everybody said, why you wait so long? Well, see, the first time, the first time I did it, my mother passed. Right. On that Monday, right? Yeah, I buried her that Monday, and I had to do this show that Friday, the same week. And I dedicated everything to her, which I dedicated this one to her. But I thought about it. I said, what would my mother want me to do? [02:27] You know what I'm saying? And she want me to keep going, keep moving, doing my thing. So that's what I did. But I will not wait this long again. I promise you, I won't leave you 15 years no more. And I'm going to try to do one next year. But what I want to do, [02:41] I perfected this show. You know, when I was working on it, I was working on it. I was adding stuff, moving stuff, adding stuff, moving stuff. And I picked the best out of the best because I wanted to be funny from the beginning to the end. And see, most comedians, they'll give you a roller coaster ride. You know, they'd be up and down. You know, it's funny. Then they go down. You go, oh, nigga. [03:01] that's funny. You go, uh, I didn't want that. I want to be like, look, [03:05] I'm about to throw up. This dude is about to make me throw up. So, [03:08] that's what I wanted and I think that's what I got. You know what I mean? Not I think, brother. You deliver because genuinely that's what everybody said because Bruce Bruce said it so I don't have to say it. A lot of

[03:19] comics in their specials. The first seven minutes, sir, they get you. [03:24] Man, you're laying in the floor. You're laying in the floor. Then you go like, what happened? [03:28] Then you got 15 to 20 minutes of how much longer is that? And see, they ended all right. And one thing about me, like when I look at stuff on social media, and if it don't grab me right then, I'll go to something else. You got to grab them. I heard James Brown. You know I'm a James Brown fanatic. You probably don't know that, but... [03:45] I love James Brown. I got the memoir. Yeah. And I love James Brown. And I heard him say one time he was doing an interview. He said, why don't you grab him? [03:53] He said, you got him. So I come out and grab you. I'm going to grab you. I'm going to tell you that right now. I'm going to grab you. And I just wanted to be the best, man. And I have had bad shows, but didn't nobody know it but me. [04:04] You know, I'd be with my team and something. I said, it could have been better. They're like, what? I said, it could have been better. I'll say, the next show, I got to turn it up a notch. And that's what I do. I try to perfect it, man. And people are going to say, you got to love what you do. [04:18] You got to love what you do. If you like stripping, strip. If you like stealing calls, steal them. [04:22] But you got to love what you do. And like I tell all these new comedians that are on social media, they work at social media because it's great. [04:30] give the people more than the five minutes that they see [04:33] on social media. You know, you got five minutes is great, but when people come to see you, something for them. [04:40] to go home and talk about. You know what I mean? Just go ahead and look five minutes. Hey, thank you. And then you get all the money now. Because me, I've been doing it for 36 years. So I've been getting repeated, repeated. I can go every club every year and do a show and sell out every year. And I bring them something new every time. And that's what I'm going to give you your flowers on now. Because one, I believe in giving people their flowers and when they can actually see them and smell them. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I've seen Bruce Bruce at five shows in the past two years.

[05:10] relevant in every show. [05:12] And I'm trying to. And for a single show. Because here's the thing. Society's changing and evolving. And again, I'm going to say this so Bruce Bruce doesn't have to say it. There are comedians that the jokes they were telling 10 years ago are the same jokes they're telling. Hey, you know what? And don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with that because sometimes I have people. A good joke is a good joke. Yeah. Hey, do that joke about the bus driver. Do that joke about it. I have to do it, you know. But you got to stay on top of your game. People always ask me why I don't talk about Donald Trump. [05:40] It's just one thing I don't like about Donald Trump, and that's his hair. I don't care about nothing else. But nobody should be 80 years old with a shag and a bang. Did you hear me, Player? [05:50] That means he got a shebang. Did you hear what I said? [05:53] And, you know, we all see people know. [05:55] You're playing crazy. Donald Trump told you from the beginning what he was going to do. No surprises. I mean, no surprises. So one thing I can say, he didn't lie. He didn't lie about that. And he do the same. So what you get is what you got. So he told you from the beginning. There it is. Yeah. I love it. [06:14] Yeah. I love it. [06:15] So let's talk about this longevity you have, man, because in your world, you get comics that are here today, gone tomorrow. You got the social media comics that it's cute to be funny and silly, but then you got to be real. Like you got to be able to take that and then go live or go corporate or have real conversations. You're one of a very few people. And I'm just going to say it. [06:37] that also look like us that's just been here for a long time, brother. Like, what has been your secret? I shouldn't even say secret.

