Q & A with Ronnie Ray: Recent Episodes
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"Q & A with Ronnie Ray is a weekly podcast where Comedian Ronnie Ray has a question and answer session with his favorite stand up comedians, actors, writers, directors and adult film stars."
Ronnie Ray and Nichelle Murdock discuss growing up in Cleveland, working as a producer on BET’s Comic View, Crack’em Up Thursdays,16 years at The Comedy Store, spotting a good comedian and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Demar Randy discuss meeting at Marty's, growing up in Compton, reading rooms before you perform, his song "7 Blunts", his movie "Suicide RoadTrip", The Compton College Brand and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Kimberly KB Marion discuss her up bringing in Aurora, selling animals to her friends, the reasons she does comedy, the genius of Chris Rock, bombing on a show she produced and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Dave Carter discuss. growing up in Memphis, starting stand up comedy at 15, joining the military, doing improv in Chicago, starting Nation of Improv, working on Sherman Showcase and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Kenisha Bell discuss growing up in California, stopping and starting Comedy, moving to Chicago for Master Degree, Her thoughts of on social media and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Kenn Edwin discuss starting comedy at Marty’s Open Mic, growing up in Pasadena, receiving a football scholarship, him bombing in front of church people, loving Def Comedy Jam and ComicView and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Christine Medrano discuss growing up in Canada, her teacher telling her to do stand up comedy, open mic days, bombing in a comedy contest, her determination and much more.
Ronnie Ray and P.B. Smiley discuss growing up in Milwaukee, being the youngest paid regular at the Comedy Store, social media comedians, remembering Reynolds Rey, working on the set of the movie “Life” and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Jonnae Thompson discuss Growing Up in San Diego, Her love for BET’s ComicView, Her First Time On Stage Becoming a Runner Up in a Comedy Contest, Performing on Bringer Shows, Doing Stand Up Comedy on TV, Dreaming About Diddy and Much More.
onnie Ray and Bileko Wissa discuss His upbringing, bombing in South Central, him having 2 master degrees, how he started in Comedy, his love for Dave Chappelle, LUSER Comedy and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Christine Little discuss driving to California to do comedy, bombing at a family reunion, Ron looking like cousin Nate and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Willie Macc discuss growing up in St. Louis, working on BET’s College Hill, being boo’d on 106 and Park, starting off as a stand-Up Comedian, his audition process and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Ketra Long discuss her growing Up in Alabama, starting off in radio, doing open mics In L.A., bombing in front of Neo, working with Cuba Gooding Jr. and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Lil G talk about him growing up In Compton, starting stand-up in Carson, CA, performing at The Comedy Store, bombing in Miami, making money from comedy and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Goldie discuss her growing up in North Carolina, moving to Los Angeles, open mic nights In LA, moving to New York, working on VH1’s “Flavor Of Love” and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Reggie Jr talk about growing up In Kansas City, being a college baseball player, being In the military, his epic bomb at Uptown Comedy Club in Atlanta, the importance of social media and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Sharyon Culberson discuss being in show business for 20 years, working with Oui Be Negroes, moving to California, hanging with Robin Williams and Woody Harrelson, writing her own projects and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Sean Riggs discuss growing up in Chicago, doing stand up comedy, advice on moving to Los Angeles, becoming a S-Curl model, producing his own movies and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Vanessa talk about her moving from Minnesota to Los Angles, Starting off as stand-up comedian, performing for the Troops, working on the show “Funny You Should Ask” and much more.
On the season premiere of Q &A with Ronnie Ray, Kyle Erby discuss with Ronnie Ray working on the funny firm video, starting off as a stand- up comedian, his Podcast and album with the same name “Be A Man At All Times," getting some good advice from the Legend Jay Leno, and much more. Laugh, share and subscribe.
