Desi Banks Returns to Detroit: TV Projects, "Martin", Comedy & More

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00:00I don't think I've ever heard your story, man.

00:06How did you get into the comedy thing, bro?

00:08Because I heard the football story.

00:10You was playing football.

00:11Yep, I played football.

00:11And then how did you go from football to the comedy?

00:14Oh, man.

00:15Well, I started, of course, on social media back in 2012.

00:18That's when Vine was here.

00:19You know what I'm saying?

00:20And fast forward, I was playing college ball then.

00:23I did two years at Moorhead, and I finished playing at Georgia State.

00:26But, you know, growing up as a kid, man, you know, comedy had been a part of my life for a long time.

00:31You know, I used to watch people like Eddie Murphy growing up, you know.

00:34Another Professor to this day had my favorite movie.

00:37Used to watch Martin all the time.

00:40Was that kid, you know what I'm saying, in school that used to win most humorous, you know,

00:43be a part of talent shows, acting out movie scenes and stuff like that.

00:47Even when I played sports, I was the funny guy on the team.

00:50You know, comedy was just that thing that was a part of me.

00:52I didn't know I was going to be doing it until I actually start, like, really taking it seriously.

00:56You know what I'm saying?

00:56Of course, I had a friend who introduced me to Vine.

00:59Like, yo, bro, you need to start doing these videos.

01:00Like, you funny, da-da-da.

01:01And I used to have people all the time tell me, like, yo, man, you funny if you don't make it to the league.

01:05Bro, you need to do stand-up.

01:07You need to do this.

01:08You know, when I was a kid, I used to do prank calls on people.

01:10I used to do a lot of different things that I didn't know that I was going to be doing in real life right now.

01:15Because, like I said, man, sports was like that thing that I wanted to do.

01:18And I didn't see nothing else until I really tapped into it.

01:21And I really found my purpose in it, and I really saw what everybody saw in me already in the past.

01:28And I saw what my family was doing when they was putting me in front of that TV.

01:31I don't even think they know what they were doing.

01:32They probably was fans of those people, too.

01:35But not knowing that they was pouring that into me to be the person that, you know, God created me to be in this world right now.

01:40So, you know, it's been an amazing, growing journey, you know what I'm saying?