#670 - Being Fool-ish with Rickey Smiley

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Berty Boy Productions

Performing Arts, Arts, Comedy

4.6 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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I sit down with Rickey Smiley to discuss HBCU’s, being a Que Dog, the black experience in comedy, his kids, and his special FOOL-ISH. Watch Rickey’s special FOOL-ISH on Hulu! Follow Rickey IG: https://www.instagram.com/rickeysmileyofficial/?hl=en My new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Original Grain Watches - Go to https://OriginalGrain.com/Bert, use promo code BERT, and get your dad—or yourself—a piece of history you can wear. Cornbread Hemp - Just visit https://cornbreadhemp.com/BERTCAST and use promo code BERTCAST at checkout. Tecovas - Right now get 10% off at https://tecovas.com/BERT when you sign up for email and texts. Helix Sleep - Go to https://helixsleep.com/bert for 20% Off Sitewide. --------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a video https://bit.ly/3DC1ICg For all TOUR DATES: http://www.bertbertbert.com For Fully Loaded: https://fullyloadedfestival.com For Merch: https://store.bertbertbert.com YouTube▶ http://www.YouTube.com/user/Akreischer X▶ http://www.Twitter.com/bertkreischer Facebook▶ http://www.Facebook.com/BertKreischer Instagram▶ http://www.Instagram.com/bertkreischer TikTok▶ http://www.TikTok.com/@bertkreischer Text Me▶ https://my.community.com/bertkreischer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I knew about the Tuskegee experiment, and I also knew about the Tuskegee Airmen, but I had masked it up into one, and I thought they gave the Tuskegee Airmen syphilis.
0:10.6	Man, come on, man.
0:11.7	You got to preach your history.
0:13.8	I swear to God, for the longest time I thought this.
0:16.1	You do know that Tuskegee was founded by Booker T. Washington.
0:19.3	The guy who made peanut butter?
0:20.7	No, that's George Washington Carver.
0:22.2	Okay.
0:26.6	Yeah, I've heard you on, I'm a big club of, a big fan of Club Shaysay.
0:31.4	Yeah.
0:31.9	You can't listen to him fast forward.
0:33.6	Right.
0:34.2	Shannon Sharp and fast forward.
0:35.6	Right.
0:36.0	Is maybe the funniest thing I've ever heard.
0:37.9	It's just, it's just, because he talks so like bubbly.
0:41.5	He's just, bubba-d-bo-da-bo-bda-bo-da-bo-da-bo-da-hoo.
0:44.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:44.5	And so, but you said you grew up across the street from your grandparents
0:48.9	and that your parents knew each other growing up.
0:51.2	Your dad was in the Vietnam War. And I just, you know, man, my first thing was like,
0:58.7	childhood, with that kind of safety around you,
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