Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (2016) - full transcript

[indistinct conversations]

[woman laughing]

[host] Please welcome to the stage
Hannibal Buress!

[audience cheering]

[hip-hop music playing]

What's up, Minneapolis?

Thank you.

Thank you, Minneapolis!

Yeah!

[audience cheering]

Yeah.



A lot of people were asking me, why am I
filming my special in Minneapolis?

[man] Why?

Even people in Minneapolis were like,
"Why are you doing this?"

[audience laughing]

"Why are you doing this?"
And it's because...

The rest of the country doesn't know this,
but touring comedians...

know and recognize Minneapolis

as one of the best cities
to perform comedy in.

You know? I'm just sayin'.

[audience cheering]

And also,

four years ago,
I had a threesome here, and...

[audience laughing]

I chase that moment with every visit I...
[chuckles]



Every time I return, I chase that moment.
[chuckles]

I gotta tell y'all something.
There's something I have to tell you guys.

These are fake glasses.

I don't wear... I got...
These are fake glasses.

I just wear these glasses
to make you comfortable,

'cause that's how I am on television.
With glasses on.

But I don't wear glasses anymore.
I got LASIK.

Look, these are fake.
Watch this.

[audience cheering, laughing]

[applauding]

It's fake glasses.

I'll do this, too.
I don't need this.

I got LASIK eyeball surgery.

LASIK surgery, perfect vision.

Perfect goddamn...

Hey, don't cheer for me
like I won a raffle or some shit.

I paid for it, full price.

These ain't no Kickstarter
eyes right here.

One swipe, the transaction was done.

No downside to LASIK.

Except for the fact
that without my glasses,

I sort of look like how Milhouse
from The Simpsons

looked like without his glasses.

I have very beady,
shady little eyes.

But besides that,
it's been smooth sailing.

I see all types of stuff
I wasn't able to see.

Even with my glasses,
I was missing details.

Like, sir, you in the balcony,
all the way in the back,

in the center, with my LASIK...

I can see...

that you're a real piece of shit.

[audience laughing]

And I wasn't able to see stuff like that.

I wasn't able to make easy
dumbass jokes like that either.

But lately, I've been firing 'em off
all the time, and the people love it.

You have to sign a waiver
when you get LASIK.

You can't just get it.

I signed a waiver that said that
if I went blind because of the surgery,

they could just say, "Sorry about that,"
and that would be the end of it.

I signed a piece of paper that stated
if I went blind because of the surgery,

they could just say, "Our bad,"

and they would hand me a cane,
some sunglasses and some jazz CDs.

And then send me
on my lonely blind-ass way.

And I'm glad I didn't go blind.
I'm really glad... I didn't go blind.

That would have been
incredibly ironic to go blind

in the quest for perfect eyesight.

I don't want to go blind.
I'm 32, I'm a young guy.

There's still lots of shit
I want to see out there.

Like, they set up the movie
Guardians of the Galaxy to be a sequel.

[audience laughing]

I definitely wanna see that shit.
[chuckles]

I don't wanna go to that movie
as a blind man.

Even though the dialog
will probably be dope,

they'll still charge me for 3D and shit,
'cause they're petty.

Corporate, they suck.
They don't care about blind people.

I don't want to go back to
jacking off to my imagination.

Not ready for that.

Also, I don't wanna make
the tough transition

of being a newly blind comedian.

Even though my ticket sales
would probably skyrocket

'cause of the curiosity factor.

"Wait, so you're telling me
he wasn't blind, now he is blind,

and he's doing stand-up?

All right, I'll check that shit out!
All right, I'm interested!

Where's he playing?

Eleven shows at Target Field?
Holy shit!"

"Yeah, it's crazy. They're moving
some Twins games to accommodate him."

People will get to the gig
and be pissed...

'cause all my blind material will suck.
It wouldn't be good jokes.

It would be awful material I churned out

to feed the beast
that's my growing fan base.

Just awful jokes, like, "Uh...

you ever smell, uh...

So, anyways, I was at the bakery.

Talk about sensory overload.
[laughs]

So, yeah, the other day,
I was touching some stucco.

At least I think it was stucco.

Shit, man.
I don't know, I'm blind. [laughs]

Turn up.
What else?

Where are you guys from?
No, you guys.

I don't know who I'm talking to right now.
I'm just having fun.

Minneapolis! Target Field, holy shit!"

Did you know...

that there's an
Internet conspiracy going on

suggesting that Stevie Wonder
isn't really blind.

Now...

I think Stevie Wonder is blind,
I just think it'd be funny if he wasn't.

I think that'd be funny if Stevie Wonder,
out of nowhere,

did an interview with Oprah,
said, "Oprah... [breathes deeply]

I never said I was blind.

I just like doing this shit all the time.
That's it.

I like doing this.
I like wearing sunglasses.

And I love singing songs with my friends.
That's all."

I think Stevie Wonder's blind.
I just think it'd be funny if he wasn't.

And if Stevie Wonder came out
as being able to see...

it would give all the other children
that have been faking like they're blind

the courage to do the same thing.

I think Stevie Wonder's blind,

but he does some weird stuff
for a blind dude.

He goes to NBA games and sits courtside.

[audience laughing]

What are you doing courtside?

You just really like
the smell of competition?

Why are you there, Stevie?

How do you even explain basketball
to a blind man?

"Hey, Stevie, Ricky Rubio
just laid the ball up."

"Okay, cool.

What's a layup?"

"Oh, it's when you lay the ball up
off of the backboard,

it goes through the rim of the net."

"Okay, cool. What's a backboard?
What's a rim? What's a net?

Who is Ricky Rubio? Who are you?
And what city am I in right now?

I've never smelt this city before.
Siri, what city am I in right now?

Siri...
[sniffing] location, please."

I know that joke seems harsh.

But it's okay.

I can do that bit,
because one of my best friends...

is gay, so...

you could talk about whatever you want.

I'm 32... 32 years old.
It's a meaningless age, 32.

It's a goofy, meaningless age.

Thirty means something.

Thirty is a milestone,
it's worth celebrating.

I'm not gonna celebrate...

My friend's turning 30...
"Come to my 32nd birthday party!"

No, you go to a dinner with one person
and you go to bed.

I'm not coming...

I'm not coming
to your 32nd birthday party.

Go to dinner.
Go to bed, loser.

[audience laughing]

Thirty-one...

is meaningless.

At least when you're 31,
you still have days on a calendar

that match up with your age.

So, if you're 31,
you can say goofy shit.

"I'm 31! It's the 31st!"
You can say goofy shit like that.

You probably shouldn't,
but you could if you wanted to.

But 32 symbolizes the end of that era.

And one thing I don't like doing at 32...

I don't like showing my ID
to get into bars.

