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All right, Kevin, let's do this.

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<i>These relationships are genuine.</i>

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<i>I'm very fortunate and lucky
to have the ones that I have.</i>

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Money shot.

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<i>And to have them show up
on a night like tonight is monumental.</i>

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<i>♪ Never knew how much they loved you ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Never knew how much they cared ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When you hit them with your talent ♪</i>

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<i>♪ They get a fever
That's so hard to bear ♪</i>

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<i>♪ You give them fever ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When you're joking ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fever when you hold that mic ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fever at the Garden ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fire burning through the night ♪</i>

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<i>♪ You give them fever ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When they're laughing ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fever while you live and learn ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fever when you sizzle ♪</i>

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<i>♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪</i>

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<i>♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪</i>

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<i>♪ What a lovely way ♪</i>

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<i>♪ To burn ♪</i>

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- Good shit, Robin. Good shit.

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Oh, yeah!

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It's time to get hot in here.

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Y'all ready to get the party started?

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- With my boy Nelly!

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<i>♪ And a little bit of...
Yo ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Want a little bit ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And a little bit
Come on, come on ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Good gracious
Ass is bodacious ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Flirtatious, trying to show faces
Waiting for the right time ♪</i>

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<i>♪ You know
Waiting for the right time ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Flash them keys at her ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I'm leaving
Please believe it ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Me and the rest of my heathens ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Got it locked
At the top of the Four Seasons ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Penthouse, roof top, birds I feeding ♪</i>

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<i>♪ No deceiving
Nothing up my sleeve ♪</i>

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<i>♪ No teasing ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I need you
To get up on the dance floor ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Give that man what he asking for ♪</i>

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<i>♪ 'Cause I feel like busting loose
And I feel like touching you ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Hey, hey
And can't nobody stop the juice ♪</i>

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<i>♪ So, baby, tell me what's the use ♪</i>

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<i>- ♪ I said it's getting hot in here ♪
- ♪ So hot ♪</i>

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<i>♪ So take off all your clothes ♪</i>

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Can't hear you.

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<i>♪ I am getting so hot ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I wanna take my clothes off ♪</i>

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<i>♪ It's getting hot in here
So take off all your clothes ♪</i>

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Ladies.

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<i>♪ I am getting so hot ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I wanna take my clothes off ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Yo
With a little bit of... ♪</i>

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<i>♪ With a little bit of... ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Give a little bit of...
With a little bit of... ♪</i>

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<i>♪ With a little bit of...
And a sprinkle of the... ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Get this fired up
I like it when you... ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Little baby... ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Oh ♪</i>

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And now... please welcome the recipient

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of the 25th Mark Twain Prize
for American Humor,

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- my boy Kevin Hart.
- Kevin Hart.

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Thank you.

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How you doing, kid?

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You know I love you.

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<i>He made a movie
about Pop-Tarts for some reason.</i>

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<i>Please welcome Jerry Seinfeld.</i>

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Thank you.

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One of the most important things
in show business is doing favors.

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What you're looking at right now...

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is me doing a favor for Kevin Hart.

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It's not that big a favor.

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It's not a nothing favor either.

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I wasn't on my way here anyway.

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I was home, comfortable,

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and now I'm here.

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In a suit.

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Do you think I'm doing this
because I owe Kevin Hart a favor?

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Or maybe I like the idea of
Kevin Hart owing me a favor.

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I'm not gonna tell you.

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I can't think of much Kevin Hart
could do for me. Can you?

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I don't wanna be in <i>Jumanji.</i>

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If you look at Kevin Hart's career,

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it doesn't look like
it was that hard to do.

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All you gotta do is be Kevin Hart

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and everything just falls into place
after that.

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How did he get that perfect name?
Is that his real name?

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It's unbelievable. The fit of that guy
with that name, it's crazy.

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First name's Kevin. Every Kevin
is always a great guy. And then Hart.

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He's the most likable human
in world history

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<i>and his last name is Hart?</i>

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Come on. It's insane.

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If he wanted to change his name
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he'd have to make it "Kevin Irresistible."

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I personally just absolutely love him.

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I love everything he does. It's funny--

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- Yes.

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Or there's action, or he's exercising.

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It doesn't matter,
because whatever it is, he's in it.

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That's the best part.

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You see the name Kevin Hart,
and there he is,

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right in that thing, and you go,
"Yeah, I wanna watch that."

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People go, "What are you watching?"

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You go, "I don't know,
but Kevin Hart is in it."

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And that person sits down next to you
and goes, "Okay, I wanna watch it too."

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A few months ago,
I saw Kevin speak to a huge roomful

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of crazy zillionaire super-businessmen

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at the JP Morgan Conference in Miami.

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They just wanted to hear him
talk about his business,

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and they're already billionaires,

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and they still wanted to find out,
"How the hell are you doing this?"

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I was there in the room. I wanted to know.

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- How the hell is he doing this?

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I don't remember anything he said.

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He's Kevin Hart. That's how he does it.

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But Kevin was wearing
this perfect, gorgeous dark suit,

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and no socks.

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This is the Chuck Yeager
altitude and velocity he has reached.

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His socks are just gone.

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I don't know where they were.

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Maybe he put the socks on in the morning,

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but because his schedule is so packed,
they couldn't stay on his feet.

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It was too much. They just flew off.

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I don't know, but, my God.

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- Who doesn't need socks?

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I'll tell you who. Kevin Hart.

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Or maybe, since he's got everything
a human being could want or need,

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he's getting rid of stuff
everyone else needs

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just to show his superiority in that too.

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I don't know.

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What I know is
I'm excited to be here tonight,

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doing a favor for this amazing man.

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What else could I do for Kevin Hart?

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What would Kevin Hart want to do
that he has not already done?

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The triumph of tonight

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is we at least found something
Kevin doesn't already have.

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- The Mark Twain Prize.
- Yes.

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That's what's exciting
about what's going to happen tonight.

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It feels like we're finishing

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a giant 1,000-piece
Kevin Hart jigsaw puzzle.

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He did 999 pieces,

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and tonight
we will all push in the last one,

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and get to say "We did it.
We finished Kevin Hart."

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1,000 pieces in a box,
tonight, a beautiful portrait.

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- Congratulations, Kevin.
- Thank you. I love you, Jerry.

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- I love you. Thank you.

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Jerry Seinfeld. Wow.

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That's a flex.

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The fact that you and Jerry are here,
that's a flex.

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Jerry Seinfeld.

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The fact that I'm here
is a goddamn miracle.

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<i>You know what? I think what
it is is we all show up for each other.</i>

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J.B. looks like the manager
that's robbing us.

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<i>And comics are
a unique breed of entertainer.</i>

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<i>We're artists, but we also are
the same as anyone else.</i>

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<i>We show up based on
our relationships with each other.</i>

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<i>That's the life of a comic.</i>

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<i>So when people show up for you,
they show up for you for a reason.</i>

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This is a big deal. From the Comic Strip...

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- Come on, man. Look at you.
- ...to winning the-- Look at you.

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Give me a dollar.

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<i>The last time we all gathered like this,
it was a funeral,</i>

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<i>so I'm glad that
everybody's alive this time.</i>

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<i>I don't like going to funerals.
It's not my thing.</i>

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Although it is the perfect place
to get, you know,

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hooked up with a little congalingus.

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<i>She's the reason I won't let
my wife go on a girls' trip.</i>

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<i>Tiffany Haddish.</i>

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What can I say about Kevin
that the Internet hasn't already said?

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He's a great father,
he's comedically gifted, he's handsome.

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All true, but boring.

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All of you think you know Kevin
because you follow him on IG,

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or because of his movies.

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But no one knows Kevin like I do.

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I'm his comedic sister.

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I get the hand-me-downs
from all his specials.

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This jacket right here?

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This is from Kevin, okay?
This is a hand-me-down.

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Had to put some shoulder pads in it,
femme it up. I femmed it up.

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But I have the real tea, okay?

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And I am 99.9% sure

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that Kevin is really a leprechaun.

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Okay? That's a leprechaun right there.
You heard me.

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He's a whimsical, mysterious trickster.

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And that's why he's a leprechaun,

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not because of his height,
you low-hanging-fruit motherfuckers.

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Kevin is magical.
He knows stuff that he shouldn't know.

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He tells me all types of stuff, okay,
about my relationships that's private.

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Private stuff.

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This one time, okay?
I had just started dating this guy.

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I hadn't told anybody.

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And Kevin jumps out of the bushes,
out of nowhere,

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and he goes, "This dude is trash.
You can do better."

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Then he clicked his heels
and he ran off in his Nikes,

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and I swear they had buckles on them.
I don't know how he got Jordan to do it,

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but he got Jordan
to put buckles on his Nikes.

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Then he opened a vegan restaurant.

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And I don't know how he did it.

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I don't know how he did it,

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but he made grass taste like chicken.

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Have you tried it?
It is magically delicious.

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And make it... Bah!

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It's so good.

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Kevin is mischievous too.

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He would tease me all the time
when I was a young comic. Ugh!

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He knows how hard it is
to make it as a stand-up.

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And so when he finally
started getting money,

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he would dangle it,
literally, in our faces.

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He would hold money just over...
Like, in our faces.

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Remember when you did this to me, Kevin?
Remember when you used to do that?

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He'd be like,
"If you can catch it, you can have it."

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"If you can catch it, you can have it."

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First it started out with $1.
Then it went to $20, then $50.

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Then one time he pulled out a $1,000 bill,

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and he would drop it like this,
and I'd be like...

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Do you know how mad I was
when he pulled a $1,000 bill out,

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and I'm sleeping in my damn car?

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I'm still mad. I'm sorry.

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I gotta get over it.

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'Cause he had all that money in his pocket
like it was Werther's Originals.

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I knew y'all would get that
'cause y'all white.

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I was gonna say church lady peppermints,
but I knew they wouldn't understand that.

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The biggest reason
I think he's a leprechaun

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is because if you capture a leprechaun,
it brings you luck.

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And, Kevin...

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since you've been in my life,
I have had nothing but good fortune.

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Except for the last three years.
Where the hell you been?

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Okay. All right.

233
00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:04,134
- Where the hell you been, man?
- All right.

234
00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:06,845
- I need some help.

235
00:14:08,305 --> 00:14:12,935
When Kevin started producing, I told him
that my wish was to be in a movie,

236
00:14:12,935 --> 00:14:15,563
and Kevin granted it
by putting me in <i>Night School.</i>

237
00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:19,066
- He has always pushed me--
- Yeah. Yes.

238
00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:26,115
He has always pushed me to be better,
and to never give up.

239
00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:28,701
And it's because of Kevin
that I trusted myself

240
00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,995
to follow my rainbow.

241
00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:33,581
And at the end of it was a pot of gold

242
00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:35,583
and 40 hours of community service.

243
00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:40,504
And this is two hours of it, right now.
I'm getting two hours off now.

244
00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:46,760
I love you, Kevin.
You deserve all the success.

245
00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,055
You do, and especially this prize tonight.

246
00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:53,225
You are one legendary leprechaun,
and I love you to death.

247
00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:54,894
I love you more, Tiff.

248
00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,353
Love you back, Tiffany.

249
00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,487
- A few months ago...
- Yeah.

250
00:15:05,487 --> 00:15:07,865
...you had some incident where
you ended up in a wheelchair.

251
00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:09,199
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

252
00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:11,452
And what happened? What accident happened?

253
00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:14,705
- I broke my dick.

254
00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:18,959
I have never heard someone
be as open and transparent as you are.

255
00:15:18,959 --> 00:15:22,379
The world of dialogue, communication,

256
00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:25,716
and just openness
is what I think I've gotten better at.

257
00:15:25,841 --> 00:15:28,218
<i>I'm not a joke teller, I'm a storyteller.</i>

258
00:15:28,218 --> 00:15:30,679
- I'm an open book. I tell stories...
Yeah.

259
00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:32,848
...about me, who I am and what I go through.

260
00:15:32,848 --> 00:15:35,851
- It's very brave.
- It's gonna make me or break me.