Growing Up with 12 siblings, Driving from New York to Hollywood, Being on BET’s Hell Date, Wanting to be Actress not be a Stand Up Comedian, Performing on “Arsenio Hall Show”,
Why she Shaves her Hair, Dating while being a Comedian and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Sean Carrigan talk about The Ha Ha Open Mic Days, Bombing in Victorville, Being Amateur Professional Boxing, His UpBringing, Working with Tyler Perry, Doing a Brett Faver Sketch, Working on the “Young and Restless and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Kimberly Clark talk about them Meeting at Bliss Cafe’, Growing in Syracuse (NY), Leslie Jones’s criticism, Being Very Reserved Person, Being Preacher’s Kid, Performing on “The George Lopez Show” Dating while being a Stand Up Comedian and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Barry Brewer talk about meeting at The Comedy Store, His UpBringing in Chicago, Growing Up with Good Morals, His Short Film called “Home” about his Grandfather (available on YouTube), Growing Up in the Church, Being on the TV Show “Who’s Got Jokes”, Working with Tommy Ford and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Fu Meeting at the Ha Ha Cafe, Getting in Trouble at School for something she did at Home, The Skipper from Gilligan’s Island Being Her Grandfather “Alan Hale Jr.”, Growing Up in a Show Biz Family, Actress Dawn Wells came to Her First Stand-Up Show, Working with Drag Queens and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Fu talk about meeting at The Ha Ha Cafe, Growing Up in New Jersey, Moving to LA, Appearing on the TV Show My Wife & Kids, Wanting Revenge after a Bomb, His Favorite Clubs to Perform and Much More.
Save The Last Dance Audition, Growing Up in Chicago, Moving to LA, Developing a Character, Being A Fan Of Whoopi Goldberg, Doing A Nude Scene, Meeting Alfre Woodard, Auditioning for George Clooney and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Chase Anthony Open Mike Days, Born in Atlanta and Raised in
Minnesota, Being a Former College Football Player, Changing his Last Name,
Being an Accountant, Bombing, Working with Sinbad, Working on the
Web-Series “A Whole New Irving” and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Silvia Saige talk about Starting Stand Up Comedy, Growing up in Kansas City, Bombing on Stage, Mother not Agreeing with her Comedy, Starting out in Porn, Why people Quit Porn, Soft-Core Porn vs. Hard-Core Porn, Gay for Pay and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Zoe Johnson talk about Growing Up in Chicago, Doing Second City LA, Being In Commercials, Working with Tiffany Hadrian, Working with Tom Brady, Bombing On Stage, and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Chicago Nicky Davis-Miller talk about the Ha-Ha Cafe’ Days, Starting as a Musician, Bombing On Stage, Recognizing Talent, Comedy Influences, Being Married while Doing Comedy, Meeting Suge Knight and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Rion Evans talk about The Early Open Mic Days, Being DJ Wait- A-Minute, Being Influence by Comedian Michael Coylar, Having The Ability to Perform in Any Room, Becoming A Headline, Bombing in front of Brandy and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Ebony Essence Jet talk about Ebony Essence Jet, The Members, How They Got Started, Being Black, Doing Improv, Influences, Their First Show, Their Worst Shows,Performing in Festivals and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Co-Host Matty Robinson interview 2 of the Member of the Comedy Super Group The Martin Luther Kings of Comedy (Jarell Scott Barnes and Ty Riggs). They talk about: All the Members, Roasting each Other, How they Started, Bombing on Stage, The politics of Comedy, Promoting Shows, Where the Name came from, Best & Worst Shows and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Special Co-Host Jeremy Scippio talk to Guest Actress Keena Ferguson about Growing Up in Jefferson City, Dancing at the age of 4, Going Ohio State, Being in a Music Video with Jay Z, Being on the Award Winning Show FX’s Atlanta, Her Winning NAACP Award and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Ron G talk about The Crack’em Up Thursday Days at the Comedy Store, Saying Yes to his Dreams, Being a Comedy Whore, Being On HBO’s Insecure, TED Talk “Making his Weird Work for You” Speech, Working on CNN’s Award Winning Show “United Shades of America” with W. Kamil Bell, Not Cursing Anymore and Much More
Ronnie Ray and Aarona talk about The Hip Hop Comedy Cypher, Starting Out as a Singer, Car Accident that Changed Her Life, Starting Stand-Up Comedy in Chicago, Keep Her Last Name, Meeting Kanye West, Her Love for Spoken Word, Aarona Astrology and Much More
Ronnie Ray talks to the Hilarious Chicago base Improv Group PIMPROV (Marz Timms, Matty Robinson and Jonathan Keaton). They discuss Where Name of the Group came From, How they got started, The Difference between Improv and Stand-Up Comedy, Their Worst Shows, Their Pimp Names, Being on a TV Court Show and much More.
