Hello, this is Alonzo Bowden.

I want to welcome you to episode 375 of my podcast, Who's Paying Attention?

Now, first I want to tell you that I may sound a little nasal, a little stuffed up.

I do not have COVID.

I tested negative.

What I do have are some allergies flaring up, so please

forgive the funny voice. Now, I am so happy to have this guest. He and I go back. We were

trying to figure it out. I've been doing comedy 29 years, so we've known each other at least

28 years. He is, uh, by some

accounts, the original Mexican comic. I think he's the first one. I don't know. Ladies and

gentlemen, uh, TV, film, but the thing I truly love about this guest, and I've said this

for years, you are not a comic in L.A. until you have done

one of his shows. He has run so many shows all over town as a comic, as a host, as a producer.

Everyone in L.A. comedy, everyone loves this guy. Ladies and gentlemen, Rudy Moreno.

Wow. Thank you, Alonzo. That's nice, man. Man, it is true, buddy.

It is true.

I remember, okay, I'm going to go back to the first show that you booked me on.

I don't remember exactly where it was, but I remember the joke because the joke was either going to go over or it was going to get me killed.

It was my first time doing a Latino show.

And I said, man, I love Mexicans.

Good to see someone treated worse than black people.

Yeah, I remember that.

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