261
00:15:35,851 --> 00:15:37,144
This is a true story.

262
00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:40,397
This is not BS.
I'm being 1,000% honest right now.

263
00:15:40,397 --> 00:15:41,732
Here's what happened.

264
00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,109
We go to Mexico. We're on a plane.

265
00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:47,488
While on the plane, my friends love
to bring weed, to fly with it.

266
00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:50,157
Go right ahead.
Bring all the fucking weed you want.

267
00:15:50,157 --> 00:15:51,909
It's all fun and games until it's not.

268
00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:55,496
Them little Mexican dogs get active,
and start sniffing your bags.

269
00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:58,707
I don't want to see you looking up like
you don't know what they smell,

270
00:15:58,707 --> 00:16:00,376
'cause guess what I'm gonna do.

271
00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:02,711
I'm gonna solve the case.
That's what I'm gonna do.

272
00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:07,633
<i>Keith Robinson,
he's the one that told me, "Be honest."</i>

273
00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,677
Go on stage and really talk about my life.

274
00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:12,805
My mom gave me permission
to cuss one time.

275
00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,349
I'm in school, I'm being bad,
my teacher got mad.

276
00:16:15,349 --> 00:16:19,144
Stapled a note to my chest. Said,
"Make sure your mother read the note."

277
00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:20,896
I get home, my mom read the note.

278
00:16:20,896 --> 00:16:23,148
The note said,
"Maybe if you showed your son

279
00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:26,485
some more attention at home,
he wouldn't act like a fool in school."

280
00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:29,405
Right? My mom read the note,
said, "Let me tell you something.

281
00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:32,491
"You tell her mind her damn business

282
00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:35,369
before I come down there
and I beat her ass."

283
00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:39,164
I thought, "Okay, do you
want me to say it like that,

284
00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,375
or do you want me to take some stuff out?"

285
00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:44,545
I wanna say congratulations,
'cause, coming up,

286
00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:47,965
you're about to be the recipient
of the Mark Twain Prize in Comedy.

287
00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:49,091
- Yes.

288
00:16:49,091 --> 00:16:50,300
Which is a giant honor.

289
00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:51,635
I can't wait. I'm excited.

290
00:16:51,635 --> 00:16:54,179
As a matter of fact, Jimmy,
you're invited. You got a seat.

291
00:16:54,179 --> 00:16:56,015
I need you there. Yeah.

292
00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,975
- I'll be there.
- Yup.

293
00:16:57,975 --> 00:17:00,477
- I'd love to go. I'd be honored to go.
- Yeah.

294
00:17:00,477 --> 00:17:02,021
- You have to.
- I have stories.

295
00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:04,815
- I've known you for a long time.
- No, I don't want you to talk.

296
00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:06,108
- I want you to come.
- Oh.

297
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,284
<i>And now here to not talk,
Jimmy Fallon.</i>

298
00:17:24,918 --> 00:17:27,296
<i>♪ We all love this little man ♪</i>

299
00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:31,091
<i>♪ He fits in the palm of your hand ♪</i>

300
00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:34,720
<i>♪ Big things come in small packages ♪</i>

301
00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:36,889
<i>♪ I think you understand ♪</i>

302
00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,769
<i>♪ We all love this famous Kevin ♪</i>

303
00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:44,563
<i>♪ Even though he's 2'11" ♪</i>

304
00:17:45,439 --> 00:17:48,442
<i>♪ He's the boss in any room ♪</i>

305
00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:51,904
<i>♪ But from behind
He looks like he's seven ♪</i>

306
00:17:53,447 --> 00:17:56,200
<i>♪ You can't stop this funny fella ♪</i>

307
00:17:56,825 --> 00:17:59,244
<i>♪ Every movie's a best-seller ♪</i>

308
00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:02,539
<i>♪ He can weather any storm ♪</i>

309
00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:05,667
<i>♪ He'll just grab a cocktail umbrella ♪</i>

310
00:18:07,961 --> 00:18:10,464
<i>♪ Yeah, we gotta give him cred ♪</i>

311
00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,342
<i>♪ He's great at earning bread ♪</i>

312
00:18:14,301 --> 00:18:16,637
<i>♪ And then after a long day of work ♪</i>

313
00:18:17,554 --> 00:18:19,640
<i>♪ He takes doggy stairs to bed... ♪</i>

314
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,227
- Hey, no. Come on, Jimmy. Come on, Jimmy.

315
00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,606
<i>♪ He's got a certain flair ♪</i>

316
00:18:28,398 --> 00:18:30,734
<i>♪ Buys his clothes at Build-a-Bear... ♪</i>

317
00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:37,991
What the fuck, Jimmy?

318
00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:41,620
<i>♪ He's so humble and down to earth ♪</i>

319
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:45,082
<i>♪ But his feet don't touch the ground
In a chair ♪</i>

320
00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:51,797
<i>♪ We're so glad that he was born ♪</i>

321
00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:54,591
<i>♪ Makes a full meal out of baby corn ♪</i>

322
00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,720
<i>♪ He arrived tonight with The Rock ♪</i>

323
00:18:59,638 --> 00:19:01,682
<i>♪ Who carried him in a Baby Björn ♪</i>

324
00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:04,143
- Goddamn it, Jimmy.

325
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,310
Come on, Jimmy.

326
00:19:07,187 --> 00:19:09,773
<i>♪ So much talent
How's it legal? ♪</i>

327
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:13,360
<i>♪ Entertains millions of people ♪</i>

328
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,363
<i>♪ We would be so heartbroke ♪</i>

329
00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:19,324
<i>♪ If he got carried away by an eagle ♪</i>

330
00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,660
- Okay, all right.

331
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:24,037
That's enough, Jimmy. That's enough.

332
00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:29,126
- Let me finish.

333
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,880
<i>♪ Kevin, you're hilarious and smart ♪</i>

334
00:19:33,630 --> 00:19:35,424
<i>♪ We loved you from the start ♪</i>

335
00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:39,469
<i>♪ You might be small
But everybody knows ♪</i>

336
00:19:39,469 --> 00:19:42,806
<i>♪ That you've got the biggest penis ♪</i>

337
00:19:42,806 --> 00:19:44,975
- No, Jimmy, no.

338
00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:47,895
Congratulations, Kevin.
You deserve it, brother.

339
00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,241
<i>To see him reach the levels that he has...</i>

340
00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:04,494
<i>I mean, it's one award, one prize,
one accolade after another,</i>

341
00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:08,624
<i>because he's reaching levels that
no other entertainer has reached before.</i>

342
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:12,961
<i>I remember when we used to sit and talk
about what we wanted with our careers,</i>

343
00:20:12,961 --> 00:20:16,757
<i>and he's surpassed everything
that he's ever dreamed of.</i>

344
00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:21,261
And now, please help me
in welcoming the next speaker.

345
00:20:21,261 --> 00:20:24,306
He made over a billion dollars
at the box office,

346
00:20:24,306 --> 00:20:26,642
he's been in some of
your favorite projects,

347
00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,810
<i>SNL, Trading Places,</i>

348
00:20:28,810 --> 00:20:31,063
<i>Beverly Hills Cop, Nutty Professor,</i>

349
00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,856
<i>Coming to America,</i>

350
00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:37,236
he was nominated for
a freaking Oscar in <i>Dreamgirls.</i>

351
00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:40,113
This is a total surprise to Kevin.

352
00:20:40,113 --> 00:20:43,116
Get out your motherfucking seats

353
00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:47,162
for the G-O-A-motherfucking-T,

354
00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:49,414
Eddie Murphy!

355
00:21:01,885 --> 00:21:03,512
No, no.

356
00:21:04,554 --> 00:21:07,516
No, shut up. Stop.

357
00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:10,143
Eddie Murphy ain't coming
to see your little ass.

358
00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:13,272
Sit your asses down.

359
00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:15,691
I'm sorry.

360
00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:18,068
Got you, bitch.

361
00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:24,032
I'm sorry. This is personal.
I didn't mean to interrupt the show.

362
00:21:24,032 --> 00:21:26,702
But Kevin Hart came to
<i>The Masked Singer</i> last week

363
00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:29,663
and fucked up my show,
so now I'm fucking up your show.

364
00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:37,629
Payback. If y'all don't know,
this is my best frenemy right there.

365
00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:40,299
We've been having this prank war
going on for years.

366
00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:43,635
I sent a llama
to his house for his birthday.

367
00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:46,930
In exchange, he put my cell phone number

368
00:21:46,930 --> 00:21:49,891
on every billboard in America, saying...

369
00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:56,606
"For any fatherly advice,
call my best friend Nick Cannon."

370
00:21:56,606 --> 00:22:00,193
- My shit's still ringing.
- It's a good prank.

371
00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:01,903
But this is checkmate, Kevin.

372
00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:05,115
I mean, I'm good.
This was hilarious, right? Shit.

373
00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:09,161
They need to be giving me
this goddamn award, not you.

374
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:12,247
But, anyway, Eddie Murphy is not coming.

375
00:22:12,247 --> 00:22:16,001
He's filming in Atlanta,
and he definitely sends his regards.

376
00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,045
He loves you like we all do.

377
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,505
So, you know,
since Eddie couldn't be here,

378
00:22:20,505 --> 00:22:23,633
we asked someone just as special
to come out,

379
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,470
so please welcome, from <i>Black Panther,</i>

380
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:28,805
<i>Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever,</i>

381
00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:32,517
<i>What's Love Got to Do with It?</i>
and <i>Waiting to Exhale,</i>

382
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,394
Angela Bassett!

383
00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:45,822
You fell for that shit too?
You don't even know Angela Bassett, nigga.

384
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:48,742
- Fuck you, man.

385
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,578
- I do. I did a movie with her.
- Fuck you, Nick.

386
00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:55,707
You gonna be waiting to exhale
for her to come out here, nigga.

387
00:22:58,418 --> 00:23:01,463
Sorry. I promise, last one.
That's it. I'm done.

388
00:23:01,463 --> 00:23:03,298
I promise, seriousness now.

389
00:23:03,298 --> 00:23:06,927
All right, y'all know this is really
someone I love, true and dearly.

390
00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:09,387
We started in this game together, man,

391
00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:11,932
fronting comedy clubs,
making fun of each other.

392
00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,892
Freestyle rapping, cracking jokes.

393
00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:16,144
And that's why I created a little show

394
00:23:16,269 --> 00:23:18,980
to help pay his rent
called <i>Wildin' Out</i> early on.

395
00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:20,524
- So that's, you know--

396
00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:21,483
You did.

397
00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:24,486
But we still rocking to this day.

398
00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:27,280
I love you so much.
I love your entire family.

399
00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:31,701
Congratulations, man.
You are truly a comedic force.

400
00:23:31,701 --> 00:23:35,288
But don't worry. You ain't gotta--
Sit your little ass down.

401
00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:39,793
I got a real surprise for you.

402
00:23:39,793 --> 00:23:44,297
Don't take my word
for how amazing this little man is.

403
00:23:44,297 --> 00:23:47,634
Please join me in welcoming to the stage

404
00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:51,680
a comedic legend
who needs no introduction.

405
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,558
This brother is truly an icon,

406
00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:57,227
breaking comedy records in specials,

407
00:23:57,227 --> 00:23:59,896
starring all over the world in movies.

408
00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:01,231
I love him, you love him.

409
00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:04,067
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Chris Rock.

410
00:24:04,067 --> 00:24:07,612
- No, for real, he here.

411
00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:11,658
I'm not lying. Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome the legendary Chris Rock.

412
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,840
Wow. Thank you.

413
00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:30,927
That is the funniest
I've ever seen Nick Cannon.

414
00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:39,728
Wow.

415
00:24:41,062 --> 00:24:43,732
We're here for Kevin Hart.

416
00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:48,820
Here, the Mark Twain Award, Kevin...

417
00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:54,618
A man of extraordinary talents.
Look at him. Look at that smile.

418
00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:57,370
Got that second wife happiness.

419
00:25:09,090 --> 00:25:11,384
Ain't nothing like
that second wife happiness.

420
00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:15,305
It's like, "We didn't struggle at all."

