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Paul Mooney x Davey D

The famous comedian and comedy writer Paul Mooney speaks out on current events. Known for The Richard Pryor Show who also made infamous appearances on Chappelle's Show as Himself Negrodamous. Here are his takes on Obama and Tiger Woods.

It helps when your Advisor is a Comic

I been meaning to post more spotlights on comics I actually know. Followers don't worry more original content is coming very soon. I have big plans for 2010.
One of the main reasons that I do comedy is my adviser and mentor in the game Marc LaMotte. Marc is a vet, in the stand up game. Marc was the 2009 winner of the Athens Last Comic Standing competition. He is a really good guy and a funny comedian. He has some jokes that I always find funny definite classics in my eyes. Check out Marc LaMotte on rooftop comedy and who still uses? Myspace

The Throwback Thursday about Nothing

Everyone that knows me can tell you that I am a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld. One of my earliest memories is watching Seinfeld with my mother. I remember when my teacher asked our fourth grade class what happened on the last episode of Seinfeld I was the only person in the class that was able to tell her every event from the water in the ear to the water out of the ear. My softmore year of college the one thing that brought my 6 roommates together was our love for Seinfeld. The thing that I learned the most through Seinfeld is observational humor and how he makes everything out of nothing. That is why the show based on his stand up is often called the show about nothing. Also, Seinfeld co-creator Larry David is responsible for one of my all time favorite shows Curb Your Enthusiasm on which this season they did a full Seinfeld reunion.

I used to love the small bits of standup either before or after each sketch.

The ultimate for a hip hop head and Seinfeld fan like myself is one of my favorite rappers Wale created a Seinfeld themed mixtape. In this tape fellow sneaker head used the iconic pictures of the Seinfeld cast feet as a cover and classic moments from the show to enhance his tape.
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Throwback Thursday!

Today is Throwback Thursday, and today's choice might be a little bit of a surprise, but it is definably a great and an innovator. This Sunday I watched the Jim Carey movie Man on the Moon. I remembered the greatness that is Andy Kaufman. Before Tom Green, Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Kennedy and any other prank or stunt show Andy Kaufman pulled stunts on real shows and only a select few were in on the joke. He added an alternative style to comedy that is now used by acts like Demitri Martin. As a frequent guest on David Letterman, SNL, and the short lived Fridays he would pull different stunts that seemed crazy at the time. Andy Kaufman was a true genius and on May 16, 1984 we lost him to Cancer. Here are just a few of his many infamous stunts.


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Jerry Lawler vs Andy Kaufman; Lawler & Kaufman on Letterman
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Throwback Thursday

Today's comedian is the late great Redd Foxx. The reason that my dad is probably so in to comedy is my Grandfather being a fan of Redd Foxx. It is amazing that Redd got his own show in the 1970's because his act was so dirty, but part of his genius was that he was just as funny clean.

Foxx was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised on Chicago's South Side. His mother was half Seminole. His father, an electrician, left the family when Foxx was four. He was raised by his mother, his minister, and his grandmother. He briefly attended DuSable High School with future Chicago mayor Harold Washington, but never graduated.

Moving to New York in the early 1940s, he was an associate of Malcolm Little later known as Malcolm X. In Malcolm's autobiography, Foxx is referred to as "Chicago Red, the funniest dishwasher on this earth." Foxx earned the nickname due to his reddish hair and complexion. His stage name surname was taken from baseball star Jimmie Foxx.Foxx gained notoriety with his nightclub act (considered by the standards of the time to be raunchy). His stand-up performances were later released as "party" albums and became very popular.

He was also one of the first black comics to play to white audiences on the Las Vegas Strip. Foxx used his starring role on Sanford and Son to help get jobs for his friends such as LaWanda Page, Slappy White, Gregory Sierra, and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita.


