EP 565 - With Bruce Bruce
What's Up Fool? Podcast
FELIPE ESPARZA
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Felipe welcomes Bruce Bruce to What's Up Fool?
A legend in the game, Bruce Bruce has been making audiences laugh for over three decades. From his iconic run as the host of BET’s ComicView to scene stealing roles in The Wash, Top Five, and Idlewild, Bruce remains one of the most respected names in the game. He’s currently on his "Cool Since Day One" tour and is gearing up for his highly anticipated return to the screen with his brand-new Netflix special, I Ain't Playin’, premiering March 3rd. Tonight, he sits down with Felipe, Rizo and Rodrigo to talk shop, the old school days, and his new special!
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Hear about Felipe's tour dates, new merch drops & more by signing up @ http://felipesworld.com Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country.
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| 0:00.0 | Don't try to run, don't try to hide. |
| 0:02.0 | You're still your talk without thinking twice. |
| 0:06.0 | Stop the party, hide your shit. |
| 0:10.0 | Beliefers in a half tonight. |
| 0:13.0 | Whoa! |
| 0:16.0 | Denlea Benile Ben! |
| 0:19.0 | Go! |
| 0:20.0 | A foo? Go! What's up fool? What's the people? Bro! |
| 0:22.6 | Yeah, man from the people, bro. Yeah, man. Whato Torres What up People say hello to the people Bro Yeah man What up Knuck him from Mexico Yeah man I got back Back again Huh How you guys do it man Woo What's up man You spinning it dude Yeah man Yeah hell yeah They're all happy They're going crazy. Ramon Herrera. It's like a Wall Street taker right there. We got fucking. The Dow is up. Martin Rizzler right here, man. What's up, bro? Just came back from delivery newspapers and shit. Paper boy. Extra, extra. We got Bruce Bruce, people. In the house. Our biggest guest we ever had. What's up? Atlanta, Georgia's finest. The biggest guest you ever had. Oh, yeah. But bluff. I mean, in size, too. Y'all was on the bluff, man. Hell yeah, though. Raising the bluff. We got Bruce, Bruce, people. Legend. A new special coming out when? |
| 1:46.8 | March 3rd. I ain't playing. He ain't playing. I ain't playing. March 3rd, man. You got to check it out. It's really good. Is that like your 6th special? Yeah, yeah. But I'm deciding now. I hadn't did one in 15 years. So I did this one. I'm going to do another one in 2007. I'm gonna do one every two years. I'm gonna do one every two years. |
| 1:47.8 | I'm gonna do the one in 2027 I'm gonna just I'm gonna |
| 1:46.1 | do one every two years I'm gonna do today's Chappelle thing hey did it heavy day did |
| 1:50.5 | every six months I'm I know but like I remember on um what's the name we're putting |
| 1:57.1 | out a special every year Louis C K right Louis C Louis CK. You've set that bar high. |
| 2:01.5 | Yeah, Luce K would do it in one hour and then start out with no material. Brand new. Me? I can't do that, bro. I do my whole hour and then I look for all that stuff that we cut and I start with that. Yeah. Yeah, that's what you got, man. You wanted to be good, man. you wanted to be good |
| 2:17.8 | yeah yeah |
| 2:18.6 | because back then |
| 2:20.6 | like what like that yeah yeah that's what you got you wanted to be good man you wanted to be good yeah yeah |
| 2:19.5 | because back then like like what like some people it took like what like 10 years to make a special |
| 2:24.0 | back in the day oh yeah there with no opportunities back then and no no a lot of community like |
| 2:28.2 | bill cosby did one every year like 1967 68 6 70. It did once a year. Nuts. |
| 2:34.5 | Yeah. |
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