I was wondering though, take us back to the beginning, from the beginning, the Bronx, there, Jimmie, JJ.
Oh yikes! He's done some research, yes! I started in the Bronx many hundreds of years ago and worked in Harlem, New York at the theatre called the Apollo Theatre and worked with a group called the Last Poets and then after I worked with the Last Poets I went to the Improv and after the Improv I did a TV show and here this album is a result of that, and from the TV show here we are all the way in Burnaby, BC! That's how far it's gotten me in thirty-five years.

Let's skip back. Were you in Snow White?
Snow White!? No no no. I was one of the dwarves. I was the black dwarf called Darky.

The Last Poets! Let's not skip over them! The Last Poets, they're damn cool there, Jimmie Walker!
They're tough. They're very tough. They may not be for this audience; they're a little rough for this crowd.

You opened for the Black Poets.
The Last Poets.

The Black Poets.
The black and the last - they were the last black poets, but were the Last Poets, and yes I did open for them for about four years in Harlem, New York.

Jimmie Walker, JJ, the Black Panthers. Were you the official comedian for the Black Panthers? What's going on there?
I was the official comedian for the Black Panthers for about two years, the official comedian for the Black Panthers in the east, ladies and gentlemen! And I used to always think, because they would always brought guns to these cultural meetings, if the guy didn't like me, who was standing by watching the door, well he could just pick up his gun and go, "Pow! Done!" (laughs)

How did you get that gig, JJ?
I got that gig from being with the Last Poets. The Last Poets were a kind of militant so we used to do a lot of benefits. And the guy who was the head of that, said, "You should be our official comedian." So I was their official comedian.

Do you have a CIA rap at all?
CAA rap? No!! They don't want to talk to me at CAA! Oh heck darn it! You know, CAA is an agency which is a very big-

I meant CIA!
CIA! ! That's different! You know that's a different thing! CIA is a whole different story, Central Intelligence Agency which is kind of an oxymoron in the States, the Central Intelligence Agency because there's not much of that going on, but go ahead!

Because you were with the Black Panthers, did you have any FBI rap? That type of thing.
I think I do actually! I do! I am in there! Somebody put me in there! I'm in the cultural thing, and they did do a rap sheet on me. I have a rap sheet at the CIA and the FBI. J Edgar Hoover, who had just died then, did a whole thing, and I was with Fred Hampton, the leader of the Black Panthers, so yes I do have a CIA rap sheet.

And you've seen it!
I have seen some of it. It's very strange to see yourself in something like that when you go, "Oh darn heck what am I doing in here?!" So I was in there, yes, definitely.

Do you remember the White Panthers at all?
Yes, I do. The White Panthers and the Grey Panthers, who are still around? Do you know who they are? Yes! They are the senior citizens in San Francisco, and they have a group called the Grey Panthers.

Now, speaking about senior citizens and stuff, what is the importance of this gentleman right here, there, Jimmie Walker? Dolemite! (Nardwuar shows Jimmie a Dolemite CD)
Dolemite! Oh my goodness gracious! I worked with Dolemite. This guy is a legendary black comedian who works only like in four o'clock in the morning shows in basements. And Rudy Ray Moore, Mr. Dolemite, is the guy who is the legendary black comic around in the States, and he just works undergrounds gigs.

Growing up though. Growing up though were you ever influenced by him?
Oh definitely! Definitely! This guy's been around for a thousand years. He and Redd Foxx and many others. I don't even have this! This is great! Mr. Dolemite! I don't even have this! This is fabulous!

You also did a commercial for Altoids, right? 'Cause so did Dolemite!
Ouch! This guy knows everything! Yes, I did Altoids about three years ago and they did a whole thing where I was dressed in my outfit, and I had my stuff, kind of the same outfit you have on here today.

Did you ever do an ad for Kool-Aid, Jimmie Walker, JJ?
They never, you know, let me tell you something. This is actually a true story, you'll be the first to - Ja'Net DuBois who played Wilona on Good Times, is now doing a Kool-Aid ad, which is very interesting. I never got a Kool-Aid ad and I should because I hyped them tremendously in my time on the air.