Ronnie Ray and Danielle discuss:
Growing up in Sacramento, Following Her Passion, The Movie “The Princess and The Frog”, Doing a One Woman Show, Being Married in ShowBusiness, Working on BET’s Rebel, Her and Her Husband’s Ministry and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Co-Host Matty Robinson interview Stand-Up Comedian and Instagram’s “Tiberius the Hood Hitman”.....Jahdai Pickett
Growing Up in Cali, Starting Stand-Ups in the Laudromat, Open Mics at Home, Hatred in Comedy, Bombing on Stage, Dealing with Heckles, Football Metaphors, Instagram video and Much More #JesterRadioNetwork
Ronnie Ray and Gary discuss: Making a Lot Money from Voice Over Work, Working on UnderCover Brother, Starting Improv and Acting in Atlanta, His Influences, Picking The Right Roles, His Audition Process, Being the voice of "Uncle Ruckus" on The Boondocks, Working on TV One's "UnSung" and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Travina discuss: Meeting each other at an open mike, wanting to act since she was a kid, her influences, her experience on the movie Valentine's Day, being in entertainment as a Muslim, her Comic View performance, comedy being different for a woman, Performing in front of black crowds and much more.
Ronnie and Sam discuss: Moving from Los Angeles to Harlem, New York Comedy Scene, Starting off at The Ha-Ha Cafe', 100 people walking out of his show at the same time, Being a Street Performer, Being Stand Up Comedian with Tourette Syndrome, Performing at Pechanga Casino, Performing on Conan O'Brien and Much More. Chat Conversation End Sent from Messenger
Ronnie Ray and Tyree discuss: Starting Stand-Up on a Dare, Being Beloved at The J Spot, Bombing While Drunk, Dealing with Hecklers, Taking Long Breaks from Comedy, Her "Last Comic Standing" Experience, Her Material, Performing in Front of Different Audiences and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and DC discuss: Doing Shows Together, His appearance on TV One's "Who's Got Jokes, His Acting Class Days, His Father doing Comedy before Him, First Time Performing Stand-Up Comedy, Worst Bomb, His Writing Process, Being a Father of 2 Daughters and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Nika discuss: Working with Miley Cyrus, Wanting to act since the age of 3, Moving from Miami to New York to Hollywood, Bombing on Her Birthday in front of her Mother, His Comedy Influences, Learning her Point of View in Comedy, Being a Member of the All Black Female Group "Elite Delta Force 3", Getting Advice from People in the Business and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Gary discuss: Ronnie Ray and Gary O'Neal discuss: Open Mic Life, From Paramedic to Comedian, Moving from DC to LA, Growing Up a Privilege Child, His Influences, Bomb Stories, Doing w/Hecklers and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Jesssica discuss: Moving from Alaska to Flordia to Los Angeles, Ha-Ha Cafe' Comedy Club Days, Going to College, Loving Stand-Up Comedy after first time doing it, Having a Shady Manager, Booking her own Shows, Bombing in Switzerland, Getting Passed at The Comedy Store and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Dion discuss: Moving from Dayton to Los Angeles, Starting Stand-Up Comedy, Directing Youtube Sketches, Open Mic Life, His 1st Day Hollywood, ComicView Experience, The Comedy Rap Cypher, Becoming an Author, His Famous Doritos Commercial and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Nefertari discuss: Moving from Chicago to Los Angeles, Taking Classes at The Groundings and IO West, Working with Cleo's Apartment, The Message, Elite Delta Force 3, "Finding My Obama" Website, Working with Leslie Jones, SNL Audition, Her relationship with The Great Bernie Mac and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Rell discuss: Being the King of The Open Mics, Starting out in Stand-Up Comedy, Moving to L.A., Having a Twin Brother, Writing Jokes, Dealing with Hecklers, Being the Executive Producer and Creator of "Roast Battle" on Comedy Central, Working with MTV, Working on the T.V. Show "Superior Donuts" and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Reyna discuss: Moving to LA from the Bay, Being an Voice Over Artist, Her Favorite Impression, Doing Open Mikes, Staying Humble in Comedy, Performing Stand-Up on TV (Laugh Mobb), Truth In Comedy, Working with Cedric "The Entertainer" and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Kareem "Plug" Chapman discuss: Life pushing him to do Comedy, Moving to Los Angeles, Being a Music Manager, His Comedy Influences, ATL Comedy Grind Vs LA Comedy Grind, The Love for the ArtForm, Doing Comedy & Being a Father and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Lance