[06:46] Because I don't like that. Okay. Because you put in the work, and I know that that's part of it. You put in the work to stay relevant. [06:52] But also, bro, the other part of that is you still look like Bruce Bruce is 27, 28 years old, too, bro. Hey, man, let me tell you. Like I say this again. [07:03] I used to be a chef. I know how to cook. I used to work for Frito-Lay potato chip. And one thing about Frito-Lay potato chip, driving that truck, [07:11] going from store to store that taught me how to run a business. It taught me how to [07:16] run a business, run my own business. And I let these communities know, even the guys that work for me, hey, man, we go out here, we have fun. You know, we eat at the best places. [07:25] We have fun, but it's still... [07:27] a business. And you got to treat it like a business. Even though we out here, these guys talking to every woman they can see and all that, it's not about that with me. It's about [07:37] Me coming in, doing my jokes, doing it for the love, staying consistent, and come back and do it again next year. I got a wife. I don't need no other woman. I cannot have this. I got it in the house. [07:49] You understand what I'm saying? I'm trying to get rid of her, but she won't leave because I'm too good to her. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, how does it as a business? This is a business. It's like if you go work at... [07:59] You can work at McDonald's. You know, nobody, you might have fun, but it's a business and you got to respect people. [08:05] And you got to have good customer service. And that's one thing I like. I got customer service. I'm nice to everybody. My granddaddy taught me so when I was young. He said the only thing free in life is being nice. It don't cost nothing. So you ain't got to be mean to people. See, when you arrogant and conceited and stuck up, that's too much energy for me, man. I can be doing something. I can be eating some Popeye chicken. You know what I'm saying? I ain't got to be out here. I can eat some Popeye's and give me an apple pie, you know.

[08:31] Like a 36-piece, you know, something like that with a diet coat. You know what I'm talking about. Gotta have the diet coat. You know what I'm saying. Gotta have the diet coat. Don't want to gain no weight. But the thing is... [08:39] Just treat it like a business, but... [08:42] Have fun while you're doing it. I got my nephew working for me. I got one of my grandkids working for me. My baby boy is my road manager. And man, they do a good job. They're really good on the computer. So they keep me on top of the game. My son told me, I remember when social media came out, he said, hey, pops, if you don't change, man, you're going to be behind. And I thought about it and I said, you know what? He's right. And if I had social media 36, 37 years ago, man, I would be bigger than Richard Frye. [09:09] Red Fox, Bill Cosby. [09:11] Hilton Burrell, George Carp, put together. The social media is a good, good avenue to take, but use it right. Don't do nothing crazy. Don't be on there slapping your girl and... [09:23] shooting people. No, use it for your platform. Just like, they ain't gave me a TV show yet. I'm not gonna worry about it. I'm gonna put a TV show on social media. I'm gonna do my own TV show. You know what I'm saying? I'm gonna use that platform. And I'm gonna be the first subscriber you have. Hey man, it's gonna be good, man. It's gonna be good. I am there for it. I am there for it. I wanna go... [09:43] Because I want people to hear this and understand this because I've heard you talk about it quite a bit. [09:48] But I'm going to ask it in a different way. [09:51] Your comedic career, that journey, going back to when you got into the game, you've been authentically Bruce Bruce. What I want people to understand is this. When Bruce Bruce got into the game, the game was call people out of their name, use any kind of language, right? Be loud, be different, attack the crowd, like go do that.

[10:13] Bruce Bruce was different. He was always him every day. Talk through that journey, brother. I see the thing is people, they ask sometimes, how is he at home? She's just like he is on stage. He's the same person. It's not a difference. I'm not putting out a front, you know. I'm the same person on and off stage. Even when I was a kid, I was funny. I was a neighborhood clown, church clown, school clown. I just had fun. I never did anything to him. [10:38] hurt anybody. I didn't want to hurt their feelings. Except one girl with that ponytail. If you saw it, they threw it in a little bitty ponytail. I picked a hundred. Then she made me be her boyfriend. She said, you're going to be my boyfriend. So the thing is, [10:50] hey man, you know, [10:52] you don't take all that to, to, um, to make people laugh. I can sit now and talk to somebody and, [10:58] Let's just say I'm in the bank and it's taking a long time. I said, well, I said, why? [11:01] They working on turtle today. I said, they pretty slow today. And they bust out laughing. You know what I'm saying? Like I'm at the airport one time, TSA going through everything I got. I said, my man, are you trying to make lieutenant? I said, because what you looking for is on the... [11:16] X-ray what I got in my bag. You see what's in my bag, but you want to check everything. You're trying to make lieutenant. I believe that. He busts out laughing. He realized. He said, man, go on, man. Go on, go on, man. Just going through. You know what I'm saying? So sometimes we go too far. You know, we go too far with things, and we just need to just keep it at a minimum, man. Do your job. Keep it moving. I go to the airport every week. I fly every week. Everybody in Atlanta airport know me. Everybody except ISIS. They got ISIS down there, and I don't know what they're doing, man. They just standing there looking crazy.

