. >> reporter: film roles followed, among them "eddie walker," imparting home-school wisdom in the barbershop a guy from my mom's church and an uncle of mine. it got to the point where i literally didn't even need a script. i can do eddie. you say something to me, and i can talk eddie. you would have brid bridge them nuts. >> reporter: now he is back as calvin in "the neighborhood." the story about a white couple moving into a african-american community. the show is a comedy about jentrification, but cedric seems it as a metaphor. >> it is not about kicking people out, but how do we uplift and move forward with everybody being exactly who they are. >> reporter: married for 22 years, cedric the entertainer is about to and an empty nestor. his youngest just graduated high school. but this entertainer isn't slowing down. >> we got one little move, where we can't just step into the car no more. you know you're on your own when you leave like that, all right, i'm going to holler at y'all. >> reporter: all he needs is a mic, a spotlight, and a crowd. >> going on that stage, just that moment, you ge