421
00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:24,731
Yes. Kevin has made amazing movies.

422
00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:28,777
My favorite movie of Kevin's
is <i>The Upside.</i>

423
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:31,279
- You ever see <i>The Upside?</i>

424
00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,990
With Kevin and Bryan Cranston.

425
00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:35,909
Kevin's his helper.

426
00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:41,623
You gotta see it. It's the best acting
Kevin Hart has ever done.

427
00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:46,962
'Cause in the movie he had to act like
he had less money than Bryan Cranston.

428
00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:53,218
It's unbelievable. He's like,
"Wow. This is a nice house, mister."

429
00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:00,141
"I never seen a Ferrari before."

430
00:26:04,187 --> 00:26:06,398
It's a regular Denzel over there.

431
00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:09,567
Now...

432
00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:16,283
No, seriously. I met Kevin on the set
of the movie <i>Death at a Funeral.</i>

433
00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:18,618
- Yes, sir.
<i>- Death at a Funeral,</i> I met Kevin.

434
00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:20,954
I had seen him...

435
00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:23,373
You had a special on Showtime.

436
00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:26,418
And it was a bunch of
young comedians and Kevin.

437
00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:29,587
And I think we had, like,
a lunch break or something,

438
00:26:29,587 --> 00:26:33,300
and Kevin came up to me
and asked for advice.

439
00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:39,180
And I'd seen him and... I don't know.
I gave him some advice, and it's weird.

440
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:40,724
He's the only guy...

441
00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:44,102
Kevin Hart and Aziz Ansari,
only guys that ever listened to me.

442
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:48,648
And he literally did
exactly what the fuck I told him.

443
00:26:49,649 --> 00:26:52,402
I looked at him.
I said, "Yo, man, you're really funny."

444
00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:58,491
"But your problem is you're competing
with these other comedians."

445
00:26:58,491 --> 00:27:02,620
"They are not your peers.
You're better than all of them."

446
00:27:02,620 --> 00:27:08,043
"But you need to get out of their circle
and develop your own voice."

447
00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:11,254
- That's what I told him, right?

448
00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:12,172
True story.

449
00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:18,511
I swear to God, within 800 days...

450
00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:23,183
Kevin Hart was a bigger star than me.

451
00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:28,480
Within 800 days,
he was taking parts from me.

452
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:31,483
He's in a movie with The Rock.

453
00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:35,904
- My last name's Rock.

454
00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:38,448
How the fuck he get the fucking part?

455
00:27:39,657 --> 00:27:43,453
From now on, when I see young comedians,
they ask me for advice,

456
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:45,288
I just say, "Shut the fuck up."

457
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,253
Well, I love Kevin Hart.

458
00:27:52,253 --> 00:27:54,255
I'm glad I'm here tonight.

459
00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:57,675
- Enjoy your new wife and kids, bastard.

460
00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:59,844
Y'all take care. Thank you.

461
00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:10,855
Listen, I'm gonna be up here for a while.

462
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:13,400
I'mma talk about a lot of shit
while I'm up here.

463
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,111
Some of the shit I say tonight
is gonna be mean.

464
00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:18,154
Let it happen. Unclench your ass.

465
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:20,490
Have a good time. That's why you're here.

466
00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:28,248
My dad never wore drawers ever.

467
00:28:29,332 --> 00:28:32,669
This is my dad getting to his seat.
This is all I saw. "Excuse me."

468
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,384
You're gonna learn what
a long dick looks like today.

469
00:28:40,301 --> 00:28:41,386
Say it with your chest.

470
00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:43,471
Bop, bop!

471
00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:45,724
Really?

472
00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:51,479
I have amazing friends, man.

473
00:28:51,479 --> 00:28:53,815
I truly believe that I would
not be where I am today

474
00:28:53,815 --> 00:28:55,734
if it were not for my support group.

475
00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:58,319
My friends have a lot to do with
my level of success.

476
00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:00,572
Over the summer, I took them to Japan.

477
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:04,784
This shit was incredible. The reason
why I was blown away is because...

478
00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:08,037
I was the tallest person in the park.
This is a true story.

479
00:29:08,037 --> 00:29:10,915
They were calling me Godzilla.
There were like, "Godzilla."

480
00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:13,877
I was giving advice I've never given,
telling people to drink milk,

481
00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,754
eat their vegetables,
shit I've never said.

482
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,843
- This is a moment. You hear me?

483
00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:24,137
It's a moment.

484
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:28,808
When you look around this room tonight,
what I love the most

485
00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:33,605
is that I see every race,
ethnicity, nationality possible.

486
00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:36,608
If you can laugh together,
you can live together.

487
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,860
If you can live together,
you can love together.

488
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:42,864
In my city,
I made fucking history, goddamn it.

489
00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:45,241
I'm in the record books. You hear me?

490
00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:51,414
<i>We know her and love her.</i>

491
00:29:51,414 --> 00:29:54,209
<i>And to be honest,
she scares the shit out of me.</i>

492
00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:57,504
<i>- Chelsea Handler.</i>

493
00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:00,882
It is such an honor to be here tonight

494
00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:05,011
to pay tribute to America's
favorite comedy dynamo.

495
00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:08,348
I am so glad that Kevin came into my life,

496
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:12,519
not only because he is an incredibly
talented and generous person,

497
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:16,189
but also because I always wanted to know
what it would look like

498
00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:19,025
- if 50 Cent and I had a baby.

499
00:30:19,025 --> 00:30:21,861
Okay. All right, Chelsea.

500
00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,156
Come on, Chelsea.

501
00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:27,617
Don't start your shit.

502
00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:30,286
Kevin and I first met
on my very first talk show.

503
00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:34,207
It was called <i>Chelsea Lately,</i>
and it was clear from the moment we met

504
00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:36,960
that he was destined for superstardom.

505
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,506
Especially when he told me
he was destined for superstardom.

506
00:30:42,298 --> 00:30:43,591
And I admired his pluck,

507
00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:46,219
and I've continued
to admire Kevin's pluck,

508
00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:49,639
as well as his drive and determination,

509
00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:54,018
and the unrelenting hard work
that brought him here tonight,

510
00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:58,773
to a place where the talk show host
he told he was destined for superstardom

511
00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:02,151
is now presenting him
with a lifetime achievement award.

512
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,286
Since everyone here in DC
is talking about the border crisis,

513
00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:15,081
I thought I'd talk about a border crisis
of my own, and it involves Kevin.

514
00:31:16,165 --> 00:31:19,252
During COVID,
I was desperate to get to Canada,

515
00:31:19,252 --> 00:31:21,170
and it was for a very important reason.

516
00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:24,257
- I needed to ski.
- Chelsea...

517
00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:25,758
And Canada-- Shut up, Kevin.

518
00:31:25,758 --> 00:31:29,971
Canada had very strict rules at the time.
It was almost impossible to get in.

519
00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:31,639
But when I looked on Instagram,

520
00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:35,184
I noticed that Kevin
was filming a movie up in Canada.

521
00:31:35,184 --> 00:31:39,647
And he was going back and forth
from Canada to America all the time.

522
00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:41,900
One day, he was in America
for Thanksgiving,

523
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:44,402
and the next day he'd be back in Canada.

524
00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:47,822
And this was when there was
a mandatory two-week quarantine.

525
00:31:47,822 --> 00:31:49,032
That's enough.

526
00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:53,745
So I called Kevin and I told him,
"I don't know what your secret is,

527
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,205
but I need your help
getting across the border."

528
00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,249
And here's how great Kevin is.

529
00:31:58,249 --> 00:32:00,710
He said, "No problem, Chelsea. I got you."

530
00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:02,462
"I'll just get you a gig on my movie."

531
00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:04,464
I said, "Great.
Behind the camera, in front."

532
00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:06,758
"I don't care.
I'll direct it if I have to."

533
00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:09,969
He said he'd even help me
fill out the paperwork.

534
00:32:09,969 --> 00:32:11,429
I was so excited.

535
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:15,642
He said, "I got you, Chelsea.
I got you. I got you."

536
00:32:17,226 --> 00:32:20,229
And that's when I learned
that if you ask Kevin for a favor,

537
00:32:20,229 --> 00:32:23,232
you can always count on
hearing these three words.

538
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,068
"I got you."

539
00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:29,322
And then you can count on
never hearing from him again.

540
00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:31,407
- That's ridiculous.

541
00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:37,997
So that's the kind of man
we're honoring here tonight.

542
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:43,127
The kind of man
who would deny a rich white lady

543
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:46,798
a ski vacation during a global pandemic.

544
00:32:49,717 --> 00:32:54,138
But we're here to honor Kevin,
so I should probably tell one nice story.

545
00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:57,850
I was shooting a documentary for Netflix,
and I wanted Kevin to be part of it.

546
00:32:57,850 --> 00:33:00,019
So I reached out to his team.
Guess what they said?

547
00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:03,731
- Nothing. Nobody responded.

548
00:33:03,731 --> 00:33:05,316
So, the day before the shoot,

549
00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:08,027
I texted Kevin directly,
and I told him the situation

550
00:33:08,027 --> 00:33:09,988
and that his team
wasn't getting back to us.

551
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:12,281
And he said, "Chelsea, I got you."

552
00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:16,786
But guess what. This time he did get me.

553
00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:20,665
He showed up the next day
at 9:00 a.m. on his little scooter

554
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:24,335
that he drove himself
with no entourage, no nothing.

555
00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:26,421
And like always, he delivered.

556
00:33:27,296 --> 00:33:30,049
- That's right.

557
00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:37,056
And I love to give him a lot of shit,
as we all do,

558
00:33:37,056 --> 00:33:39,267
but he really does
show up when it matters.

559
00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:43,771
Which is why all of these amazing
and talented people showed up tonight.

560
00:33:43,771 --> 00:33:47,650
And also because he is one
giant-hearted, hilariously-funny,

561
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:50,528
fun-loving, hardworking
little motherfucker.

562
00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:54,365
And I got you, Kevin.

563
00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:57,535
- So, congratulations.
- I love you, Chelsea.

564
00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:06,002
Nice to see you.

565
00:34:06,794 --> 00:34:07,670
Good job, buddy.

566
00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:16,637
<i>Up next, the man
who survived two strokes</i>

567
00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:18,639
<i>just so he could be here tonight.</i>

568
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,809
<i>The hilarious Keith Robinson.</i>

569
00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,150
All right. Damn.

570
00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:33,529
Oh...

571
00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:35,615
Shit. They told me I had four minutes.

572
00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:39,702
And it took me three and a half
to get down here.

573
00:34:43,456 --> 00:34:45,792
Kev, I love you. Good night.

574
00:34:50,046 --> 00:34:52,924
Fucking damn... Damn Chris Rock.

575
00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:55,968
Calls me Strokey Robinson.

576
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,521
He's an asshole, man.

577
00:35:12,985 --> 00:35:14,445
I met Kev...

578
00:35:14,445 --> 00:35:19,617
Like, I met him around '98, '99,
at the Laff House.

579
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,702
I met two guys, actually.

580
00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:27,625
Big Jay Oakerson,
and little dummy, the bastard.

581
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,671
Kevin Hart. You know what I mean?

582
00:35:31,671 --> 00:35:38,094
And I decided to take these guys
to New York in my '85 Buick.

583
00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:44,559
But those assholes tried to play
brand-new music in my old-ass car.

584
00:35:47,061 --> 00:35:51,023
They put Jadakiss in, Jay-Z. Fat Joe.

585
00:35:51,023 --> 00:35:55,486
I plopped it out of my CD,
threw it right out the fucking window.

586
00:35:57,446 --> 00:36:00,533
And I made them listen to Mahalia Jackson.

587
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:07,456
I'm looking in my rearview,
and they're, like, disgusted.

588
00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:10,084
- Like, "What the fuck?"

589
00:36:11,627 --> 00:36:16,007
But as we went along, man,
Kev, little dummy,

590
00:36:16,549 --> 00:36:20,845
he made a tape. I told him,
"Get a tape." He sent down his tape.