'Cause I feel like...

you could tell that I'm not 20.

There's easier ways than showing ID.

I feel like, if you speak to me
and I speak back, I think you get it.

"Hey, what's up? How's it going?"
"I'm good, how are you?"

- "All right, come in."
- [audience laughing]

"Wait a second, did you check his ID?"
"No, I just spoke to him for two seconds.

Saved everybody some time."

I don't like showing my ID.

"ID, please?"
"You want ID?

How about you look into my eyes?

Do I look like I have
the soul of a 20-year-old at all?

You see all this bitterness
and shit in my eyes?"

"ID, please?"
"You want ID?

How about you look at my body?

Do I look like I have the metabolism
of a 20-year-old at all?

I don't have a metabolism anymore.
Everything just stays."

[audience applauding]

Also...

there's certain situations
where I don't wanna show ID.

Certain situations.

One time, me and some friends
had a layover at Minneapolis Airport.

It's about 11:00 in the morning
on a Sunday.

And we ordered some breakfast.

And I say, "Hey, let's get some
Bloody Marys for the table."

And the waitress says,
"Oh, Bloody Marys? ID, please?"

"Oh, you need ID?

You want ID 'cause that's what
the kids are getting into these days?

Who knew these kids
were coming to the airport

and getting fucked up
on Bloody Marys and mimosas?

These teenagers are out of control
with their raging airport brunches.

'Cause that's definitely...

That's what I was doing
when I was growing up in Chicago.

Me and my buddies, every Sunday,
we would go to O'Hare Airport.

We would buy the cheapest
one-way plane ticket we could find,

and we would drink mimosas
and Bloody Marys,

stuffing our faces with frittatas.

Oh, those crazy brunches!
Oh, man!

We would just talk about whatever.
Girls and sports and our teachers!

Oh, do I miss those days!

Oh, my high school brunch crew!
Oh, do I miss them!

Oh, to be a boy again!

Here's my ID, lady.
Let's keep it moving."

Last summer, in the middle of a tour,
I lost my ID.

Which sucked.

But what I found is that you can fly
domestically without ID.

Which makes sense.

It'd be weird if you showed up
to the airport and they said,

"Oh, sorry,
you don't have ID? Oh...

I hate to tell you, but...

I guess you live in Dallas now.

[audience laughing]

I think you need to start a new life
here in Dallas,

and work hard until you get a new ID.

And then you could use that ID to fly back
to your old life and get your old ID."

No, you can fly without ID.

TSA treats you like you lost your ID
just to disturb their day, though.

They treat you horribly
if you forgot your ID.

They give you a thorough, full-body
pat down if you don't have your ID,

as if you might've just lost it
in your own asshole on accident.

They search your bag,

they give your bag a thorough search
if you don't have your ID,

as if that'll be the time
to commit a terrorist act. [chuckles]

"Yeah, I don't have my ID,

but this plane needs to go down
no matter what.

I had a goal, I need to follow through,
that's what Tony Robbins told me.

I gotta follow through with my goals.

If I don't follow through with this goal,

then that pattern of behavior is gonna
spill over to other aspects of my life.

I can't have that happening."

So I found that I was able to travel
with relative ease...

with no ID.
I was able to check into most hotels.

Most hotels. Not the Embassy Suites
in Downey, California.

They are very much sticklers
for the rules.

I show up at the Embassy Suites,

I had my script ready
'cause I had been doing this a few trips.

So I said, "I'm sorry,
I don't have my ID.

What I do have is a copy of that ID,
I have a copy of my passport,

I have the credit card
I booked the reservation with,

I have my birth certificate,
a prescription medicine label,

and one piece of mail.

I know that this is not physical ID,

but I feel like these six items
are more than enough

for me to check into
your two-and-a-half-star hotel."

[audience applauding]

And the lady says, "No!

No, no, you need
a physical government ID!"

I was a bit thrown off,
'cause I was trying to give her so much,

she wasn't trying to help me at all.

I was like, how do I prove that I'm me?
I gotta think outside of the box.

"All right, lady, can I order
Chinese food on my phone?

And the guy shows up,
'Chinese food for Hannibal.'

Is that ID? No? Okay.
[clicks tongue]

Yeah, can I call my mom
on speaker phone?

And she's like, 'Hey, Hannibal.'

'Hey, Ma.'

'Sounds like you, Hannibal.'

"Cause it is me, Ma.'
Is that...

[audience laughing]

Is that ID? A mother's acknowledgment
of my voice is not ID?

What ID is better that that?
Oh, you a tough one. Shit.

Okay. Oh, perfect. This is all right.
You got a computer right there.

Ah, now, we're good.

You can go on that website,

there's pictures of me,
there's videos of me,

speaking in a similar manner
that I'm speaking to you right now."

[audience laughing]

And she says,
"No, I'm not looking at that.

You might've just made that website up."

"What? What, you maniac?

Are you suggesting that I learned
how to design websites,

so one day,
I can sneak into the Embassy Suites?

In Downey, California,
35 miles south of Los Angeles, you maniac?

Is that what you're saying right now?

Are you saying that I started Twitter
and Instagram accounts with the same name,

worked and built a following
over the years, so one day,

I can sneak into the $110-a-night
Embassy Suites in Downey, California?

$64 on Priceline.

Is that what you're saying to me
right now, you maniac?"

[audience cheering]

"Are you suggesting

that five years ago
I hired David Letterman

to introduce me on his show
as Hannibal Buress...

with a studio audience there,

and he let me do five minutes
of stand-up as Hannibal Buress,

just so one day,

one glorious day,

everything would come together

and I would be able to sneak
into the Embassy Suites,

the likely bed-bug-riddled Embassy Suites
in Downey, California?

Is that what you're saying,
you maniac, you?"

By now, I'm shaking with anger.
I was so angry.

If my name was Bruce Banner,
I would've been green at this point.

I was pissed off.

I wanted to mess that lobby up,
I wanted to kick the door in,

flip the couch, knock her computer over,
throw all the magazines,

'cause then she would've
got on her phone, dialed 911,

"911...

Hannibal Buress is in the lobby right now,
and he's fuckin' shit up..."

"Oh, now you know my name,
you wench, you?"

[audience laughing]

[audience cheering]

Yeah.

I'm trying to bring back "wench."

[sighs] I'm trying to bring back
old terms, like "wench."

"Toots."

And I invite women
back to my hotel room for...

heavy pettin'. [chuckles]

[laughing]

All right, sit down.
You're ruining the shot, all right?

[laughing]

Oh... comedy.

I try to find inspiration
where I can, you know?

You never know where
you're gonna get inspired.

I was on a plane...

and the guy sitting next to me
pulled out his laptop

and just started watching episodes
of that show Wipeout.