[11:45] Like, I had a police one time pull me over, and, uh, you-- [11:50] I got a big doula. You got the drugs in the car? I said, I don't have the drugs. I said, now I do have some sandwiches in the back. I said, now I got about 74 Subways. I said, now if that's a crime, you might want to put the handcuffs on me now. I said, but right now I don't care. He brought the dogs out. Man, he was, dog run around the truck. I look up the dog, went back to the police car, just sat down. You know what I'm saying? I said, so he didn't smell that, dude. I said, he smelled them, that roast beef and that bastrami sandwiches I had in the back. He probably wanted that. But [12:18] you know, man, you're going to run into all kinds of stuff. And it's a way to handle everything. You know, even with women, [12:24] Even your relationship, you got to communicate, man. Communicate. My wife will shut down sometimes. I said, well, I'll wait till she get through having her silent moment, and then you can come talk to me. You know what I'm saying? And one day she got mad at me. I don't know what she got mad about. And I told her, I said, whenever you want to talk, I said, you come sit by me in the bedroom in this chair. Put your big girl panties on and sit down and tell Big Daddy what's the problem. And we saw the problem in three seconds. You see what I'm saying? It's crazy. [12:50] You know, I'm that type. I'm calm. I'm not a violent man. You know, my uncle told my uncle raised me. He said, don't ever hit no woman. Don't ever leave. Walk out the door. Run. He said, you can't run out the door. He said, but you're going to be all right. I live by that. You know, I live by that. And I teach my kids, you know, don't. [13:07] I'm going to hit the woman. No, no, no, no, no. Because when you get a divorce, my brother, [13:12] I don't know what it is. I don't know who made this rule up, but the man always got to start from the bottom.

[13:17] I just don't understand that. Why do we have the sun from the bottom? We done built all this up. [13:23] And the Enigids take it away. [13:25] You know, I don't get that. I need to talk to some judges. I need to tell judges, y'all need to work it out. But man, we can split something. Come on. We was in this thing together, player. You know what I'm saying? But [13:34] You don't want- [13:35] you know, it's just life. You know, it's life and [13:39] That's how the law is. That's how it's set up. And I encourage every young man to have children, take care of your kids, no matter what. You know, when I got a divorce with my first wife, man, I was hoping she had a new dude. I was praying to God. I said, Father God, in the name of Jesus, please let me have a new dude. Please, God, please answer my prayer. If you're real, answer me, you know. And she did, you know. And I said, [14:02] But, you know, some things you got to let go because I was told you'd never make it. You'll never make it. You fat. People are going to laugh at you because you're fat. And I said, well, I tell you what, I see you on TV. And here I am right here. Thirty six years later, man, still doing it, still loving it. And people always say you have 15 minutes of fame. I always tell people I hadn't even started on my 15 minutes yet. I'm still having fun doing stand up. Real talk.

[14:32] Then it hit me how exposed my passwords and banking information really were. And that is when I started using NordVPN. It locks down my data wherever I am, even on public Wi-Fi. It's the fastest VPN out there. No buffering when I'm streaming. And one account covers up to 10 devices. And it's the price of a cup of coffee a month. Premium cybersecurity, total no-brainer. [14:57] To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan, go to nordvpn.com slash mickunplugged. Our link will also give you four extra months on the two-year plan. [15:10] There's no risk with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee. The link is in the podcast episode description box. Go check out Nord VPN.com slash Mick unplugged. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I love it, man. Yeah, I love it. [15:24] So, Bruce, one of the questions I usually ask all my guests at the very beginning, and I want to be right here to ask you, is what is your because? Right? Like, we hear... [15:33] Start with why and what's your why? And I think your why is superficial, right? Like your why is probably your kids, your wife or whatever. [15:40] There's a reason. [15:41] They're your why. And I call that your because. So if I were to say, Bruce, Bruce, man, it is 2026. You could have stopped a long time ago. Right. But you still got it. You still keep going. What's your because? What's your purpose? Why do you keep doing what you do? Well, I can remember when I first started to answer your question in so many ways. I remember when I first started, it was a comedian didn't like me and he would never put me up, never put me up.