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Throwback Thursday

This who I was considering for last week. Probably the my first introduction to what a comedian was, and what they could do was through Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby is a pioneer and comedian from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been doing stand up since 1962. He broke many barriers in T.V. with I Spy, Fat Albert and the Cosby kids, and The Cosby Show. Some of my first T.V. memories are watching Cosby Show reruns with my grandparents. As I got older I was able to enjoy Cosby's stand up, especially Himself. Himself was funny and probably the best special I have ever seen from a comedian sitting down. Although I don't agree with the recent coments Bill Cosby has been making in the 2000's and I would recommend Michael Eric Dyson's book Is Bill Cosby Right? there is no denying that Bill Cosby is one of best comedians to ever do it..

Here is a clip from Himself.
Bill Cosby Himself - Chocolate Cake


and my favorite Opening of any T.V. show. I generally hate openings but this one was ill. I wish I could start off my day like this. Season 5 Opening

Ronnie Jordan

A few people have asked me who is this Ronnie Jordan guy that I talk so much about. Ronnie Jordan is an Atlanta comedian that is currently a resident of Athens. He a real stand up dude and that is not a play on words. Big homie let me open for him this past Tuesday in front of a large UGA crowd, and it went well. Make shure you look him up he has one of the livest Facebook pages out. (I know we trying to get him to tweet more), but definably if you here Ronnie is in your area make shure you look out because he is a very funny dude.


Here is clip of Ronnie Jordan from the Bad Boys of Comedy



Also Ronnie spelled my name Rob "Haze" I might change it to that as my stage name feedback...what yall think.

Throwback Thursday

This one was the hardest to decide. If you have not noticed I have been doing my Throwback Influences so far in order by my favorite comedians. Today's is a comedian that when I saw I was not only like "Hey, I can do that!", but I felt like I can relate. I always say that this guy is the 1960's Jewish New Yorker version of my true self. I know if that wasn't a stretch to some of you then you been killing those Rosa Acosta tapes. He is definably the reason that many times I rock glasses in my routines.

That's right its Comic great and film legend Woody Allen. I first saw him when watching Annie Hall so that I can figure out how it beat Star Wars A New Hope for best picture. What I witnessed was one of the best films I ever seen, and instantly one of my favorite comedians. Ever since then I have been a huge Woody Allen fan. I mean you can stay awkward and be with hot chicks to me that is like James Bond.

Throwback Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know why I took so long to start doing this. Since there are soo many comedians out there I think that I am going to showcase a different throwback influence every Thursday. The next influence is none other than who many call the Greatest to ever do it Richard Pryor. I do not remember the first time I saw Richard Pryor I remember him being in a wheel chair on Malcolm and Eddie, and thinking what happened to him, so I know I knew who he was before then. The hardest thing is finding a good clip there are soo many good ones.

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 2, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was definantly a legend in Comedy. Jerry Seinfeld called him, "The Picasso of our profession".

Pryor On Fire - Pt. 1 Of 3 - Click here for more home videos

What started it all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is back in the vault. Really my first time experimenting with impressions, and stand up all together. I was going for this Bernie Mac on Def Comedy Jam idea I had and got the homie Rich Rock to DJ while I perform. I realized earlier in the week that this clip wasn't on the Tube so I had to put it up.

My first Time going up from Rob Hayes on Vimeo.

Throwback Influence

From about the 8th grade to now i have been a huge fan of this comic. When I heard his comedy I immediately began to input his material to my everyday life. I was really sad when I heard that he had died. We truly lost a legend, and I wish I could have met or seen George Carlin in person. One of the illest.

Throwback Influence

Pretty Much for the first clip I had to do one of the big ones. No comedian in my opinion has had more influence on me wanting to do stand up than this guy. I have been quoted to say the funniest person in the history of the planet, and even that is an understatement. I even paid to see Pluto Nash and Holy Man cause that's the homie. Check this clip and also listen to the P.E. song to see if you can catch my favorite comedian being sampled by my favorite rap group.