You know, Wipeout is based
on a Japanese game show.

People just trying not to get
knocked into water.

It's a goofy-ass show.

It's something that,
if you're flipping through TV,

you'll watch it for a little bit,

but it's not something I would think
you would wanna take with you.

Usually, on a plane, I like to catch up
on something with a narrative,

but he was just watching
episodes of Wipeout.

And this plane didn't have Wi-Fi,

which means that he downloaded
three episodes of Wipeout.

And he was happy, I could see in his eyes,
he was happy watching Wipeout.

And I was happy, 'cause I was watching it,
and I had my headphones on,

and my music started syncing up with all
the shit that was happening in Wipeout.

People started falling into the water
on beat, it was great.

So I started thinking, what...

what is my version of watching Wipeout
on a plane in life, you know?

How can I be different like him?
How can I go against the grain?

How can I not care what others think?
How can I do what makes me happy?

How can I inspire others in the same way
that he inspired me?

And I figured it out,
my new thing is that...

if somebody tells me my zipper's down,
I tell him, "Let that shit go."

[audience laughing]

People love telling you your fly is down

without even knowing
your position on zipper politics, so...

"Yeah, my fly is down,
this is my new thing I'm doing.

Stop looking at my dick, first of all.
How about that?

My fly is down?

Yeah, you're looking at my dick,
though, which is worse?

This was an accident."

People tell you "Your fly is down"

with the same energy as if they just
saved you from getting hit by a bus.

"Hey, your fly is down!

What are you gonna do
with your new lease on life, huh?

Are you gonna talk about me
in your memoirs?

Please!"

"Sir, your fly is..."
"Yeah, my fly is... Is my dick out?

'Cause if my dick ain't out, I feel like
you're over-exaggerating right now.

My fly is down, 'cause I'm not
a conformist piece of shit like you!

It's anarchy down here and I'm livin' it!
What's up?"

[audience cheering]

I was downtown Chicago,

a homeless dude walked up,
"Hey, sir, your fly is down."

"Hey, man, your life is down.
Couple things, hey.

I didn't ask you for shit.
This is a quick fix for me right here.

You don't know what I'm up to.
I'm living life a different way. Wipeout.

I'm living life in a different way."

I'm from Chicago, originally,

and I was back home
hanging out with my dad.

I get there, he was excited, he said,

"Hannibal, you ever hear
of this show, The Wire?

This show is great."

My dad just got into The Wire.
[chuckles]

"Show was amazing, Hannibal.

The story lines, the writing,
so many characters, it's great.

I'm on Season Two, I love it."

Didn't have the heart to tell him that
Season Two was the worst season.

I'll let him... I'll let him finish
that way he can talk about it on his own.

Then I started thinking,

"Why am I judging my dad for just now
getting into The Wire?"

People find stuff when they find it,
you know?

Everybody doesn't discover somethin'
at the same time.

It doesn't make it any less good
if you found it late.

I can't judge him for getting
to The Wire now.

I found out about Jimi Hendrix

because Hulk Hogan
used to walk out to his music.

[audience laughing]

In WCW, Hulk Hogan used to
walk out to "Voodoo Child."

[vocalizing]

And I'm like, "This song is amazing!
This is great!

Who is that?
That shit is amazing!"

Somebody like, "That's Jimi Hendrix!"

"Man, he's about to blow up, man,
with this Hulk Hogan exposure.

It's so cool for Hulk Hogan
to give new artists a platform.

He's gonna be able to tour,
he's gonna sell so much merchandise,

'cause of this exposure
that Hulk Hogan is givin' to him.

It's a new audience!"

Turns out, Jimi Hendrix is dead,
Hulk Hogan's a racist.

My world is crumbling all the time.

[audience applauding]

I'm a little bit older than my father was
when they had me.

So naturally, that makes me wonder,
"Do I want kids?

Do I wanna deal with children's quirks?"

There's quirks that come
with having children.

Do I wanna have a small person
fall asleep in public

and have to carry it around
the rest of the day?

Even though it knows how to walk.
Shit like that. Or...

Like, "How many horrible
children's basketball games can I watch?"

I don't know how many 16-8 final scores
a man can stomach.

"It's scoreless at halftime, 0-0."

I don't know how many back-to-back
double-dribbling traveling violations

a man could handle.

"Traveling!" [imitates whistle]

I'm like,
"This is a referee's bonanza right here.

These kids suck,
but the referee is killin' it right now.

He hasn't missed one travel, huh?
He's heartless."

They gotta learn some way.

No kids.

I've thought through some scenarios
of having children.

Just in case.

Unlikely scenarios,
but I wanna be prepared.

Here's one...

If my lady has triplets...

we have to give one away.

[audience laughing]

I refuse to keep three
of the same baby, man, I can't.

That shit seems so overwhelming, man.

I'm open to having three children,
but not three of the same baby.

I wanna mix it up a little bit.
Come on, man.

What do I want three of a kind for?

This ain't Texas hold 'em,
this is real life.

Get one of those babies
up out of here, man.

You know how goofy that
stroller situation would be?

How dumb that car seat situation would be?

Get one of those babies up out of here.

Give that baby to somebody
that can't have babies.

Her body, her choice, so she can
pick which baby we give away.

Unless we have two girls and a boy,
she can't just give away the boy.

That's... Come on, balance.

She can pick which baby we give away.

If I'm being honest,
I'm hoping she picks the first one.

I want her to pick the first baby,
'cause I'm the type of dude...

I don't like to grab the top newspaper
at the newsstand.

[audience laughing]

It just seem like it got
something on it, you know?

And that's my main message today.

That's really what I came here to say.

If you have triplets, give one away,
and I'm sorry that rhymed.

That sounds like a Sugarhill Gang rap.
[chuckles]

♪ My name is Hannibal
And I'm here to say ♪

♪ If you have triplets
Just give one away, hua! ♪

- I'm sorry. No.
- [audience cheering]

- No.
- [cheering continues]

I promise, give one of 'em away.

You wouldn't even miss it.

You'd forget all about that extra baby
once you got so busy with the twins.

Look, I'm already calling 'em twins.
Fuck that third baby.

I can't worry about other people's kids

when I have a family
to take care of over here.

No kids.
I have nephews and nieces.

Which is a perfect relationship...

because I don't live where they live.

So whenever I visit them,
it's a goddamn event.

Every time. 'Cause absence
makes the heart grow fonder.

I come to my sister's house,
they're so psyched,

"Uncle Hannibal's in town!"

"You goddamn right I'm in town, kids!
Hell, yeah!

Uncle Hannibal's in the building,
what's up?

High fives all around."

"Yeah! Uncle Hannibal!"

And I always come through
with the cool-ass, fly uncle gifts.

