Phunny Business: A Black Comedy Page #5

MONTHS INTO OUR PART TIME

VENTURE, THE CASH WAS NO FLOWING.

IN ANY ENTREPRENEURIAL

ENDEAVOR CASH FLOW ISSUES WILL

ALWAYS SURFACE.

BUT IT WASN'T JUST CASH FLOW

PROBLEMS.

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METAL DOOR SLAM

THEIR CREDIT CARDS WERE

MAXED...

THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS

OVERDRAWN...

VENDORS WERE DEMANDING CASH...

AND EVEN THE COMICS WERE

FEELING THE PINCH.

WE BOOKED STEVE HARVEY, AND SO

WE'RE HALF WAY DOWNTOWN.

I SAID UH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE

A HOTEL FOR YOU.

YOU'RE GONNA STAY WITH ME THIS

WEEKEND.

WHATCHU MEAN WE DON'T HAVE A

ROOM?

WE DON'T.

WE DON'T HAVE A HOTEL ROOM?

THIS IS CHICAGO.

HE SAID, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

WHOA, WHOA, PULL THIS CAR

OVER.

YOU DON'T WANNA PAY FOR THE

ROOM.

LET'S JUST GO THERE.

THEY GOT A ROOM.

HE SAID IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS

WEREN'T BLACK I'D TELL YOU TO

TAKE ME RIGHT BACK TO O'HARE

RIGHT NOW.

I WAS WILLING IN THEM DAYS TO

DO WHATEVER I HAD TO DO.

WE COULDN'T AFFORD A HOTEL

ROOM FOR JAMIE FOXX EITHER,

BUT WHEN YOU GOT CATS LIKE

STEVE AND JAMIE WILLING TO

SLEEP ON THE COUCH, YOU BEGIN

TO THINK, WE MAY BE ONTO

SOMETHING.

I MEAN, IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL,

BUT EVEN MY BOSS WAS HELPING

OUT.

I WAS THE ORIGINAL INVESTOR IN

ALL JOKES ASIDE, AND I DIDN' EVEN KNOW IT.

RAY LAMBERT WOULD BE SITTIN'

AT HIS DESK CRYING CAUSE HE

WAS LAUGHING SO HARD.

I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS ON THE

PHONE WITH STEVE HARVEY, D.L.

HUGHLEY, CEDRIC THE

ENTERTAINER WHILE I WAS PAYING

HIM.

THAT SH*T FUNNY NOW, BUT I WASN'T FUNNY AT THE TIME.

WORKING FULL DAYS IN THE WORLD

OF FINANCE, AND THEN MANNING

THE NIGHT SHIFT AT THE COMEDY

CLUB, WAS TAKING A TOLL ON THE

YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.

SO THE SELF-PROFESSED BRAINS

OF THE OPERATION NEEDED SOME

BRAUN.

ENTER MARY LINDSEY TO HANDLE

THE COMEDIANS.

I WAS THE ENFORCER.

CAUSE I AM TRULY A BAD GUY.

I WOULD BE THE PERSON THEY'D

SEE, NOT NECESSARILY RAY.

MARY'S LIKE, DON'T BOTHER

RAYMOND; I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

COME TO MAMA, YOU KNOW, LET'S

GO SIT DOWN AND DO THE

PAPERWORK.

MARY WAS AWFUL.

I MEAN SHE WAS HARDER ON ME

THAN AN EX-WIFE.

I GUESS I LOOK LIKE THE MAN

THAT DID HERE WRONG.

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE WORKS AT A COMEDY CLUB AND

SHE'S SERIOUS AS A FUNERAL.

WE'VE HAD TWO SHOWS THUS FAR,

UM, THEY'VE, THERE ARE PROVING

TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

MARY GAVE YOU THE IMPRESSION

THAT SHE DIDN'T TAKE NO SH*T,

WHICH I LIKE.

IF YOU WERE TO GO GOOD COP,

BAD COP.

RAYMOND WAS GOOD COP, AND MARY

WAS BAD COP.

SHE'S LIKE HERE'S YOUR CHECK

BABY, THANK YOU!

NEXT!

YOU OUT THE GAME.

IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE MARY DEAL

WITH THE COMEDIANS.

IT GAVE ME TIME TO DEAL WITH

THE MANAGERS, AGENTS, AND

LAWYERS WHO CAN SUCK ALL THE

FUN OUT OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS

GONNA BE A FUN BUSINESS.

WITH THIS UNLIKELY TEAM IN

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