591
00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:25,057
And he got some manager prospects.

592
00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:27,268
He got two of them so far.

593
00:36:27,894 --> 00:36:31,272
And I said, "Look,
don't you sign with nobody."

594
00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:36,360
"Don't do it.
I'll tell you who to sign with."

595
00:36:37,820 --> 00:36:42,241
And finally he came to me with Dave Becky.

596
00:36:42,241 --> 00:36:47,246
Well, I told Kev,
"That's the guy. Sign with him."

597
00:36:47,788 --> 00:36:52,418
"But you have to break up
with the other two managers."

598
00:36:52,418 --> 00:36:57,506
So Kev called one of the managers
and he said, "Hey..."

599
00:36:57,506 --> 00:37:00,593
- Kev is real good at bullshitting, right?

600
00:37:00,593 --> 00:37:05,473
He said, "I mean, thank you
for all you've done. You know..."

601
00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:10,937
"Everything was good."

602
00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,439
"But, you know,
I'm gonna go with Dave Becky."

603
00:37:13,439 --> 00:37:18,611
The first one, like, "Okay.
God bless you. Have a good time."

604
00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,530
All right. He called the second one.

605
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:25,660
Same bullshit.
You know, "You were very good."

606
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,581
And the woman's like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What the fuck you talking about?"

607
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:36,212
And Kev said,
"No, I'm gonna go with Dave Becky."

608
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:41,425
Swear to God, she's saying,
"You little Black midget motherfucker."

609
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:47,807
"You midget motherfucker."

610
00:37:47,807 --> 00:37:50,559
"I'm gonna put my foot in your ass."

611
00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:55,106
"Don't let me see you."
I'm like, "Oh, shit."

612
00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:59,777
And I swear to God, like,
two weeks later, Kev called me

613
00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:02,488
and told me he was moving to LA.

614
00:38:02,488 --> 00:38:05,449
I'm like, "What the fuck?
She scared you that much?"

615
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:12,581
Dealing with Kev... I love him to death.
He's my family now.

616
00:38:12,581 --> 00:38:14,625
I remember when I had my stroke, right?

617
00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:19,297
I was in the hospital, right during COVID.

618
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:24,385
And all of a sudden, they took me
to the COVID holding center.

619
00:38:25,219 --> 00:38:26,595
Like, they put me there

620
00:38:26,595 --> 00:38:30,141
and were like, "We're gonna
put you in the COVID section."

621
00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:31,559
I'm like, "Oh, shit."

622
00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:37,982
My kid's mom called me,
and I said, "Look, call Kevin."

623
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:41,861
She said, "What?" I said, "Call Kevin."

624
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:46,324
And I said, "Kev, they gonna
put me in the COVID section."

625
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:51,203
And Kev bullshitting...
"What? That's bullshit."

626
00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,504
I'm like, "Yeah, they gonna
put me there, man."

627
00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:02,673
He said, "Let me make a call."

628
00:39:05,801 --> 00:39:08,804
I'm like, "Yeah, now they got action."

629
00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:15,770
He said,
"I'll call you back in ten minutes."

630
00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:18,189
I'm like, "Goddamn right."

631
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:24,612
And then when he hung up the phone,
I'm like, "Wait a minute."

632
00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:27,865
"Who the fuck is he...
Who's he gonna call?"

633
00:39:35,581 --> 00:39:38,000
Dr. Fauci? What the fuck?

634
00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:47,385
And when I finally got out
of that bullshit, I'm like,

635
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,763
"You Black midget motherfucker."

636
00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:02,525
Yes. Oh!

637
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,152
Oh, my God.

638
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,449
I'm still mad, by the way.

639
00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:14,286
Oh, shit.

640
00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:17,998
My cane just fell.

641
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:21,502
I need help.

642
00:40:24,463 --> 00:40:26,924
I need help, goddamn it.

643
00:40:29,468 --> 00:40:31,053
My man.

644
00:40:31,053 --> 00:40:32,847
- There you go, man.
- There you go.

645
00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:35,182
Adam Blackstone, man. How about it?

646
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:42,565
Adam... Oh!

647
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:52,116
Hey, Adam, give him his cane.

648
00:40:57,580 --> 00:41:02,334
I'm sorry, man. You know,
that was wrong. That was wrong.

649
00:41:04,753 --> 00:41:08,966
Kevin, I love you, man.
This is a good thing for you.

650
00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:12,803
I love you to death.
This is very special, man.

651
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:18,309
I really do. Your family
watching you all sitting there.

652
00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,978
Your son, your daughter,
your son, your daughter...

653
00:41:23,272 --> 00:41:25,399
No more, man. No more kids.

654
00:41:27,276 --> 00:41:30,654
All right, love you, man.
Peace out. Take care.

655
00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:41,957
<i>I can't believe
we have two people</i>

656
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:44,168
<i>from the cast of</i> Pootie Tang <i>here tonight.</i>

657
00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:48,380
<i>Let's hear it
for the hilarious J.B. Smoove.</i>

658
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:56,764
All right.

659
00:41:56,764 --> 00:41:59,767
Kevin Hart, man. Look at you, baby.

660
00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,393
- How you doing?
- I'm doing great, man.

661
00:42:01,393 --> 00:42:04,605
Not as great as you, but you're doing...
You're amazing, man.

662
00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:08,400
Kevin and I go way back, man.
I'm a little older than Kevin.

663
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:13,364
But I can remember Kevin always being
at the Laugh House in Philadelphia, man.

664
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:17,535
I would see this kid at the club
with these little beady eyes.

665
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,287
I'd be like, "Man,
if someone doesn't come over here

666
00:42:20,287 --> 00:42:24,708
and get their damn child out of
this club... They sell alcohol in here."

667
00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:28,295
"Who brings an adolescent
to a damn comedy club?"

668
00:42:29,755 --> 00:42:31,590
But it wasn't an adolescent at all.

669
00:42:36,512 --> 00:42:37,721
It was Kevin.

670
00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:41,642
Back then he was damn near living
at that club, sitting in the back,

671
00:42:41,642 --> 00:42:43,727
taking notes, soaking it all in,

672
00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:46,981
pestering anyone who would
want to speak to his ass.

673
00:42:46,981 --> 00:42:49,358
I remember how we would
sit and talk about comedy

674
00:42:49,358 --> 00:42:52,820
before I got up to do my set,
and I also remember how,

675
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:56,949
after I would leave the club
headed back to New York City,

676
00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:59,326
I wouldn't even make it over
the Ben Franklin Bridge

677
00:42:59,326 --> 00:43:02,538
before I would get a page
causing me to pull over

678
00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:05,416
and find a damn pay phone
and call my answering service

679
00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:07,668
just so the operator
could relay the message

680
00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:10,129
that Kevin was on stage
stealing my shit again.

681
00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:13,382
- Okay. All right. That's...
- I ain't lying.

682
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,512
I said, "Thank you, operator Jenny,
for the information."

683
00:43:19,847 --> 00:43:21,473
It's been so long ago,

684
00:43:21,473 --> 00:43:25,936
I don't actually remember
all the bits that Kevin borrowed.

685
00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:29,189
The point is that he borrowed jokes.

686
00:43:29,189 --> 00:43:32,484
But see, jokes don't don't make an act.

687
00:43:32,484 --> 00:43:34,486
I like to think of comedians as chefs.

688
00:43:34,486 --> 00:43:38,073
Some make gourmet meals
and some make fast food.

689
00:43:38,073 --> 00:43:40,826
But whatever they make, it's their recipe.

690
00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:44,163
And figuring out
the right ingredients takes time.

691
00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:46,749
Kevin had to figure out
all the right ingredients.

692
00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:51,378
Over the years, I've watched Kevin go
from being a short short-order cook,

693
00:43:51,378 --> 00:43:54,340
- burning curly fries...

694
00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:56,967
to an even shorter Michelin-Star chef.

695
00:43:56,967 --> 00:44:01,013
I've watched him go from sitting
in the back of the small clubs in Philly

696
00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:03,891
to standing on stage at arenas
around the damn world.

697
00:44:05,476 --> 00:44:07,978
And how did he do it, you ask?
It was simple.

698
00:44:07,978 --> 00:44:09,647
By just being himself.

699
00:44:10,356 --> 00:44:11,940
And maybe a little bit of me.

700
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:15,361
Maybe a little bit of me,
but mostly by being his damn self.

701
00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:18,656
I remember on his last tour,
Kevin invited my wife, Shahidah,

702
00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:23,035
to go see him at the Barclays Center
in Brooklyn, New York.

703
00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:25,746
Of course, that man killed.
That man destroyed that crowd.

704
00:44:25,746 --> 00:44:28,540
I was like, "This is my city.
And you come up here and do this?"

705
00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:30,709
I said, "Man, that boy bad as hell, man."

706
00:44:30,709 --> 00:44:33,003
But after the show, I was backstage.

707
00:44:33,003 --> 00:44:36,173
Kevin came over and thanked me
for coming to the show.

708
00:44:36,173 --> 00:44:40,969
And that it meant so much for me
to come in my own city to see him perform.

709
00:44:40,969 --> 00:44:43,889
The man started crying.
I couldn't believe it.

710
00:44:43,889 --> 00:44:46,308
That's the Kevin people don't know.
He's very emotional.

711
00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:49,770
He started crying right there.
You should've saw those damn tears.

712
00:44:49,770 --> 00:44:54,149
This man started crying chocolate milk.
Like, it was dark.

713
00:44:55,317 --> 00:44:57,528
I've never seen tears
that dark in my life.

714
00:44:57,528 --> 00:44:59,655
It had the consistency of a smoothie.

715
00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:02,616
Thick-ass tears,
like he was crying Ovaltine.

716
00:45:02,616 --> 00:45:05,035
I don't know what was
going on with this dude.

717
00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:13,377
I know folks make short jokes
about Kevin, and rightfully so.

718
00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:20,300
But the truth is, Kevin is a giant.
A miniature damn giant.

719
00:45:22,678 --> 00:45:25,681
I'm gonna thank you, man,
for letting me, you know,

720
00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,558
get all this out of my system, man.

721
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:30,936
'Cause you know how it was back then.
We were all trying to get somewhere, man.

722
00:45:30,936 --> 00:45:33,564
And that's what this comedy game is.

723
00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:37,067
And, Kevin, I want you to know, man,
that it's all love, baby.

724
00:45:37,067 --> 00:45:39,445
It's all love, brother.
You know why I'm here.

725
00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:42,114
- It's all love. I love you, man.

726
00:45:42,114 --> 00:45:45,534
Congratulations, Kevin.
You deserve this, brother.

727
00:45:45,534 --> 00:45:47,244
I love you so much, man.

728
00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:50,998
I'm so proud of your journey,
'cause I've seen it from the beginning.

729
00:45:50,998 --> 00:45:53,500
I love you, man.
Give me a hug. Come on, man.

730
00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:55,752
Come on, man.

731
00:45:55,752 --> 00:45:58,380
- I love you, brother.
- How you doing? Congratulations.

732
00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:06,263
- Are you ready to have your mind blown?
- I'm ready. I'm so ready.

733
00:46:06,263 --> 00:46:09,808
Anything is possible!

734
00:46:09,808 --> 00:46:11,768
Oh, God.
He's doing that thing with his voice.

735
00:46:11,768 --> 00:46:15,105
Do you ever listen to the shit
that fly out your mouth?

736
00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:18,859
- Use your regular voice.
This is my regular voice.

737
00:46:20,194 --> 00:46:23,405
- Hey, Mike. How old is your mom?
- What?

738
00:46:23,405 --> 00:46:26,200
No, not like that.
No, it is. It is like that.

739
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,453
How old is she? I come in, she was like,
"You wanna eat?" "Eat what?"

740
00:46:31,872 --> 00:46:36,543
My action star group chat.
Me, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jet Li.

741
00:46:36,543 --> 00:46:39,046
- We all talk.
- You barely have the Rock's number.

742
00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:40,714
You barely have The Rock's number.

743
00:46:40,714 --> 00:46:44,510
First of all, I say this,
and I say it respectfully, fuck The Rock.