Video game systems,
GoPros, helicopter drones.

"Yeah!
Thank you for the drones, Uncle Hannibal."

"You're welcome for that drone.

Now how about you come here
and tell me a boring-ass school story?

Oh, this is a horrible story.

You didn't establish
any characters or anything.

This story sucks.

But I love you.

I won't say this to your face,
but this story is garbage."

And it's perfect.
It's a perfect relationship.

They get gifts,
they get to see their uncle,

I get to feel something
outside of show business,

we get what we need from each other,
then we separate.

It's perfect.

They're like hookers
for my sense of nurturing.

[audience laughing]

I was filming a movie and I did a scene
where I had to act with a baby.

Me and a ten-month-old baby.
There's a couple other people there,

but I was the one interacting
with the baby, and what I found...

babies are horrible actors.

Don't respect the process.
Showed up late, unprepared.

Didn't read the script, obviously.
Not good at improvising.

I could go on and on.
This baby sucked, man.

And it was an easy job for him.

Basically, be a baby.
Visually, remain a baby.

Don't grow up and become a toddler
in the middle of a scene.

As long as you still a baby,
be a baby, be quiet,

make a couple grand, leave.

That was it.

But everybody's not built
for the business, man. [chuckles]

Everybody's not ready for it.
We get him on camera, he wasn't ready.

He was chillin' before the camera started.

I'm holding him, director calls, "Action,"
he just starts wailing.

[mimics wailing]
"I'm afraid of success.

I'm wasting a huge opportunity right now.
I have no future in this business."

They call, "Cut," man,
I snapped out on the director.

I say, "Hey, Shaun, get this baby
the fuck out of here, right now!

Get me a new baby right away,

or I'm walking off set, asshole.
How about that?" No...

I didn't say any wild shit
like that, man.

But guess what?
I work with very intuitive, smart people.

They read my frustration,
they saw the situation,

so they got a new baby
in there right away.

Because you can't just
hire one baby for a job.

You gotta have a back-up baby.

Them motherfuckers are unpredictable.
So...

we get the back-up baby and then
had the same problem.

We holding him...
"Action!"

[mimics wailing]
"I'm not about my paper.

I have very short-term thinking.

Hannibal will never work with me again."

"Get him out of here, Shaun!"

Man, we got a third baby in there.

What a pro.

What a pro.
He came in, knocked it out.

Ten minutes, three takes.

He did something a little different
each take, he was amazing.

Came in, made a couple grand,
bounced out like a G.

He came in there a baby,

he left a member
of the Screen Actors Guild.

If he ever needs anything from me,
recommendation, I'll help him out.

Who knows?
That kid might be the next Brad Pitt.

Twenty years from now, he's giving me
all them Morgan Freeman roles

and shit like that.

"Hey, Hannibal, what's up?

It's the baby from the movie.
You wanna play God?"

"Yeah, I do. Hell, yeah!"

[chuckles] "In the follow-up,
you wanna play an old-ass president?"

"You're goddamn right I do, man.

You never forgot where you came from."

I left out a major detail
about those first two babies.

They were white.

And... I'm not the type of guy
that will say that babies can be racist.

But I will say...

that they can have favorite colors.

And also, the third baby was white,
too, man.

That wouldn't make any sense
if they switched the race of the baby.

They were all white babies.

See, the third baby was a cool baby
that could hang,

like J. J. Redick or Justin Timberlake,
you know?

- A cool-ass baby.
- [audience applauding]

I guess, the children thing,
if you're planning a family,

it comes down to perspective,
what you see.

Like, some people, you're at the airport,
you see a man, wife, two kids,

some people say, "Wow!

Look at that beautiful family."

But...

I just see a dude...

that had to buy four plane tickets.

And that shit adds up over time, man.

[clicks tongue] I'm just trying
to figure out life, you know?

Figure out life just like you guys.

Trying to figure out math.

Not general math,
but specific math that applies to my life.

I'm trying to figure out...

how many strangers
I have to have empty sex with

before I propose
to my ex-girlfriend. And...

the numbers
are mounting irresponsibly.

It's messed up,
'cause I'm not even a good first fuck.

I'm not a good first fuck.
It takes some time.

My dick gotta grow on you
like the Yeezus album.

It takes a few listens.

At first, you go, "I didn't like that!
But after several listens...

I have to say that he's one of the best."

[audience laughing]

Sometimes, I find myself
in a situation where...

a woman I'm seeing
wants more than I'm willing to give.

And that's not to say that she doesn't
deserve what she wants,

that's just to say
that I'm not the one to give it to her.

Does that make sense?

I'll give you an example
of a situation that happened.

One time, chillin' out in the bed,

I got my left arm around this woman,

we had just finished up
and we're chillin',

and she was trying to get me to double-arm
cuddle hold her like that, and...

I didn't feel like we were there yet.

I didn't feel like we were double-arm...

cuddle status yet.

I feel like I was giving a lot,
holding her with my left arm,

I was holding her tight with my left arm,

which is a lot considering we had
just met about, probably,

three hours ago.

And I'm holding her tight like this.

And she kept on trying to get me
to hold her like that and...

I didn't want to.

And that's not to say that she didn't
deserve to be held like that,

that's just to say that
I wasn't the one to do it at that moment.

How do I put this in a better way?

A dollar bill isn't worth
that much in England...

but it's worth a lot in Mexico.

We all mean different things
to different people,

is what I'm trying to say.

Finding true love
is about finding your Mexico,

where you go somewhere and you say,
"I get how many tacos for $3?

Holy shit!

I wanna stay here forever."

And you just hope that
that feeling is mutual, and that's love.

[sniffs]

There's an interesting energy
around me sometimes

when I'm... I'm skeptical of people.

[stammers] It's a weird emotion
when you're...

when you're flattered
and cynical at the same time.

People you see...

"Oh, that's nice that you would say that,
but what the fuck are you up to?

What are you up to, lady?
What's your motives?

What are you doing?
What's going on here?

Why are you so giddy?

I don't know you.
Where were you six years ago?

What's going on here?
Is this a setup?

What's happening?
Is this a setup?

Did Bill Cosby send you or some shit?
What's going on right now?"

[audience cheering]

"I'm not falling for it."

Well, that situation got out of hand.

Yikes!

I was just doing a joke at a show.

I didn't like the media putting me
at the forefront of it.

They were sly,
dissing me in the news.

"Unknown comedian, Hannibal Buress..."

[audience applauding]

Just awful, that was how their leads were.

"Broke-ass comedian, Hannibal Buress,
took the stage..."

"Homeless comedian, Hannibal Buress,
took the stage in Philly covered in rags."

I got a lot of flak for that.
People were writing me awful things.