Allen discuss: Starting Stand-Up Comedy on a Dare, Selling Comedy Mixtapes, Stop doing Youtube Videos, Starting Stand-Up in College, Funny Breakup Story, Getting Out of His Comfort Zone, Moving to LA, His Comedy Influences and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Cocoa Brown discuss: Working Corporate America, Starting off in Stand-Up Comedy, Auditioning for Def Comedy Jam, Working on Comic View, Growning up in Newport News, VA, Winning the DC Comic of the Year, Working with Tyler Perry, Working with Internet Comics, Entertaining the Troops, Why we can't Boo Jesus and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Matt Jones discuss: Working live stream, Crazy Lyft Stories, Growing Up near Kentucky, Comedy Influences, Moving to Los Angeles, Using the Stage for Therapy, His Crazy Characters, His Material, Being a Street Performer and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Taquita Love discuss: How Comedy fell in her lap, Taking David Arnold's Comedy Class, Being a Nurse and a Comedian, Being a Rapping Nurse, Being Free on Stage, Her Family, Her Influences and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Chaz Rodgers discuss: Open Mic Days, Starting off in Stand-Up Comedy, His Short Lived TV Career, Chi McBride, His Stage Names, His Comedy Influences, His Favorite Clubs, Following Great Comedians and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Angelina Spicer discuss Soul Plane Premiere Party, Her Family, Her Dad's Rap Career, Her Wedding, Webseries, BreastFeeding "Titty Milk", No More Kids and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Dwayne Kennedy talk about Starting off Comedy. Auditioning for Clubs, Performing at The Apollo, Having his brief retirements, Moving to New York, His TV development deals, His Days in Los Angeles, His TV appearances and Much More.
Ronnie Ray sat down and chose all his favorite outtakes and bloopers from the first season and comments on them between clips. Tune in to hear what may have been too embarrassing to make the original episode! Thanks for listening!
Ronnie Ray sat down and chose all his favorite moments from the first season and comments on them between clips. Tune in to hear part two, Q1/A11 through Q1/A20. Thanks for listening!
Ronnie Ray sat down and chose all his favorite moments from the first season and comments on them between clips. Tune in to hear part one, Q1/A1 through Q1/A10. Thanks for listening!
Ronnie Ray and Nyomi Banxxx discuss: Them meeting on Playboy TV's Canoga Park, Growing Up in Chicago, Doing Porn to help her Family, Maintaining a Relationship while in the Business, Her Favorite People to Work With, The Weirdest thing that happened on set, Racism in Porn and Much More.
Ronnie Ray and Jeremy discuss: Meeting at the HaHa Cafe in North Hollywood, bombing, how Jeremy got into comedy and his influences, getting brought up on stage by the wrong name, the best part of stand, working with Russel Peters and much much more!
Ronnie Ray and Wynter Heat discuss: Hashtags, How she got started, Book: The Coldest Winter Ever, U
Ronnie Ray and Satarius discuss: Gospel Play titles, Performing in New York, Being in Musiq Soulchild Video, Comedy Being Harder and Easier for Black Women, David Arnold Comedy Class, No Big Deal seeing Celebrities, Her Influences, Dating Comedian and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Kraig Smith discuss: Open Mic Grind, Dr. Valentine's Quote, Comedy Influences, The Infamous Beyonce Story, Celebrities, Selling Out to Illuminati, His Role in I Don't Understand You WebSeries and The Definition of a Scumbag and much more.
Ronnie Ray and Gisla Stringer discuss: Performing for her Family, Her Audition Process, Acting in LA vs Chicago, Moving to Los Angeles from Chicago, Acting with her Daughter in The Piano Lesson, Playing a Butch Lesbian in the movie If I Was Your Girl, No Limitation Acting and Playing a Transgender Male and much more.
Nelson Rocadella and Sean Williams interview Ronnie Ray this time about wanting to be like Eddie Murphy, His Improv Days, The Fear of Doing Improv and Stand Up, Wearing his Hat, Working with Oui Be Negroes and Nation of Improv, Performing with Robin Williams, starting Stand-Up Comedy in Los Angeles, His epic Bomb Stories, Advice to other Comedians, His Favorite Comedians, His Upcoming Album Comedy Before Flesh, His Favorite Jokes and much more!
This week Ronnie Ray and Carl Seaton discuss: His Honesty, His Attempt at Stand-Up Comedy, What made him start Directing, Not wanting to meet his Heroes, Making The Movie One Week, His Partnership with Kenny Young, Learning the Politics of Film making, Directing The TVOne Movie "Bad Dad Rehab" and much more.
