{"id":2169412,"date":"2025-11-20T23:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2169412"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:26:06","slug":"key-comedy-advice-from-kevonstage-dont-just-be-funny-be-unavoidable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/key-comedy-advice-from-kevonstage-dont-just-be-funny-be-unavoidable\/","title":{"rendered":"Key comedy advice from KevOnStage: Don&#8217;t just be funny, be &#8216;unavoidable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>There was a time when KevOnStage was a very literal description of comedian Kevin Fredericks as a hungry comedian looking for stage time. These days, he might as well be called KevOnEverything. You can find him cracking jokes on live comedy tours, TV sketch shows, books, podcasts and just about every social media platform you care about. From books like his 2025 New York Times bestseller \u201cSuccessful Failure\u201d to his latest podcast, \u201cNot My Best Moment,\u201d the idea has always been about forward momentum to breed a funny brand that, just like his name, continues to stick with a sense of humor that ultimately succeeds at being relatable. <\/p>\n<p>Moving from Washington state to L.A. with his wife and kids to fulfill his comedy dreams, he focused his comedy on the Black church and family life in a way that hadn\u2019t been done before. The result was his breakout success with the show \u201cChurchy\u201d that started as a self-funded series that was picked up by BET and recently ran through its second season. It created a lane for him to expand his content universe with sketch shows like \u201cThe Hospital\u201d and \u201cSafe Space\u201d on Tubi that allows him to retain creative control and put on more comedians working with veteran stand-ups like Tahir Moore and Tony Baker. The latter is his podcasting partner in crime whom he\u2019s been touring with on the Bald Brothers comedy tour which wraps up in L.A. at the Wiltern on Sunday. Recently we spoke to KevOnStage about the secret to building his comedy brand \u2014 by being everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><i>This interview was edited for length and clarity.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-enhancement-player\">  <ps-youtubeplayer data-video-player=\"\" class=\"youtube-video-player video-player youtube-video-player-facade\" data-player-id=\"f046ac7c84aca42b2b4c5ee24f46d85b4\" data-video-id=\"KRZgdixK7kw\" data-video-title=\"Key comedy advice from KevOnStage: don\u2019t just be funny, be unavoidable\" data-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/entertainment-arts\/video\" data-lazy-offset=\"1.0\" data-autoplay-threshold=\"50\" data-miniplayer=\"\" data-internal-video-id=\"KRZgdixK7kw\" data-ad-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.latimes\/entertainment-arts\/video\" data-ad-provider=\"ima\" data-ima-sdk-url=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js\" data-ima-ad-tag-url=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?sz=640x480&amp;gdfp_req=1&amp;env=vp&amp;output=vast&amp;unviewed_position_start=1&amp;cmsid=2652439&amp;ad_rule=0&amp;plcmt=1\">  <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi_webp\/KRZgdixK7kw\/maxresdefault.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/KRZgdixK7kw\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/> <\/picture> <button type=\"button\" class=\"youtube-video-player-facade-button\" aria-label=\"Play\"> <svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/styleguide\/assets\/misc-icons.svg#icon-youtube-play\"\/><\/svg> <\/button>      <\/ps-youtubeplayer> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>I love that this is a year where so much is happening for you from so many angles. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s wild.<\/p>\n<p><b>You\u2019re KevOnStage, KevOnPodcasts, KevOnBooks, KevOnTV &#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[Laughs] Literally KevOnEverything. <\/p>\n<p><b>When did you decide to go from being Kevin Fredericks \u2014 working a regular job and doing comedy on the side \u2014 to becoming \u201cKevOnStage\u201d?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I was working at the Spanaway [Washington] branch of Key Bank and I was on Twitter. This must have been 2009 \u2014 very early on Twitter. And people were just making jokes and people were getting fired [from their jobs over their jokes on Twitter]. People would not like a joke you said, search your name, Google you, find out where you worked and email like your boss, and people were getting fired. And I was like, \u201cI can\u2019t afford to lose my job over some ports take.\u201d So I\u2019m gonna take my full actual government name out of my handle, which was just Kevin Fredericks at the time. And I was like, \u201cI\u2019m Kev and I be on stage.\u201d And that was literally as much thought as I put into it. I was just not trying to be easily found and fired. So I switched my handle to KevOnStage because I was doing stand-up all the time at that time and it stuck. Hindsight being 20\/20, I would have just kept Kevin Fredericks, which was my Facebook name, but I think KevOnStage is cool as a moniker. I\u2019m trying to be like Beyonc\u00e9, Bono, Sting, Oprah, KevOnStage \u2014 one name. People think my actual name is Kevon because of that. If they think that, then I know they found me because of the internet. Which is also fine. As long as people know me, it doesn\u2019t bother me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure m-0\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f2ec23c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/feee067\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3498d6b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/bd8d916\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/1080x720!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 1080w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/41e380a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/1240x826!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 1240w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/271a48e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/1440x960!