744
00:46:44,510 --> 00:46:46,220
Back up, man.

745
00:46:53,602 --> 00:46:54,811
Got a bad feeling about this.

746
00:46:54,811 --> 00:46:57,814
You're telling me that
you let a rabbit shit in his bed

747
00:46:57,814 --> 00:46:59,858
- because part of--
- Let me stop you right there.

748
00:46:59,858 --> 00:47:03,153
- That wasn't a rabbit. That was my shit.
- You're proud of that?

749
00:47:06,198 --> 00:47:07,533
I'm taking you into custody.

750
00:47:10,410 --> 00:47:11,537
I do love you.

751
00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:17,042
- What're you doing?
- I'm about to kiss you.

752
00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:18,669
Nobody said anything about a kiss.

753
00:47:27,469 --> 00:47:29,263
I'm gonna go check the perimeter.

754
00:47:31,223 --> 00:47:32,266
Am I still Black?

755
00:47:32,266 --> 00:47:36,061
- Yes.
- Okay.

756
00:47:36,061 --> 00:47:38,855
All right. We're fine. Everything is fine.

757
00:47:38,855 --> 00:47:41,441
- Yeah. Hey, it's all good.

758
00:47:44,987 --> 00:47:47,573
<i>From</i> About Last Night <i>with Kevin Hart,</i>

759
00:47:47,573 --> 00:47:50,909
<i>but more importantly,
she did</i> Shaft <i>with me,</i>

760
00:47:50,909 --> 00:47:53,620
<i>- please welcome Regina Hall.</i>

761
00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:55,038
Um...

762
00:47:56,665 --> 00:47:57,583
Thank you.

763
00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:01,253
You know, I'm really disappointed

764
00:48:01,253 --> 00:48:04,298
because tonight is a celebration
of Kevin's life and career,

765
00:48:04,298 --> 00:48:07,134
and I've been hearing
a lot of negative things.

766
00:48:07,134 --> 00:48:11,013
I've been hearing about
his inconsistent communication,

767
00:48:11,013 --> 00:48:14,391
how he's got a big penis,
and these are lies.

768
00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:15,601
No.

769
00:48:15,601 --> 00:48:17,269
Kevin. No, no, no.

770
00:48:17,269 --> 00:48:20,022
I'm not gonna deal with it.
I won't have the lies.

771
00:48:20,022 --> 00:48:24,276
Kevin, look at me. This is your work wife.
And I'm here, to the rescue, for you.

772
00:48:24,276 --> 00:48:26,403
- Thank you.
- Look, I love you.

773
00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:30,741
I got us.
There's my sister wife, Eniko. Beautiful.

774
00:48:31,825 --> 00:48:34,953
Everybody, we are the Harts,
this family right here.

775
00:48:36,288 --> 00:48:38,498
Now this right here,
this is <i>Scary Movie 3.</i>

776
00:48:38,498 --> 00:48:42,169
This is where it all began. I was 21.

777
00:48:42,169 --> 00:48:44,796
Who could have known
that I would walk into a table read

778
00:48:44,796 --> 00:48:47,341
and meet my future work husband?

779
00:48:47,341 --> 00:48:49,968
Since then, Kevin's career,
it skyrocketed.

780
00:48:49,968 --> 00:48:53,680
Everyone... No one saw it coming.
But one person did.

781
00:48:54,723 --> 00:48:58,101
- It wasn't me. No. I didn't see it at all.

782
00:48:58,101 --> 00:49:01,229
To be honest, after <i>Soul Plane,</i>

783
00:49:01,229 --> 00:49:03,607
a movie that I'm sure no one in here saw...

784
00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:06,443
Yeah, right? Probably.

785
00:49:07,194 --> 00:49:11,031
Never heard of it either, huh? Yeah,
it's okay. [clears throat] It's okay.

786
00:49:11,031 --> 00:49:14,618
A lot of people have erased that
from their memories. I did.

787
00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:17,079
And I erased Kevin from my cell phone.

788
00:49:18,455 --> 00:49:22,584
But it's fine, because, over the years,
Kevin has tirelessly proven himself

789
00:49:22,584 --> 00:49:26,922
to be a bona fide movie star,
with more than 60 films and counting.

790
00:49:26,922 --> 00:49:29,216
Eight of which
we have starred in together.

791
00:49:29,216 --> 00:49:30,342
Nice.

792
00:49:30,342 --> 00:49:34,388
And our love scenes... Kevin and I had
many love scenes, some requested by Kevin,

793
00:49:34,388 --> 00:49:36,431
actually, most requested by Niko.

794
00:49:36,431 --> 00:49:38,141
- Okay. All right.

795
00:49:39,351 --> 00:49:42,312
Yeah. She told me she was tired of it.
I mean...

796
00:49:45,065 --> 00:49:48,402
Over the course of our friendship,
I can attest to the fact

797
00:49:48,402 --> 00:49:52,322
that Kevin has remained as kind
and gracious since day one.

798
00:49:52,322 --> 00:49:53,407
It's true.

799
00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:57,035
What's also true is Kevin is such
an incredible father to his children.

800
00:49:57,035 --> 00:49:59,246
He is an exceptional family man.

801
00:49:59,246 --> 00:50:01,832
- You hear that?
- He manages to do--

802
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,458
It's true. You do it all.

803
00:50:03,458 --> 00:50:08,004
Your sacrifice,
your perseverance, your work ethic.

804
00:50:08,004 --> 00:50:13,385
It is comparable to no other
because Kevin cares.

805
00:50:14,177 --> 00:50:20,225
Kevin really cares about the quality...
of the check, not the project.

806
00:50:21,727 --> 00:50:25,147
He doesn't give a damn about that.
Some of that shit is pretty bad.

807
00:50:25,147 --> 00:50:26,648
But you know what?

808
00:50:26,648 --> 00:50:29,860
This man makes a lot of money.

809
00:50:32,154 --> 00:50:34,906
Now, it's been more than
20 years since we met,

810
00:50:34,906 --> 00:50:40,162
and at this point, in California,
we are actually common law.

811
00:50:41,163 --> 00:50:44,666
Now, what that means
is that I am entitled to...

812
00:50:44,666 --> 00:50:47,836
Lookie there. Oh, my God. It's legal.

813
00:50:48,962 --> 00:50:52,591
I'm actually entitled
to half of the Hart empire.

814
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:53,842
Okay.

815
00:50:55,051 --> 00:50:59,556
If Kevin owns it,
if he gets paid for it, so do I.

816
00:51:00,432 --> 00:51:03,477
Being the work wife
is a great responsibility.

817
00:51:03,477 --> 00:51:07,147
And behind every successful Kevin Hart,

818
00:51:07,147 --> 00:51:10,567
there is a gold-digging Regina Hall-Hart.

819
00:51:12,527 --> 00:51:14,112
And I mean that, Kevin.

820
00:51:16,114 --> 00:51:20,035
Congratulations on
this incredibly tremendous honor.

821
00:51:20,035 --> 00:51:22,996
- And I love you so much.
- I love you, G.

822
00:51:28,877 --> 00:51:30,837
<i>Even just looking
at the people</i>

823
00:51:30,837 --> 00:51:32,005
<i>that are here in general,</i>

824
00:51:32,005 --> 00:51:34,424
<i>to just be in the same company
as these idols</i>

825
00:51:34,424 --> 00:51:37,469
<i>who, my whole life,
have been my biggest influences...</i>

826
00:51:37,469 --> 00:51:39,513
- I love you.
- I love you too, bro.

827
00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:42,265
<i>And for him to invite me to be
a part of that is just...</i>

828
00:51:42,265 --> 00:51:45,560
<i>He's always been, to me,
the funniest man in the world.</i>

829
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:49,189
<i>So I love being here to give him
his flowers that are so deserved.</i>

830
00:51:49,189 --> 00:51:50,857
All right.

831
00:51:50,857 --> 00:51:53,401
<i>Please welcome Lil Dicky.</i>

832
00:51:56,154 --> 00:52:00,158
I actually want to tell a true story
about the first day that I met Kevin Hart,

833
00:52:00,158 --> 00:52:02,744
because I think it's very telling
about his personality.

834
00:52:02,744 --> 00:52:05,872
I'm a rapper, and I was booked
to perform in Las Vegas

835
00:52:05,872 --> 00:52:11,127
at one of those super trashy
daytime generic Las Vegas pool parties.

836
00:52:11,127 --> 00:52:14,840
That's where Kevin Hart decided
to have his actual bachelor party.

837
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,884
I think he just likes being around
those lowest common denominator

838
00:52:17,884 --> 00:52:19,594
type of people that love all his movies.

839
00:52:19,594 --> 00:52:21,805
- I think he just likes that vibe.

840
00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:24,850
I don't know why he was there.
Anyways, I hadn't even met him yet.

841
00:52:24,850 --> 00:52:26,476
I was on stage rapping.

842
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:30,063
You know, really in the zone.
I heard the crowd roar all of a sudden.

843
00:52:30,188 --> 00:52:33,316
I assumed it must have been
because I had done something cool.

844
00:52:33,316 --> 00:52:35,652
But I turned right and no,

845
00:52:35,652 --> 00:52:39,531
it was actually because Kevin Hart
jumped on stage, microphone in hand,

846
00:52:39,531 --> 00:52:43,493
and actually performed with me
for the entire duration of the show.

847
00:52:43,493 --> 00:52:45,912
Look, I grew up in Philadelphia
idolizing this man,

848
00:52:45,912 --> 00:52:47,706
so it was a total dream come true

849
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:51,501
to have this guy materialize
out of thin air and meet him on the stage.

850
00:52:51,501 --> 00:52:53,128
Very cool moment in my life.

851
00:52:54,129 --> 00:52:55,964
As years went by, I took a step back

852
00:52:55,964 --> 00:52:58,425
and really analyzed
what actually occurred that day.

853
00:52:58,425 --> 00:53:01,344
The audacity of a man...

854
00:53:02,929 --> 00:53:05,056
...having never met the performer,

855
00:53:05,056 --> 00:53:09,019
to just assume that everyone wants him
to just jump on stage and interact.

856
00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:12,272
It's a totally ridiculous way
to carry yourself and live life.

857
00:53:12,272 --> 00:53:16,151
I don't know how he gets away with it,
but he does. And it's incredible.

858
00:53:16,151 --> 00:53:17,986
And he was right. He jumped on stage,

859
00:53:17,986 --> 00:53:20,906
everybody went nuts
and the rest is history.

860
00:53:20,906 --> 00:53:23,575
He actually went on
to executive produce my TV show.

861
00:53:23,575 --> 00:53:25,118
Now he makes even more money,

862
00:53:25,118 --> 00:53:27,203
and he's had his hand
in my pockets ever since.

863
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:32,834
Seriously, though, Kevin,
I really did grow up in Philadelphia,

864
00:53:32,834 --> 00:53:35,295
and there's not many
comedians or entertainers

865
00:53:35,295 --> 00:53:38,548
where you remember the moment
where you saw them the first time,

866
00:53:38,548 --> 00:53:42,135
but I actually I remember sitting
at my friend Chris Claffey's basement.

867
00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:44,888
You came on the screen
and you were that dynamic and incredible.

868
00:53:44,888 --> 00:53:46,514
And you're one of the true comedians

869
00:53:46,514 --> 00:53:48,767
who actually paves the way
for everyone after him.

870
00:53:48,767 --> 00:53:50,685
I can speak to that
because you did it to me,

871
00:53:50,685 --> 00:53:53,355
and you opened doors
and you didn't have to do that.

872
00:53:53,355 --> 00:53:54,856
- So, yeah.
- Wow. I love you.

873
00:53:57,108 --> 00:54:01,196
I thought it would only be fitting to
perform that song that you came on stage.

874
00:54:01,196 --> 00:54:02,614
It's called "$ave Dat Money."

875
00:54:02,614 --> 00:54:04,407
- One time.
- This is for Kevin Hart.

876
00:54:04,407 --> 00:54:06,409
Everyone stand up.