You were talking about bookings and stuff. It's hard for Dolemite to get into Vegas. And it's hard for you to get into places too. How low were you? Did you ever eat dog food like on Good Times?
(laughs) Dolemite has not been in Vegas, no he has not. I'm in Vegas all the time, I'm there twelve weeks a year, but Dolemite has not made it to Vegas yet, but I am sure-

And that's a shame, isn't it?
It is a shame. We need to get Dolemite in Vegas. He's all right with me.

Leno and Letterman wrote you jokes. What were some of the jokes they wrote you? Come on there, JJ, just one, come on!
All right, I'll lay one out right now. Letterman wrote me a joke one time and it says, "There's a burger called the In and Out Burger which it's slogan is, it tastes as good as it looks, it really does...." Ow.

Baboom!
(laughs) And them somebody else wrote me a joke, oh, I forgot it. I can't remember, and I was thinking of it and it had something to do with a dictionary. Never mind, I can't remember.

How do you deal with hecklers? Because I know a guy who saw you a few years ago and you said to him, "Hey man, it looks like you're dead." And he shot back, "It looks like YOU'RE dead."
(laughs) Ho ho! So we had him shot, so he's dead. So that's the best way to deal with them. Usually I have a bodyguard shoot them.

You were on the Drew Carey Show a few years ago with Gary Coleman, right?
Wasn't it like a few months ago?!

A few months ago!
A few months ago with Mr. Gary Coleman, my good friend and pal. Yes, we did an episode with Drew Carey. It was fabulous. It was wonderful, very kind of weird. At the end there, Drew was doing some really weird shows. We did that, and we played Drew in blackface, so Gary Coleman was Drew, and I was Ryan Stiles, and somebody else was somebody else, so we did that.

Well, Jimmie Walker, Gary Coleman doesn't like to say, "Whatcha doin' taking about Willis!?" anymore, does he?
He does sometimes.

No, he said he will not say that anymore.
No, that's it! Just I'm doing with the other thing. We're both through, me and Gary Coleman. Both through with our catchphrases forever, but you can always get it on this album here (Jimmie Walker "Dynomite!") and also my website which I might as well hype right now since the wild man is here, dynomitejj.com, you can dial me up anytime there.

JJ were you ever on the Love Boat? Because I saw that you were on the Love Boat! Haha! Caught you! Five times on the Love Boat.
Twelve.

Twelve times?!
Twelve times Love Boat, actually went on the cruise too. Sometimes we don't do the cruise, but we did the cruise TWICE we went on the cruise and it was fabulous. I love the Love Boat. Fred Grandy, a good friend of mine, Ted Lange a good friend of mind, and Bernie Kopell a good friend of mine. Three good friends from the Love Boat.

What was the scenario?
I did one with Telma Hopkins and Demond Wilson, hello! And that was good. And I did one with Ben Vereen so that was good. So we did a couple, we did a few, and then we did one with Suzanne Somers!

Did you say "Kid Dynomite" on it? What was your role?
My role was Brenda Sykes' boyfriend, and Suzanne Somers was Brenda Sykes' best friend and we were breaking up and she was trying to get us back together.

I wanted to ask you there, JJ, Jimmie Walker, about a few other groups and stuff. This gentleman right here! (Nardwuar shows Jimmie a Blowfly LP)
Owww! (laughs) What is this?

Blowfly!
I do know Blowfly actually. And he's a guy that is a pretty low comic, he's lower than Redd Foxx actually and I do know this guy. He's been around for a long time and he does kind of X rated humour, not for me, thank you.

But he's still around though.
He's still around. Definitely. This guy knows everybody. I'll put my album out (Jimmie hides the Blowfly record), which is much more better, and then Rudy Ray Moore, but yeah-

Come on! Give Blowfly some props. Blowfly Disco! Come on! "Dada, dada, dada do it 'til you're satisfied."
That's enough! (laughs) That's enough of Blowfly! (laughs)