[16:06] I could have easily walked away. [16:07] You know, I could have easily said, you know what, man, forget this, man. I ain't going to put up with this dude. But I didn't because I... [16:13] I just, it was something there. Some kept telling me, keep pushing, keep pushing. And I've always been taught to press your weight. So, you know, I do it because I love it. I love what I do. When I went on stage the first time, I knew. I didn't know, but I knew. [16:30] That's where I should have been my whole entire life. I knew it. Like I have comedians, I go to them, I say, hey, man, got a show for you, man. I want you to do it with me. First thing they say, how much you paying? I say, hold it, player. Hold up. Hold up. You ain't been seen walking by a TV. [16:45] much less on TV, and you asking me how much they pay. I say, when I ask you or tell you about a show, I'm going to make sure that you get paid. I say, but the key thing is, don't do it for the money. Do it for the love. Let me tell you something. Don't ever run at money. Let the money run at you. [17:01] And it's just that simple. [17:03] Yes, sir. But that's why I got three. I'm an older guy, man. I got older. My kids are old. My baby girl is 40. My baby boy is 42. My older son, 45. When I tell people that they don't believe it, but I was laying it down back in the day. But I would let you be proud of the player. You don't say you'd be proud of. I was laying it down, man, like a player. But my kids now are like the best thing in the world to me. [17:24] and my grandkids are even better [17:27] You know, I love kids. So I got 10 grandkids, man. And my grandkids are like my heart. [17:33] You know, and they're so pure and so innocent.

[17:36] And they're cool. They come talk to me about everything. I'm talking about everything. I got grown grandkids, and they talk to me about everything. And I just lay it on them right, like my uncle did me. My uncle used to tell me, he said, look, I'm going to give you the good and the bad and the ugly. He said, you got sense enough to pick the good and bad and ugly, right? I said, yes, sir. He said, all right, I'm going to let you make that decision. That's how he was. So he gave you a chance to make the right decision. Now, you go left. He's like, oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Come here. Come here. Let me talk to you. You ain't thinking now. Think about what you're doing. [18:04] before you make this crazy decision. So that's where I did my kids. And man, like I said, my baby boy, 42, he went to Fairville State University in Fairville, North Carolina. [18:14] He was Mr. Fairville State. You know, he got three degrees. Hey, man, I mean, I went to college, you know, dropped my cousin off. But look. [18:22] you [18:24] But you know, that just had it. But [18:26] You just got to communicate in every aspect of life, man. [18:31] My manager and I, we go back and forth on stuff sometimes. I get hot. He's like, Bruce, I understand. I understand what you're saying, Bruce. I understand. But listen, I get hot. I get to hollering and hooping. And he'll try to give me a different point of view. And I go, I say, well, let me think about that for a minute. [18:45] So sometime you need that [18:47] You don't need a brother cheering you on all the time. You need somebody to pull your rope and say, hey man, hold up, wait a minute, wait a minute. Before you do that, [18:54] Think about what you're doing because it'll cost you in the long run. So that's what it's all about. Yeah. I love it. I love it. And here you talk about your kids, man. Takes me back to the joke on the special about your daughter. And tell her. Oh, yeah. And you know what? You know what? I'm going to tell you something now. This is what I'm going to say. I didn't like that joke you told about your daughter. I said, well, my daughter's 40.

