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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Kevin Hart

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

After blockbuster hits like “Jumanji,” “Ride Along,” and "Central Intelligence," Kevin Hart has become one of the world’s biggest comedians, living in the rarified air of his own comedy heroes. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown” Willie Geist met up with Hart at Madison Square Garden on his “Irresponsible Tour” to talk about growing up in the Philadelphia stand-up circuit, his confessional style of humor, and how he became the king of his own media empire.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another edition of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

0:05.3

Thanks so much for clicking on us.

0:07.1

Again this week we've got a good one for you.

0:08.9

I got to say we've got another good one for you.

0:11.3

The one and only comedy superstar, Kevin Hart.

0:15.3

Picture the two of us as you listen to this interview sitting as high up as you can possibly

0:20.0

sit almost to the rafters of Madison Square Garden in New York City.

0:24.6

Kevin was getting ready to play a stand-up date to a sold-out arena on his irresponsible

0:29.0

comedy tour and we sat for about an hour and talked through his life, his career, where

0:34.1

he's come from, where he's been, where he thinks he's going.

0:38.0

Such a great conversation.

0:39.0

I think you know he's funny.

0:40.7

I think you'll see how incredibly smart and driven he is, how hard he's hustled to

0:45.3

get to where he is.

0:47.2

You know he's been selling out arenas since 2010, 11, something like that.

0:53.2

For a guy who grew up in Philadelphia with a single mother and was playing a little place

0:57.1

called the laughhouse in Philly, he tells a great story about how bad his early act was

1:02.0

and how people would often throw things at him to where he is today with another hit movie

1:06.6

called Night School, which is co-stars Tiffany Haddish, and a movie for the first time that

1:12.6

Kevin's company, Heartbeat Productions, completely owned.

1:16.2

He's done it with his comedy specials.

1:18.2

He's done it with TV shows.

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