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/649341f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/2160x1440!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"KevOnStage with Tony Baker on the Bald Brothers comedy tour.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/4a3c795\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3177898\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7b7d4c2\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d0d4c79\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/1080x720!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 1080w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/5b18bc4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/1240x826!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 1240w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/e652b3d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/1440x960!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/c68ddfc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/2160x1440!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8e69d70\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1992x1328+0+0\/resize\/2000x1333!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2Ff0%2F89ec49a54b188d7644158a1f309f%2Fkevonstage3.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>KevOnStage with Tony Baker on the Bald Brothers comedy tour.<\/p>\n<p>(Joshua Gonzales )<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><b>When did you really find your tribe of comedians in Washington state that you still hang out with today? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>In Washington state there was only really like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2025-07-07\/nate-jackson-super-funny-netflix-special-crowdwork\">Nate Jackson<\/a>, he was the only working comedian who was working nationally. In Washington it was me, Nate, Big Irish Jay, a comedian named Terrence \u2014 those are the only people that were kind of doing comedy consistently. And then we had the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, I don\u2019t remember what year it was, and I met Lance Woods, who I\u2019m still cool with. But then when I moved [to L.A.], that\u2019s when I met Tony Baker and Tahir Moore through <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AllDefComedy\" target=\"_blank\">All Def Comedy.<\/a> Because I didn\u2019t really do stand-up on stage that much when I first moved to L.A. My wife was like, \u201cwe\u2019re not gonna move to L.A. and then you\u2019re on stage four or five nights a week.\u201d And it was hard to get on stage &#8230; you have to go and hang out, go to Denny\u2019s and like hang out all night. And [my wife] was not going for it and I had small children who had to go to school. So the majority of the people that I know I met through All Def. <\/p>\n<p><b>You brought up an interesting point about the lifestyle of comics because it is a lifestyle that doesn\u2019t really agree with everything else for most of the 9-to-5 working world \u2014 especially being married and having kids. So how did you then decide to focus more on content creation as a means to perform?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well, interestingly enough, it started before I moved to L.A. There\u2019s hardly any entertainment opportunities in Washington. There\u2019s very rarely a TV show, even shooting there, much less a show you can actually audition and be on. So what happened was we were doing plays. We\u2019re trying to be like Tyler Perry, David E. Talbert or Je\u2019Caryous Johnson. And we were on our way, but there weren\u2019t enough people in Washington to mount a successful black play \u2014 or \u201curban plays\u201d as people called them. So we did our best, but even if we got 3,000 people, that was only for one night. And we weren\u2019t doing that, by the way. We\u2019re getting like 68 people. So I was watching a lot of YouTube at the time and I was realizing these people have fans everywhere. So I was like, we can do internet comedy and make people laugh on the internet and hopefully we get fans all across the United States. And from the first two videos we did, I was like, forget the play thing, I think the internet is the thing. Just like focus on that. I think we do that, we will build our own audience, and everything will be easier for us. <\/p>\n<p><b>As far as the ability to own your content and guide however you want, how has that been important for your comedy career? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>For me it\u2019s been like, \u201cHe who pays says.\u201d Like if you pay for it, you get the final say. So for a long time, it was by default because nobody\u2019s getting paid. I\u2019m just making it and posting it. The first big thing we did that was like really expensive was \u201cChurchy\u201d [on BET]. And there was a lot of [money from previous brand deals] that I saved, a lot of [money from doing] Spectrum commercials that I saved. I made eight episodes of \u201cChurchy.\u201d And shout-out to Jamal Henderson, he helped us meet executives at BET and they bought it. And they couldn\u2019t have any creative control because it was already done.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s kind of a process that we\u2019ve repeated with [my sketch shows] \u201cThe Hospital\u201d and \u201cSafe Space.\u201d We pay for it and then license it or partner with a company and make it now. And with Tubi, they\u2019re a little bit different. They let you have creative control, even if they pay for it. They\u2019re like \u201chey, we trust that you built your audience, you know your audience.\u201d They\u2019re the only platform that I\u2019ve worked with that\u2019s completely like, \u201cwe don\u2019t have any say-so, no notes, you don\u2019t have to send us a script, you don\u2019t have to send an edit for approval, we trust you.