[19:15] She's been married 18 years, going on 19 years. She got married when she was 21. I say, and I counseled her and her husband. I counseled her from the beginning. When he asked me for her hand in marriage, I told her he can get her, but he can't bring her back. I said, you cannot bring her back. And when they say, who gives this woman? I pushed her. [19:30] You know, you like to say, I pushed up. But if a lot of fathers and mothers [19:36] stop talking at their kids and talk to your kids, you can get your point across. And a lot of [19:41] divorces wouldn't happen. [19:44] See, your lady said, I don't like that joke you did about your daughter. So if your dad would have taught you, you probably wouldn't. [19:49] Wouldn't have had three husbands right now, right? [19:51] She looked at me. Well, it was funny, though, but I just don't think you should have said that to your daughter. Well, I'm going to tell her and I'm going to communicate with her because they cannot move back in my house. Did you hear what I said? They cannot move back in my house. I'm sorry. I called the police. I said, I know them, but they need to leave the premises right now. Yes, sir. Hey, you got it rolling, man. And I know how busy you are, so I don't want to keep you long, man. But I just, again, I wanted to tell you, thank you. You talk about. [20:18] fatherhood a lot. You talk about your family a lot and that inspired me. I mean, I would say, [20:24] Even with my kids now, we're at a point where [20:27] I'm no longer dad. I mean, I'm still going to be dad. Right. But we are friends, right? And we can have a conversation as friends. And just like you, when they come to me for dad, it's more like the counseling, the advice. And outside of that, like we are friends. And I got that from you, man. Like hearing all the things that you do, following you for as long as I have. To be a present father, I think is the most important skill that all fathers can have. And one thing we got to understand, kids grow up and they become adults.

[20:57] Now, I can tell you, man, every day, every single day when my ex-wife and I got divorced, I call my kids every single day. I mean, every single day. Not a day miss, I call them. [21:08] Hey, daddy, when they answered the phone, you thought I've been gone for 30 years. [21:13] How you doing? They're so happy to hear from me. But my uncle told me, he said, look here, he say, you're getting a divorce. He said, I understand that. He said, [21:20] But somebody in this relationship got to have some sense. And he said, don't seem like she got none. He said, so it's going to have to be you to make sense and make things right. He said, I don't care who you see her with, what she say or what she do. He says, your job as a man to take care of them kids. He said, now, if you do what I tell you, you're going to come out on top. I never get to say this. He said, I might not be here to see it. He said, I might be dead and gone. He said, but when it happens, you're going to think about me. And he was exactly right. [21:50] weekend, not every other week. [21:52] every weekend because I was in love with my kids. I was in love with them, man. We had so much fun. And I was almost like their brother because, [21:59] I played with them constantly over and over constantly. And they knew me. They would tell me anything. Even as a child, they would tell me everything, anything. And that's the kind of relationship you got to have with your children, man. Because a lot of guys, they think, well, I'm sending child support. That ain't got nothing to do with it, man. Do you know your child? [22:17] like my dad my mom and dad when i was four or five years old right i found my dad when i was 40. [22:23] We're talking 35, 36 years later. [22:26] And when I met him, when I got up with him, he was on the defense, but he thought I was finna come at him. You know, man, where you been? First of all, I don't know you. Only thing I know that you was my dad. I just want to talk to you. I say, man, how you doing? I say, I got three kids. You got three grandkids. And I say, I got a son just like you.

[22:46] And man, you can see the relief from his whole spirit of his body. Just like, man, is that right, man? He's just showing up. He got to talking. [22:54] And then he realized that then I started telling him stuff I remember as a child. He said, you remember that? I said, yeah, man. I said, I remember everything about you. I said, I don't know you, but I know I got a lot of your ways because my dad was a workaholic. He took care of the family. My mama ran him off. She did. You know, women ain't going to tell you the truth. Before my mother passed, she said, yeah, I did run him off. I ran that joke off, man. You know, and she knows she did. You know what I'm saying? But. [23:20] Both these guys be mad that they did my mama wrong. First of all, hold it. You don't know the whole story. See, it's three sides to every story. Her side, his side, and the truth. [23:31] You know what I'm saying? So find out the truth before you start blaming that he wasn't around, he wasn't doing it. It's the reason why he's not around. [23:37] She done told him he'd been out of the car. Then she got some old stupid joke that she go with, you know what I'm saying, smoking vice-royal. Now, look, I don't need him over here. You know what I'm saying? I don't need him over here. I'm telling you, you know, so we got to understand what's going on and learn to talk, not learn to argue, scream, and holler. I ain't with all that. I tell the young boy, now I got too old a fight. I'm triggered. I'm telling you, I'm triggered. I will pop them. They will see Jesus, and they will touch the hymn of his garment. Did you hear what I said, player? I'm telling you that now, man. [24:07] Yes, sir. Yes, sir. With the man himself. Bruce Bruce, man, again, love you. The floor is yours. Where do you want people to know what you got coming up? Where can they follow you?