877
00:54:06,409 --> 00:54:08,411
- Stand up. This isn't a medical.
- Hands up.

878
00:54:08,411 --> 00:54:10,956
- This is not a medical. Stand up.
- Hands up.

879
00:54:10,956 --> 00:54:12,165
- Hands up.
- Hands up.

880
00:54:14,834 --> 00:54:16,962
<i>♪ Where the gold at, baby? ♪</i>

881
00:54:17,879 --> 00:54:19,506
<i>♪ Where the clothes at? ♪</i>

882
00:54:19,506 --> 00:54:21,424
<i>- ♪ Where the dough at, baby? ♪
- ♪ Let's go ♪</i>

883
00:54:21,424 --> 00:54:23,635
<i>♪ One, two, one, two, three
Let's go ♪</i>

884
00:54:23,635 --> 00:54:31,309
<i>♪ We gonna save that what?
We gonna save that money ♪</i>

885
00:54:31,309 --> 00:54:33,228
<i>♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪</i>

886
00:54:33,228 --> 00:54:35,605
<i>♪ The rap game got it all wrong ♪</i>

887
00:54:35,605 --> 00:54:38,274
<i>♪ We ain't about to go
And spend money just to flex on them ♪</i>

888
00:54:38,274 --> 00:54:40,485
<i>- ♪ We ain't really got it like y'all ♪
- ♪ Nah ♪</i>

889
00:54:40,485 --> 00:54:42,988
<i>♪ I'm the type of motherfucker
That'll check the check ♪</i>

890
00:54:42,988 --> 00:54:45,115
<i>♪ Do the math
I ain't never getting robbed ♪</i>

891
00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:47,450
<i>- ♪ Those margaritas not going on my card ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪</i>

892
00:54:47,450 --> 00:54:50,328
<i>♪ I ain't about to split a damn thing
For convenience ♪</i>

893
00:54:50,328 --> 00:54:52,455
<i>♪ I'm at the restaurant
Working that waitress ♪</i>

894
00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:55,458
<i>♪ You ain't heard of Lil Dave
Yung L the Jew biz major? ♪</i>

895
00:54:55,458 --> 00:54:57,460
<i>♪ Fuck you know about
The world he raised in? ♪</i>

896
00:54:57,460 --> 00:55:00,130
<i>♪ I've been saving money
Since a motherfucker 13 ♪</i>

897
00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:02,257
<i>♪ I wear the same pair of jeans
Every day ♪</i>

898
00:55:02,257 --> 00:55:04,759
<i>♪ Free sandwiches, homie
Two stamps away ♪</i>

899
00:55:04,759 --> 00:55:06,803
<i>♪ Book flight December
But I leave in May ♪</i>

900
00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:09,347
<i>♪ Drugs are generic
But still work the same ♪</i>

901
00:55:09,347 --> 00:55:11,725
<i>♪ I get logins for Netflix
From my cousin Greg ♪</i>

902
00:55:11,725 --> 00:55:12,809
<i>♪ Thanks, Greg ♪</i>

903
00:55:20,066 --> 00:55:22,652
<i>♪ One, two, one, two, three
Let's... ♪</i>

904
00:55:22,652 --> 00:55:30,410
<i>- ♪ We gonna save that what? ♪
- ♪ We gonna save that money ♪</i>

905
00:55:31,369 --> 00:55:33,121
<i>♪ We gonna save that money ♪</i>

906
00:55:33,121 --> 00:55:34,998
- I love you so much, man.
- I love you more.

907
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,042
- You deserve all this.
- I love you more.

908
00:55:37,042 --> 00:55:39,252
- You deserve all of this.
- I love you more.

909
00:55:41,588 --> 00:55:43,840
- Lil Dicky.

910
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,300
You crushed it, Adam.

911
00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:56,102
Please welcome Kevin Hart
and the Plastic Cup Boyz.

912
00:55:58,063 --> 00:56:00,523
<i>The Plastic Cup Boyz.
That's our group.</i>

913
00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:04,611
If we were a club, that would've been
the name of our club house.

914
00:56:04,611 --> 00:56:06,071
I don't do this show by myself.

915
00:56:06,071 --> 00:56:08,615
Always with my boys,
my friends, my brothers.

916
00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:11,993
The group you keep around you
is a representation of who you are.

917
00:56:13,078 --> 00:56:15,497
- I'll get it right now.
- Y'all leave him alone.

918
00:56:15,497 --> 00:56:18,458
<i>We're together actually more
than we are with our real families.</i>

919
00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:22,003
You can't do it by yourself.
You know, you need a team.

920
00:56:23,797 --> 00:56:26,174
<i>Give it up for the Plastic Cup Boyz.</i>

921
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:31,805
Yes. Yes. How y'all this evening?
How is everybody?

922
00:56:33,223 --> 00:56:35,517
We have been touring--
I don't know if y'all believe this.

923
00:56:35,517 --> 00:56:38,686
We've been touring with Kevin
for 17 years.

924
00:56:38,686 --> 00:56:40,688
Same thing.

925
00:56:41,856 --> 00:56:44,651
A lot of y'all don't know us
because we're Black famous.

926
00:56:44,651 --> 00:56:47,904
If it was the BET,
we'd be popping right now.

927
00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:50,156
Hey, this thing out
of control on BET.

928
00:56:50,156 --> 00:56:56,204
All jokes aside, there's nothing
Kevin loves more than being a father.

929
00:56:56,204 --> 00:56:57,330
Yes, sir.

930
00:56:57,330 --> 00:56:59,958
Especially when we're on tour.
You only got to do FaceTime.

931
00:56:59,958 --> 00:57:02,836
- Yeah.

932
00:57:02,836 --> 00:57:05,547
- What's that?
- No.

933
00:57:05,547 --> 00:57:07,841
As you can see, we are a group.

934
00:57:07,841 --> 00:57:11,970
Now, Kevin is the lead, and he is
the Michael Jackson of this group.

935
00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:15,223
But like every group,
we have a malcontent.

936
00:57:15,223 --> 00:57:18,017
Ladies and gentlemen, Jermaine Jackson.

937
00:57:18,017 --> 00:57:20,145
- There it is.

938
00:57:20,145 --> 00:57:21,563
There he is.

939
00:57:21,563 --> 00:57:23,690
They call me the Bobby Brown of the crew,

940
00:57:23,690 --> 00:57:26,151
the David Ruffin,
the one that wants to go solo.

941
00:57:26,151 --> 00:57:28,528
But that is a reflection
of your leadership.

942
00:57:28,528 --> 00:57:31,030
If your leader doesn't
bring out the hunger

943
00:57:31,030 --> 00:57:33,992
for more within yourself,
is he truly a leader?

944
00:57:34,868 --> 00:57:39,080
Or is he an enabler for mediocrity?
For example, Joey and Spank.

945
00:57:41,082 --> 00:57:44,294
I see the greatness in myself
because I see the greatness in you.

946
00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:46,588
- Love you, bro.
- Love you back.

947
00:57:46,588 --> 00:57:49,841
So, tonight, there have been
a lot of jokes about Kevin.

948
00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:52,552
We've heard all of them,
all the short jokes and everything,

949
00:57:52,552 --> 00:57:56,097
and no one appreciates
a joke more than Kevin.

950
00:57:56,097 --> 00:57:58,808
So on behalf of the Plastic Cup Boyz,

951
00:57:59,642 --> 00:58:01,394
everybody raise your cup.

952
00:58:01,394 --> 00:58:02,312
Yes. Good job.

953
00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:05,106
To the man who makes
the greatest tequila in the world...

954
00:58:05,106 --> 00:58:06,441
George Clooney.

955
00:58:10,361 --> 00:58:11,654
From our hearts...

956
00:58:11,654 --> 00:58:12,780
to Kevin Hart.

957
00:58:12,780 --> 00:58:15,825
Brother, we truly love you
and this is well deserved.

958
00:58:15,825 --> 00:58:18,661
- Congratulations, my friend. Everybody.
- Congratulations.

959
00:58:18,661 --> 00:58:20,538
- Cheers!

960
00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:23,541
Thanks.

961
00:58:25,293 --> 00:58:26,836
Thanks.

962
00:58:40,391 --> 00:58:45,063
<i>Humor has acted as the master key
to every door that I went through.</i>

963
00:58:47,649 --> 00:58:49,943
{\an8}<i>You don't just have to do one thing.</i>

964
00:58:50,568 --> 00:58:53,571
<i>You can be good
at a lot of different things.</i>

965
00:58:53,571 --> 00:58:55,365
Another day, another shoot.

966
00:58:56,157 --> 00:58:58,243
Ready. And action.

967
00:58:58,243 --> 00:58:59,494
- You don't stop.
- I don't.

968
00:58:59,494 --> 00:59:01,538
What up, everybody? What up, world?

969
00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:07,627
<i>You don't know that you're good
at a lot of different things</i>

970
00:59:07,627 --> 00:59:11,339
<i>unless you try a lot of different things.</i>

971
00:59:11,339 --> 00:59:13,132
Really, Supreme Court?

972
00:59:13,132 --> 00:59:16,302
Don't think that you can call...
Don't think that can't call...

973
00:59:16,302 --> 00:59:17,595
Damn it, Kevin. I got it.

974
00:59:18,846 --> 00:59:21,099
<i>See, the beauty of life
is you live and you learn.</i>

975
00:59:21,099 --> 00:59:23,726
<i>Right now, I'm living,
but I'm still learning.</i>

976
00:59:27,981 --> 00:59:30,024
Congrats on the Grammy nom, by the way.

977
00:59:30,024 --> 00:59:32,443
- That was good, man.
- Thank you.

978
00:59:32,443 --> 00:59:35,029
<i>You get one life.</i>

979
00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:38,866
You have the opportunity
to take care of yourself

980
00:59:38,866 --> 00:59:40,451
<i>and live that life to the fullest.</i>

981
00:59:40,451 --> 00:59:41,411
Dream, boy.

982
00:59:42,912 --> 00:59:44,414
Education.

983
00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:47,667
You shouldn't be afraid to be who you are.

984
00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:49,502
This is going to be epic.

985
00:59:50,169 --> 00:59:53,006
<i>Lock in, embody and embed
the space of confidence for others.</i>

986
00:59:53,006 --> 00:59:54,132
I did my part.

987
00:59:55,466 --> 00:59:56,801
You are the big guy.

988
00:59:56,801 --> 00:59:58,553
Self-confidence and belief.

989
00:59:58,553 --> 01:00:00,221
<i>That's how dreams get met.</i>

990
01:00:06,227 --> 01:00:08,896
<i>If this presenter's speech
passes a lot of time,</i>

991
01:00:08,896 --> 01:00:11,524
<i>it technically counts
for another Netflix special.</i>

992
01:00:11,524 --> 01:00:14,652
<i>Please welcome Dave Chappelle.</i>

993
01:00:21,618 --> 01:00:22,744
Thank you.

994
01:00:24,245 --> 01:00:27,165
Kevin, this is a strange thing.

995
01:00:27,790 --> 01:00:31,336
To get a prize like that
while you're still active duty.

996
01:00:32,045 --> 01:00:33,921
But I got to tell you something, man.

997
01:00:33,921 --> 01:00:37,592
Everyone keeps saying you deserve it.
What the fuck does that mean?

998
01:00:37,592 --> 01:00:40,386
- My God, of course you do.

999
01:00:41,346 --> 01:00:47,060
Kevin Hart grew up in Philadelphia
and endured poverty in his childhood.

1000
01:00:47,060 --> 01:00:50,521
And if survival had a mascot,
it would be him.

1001
01:00:51,564 --> 01:00:53,274
He looks like "Staying Alive."

1002
01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:57,028
- A little guy in North Philadelphia.

1003
01:00:57,028 --> 01:00:58,821
Strong but probably can't fight.

1004
01:01:01,616 --> 01:01:03,201
And survive with humor.

1005
01:01:04,077 --> 01:01:05,078
And levity.

1006
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,331
If you knew what he was in our community,

1007
01:01:08,331 --> 01:01:11,793
you'd know why everybody
pulled up to be here tonight.