\u201d And that\u2019s fantastic for me because you get to make it as close to [the original vision] without any impurities as possible. <\/p>\n<p>Now I gotta be honest, when I work with BET, we had amazing executives and they\u2019ve given us a lot of great notes, but they also give you some notes that you don\u2019t agree with that you have to take. And that\u2019s also part of just making things. It\u2019s not a full negative. They also made [the show] better in a lot of different ways. And the one thing that I\u2019m very grateful for with our partners at BET is every note they gave was to make the overall project better and for more people to enjoy it. I am a comedian at heart, so sometimes I\u2019m loyal to the joke to a fault. The executive is like, we gotta tell the best story \u2014 so it\u2019s not all bad. A lot of times we hear people bemoan partnering with people, and it has its negatives, but also my TV exec was more experienced than I was at making good TV, so some of their notes were really helpful, and I can carry those with me when I\u2019m making other projects.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cThe Hospital\u201d and \u201cSafe Space\u201d are both like sketch shows. What was important about the formats for both shows \u2014 one at a hospital, the other on a therapist\u2019s <\/b><b> couch \u2014 that <\/b><b> allow you to find the funny? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Richard Washington, who is a creative exec at KevOn Stage Studios, head of T V and film, and I built the systems and then we allow the people to work within the systems to the best of their personality. So I think the great part about \u201cSafe Space\u201d is the talent. Like you give them a premise, you find the right people, and then they take it and make it funny. \u201cSafe Space\u201d was really the same with \u201cThe Hospital.\u201d Like, you know, we hired more sketch writers for the hospital, but Safe Space was more improv than even \u201cThe Hospital.\u201d We had some fully written sketches for \u201cThe Hospital,\u201d but we didn\u2019t stick to everything exactly. Some are almost all improv. Like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2025-09-29\/comedian-cp-hotmic-hollywood-improv-kevin-hart-sirius-xm\">comedian CP\u2019s<\/a> episodes, he\u2019s just riffing. So it\u2019s as close to a stand-up version of content as you can get. And what I mean by stand-up is the audience is sitting there not knowing what the person\u2019s gonna say. And that\u2019s why I think it works. <\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure m-0\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/74add49\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/320x481!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d89e5e4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/568x854!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/66b7faa\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/768x1155!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8395e4e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/1080x1624!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 1080w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d61840a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/1240x1865!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 1240w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/04c6afd\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/1440x2166!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/caf69b4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/2160x3249!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"KevOnStage recording a podcast.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6391777\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/320x481!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fc8f46f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/568x854!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/89094c7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/768x1155!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ea5ff2c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/1080x1624!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 1080w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ef1792c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/1240x1865!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 1240w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3fa9d1f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/1440x2166!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8e36b0e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/2160x3249!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3008\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/e9ad155\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1179x1773+0+0\/resize\/2000x3008!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2Fdc%2F36486581461da426e8024f4c19ab%2Fkevonstage1.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>KevOnStage recording a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>(Mike Folabi)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><b>As a creator of these shows, you often hold the door open for new talent to shine. How does that help your own <\/b><b>vision<\/b><b> of <\/b><b> allowing there to be space for new actors and comedians to come up? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>I grew up playing sports and then I went into plays. And with both of those elements, it\u2019s it\u2019s a team environment. You need other people to be successful and you gotta rely on other people to do their thing. With plays, you wanna have the best show possible. And then you put it all together and it\u2019s the best product. And I think that\u2019s the same approach that I take to creation. A lot of comedians, I\u2019ve been told, they won\u2019t take the best comedians. They\u2019ll take people who are OK, but nowhere near as good as them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Considering you post three to five <\/b><b>videos a day, how do you find the time to produce as much content as you do? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>So the thing is like this is my job. And I work really hard. I think people compare themselves to me, but they also have a job. Like you\u2019re thinking of \u201chow does he do this?