This week Ronnie Ray and Douglas Howington discuss: Going to Church, Marty's Open Mic, Michael Winslow, Following a Difficult Headliner, Being funny for the Family, Getting Older, Being an Artist, Marketing and Promotion, Social Media, Being Responsible for your own Happiness.
Ronnie and Jodi discuss "C Word Show" at The Comedy Store, Growing up in New Jersey, Writing Soft Porn. Co-ed Confessionals, Writing on a Gameshow, Working for Byron Allen and Being on Comics Unleashed, Working on Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, Getting writing Jobs, Becoming an Author, First time Bombing on Stage, Teaching Comedy and much more!
Ronnie and Henry discuss Fat Girls finding him funny, Black audiences vs White audiences, Changing his Material, Jay-Z and Beyonce, Skin Loyalty, Making a Crowd Feel, Blacks Comedians who don't play Black Room, Babysitting Drunk People and The Ultimate Goal is to get a Better Class of Pussy. This episode should be called "Comedy Pimp Talk".
Ronnie and Erika discuss how they met, Totally Busted, working on Canoga Park together, the most degrading thing on camera, being a Certified love coach, Circumcised fruit, Ronnie needs love, Selfish lovers, bad days on the set, Vixes from Venus, most embarrassing moments on set, band-aids and socks and much much more!
Nicole had a vision. She believed pole dance could be a powerful movement for women and for fitness. In 2008 she opened Allure Dance and Fitness, one of LA’s pioneer pole studios. Nicole excels as an instructor because she connects with her students, breaks down moves and most of all – makes it FUN! She reminds us if we keep a positive mindset and “Can Do” attitude anything is possible.
NEW Episodes every Friday at 9:00amEpisode #Q1/A7: Kenny YoungRonnie and the gang discuss Tommy is Pretty again, how Ronnie and Kenny met, how he got started , who his first agent was, performing stand up to help write "One Week", has Kenny ever had a "job-job"? What motivates him? Dogfighting, the projects, Knowing what you want. Kenny drop dimes this whole episode!
Meet Kenny:Kenny Young was born on August 21, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for One Week (2000), Redrum (2007) and C'mon Man (2012).Graduate of Columbia College in Chicago and He is the founding member of the Black Market theater ensemble. This theater group travels the nation exhibiting prolific skits and performances. Today its members span the nation teaching its viewers artistic skills and dramatic and comedic interpretations and expressions.
Ronnie, Nelson and Milauna discuss how they met? Was pootie tang a good movie? Gay halloween party. Playing a thug. Free buddy passes! Fear Factor! Meeting celebrities, Prince! Doctor Phil! Lawrence Fishborne! A pilot for an "Entourage" like Mike Tyson show. Free advice. Walking away from school. Ronnie's "Vest" callback was lost in Nelsons laughter. Nelsons Byron Allen joke? Booking "Aquirius" and how Milauna wants to be remebered.
Ronnie and Keenan talk about Comedic Rights, Luser Comedy and what it takes to build a strong comedy team. Aint sh*t to do in New Mexico. Curse first, ask questions later. Being forced to go to college, the high you get on stage and what it's like to bomb.
Is the Harlem Shake still a thing? Pretty, sexy, beautiful, gorgeous Tommy is in the house! When did Marz start doing comedy? We talk about traveling between New York, Chicago and LA, dealing with rowdy audiences, being the voice of Jax in Mortal Combat the video game, shootin the Bull on the court with Derrick Rose and what it’s like to film THREE commercials with Michael Jordan! Yes, that Michael Jordan!
Episode three, Ronnie, crew and Shaun discuss how they first met. How Ronnie looks to Shaun as a comedy Mom. Pretty Tommy vs Sexy Tommy? Oui be Negros. Drive by love! When and how Shaun got into show business. Drama therapy in prison. Fringe Fest, working for Buzzfeed and much more!
Episode two, Ronnie, crew and Kennelia discuss how they first met. Is Pretty Tommy really pretty? Hosting shows on AfterBuzzTv.com for Scandal, Empire, Power, and Ballers. Acting in commercials. Sean asks for water! Acting in a sketches and much more!
tart in comedy, graduating from I/O and Second City, moving to LA and focusing on stand up. Cordell discusses his mentors and influences, what drive him to be better and much more!