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Next up isFrankie Quinones.
What would yourReal Housewivestagline be?I may be a mommas boy, but my momma is gangster.
My mom had me at a young age, so we are pretty much homies now.
Although she always reminds me, Hey dont forget foo!
Hes a fitness instructor who developed the CholoFit routine.
Im pumped its doing well.
Even as a kid, they would just tell me to cover my ears on the bad parts.
We would always watchIn Living Color,Culture Clash, andSNL.
I started performing for my mom, dad, and sister in the living room.
From that day on I never stopped.
For me at least.
That song just brings a whole vibe.
Its old-school and funky just the way I like it.
Plus that song has already been a classic for decades.
I dont see it going anywhere.
Tell us everything about your worst show ever.Oh man.
I remember it was this East Oakland crowd, and it was this OGs birthday.
Dude was dressed up wearing gator-skin shoes.
There were at least 100 people there if not more.
I still felt confident.
I had them for the first ten minutes.
Then I did this joke I used to do about a gay gangster hip-hop group.
Mind you, this was about ten years ago.
In all Black or Latino rooms that joke would go really good, or just okay.
This crowd wasnt having it at all.
One dude stood up and said, Motherfucka, you aint funny!
He hiked his pants back up and sat down.
Two older women were sitting up front.
They looked like really nice people.
One of them said in a very calm voice, Baby, you look scared.
It was so quiet that everybody could hear her.
It was bad, and I had the audacity to hang out after the show.
One guy walked by me and said, Practice!
It wasnt that bad.
I couldnt even sleep that night.
I called every veteran I knew for advice.
They all said that this needed to happen.
It wasnt until later I realized that I did need it.
Nominate one comedian you dont know personally who you think is overdue for wider recognition and why.Brian Simpson.
Man I love that dude.
Weve crossed paths and shown each other love on social media, but I dont know him personally.
The guy makes me laugh out loud even just watching his clips online.
If you dont know who Brian Simpson is, look him up!
When it comes to your comedy opinions about material, performing, audience, the industry, etc.
what hill will you die on?One of my personal idols is Robin Williams.
His character work is legendary, obviously.
Its so inspiring watching features likeMrs.
He mastered his character work, and my dream would be to make features doing characters.
I feel like that would be the ultimate goal career-wise.
I could be like,Okay.
I did that, then I could wait to die.
After 20 years of sharing apartments with other comics and cousins, it was something I always fantasized about.
It was always a problem: Were out of toilet paper.
I bought the last pack!
Wed be using fast-food restaurant napkins or rough paper towels.
Im grateful I have reached the point of ordering boxes of toilet paper right to my doorstep.
If youre the funniest, thats when people notice.
I was young and took the advice.
To me it added this unnecessary competitive factor.
If youre getting laughs and giving a piece of yourself and getting better, then its all good.
If people think youre the funniest then thats cool, but to me its not what I focus on.
Different approaches work for different people.
Just sharing my personal experience.
The best advice Ive gotten was to take acting classes.
The classes and coaches helped me better harness those expressions.
Really work the timing.
I still got a lot to learn, but thats been a big help.
