Tony Baker on the Origins of His Viral “Cram Ram” Videos, Live vs. Online Comedy, and the Power of Comedy in Healing Trauma

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Standup comedian and actor Tony Baker joins Talib and Jasmin for a deep and hilarious exploration of all things comedy. Baker discusses his experience on the show “Last Comic Standing,” how comedians grow funnier with age, and how he built his enormous social media following. The comedian also talks about the origins of his viral “Cram Ram” clips, and shares his favorite comedy albums. Baker also talks about how comedy pulled him out of his most traumatic moment. This interview is a must for anybody who believes in the transformative power of a good laugh.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes.
0:13.6	We've started from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts.
0:22.0	Now you and I have a lot to talk about because we have a lot of things in common. We have a lot of
0:26.0	common interest. We want to start early in life and one of our shared common interests is a
0:32.9	love called cereal. A cold cereal. I am cereal. I mean I eat bowl ice-deep bowls of all.
0:39.8	Serial to me it's like I say on my joke it's the true soul food. You will eat a bowl of cereal
0:46.3	for no reason. It never really fills you up. You never fall in love. You never sit in that like,
0:53.0	oh god man I'm done. I wasn't here. Two bowls of honey bunches of bowls. You never feel sluggish.
0:59.9	Is that your favorite? Who is the honey bunches of oats for fun?
1:02.3	Well now, that's my favorite. I'm sorry not to be an agent but it is.
1:06.5	Hold on, hold on, hold on. There will not be any honey bunches of oats slander on this show.
1:12.0	How many ages you start eating honey bunches of oats?
1:14.6	When it came out, I'm old enough to remember when that shit came out.
1:17.2	Yeah I remember when it came out. When it came out.
1:18.8	I remember when it came out. And I had the black lady on the commercial.
1:21.6	That baby wanted to eat it. She was working at the plant. She was like,
1:24.6	honey bunches of oats.
1:25.8	Yeah.
1:27.1	That was good enough for her.
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