Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy

Fluffy!

- - Man, look at this crowd.

They are going crazy for this guy.

Who is he?

Why are they losing their minds?

Well, I guess we're just gonna have to go back to the beginning

and figure it out.

Editor, please do me a favor and take us back to the beginning.

Uh, you know what? I think you might have gone a little too far.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I get it. Last special. Performed at a stadium.

Mexican Taylor Swift over here.

Okay. Uh… I… You went a li…

Hello? That's… a lot…

Uh, you went…

All right. Real funny, editor.

Real funny.

When I said go back to the beginning, this isn't what I meant.

- But seriously, how long is this special? -

Oh. Okay, well, we'll rewind it just that amount,

and let's give these people somethin' to talk about.

- -

Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy!

Fluffy! Fluffy!

Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy!

Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy!

We're in Miami, bitch!

Yeah. Freaking Miami.

This is the only place I could pull this off.

I can't wear this in LA. They're like,

"I'm blind!"

"It's too much."

Ah, freaking Mexican DJ Khaled up here. I know, right?

Also, I would like to thank, since we're here,

Only in Dade.

Thank you so much.

If you know, you know…

…and I think you know.

And also, to my friends over at La Carreta for all the food. So…

Yes.

Yeah, man.

Before we get started, you guys,

uh, I would like to thank the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

for the opportunity to record a special.

No other entertainer has done a special here yet.

Tonight is the first one.

It wasn't the Rolling Stones. It wasn't the Eagles.

They trusted a comedian…

…to make this happen.

So I wanna say thank you.

Is anybody else staying here at the, uh… at the Hard Rock?

Hey, me too.

This is a beautiful hotel,

and I'm not just saying that 'cause my room is free.

You know you're in a nice hotel and casino when you turn on your TV in your room

and they have their own video.

Like, if you're staying here, you turn on the TV, you get this,

"Welcome to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino."

"Twenty-four-hour gambling, seven days a week, 365 days a year."

I'm sitting there like, "Why can't I stop watching this?"

And I started thinking,

at this point, why don't they just do that to the slot machines?

You know? Gambling's already shameless.

Might as well go all the way.

You walk up to one of the little machines, pop in a 20.

"Don't stop." "I'm not gonna."

People are walking by. "What are you doing?"

- "Trying to get the jackpot!" -

Yeah, man. I'm gonna start the show off tonight with a question.

That's not how comedy shows happen, but I'm gonna start it with a question.

The question is,

who here tonight has never heard of me up until tonight?

Five.

Two. Five. Okay.

To those of you, the five of you, I say, "Sorry."

I know you got excited. You saw the ticket.

You saw the last name, and then I walked out.

And you're like, "Enrique got bigger."

The only reason why I ask who has never seen or heard of me before

is because if you have, then you know the type of show that I do.

And you know the type of show that I don't do.

Like, I'm not here to tell you who to vote for, who not to vote for,

what shot to take or what baby to get rid of.

That's not for me to say.

If you're already offended, you missed the point.

I'm telling you what I'm not gonna do.

I promise you, I am here to entertain, not offend. Okay?

We're gonna have fun with everybody.

Starting with me,

but I'm gonna let you know, we're living in a different time.

I've been doing this so long,

I always figured, as long as I'm being nice,

I shouldn't have any issues, but it's a very different time.

This is year 27 for me.

Yeah.

Twenty-seven years of being a comedian.

And in those 27 years, I never had to worry.

You know, when I first got started, shoot… 1997,

I was clean-shaven,

I had hair.

I know. Look at some of you. "What happened?"

Huh?

Vaccine. I know.

I'm kidding. I'm kid… I'm kidding. Sorry, Florida.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

I said "Vaccine," some of you were like, "I told you!" Yeah.

"I told you. He said so."

Some friends tell me,

"Dude, man, you're making money now. Why don't you get the hair thingy?"

I said, "For what?"

"Well, you know, some women, they want a guy with hair."

Well, good for them.

And they're not lying.

I have gone out with some women that made it a point to tell me

that hair was important.

One told me flat out, "I need to be able to run my fingers through your hair."

Yeah! And I told her, "Hey, look, if you go deep enough…

…you're gonna get your wish."

"You were not specific on location. Hey."

"You want hair, you want pelos, I got you."

But, yeah, 27 years of being a comedian.

And in those 27 years, I have seen a lot of comedians

come and go.

And I feel very grateful that in all that time,

we've still managed to maintain a certain level.

So I feel like we're doing something right.

Which feels weird to me,

because now I feel like you gotta be very mindful.

Okay? You gotta be extra mindful. Like… Uh, 27 years of being a comedian,

I finally started hearing people tell me things

that I've never heard before.

I started hearing people tell me things like,

"Hey, Fluffy. I grew up watching you."

Which is an incredible compliment because that doesn't just say

that you're a fan, that says that you're invested.

That says that you've been following this career for a very long time.

Some of you, the first time you saw me perform, you were kids.

And now some of you are here tonight with your kids.

And so, I just want to say thank you for all those years of trust

and continuing to come back to see the show.

It means a lot.

Hearing someone say they grew up watching me,

that is one of the most beautiful compliments

any entertainer can receive.

And I understand that now, with therapy, that that's what that means.

- - Look, I'm not gonna lie.

The first time I heard someone tell me that they grew up watching me,

I didn't know how to handle it.

I didn't know how to process

because nobody wants to feel like they're getting… old.

The first time I heard it, I was like…

Second time I heard it, I was like, "Buy a hat."

The third time, I accepted it. I was like,

"Many years ago, when I first got started,

all of this was land as far as the eye could see."

"It was a very different time, and…"