She Ready

How I Knew I Made It

I knew I made it in Hollywood when I went on ͷe Arsenio
Hall Show.
ͳat’s kind of a weird specimc marker to be my “when I
made it” story, so let me explain.
I remember being a kid watching Arsenio. He was my
idol. I remember wishing he was like my dad or my big
brother or something like that. I would watch every single
show, every minute of it.
I got in so much trouble for that, too. Because it came on
at eleven at night, I would sneak in the closet and watch
him on my little black-and-white TV. My mom used to beat
me out the closet all the time over that.
Being a guest on his show was a dream for so long. When
he went off the air in 1994, I thought I missed my shot.
ͳen, in 2013, he came back on the air. I got so excited.
This could be my chance to get on there, and now that I’m a
working comedian, I got a real shot, right?
Of course, I had to update my fantasy, too. Now that I’m
older, maybe instead of him being my daddy, he could be
my baby daddy.