I had people writing me,

"Bill Cosby's not a rapist, Hannibal.
You are!"

What?

What? That's not how that works.

That's not how that works at all.

You know, the weirdest thing
about getting a death threat

from a male bodybuilder/stripper
on Facebook is...

when you click on his profile
and see that you have one mutual friend.

And then hitting that friend up
and saying,

"Hey, man, can you tell your buddy
to stop saying that?"

Not that I think he's really gonna do it,
I'd just rather him not say it to me.

You don't wanna take that energy
into your brain if you don't have to.

'Cause I don't think
that's how killers operate.

I don't think a killer...
"I'm gonna kill Hannibal Buress.

First...

I'm going to the coffee shop,
buying the cheapest thing,

so they give me the Wi-Fi code.

Then...

I'm sitting down, pulling out my
Acer laptop and logging on to Facebook.

Then I'm searching 'Hannibal Buress, '

then I'm spelling 'Buress' correctly,
then..."

It's an interesting situation, man.

It's very weird.

Who knew?
Who knew that an off-hand joke...

about Cosby-raping
would lead to me having...

amazing consensual sex across the country?
[chuckles]

[audience cheering]

And...

I like to chase adrenaline, excitement.

That's why I do this.
It's exciting.

I do other things to chase the excitement
after the show's over.

I like to gamble.

Like in an old casino, I like craps.

I like craps because you can bet against
the person that's rolling the dice.

You can be negative.

You can just walk up to the table,

"I don't believe in him, for $20.
I don't believe in him."

"I don't like his hat.
$30 against his hat."

You can bet against people
for whatever reason.

It doesn't have to make sense.

"Hey, I don't like the cut of his jib.
$50 against the cut of his jib."

I play blackjack, too.

And they say go by the book

to give yourself the best chance
at winning in blackjack.

It's called basic strategy.
Certain things which you're supposed to do

to give yourself
the best chance of winning.

Like, certain things.
Don't split tens.

Double down on 11 when the dealer's
showing a three, these different rules.

One of those rules is,
you're not supposed to hit on 17.

But if I have 17,
and the dealer's showing 10,

I'm supposed to assume
the dealer's down card is a 10,

so I'm staying on 17 against a 20.

I'm going out like a bitch.
That's not how I like to live.

So sometimes, I hit on 17.

Situation came up, packed table,
I had 17, dealer's showing 10,

I was the last one to go
before the dealer flip,

I said, "Hit," and everybody at the table
gasped and went,

"Holy shit, no!

No! He's on full tilt, holy shit!"

Even the dealer said, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, sir, I'm sure. Yes, I'm sure!
Hit! Hit! I'm hitting on 17!"

I busted out, 27.

[audience laughing]

Turns out, dealer's down card's a five,
I took his 10.

He would've busted out with 25.

His next card was a six, he got 21,
everybody lost.

I took everybody down with me.
Yeah.

- [audience applauding]
- Yes!

Now, that's kamikaze blackjack
right there.

And, you know what, to be honest,
that shit was way more fun than winning.

It's only a $10 table, on to the next one.
It's gambling, baby!

We'll get that shit back.
We got all night!

Drinks? Drinks? Drinks? All right.

[audience applauding]

I've been trying to come up with a way

for me and my friends to play
Russian roulette without anybody dying.

- [chuckles]
- [audience laughing]

Because I feel like Russian roulette,
at its core,

is a very exciting game
with extremely high stakes.

So, how do I bring that excitement
into my life without the threat of death

while maintaining
the integrity of the game

that the originators would have wanted?
And...

I think I figured it out.
Me and my friends go out into a field,

we have a revolver,
put a bullet in the chamber, spin it,

and you have to pull the trigger with
the gun pointed directly at your Xbox.

[audience laughing]

I feel like that's high stakes
and low stakes at the same time.

You get a lot of feelings from that.
One, you get to take a shot at an Xbox.

Two, you get to see if the Xbox
works after you shoot it.

Three, you get to see if the Microsoft
warranty even covers a shot-up Xbox.

And if they don't, you get to see

if you could get a cool
customer service person that says,

"Man, we don't cover that, but y'all
are crazy as hell for that shit, man.

That was so wild!
I really respect the gamesmanship.

Thank you so much for bringing
that new energy into my job and my life,

'cause I really hate my family right now,
man.

You guys brought a jolt,
I can't even describe it.

I'm gonna give you these free Xboxes,
but in exchange,

can I please join your crew
for two months,

probationary status, please, man?

I feel like I'd be at a good...
You know what? I said too much.

My apologies, sir.
This is unprofessional."

I did a charity show in New York
a few months ago

and it was for Gilda Radner's Club.

Gilda's Club, and it was me,
eight, nine other comedians.

We signed this poster.
There was two of 'em, two posters.

They had all our pictures on them.

Before the show, we signed them,

and they were auctioned off
in the middle of the show.

Rachel Dratch was hosting and she was
auctioning off and she was like...

And they sold for $8,500 each.

Seventeen grand for two posters.

And then Rachel was like,

"Ladies and gentlemen, your next comedian,
Hannibal Buress!"

Hey, wait a second,
don't just bring me on.

Right, don't just do that.
Wait a second, okay?

I'm not used to going on stage right after
some posters just sold for a Honda Civic.

Like, kill some time, Rachel.

Give me a little time to process
what just happened.

I'm not used to this.
This is new energy.

Seventeen grand for two posters!

If I was on Price Is Right,
I would've been completely off with that.

I'd be like, "Two posters, huh, Drew?

Uh...

[audience laughing]

Uh... $1."

Seventeen grand for two posters!

That is fuck-you money, right there.

I don't have fuck-you money.

I know a couple people that got it,
I don't have fuck-you money.

I have "Hey, excuse me,
don't talk to me like that, please" money.

I don't have fuck-you money.
I got "strongly worded e-mail" money.

I got...

I got that
"limp handshake, no eye contact" dough.

But I'm trying to get it,
trying to figure it out.

Get a side business.
Entertainment is too fleeting.

You gotta get something stable.

I wanna have something.

Just so that, 15 years from now,
when somebody comes up to me,

"Hey, Hannibal, what happened?
Haven't seen you on TV in a while.

Haven't seen you touring.
What's going on, man?"

I say, "You're right, you're right.

And, you know,
while I'd rather you not bother me

while me and my family are at
this Bloomington Denny's, you know..."

[audience laughing, cheering]

"Let's talk about it, you know?

You're correct, my comedy career
isn't going how it used to be going.

But guess what?

My gourmet deviled egg business
is flourishing right now." [chuckles]

Deviled eggs, that's the biggest racket
in the restaurant industry.

Three eggs cut in halves,

sprinkle some bullshit on 'em
and charge $9.

