Tisha Campbell Talks Her Copious Cackle-Causing…
Dammmmn, Gina!
A legendary actress is entertaining audiences in a new manner by embarking on her copious, cackle-causing comedy tour.
Tisha Campbell is internet hosting the aptly titled the “Damn Gina!” Comedy Tour alongside comic Finesse Mitchell, marking her first foray into the world of stand-up, a transfer that has each longtime followers and new audiences desperate to see her comedic abilities in motion.
The tour that kicked off March 2 in Brea California, is continuous and completely timed, contemplating that Martin is now streaming on Netflix, reintroducing the cult basic show to a contemporary wave of followers.
“You know how when The Brady Bunch and I Love Lucy would air, and people still watched it? It feels like that,” she instructed BOSSIP. “We didn’t see that coming. None of us did, including Martin [Lawrence]. I remember me and Tichina [Arnold] and Martin having lunch together. And he said, ‘Can you believe they call us icons?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, can you believe that?’ That’s crazy, right? Because we don’t think of ourselves like that. At the time, we were just trying to make people laugh and feed our families. So we didn’t anticipate that the show was going to be so well-loved for so long.”
Despite her intensive expertise in movie and tv, Tisha instructed BOSSIP she long averted stand-up comedy—till destiny intervened.
“Let me tell you, stand-up, I purposefully never tried to do, even though a bunch of stand-up comedians were encouraging me and pushing me to do it, but I was always too afraid. It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but also one of the most fulfilling. And it was a mistake.”
According to Tisha, she was supporting her pal DJ D-Nice at his Kennedy Center residency during a comedy night time and was requested to interchange the host. She agreed however panicked when she was requested to do a 15-minute comedy set to keep the gang entertained. Luckily for her, all of it labored out.
“I was scared to death, but I did it,” she recalled. “And by the time I got off stage, I had an agent.”
Tisha Campbell Has Received Support From Comedians Finesse Mitchell, Dave Chappelle & Marlon Wayans
Now, with tour stops deliberate throughout main cities, Campbell is absolutely embracing the problem of stand-up, placing within the work to make sure her act is each personal and polished.
“I also was really nervous because stepping into this genre of entertainment, I wanted the people that I’ve worked with over the many years to know that I was taking it seriously. I don’t have a ghostwriter. I am doing this all myself. Finesse Mitchell, who has teamed up with me, is my mentor. He’s very hard on me. He makes me rewrite and rewrite and rewrite my material. He gives me suggestions, notes. And I wanted to do all of the people that I’ve worked with proud. Everybody has been so supportive. That’s the thing that I can’t believe [it]…Dave Chappelle, he was like, ‘Let’s go.’ David and Marlon Wayans offered to give me notes and do some writing with me. They’ve been so supportive.”
Though stand-up presents new challenges, Campbell is undeterred, embracing the method with the identical fearless power that made her a star.
“I knew that I was relentless before, and that I’m not afraid to fail. I’m not afraid to fail because you never know what’s gonna hit or what’s not gonna hit. You can have a good day, you can have a bad day. But I know what my ultimate goal is. And my ultimate goal is to help somebody heal through laughter. So I just concentrate on that. Even when something doesn’t work out well on stage, it doesn’t deter me. It just makes me want to get after it even harder.”
When requested to explain the Damn Gina! Comedy Tour in three phrases, Campbell had a characteristically unfiltered response:
“Funny, honest… a good f*****g time.”
Daaaamn, Gina! That’s “WZUP, WZUP, WZUP!”
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