Def Comedy Jam star Teddy Carpenter talks about career highs, missteps, road stories, and industry politics

[get these nets]

There were about 7-8 standout sets on DCJ, and his was definitely one of them (2 of them)




Highlights and timestamps
3:50, said he was from SE DC, where did he grow up?

11:00 HBCU student athlete

14:30 Where did you get your comedy start

26:00 comedy routine that lead him being whiteballed/blackballed

35:00 Splash he made at Def Comedy , origin of the bit he did

Spoiler

41:00 Tour with Bernie Mac and DL Hughley

50:00 Power of white agencies over comics

53:45 backstory to rift with Hughley

1:04 rumors of being difficult vs reality and regrets

 

[LeaveMyHairLineAlone]

Jam, ooh jam, tear that jam for me now

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

bruh was a fool