1008
01:01:12,710 --> 01:01:15,338
He makes me feel like the world is okay.

1009
01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:16,756
He's always optimistic.

1010
01:01:16,756 --> 01:01:22,428
Comedy is tough and comedians
are awful, awful human beings.

1011
01:01:27,141 --> 01:01:28,142
But never you.

1012
01:01:29,310 --> 01:01:31,729
You always come to any situation

1013
01:01:31,729 --> 01:01:36,025
and make us feel levity and light,
and you remind me, personally,

1014
01:01:36,025 --> 01:01:40,113
every time I see you,
why I love comedy so much.

1015
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:44,033
Nobody gives you the credit you deserve

1016
01:01:44,033 --> 01:01:47,620
for how outstanding of a comedian you are.

1017
01:01:55,753 --> 01:01:58,047
Kevin, what you've achieved in your career

1018
01:01:58,047 --> 01:02:01,092
is not even scratching
the surface of who you are.

1019
01:02:01,092 --> 01:02:04,721
You are very,
not only deserving of this award,

1020
01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:07,932
but people don't understand
what you've done to the business.

1021
01:02:07,932 --> 01:02:12,061
Do you know how many tickets you've sold
since you started doing concerts?

1022
01:02:13,187 --> 01:02:16,482
- I called and checked. I know too.

1023
01:02:16,482 --> 01:02:18,234
A half a billion.

1024
01:02:19,152 --> 01:02:20,987
- A half a billion people...

1025
01:02:21,821 --> 01:02:24,073
...watched this man stand in front of them

1026
01:02:25,074 --> 01:02:26,659
and make them laugh.

1027
01:02:27,452 --> 01:02:30,621
Kevin is one of the greatest comedians
that I've ever seen.

1028
01:02:30,621 --> 01:02:34,250
And Kevin is one of the greatest men
that I've ever known.

1029
01:02:34,250 --> 01:02:35,251
Hello, Jerry.

1030
01:02:41,299 --> 01:02:44,010
You bring joy to our environment.

1031
01:02:44,010 --> 01:02:47,096
People don't know all the things
that comedians go through

1032
01:02:47,096 --> 01:02:51,517
and how difficult,
how heavy it is to wear the crown.

1033
01:02:51,517 --> 01:02:56,230
But, man, I swear to God, you do it
with so much grace, so much kindness.

1034
01:02:56,230 --> 01:03:00,109
Man, I know every story
of all the comedians that you help out.

1035
01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:04,864
I know how you go back to Philadelphia
and support your neighborhood.

1036
01:03:04,864 --> 01:03:08,910
And I know that inside,
you feel awful sometimes,

1037
01:03:08,910 --> 01:03:14,040
but I've never seen it on your face
and I've never felt it in your presence.

1038
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,752
And I am honored
to know somebody like you.

1039
01:03:17,752 --> 01:03:20,379
I really wish you had come
when I won this award.

1040
01:03:30,431 --> 01:03:32,975
No, no, no. Niggas was busy.

1041
01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:42,360
I said it about myself but it's true...

1042
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:46,155
about many of my colleagues,
all of my colleagues here tonight.

1043
01:03:46,155 --> 01:03:49,534
In your life, at any given moment,

1044
01:03:50,326 --> 01:03:55,248
the strongest dream in that moment
wins that moment.

1045
01:03:55,248 --> 01:03:56,791
And my God, Kevin Hart,

1046
01:03:57,500 --> 01:04:00,753
you are a very powerful dreamer.

1047
01:04:01,462 --> 01:04:03,172
I love you so much,

1048
01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:07,844
and never forget that I said it,
because we only get to talk on podcasts.

1049
01:04:12,056 --> 01:04:13,683
I'm fucking with you.

1050
01:04:16,602 --> 01:04:19,939
If you call your brother,
I'll come running.

1051
01:04:19,939 --> 01:04:23,150
And you deserve that.
And you have earned that.

1052
01:04:23,150 --> 01:04:25,319
And you have earned this.

1053
01:04:25,319 --> 01:04:28,239
What you have done
for this genre is unmistakable.

1054
01:04:28,239 --> 01:04:33,119
For the first time in my life,
I played arenas with Chris Rock.

1055
01:04:33,953 --> 01:04:37,039
And I would never play an arena
before I saw you do it.

1056
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:41,335
You made me dream bigger and
you're younger than me. It's humiliating.

1057
01:04:43,963 --> 01:04:45,715
But it's inspiring, man.

1058
01:04:46,382 --> 01:04:48,718
I hope that this moment
means the world to you.

1059
01:04:48,718 --> 01:04:50,553
And I got to tell you one story.

1060
01:04:51,262 --> 01:04:53,973
When I quit <i>Chappelle's Show,</i>
the hardest part about it...

1061
01:04:53,973 --> 01:04:56,642
Not the hardest, but a hard part about it

1062
01:04:56,642 --> 01:04:59,687
was that I had to watch
the world go on without me.

1063
01:04:59,687 --> 01:05:02,398
And after some time, I got used to it.

1064
01:05:02,398 --> 01:05:03,316
And one day,

1065
01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:07,111
my son came home
and was looking at me like I was crazy.

1066
01:05:07,111 --> 01:05:09,530
And I said,
"What is that look in your face?"

1067
01:05:09,530 --> 01:05:12,408
And he said, "Kevin Hart
just said in an interview

1068
01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:15,578
that you were one of
the greatest comedians that ever lived."

1069
01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:18,623
And I was like, "Yeah."
But in my mind I was like, "He did?"

1070
01:05:22,209 --> 01:05:25,171
And I thought to myself,
if I ever had a chance to honor you

1071
01:05:25,171 --> 01:05:28,507
in front of your family,
boy, I'll come running.

1072
01:05:28,507 --> 01:05:32,011
I just wish it wasn't this Sunday
'cause I was supposed to be in Jamaica.

1073
01:05:40,478 --> 01:05:43,105
Kevin, you make me dream bigger.

1074
01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:49,528
You inspire me and you remind me
why I love the love of my life.

1075
01:05:49,528 --> 01:05:53,324
This genre.
The way you approach it is masterful.

1076
01:05:53,324 --> 01:05:57,119
And you are one of the GOATs of the game.

1077
01:05:57,119 --> 01:06:00,665
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

1078
01:06:00,665 --> 01:06:05,962
Please make some noise
for the most recent recipient

1079
01:06:06,087 --> 01:06:07,922
of the Mark Twain Prize.

1080
01:06:08,631 --> 01:06:10,007
Kevin Hart.

1081
01:06:12,009 --> 01:06:13,219
Let's go.

1082
01:06:31,862 --> 01:06:36,033
<i>Please welcome the chairman
of the Kennedy Center, David Rubenstein.</i>

1083
01:06:36,784 --> 01:06:39,537
How many of you would
like to follow Dave Chappelle?

1084
01:06:40,997 --> 01:06:42,164
Not easy.

1085
01:06:44,208 --> 01:06:48,087
If Mark Twain were here today,
he might not fully understand

1086
01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:51,340
the significance of
what is happening tonight.

1087
01:06:51,340 --> 01:06:55,052
But that is because
he would be 214 years old.

1088
01:06:56,053 --> 01:06:58,848
Just about the age
when he could run for president.

1089
01:07:07,273 --> 01:07:10,026
On the night of
the very first prize ceremony,

1090
01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:12,278
Kevin Hart was 19 years old.

1091
01:07:12,278 --> 01:07:15,656
Perhaps he watched Richard Pryor
receive that first prize.

1092
01:07:15,656 --> 01:07:17,658
Perhaps he was
at a comedy club that night,

1093
01:07:17,658 --> 01:07:21,620
starting out on a journey
that has led to this stage tonight.

1094
01:07:21,620 --> 01:07:25,833
I suspect he couldn't imagine back then
that he would end up here.

1095
01:07:25,833 --> 01:07:28,252
But he deserves this in so many ways,

1096
01:07:28,252 --> 01:07:31,464
for his impact on our society
is immeasurable.

1097
01:07:31,464 --> 01:07:33,716
In everything Kevin does,

1098
01:07:33,716 --> 01:07:37,970
whether on television or in films,
in small comedy clubs or giant stadiums,

1099
01:07:37,970 --> 01:07:39,889
he has made us laugh.

1100
01:07:40,890 --> 01:07:45,352
It is my great honor to present
the 2024 Mark Twain Prize

1101
01:07:45,352 --> 01:07:47,730
for American Humor to Kevin Hart.

1102
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:23,891
Wow.

1103
01:08:23,891 --> 01:08:28,437
First and foremost, before I say anything,
man, I gotta do a rundown of...

1104
01:08:29,355 --> 01:08:30,648
just my friends.

1105
01:08:30,648 --> 01:08:33,984
I want to shout out Nelly, Robin Thicke,

1106
01:08:33,984 --> 01:08:36,237
I want to shout out Tiffany Haddish,

1107
01:08:36,237 --> 01:08:40,950
Chelsea Handler, Chris Rock,
Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle...

1108
01:08:42,201 --> 01:08:45,162
Keith Robinson, the Plastic Cup Boyz.

1109
01:08:45,162 --> 01:08:46,622
They all graced the stage tonight.

1110
01:08:46,622 --> 01:08:48,499
And the reason why I start off here

1111
01:08:48,499 --> 01:08:51,210
before I get into
the real side of my speech is,

1112
01:08:51,210 --> 01:08:55,339
you know, success is nothing
without the people that really know you

1113
01:08:55,339 --> 01:08:57,633
and that can understand
what you've been through.

1114
01:08:57,633 --> 01:08:59,844
And I'll get to more of that in a second.

1115
01:08:59,844 --> 01:09:04,598
But to those people to show up tonight,
there's value in that.

1116
01:09:04,598 --> 01:09:07,601
- And I appreciate it.
You forgot me, motherfucker.

1117
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:11,981
- Hey, me too. Hey, me too.
- By the way...

1118
01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,315
- Okay.
- Kevin.

1119
01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:16,026
- By the way, here's the big thing.

1120
01:09:16,026 --> 01:09:18,279
- Me.
- You think it was an accident--

1121
01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:20,489
- Fuck you, Nick.

1122
01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:21,574
Okay?

1123
01:09:21,574 --> 01:09:25,411
I really thought Eddie Murphy was here.
Fuck you, Nick.

1124
01:09:26,495 --> 01:09:30,374
If you don't think
I'mma cut my reaction out from...

1125
01:09:32,251 --> 01:09:35,796
And you going... Fuck you, Nick Cannon.

1126
01:09:35,796 --> 01:09:39,425
And, J.B., you told everybody
I stole my style from you.

1127
01:09:39,425 --> 01:09:41,093
Fuck you, J.B.

1128
01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:45,055
Tonight is celebration.
I left all that out.

1129
01:09:45,055 --> 01:09:47,808
And you know what?
You did exactly what I did.

1130
01:09:47,808 --> 01:09:50,102
The face I had, you both had.

1131
01:09:51,896 --> 01:09:55,274
Yeah, yeah. Fuck you both. That's right.

1132
01:09:56,734 --> 01:09:58,194
Now back to the real shit.

1133
01:10:03,324 --> 01:10:05,618
It's a night of love.
It's a night of love.

1134
01:10:07,578 --> 01:10:10,247
So anything outside of love
is not tolerated tonight.

1135
01:10:10,247 --> 01:10:12,750
That's not what we're gonna deal with.

1136
01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:15,669
On a serious note, jokes aside...

1137
01:10:15,669 --> 01:10:19,006
You can't buy support.
You can't fake that.

1138
01:10:19,006 --> 01:10:22,551
So tonight is special,
not just because of the award,

1139
01:10:22,551 --> 01:10:23,969
but it's 'cause of the support.

1140
01:10:23,969 --> 01:10:26,513
So I want to say
before I say anything else...

1141
01:10:26,513 --> 01:10:29,058
Regina, fuck. Like...

1142
01:10:30,434 --> 01:10:35,814
it means so much to see the people
that I would show up for show up for me.

1143
01:10:37,024 --> 01:10:38,108
It's value.