Wow!

I want in.
I want some of that deviled-egg money.

Use the deviled-egg money
to fund my next racket.

I want my own liberal arts college.

Yeah.

"Come to Hannibal's Liberal Arts College."
You know what my pitch would be?

"You wanna spend more money in four years

than you're gonna make
in the next 25 years?

Well, come on!
Come on here!"

[audience cheering]

"If you gonna be in debt,

you might as well be in debt
with somebody you like a little bit.

I've been on TV at least six times.
Come on!"

Use that money to fund my next racket.

It's a solid, practical business.
I want my own toilet paper business.

That's a stable business.

Everybody uses toilet paper.

Unless you use baby wipes, which...
Everybody should use baby wipes.

I don't know why we decided,
as we get older,

we have to treat our assholes worse.

But toilet paper it is,

and toilet paper companies
never shut down.

You never hear about it.

"Yeah, we had to shut our doors.
People stopped shitting."

You never hear that.
You never hear that!

And let's say, hypothetically,
people do stop shitting.

Guess what?
Toilet paper doesn't spoil.

You put it in your inventory in storage
and wait it out.

They'll be shitting again,
they can't hold it forever.

You just have to be patient
and believe in your business.

I'm kind of talking to myself
right now, not y'all.

And toilet paper companies
rarely advertise.

And when they do choose to advertise,
the concepts are very flimsy.

Like, "I don't know, man, what we gonna...
Who cares?

Just put a bear on there.
Who cares, man?

People are gonna come to us eventually.
They have to shit. Get money, man.

The money's out there,
we need to go get it.

This meeting's over and no more meetings.
I hate talking about this shit, let's go.

Lunch? Lunch? Lunch?
Let's go!

Sushi."

But before I embark on my journey
as a multi-faceted businessman,

there are some steps
I have to take to ensure success.

I gotta buy a printer.

I don't own a printer...

and I'm pretty sure you need
at least three printers

to run your own liberal arts college.

I need a printer!

It's been holding me back,
not having a printer.

I've been on the phone with people,

"Yeah, Hannibal, just print that out,
sign it, get it right back to us.

We can get started working right away."

[groans]

"Here we go again.
I'm sorry, I don't have a printer.

Thank you for the opportunity.

I hope we can work together
when I get a printer.

I hope you guys find someone to work with
that has a printer.

Thank you. Goodbye."

I have to get a printer.
I'm telling you.

That's the only difference
between me and Kevin Hart.

He has a printer and I don't.

[audience applauding]

I'm telling you!

He's able to print out
all the contracts and scripts.

He's printing that shit out.

I'm at Kinko's, he booked the gig already.
Story of my life.

I should've been in Ride Along,
is what I'm saying.

It's interesting being a performer

in this day and age... you know?

Everybody has cell phones.
Cell phones. And people try to film.

I saw people
filming the beginning of this.

Like, it's gonna be on Netflix.
Way better.

[laughing]

"Let me get this shit,
so I can show that I was there.

Hey, y'all, look at what I was
sort of paying attention to."

We like to show that we saw stuff.
We gotta show it.

Social currency.
"Look at what I saw.

Look at what I saw.
You don't get to see what I see.

Except for when you're looking
at pictures of me seeing that shit."

Makes for some interesting situations.

One time, I landed in Columbia, Missouri.

Garbage, garbage airport.

Garbage airport.

One gate, one bathroom.

The bathroom is on the ticketing side,

which means as you go through security
and something happens with your stomach,

you gotta go back on
the other side of security,

handle your diarrhea situation
and then go back over,

but they still search your shit
like they did the first time.

Awful airport.

I would compare that airport
to a bus station,

but that would be disrespectful to some
of the nice bus stations I've been to.

- Some of 'em would be offended.
- [audience applauding]

So I land there...

and I'm walkin' to get a taxi out front.

And there's a police officer there.
He recognizes me.

He fans out,
"Holy shit! Hannibal Buress!"

"Relax, Officer..."
It just seems weird.

It's weird to see a cop fan out,
"Holy shit!"

"Dude, relax, you got a gun, man.
Don't act like that, dawg.

Come on, man, you got a gun, you doing...
[exclaims]

That shit don't look good in a uniform.

Save that behavior for plain clothes.
Or, not at all.

How about that, man?"

[exclaims]

"Dude, stop doing that with your leg,
Officer."

Just makes me wonder, how...

Expect him to protect and serve,
he's out...

fanning out in these streets.

He's chasing down a robber,
he gets distracted,

"Hey, you get here right now!
Come here!

Holy shit, come here!
Police, stop it!

Whoa, is that Waka Flocka? Holy shit!"

Pow, pow, pow, pow!

Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow!

So the cop calms down and he says,

"Hannibal, I know this is unprofessional
of me as a police officer,

but can I please take a picture with you?"

And I didn't wanna take a picture
with the cop.

For a lot of reasons.

One, he posts it on social media...

people can caption it whatever they want.

It's out of my hands.

"Comedian Hannibal Buress snitching
at the bus station."

[audience laughing]

Also, I don't know if he's a good cop.

I don't know
if he even likes black people,

and just really likes
a few that's on television.

It's messed up, but it's how some
white people are, unfortunately.

Some white people are like,
"I don't like niggers,

but LeBron James is amazing."
[chuckles]

But I just took the picture with him.

'Cause it was quicker and easier
to take the picture with him

than it was to explain
all the reasons why I didn't want to.

Also, these days,

you deny a cop something,
that shit can go left real fast.

"Hannibal, can I please
take a picture with you?"

"You know what, Officer,
I'm sorry, I'd rather not."

"Hey, stop resisting!"

[mimics gunshots]

"Stop resisting!"

Then the news story is,

"Comedian Hannibal Buress...

grabs police officer's gun
at the bus station."

Now, there's an eyewitness
all of a sudden.

"Yeah, I saw the whole thing.
Let me tell you what happened.

Hannibal walked off the plane,
went to the bathroom, took a shit.

And he walked right up to the cop
and started grabbing his gun.

And he's way bigger and stronger
than you think.

And I don't like his stand-up.
His show sucked.

Broad City is okay. Guilty."

[audience cheering]

Ah.

I had a weird situation recently.

My cleaning lady
brought her kid with her.

I hear you, I know that sounds obnoxious
to start a joke with "my cleaning lady,"

but the shit, it's not that extravagant.
It's like 60, 70 bucks.

A bunch of you motherfuckers spend that
on vaporizer accessories easily.

So don't... judge me
and my 60-buck cleaning lady.

She brought a kid with her.
Here's the problem with that.

I'm 32, I live by myself. You can't just
bring a kid into my world unannounced.

Give me 15 minutes heads up
out of courtesy at least, God damn.

