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I'm Melinda Hill and I have a comedy show called Tiger Lily.
I found an alley out back where I asked people what they wanted to be when they grew up.
This is All Growz Up. Kyle Kinane!
What's happening? Kyle, what did you want to be when you grew up?
First was a race car driver, just 'cause that was like the go to answer.
Then I drew a picture of, I drew a picture like in school, and they're like
What do you want to be? I drew a picture of a guy on a stage, I didn't know what it was.
But it was, it was being a comedian! It was your subconcious calling you to your future! It was it! It was the whole
thing, I'd seen stuff on TV.
I got in trouble when I was in kindergarten because my favorite show was, uh
Johnny Carson. I wrote that, like when they're like what's your favorite TV show I wrote that down.
The school called my parents, like how can this child be staying up so late,
to watch Johnny Carson and my mom's like, that's what he likes.
Did anyone give you good advice in succeeding in comedy?
Love it the most, you're never gonna make any money. It's all in the very to be
tough love. You're never gonna make any money, you're never gonna be famous, so
do it because you love it and you're gonna do it for free forever.
Oops, you became famous and you have money.
I rode a bike here, I rode a bicycle. I'm living the exact life I wanted as,
when I was 16 years old.
What is the craziest, weirdest and/or most tragic thing that's happened to you? During comedy?
In the midst of comedy? Yeah. Um, I don't know,
There's like fights, like there was a fight in Chicago where
It was the middle, like, and plus I'm from Chicago so it's just a lot of friends from
my hometown came out. So I was like alright, I just have to sit there and hang out with
people. I couldn't tell a story because like
the back third of the the whole club was brawling because a guy
said something mean to an off-duty cop's girlfriend
because she was being loud and drunk, but it's Chicago
so the cop was like you can't say that to my girlfriend, I'm a cop.
And the guy was like, I don't give a f***. And that's when they fought each other.
What's the best thing that's ever happened in comedy?
This. I do it for a living. I do this for a living, Melinda.
I hear you. That's a silly way to make a living. If somebody's like you can't do this anymore,
I'm like, I understand. It's a silly thing for the world
to give me money for. I used to put stuff in boxes and mail the boxes.
At least I knew somebody wanted that stuff in the box. I'm like, I'm part of a bigger
thing. I'm part of what people need.
Now if the world ends, a meteor hits and somebody's like what's your skill,
I'm like, I tell jokes. I'm like just eat me, just cook me and eat me,
because that's the only thing I have of value in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
So for right now, the best thing is that I can do this.
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