1144
01:10:39,109 --> 01:10:42,029
And for me right now,
I want you to make sure you feel that

1145
01:10:42,029 --> 01:10:44,198
and you understand that.
So all jokes aside,

1146
01:10:44,198 --> 01:10:48,786
thank you for showing up
on a night that's so dope

1147
01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:50,621
that could not be as dope

1148
01:10:50,621 --> 01:10:53,457
without real relationships
and real energy.

1149
01:10:53,457 --> 01:10:56,001
But I got real shit
over there to that side,

1150
01:10:56,001 --> 01:10:58,212
and I got real shit
over here to this side.

1151
01:10:58,212 --> 01:11:00,422
So with that being said, like...

1152
01:11:00,422 --> 01:11:03,425
Thank you for showing up. Keith...

1153
01:11:03,425 --> 01:11:07,388
Goddamn, man. People don't really know
who you are or what you are to me.

1154
01:11:10,474 --> 01:11:11,517
They don't know.

1155
01:11:13,352 --> 01:11:14,728
They don't know.

1156
01:11:16,272 --> 01:11:20,067
We're gonna do a hell of an edit
to get you to the stage faster.

1157
01:11:21,694 --> 01:11:24,571
It's gonna be faster.
It's gonna look good.

1158
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:28,659
And I'mma fucking... That's Keith.

1159
01:11:28,659 --> 01:11:31,036
- I got you. Chelsea.

1160
01:11:31,036 --> 01:11:33,831
I'm gonna handle it, Keith.

1161
01:11:33,831 --> 01:11:36,250
I'm gonna get you there faster.

1162
01:11:38,836 --> 01:11:40,004
Thank God.

1163
01:11:40,004 --> 01:11:43,090
God makes me realize
how important my mom was,

1164
01:11:43,090 --> 01:11:45,759
'cause my mom made me realize
how important God was.

1165
01:11:45,759 --> 01:11:48,512
'Cause my mom planned
on leaving at a certain time,

1166
01:11:48,512 --> 01:11:52,224
and God was gonna have to be the person
that I leaned on and tapped into.

1167
01:11:53,100 --> 01:11:56,478
So thank you, God,
for making my mom who she was

1168
01:11:56,478 --> 01:11:59,273
and making my mom embed
what she embedded in me.

1169
01:11:59,273 --> 01:12:01,650
I want to thank my fucking dad. Right?

1170
01:12:06,989 --> 01:12:08,490
I want to thank my dad too.

1171
01:12:08,490 --> 01:12:11,368
I don't show my dad a lot of love often.

1172
01:12:11,368 --> 01:12:14,038
My mom and my dad aren't here.

1173
01:12:14,038 --> 01:12:16,498
My mom made me
understand the value of self.

1174
01:12:16,498 --> 01:12:18,709
And the message was that I'm a good kid,

1175
01:12:18,709 --> 01:12:21,337
I'm a great kid,
and I can do whatever I wanna do

1176
01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:23,464
and be whatever I want to be.
I believed it.

1177
01:12:23,464 --> 01:12:26,175
Some kids don't. I did.

1178
01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:28,427
And holding on to that helped me, like...

1179
01:12:30,262 --> 01:12:34,099
basically mold into the person I am today
and meet the people that I met.

1180
01:12:35,142 --> 01:12:38,187
I didn't start doing what I started to do
to get the awards.

1181
01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:40,230
I fell in love with the idea of comedy,

1182
01:12:40,230 --> 01:12:43,692
and falling in love with the idea
of comedy made me say, "Oh, my God."

1183
01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:47,196
"I'm in love with something that I can do
for the rest of my life." That's the win.

1184
01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:49,865
I fell in love with something
that I could adapt to,

1185
01:12:49,865 --> 01:12:52,785
I can grab on to, and I can keep.

1186
01:12:52,785 --> 01:12:54,370
I got good at it.

1187
01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:55,704
And getting good at it,

1188
01:12:55,704 --> 01:12:59,041
I figured out more ways to amplify it
and get bigger and better.

1189
01:12:59,041 --> 01:13:03,003
To people watching this shit tonight,
man, it's not about the award.

1190
01:13:03,003 --> 01:13:05,005
It's about the idea of happy with you.

1191
01:13:05,130 --> 01:13:08,384
It's about the idea of happy
with the thing that you understand

1192
01:13:08,384 --> 01:13:10,302
and the thing that you committed to.

1193
01:13:10,302 --> 01:13:12,304
I committed to comedy.

1194
01:13:12,304 --> 01:13:15,349
I committed to saying that
it's either this or nothing else.

1195
01:13:15,349 --> 01:13:17,810
All my eggs are in this basket.

1196
01:13:19,186 --> 01:13:22,398
Whether it works or not,
I'm happy with my choice.

1197
01:13:22,398 --> 01:13:28,320
Oh, my God. My choice ended up becoming
so much more than I ever saw it becoming.

1198
01:13:28,987 --> 01:13:32,366
But it's because I was able
to say it's either this or nothing else.

1199
01:13:32,366 --> 01:13:36,537
Now, that gamble was one
that I was willing to live with.

1200
01:13:37,287 --> 01:13:41,083
And my lesson to all that are watching
or that will watch...

1201
01:13:41,959 --> 01:13:43,919
Some people frown upon gambling.

1202
01:13:45,587 --> 01:13:47,881
Life without a gamble
is a weird thing, man.

1203
01:13:48,298 --> 01:13:50,884
'Cause that's acting as if you know.
You don't know.

1204
01:13:50,884 --> 01:13:52,928
You don't know what the fuck will work.

1205
01:13:52,928 --> 01:13:55,848
You don't know what your future will be.

1206
01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:57,641
You don't have the answers.

1207
01:13:57,641 --> 01:14:01,687
So sometimes a gamble is
the best way to define what will be you

1208
01:14:01,687 --> 01:14:04,898
or ultimately become
the best version of you.

1209
01:14:04,898 --> 01:14:08,110
I'm an example of gambles good and bad.

1210
01:14:08,777 --> 01:14:10,237
I've won and I've lost.

1211
01:14:10,946 --> 01:14:12,698
But there is no bigger win

1212
01:14:13,699 --> 01:14:15,367
than the win of choice.

1213
01:14:15,367 --> 01:14:16,660
I made the right choice,

1214
01:14:16,660 --> 01:14:19,997
and the right choice led me
to the right fucking household.

1215
01:14:20,789 --> 01:14:24,918
My wife, my kids, my foundation.

1216
01:14:25,878 --> 01:14:28,547
I can't do what I do
without the right foundation.

1217
01:14:28,547 --> 01:14:32,217
So to my wife,
I love you for being patient

1218
01:14:33,010 --> 01:14:35,846
with my goddamn
lack of consistency and choice,

1219
01:14:35,846 --> 01:14:38,724
but ultimately believing
that I will do the right thing.

1220
01:14:38,724 --> 01:14:42,603
To my kids, for understanding
that their dad is gonna be exactly that.

1221
01:14:42,603 --> 01:14:43,979
I'm your dad.

1222
01:14:44,813 --> 01:14:46,565
There is no me without you.

1223
01:14:47,524 --> 01:14:50,110
There is no life in me...

1224
01:14:51,820 --> 01:14:52,946
without you.

1225
01:14:54,031 --> 01:14:56,742
- I breathe for you. I live for you.

1226
01:15:01,288 --> 01:15:02,706
To my brother...

1227
01:15:06,460 --> 01:15:08,879
Man, I don't have the words
for my brother.

1228
01:15:10,005 --> 01:15:12,257
I don't have the words
for a better person.

1229
01:15:13,342 --> 01:15:14,426
A better support.

1230
01:15:15,719 --> 01:15:16,845
A better uncle.

1231
01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:20,557
A better fucking backbone.

1232
01:15:21,517 --> 01:15:23,644
Parents fall, you stood up.

1233
01:15:24,478 --> 01:15:26,313
Parents got sick, you stood up.

1234
01:15:27,189 --> 01:15:28,690
Within all the choices I made,

1235
01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:31,151
you made the right choice
to say I'mma be there...

1236
01:15:31,902 --> 01:15:35,739
and I'mma ride for my brother because
my brother ultimately is riding for us.

1237
01:15:35,739 --> 01:15:38,992
And that last name Hart will mean so much

1238
01:15:38,992 --> 01:15:41,495
'cause of your commitment.

1239
01:15:41,495 --> 01:15:45,165
And I hate to use this word in front
of all these Congress white people,

1240
01:15:45,165 --> 01:15:47,960
- but, nigga, you're the best.

1241
01:15:47,960 --> 01:15:49,336
You're the best.

1242
01:15:50,754 --> 01:15:52,256
You're the best.

1243
01:15:53,799 --> 01:15:58,011
And... my kids are better because of you.

1244
01:15:59,304 --> 01:16:02,474
To Dave, to Chris, to Jerry.

1245
01:16:05,060 --> 01:16:07,145
Hey, man, I'm a student of comedy.

1246
01:16:07,145 --> 01:16:10,691
And when you get the greats to come out
and support you in any way, shape or form,

1247
01:16:10,691 --> 01:16:13,110
it makes you feel like
you're doing great shit.

1248
01:16:13,110 --> 01:16:14,403
I canceled plans.

1249
01:16:18,490 --> 01:16:21,285
It makes you feel like
you're doing great shit.

1250
01:16:22,160 --> 01:16:26,957
And although this award means so much
and I will never take it for granted,

1251
01:16:26,957 --> 01:16:30,377
it does not mean more than
looking over there and going,

1252
01:16:30,377 --> 01:16:34,464
"Wow. I got Jerry Seinfeld,
Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle

1253
01:16:34,464 --> 01:16:37,134
that came out on a night for me."

1254
01:16:40,470 --> 01:16:41,722
Uh...

1255
01:16:43,181 --> 01:16:44,683
There is nothing...

1256
01:16:45,809 --> 01:16:48,186
There is nothing
that can mean more than that.

1257
01:16:48,186 --> 01:16:52,274
And... I don't want to get too emotional,

1258
01:16:53,358 --> 01:16:56,862
but my emotions
simply come from a format of

1259
01:16:56,862 --> 01:16:59,323
"I'm not supposed to be here."

1260
01:17:00,240 --> 01:17:02,284
So when you get here

1261
01:17:02,284 --> 01:17:04,995
and you're an example
that you can be here,

1262
01:17:04,995 --> 01:17:08,415
you're just fucking
what the dream is about.

1263
01:17:08,415 --> 01:17:11,460
My dream is real,
and my dream doesn't stop today.

1264
01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:13,503
My dream is amplified more.

1265
01:17:13,503 --> 01:17:17,466
My tears come down
because my kids get to see it.

1266
01:17:18,175 --> 01:17:21,928
Tonight is amazing,
and I appreciate the support.

1267
01:17:21,928 --> 01:17:24,264
There's no definition
to describe how that feels.

1268
01:17:24,264 --> 01:17:27,142
And tonight you guys
gave me a feeling of that.

1269
01:17:27,142 --> 01:17:32,022
Like I say,
it's my first time in this business

1270
01:17:32,022 --> 01:17:36,234
that I've seen the people
that I really admire step up and show out

1271
01:17:36,234 --> 01:17:38,153
when there was an opportunity to.

1272
01:17:38,153 --> 01:17:41,114
And I don't know if
this opportunity will come again.

1273
01:17:41,114 --> 01:17:42,824
This may be the last.

1274
01:17:42,824 --> 01:17:44,159
But if it was...

1275
01:17:44,993 --> 01:17:47,663
you made it impactful,
you made it meaningful.

1276
01:17:47,663 --> 01:17:49,998
'Cause you did it
in front of me and mines.

1277
01:17:49,998 --> 01:17:51,750
And I thank you forever for that.

1278
01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:54,753
So I accept this award

1279
01:17:54,753 --> 01:17:57,673
and, more importantly, I love you.

1280
01:17:57,673 --> 01:17:59,841
Thank you, guys, for an amazing night.

1281
01:18:01,259 --> 01:18:03,095
I love you all. Thank you, guys.