But I have empathy, so I realized
she brought her kid because she had to.

Not because she wanted to.
So I didn't kick them out.

I didn't say, "Hey, both of you
get the fuck out of here!

You come back by yourself when you're
ready to clean for real, all right?"

I didn't say that,
'cause I'm not a goddamn monster.

I welcomed them to my place.
I popped the Xbox on.

I grabbed the kid some juice.
I'm a great host when I'm under pressure.

I go into my room to do some work.

I overhear the kid say,

"Ma!

Ma, is there another room to chill in?

Because this couch
is really uncomfortable."

"Oh, for real?
You're uncomfortable, little homie?

That's interesting
that you're uncomfortable,

'cause I'm uncomfortable, too.

First of all, I didn't know
your ma was doing

an impromptu bring-your-child-to-work day.

I'm uncomfortable.
I don't want you here, man.

There's lube and drugs.

You might find a fake pussy
if you look around enough.

I don't want you to see that stuff.

You don't deserve
to see that stuff this early."

[audience laughing]

It's called a Fleshlight. And...

And I got it as a gift once.

I used it twice for the novelty,
once for loneliness.

And... then I stopped after that.

You know you gotta put that shit
in hot water every time?

Get out of here.
Every time?

No, not a chance.

Let the dust settle on that device.

Man, it's messed up.

Pornography has changed
how I view some situations.

Porn has changed
how I view some situations.

Now, because of porn,

any time a white couple
in their 40s or 50s is really nice to me,

I think it's 'cause the dude wants me
to fuck his wife in front of him.

"Hey, Hannibal, good show.
Can we get you a drink?"

Uh...

Uh...

Uh...

"I'm not really with that cuckold stuff.
Man, I can't...

Can't do that.
Can't fuck her with you in the room.

Apologies, man, I'm flattered.
I'm skeptical, but, uh...

you all do your own thing, man.
I'm not into that."

"Okay, maybe we could negotiate
some type of Skype situation where...

you can't talk during the Skype, though.

I will mute you if you say anything.

So don't pop into Skype with,

'Yeah, you fuck her
with that big, black... '

Hey, you're muted, man.
Come on!"

I'm a big sports fan, man.
I'm a big sports fan.

I've spent a lot of time in New Orleans
over the past year.

And I went and watched
their basketball team.

Their basketball team changed their name
to the Pelicans.

The New Orleans Pelicans, which I thought
was a goofy name change at first.

But it's not the worst
NBA franchise name at all.

There's the San Antonio Spurs.

Spur is part of a boot.

There's the Phoenix Suns.

That's stupid.
There's only one sun.

[audience laughing]

There's the Orlando Magic, that's stupid.

You're just gonna name your team
after another basketball player.

There's the Utah Jazz.

Used to be the New Orleans Jazz,
but they moved to Utah,

keeping the Jazz name,

even though there's nothing jazzy
about Utah at all.

It's the least jazzy place
I've visited in my life.

It's actually a misdemeanor
to own a saxophone in Utah.

Minneapolis Lakers
changed into the LA Lakers.

LA is in a drought,
there's no goddamn lakes there.

People are dying right now.

You clappin' about people dying?
Y'all suck.

[audience laughing]

So I thought the Pelican name was goofy...

and so I researched pelicans.

If you search "pelican" on YouTube,

the first result is a video of a pelican

calmly walking up
to a group of pigeons chillin',

and then just ate one whole.

[audience laughing]

Just ate it whole.

And didn't even run away afterwards,
he sat around.

"Holy shit, I just ate your friend
in front of you! Wow!

I gotta say,
I feel very powerful right now.

God damn! Your friend was right there,
now he's right here. He's gone!

Holy shit, I'm shaking right now!

One by one,
you bitches look at me in my eyes

and tell me how that made you feel. Wow!

Whoo! Hey, human, were you filmin' that?

If you gonna post online,
make sure you post it on YouTube

and WorldstarHipHop
to maximize the views.

Very different audiences,
not a lot of overlap.

You gotta post on both.
We can go viral, man."

So I got respect for the pelican
after that.

The Pelicans play basketball in a building
that recently changed its name

to the Smoothie King Center.

Yeah, the Smoothie King Center.

I'm like you were,

I didn't know Smoothie King
was crushing shit like that either.

I didn't know they were doing that well.
I knew they were doing all right.

I didn't know Smoothie King
was doing NBA-arena well.

I thought Smoothie King was
doing well in the same way

where your favorite taco spot
opens up a second location.

Where you're like, "Oh, shit.
Good for Gustavo, man. He crushing it.

Got his number two spot.
Good for him."

But Smoothie King is smart,

'cause they're one of the few companies
that have NBA arenas

that can sell their product
effectively in the arena.

You can buy a smoothie
in the Smoothie King Center,

then sit down and watch the game.

Well, nobody's going to the Staples Center

and then buying three printers
and watching the Lakers.

I know they don't sell printers there.
Do they? I don't know.

Nobody in Orlando's
going to the Amway Center

and getting caught in a pyramid scheme
real quick and...

watching the Magic.

I guess what I'm saying is,
good for Smoothie King,

in a very long-winded way.

So, we watched the Pelicans play
at the Smoothie King Center.

Me and my lady at the time,
we leave, we're looking for a taxi.

We get a few blocks away.
We find one.

It's a guy leaning on his taxi,
arms folded.

And I walk up to him, I say,

"Hey, sir, can you take us
to Frenchmen Street, please?"

He says, "I can't take you.
I'm already hired. Waiting for someone.

I can't take you."

And my girl, she was kinda...
We were both a little drunk.

She was a little oblivious
and slightly white, so...

[audience laughing]

So she just said, "All right,"
and was ready to walk away,

but I'm a skeptic at heart.

I'm a skeptic, 'cause I'm thinking,

"Wait a second, who the hell
ordered a yellow taxi ahead of time

to leave the basketball game...

and also told it
to be three blocks away?"

What? In my mind, nobody, that's who.

So, I'm a gambler.
I'm a gambling dude.

I politely, calmly, call his bluff.

I say, "What's the name of the person
that you're waiting for?

Because maybe it's me."

This guy proceeds to just crumble
under this very light pressure.

[audience laughing]

He crumbled.
He started screaming.

"Do you have permission to ask me
the name of the person?

You don't have permission to ask me the
name of the person that I'm waiting for!

You don't have permission
to ask me that shit!"

And I'm looking at him,
"Dude, you could've just said, 'Michael.'

Lie to me, man!
You could've said anything!"

So now it's obvious he's not taking me
because I'm black, which was upsetting.

And now my lady realizes
he's a piece of shit, so she says...

"You're a piece of shit." [chuckles]

And I'm yelling at him,
"Why won't you take us?"

