KevOnStage joins LZ for an unforgettable, hilarious, and heartfelt conversation about faith, family, failure, and finding the funny in everyday life. He reflects on his journey from church kid to comedy king, why being "aggressively genuine" is his superpower, and how he navigated stand-up during the pandemic with his groundbreaking “Keep Your Distance” shows. Kev breaks down: Why Bernie Mac is his GOAT Growing up clean in a dirty comedy world Comedy in the Black church Masculinity, anime, and the Sopranos The real cost of chasing your dream in Hollywood His new memoir: Successful Failure Plus, an absolutely wild story about his first experience at Freaknik at age 13. (0:00) Welcome to The LZ Granderson Show (1:12) RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner (5:15) KevOnStage Joins LZ (6:45) Developing "anti-ratchet comedy" (9:20) Funny stories from the bible/scripture (12:55) "Back in my heterosexual days..." (15:05) Kev's Comedic Journey (22:15) Where are you finding material now? (33:25) How has Comedy changed around the idea of masculinity? (40:09) Creating "Keep your Distance" comedy shows during Covid (47:22) Comedy in today's political climate (49:30) Checkout Kev's Book: Successful Failure (52:40) Freaknik 🔔 Don’t forget to subscribe for more smart, funny, and brutally honest conversations every week. #KevOnStage #Comedy #LZGranderson #BlackChurch #Masculinity #KeepYourDistance #SuccessfulFailure
KevOnStage joins LZ for an unforgettable, hilarious, and heartfelt conversation about faith, family, failure, and finding the funny in everyday life. He reflects on his journey from church kid to comedy king, why being "aggressively genuine" is his superpower, and how he navigated stand-up during the pandemic with his groundbreaking “Keep Your Distance” shows.
Kev breaks down:
Why Bernie Mac is his GOAT
Growing up clean in a dirty comedy world
Comedy in the Black church
Masculinity, anime, and the Sopranos
The real cost of chasing your dream in Hollywood
His new memoir: Successful Failure
Plus, an absolutely wild story about his first experience at Freaknik at age 13.
(0:00) Welcome to The LZ Granderson Show
(1:12) RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner
(5:15) KevOnStage Joins LZ
(6:45) Developing "anti-ratchet comedy"
(9:20) Funny stories from the bible/scripture
(12:55) "Back in my heterosexual days..."
(15:05) Kev's Comedic Journey
(22:15) Where are you finding material now?
(33:25) How has Comedy changed around the idea of masculinity?
(40:09) Creating "Keep your Distance" comedy shows during Covid
(47:22) Comedy in today's political climate
(49:30) Checkout Kev's Book: Successful Failure
(52:40) Freaknik
🔔 Don’t forget to subscribe for more smart, funny, and brutally honest conversations every week.
#KevOnStage #Comedy #LZGranderson #BlackChurch #Masculinity #KeepYourDistance #SuccessfulFailure