To recount the lives and careers of the six comics chronicled in Funny My Way, Smoove drew on memories of seeing several of them live. “I have to attach my sensibilities, my timing, my cadence - and cadence is what keeps people interested,” says Smoove, who will next appear in Mel Brooks’ star- studded History of the World: Part II on Hulu. But hosting Funny My Way required Smoove to keep his improvisatory genius in check and stick to a script. On his other audio show, May I Elaborate, also produced by Team Coco, he riffs with abandon on whatever topic crosses his quick-fire mind. Courtesy ImageĪs do many comics, Smoove found the podcast studio a natural extension of the stage. The six-episode Team Coco podcast Funny My Way launched Aug. 4 on Audible. His performance has earned the Curb Your Enthusiasm star an Ambie nomination for best podcast host. Smoove (né Jerry Brooks) did a deep dive on Gregory’s life when he narrated the six-part Audible Originals podcast Funny My Way, uncovering the lives of six Black comedy legends: Gregory, Flip Wilson, Paul Mooney, Moms Mabley, Rudy Ray Moore and Redd Foxx. “He really had an amazing, fascinating life.” “In another world, another life, if I was 20 years younger, I would love to play that man,” says the Emmy-winning actor and stand-up comic. If J.B Smoove had it his way, he’d cast himself as the lead in a biopic about the late comedian Dick Gregory.