He's yelling back. We're yelling back
and forth, back and forth,

yelling horrible things at each other.

Just a real unproductive conversation.

It's funny how some people see that,
they wanna help out.

This bigger white guy
saw the whole thing.

He walks up and says,
"Hey! Hey, you guys! Hey!

Stop arguing with this asshole!

You don't need to do this.
This is what you do.

You write down his taxi number
and you call the Taxi Commission.

Then they're gonna fine him,

and then they're gonna get
his foreign ass out of the country."

I was like, "Holy shit, dude!

Yo, did you just double-down
on his racism right now?

Did you just see him not giving us a ride

and raise it to
a get-the-fuck-out-of-the-country?

Because that's next level shit.

I don't think you're
helping right now, man."

Sports are amazing.

Sports are so crazy.

There's dudes that get paid
millions of dollars

just to talk about sports.

There's a segment during the NFL season
called "Bold Predictions."

And it's where four dudes
sit around a table

and just say outlandish shit
for a few minutes.

"Hey, what's your bold prediction
for Sunday?"

"I think Peyton Manning is gonna throw
for nine touchdowns." [laughs]

"Wow, that's a very bold prediction!"

"Hey, that's the name of the segment,
isn't it, man?"

"Well, okay, but what if he doesn't
throw for nine touchdowns?"

"Man, I'm not accountable
for any of the shit I'm saying up here.

Thought we were just tryin' to fill time
and fill these segments until we die, man.

How about you never challenge me
on television again, you nerd?

How about I got another bold prediction?

If you say some shit like that again,
I'll punch you in your face, dawg.

That's two bold predictions.

And now next, for the Hot Seat..."

[audience applauding]

I enjoy sports.

I'm not a... I'm not a big...

Not a big baseball fan.

I respect the skill. I respect
the discipline it takes to be great.

But it's just...

It's tough to watch.

Give me situational baseball.

Give me bottom of the ninth, tie game,
bases loaded, full count, two outs.

But don't show me
what led up to that shit.

Baseball is boring.

A baseball game is good to go to

if you got a friend
you haven't seen in eight years,

and you wanna just go somewhere
and talk for a few hours,

with no interruption.

Baseball stinks!

One of the greatest achievements
in a game of baseball is the "no hitter."

That's when nothing happens.

"Oh, man, he was so good.
Nothing happened, man.

He was amazing!

It was an amazing afternoon of pop flies
and ground balls.

It was great.
Everybody was a-swingin' and a-missin'.

It was amazing!"

I don't like
some of the rules in baseball.

I don't like the intentional walk rule,

which allows a pitcher
to avoid his fears and problems.

"I think this guy's too good.
He's very good.

Y'all think he's good, too?
I think he's too good.

That motherfucker's amazing.
Back there, y'all think he's too good?

All right, cool, we're not gonna do that.

We're not gonna throw to him, so, uh...

Catcher, please rise and move
a comical distance away from the plate.

Just a goofy-ass distance
away from the plate.

I'm gonna throw to you four times,
'cause if I throw it to him fairly,

he might have me on TV doing this shit,
right here.

'Oh, man.'"

That has to suck, as a pitcher,

you have to look at your bad job
in the sky, "Oh, no.

Not again."

Sometimes there's fireworks
when you do a bad job.

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop!
"Oh, man!

It's messed up, 'cause I like fireworks,
but not like this, man.

Context is everything, for real."

Pow, pow, pow, pow,
pow, pow, oh!

Pitcher. That's one of the few jobs,
where if you do poorly...

there's explosions in the sky.

One of the others is TSA agent.

[audience murmuring]

Like, "Oh, shit.

Oh, man."

So, I don't like baseball
for those reasons.

I'm a huge fan of steroids, though.

I love steroids.
I'm flattered when athletes do steroids.

Thank you.

Thank you for sacrificing
your long-term health

for my short-term entertainment.
Hell, yeah.

Thank you so much for taking drugs
to excel at this child's game.

But they get upset when they found out
athletes was on steroids.

They get mad.
The game gets mad.

The game of baseball.
Not The Game, the rapper.

I don't know his feelings on steroids.

"We found out
you were on steroids in 2008."

They find out really late sometimes.

It would be way more exciting if they
found out midgame and shut it down.

Like... [imitates siren wailing]
"Stop the game right now!

He is on drugs!
You don't believe me?

Grab his balls, they're very light.
That's a symptom.

He's on drugs. Game over."

"We found out
you were on steroids in 2008."

Well, you know what?
Sometimes you gotta let it go.

'Cause you know what that person
was probably doing on steroids?

They were probably hitting home runs,
creating happiness,

making strangers high five each other
and bond.

Like, Sammy Sosa
was on steroids years ago,

and he was hitting home runs.

And you know who was watching Sammy Sosa
in the stands?

Probably lots of fathers and sons
and they remember that moment.

"Hey, Dad.

Do you remember when Sammy Sosa
hit three home runs in one game?"

"Yep, I remember that, son.
That was your first baseball game."

"Oh, thanks for that moment.
That was amazing, Dad."

"It was great to share
that moment with you, son.

I love you.
You're my only son."

"I love you, too, Dad."

Steroids did that shit.

Steroids created that beautiful memory
for that father and son.

So, if you're against steroids,
you're against family, I guess.

Because PCP never did that
for a father and son.

There's never been a father and son...

"Hey, Dad, you remember when that
naked man wouldn't stop punching us? Oh!

What a horrible night, Daddy.

He had so many combinations,
and so much speed,

and it felt like he had equal power
in both fists, Dad.

What a... He was a beast.
He had no weaknesses, Pop."

They found out Lance Armstrong
was on steroids and I say,

"Who gives a fuck? He was riding a bike.
Let him do drugs. How about that?

How about you stop bothering that boy,
let him ride his bike and do his drugs?"

Also, Lance Armstrong somehow
became a millionaire for riding a bicycle,

so he's a goddamn magician in my eyes.

How do you do that?
How do you make any money riding a bike,

if you don't have a sandwich or a pizza
you're delivering to somebody?

So, let that magical drug boy
ride his bike and do his drugs.

And, of course he was on drugs.

Did you see how long he had
to ride a bike for?

I take an Adderall
just to clean my apartment.

[audience laughing]

And even then, I don't finish.

I just end up super-focused
on some weird shit from my past.

Like my high school yearbook.

"Damn, I miss my friend Ken,
my friend Torian,

my homie Black, my homie Scuba.

Look, debate team, football team.
Miss Carter's English class.

Oh, shit, it's my high school
brunch group! God damn, man!"

All right, good night, y'all.
Thanks a lot!

[audience cheering]

[hip-hop music playing]

[host] One more time for Hannibal Buress,
everybody!