[24:18] My goodness. You know, check out the Netflix special. It's called Ain't Playing. It's called Ain't Playing and I Ain't Playing. And please check it out because if you don't know me or you never see me, trust me, when you see this Netflix special, [24:30] you're going to fall in love with me. [24:31] And the thing is, I want everybody to know about, go to my... [24:35] Social media is at my Bruce Bruce. That's Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, all that. At my Bruce Bruce. And tell me your likes and dislikes, because if it's something you don't like, tell me, give me a chance to fix it. [24:47] You know, I'm not going to take it personal. Just tell me I can fix it. You know what I'm saying? I don't walk around with security. That ain't my style. I'm from the hood of Atlanta. [24:54] I don't see it at all. You cannot scare me. You know what I'm saying? I don't see, I don't see Junkle just walk out in the bushes. Just from nowhere. You don't, you walk down the sidewalk. Brothers, hey man, what's happening? Man, where you at? I'm in the bushes over there. What are you doing in the bushes? You know, so I don't see it at all. And, and, and, and it's just all about life, man. And sometimes, like you told me earlier, [25:13] I help you do a lot of things, you know, and, and I help myself do a lot of things, right. And I grew up in a church, you know, [25:19] I grew up in a holiness church. I went to Baptist church, holiness church, and [25:23] I done did it at all, man. It's a [25:24] you know, [25:25] The key thing is just keep it real. Keep it real with yourself. [25:29] and keep it real with everybody else. And it'll make it a lot better for you. The doors of the church are open. The doors of the church. And I'm going to be in Greenville. I'm going to be in the company's only way. I'm telling you, if you miss this, you're going to miss a tree because the tickets are going fast. I'm letting everybody know now. Every time I come to Greenville, South Carolina, it's sellout. I used to come there years ago. [25:46] years ago, man. And they used to do comedy in a hotel. This is before the club even got there. And the Greenville show love, man. And I'm gonna come in there and go to S&S Cafeteria. You know, because they took the one away.

[25:58] down here in Atlanta. I don't know why. But then I go to SNS Capitaine, South Carolina, and I see the same workers that was in Atlanta. [26:05] working up there. So I go show love, man. I go, I, [26:09] I tip good, I treat the people good, people take pictures. Hey man, it's all about just living your life. Life is too short, man. [26:18] You know, rest in peace, Jesse Jackson. You know, I know he passed and everything. And rest in peace to Jesse Jackson. There it is. Bruce Bruce is coming to my hometown, Greenville, South Carolina. I'm going to be there. Family, friends going to be there. We're going to celebrate. Bruce Bruce, we're going to laugh. We're probably going to cry. Our stomach's going to be on the floor. It's going to be Bruce Bruce's fault. I'm going to blame him for it, but I want every single moment of it, brother. But I'm going to tell you, it's three snacks that I like. I ain't going to tell you. They're between me and you. [26:48] snacks that I like. I like Hoosier cream donuts, and I like Cinnabon, and I like that Little Debbie Zebra cake. Let me tell you something. If you bring a Little Debbie Zebra cake, I fight everybody in that club. You hear me? And I'm not a fighter. [27:00] Watch what's going to happen. Watch what you did. Boy, let me tell you something. That little zebra cake? Oh, my goodness. [27:06] Look here. I know there's a God in heaven. I know there's a God in heaven. Amen to that. So I'm going to have links to everything in the show notes in the descriptions. I'm going to run a little teaser and trailer because Bruce Bruce will be in Greenville, South Carolina this week at the Comedy Zone. Make sure you are there. If you're too late, you're too late. That's all I can say. [27:26] Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I will be there. I will be there. Yes, sir. Bruce, again, brother, thank you so much for all that you do. Thank you for who you are. And thank you for the mentorship. We didn't even talk about that, but thank you for the mentorship because...

[27:38] You know how I can tell when a man is good? When they like seeing other people win above themselves. Absolutely. Absolutely. My granddad always said when he'd leave the room, he said, look here, we didn't know what it means, but we knew it was something. [27:50] like a pimp move. He said, if you fall off the mattress, I will see you through the spring. You know what I'm saying? Now, we didn't know what it meant, but we just knew it was something different. And we thought it was a pimp move. My granddaddy was a dude, man. So, hey, man, it's love to you, man, forever, for life. And check out the next special. Tell everybody they got a TV to see Bruce Bruce on Netflix. I ain't playing. He ain't playing. Bruce Bruce, I ain't playing. It is it. Netflix, go get it. Bruce, love you, brother. [28:18] To all viewers and listeners, remember your because is your superpower.