Sep 16, 2026 · 7 min · 3 segments
Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African…
And I find out that this comedian I know, Chris Tucker, who's in all those Rush Hour movies, I find out that Chris is in San Francisco, too, at some charity event.
So I call him.
I'm like, yo, I just saw you at some charity event.
I said, I'm doing a show at the Punchline.
Why don't you come by the club after your event? He's like, cool, Dave.
I thought she was dead.
Nigga, I'll come by.
He said...
He says, is it okay if I bring some friends? Because, you know, I'm with a lot of people.
You can bring whatever the fuck you want.
And then I show up to the club late that night.
I walk into the dressing room.
And sitting in the dressing room is Gavin Newsom, who at the time was the mayor of San Francisco, but now he's the governor of California.
And sitting next to him was Kamala Harris, who at the time was the DA of San Francisco.
Now she's a senator from California that's front-running on the Democratic ticket.
It's fucking weird.
All right.
and it was Chris Tucker and Ben Jealous, who at the time was the president of the NAACP, who was all just at this big charity dinner, and Paul Mooney was drinking scotch.
And we all was just in there.
First, I was a little uncomfortable when we started talking, and we all got along really well.
At some point, Kamala Harris says, she says to me, she goes, you know, a friend of mine is announcing his candidacy for president tomorrow.
I went to college with him.
And I find out that this comedian I know, Chris Tucker, who's in all those Rush Hour movies, I find out that Chris is in San Francisco, too, at some charity event.
So I call him.
I'm like, yo, I just saw you at some charity event.
I said, I'm doing a show at the Punchline.
Why don't you come by the club after your event? He's like, cool, Dave.
I thought she was dead.
Nigga, I'll come by.
He said...
He says, is it okay if I bring some friends? Because, you know, I'm with a lot of people.
You can bring whatever the fuck you want.
And then I show up to the club late that night.
I walk into the dressing room.
And sitting in the dressing room is Gavin Newsom, who at the time was the mayor of San Francisco, but now he's the governor of California.
And sitting next to him was Kamala Harris, who at the time was the DA of San Francisco.
Now she's a senator from California that's front-running on the Democratic ticket.
It's fucking weird.
All right.
and it was Chris Tucker and Ben Jealous, who at the time was the president of the NAACP, who was all just at this big charity dinner, and Paul Mooney was drinking scotch.
And we all was just in there.
First, I was a little uncomfortable when we started talking, and we all got along really well.
At some point, Kamala Harris says, she says to me, she goes, you know, a friend of mine is announcing his candidacy for president tomorrow.
I went to college with him.
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