because dick gregory, to me, is a forgotten voice that should not be forgotten, you know?plause] absolutely. when i was a kid, i am a little troubled by, and i don't want to make a blanket accusation, but black stand-up comedy today seems a little one-sided in some ways. it seems very focused on talking about sex or, you know, very much in, you know, one area of humor, you know? whereas when i was coming up in the '60s, dick gregory, a political comic who did very important political satire, flip wilson was kind of a vaudeville-style comic. bill cosby, brilliant story teller. really didn't have someone who appealed to everyone. cambridge who would be considered a hipster today, he really did the college circuit. cotton comes to harlem, remember that? he was brilliant. and then you have your old school comics, your moms maybe my who was brilliant. [applause] and all moms -- that little girl is so cute. all moms mabely had to do was talk, and she was funny. oh, i gotta tell you about my husband. [laughter] man, he was so ugly -- [laughter] honest to goodness, he hurt my feel

dick gregory, lenny bruce, there has been, chris rock, there has been a huge list of comedians that have fallen into that. and you need to think as you progress further in years, that window shuts. >> a new world now on this tv late night war zone. urn very gracious in welcoming conan. you describe jay leno as the biggest two-faced dude and a back stabber. >> was that me? >> i'm afraid so. >> you know, i will say this. i do not have a personal relationship with jay leno. we are not friends. nor have we ever been friendly. i've heard some things said about me by him that i took exception to. >> like what? >> you know, there were things that he said that i was not appropriate to people of my own color. which i found disingenuous from somebody else. that's a pretty big chip to pull out. and i disagreed with that. >> what did he mean by that, do you think? >> i think when you understand the material, you understand it. when you don't get it, you might think i'm negative toward my own people. >> it struck me as strange. he's always been unbelievably core just. he has a chat, a cup of coffee.

dick gregory, lenny bruce, chris rock, there have been a lot of comedians who have fallen in that vein. you hope that as you progress further in years that unique window shuts. >> are you more hispanic, latino? i saw when we got the stats. >> you're going to breakdown my ethnic breakdown? >> apparently she did this, revealed your dna. 55% european, 32% native american, 9% east asian, and 4% african. but you relate most to being latino. >> you know, it's an interesting -- i mean, if you look at my face, i look a little indian. i'm a little sanjay gupta but then i'm a little bit mexican as well. so i'm not -- i'm not native american enough to get a casino but i do blackout when i drink occasionally. so i would say that of all of those things, i'm happy to be all of those things. i'm happy to have a little bit of african-american in me. i love the asian part in me. and then i like that nativeness because i come -- i think my father was -- i didn't know my father but i believe that he was from an area of mexico has been inhabited by indians. >> are you seen by the la latinos, are you seen

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