Jermaine Fowler: ‘The Drop’

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Jermaine Fowler has never shied away from a challenge. The comedian and actor dropped out of college to become a stand-up and painstakingly worked his way up the ranks of show business until landing his breakthrough performance opposite his comedy idol Eddie Murphy in 2021’s ‘Coming 2 America.’ In this episode, Fowler talks about his latest leading role in ‘The Drop’ as a man whose life is thrown into comedic chaos after his wife (‘PEN15’s’ Anna Konkle) drops their friend’s baby at a destination wedding in Mexico. Fowler also discusses the highs and lows of his comedy career so far, from rejecting “imposter syndrome” while acting opposite Murphy to the promising sitcom he co-created with ‘Abbott Elementary’s’ Quinta Brunson that never saw the light of day to the game-changing stand-up hour he currently has in his sights.

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0:00.0	My guest on this week's show has always been something of an underdog.
0:04.6	It started with his name.
0:06.6	This is up, audience.
0:07.6	How you guys doing good?
0:10.2	All right.
0:11.5	That's dope.
0:12.6	I'm going back home for the holidays, you know, see my family.
0:15.6	I'm excited to see my twin brother, Jerome, right?
0:18.6	But growing up, Jerome and I had a sibling rivalry because of our names.
0:22.6	You know, Jerome was, he was named after my father, Jerome Sr.,
0:25.6	you know, which is cool, that's fine.
0:27.6	Like, I'm off a name your kids after you, but why would you do it if you have twins?
0:30.6	Like, does that mean?
0:32.6	I don't know why y'all laughing, it's not nice.
0:34.6	It's not a nice thing to do to a kid. Like, yo, if you had kids, you'd be like,
0:37.8	oh, that's named after me.
0:38.8	I don't know what the hell that is right there.
0:40.8	That's a monster.
0:41.8	Get away from my kid, you monster.
0:42.8	That's rude.
0:43.8	You don't do that. That's favoritism.
0:44.8	You know, like, at least name me something more creative, Or I can't believe he's not Jerome. Something nice.
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