\u201d because you\u2019re thinking of your actual day job. For the most part, I get up and think of funny things to say all day. And the other thing is I don\u2019t spend a lot of time thinking about what I\u2019m gonna do or editing it at all. If something funny happens right now, if I walk out of here and I trip and fall, I\u2019ll probably make a video immediately and within five minutes that video\u2019s gonna be on seven different platforms. So I\u2019m not really precious about what I make. And I feel like people think it\u2019s hard, but this is not hard for me. It\u2019s something I love to do, I create freely out of joy. The guy who runs my doughnut shop who hasn\u2019t taken a day off in 20 years, literally I was talking to him about this. He never takes a day off. Twenty years he\u2019s at that doughnut shop, every night at 8 p.m., he makes  doughnut, preparing for the day. Every day at 4 a.m., he comes and bakes them. That is hard. Not to say what I\u2019m making is not hard. It is, but it\u2019s not hard like that. People have hard jobs. I just be silly for two minutes and post it within five minutes. That\u2019s not really hard for me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure m-0\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3b5033c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/da22e38\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f775333\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d789aad\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1080x720!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 1080w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3abea2c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1240x826!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 1240w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f8cf945\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1440x960!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/dbd3cf2\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/2160x1440!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"&quot;For the most part, I get up and think of funny things to say all day,&quot; says KevOnStage.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f1d0151\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/0e71c31\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/42ae4a1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3b0f588\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1080x720!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 1080w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d7f3b4d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1240x826!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 1240w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/55923ea\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1440x960!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/1bdf274\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/2160x1440!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/3cbf5bb\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/2000x1333!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Faf%2F5bac02fb4c58aad94b261ebca262%2Fkevonstage-2.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>\u201cFor the most part, I get up and think of funny things to say all day,\u201d says KevOnStage.<\/p>\n<p>(Joshua Gonzales )<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><b>I guess you\u2019re not getting cellphone calluses.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Not at all [laughs] &#8230; I kind of designed my content to be able to make it easily because I feel like my approach is just inundating you with Kev. Like I want to be unavoidable. Yeah. I want to make content on so many different topics. It\u2019s not even always comedic. I want people to just share you and or have a thought or make you have a thought. Right now I\u2019ve been doing a lot of podcasts. So if you don\u2019t follow me, but you follow for example \u201cThe Pivot,\u201d which I did last week and they collab with me, now you\u2019re seeing me on \u201cThe Pivot\u201d or Funny Marco or I interviewed Issa Rae for the first episode of [my new podcast] called \u201cNot My Best Moment.\u201d And  Issa Rae doesn\u2019t do a whole whole bunch of interviews if she\u2019s not promoting something. So if you\u2019re interested in what Issa has to say, you got to hear me because I asked the question. So people rip my stuff, I\u2019m like, \u201cthis is great!\u201d They rip it and post it on threads. This is like as close to getting bootlegged as possible.<\/p>\n<p><b>That\u2019s what you want. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, bootleg me! Obviously I\u2019d love to make the money, but it\u2019s like the exposure will become capital or currency later. I just want to be out here so much that you\u2019re eventually like, \u201cAll right, what is he talking about?\u201d Because think about how many videos do you see in a day now. Back in the day, we used to have to be like, OK, I want to watch the videos. I\u2019m gonna go to my computer and go to like, I remember before YouTube, I used to go to Break.com and watch videos. It was a thing I did for some time and then I went on about my day. Think about how many videos you consume on a daily basis. &#8230; So you gotta really hit \u2018em over and over before they make a decision. So that\u2019s why I just wanna flood you. I want you to be like, \u201cOh, my God, enough!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Well, add one more to the pile right here. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, absolutely. Once I saw cameras here [at the L.A. Times studio], I was like, \u201cYeah, baby, I thought this was just an interview, we got video content, baby. Let\u2019s go!\u201d So yeah, it\u2019s like that\u2019s my approach. Just keep going \u2014 a lot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when KevOnStage was a very literal description of comedian Kevin Fredericks as a hungry comedian looking for stage time. These days, he might as well be called KevOnEverything. 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