White man wants to rename Fluffy’s show | Gabriel Iglesias

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[00:00:00]in the beginning, the first time I performed at that comedy club, right outside these doors, that's no longer there. Um, I'm talking to the marketing person. Now, keep in mind, this is so long ago, there was no social media, there was no Tik Tok, no freaking Twitter, no Facebook, none of that. The only way you could promote yourself back then was you had to get on morning radio, morning news, have somebody do a write up on you in the newspaper.

[00:00:25]Remember those? Yeah. And then of course word of mouth which is always the best.

[00:00:31]Uh they had posters at the comedy club and uh so the marketing guy goes, "Gabriel, help me help you help us.

[00:00:41]We want to sell tickets. How do you want to be promoted?" I said, "Well, keep in mind long time ago." I said, "Um, this is how I want you to promote my show.

[00:00:51]Please use a photo. Under the photo, put my name, Gabriel Egles." I didn't even have the nickname Fluffy yet. That's how long ago this was. I said, "Underneath that, please put as seen on Comedy Central." Because at the time, that was the only television credit I had. So, the marketing guy goes, "Well, I was thinking, what about Gabriel Glacius and his Amigos?"

[00:01:23]Amigos?

[00:01:25]Why amigos? Because I have other Mexicans with me. And he looked at me and said, "Good. You get it?"

[00:01:34]I don't like that. What about Gabriel Glaciius and Friends? Well, we want to put a couple of buzzwords out there to let the community know what type of show it is. I said, "Well, what type of show is it?" It's a special show. I don't feel special. Gabriel, hear me out. What about like a Taco Tuesday?

[00:01:54]I don't like it. Okay. What about like a salsa night? Salsa night?

[00:02:00]Wait, like dancing or chips and guac?

[00:02:03]Either one. I don't like it.

[00:02:07]I could not believe that I was having this conversation and I wanted to get upset. I wanted to go off on this guy for trying to make me feel like less of a person, right? But I didn't because I knew that if I went off on them, I would have been seen as difficult. I would have been seen as a problem. and I would not have been given another opportunity to come back. When people ask me, "What do you credit for your success?" Of course, talent, showing up, doing what you got to do. But one word that gets left out a lot is the word sacrifice.

[00:02:38]I had to sacrifice something that day.

[00:02:41]And a lot of people think they know what sacrifice means, but honestly, until you have to make one, I don't think you do.

[00:02:47]I had to sacrifice my pride because as much as I wanted to go off on this guy, I knew that if I did, I'd be shooting myself in the foot. I knew that if they could see what I could do on that stage, they'd have to bring me back and they'd have to treat me different.

[00:03:10]So, as much as it hurt, as much as it sucked, I allowed that stupid Taco Tuesday to happen. So for me, I was very upset. I was wondering, is this something that happens to all new comedians or was I being singled out? It was killing me. I needed to know. I couldn't just take out my phone and Google it because that wasn't an option all those years back. So, what I had to do was I had to go to the front door of the club where they had a bin and the bin had flyers in it. So, I grabbed a flyer and I looked at it and the flyer had the list of upcoming comedy shows.

[00:03:48]And I was so upset when I saw it because all it was was pictures, names, and television credits. No silly names, no theme nights, no spicy this or or crazy that, just comedy. So, I said, "Why the hell are they doing this stupid Taco Tuesday thing to me?" So, then I said, "All right, let me try to find another comedian who's a little bit more in my vein."

[00:04:11]if you know what I mean. The only other comedian I could find was a man by the name of George Lopez.

[00:04:25]With George's promo, however, it was just a picture name and underneath that a television credit that said as seen on ABC. That's it. It didn't say likes to ride a donkey. George Lopez eats a burrito with both hands. George Lopez.

[00:04:42]Ay, I just jumped THE WALL. IT'S GEORGE LOPEZ. NO. So I said, "Why are they doing this to me?" So then I said, "All right, all right. All right. Let me see how they promote the black comedians."

[00:04:55]And with the black comedians, it was the same thing. Picture, name, television credit, and that's it. Unless it was a show that had multiple black comedians on it. Because if the comedy club had a show with three or more black comics on it, they would put a catchy name to it.

[00:05:16]They would call the show Urban Night or Apollo Night or Def Jam Comedy Night, BET Comedy Night, Blackish Comedy Night.

[00:05:24]But that's as far as they would go. They wouldn't go to the next level like they would for me. Oh yeah. Yeah. There was no margarita Monday or taco Tuesday or wet back Wednesday or tortilla Thursday or FIESTA FRIDAY OR SABADO HIGANTE. NO, that would never happen to black people.

[00:05:43]Are you kidding me? You'll never see a malt liquor Monday or Tupac Tuesday or watermelon Wednesday or thong to thong tong Thursday or fried chicken Friday or sukie suki Saturday or slap a hoe Sunday.

[00:06:03]And that most definitely will not happen to white people.

[00:06:39]Heat. Heat.

[00:06:41]Well, I'mma do the joke.

[00:06:44]And you know why you can laugh and enjoy and not feel threatened by what I'm about to say? Because like what I said earlier tonight, I am here to entertain.

[00:06:53]I am not here to offend. I'm here to have fun with everybody, starting with me.

[00:07:01]Plus, it'll never happen. You'll never see a monster truck Monday or trailer park Tuesday or white trash Wednesday or take your sister out Thursday.

[00:07:17]OH, HELL NO. FLUFFY, YOU DONE CROSS THE LINE NOW.

[00:07:21]MY NAME IS DUSTIN AND I DON'T PLAY THAT I'M FROM DAVY. GODDAMN IT.

[00:07:44]Next time stay quiet.

[00:07:48]So, I was talking to Martin backstage before I came out and he goes, "Are you going to share the story about the theme nights thing that happened at the improv here?" And you know, I go, "Well, you know, I I think I should, Martine, I think I should tell the story about, you know, that theme nights." He goes, "Gabe, can I tell you something about that theme nights bit?" I go, "Tell me, Martine, do you realize that in all the years I have heard you tell this story about what happened at that club, do you understand that you've never once finished the week?"

[00:08:32]I said, "Martin, you know why that is, right? It's the rule of comedy. You always want to end on the biggest laugh.

[00:08:39]Thursday gets the biggest laugh, which is why I stop at Thursday. And Martin goes, "I know, I know, I know, but you're robbing white people of their week."

[00:08:55]I never looked at it that way.

[00:08:58]Fox News Friday.

[00:09:02]STORM THE CAPITOL SATURDAY.

[00:09:06]Say you're sorry. SUNDAY.

[00:09:10]ARE WE STILL HAVING A GOOD TIME?

[00:09:16]ARE WE STILL HAVING FUN?

[00:09:24]That's what I'm talking about. People laughing, not getting upset, not getting offended, not freaking making us stink.